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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”United States
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July 10, 2009
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OfflineWhat Are The Hurricane Sandy Storm Conditions Where You Are?
Trees down? Power lines down? Power outages? Flooding? Batteries shortages at stores? Back up supplies available? Bread, water and milk shortages at stores? Gas lines? Traffic conditions? What is closed? Let us know what is going on where you are.
Stay safe, everyone! Watch out for each other!
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Hang out here and we will keep each other company as we deal with this storm.
As of 8PM est:
Sandy: East Coast braces for epic hurricane, ‘life-threatening’ storm surge
Thanks ~ Dylan Stableford
Waves crash into a pier in Nags Head, N.C., Oct. 27, 2012. (Gerry Broome/AP)
"Superstorm." "The Perfect Storm." "Frankenstorm."
Whatever you want to call it, the East Coast is bracing for Hurricane Sandy, a "rare hybrid storm" that is expected to bring a life-threatening storm surge to the mid-Atlantic coast, Long Island Sound and New York harbor, forecasters say, with winds expected to be at or near hurricane force when it makes landfall sometime on Monday.
According to the National Hurricane Center, the Category 1 hurricane was centered about 280 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., and 485 miles south of New York City early Sunday, carrying maximum sustained winds of 75 mph and moving northeast at 15 mph.
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the immediate, mandatory evacuation for low-lying coastal areas, including Coney Island, the Rockaways, Brighton Beach, Red Hook and some parts of lower Manhattan along the East River.
"If you don't evacuate, you're not just putting your own life at risk," Mayor Bloomberg said at a news conference Sunday. "You're endangering first responders who may have to rescue you."
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie's message for residents was a bit more blunt. "Don't be stupid," Christie said Sunday afternoon, announcing the suspension of the state's transit system beginning at 12:01 a.m. Monday.
Earlier, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the suspension of all MTA service--including subways, buses, Long Island Railroad and Metro North--beginning at 7 p.m. Sunday. New York City Public Schools will be closed on Monday, the mayor said. The New York Stock Exchange said its trading floor will be closed on Monday, too--the first such shutdown in 27 years, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Sandy is expected to continue on a parallel path along the mid-Atlantic coast later Sunday before making a sharp turn toward the northwest and southern New Jersey coastline on Monday--with the Jersey Shore and New York City in its projected path.
But the path is not necessarily the problem.
"Don't get fixated on a particular track," the Associated Press said. "Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow."
A tropical storm warning has been issued between Cape Fear to Duck, N.C., while hurricane watches and high-wind warnings are in effect from the Virginia to Massachusetts. The hurricane-force winds extend 175 miles from the epicenter of the storm, while tropical storm-force winds extend 500 miles--or roughly 1,000 miles end to end, making Sandy one of the biggest storms to ever hit the East Coast.
"We're looking at impact of greater than 50 to 60 million people," Louis Uccellini, head of environmental prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, told the Associated Press.
"The size of this alone, affecting a heavily populated area, is going to be history making," Jeff Masters wrote on the Weather Underground blog.
President Barack Obama received a briefing on the storm at Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington on Sunday. "My main message to everybody involved is that we have to take this seriously," President Obama said. "[We will] respond big and respond fast."
"I can be as cynical as anyone," Christie said on Saturday, announcing a state of emergency. "But when the storm comes, if it's as bad as they're predicting, you're going to wish you weren't as cynical as you otherwise might have been."
Meanwhile, emergency evacuations were being mulled by state officials in Connecticut, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire and even Maine.
In Virginia, Governor Bob McDonnell said 20,000 homes there had already reported power outages.
(Weather.com)"This is not a coastal threat alone," said FEMA director Craig Fugate said during a media briefing early Sunday. "This is a very large area."
Forecasters also fear the combination of storm surge, high tide and heavy rain--between 3 and 12 inches in some areas--could be life-threatening for coastal residents.
According to the National Hurricane Center summary, coastal water levels could rise anywhere between 1 and 12 feet from North Carolina to Cape Cod, depending on the timing of the "peak surge." A surge of 6 to 11 feet is forecast for Long Island Sound and Raritan Bay, including New York Harbor.
The storm surge in New York Harbor during Hurricane Irene in September 2011, forecasters noted, was four feet.
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"Whatever the human mind can conceive and believe it can achieve."
Napoleon Hill, Author of "Think & Grow Rich"
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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”United States
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July 10, 2009
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OfflineThanks, Ridge!
At this moment, the earth cam link is off.
I wonder if the weather is effecting it?
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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”United States
Member #76,984
July 10, 2009
10,756 Posts
OfflineThe winds are howling a bit. It is raining in a slow, but steady manner.
The temperature is 52 degrees. Last night, we had very few leaves in our
yard. This morning the yard of full of wet leaves.
Yesterday, we brought all of our chairs, trash containers and loose
things indoors. Our neighbors STILL have stuff like potted plants, chairs,
toys, knick knacks and trash containers on their porches and in their yards that the winds can lift and throw in our direction.
I hope that our windows and cars are protected from any flying objects from
their properties.
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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”United States
Member #76,984
July 10, 2009
10,756 Posts
OfflineHi LottoBoner, Olplugger and Elizabeth03!
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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”United States
Member #76,984
July 10, 2009
10,756 Posts
OfflineNow there is a ban on tracker trailers, trucks, campers
and motorcycles on some of the highways and bridges.
Who would be on a motorcycle in this weather, anyway?
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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”United States
Member #76,984
July 10, 2009
10,756 Posts
OfflineWow! 6 blocks of the north end of the Atlantic City boardwalk disappeared!
The power of the ocean waves destroyed it. Wood planks from the boardwalk
were lifted 30 or 40 feet and tossed way far away from the boardwalk and into
the city. Some boardwalk planks were tossed into city residents' garages.
80 feet of boardwalk floating free at Atlantic and New Hampshire Ave
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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”United States
Member #76,984
July 10, 2009
10,756 Posts
OfflineThanks for your numbers, Bulahsbaby$ !
Got enough coffee and munchees?
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“How you do anything is how you do everything.”United States
Member #76,984
July 10, 2009
10,756 Posts
OfflineHey luckyshoes!
I, also, have several Sandy(s) in my life ...from my chiropractor / friend to relatives and friends!
Thanks for your numbers!
