To date, 74 billion social apps have been downloaded worldwide as of the second quarter of 2021, with 4.7 billion of those downloads occurring in the first half of 2021, according to @appannie. https://t.co/SgZNhBFlBs
Service on the Hudson, Harlem & New Haven lines continues to be suspended due to severe flooding, power issues and washouts caused by heavy rainfall.
Crews continue to assess damage and are working around the clock to resume some limited service later today.
Anatomy of a widespread flash flood event. 1-hour rainfall totals from 8 pm Tuesday Aug 31st to 8 am Thursday Sept 2nd. Subtract 4 hours to convert from UTC to EDT. These MRMS multi-sensor rainfall analyses combine radar & satellite estimates with ground truth rain gauge reports.
Customers, at this time, we do not anticipate train service will be restored today, Sept. 2. on the East of Hudson lines due to significant track washouts, fallen trees, mudslides, damaged power and signal equipment, and collapsed buildings impacting our tracks & rights of way.
Observed rainfall totals for the last 48 hours ending 9 am Thursday September 2nd. Rainfall rates at some locations were 2.5-3.5 inches per hour. Newark NJ received 3.24" from 8-9 pm & Central Park saw 3.15" from 9-10 pm, both all time records for highest 1-hour rainfall totals
LinkedIn is debuting a new feature today that allows LinkedIn instructors to host live events through LinkedIn Learning, a platform LinkedIn launched in 2016. https://t.co/Ds46aoZCCZ
Twitter today debuted a new feature called Safety Mode that will automatically block users who are being aggressive or hateful toward another person in an effort to help reduce harassment. https://t.co/1S4lD9wmlx
LAUNCH UPDATE: Due to weather, today’s @SpaceX cargo mission is postponed. Details for the next attempt:
📅 Date – Sun. Aug., 29
📺 NASA TV coverage – 2:45am ET (06:45 UT)
🚀 Target liftoff – 3:14am ET (07:14 UT)
5 pm ET Saturday Update...Hurricane Ida is 240 mi south-southeast of the mouth of the Mississippi River, or 325 mi southeast of Houma LA. Ida is moving to the northwest at 16 mph and maximum sustained winds are now 105 mph.
5 pm Sat..Hurricane Henri is 335 mi S of Montalk Point NY moving to the NNE at 18 mph. Henri is expected to slow down a little & turn to the NNW on Sun. Max sustained winds are 75 mph & Henri is forecast to still be a hurricane when it reaches the LI & southern New England coasts