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Interests => Living Off of the Grid & Survivalism => Topic started by: vesta111 on October 25, 2012, 10:53:55 AM
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Watching this so called major monster storm headed our way.
As we know the the meteorologists can be way off or dead on when predicting these things. Bothered me when the meteorologists get all upset and give out worse case scenarios. They may be right and not enough of us take notice.
Drives me nuts when a big storm is predicted to watch what people are buying for food, Carts of perishable food in 2-3 days of non refrigeration. Heck why not buy canned meat, crackers, peanut butter and good old cans of baked beans that can be eaten cold ????
Have to expect electricity to go out, even with propane one needs electricity to ignite the burners.
Any one know where the shelters are that will take pets ????? Nuts, who thinks of that big tree in the yard that may come down on top of a car, ever thought to move the car to an area that is safer ????
So I am a nut, I will if this looks worse then tie my Kayaks to the back deck in case of flooding, just jump in and bring my puppy and ride the tide. Hubby will have to handle the Coon cats. :rofl:
We do not get this much excitement very often, kind of opens our eyes to what if.
Brings life into prospective of what is really valuable in life, what we put our priority's on, be it life or possessions.
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I hope you and others living in New England can ride this thing out safely.
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I hope you and others living in New England can ride this thing out safely.
Ditto here Vesta - may God protect you and the Mr.
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Hang in there Vesta!
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I'm supposed to be out in the field that day, looking at five National Grid substations. Guess I'm going to call back and say, "Later in the week."
Sandy's not invited to my housewarming party, BTW. :hammer:
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I took next Tuesday off to do some things -- looks like it was the right move. Not going anywhere that day for sure!
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I hope you and others living in New England can ride this thing out safely.
Well, in case anybody's noticed.....or cared.....the roof of Nebraska got prolific heavy snow early this morning.
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Y'all be careful up there. Heard it's going to hit a cold front.
Vesta, they still make matches. You don't need electricity to light propane.
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We have a cold front moving tomorrow. It's only going to be....70.
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Has anyone consulted Nadine about what to do yet??
:panic:
KC
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Has anyone consulted Nadine about what to do yet??
:panic:
KC
I'm certain that she'll interject herself directly into the mess, if she doesn't make it up on her own.
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Has anyone consulted Nadine about what to do yet??
:panic:
KC
Triage milk and Skyline chili.
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Hope we don't get a repeat of Irene! She was bad to my area. Anyway I filled all gas cans, vehicles and propane tanks this morn. Always ready.
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Triage milk and Skyline chili.
:bird:
:lmao:
KC
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Well, in case anybody's noticed.....or cared.....the roof of Nebraska got prolific heavy snow early this morning.
No thank you frank. Snow. Brrrrrr. We see it about once every 10 years and I'm good with that.
KC
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Well, in case anybody's noticed.....or cared.....the roof of Nebraska got prolific heavy snow early this morning.
Hmmm. Temps here in northern Missouri have dropped about 30 degrees since mid-morning.
And it's quite shitty outside.
Why did you send that stuff our way, Frank? :hammer: :hammer:
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Hope we don't get a repeat of Irene! She was bad to my area. Anyway I filled all gas cans, vehicles and propane tanks this morn. Always ready.
From what I saw Crystal Egger and Kelly Bonehead Cass say about an hour ago on The Weather Channel, it quite possibly will be worse. Ya see, Irene made landfall and went northeast. Sandy is supposedly going to hit right around Atlantic City and go northwest. The northeast part of the storm gets the most rain. Guess where the Catskills would be in relation to wherethe storm's going to hit? Northeast. Last time, they were north-northwest and look at what happened. The one possible saving grace is that the storm will have to travel longer over land to get to the Catskills, so there should be a bit less energy.
But, for those in the Schoharie Creek area downstream of the Gilboa Dam, the lake behind the dam was waaaay down a couple of months ago, and they told us then that they could take an inflow of the same size as they suffered for Irene (over 4 billion gallons!) and not overtop the Gilboa Dam (Irene was eight feet over the top of Gilboa Dam for Irene). So, they should be better off.
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Vesta are you stocked up? Do you have extra puppy chow and Friskies? Don't forget the little ones.
Batteries for when the power goes out, maybe a portable heater?
Prepping for storms like this is probably just a part of life in New England. Cats and dogs are easy to forget in the rush.
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So I am a nut, I will if this looks worse then tie my Kayaks to the back deck in case of flooding, just jump in and bring my puppy and ride the tide
Well , while you are riding the tide, and the bow turns south, pick up me ind jingles on the way down,,,mmmmkay? :-)
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Hope we don't get a repeat of Irene! She was bad to my area. Anyway I filled all gas cans, vehicles and propane tanks this morn. Always ready.
I'm thinking that it could be more like this (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991_Perfect_Storm).
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OMG! this storm is supposed to strike NJ on Mon and Tues, they're saying heavy rain and 60-80MPH winds, we already expect to lose power. BTW, I have 2 freezers full of food, what can I do to keep from losing it?
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OMG! this storm is supposed to strike NJ on Mon and Tues, they're saying heavy rain and 60-80MPH winds, we already expect to lose power. BTW, I have 2 freezers full of food, what can I do to keep from losing it?
Just 60-80? I thought it was a hurricane. :fuelfire:
Get a generator or don't open the freezer unless you absolutely have to. I don't know how long you'll be out of power. You may lose it.
If you don't get a generator, get dry goods that don't need refrigeration (or cooking) to eat.
Lantern, batteries, and a radio.
