Hurricane Sandy and PortableApps.com (Updated Nov 15, 2012)

The local cell towers have been failing, so our backup wireless internet access is spotty. Wired internet and phone are still out with no ETA as many of the local streets are blocked with downed trees and power lines.

All of Manhattan south of 39th St is still without power due to the flooding-related explosion at the 14th street power substation. Wall St is open running on generators. Some transit lines to/from Queens are up but very slow. None in and out of Brooklyn are up due to power outtages and flooded subway tunnels. Colleagues who made the commute yesterday took about 4 hours to get from Queens to work in Manhattan.

I'll update as things progress and post a more detailed status update once things get a bit more back to normal.

We're all ok, though. Thank you for all who asked after us.

We've been informed by ConEd that the Empire State Building (where our shared office space is) will not have heat until November 11th. Our Queens office space still has no internet or phone service and 2 of the 4 mobile networks (including our backup internet one) are mostly offline. We'll be purchasing a secondary backup mobile network hotspot today as neither Time Warner (wired primary internet) nor T-Mobile (backup mobile internet) have an ETA on when service might be restored. Wired phone is also out along with VoIP, so we aren't currently taking incoming calls to our 800 number. By purchasing a secondary backup mobile device, we'll be able to work at slower speeds without having to keep packaging up releases and then moving to where we can beg or borrow internet access to post them.

We're still happy we weren't hit as badly as other areas of the city with flooding, blackouts and looting. Thank you for your patience during the recovery process.

We've been using our secondary backup wireless internet successfully to keep things updated. Our primary wireless internet and cell phones came back on Thursday the 8th. So, we began have limited access to phone service via our 800 number on our contact page.

Time Warner has been working the last few days on our internet access. 3 poles were replaced and rewired by 5 cabling trucks. Our internet router is now making connection to the local point a block away but it has not yet been hooked up to the main system, so no primary internet yet at our Queens office, but we're hoping it will be connected today or tomorrow. Heat was restored to the Empire State Building (our shared office space) via a steam-producing semi truck hooked into the system and the main stem system should be operational this weekend.

I'll be posting a status update on Monday or Tuesday detailing where we're at schedule and release-wise as a result of the past couple weeks as we get back into the swing of things, getting new releases flowing again and the first platform 12.0 beta out. Thanks again for your patience and support through this.

Primary internet access has been restored, so we are no longer reliant on the less reliable pay-per-GB wireless solution we were using as a backup to keep the app updates flowing. This also means that calls to our office will be working during business hours tomorrow. We're catching up on the last of the app updates now and will be starting new app releases again shortly (likely tomorrow).

I'll be posting a status update tomorrow or Tuesday with an update on our overall status of apps and platform work and our schedule going forward now that services have finally been fully restored. Thank you for your support and patience during the past couple weeks.

The remaining outdated apps have all been updated, so we should be good for same-day updates again going forward. New releases are again flowing starting with ControlPad Portable which was just posted. I'll post a more complete "Weekly Status Update" tomorrow or Thursday *Friday* with further details and a platform and app schedule. As, for now, I'm off to relax and head to bed. Goodnight all!