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Apple Closing NYC Retail Stores Ahead of Hurricane Irene

Apple should invent some kind of material (doesn’t matter what it looks like) made from something strong, flexible, and super-cheap, like sheets of wood.

They could combine that material into layers, with some kind of waterproof adhesive. Then you’d have a cheap, strong panel that you could obtain and erect in a matter of hours (using nails, hooks, even rope) to block off vulnerable windows. The result would be much more shatter-resistant during a storm than bare glass alone.
 
MultiMediaWill said:
Foolish decision by Apple. I knew everything would change when Jobs left. I mean is Apple trying to be the richest company or is okay with 2nd place?
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This is either the best Apple-related joke I've seen in a very long time (which relates nicely to the topic) and you're a Master, or this is the symptom of an old head injury. I'm guessing it's the former, actually.
nagromme said:
Apple should invent some kind of material (doesn’t matter what it looks like) made from something strong, flexible, and super-cheap, like sheets of wood.

They could combine that material into layers, with some kind of waterproof adhesive. Then you’d have a cheap, strong panel that you could obtain and erect in a matter of hours (using nails, hooks, even rope) to block off vulnerable windows. The result would be much more shatter-resistant during a storm than bare glass alone.
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LiquidPlywood.
 
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Popeye206 said:
I hope they don't close he 5th Ave. store... I was going to go into the city on Sunday and buy a set of extra headsets. :rolleyes:

Really... I hope they do what's best for the employees.... NYC is going to be a mess on Sunday if he hurricane hits as bad as they think.
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LMAO you rather get hit by a hurricane for just some headsets good luck mate.
 
lol not only does Apple make fragile phones (iPhone 4) but it also has to put a casing over their own retail stores. hahaha.

Devices/Buildings made of all glass = FAIL
 
ArcaneDevice said:
By the time it travels to NYC it will probably be nothing more than a tropical storm. At most I expect it will probably just be a really wet day. Announcing everything will be closed two days before it arrives seems like overkill. It's already been downgraded since yesterday and it's not due to pound here until tomorrow.
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Yah well I would rather hear the warnings in advance (yes, even the 24/7 repetition by cable shows) than not be prepared if the thing does come ashore like the one in 1938. People who remember that one would think that closing shops and offices ahead of time was a really good idea.

I'm an optimist by nature. But hurricane warnings and watches are issued for good reason. And I wouldn't feel like a jerk if it later came in at "only" tropical storm levels and I had left the area. I wouldn't care if the thing fizzled out totally. I'd be happy it fizzled out, happy for the island, for the metro area, all its residents including all the birds and critters too.

People in my extended family were on the south shore of LI for the 1938 storm and it was memorable enough for them to have passed on the advice to leave on a hurricane warning (never mind hurricane watch), and to leave way way way before the storm comes ashore. They actually moved upstate permanently a year or so after that hurricane.

Material things can be replaced (or remembered fondly), so the main thing is to save your life. If I lived on the south shore of Long Island, I'd take personal ID, drinking water, a few granola bars, some cash, cellphone, a crank radio and flashlight, couple credit cards, lock the place up and be on the road tonight.

I'd be heading north and west, aiming to get north of Albany and west of I-81, which is about as far west as severe rain goes for bad autumn storms on the east coast. If the storm is like the 1938 one, the sand from the barrier islands will be in the living rooms of south shore homes by the time Irene is done. Who would want to be there for that, really?

All that said, I hope the Fifth Avenue Apple Store doesn't get blasted to smithereens. As material things go, it's sooooo beautiful.
 
I heard that freehold raceway is closing for the whole weekend. Cannot confirm nor deny since they're being very tight lipped at that location
 
PsykX said:
That’s what I had in mind… Ouch, it’s going to splash out everywhere. I wonder what’s the maximum theoritical speed before the wind break these pieces of glass.
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Back in 2000 I was in Seattle as a protestor of the WTO Conference.
A very small group of thugs infiltrated the protest and began to vandalize.