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Water. If the power goes out, the water goes bad. Buy a couple of jugs of water.
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Just 60-80? I thought it was a hurricane. :fuelfire:
Get a generator or don't open the freezer unless you absolutely have to. I don't know how long you'll be out of power. You may lose it.
If you don't get a generator, get dry goods that don't need refrigeration (or cooking) to eat.
Lantern, batteries, and a radio.
I'm looking at Generators now and not happy if I have to put out a minimum $400. We had no problem with the storm last year, everyone around us was out but for some reason we had power, we had people come stay with us for a few days.
Water. If the power goes out, the water goes bad. Buy a couple of jugs of water.
I always have bottled water in the house and those gallon containers of water.
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I'm looking at Generators now and not happy if I have to put out a minimum $400. We had no problem with the storm last year, everyone around us was out but for some reason we had power, we had people come stay with us for a few days.
Are you on the same electric provider as your neighbors?
We're with a co-op, and were out of power for about 18-24 hours after Hurricane Dolly, while everyone else was out 5-6 days.
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Are you on the same electric provider as your neighbors?
We're with a co-op, and were out of power for about 18-24 hours after Hurricane Dolly, while everyone else was out 5-6 days.
We're all JCP&L, and the other problem aside from the wind is the leaves are turning but there's still a lot of leaves on the trees, wet leaves and possible snow means trees down everywhere, and we could be out for days before JCP&L takes care of us.
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I hope everyone is safe.
Frank, sorry to hear about the early snow fall. I hope you are still able to go trick or treating on the 31st
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My prayer is for everyone to stay safe and sound
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Bally, any place you could go and quickly rent a generator? Like do it today? Might be cheaper than buying and you'd have it if you lose power.
If you have any empty milk jugs, fill them with water and stick them in the freezers. It will take some time for the ice in that size of a block to melt and keep the freezer cold longer than cubed ice, and you can use the resulting water either to drink or whatever.
Y'all be safe up there!
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From what I saw Crystal Egger and Kelly Bonehead Cass say about an hour ago on The Weather Channel, it quite possibly will be worse. Ya see, Irene made landfall and went northeast. Sandy is supposedly going to hit right around Atlantic City and go northwest. The northeast part of the storm gets the most rain. Guess where the Catskills would be in relation to wherethe storm's going to hit? Northeast. Last time, they were north-northwest and look at what happened. The one possible saving grace is that the storm will have to travel longer over land to get to the Catskills, so there should be a bit less energy.
But, for those in the Schoharie Creek area downstream of the Gilboa Dam, the lake behind the dam was waaaay down a couple of months ago, and they told us then that they could take an inflow of the same size as they suffered for Irene (over 4 billion gallons!) and not overtop the Gilboa Dam (Irene was eight feet over the top of Gilboa Dam for Irene). So, they should be better off.
Yeah the Ashokan is way down so we wont get the over flow but still Irene overflowed every stream and gully in the mountains. The mud from that is still coming down stream! This storm could bring a bunch of wet snow and with the leaves still on the trees oh boy! Think I'll hook up the plow and shop for a new generator today. Just as a back up for my old one.
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Okay, I'm curious about something.
I've been watching the weather radar, but am not sure all what it means, just some of it.
So there's a storm coming from the west, that's going to collide with the hurricane coming from the south?
And about where New Jersey is?
Is that correct?
There's primitives in the way--the sparkling old dude in a rich suburb just west of Balitmore, Atman in eastern Connecticut, the Bostonian Drunkard in Boston. Are they projected to get hit too?
If so, Skins's island should be a lot of fun.
Not so much fun for decent and civilized people caught up in it, of course, but I'm talking about the primitives here.
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I am wary of the news bias and have wondered if they are making such a big deal right now to get the spotlight off of politics, off Obama with coverage of the super dooper huge perfect storm.
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I doubt that Gina. It's a hurricane and looks to still be one by the time it gets to the northeast and I believe is colliding with a pretty powerful front that's set to drop our temps by 40 degrees ny tomorrow and we are west of there. Warm wet air from hurricane meeting cold air from the west I believe. Correct me if I'm wrong but that's the gist of what I've got and I've seen it before. Nasty stuff. It gets a lot of attention not only for the likely severity but the cluster frack of people in that concentrated area.
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Well , while you are riding the tide, and the bow turns south, pick up me ind jingles on the way down,,,mmmmkay? :-)
Sea, the funniest dream came to me last night.
You know the rafts put in lakes to dive off, the ones made of lumber and 50 gallon empty metal barrels ??
Very vivid memory's of one summer when I and a couple friends swam out to one and out of no where out of the West a huge thunder shower came racing across the lake at us. We had no time to swim to shore so we just lay down and hung on for dear life.
Somehow the mooring came loose and we floated off to shore, my Grand parents waiting with a dozen of dry towels to warm us up as we were freezing, wet, scared and hungry.
Strange dream I was thinking when I awoke this AM. Not a streaming dream but sort of like time laps shots of what happend so long ago.
When I went to open the drapes a few hours ago the first thing I saw was my deck out back. Because of zoning rules decks cannot be attached to the home. just set on cement blocks.
You know how I am Sea, sometimes 2x2=6 for me but this time still half awake I did not see my deck, I saw a raft.
Now to the planning stages for lack of nothing better to do. I know of places that cannot give away empty barrels of cooking oil or what not. The places have to pay to have them hauled away. Getting a dozen or so making sure they are air tight and lashing them to the bottom of the deck would take perhaps an hour or so. There is enough room under the deck to do so.
