While many people took to Facebook bragging about how much booze they stockpiled and how Hurricane Sandy wasn't very strong at all, the following heartbreaking scenes were happening in other places. It's awful. To give you a better idea of the destruction, we've provided before pictures as well. In case you thought maybe people like to swim down FDR drive.
October 30, 2012 The organizers of the ING New York City Marathon are still planning on holding the race this Sunday morning, counting on the resiliency of New Yorkers to pull together after the storm.
Truthfully, we missed most of Hurricane Sandy, the storm that rocked most of the East Coast, yesterday. Because we were inside ... away from the windows, with our curtains closed ... like we were supposed to be. These people weren't, however, so now we can see what was going on outside while we were playing board games with our fingers crossed. Here is some crazy video from yesterday's storm.
October 30, 2012 Hurricane Sandy as it approaches, has caused things we never expected to happen. On Sunday the MTA announced the shutting down of the trains and buses in NYC. When a city as busy and bustling as New York City shuts down the transportation, it leaves some scenes that are downright eerie. Their official Flickr page gives us a glimpse of what you would see now.
Hurricane Sandy is barreling up the East Coast, and it's slated to be one of the worst storms in history. Extreme flooding and wind gusts of 60-90 miles per hour are expected, and combined with the full moon, high tides will be higher than ever. Widespread flooding and power outages are likely, and celebs are taking note.
October 29, 2012 The east coast is bracing for what many are calling a monstrous storm with massive storm surge expected. A number of evacuations have been ordered in New York and New Jersey on Sunday. Hurricane Sandy and an accompanying storm surge are threatening a large portion of the eastern seaboard of the United States. A computer generated forecast of the storm show that it could spread it's winds and rain as far inland as lower southeast Michigan, causing waves as high as 33 feet on the Great Lakes.
Get ready, Maroon 5 fans! The band has announced a new series of 31 concert dates featuring opening acts Neon Trees and Owl City, and frontman Adam Levine promises that the early 2013 tour will be his group's most ambitious yet.
What's a surfer to do when they're trapped in a concrete jungle like, say, New York City and waves are nowhere in sight? These two gnarly dudes come up with the only reasonable alternative -- motorized surfboards.
October 18, 2012 Grab a hankie, and watch this beautiful version of 'Firework' performed by Katy Perry and autistic tween Jodi DiPiazza, at at Comedy Central's 'Night of Too Many Stars.'
Now that Halloween is quickly approaching, why not grab a few friends and visit these 10 real-life locations that famous horror movies used in order to scare and thrill their audience? It's a good way to get some spine-tingling chills as you walk past these infamous sites without having to spend the money to visit a haunted house or go on a ghost tour.
Why so serious?
John Mayer and Katy Perry looked pretty sad leaving Mayer's 35th birthday dinner at Freeman's in NYC last night (Oct. 16). Is the thought of aging setting in? Was the clam dip bad?
Toronto resident Jason Kroft, his wife and their two young children came to New York city earlier this month to visit Kroft's brother-in-law, Andrew Zeller. Zeller was giving the Canadian family a tour of 30 Rockefeller Plaza when Kroft, who had no history of heart disease, went into cardiac arrest, fell to the ground and stopped breathing.
