Hurricane Sandy crashed her way through Hoboken, causing ridiculous citywide flooding, turning the PATH into real-life BioShock, and mildly inconveniencing Eli Manning. Flooding, water damage, and debris have laid waste to our fine city… except the MakerBar!
A man chooses, a slave obeys. Courtesy NY-NJ Port Authority
Our intrepid member Chris Ferreira trekked (swam?) through the flooding and found that the MakerBar did amazingly well. The space is dry, all projects and tools are safe, and the roof is holding like a champ. The only immediate damage was one window that got torn off, but we needed a place to put an air conditioner anyways. The power is out; considering the damage to the city, it might be a while until it’s back online. Oh yeah, there’s a little flooding.
The MakerBar’s front door and Jackson Ave. Water is about 6″.
Oh window, we hardly knew ye.
Projects, tools, and other stuff are all safe and sound.
Six feet of water and that intersection still causes traffic jams. Note the MakerBar door in the bottom-right.
Minimal water got in. If there is a god, she really wants Bert to finish that 3D printer.
Damn storm broke the mirror (not really)
Chambord Place, south side. These cars are so screwed.
This is what I got when I asked if the west side flooded
The MakerBar seems to have a resistance to hurricanes! The space, projects, and members are safe; and hopefully things will soon drain and power will get restored.
We’re still deciding if we want to run a Postapocalyptic Craft Night this Friday. If you’re man enough, leave a comment or reach out to makerbar at googlegroups dot com !
Any damage to the equipment or people’s belongings?
It seems like everything stored in the MakerBar is in perfect condition. The only immediate exception is the ice cream in the freezer…
I am glad to see that the space survived the storm! I’ll try to make it over when they let
people back in again and I get some time. In
the meanwhile, I’ve been promoting MakerBar to
various hackers and like-minded people I’ve met.