* New Jersey - "Sandy" Submerges 16 New Fisker Karma EVs, which Then Catch Fire at New Jersey Port
(Picture from Jalopnik: Taken on location by the unnamed source show several examples of the $100,000+ luxury sports car burned to the ground)
Newark,NJ,USA -Carscoop -October 30, 2012: -- The bad news for Fisker continues. Among the many victims of Hurricane and then Tropical Storm Sandy are approximately 16 brand new Fisker Karma extended-range hybrids that were parked in Port Newark, New Jersey... An eyewitness told Jalopnik (which like the rest of the Gawker websites, continues to be down after Sandy drowned its data center but is broadcasting temporarily from this site), that the Karma sedans “first submerged in a storm surge and then caught fire, exploded” ... The cause of the fires remains a mystery for now, but we did contact Fisker and will provide an update as soon as we hear back from them... The Karma has been the subject of multiple fire investigations, the most recent of which concerned a parked car that spontaneously self-combusted in California in August...
* New York - "Sandy" Takes Down Jalopnik, Huffington Post and a Bentley Continental Convertible
(Picture from Jalopnik: They were still able to capture this shot of a Bentley Continental GTC Convertible, most likely in the streets or shall we say… river streams of New York City, in the early morning hours of Tuesday)
New York,NY,USA -Carscoop -October 30, 2012: -- The devastating effects of Superstrom Sandy continue to create havoc on the eastern seaboard of the U.S. The storm, which has already claimed the lives of at least 16 people in the States and one in Canada, adding to an earlier toll of 67, has cut power to more than 7 million people and caused massive floods in many states... In addition, Sandy brought down several popular websites in the New York area such as the entire Gawker family of blogs, which includes our friends over at Jalopnik, along with the The Huffington Post, Mediate and Buzzfeed...
- TRUCKING INDUSTRY -
* New York - Trucking responding to Sandy
NY,USA -Fleet Owner, by Wendy Leavitt -30 October, 2012: ... At Con-way Truckload in Joplin, MO, for instance, the storm is impacting deliveries in the east. Many companies closed down without really notifying us... According to the report, about two to three hundred of Con-way's 2,800 drivers are either driving through or stuck in the storm zone... Schneider National issued a prepared statement this afternoon updating customers and others on the state of its operations. Schneider facilities closed yesterday are being examined today for any storm-related damage... Freight delivery in the area was halted as of noon Monday; we are now assessing customers’ operational statuses so we can make plans to resume deliveries... Sandy is also forcing several Triad trucking companies to reroute or delay shipments while seeking temporary rest stops for drivers who are stuck in the Northeast, according to an article in The Business Journal... Scott Fulton, senior vice president of sales for Epes Transport System, Inc. in Greensboro, NC, told the journal that many company truck drivers who made deliveries up north over the weekend are finding temporary places to park due to closed interstates. In a prepared statement issued yesterday, John White, spokesperson for U.S. Xpress, noted that: "We have spent the last few days preparing by moving equipment from harm's way from Maryland through New England and this mainly entails getting our trailing equipment that could be in flood prone areas to higher ground" ...
* Maryland - Transportation restoration efforts at full throttle
Annapolis,MA,USA -Fleet Owner, by Sean Kilcarr -Oct. 31, 2012: -- Post-Hurricane Sandy efforts to re-open bridges, highways, and railroad tracks are shifting into high gear across the Mid Atlantic and Northeastern U.S., alongside initiatives to re-start public transit systems shut down ahead of the storm in New Jersey and New York City... The Maryland State Highway Administration (SHA) continues to battle flooding, felled trees and darkened traffic signals in coastal and inland regions affected by the hurricane’s wind and rain, while simultaneously working to clear snow piling up in Maryland’s western mountains, the results of blizzards triggered by the so-called “Frankenstorm” ... The West Virginia Division of Highways (DOH) is currently tackling up to three feet of snow dumped by the super storm system on its roadways, noting that it prepped maintenance crews in all 10 DOH districts ahead of the hurricane by testing plows and other snow equipment while readying chainsaws, generators and mobile messaging boards for deployment... The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) said that it has 1,000 crews and contractors working around the clock to deal with flooding, downed trees and snow/ice accumulation in the western portions of the state...
* New York - Road to storm relief fraught with restrictions for trucking companies
(Photo by John Minchillo/AP: Consolidated Edision trucks are submerged on 14th Street,NY)
Grain Valley,MO,USA -Land Line, by Sandi Soendker -2 Nov 2012: -- Getting in and out of the East Coast storm-stricken areas continue to be problematic for trucking companies... Drivers have reported problems getting access to the effective areas due to road closures and delivery delays due to credentialing issues such as not having some sort of company identification or no direct contact for delivery confirmation, etc... On Wednesday, OOIDA Director of Security Operations Doug Morris, was authorized by the National Infrastructure Coordinating Center (NICC) to release access control information to OOIDA members who may be dispatched into storm-damaged areas and who will need details on credentialing... Morris said on Friday that that trucks traveling to New York City should try – whenever possible – to deliver during the hours of midnight to 6 a.m. via the Williamsburg Bridge and during other times use the George Washington Bridge...Labels: trucking industry news USA and CAN, weather troubles
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