Kat has already covered this, but I just got home so I need to throw in my two cents worth.

Here’s my picture:

I was forced to walk home because the subway was completely shut down and the roads complete gridlock due to all the road closures. I generally wouldn’t mind walking home, but I pulled my groin last night and it hurts like hell.

I saw a bunch of funny stuff, unfortunately I was too slow on the camera to actually get pictures of it. There was definitely some crazy over-reacting going on. I saw a number of civilians walking around with the small doctor’s mask things on. One was a terrified yuppie couple in a Land Rover, who were only outdone by a guy I saw (10 blocks from the scene mind you) with the same mask on around his neck. He had to pull it down so he could smoke his cigarette. Yeah, you want to wear the mask because you have no idea what kind of toxic chemicals are coming out of the ground but you don’t want to let that get in the way of your cigarette smoking.

Excuse me while I puke and die.

Update: 6 hours late, my mom called to make sure I was alive. Unfortunately it was the first time I had gotten to sleep before midnight all week. Awesome, thanks. Also, Gothamist has a post on this story which points out that Chopper4 was first on the scene. Coincidence, or Chopper 4?