Biggest problem would be balance to insure if the deck hit something under water it could not tip over. There is no time to make a rudder or keel but the kayak paddles will have to do in a pinch. sort of like a canoe, steer from the bow and stern. I would need at least 3-4 20 gallon empty buckets to use as a sea anchor, sort of a 3 point mooring,
So never fear if the creek infact does rise and you hear an air horn outside your apartment, you may see a home owners deck with 2 kayaks attached ,one wet miserable dog, two miserable cats waiting to take you and Jingles aboard---Plenty of life jackets for all hands. -------------- Pay no attention to the terrified man, that's just hubby he will get over it. --------
All I ask from you is to supply the Jolly Roger flag in defiance of Sandy.
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Looks like I'm directly in the crosshairs if it's going to hit between Ocean City (NJ) and Atlantic City -- I'm just 30 miles inland of AC :panic:
That's still the forecast as of this morning -- sometime later Monday through Tues.
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Looks like I'm directly in the crosshairs if it's going to hit between Ocean City (NJ) and Atlantic City -- I'm just 30 miles inland of AC :panic:
That's still the forecast as of this morning -- sometime later Monday through Tues.
Putcher seat belt on, nj....it's prolly gonna be a bumpy ride.
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My wife and I have been vacationing in the D.C. and Virginia Beach area since last Saturday. We have had fantastic weather but have seen a turn last night. Tomorrow we are driving to Baltimore for a few days and plan on flying out Monday morning. Hoping we don't get stranded at BWI.
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All y'all up there on the east coast be safe and prepared. We can joke all we want but after having been through a few hurricanes they are serious business (and I know y'all know that).
Here's hoping your electricity doesn't go out for too long.
KC
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Yeah the Ashokan is way down so we wont get the over flow but still Irene overflowed every stream and gully in the mountains. The mud from that is still coming down stream! This storm could bring a bunch of wet snow and with the leaves still on the trees oh boy! Think I'll hook up the plow and shop for a new generator today. Just as a back up for my old one.
On the ride in, it was mentioned that the soils in the Catskills were pretty saturated for when Irene came calling, so there wasn't much excess absorbtion capacity in the ground. Now, it's a bit different--the soils are a fair sight drier than then, and can absorb more rain. How much more? Guess we'll find out. :o
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On the ride in, it was mentioned that the soils in the Catskills were pretty saturated for when Irene came calling, so there wasn't much excess absorbtion capacity in the ground. Now, it's a bit different--the soils are a fair sight drier than then, and can absorb more rain. How much more? Guess we'll find out. :o
Why wait? Ask Nadine. I'm sure she could tell you how much run off you can expect, what the levels of the lakes will be when it's over, how many people and how long they will be out of electricity ... etc...
This way all of you will know how much food and water to stock up on.
KC
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Looks like I'm directly in the crosshairs if it's going to hit between Ocean City (NJ) and Atlantic City -- I'm just 30 miles inland of AC :panic:
That's still the forecast as of this morning -- sometime later Monday through Tues.
Hunker down and make sure you have plenty of beer. :-)
Seriously, I hope y'all make it through alright.
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Has Obama mentioned the hurricane? could this be his Katrina?
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I hope Stinky the Clown ponied up for a generator... it looks like he may need one.
Sandy looks like the real deal (http://pjmedia.com/weathernerd/2012/10/26/dont-panic-but-prepare-sandy-looks-like-the-real-deal/)
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I spent all day getting ready. I can't think of anything I'm not ready for unless my house takes a hit and I get injured. If I don't get injured I'm good! I am a Conservative I can take care of myself.
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I spent all day getting ready. I can't think of anything I'm not ready for unless my house takes a hit and I get injured. If I don't get injured I'm good! I am a Conservative I can take care of myself.
Can you use more ammo for the Ruger .44?
(This is a trick question. You can always use more ammo! :-) )
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I spent all day getting ready. I can't think of anything I'm not ready for unless my house takes a hit and I get injured. If I don't get injured I'm good! I am a Conservative I can take care of myself.
Me too. Stock up shopping done, yard cleaned up, pool closed for the season ( :( ). Checked to make sure the generator is in good working condition. Now it's just sit back and wait.
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Bally, any place you could go and quickly rent a generator? Like do it today? Might be cheaper than buying and you'd have it if you lose power.
If you have any empty milk jugs, fill them with water and stick them in the freezers. It will take some time for the ice in that size of a block to melt and keep the freezer cold longer than cubed ice, and you can use the resulting water either to drink or whatever.
Y'all be safe up there!
We've checked everywhere and there isn't a generator available at all in North Jersey. I knew it I knew it I knew it, woman should never listen to their husbands, I've been wanting to buy 1 for months and my Husband kept saying no, all of a sudden he realizes "crap, we have a sump pump" and if we lose power he'll basically be sleeping in the basement and have to pump it manually.
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We've checked everywhere and there isn't a generator available at all in North Jersey. I knew it I knew it I knew it, woman should never listen to their husbands, I've been wanting to buy 1 for months and my Husband kept saying no, all of a sudden he realizes "crap, we have a sump pump" and if we lose power he'll basically be sleeping in the basement and have to pump it manually.
If that isn't an inducement to get one after this, I don't know what would get through his skull. I want to get one for the townhouse ASAP; a big natural gas-powered one, but the thing would likely have to go on the front of the house by the garage. I am damned sure going to find out.
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If that isn't an inducement to get one after this, I don't know what would get through his skull. I want to get one for the townhouse ASAP; a big natural gas-powered one, but the thing would likely have to go on the front of the house by the garage. I am damned sure going to find out.
