Hurricane Sandy slammed the East Coast last night and Twitter was at the forefront yet again. Despite power going out for millions, many still had and have access to Internet on their mobile phones.
While many fake photos surfaced, mostly before the storm truly hit, Twitter and Instagram proved very useful in spreading real images of the destruction. Here’s a small glimpse at what others saw:
Bubby’s (note the high water mark) #hurricanesandy #dumbo instagr.am/p/RaLSbwySQH/
— Jeff Soto (@jeffsoto) October 30, 2012
Bubby’s, a restaurant in Brooklyn, New York, saw water go above the door handle.
I think I’ll take a different subway line today. #HurricaneSandy instagr.am/p/RaTXT7qXt_/
— MC Lars (@mc_lars) October 30, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg said that the subway system could be up and running in three to four days and that’s being optimistic. This Instagram photo shows just how bad the flooding was.
The East Village on the corner of Avenue C and 8th Street. #nyc #hurricanesandy #eastvillage #manhattan instagr.am/p/RaXHG2DVgU/
— Joel Peterson (@joelyoh) October 30, 2012
Parts of New York City saw very bad flooding with this part of town seeing water up to the bottom of car windows.
Look what #hurricanesandy brought us!! #stoked #snow #whitestuff #sohappy #october #frostburg #frostburgmary instagr.am/p/RaL5-gjUnf/
— ♔SamanthaLynn (@datoneprincess2) October 30, 2012
While Hurricane Sandy brought high winds and flooding to many, people in states such as West Virginia and Pennsylvania saw freezing temps and early snow.
Hurricane sandy took mostly Atlantic City away. #HurricaneSandy #AtlanticCity #BoredWalk #Destroyed #NewJere instagr.am/p/RaSfx_vlWs/
— Fresh Prince(@iJaySmoove) October 30, 2012
Atlantic City, New Jersey was hit pretty hard and you can see the waves just smashing in and flooding the streets.
RIP seaside boardwalk, no more #jerseyshore #hurricanesandy instagr.am/p/RaRYmmANLR/
— Danny Leal (@DLeal_25) October 30, 2012
Here’s another photo from New Jersey, this time taken in Seaside Heights. The boardwalk was practically destroyed.
#Woodside #destruction/#trees #fallen like #pickupsticks/#hurricanesandy/#haiku twitpic.com/b8rl43
— WesternQueensLand (@wqueens7) October 30, 2012
Tango down! #Sandy #hurricanesandy instagr.am/p/RaRewvIYo7/
— iceberg (@aniceberg) October 30, 2012
Downed trees were everywhere and took many cars and telephone poles with it.
#Sandy – today in Red Hook Brooklyn pretty devastating nytimes @ny1headlines #hurricanesandy instagr.am/p/RacBqhtu5b/
— smoothdude (@smoothdude) October 30, 2012
Cars submerged . !#sandy #nyc #flood #frankenstorm #hurricanesandy @ 80 Broad Street instagr.am/p/RaUBRHHFqZ/
— rahav segev(@rahav) October 30, 2012
Areas of New York such as Manhattan and Brooklyn were hit much harder than expected and we see cars just completely submerged.
Rooftop photo update. Like living on an island? #sandy #hoboken instagr.am/p/RaZjCORcqk/
— Tara Rhein (@tarafied87) October 30, 2012
Observer highway looking west. #hoboken #sandy #hurricane@ 510 Observer Highway instagr.am/p/RaGOnknJmd/
— DPG (@DPGEsq) October 30, 2012
Hoboken, New Jersey suffered mass flooding as well leaving people completely stranded. Currently, there are over 8 million people without power due to Hurricane Sandy and emergency response crews are doing everything they can to get to people and make sure they’re safe.
Here at Social News Daily, our thoughts go out to everyone affected by the storm.
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