This is a good time for Obama to shut down the internet, you know, a trial run. Blame it on the rain.
Mav is correct. Whether the exchange is functioning or not is essentially moot as the sell side is not going to make markets from LI. The buy side won't be trading from Greenwich either. All I know is lower vola. wheeeeeee.
Bloomberg is going to be shutting off water and heat to parts of NY and it's going to be 45 degrees with 10 feet of water coming in. Sounds like fun!!!!!
"375,000 ordered to evacuate NY ahead of Hurricane Sandy [...]New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Sunday that some 375,000 people in a number of coastal areas, including Coney Island, lower Manhattan, and parts of the Queens neighborhood, would need to leave their homes ahead of the terrifying megastorm.[...]" http://www.presstv.com/detail/2012/10/28/269253/375k-told-to-evacuate-ny-ahead-of-storm/
He will be able to soon. http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/01/kill-switch-legislation/ I guess you don't keep up with politics. That's a shock.
I'm 15 minutes from greenwich. There will be no one in the tri state area going to the office on monday and most likely tuesday. All transit is closed and most coastal towns have mandatory evac.