I had no options available living in that apartment. Good thing I kept a spare car battery and work lamp hanging around... it was nice to have light when the power went out, which it did regularly in that neighborhood.
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We've checked everywhere and there isn't a generator available at all in North Jersey. I knew it I knew it I knew it, woman should never listen to their husbands, I've been wanting to buy 1 for months and my Husband kept saying no, all of a sudden he realizes "crap, we have a sump pump" and if we lose power he'll basically be sleeping in the basement and have to pump it manually.
Dearest BallyGirl, I wish you safety and good will.... I think by the time it gets here in NH, Sandy will have gone out to sea or tuckered herself out!! Keep me posted!!
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If that isn't an inducement to get one after this, I don't know what would get through his skull. I want to get one for the townhouse ASAP; a big natural gas-powered one, but the thing would likely have to go on the front of the house by the garage. I am damned sure going to find out.
Fingers crossed, my Cousin is coming up to visit us tomorrow from Brooklyn, he's going to stop at a Staten Island Home Depot, there's 1 that I was looking at that showed limited stock in the Staten Island store, but I'll be shocked if it's in stock.
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I had no options available living in that apartment. Good thing I kept a spare car battery and work lamp hanging around... it was nice to have light when the power went out, which it did regularly in that neighborhood.
We're looking at something called a Power Inverter, we're hoping we can find a 1200W, at least we can run the sump pump on that:
(http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/productImages/300/bf/bf9f5fc3-0ab3-49fc-9de7-84d00904a8ec_300.jpg)
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Dearest BallyGirl, I wish you safety and good will.... I think by the time it gets here in NH, Sandy will have gone out to sea or tuckered herself out!! Keep me posted!!
I'll charge up my phone, at least I'll be able to get internet that way if we lose power.
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Looks like a giant battery/UPS.
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Looks like a giant battery/UPS.
You hook it up to the car battery, in 1 of the reviews my husband read, the guy said he was able to run his sump pump for 2 days off of it, and we have a battery charger in the garage, so if we can't get a generator this might be the way to go.
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You hook it up to the car battery, in 1 of the reviews my husband read, the guy said he was able to run his sump pump for 2 days off of it, and we have a battery charger in the garage, so if we can't get a generator this might be the way to go.
Ah, okay. The inverter part makes sense now.
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It maybe nothing but I have an older brother that is living now in Delaware and his wife is with him. Not sure how much it will affect him since I don;t know where in the state he is and what they are doing. He;ll probably call this weekend to fill us in .Just hope he is there in case it gets bad. He flies for an airline and I'd hate for his wife to have to ride it out with the kids.
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You hook it up to the car battery, in 1 of the reviews my husband read, the guy said he was able to run his sump pump for 2 days off of it, and we have a battery charger in the garage, so if we can't get a generator this might be the way to go.
...and what are you going to plug the charger in to??????
If you're carring the battery down to the basement and then bringing it back up when it needs charging, just hook it to your car battery with jumper cables....run the car a few minutes and it'll be recharged. ****NOW LISTEN*****when hooking the battery for recharging be careful. Clip the +(positive) post to the + post on dead battery, then the -(negative) post on dead battery and the other end of that cable you hook to some metal part of the car ***AWAY****from the car battery....and when disconnecting, remove the end of the cable hooked to some part of the car first. You don't want the battery exploding in your face.
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In the manner of the 'official' debate threads and the upcoming Election Night thread, I figure that I'd start one of these in this forum, for Hurricane/TS Sandy. The Weather Channel is saying that the European model is sending the eye into the DelMarVa peninsula, which would put the maximum winds there up to NYC, and the storm surge into New York Harbor. The GFS model, the US one, is saying that the eye (and the wind) is going to come into NYC, so the storm surge will hit Long Island and Providence RI. The entire states of PA, NY, NJ, VT, CO, and RI are 'likely' to lose power.
Hang on, gang, it's going to be 'interesting.'
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Thinking of Sparkey and his family. Good grief what a interesting few weeks for all of them. First Grandma, now this storm, add in the fact that Sparkey works nights, crap my prayers are up for all in the family.
Decisions, decisions, should we stay or should we go ????? What to do about MY mother. She lives on the river and I do not want to see history repeat as it did with her Grandmother. Late 1950's I believe it was Carol that came in and the poor woman had to ride the storm out alone on the river front, I do believe the lot lost 7-8 big trees. Not good to be alone at a time of a Hurricane, especially when in your late 70's Now Mom is much older at 90 years of age.
We could take the Pup and go ride it out with her, have to leave the cats with food and water and the birds here.
Then I could try to pry her hands off a few bucks and she could get a room at a hotel with a generator and a large well stocked kitchen. Heck I will pay for the room myself if need be.
I can handle a tornado much easier, they come without warning knock down everything and go away, Sort of like a horrid car crash, everyone in shock and dazed at first but it is over and done with for good or bad.
It is the impending doom that rattles the nerves, The hours of waiting for a monster to bite your Ass and keep wondering if this is a false alarm or if not what more do I need to prepare for.
Gloria hit in the mid 1980's we living in Tidewater area of VA were blasted every 30 minutes with loud speakers on top of police cars telling us to evacuate now. We did, drove 100 miles and got a room. Next day we returned home to find all was well at the apartment complex and the neighbors with hair raising story's of what went on in the city shelters.
What to do, what to do ??????????
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It would be helpful to have some sort of schedule.
