The Statue of Liberty is closed, moose out front should have told you

Jersey City's own Statue of Liberty was left to fend for herself during superstorm Sandy and while she came through like a champ, her downstairs neighbors not so much. Like much of Jersey City both Liberty and Ellis Island spent some time under the salty brines of the Atlantic Ocean. No exhibits were harmed and no records were lost. However both places are going to be closed for months until the usual inspections, electrical replacements, cleanup of the buildings and the islands, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.

A nice story complete with pictures of what officials found when they came back after the storm is just a click away.

The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure...

No it wasn't the SS Minnow but a party boat did pretty much take a puke Monday night in the middle of the East River. Passengers had to wait out a three hour delay before the 'Fiesta En Barco 3' departed and seemingly things were going well until it went under the Williamsburg Bridge when the power and lights went out.

Everyone maintained calm, nobody tried to jump ship and swim to shore and the Green Goblin didn't try sinking the ship.

Unrelated video (but darned funny and so well scored)