2:28 pm - 11/01/2012
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bon Jovi, Christina Aguilera, Sting and Billy Joel are all set to appear on "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together," a benefit concert to aid the victims of the storm that devastated the Northeast.
The special will air Friday at 8 p.m. ET on the networks of NBC Universal. The "Today" show's Matt Lauer will serve as host, with NBC News' Brian Williams and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon also set to make appearances.
Money collected will be donated to the American Red Cross relief efforts, which are providing food, shelter, emotional support and other assistance to those affected by Hurricane Sandy as well as other disasters. To make a donation, visit RedCross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 contribution to their cause.
"Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together" will air Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, NBC.com, USA Network, SyFy, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, E!, Style Network, G4 and more. A spokesperson for NBC Universal told The New York Times that channels not owned by the company will also be allowed to broadcast the concert.
Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, NBC organized a similar benefit that raised some $50 million for the Red Cross. A week after NBC's benefit, another telethon, "Shelter From the Storm" was broadcast across all networks.
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Christina Aguilera, Bruce Springsteen To Perform At Benefit For Sandy Victims
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Bon Jovi, Christina Aguilera, Sting and Billy Joel are all set to appear on "Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together," a benefit concert to aid the victims of the storm that devastated the Northeast.
The special will air Friday at 8 p.m. ET on the networks of NBC Universal. The "Today" show's Matt Lauer will serve as host, with NBC News' Brian Williams and "Late Night" host Jimmy Fallon also set to make appearances.
Money collected will be donated to the American Red Cross relief efforts, which are providing food, shelter, emotional support and other assistance to those affected by Hurricane Sandy as well as other disasters. To make a donation, visit RedCross.org, call 1-800-RED-CROSS or text the word REDCROSS to 90999 to make a $10 contribution to their cause.
"Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together" will air Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NBC, NBC.com, USA Network, SyFy, MSNBC, CNBC, Bravo, E!, Style Network, G4 and more. A spokesperson for NBC Universal told The New York Times that channels not owned by the company will also be allowed to broadcast the concert.
Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, NBC organized a similar benefit that raised some $50 million for the Red Cross. A week after NBC's benefit, another telethon, "Shelter From the Storm" was broadcast across all networks.
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(this line apparently went all the way around the block)
there's also apparently some sort of rule where incoming vehicles to manhattan need to have at least three passengers to enter the city, so drivers are trying to pick up strangers to give them a lift in order to make the quota.
i have no work for this entire week because my office still doesn't have any power.
/csb
At least in Manhattan they've been giving out dry ice to anyone who needs it. And I think they're going to start giving out water and food in affected areas, if they haven't started already.
the number in nj is 1-800-242-5846. and they also have a website http://www.nj.gov/oag/ca/index.htm
There might be another chorea outbreak.
Jamaica
Cuba
Philly got off pretty well with Sandy, I know people who's electricity is still out, but the damage wasn't that bad.
A bunch of my coworkers still don't have power or water and have been staying with friends, trying to get a hotel room (which is damn near impossible in midtown/upper manhattan), or sticking it out and just showering at friend's places or their gyms.
I baked scones and pumpkin muffins for everyone who came into the office today....it wasn't much, but it made people happy :/
NO power anywhere. We had to go 10 miles out of our way to try to find a place to get on the right route before we just drove over the divider.
Passed a Hess gas station with power and gas. An over 2 mile long line of cars waiting. 6.5 hour wait. Plus there were hundreds of people lined up with containers :(
My in-laws' neighbor has them hooked up to a generator but they have no heat or running water (they are on a well). But they have lights and their refrigerator is powered. I got SO PISSED. There are no lights in any houses and you drive by theirs and its lit up like the friggin 4th of July. I'm like WHY DO YOU NEED LIGHTS? Light candles. I'm so scared that someone is going to come and try to take their generator and gas cans. It's only my mother-in-law, aunt-in-law and gram-in-law. Plus, it was 62 degrees in their living room and his 82 year old gram was wearing layers of clothes and freezing. What is she going to do if it goes down to 40 tonight? The high school behind their house is a shelter and they won't go! We're trying to convince them or at least his gram to come stay with us in PA but they are not having it. Plus if she does, I don't know what we'll do with our one dog who will jump on her and freak her out.
And they didn't even get hit hard like other places in Jersey :(
But my hometown [Rockaway Beach, Queens] is practically gone. Half of it is destroyed by fire or still flooded/partially underwater. The amount of family and friends that I know that are literally left with nothing except the clothes are on their back is staggering to me. My home is flooded and damaged, and my mom told me that whatever I have in my dorm, is the only stuff that I have from here on out.
It is surreal.
the pictures and coverage left me speechless.
And knowing that it is gonna be a long time before everything gets back to where it is... is upsetting but still, so many people I know are alive, and god that is the best thing to know.
I cannot imagine.
Just seeing where my in-laws are was so sad and they didn't even get it bad.
and another friend is a teacher at Long Beach HS and they're closed for who knows how long. all we know is that they told her not to make any vacation plans for winter or spring break, or for the first week of July or so.
Edited at 2012-11-01 07:36 pm (UTC)
As bad as that is, seeing other communities completely leveled makes me super grateful that worse didn't happen. I was reading an article yesterday about a man here in NJ who went to the dealership he's been working at for 23 years and they told him to file for unemployment because everything was destroyed. D:
i also took a look at the red cross volunteers and by yesterday at noon, it was entirely filled up. it gives me faith in humanity.
She neighbor has gas and has been cooking them soup and other hot meals, which made me really happy. They do not have any property damage, so they are damn lucky if all they suffer is a week without power, compared to what others have.