Hurricane Sandy landfall

Yesterday I saw where a food store was sold out of cases bottled water and a gas station that sold out of all grades of gas.

They say power could be out for a week. Good thing I've been training carrier Pigeons that'll travel to Ed's place so that my LOL Cat posts on BFC won't be interrupted by the storm. :D
 
Lt.Col.Vortex said:
Back in 05 me and my family took our roof off to begin the second story build on. That was the most hurricane active year in 20 years. And I live spittin' distance form the coast so we caught it all from tropical storms to Cat2 hurricanes. The house was covered in a giant tarp ( 25x40 footer). We all became decent 'sailors' at the end of that hurricane season lol. We can now unfurl and fasten any tarp under just about any wind and rain conditions :)
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Having gone through some bad storms its a good idea to stock up on DVDs and VHS tapes, chances are the cable, sattelite and internet will be down for as long as the power is out. Sattelite too odds are the dish will be ripped away and damaged by falling debris. Small comforts go a long way during times of distress.
 
The 2005 hurricane season was ridiculous, so much so that even the eggspurts at the NHC essentially gave up any pretense of knowing what they were talking about. That xkcd comic really is quite accurate. :)

We had less storms in '05 than '04 here in PBC, but Wilma did teach me a very valuable lesson about following these things closely and making my own decisions. The local weatherpeoples called Wilma a Cat 1 and I remember thinking to myself, "well I'm an old hand at this- no need to board up my windows or stock up on supplies beyond what I already have at hand for a piddly little hurricane like Wilma, especially since it's crossing W to E.". As I remember it, Wilma ended up hitting as a cat 2 and rapidly intensified to a cat 3. The pressure caused the caulk on all my windows to pop, wind driven rain was coming through every window and under the sliding door. After I ran out of towels, I was reduced to using sheets to try to stem the flow. And then I looked out the window and watched an oak tree, roots and all, blow down the road out of sight. It was at that point that I decided to ride out the rest of the storm between the washer and dryer, first and only time I've ever done that.

My hurricane philosophy is to be as redundantly over-prepared as possible and to ignore those who think it is, and I am, ridiculous. It only takes one and allathat.
 
I note that Mayor Bloomberg has ordered evacuation of 3/4 of a million residents of NYC. Ouch!
 
I was supposed to be at a job on Long Island on Monday and Tuesday, then driving back west on Wednesday. The hurricane on Long Island didn't bother me as much as the potential for snow and blizzard conditions inland.

So I stayed home. :)
 
I weathered two direct hits from hurricanes, Opal and Erin. Here is where I lived at the time. To the right of the picture is the Gulf Of Mexico. As you can see, I live in Tennessee now. Hurricanes are much more tolerable here.

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Bob W said:
Here at 6700' elevation, we can pretty much ignore the tsunami warnings too. :)
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My elevation there was 16'. :eek: We did have some impressive storm surges. My neighbor had a big sailing yacht in his back yard after one hurricane. And there was a complete house floating in the middle of the bay. IIRC, Navy divers were called in to blow it up as a navigation hazard.
 
25' waves are possible on Lake Michigan as part of this storm. Most of Chicago sits below 600'; the lake elevation is 577'.
 
During Irene we lost power for a full week and you couldn't easily get out of my local area because of the trees down. same deal with Snowtober. I am hoping that Irene and Snowtober took out most of the weak ones. I do expect to lose power for a few days because the power here flickers if someone so much as sneezes.
 
Everybody needs to relax. Nothing you can do about the weather but make sure you are prepared where you live. There is alot of generalization about what is going to happen. It will effect areas in it's path differently. The weather media and news media piss me off with these types of events. Just like all the news, it's blown way out of proportion at times. I've watched people panic in different storms predictions for over 30 years working in the grocery business. It's laughable.
Scott
 
Calling for at this time and we are 100's of miles inland.

Alert Type: WindsSustained: 40 Gust(73) MPHOccurring:Oct 29 | Oct 30
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Just got back from a walk. Beautiful afternoon: gentle breeze, almost cool (close to 70 degrees last week!) and clouds just sitting there overhead.
 
Gossman Knives said:
The weather media and news media piss me off with these types of events. Just like all the news, it's blown way out of proportion at times. I've watched people panic in different storms predictions for over 30 years working in the grocery business. It's laughable.
Scott
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Like I tried to illustrate with my post, it goes both ways. They hype it up and everyone either freaks out prior to a storm or points and laughs/gets angry when the apocalyptic predictions don't play out. Or, they sometimes downplay it and people ignore what is coming and then, if and when a hurricane hits, blame the weatherman for not giving a suitably strong warning. The fact is, this is looking like it will be a very unusual event and, as you indicated, all one can do is be prepared.

I wouldn't want to be a talking head weatherman in any state that didn't have at least 350 days a year of perfect weather. Perfectly crappy job, imo.
 
There was a notice on my door for a mandatory evacuation but is am staying put. Stupid? I hope not. I would feel better if my wife and kids would go to my moms and let me worry about the house but she's too stubborn. Just going to cross my fingers and hope we don't get flooded out. The power loss is nothing new but the tidal surge has me nervous.
 
strider214, whatever is coming, it's getting close. On my street, my building stays above water. One block down, the creek will rise and cover the road -- deep enough to cover a car. If you ever get surges up to your property, leaving is a real good idea.
 
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