Hopefully won't be too bad here in Ohio. Looks like it's going to plow through West Virginia and Pennsylvania. Reporting that there will be 20ft waves in Cleveland and Chicago when all this mixes together near the lakes.
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Hurricane Sandy - The Perfect Storm...Part Deux
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How to survive the worst hurricane of our lifetime?
I am in NJ and don't know what to do. My job said I am required to work through the hurricane and must come in to the office. Where I currently work everything floods out. They won't let me work remotely from home during the storm.
I wish I was in San Fran this week.
I am in NJ and don't know what to do. My job said I am required to work through the hurricane and must come in to the office. Where I currently work everything floods out. They won't let me work remotely from home during the storm.
I wish I was in San Fran this week.
I would be calling out sick
In all seriousness though, are you in the storm track on the coast of NJ or in the western more inland portions of the state? If the area is more inland you might actually be safe to go to work that is why they haven't closed down for Monday.
The last major destructive storm to roll through these parts was the 1938 Long Island Express. That is the bench mark that all hurricanes are measured by and what is feared around these parts. This one could come close if not exceed that storm.
I've spent the last couple reading about this, and it's...scary stuff.
Everyone caught in the path of this, I wish you all the best of luck. It's gonna be a wooly couple of days.
Everyone caught in the path of this, I wish you all the best of luck. It's gonna be a wooly couple of days.
I'm from houston and enjoy hurricanes, but Sandy is a storm that I think is mad scrary. Much love to ya'll in the NE and stay safe
Here in Boston the MBTA is shutting down as of 2:00pm, all schools are closed and many businesses are closed.
Of course I work for a hospital so there is no weather day to take off, but I'm lucky that I can work from home which I'm taking advantage of
Are you in Florida?
Because while it may have been weak when it passed through Florida, it has become a monster for the East Coast.
It's not like it's just a hurricane rolling through, it's smashing into a cold front from the West, 90mph sustained winds in an area that, well, doesn't ever experience it, and storm surges twice as large as hurricane Irene, which will cause flooding in the subway systems, for a population of 60 million, which 15 million or so use public transportation daily.
To top it off, It's going to slow down as it passes over the area when it merges with the cold front causing a possible snow storm or blizzard in West Virginia/Appalachia.
So it's a pretty big deal.
Looking at the trees outside my apartment building, it looks pretty damn windy...definitely your-umbrella-will-die-quickly level winds.
Apparently there were hour long lines to get into supermarkets last night.
I don't see any boarded up windows, but it sounds like someone is cutting plywood with a circular saw somewhere down the street.
My biggest concern in this whole thing is that the storm surge will flood the subway system, and my short commute will become a major pain in the ass.
I know were gonna get some rain here but, once I saw the first pictures of this storm yesterday. Some scary stuff.
Good luck to everyone that's affected. Stay Safe!
Good luck to everyone that's affected. Stay Safe!
wishing everyone else well
My hopes are for everyone here and beyond to
be safe, dry and with power throughout Sandy's duration. No damage etc.
Mandatory evacuations south of us, but I have confidence my neighborhood will make it through just fine.
My hopes are for everyone here and beyond to
be safe, dry and with power throughout Sandy's duration. No damage etc.
Mandatory evacuations south of us, but I have confidence my neighborhood will make it through just fine.
I am in Howell ,NJ .
It is windy right now maybe 35-40 gusts to 50 .
The dec 1992 storm that hit us had sustained 65-70 with gusts to 97 in Cape May, NJ 70 miles south of
my home.
WE lost power for 29 hours. I would guess my area had 65 sustained with gusts to 85-90 that
year.
Right Now we are not anywhere near those wind speeds.
My town is in one of the worst spots for this storm, but max winds are not
due until 7 or 8 pm. I will tell you if this storm is windier then the 1992 storm.
I am far enough from the sea and rivers to not worry a lot about flooding. Frankly I am
concerned about the wind. As they forecast 80 to 100 for my area.
Oh my barometer has dropped from 30.2 to 28.8 in the last 24 hours.
It is windy right now maybe 35-40 gusts to 50 .
The dec 1992 storm that hit us had sustained 65-70 with gusts to 97 in Cape May, NJ 70 miles south of
my home.
WE lost power for 29 hours. I would guess my area had 65 sustained with gusts to 85-90 that
year.
Right Now we are not anywhere near those wind speeds.
My town is in one of the worst spots for this storm, but max winds are not
due until 7 or 8 pm. I will tell you if this storm is windier then the 1992 storm.
I am far enough from the sea and rivers to not worry a lot about flooding. Frankly I am
concerned about the wind. As they forecast 80 to 100 for my area.
Oh my barometer has dropped from 30.2 to 28.8 in the last 24 hours.
Nice photos. Are they from your home tag of Boston?
Oh BTW wind has picked up hear in Howell, NJ and my Barometer dropped 1 tick in the last hour to 28.7. Still full storm is supposed to be 7 to 8 pm.
In 1992 the meter dropped under 28.5 which is as low as it reads.
Well, it's windy here in southeast Massachusetts... that's about it. I'm far enough inland where it's just going to be wind here but flooding looks like it will get pretty bad on the south coast of RI/MA/CT. We're almost to low tide right now, so we'll be hitting high tide later just as the center of the storm is coming ashore.. that's not a good situation for people along the coast.