I watched as a jerk broke a concrete block loose from a garden thing and chuck it with all his might at a plate glass window store front.

That block bounced straight back at him
Split his head open and he hit the ground hard
Didn't do a thing to the window

Don't know what was special about that glass but it was some bad ass shi-
 
Anyone remember this?

NYC during the horrific earthquake of 8/23:

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NYers, man up a little bit! :rolleyes:
 
I think the big concern is that here in the NE we don't build things to withstand natural disasters. I've lived just outside Philly my entire life and I can recall 2 tornados, 2 earthquakes (that were both very small), and 2 hurricanes. But our buildings and houses aren't really built up to snuff to stand against nature so when we do get the rare natural disaster we do tend to panic a little more.



not to mention all the crap drivers.
 
The latest indications are that the storm is weakening somewhat as it moves north, but that it is moving slightly faster than originally projected.

This is a "good news/bad news" sort of situation, in that

a) Wind speeds in the affected areas won't be as strong as originally feared. More like a stronger Category 1, or weak Category 2 hurricane but

b) The Storm Surge may occur at the height of the high tide that occurs with the new moon. Which means that the potential for flooding in low lying areas is greatly enhanced, and that there is a greater chance (but not certainty, at this point) that Sea Walls that protect low-lying areas of Manhattan may be topped.

The New York City subway and transit systems will shut down this weekend. Partly due to risk of flooding, but mainly due to the risks of cars being blown off their tracks in those places where they move above ground.

As has been pointed out, with no subway or transit system, many Apple Store employees customers will find it all but impossible to get to the Stores.

The current projected windspeed of the storm poses little, if any, risk to the sort of structural architectural glass employed in Apple flagship stores - although flying debris may pose further risks.

Stay safe, all of you up and down the East Coast.
 
maybe now I can actually talk to a human-being at an apple store and get help :rolleyes:

hopefully it won't be bad and this won't cause a delay in the new mac pros :p
 
My understanding is that the subways are closing because of concerns with flooding and power outages. I'm sure the stores are closing out of concern for the employees who may want to be home with their families, instead of slogging by foot through a storm/hurricane on foot. It might just be that Apple cares enough about their employees to not make them come to work on foot. Through a hurricane. I'm sure the glass will be fine, except for the one pane that will get by the one piece of debris that hits the glass exactly right to crack it.

We get hurricane force wind storms here on BC coast regularly. It's amazing to sit in the airport in Vancouver, and watch these giant panes of glass bow in and then out, about 15 cm in total. You get to watch them for awhile, 'cause the flights are delayed. In and out. In and out.
 
A lot of us New York posters will be offlline a few days I'm sure. Last time we had a hurricane was Gloria in '85. I was a kid back then (dating myself, I know). Was living in North Shore Suffolk County and we were out of power for a week.

Hopefully things (repair crews) have improved since then and power will be restored in 2-3 days.

Anyway, lots of places closing up in Manhasset, NY. So no surprise that the Apple Store will be closing up early, which is right next to the Americana Mall. No power, no sales.
 
No one should be worrying about Apple stores. Apple has the money and the insurance to replace damage, and customers would have to be idiots to be caring about anything but safety right now.
 
MultiMediaWill said:
By closing the store it reduces sales obviously because they aren't selling when the store is closed therefore reducing profits therefore falling out of the most valuable company position.
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uh. Ok? :confused:

Personal safety versus some guy on the internet worried that Apple won't be the most "valuable company".

I see your anguish. :rolleyes:
 
Uhhh..

You guys do realize the Fifth Avenue store is under construction outside right? It's not exposed at the moment and it's not expected to be until November. The glass that is there is covered by giant sheets of plywood and ladders and such. :D
 
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How are the long island stores still open for tomorrow. I live on long island and the hurricane is supposed to make landfall right over the island. The eye is supposed to move right over long island.
 
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