Like, when's it expected to hit Maryland? Or Connecticut?
Today? Tomorrow? Next week? Next month?
I've been following news reports, and it seems like it's a long time away yet, but that impression could be wrong.
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Sunday into Monday is when it's supposed to start getting bad. The track has pulled more northward, so it may not be as bad. It was supposed to come up the Chesapeake Bay corridor; that would not have been fun at all. Because it's supposed to act like a nor'easter, it's going to hang around for a few days. With the full moon, that means bad flooding on the coasts.
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...and what are you going to plug the charger in to??????
If you're carring the battery down to the basement and then bringing it back up when it needs charging, just hook it to your car battery with jumper cables....run the car a few minutes and it'll be recharged. ****NOW LISTEN*****when hooking the battery for recharging be careful. Clip the +(positive) post to the + post on dead battery, then the -(negative) post on dead battery and the other end of that cable you hook to some metal part of the car ***AWAY****from the car battery....and when disconnecting, remove the end of the cable hooked to some part of the car first. You don't want the battery exploding in your face.
It doesn't matter because all the auto parts stores are out of them :banghead:. This feels like the Presidential election and all hopes are on Ohio, well in our case all hopes are on Staten Island, they're expecting a shipment so I'm hoping my Cousin gets there and the shipment has already come in.
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BlueStateSaint has started an official live Sandy thread in the survivalist forum here.
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later edit: aw, forget it. I just merged vesta111's thread in the Lounge with this one by BlueStateSaint here.
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I finally get my own thread. I may cry.
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I finally get my own thread. I may cry.
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So far, called Mother to inform her she would have 3 visitors for a few days. ---- Not a happy mother to say the least when we told her we were bringing the Pup.
Hubby went out to Home Depot and talk about price gouging, last years kerosene heaters at $80.00 now on sale for $200.00. Yikes, but what can one do. It may come in handy later on in the winter. 23,000 BTU's so should keep the place warm at least to 65 degrees for some time.
Tomorrow off to Walmart for a campers stove that uses small propane bottles, easy way to cook up hot water for tea, coffee or hot soup. Needs no ventilation------- :hyper: The house is over 200 years old and I fear we may get more ventilation then needed anyway.
Water in jugs to place in the freezer, Poor Hubby is not happy about all the extra expense BUT if not needed it may come in handy at another time.
So this may become a non event, but everything we buy can be used down the road in case of ice storm or blizzard. Never know we can go for many years without a disaster hitting us and we all get laid back as we nudnicks believe there is no reason to prepare to the hilt.
There was a storm in the early 1970's that came into the Boston area, people were freezing to death in their cars, cars ran off the roads and the snow plows covered them up. No one knew the cars were there until the snow melted. Mom sent me the newspaper clippings to read on a beach in Hawaii, dad noted in the margins, for me to allways buy a bright yellow car as they are the easiest to see in any damaged area.
Starting to get a bit Antsy now. But this is a survival method in some ways, depending on the damage and the after math I am considering bring along some hand guns to protect against the looters.
Katrina was Bushes fault, so Sandy may become Obamas fault if he handles this like he does the Middle East.
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Well I'm stuck over here not all that far from the resident pro life convict sympathizer and I tell you it's every man for himself over here. Ok not really...people seem to e having your average cool overcast fall day of shopping and football here. Only stocking up going on here is the minor kind as we prepare for potentially a few inches of snow and some downed small branches. For us it's like a little preview of our average winter weather. I don't know that it's been cool enough long enough for much of it to stick. Our forecast here in oh is why the resident du convict lovers run for the hills out of Dayton post so cracked me up? Really?
I've got family on the east coast and friends including those here. I will be thinking of you all. Please let us know you are ok.
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Since the storm still seems pretty southern at the moment, I'm not too worried for our colleagues in the northeast.
However, I'm guessing my good friend JohnnyReb in South Carolina is being doused right now, and I hope to God he's prepared.
I think we should have a "mandatory check-in" at this thread for all those members in the area of the storm; they'd have to post here before they can post anywhere else on conservativecave, so that we know all's okay.
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Sounds good to me, Coach.
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I finally get my own thread. I may cry.
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When the threads got mooshed together, and I saw the title, I thought of you first thing. I love that your own thread is in Living off the grid & survivalism. lolz.
Hunker down peeps! Looks to be a rough ride!
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Sounds good to me, Coach.
Yeah, all you guys should check in at this thread.
Hourly.
Otherwise, I'll worry.
I've already chewed the fingernails down to the knuckles worrying about JohnnyReb.
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Sunday into Monday is when it's supposed to start getting bad. The track has pulled more northward, so it may not be as bad. It was supposed to come up the Chesapeake Bay corridor; that would not have been fun at all. Because it's supposed to act like a nor'easter, it's going to hang around for a few days. With the full moon, that means bad flooding on the coasts.
According to the weather channel the worst of the rain will be on the west side so that means Chesapeake still gets pounded. My weather radio just warned about flooding starting Sunday into Tuesday for my area.
Thankfully, when our house was built I picked a location 100 feet above sea level and near the top of a hill. The real estate agent said I was the first person she saw do such a thing. Unfortunately we could still be at risk for ground water flooding in the basement. Darn, still didn't buy that flood insurance. :argh:
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Yeah, all you guys should check in at this thread.
Hourly.
Otherwise, I'll worry.
I've already chewed the fingernails down to the knuckles worrying about JohnnyReb.
I don't think that we'll be in much trouble here--the storm looks more and more as if it will track across the south of PA. Ballygrl, OTOH, and others in the Mid-Atlantic region, I'm a tad worried about.
