police helicopters and sirens

Just awoke at 6am to the sound of police helicopters and sirens. Wtf? Did things get out of hand last night?

Wondering that too. Hope not.

still buzzing around...sounds like its pretty low too

Were they definitely police helicopters? I woke up to their smell, thought my apt. was on fire...

2nd Alarm | Classon Ave @ Park Place Brooklyn, NY | 11/5/2008 6:06 a.m.

took this off of gothamist

joseph11 wrote: 2nd Alarm | Classon Ave @ Park Place Brooklyn, NY | 11/5/2008 6:06 a.m.

took this off of gothamist

Hope no one was hurt.

The crowds in front of Soda were cheering everything, from police cars, to delivery trucks, to garbage trucks.

Linky:

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The only thing the cops were upset about were people drinking in the street, so it took a herculean effort by the fine employees of Soda to bring people inside.

It was a great night for America, and a great night for Vanderbilt Avenue.

nice videos!!!!!

Raul makes the best vids.

people went apeshit on washington. cops swarmed. in between cheering, there were gun shots. some folks were still out at 4 a.m.

Soda had the best celebration of all!!

raulism - is that you on NPR right now for PH ?! ?!

vanilla wrote: raulism - is that you on NPR right now for PH ?! ?!

Haha, I was just on here to ask that same thing.

I heard that too!

I thought the celebrations were relatively well-contained, at least in the early minutes after the announcement. I just missed it, thus was walking home from the 7th ave stop and there was nothing but silence. Minutes after I walked in my door I saw the subdued "Obama Elected" graphic on TV with no narration, meaning it had obviously already been said...yet I'd heard nothing while walking home...weird. I assume it got rowdier later in the evening?

Not sure how it was on other networks, but on NBC the "subdued graphic" in silence was actually the first announcement that he won. We thought it was kind of weird way to present it, but the announcers came on shortly thereafter and confirmed that he had won. The bulk of the cheering/screaming started shortly thereafter. Then the fireworks (I really want to believe they were fireworks, not gunshots).

AH! I was watching NBC too. Then that explains why there were no sounds on the street--I made it home just in time!

LadyLibertine wrote: [quote=vanilla]raulism - is that you on NPR right now for PH ?! ?!

Haha, I was just on here to ask that same thing.

Oui, c'est moi!