Rochester, NY guy here, with parents in central NY and grandparents on Long Island. Like other commenters have said, it's an absolute mess. ConEd is predictin

Rochester, NY guy here, with parents in central NY and grandparents on Long Island. Like other commenters have said, it's an absolute mess. ConEd is predicting up to 7 days for power to return. I voted "yes" but a day won't be enough. Some people trapped won't even be able to click submit for a week. I think that a deadline extension isn't the best option. The best option would be to give grace to late entries that come from hurricane areas (like others have mentioned, a checkbox would work). However, I'd add an additional box for those ticking the box that asks about their hurricane experiences. After all, isn't YC looking for amazing founders? What better way to see who a person is than hearing about their experiences living through a record-breaking storm? Sure, people would game the system but if they do make it to the interview stage it'll be easy to tell who's faking.