As long as I don't try to repeat what I attempted to do last year during Irene, I'll be alright.
(That Sunday morning, I said to my wife, "I'm goning out to see what I can see." Her reaction--"Are you effin' crazy??? There's a local State of Emergency--they want everyone off the roads. I will do what I can to keep you here." Knowing that she does know how to load and fire the various weapons I have, I decided to take it easy for the day.)
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When the threads got mooshed together, and I saw the title, I thought of you first thing. I love that your own thread is in Living off the grid & survivalism. lolz.
Hunker down peeps! Looks to be a rough ride!
As honored as I am I cannot help but put the safety and well-being of all the good folks in harm's way ahead of my own well-deserved recognition. I pray that all are safe and sound throughout the coming days.
Personally, I think (f-e-e-l) the storm is being over-dramatized a tad due to the timing (e-l-e-c-t-i-o-n). Not here at CC, but in general.
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As honored as I am I cannot help but put the safety and well-being of all the good folks in harm's way ahead of my own well-deserved recognition. I pray that all are safe and sound throughout the coming days.
Personally, I think (f-e-e-l) the storm is being over-dramatized a tad due to the timing (e-l-e-c-t-i-o-n). Not here at CC, but in general.
Nah, it's a perfect storm and it's going to totally s*ck for anyone who is subjected to it.
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I will be here as I dont have to work and I will check in...
I predict we will gets lots of rain, but nothing we cant handle. If i lose electricity, I will grab Jingles and head over to mums, and vice-versa!!
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I will be here as I dont have to work and I will check in...
I predict we will gets lots of rain, but nothing we cant handle. If i lose electricity, I will grab Jingles and head over to mums, and vice-versa!!
Who is Jingles? Sounds like a little fur-baby?
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Who is Jingles? Sounds like a little fur-baby?
Jingles is my cat!!
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I noticed that, in the last hour, The Weather Channel has taken the box around Tuesday's forecast, which indicated that "tropical storm conditions are likely for your area." Now, the forecast just has rain. Lots of rain.
The tradk of the storm takes it over Cape May, and across Philly and up through PA to head towards Rochester NY. But, Wednesday, it turns back to the east and goes up towards Syracuse.
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We're on the email list for Lowe's, they're supposed to get a delivery tomorrow and send an email to everyone on the list, 1st come 1st served, it's a bit of a drive so we're not expecting anything.
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I finally get my own thread. I may cry.
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Local weather at 11pm Sat gave 3 different "tracks" for the next few days due to Sandy. One has us getting SNOW!!
For crying out loud, I'm in E TN!!! This is one huge F'n storm!!!
And Bloomberg said no evac's will be necessary?
What the hell is he smokin'?
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And it looks like it's fizzling into another overhyped storm. A good-sized one, yes, but hardly the "Oh noes, we's all gonna DIE!!!" type of storm.
http://www.noaa.gov/stormcentral/
Delmarva's gonna get slammed, but that's about it.
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We're still here, but the tsunami warning for Hawaii (7.7 earthquake off of BC) is fighting for airtime.
We're gonna get a bunch of rain and wind, but that should be it.
ETA: The "High Wind Watch" has become a "High Wind Warning." Trees are gonna fall. Power lines are gonna get severed.
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Local weather at 11pm Sat gave 3 different "tracks" for the next few days due to Sandy. One has us getting SNOW!!
For crying out loud, I'm in E TN!!! This is one huge F'n storm!!!
And Bloomberg said no evac's will be necessary?
What the hell is he smokin'?
He's just prepping for his Katrina moment.
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New England is going to get hammered with torrential rain and wind as it makes it's way through. While we may not be hit straight on, there will be widespread power outages because the leaves are still on the trees, and the rain will be significant.
The weather on Monday will get steadily worse as it progresses. Catastrophic damage? no. A day you don't want to out driving, and certainly don't want your children on school buses? absolutely.
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Got up on the roof yesterday and tarred anything that looked suspicious(I do every year) and cleaned out the gutters. Got a weeks worth of firewood stacked on the front porch. I'm gonna bake a few loaves of french bread today. Got cheese and gallons of wine and of course my chickens so french toast sounds good. Bring it!
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Wait a minute - there are refineries in Jersey?? if they get hit dead on it may affect them?? So gas prices go up?!!!!11!!!1 RIGHT.BEFORE.ELECTION.
Karl Rove you magnificent bastard.
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Okay, I just checked this:
http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/eaus/flash-wv.html
It looks as if Connecticut's going to get the worst of it?
That is, if I understand "water vapor" correctly.
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Wait a minute - there are refineries in Jersey?? if they get hit dead on it may affect them?? So gas prices go up?!!!!11!!!1 RIGHT.BEFORE.ELECTION.
Karl Rove you magnificent bastard.
Yesterday, on FNC, it was mentioned that the five refineries in question account for 6% of total US gasoline production. So it won't be a big jump, but it'll be a jump.
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Yesterday, on FNC, it was mentioned that the five refineries in question account for 6% of total US gasoline production. So it won't be a big jump, but it'll be a jump.
Gas was suppose to be below $3.00 by this next weekend. Poor Boorak.
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Gas was suppose to be below $3.00 by this next weekend. Poor Boorak.
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Gas was suppose to be below $3.00 by this next weekend. Poor Boorak.
Yep over in this swing state he was trying to work it jumped to almost 3.50 a gal from 3.09. I just topped off as the last station nearby who still had it 3.09.
