Monthly Archives: October 2012

TODAY: SiriusXM At 2:30PM

Today at 2:30pm I’ll be on Michelangelo Signorile’s SiriusXM show to talk about the latest storm and recovery news in New York City. The gays are on channel 108 and you can listen live online if you sign up for a freebie account.

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Douchebag

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FDR Drive: Before & After

The top photo was taken around 8pm last night. I took the bottom photo at 11:15am today.

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Con Ed Posts Outage Update

From the storm update on Con Edison’s site: More than 650,000 customers in New York City and Westchester County lost electrical power due to Hurricane Sandy, Con Edison said early today. “This is the largest storm-related outage in our history,” said Con Edison Senior Vice President for Electric Operations John Miksad. The previous record was more than 200,000 customers affected …

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Live Superstorm Coverage

If your power or cable (or both) is still out, the Weather Channel is continuing to stream live storm coverage on their YouTube channel.

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Quote Of The Day – Bill McKibben

“New York is the city I love best, and I’m trying to imagine it from a distance tonight. The lurid, flash-lit instagram images of floating cars in Alphabet City or water pouring out of the East River into Dumbo, the reports of bridges to the Howard Beach submerging and facades falling off apartment houses – it all stings. It’s as …

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QUEENS: 80 Homes Destroyed By Fire

Last night at least 80 homes in the Queens neighborhood of Breezy Point were destroyed in a six-alarm blaze. Firefighters faced chest-deep flood waters and rescued dozens of residents by boat.  Breezy Point and all of the Rockaways are in Zone A and those rescued had defied the mandatory evacuation order.  Over 200 firefighters responded and there were no fatalities.

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Live Wind Speed Map

I don’t know how accurate this is, but it’s interesting to look at. (Tipped by JMG reader Ray)

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Swag Tuesday

Courtesy of the Karpel Group, today’s Swag Tuesday prizes are the two holiday releases from Everything But The Girl vocalist Tracy Horn and the popular indie duo, She & Him. A Very She & Him Christmas is a wonderful collection of holiday tunes from two of music’s most impressive artists Zooey Deschanel (She) & M. Ward (Him). Inspired by seminal …

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Sicily Elects Gay Governor

The Italian island state of Sicily has elected a gay governor. Rosario Crocetta, an openly gay politician from the Italian Partito Democratico party, has become the first openly gay governor of Sicily. He won last Sunday’s election on the Italian island with more than 30% of the votes, winning over the right-wing PDL (Popolo delle Libertà), which has governed in …

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MTA Chairman Reacts To Sandy

From MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota: The New York City subway system is 108 years old, but it has never faced a disaster as devastating as what we experienced last night. Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on our entire transportation system, in every borough and county of the region. It has brought down trees, ripped out power and inundated tunnels, rail yards …

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Mike Huckabee: Vote As Jesus Would

Or something.

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Avenue C On The Lower East Side

Avenue C at 8th Street. Source.

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Tonight In Manhattan

Gothamist reports: There are multiple reports of flooding across the city due to the storm surge from Hurricane Sandy that is now upon the city. There have been reports of people trapped and cars floating in the middle of the streets. We’ve also received reports that many subway lines throughout the city have been flooded as well. The city has …

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Yet Another Faked Homocon “Hate Crime”

Last week the wingnut blogosphere exploded on the claims of a gay Wisconsin GOP campaign worker who claimed that he’d been brutally beaten for being a gay conservative.  From the right wing Daily Caller: Kyle Wood, a full-time volunteer working for GOP House candidate Chad Lee, was hospitalized for injuries suffered during what he said was an assault at his …

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Chelsea Apartment Building Collapses

The building is near the corner of 14th Street and Eighth Avenue. More in a moment… UPDATE: There appear to be no serious injuries. UPDATE II: Somebody across the street caught it on video.

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How Not To Become Famous

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An Election Message From Seniors

(Tipped by JMG reader William)

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SAN FRANCISCO: Windows Smashed At Castro’s GLBT Historical Society

From their Facebook page: Two windows at The GLBT History Museum were smashed in an act of vandalism around 4:45 a.m. this morning (Oct. 29). Our staff responded immediately, as did the San Francisco Police Department. None of the historical objects on display were damaged. The museum will be closed today so we can start repairs, but we expect to …

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Matt Baume: Marriage News Watch

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