From Twitter: Coney Island flooded, hospital on fire - Update: FDNY responded, no fire

[highplainsdem]

Last edited Mon Oct 29, 2012, 11:43 PM - Edit history (1)

https://twitter.com/search?q=coney%20island&src=typd


See reply 38 below, about Facebook message from NY senator Marty Golden, who said FDNY responded to a "smoke condition" at the hospital.

[morningfog]

1. The aftermath of these storms is always the worst.

The stories, tragedies and damage will add and spiral.

[Purveyor]

2. 110's of people trapped in water...can not rescue. Dear god in heaven!

[Purveyor]

8. I'm a 54 yo stubborn SOB and I'm tearing up big time listening to the scanner feed. eom

[ProudProgressiveNow]

34. I am with you.

TECHNICAL RESCUE
10/29/12 21:03 (BROOKLYN - ) FDNY HEADQUARTERS IS BEING EVACD BY BOAT. [ARI025]
1 ALARM FIRE
10/29/12 20:51 (BROOKLYN - 154.370) AHW FOR A FIRE IN THE GARAGE OF A 7 STORY BUILDING, DOUBTFUL WILL HOLD. [NZL111]
SPECIAL
10/29/12 20:45 (MANHATTAN - ) BATT-6 REPORTS 2 FEET OF WATER IN BASEMENT OF BELLEVUE HOSPITAL, REQUEST ADDTL DEWATERING UNITS [DFW333]
1 ALARM FIRE
10/29/12 20:29 (QUEENS - 154.400) UPDATE: E-268 REPORTS 2 DWELLINGS FULLY INVOLVED WITH EXPS & PEOPLE TRAPPED, RESCUE EFFORT U/W. [NZL111]
TECHNICAL RESCUE
10/29/12 20:24 (MANHATTAN - ) BATTALION 2 REPORTS 2 WORKERS STRANDED ON LOADING DOCK, REQUEST SWIFT WATER TEAM, NO ACCESS THRU BUILDING [DFW333]

[Purveyor]

39. Just wish I could help them...and I can't from here! eom

[ProudProgressiveNow]

42. It IS frustrating.....

but there will be many good people that will step up.

[burrowowl]

3. Where in the hell

did they position the generators? In the basement? Damn!

[freshwest]

22. Not from there, but in my experience, they are in the basements due to weight and bolted down...

The entire area is without power, and some people refused to evacuate out of their basement apartments. So those people may not make it out alive.

I'm not sure about the validity of all these tweets, as some may not know what's going on. It's late at night and the emergency services are doing everything they can.

[Le Taz Hot]

29. There was just a report from a Borough President

(being a Left Coaster I've no idea what that is) on CNN and he confirmed that the Cony Island Hospital IS on fire and rescue teams cannot get to them.

[highplainsdem]

32. I saw tweets about that but missed it on CNN.

[nc4bo]

4. omg

this is tragic.

[Terra Alta]

5. This is shaping up to be very, very bad.

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. Looking for the right freq on the scanner

[Dash87]

9. Did you get anything?

Interested. I'm hesitant to believe a few tweets.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. Not my town, there is something on secon alarm on 87th street for a fire

Which should shock nobody and water receding.

[Purveyor]

10. I'm on this one.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=cwp&ctid=1855

[riverwalker]

17. wow that is awesome

didn't know I could do that!

[nolabear]

25. Good God. That is horrifying to listen to.

[nadinbrzezinski]

26. Give me the name of the freq

I am on Queens, staten Island

They are reporting water receding and possible fire on 87th, but it is staticky as hell...promise not to complaint about cal fire.

[Purveyor]

28. Sorry but I don't have that right now. I'll see if I can find it. eom

[Purveyor]

30. Check out this link. I'm not in the area to radio up to check them out.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/db/?ctid=1855

[nadinbrzezinski]

31. I got the right one, traffic over now

[freshwest]

35. Thanks, listening, tney are working hard... Proud of all these public workers doing this tonight...

[Dash87]

7. Nothing about it on news yet?

Skeptical until it's reported more.

[morningfog]

11. Twitter may not always be 100% accurate in times like these, but they are always

faster than the "news." The "news" get their leads from Twitter. Sadly, I think this one is accurate.

[riverwalker]

15. people are listening to scanners NYFD and NYPD

and transcribe and Tweet, different reports all say the same.

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Well listening to a channel

Doubt the right one...scratchy as hell, but FD is responding to several fires.

Waters are receding.

Oh I got the right channel, I think.

[nadinbrzezinski]

33. Bellevue is running out of oxygen

They are scrambling for bachup generators, and evacuating.

Still looking for a way to Conney Island

I promise to never again complaint of Cal Fire. This is a large city, staticky as hell.

[riverwalker]

12. thats a 370 bed hospital!

http://www.nyc.gov/html/hhc/coneyisland/html/about/about.shtml

[freshwest]

13. Fire Department is on the job evacuating a nursing home, etc.

FDNY Incidents FDNY Incidents ‏@FDNYIncidents 48m

Ladder 169 evacuating 300 people from a Nursing home via boats. Coney Island Ave and the Belt Pkwy

@FDNYIncidentsappears to be the official Fire Department, the other tweets appear to be NYPD.

Our hearts go out to those in need and those who are risking their lives to save these people...

[lonestarnot]

14. Holy crap! Where's the Coast Guard?

[nadinbrzezinski]

16. Don't think I got the right channel

But not surprisingly they are responding to several electrical fires. (This is not strange after the storm)

Also I need to get used to local lingo.

[nolabear]

19. I've been fearing this. The next couple of days are going to be awful.

I wish there was something I could do.

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. Per scanner

Water is starting to recede... I think I got the right channel...bridges are starting to clear.

[NYC Liberal]

21. From Twitter:

Mitch ‏@MitchNYM

Holy shit. I’m just a few blocks from Coney Island Hospital and the whole place is on fire and no one can help them.

https://twitter.com/mitchnym/status/263107234102403073

[Ruby the Liberal]

23. The generators at NYU Hospital failed also.

They are evacuating via stairs (!!). Over 200 patients - and over 30 ambulances queued up to move them.

What a mess.

[riverwalker]

24. Salon.com using it

Salon.com‏@Salon NYC Sandy updates: Coney Island hospital reported to be on fire;

[Luminous Animal]

36. FDNY scanner reports NO fire/injuries at Coney Island Hospital.

But NYU and Bellevue are actually in big trouble and are being evacuated.


There is some very good reporting via twitter. There is some very bad reporting via twitter.

[mzmolly]

40. So glad that was likely a rumor.

Glad NYU and Bellevue are being evacuated.

[ohheckyeah]

37. Hospital not on fire:

FDNY ‏@FDNY

#FDNY units are on scene at Coney Island Hospital. No confirmed fire or reports of injuries at this time.

[highplainsdem]

38. Sen. Marty Golden's FB page - FDNY responding to "smoke condition" at hospital, no fire found yet.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Martin-J-Golden/29214902523

[Jimmy_eyebrow]

41. Sounds ok

I have been checking out some other live feeds and a few people have mentioned that they either live right nearby or they have friends that work in the hospital and it is not on fire. Apparently there was a fire outside but not in the hospital itself.