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All schools are canceled in MA. Governor wants private businesses to close also. The lines for the gas station were insane this morning.
We are all ready to ride out the nasty weather. Be safe everyone.
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All schools are canceled in MA. Governor wants private businesses to close also. The lines for the gas station were insane this morning.
We are all ready to ride out the nasty weather. Be safe everyone.
You too FL...and may God be with you!!
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From the link Sparky provided, rain in our area should be a little over 3 inches, not bad:
(http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/qpf/Sandy_rainfall.gif)
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,pf$pf$pf$pf$pf$pf$united states|661e4 8387d5b10048291 c076b8e3055c; ap_subject_id:general (http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-sandy-treks-parallel-southeast-coast-091433337.html)
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The 12 Dumbest Ways New Yorkers Prepared For The Last Hurricane (http://www.buzzfeed.com/mjs538/the-worst-ways-new-yorkers-prepared-for-the-last-h)
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NYC MTA Begins System-wide Shutdown (http://alert.mta.info/)
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Engineer: 10 MILLION COULD LOSE POWER DUE TO SANDY (http://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-sandy-10-million-people-could-loser-power-2012-1)
An engineer at The Johns Hopkins University predicts that 10 million people from northern Virginia through New Jersey and into southeastern Pennsylvania will be without power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Seth Guikema (pronounced Guy-keh-ma) and his team have developed a computer model built on outage data from 11 hurricanes to estimate the fraction of customers who will lose power, based on expected gust wind speed, expected duration of strong winds greater than 20 meters per second, and population density.
Business Insider (http://www.businessinsider.com/hurricane-sandy-10-million-people-could-loser-power-2012-10)
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From the link Sparky provided, rain in our area should be a little over 3 inches, not bad:
(http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/qpf/Sandy_rainfall.gif)
Looks like I'm in the 6" to 10" range. :thatsright:
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From the link Sparky provided, rain in our area should be a little over 3 inches, not bad:
(http://www.hpc.ncep.noaa.gov/tropical/qpf/Sandy_rainfall.gif)
We'll get between 1.5" and 1.75" of rain. A college roomate of my wife's lives on Cape May. Hopefully, they're outta there by now.
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We'll get between 1.5" and 1.75" of rain. A college roomate of my wife's lives on Cape May. Hopefully, they're outta there by now.
That area looks like over 8 inches of rain.
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That area looks like over 8 inches of rain.
I need to make a statement, possibly for later use if franksolich is accused of being heartless.
It looks as if the sparkling old dude's going to get deluged upon to, near Baltimore.
I hope he comes out okay.
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I need to make a statement, possibly for later use if franksolich is accused of being heartless.
It looks as if the sparkling old dude's going to get deluged upon to, near Baltimore.
I hope he comes out okay.
It should be raining down there already, has he been online?
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It should be raining down there already, has he been online?
I haven't seen him, but his papier-mache trophy wife is probably carrying on, keeping him frantically busy trying to calm her down so that she'll still love him.
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Hello from the bright orange, "we're ****ed" country! :panic:
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Hello from the bright orange, "we're ****ed" country! :panic:
I think njpines is right in that same area.....
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All y'all be careful out there!
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All y'all be careful out there!
Thanks Tots!!! will keep you updated!!
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Thinking of Sparkey and his family.
^5 for the thought, vesta. All is as good as can be expected here. Scoobie's mom came home today, so there's no issue with watching the kids tomorrow and Tuesday. Yeah, I'm working nights, but someone's gotta bring this plant up in the middle of a storm (ye Gawd what were we thinking?) and we can both get home easily enough if need be.
All I have to do tomorrow morning is fire up the generator to make sure there are no issues with it and make sure it's filled up with gas. I've got 10 extra gallons of gas and I'm pretty sure it's still full but always check.
ETA: Storm surge is expected to be around 3-4 feet here. Couple that with the lunar tide (full moon, dontcha know) and there will be plenty of low-lying areas getting flooded.
But on the bright side, it ain't gonna be anywhere near as bad as Long Island Sound. 11 feet? Oy.
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Wait a minute - there are refineries in Jersey?? if they get hit dead on it may affect them?? So gas prices go up?!!!!11!!!1 RIGHT.BEFORE.ELECTION.
Karl Rove you magnificent bastard.
Most of the major east coast refineries are in NJ, which is the main reason gas is so cheap (comparatively speaking) there.
And on that note, DEFINITELY fill up the car(s) tomorrow morning on way home from work. Oy. That's all we need is $4.50/gal CA-type prices this week.
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At 3am this morning while I was still at work...
one co-worker spoke with her sister in Cherokee NC...they were getting SLEET and HAIL.
another one spoke with her sister somewhere in PA....they had only had power for about 2hrs today (Sunday)
When I came home at 3:30 there was a bit of mist on the windshield, not enough to need wipers as defrost was taking care of it. It's cold - 44 right now and our high is only supposed to be 48 - and we have wind advisory starting at 11am until 8pm Tuesday night, ground is wet, trees still have lots of leaves which means trees could topple. Surrounding counties have winter storm watch & freeze warnings. We're supposed to be 34 tonight and 35 tomorrow night with rain.
All this is from Sandy after it comes ashore.....look at a map. We usually only get hurricane effects when they hit the Gulf Coast or come in low on the Carolinas....
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Looks like the eye will pass just south of Philly, and it'll still be a hurricane when it gets here. If the eye passes over my house, I'm taking pictures, damn it!
