Remember the Village Voice reporter who stuck it out in LIC during the hurricane? Here's an update

Image source: Andrew Zimmerman on Facebook

Over the weekend, we posted about a Village Voice reporter who decided to hole himself up in someone else’s apartment in LIC for the duration of Hurricane Sandy. He said then:

Today, I will be updating Voice readers about the storm from the evacuation zone of Long Island City. But my choice to not evacuate is not a macho thing. Rather — despite having been warned of the dangers of my current location by its current status as an “evacuation zone” as the supposed storm to end all storms is bearing down on New York — Long Island City is still a much safer neighborhood than Crown Heights, where I currently reside.

OK, then. He did post an update, post-hurricane:

Our apologies for our two-day absence, we were holed up in an apartment in an “evacuation zone” in Long Island City that — as it turns out — we probably should have evacuated.

He is now back in his home of Crown Heights.

He wrote about a nine-year old he encountered in LIC, who claimed he has apparently seen “way worse” when it comes to natural disasters and flooding. In this kid’s case, he probably exaggerated. But hey, kids do that kind of thing sometimes. He didn’t have any qualms about diving into the grody green sludgy water, though. We hope he is ok because who knows what was in that water – waste of all kinds, toxic liquids, old food? We shudder at the idea.

We know you shouldn’t even eat food that is touching flood water (we were reminded of this many times over the last couple of days).

After a flood throw out any medicine or food that has had contact with #hurricane #Sandy flood waters #SandySafety

— Andrew Cuomo (@NYGovCuomo) October 30, 2012

The Voice reporter posted a crazy flood shot – extreme flooding in LIC.

Image source: Village Voice

That’s intense.

The reporter will be posting updates and we’ll check in on him to see the hurricane in LIC through his eyes.

Hurricane Sandy: Queens 9-Year-Old Has Seen “Way Worse” [Village Voice]
Serious flooding and other problems in LIC [QNYC]
Village Voice reporter waits it out in LIC during Hurricane Sandy [QNYC]