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I can tell you all that we are getting drenched over here in oh so what's meeting up with this thing is lots of cold wet air. Our radar shows pockets of freezing rain even in outlying areas. But no doubt what we having moving thru to meet it is cold and full of rain. I suspect where the collide and mingle More fully is going to have a dumping of snow and they are warning some wv areas of blizzard conditions so there you go. Be safe on the east coast. I'm working from home this week so I'm just grateful to be out of the rain and cold this week especially since my tires need replaced:p
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I can tell you all that we are getting drenched over here in oh so what's meeting up with this thing is lots of cold wet air. Our radar shows pockets of freezing rain even in outlying areas. But no doubt what we having moving thru to meet it is cold and full of rain. I suspect where the collide and mingle More fully is going to have a dumping of snow and they are warning some wv areas of blizzard conditions so there you go. Be safe on the east coast. I'm working from home this week so I'm just grateful to be out of the rain and cold this week especially since my tires need replaced:p
Where are you, Jty?
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Central OH. We are getting the front that's moving towards sandy. It's a wet cold mess. Long rain event too. We are expecting 50 mph gusts here from all this too. Reminds me of a spring storm minus the thunder
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Looks like the eye will pass just south of Philly, and it'll still be a hurricane when it gets here. If the eye passes over my house, I'm taking pictures, damn it!
You do know it's not a real seeing eye, right? O-)
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You do know it's not a real seeing eye, right? O-)
Now I'm disappointed! :rant:
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Now I'm disappointed! :rant:
I know. That would be so cool. :o
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Reporting from North Hampton... somewhat windy, and rainy, early hours yet!!
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I for one are watching the birds, so far no crows or the little guys. However in other areas we see the Sea Gulls moving in from the sea. Most are moving out, but some make a quick fill up, Hubby called to tell me on break at work. He tells me there are at least 3 dozen Gulls are all over the place, wanting to be fed. One small Gull was actually walking up to the people wanting some bread or a piece of fish. A big gust of wind made the flock fly off but Hubby says they were being flipped over like crazy, not so the little Gull that held his ground and chased people around for food. This Gull was spoiled as at lunch time the workers would feed him/her. Sounds like Hubby may have been a feeder as he told me had to go inside as the bird was about one foot from him and squawking.
Looking up at the trees ,they are moving about big time but the smaller trees and shrubs are totally still, the wind is still way up and has not reached ground level yet. Long periods of total stillness then short periods of Rain and gusts of wind to rattle the windows and doors so far. Eastern time 8:45 am.
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Good job, vesta111, dear.
As long as you can--your power might go out, for example--please keep giving us your reports.
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The wind is howling here - but honestly, that is common place here anyway. Just kicked up a notch or two.
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The wind is howling here 20MPH, how the heck are 80MPH winds going to sound?
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The wind is howling here 20MPH, how the heck are 80MPH winds going to sound?
They're loud and not a lot of fun. Please stay safe.
KC
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The wind is howling here 20MPH, how the heck are 80MPH winds going to sound?
It sounds like the gates of Hell opening up. :-)
Worst I ever got caught in was a 50mph tropical storm. It was scary enough.
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It ain't fun. And it is something you will always remember. Hang tight!
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Gusts in the 30s here outside Philly. Storm has picked up speed to 20 mph. Looks like it's going to hit Atlantic City. We still have power here.
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I think the worst thing about the high winds is they don't let up. It's not like getting a big gust and thinking "wow! that was strong!!" It starts up then doesn't stop for HOURS and you start seeing things blow down and over that you never thought would be blown down and over. When you see the windows in your house flexing it is eye opening!
Good luck to all y'all in the path of the storm and stay safe!
KC
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Gusts in the 30s here outside Philly. Storm has picked up speed to 20 mph. Looks like it's going to hit Atlantic City. We still have power here.
I'm 30 miles west of Atlantic City so the eye is going to go straight over me tonight which is going to be really eerie! That's only happened one other time in my life -- Hurricane Agnes in 1972. I can remember going outside (I was 9) and watching the cloud banks in the sky just swirling around and the air was very still and quiet. It lasted about 15/20 minutes before the wind picked up again, stronger of course on the back end of the storm. I won't really be able to see it happen tonight, but I'll hear it when it happens.
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Brother-n-law south of Buffalo reports high winds, heavy rain. They're hunkered down.
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I'm 30 miles west of Atlantic City so the eye is going to go straight over me tonight which is going to be really eerie! That's only happened one other time in my life -- Hurricane Agnes in 1972. I can remember going outside (I was 9) and watching the cloud banks in the sky just swirling around and the air was very still and quiet. It lasted about 15/20 minutes before the wind picked up again, stronger of course on the back end of the storm. I won't really be able to see it happen tonight, but I'll hear it when it happens.
The only thing I can remember that compares to this is the nor'easter of January, 1991. I was in Rehoboth, Del., at the time, and it completely shredded the boardwalk. This is going to be worse. Hang in there. It's still supposed to be a hurricane when it hits me. Stay safe!
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Another thing that really sux is if/when the power goes out and you don't have a generator. You can't watch the news to see what's going on! By the time your power comes back on the news is no longer covering your disaster so you are the only ones who really don't know what happened.
That has always bothered me.
After both Rita and Ike I had to search the internet to see what really happened. We were without power for about a week after both.
KC
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Our weather in Western NC was updated. Orginally we were only to get snow tonight from 10pm until noon tomorrow. Now they've added continued rain through Tuesday with snow starting again Tuesday night at 10pm and going through noon Wednesday. Snow and rain I don't mind so much, it's the noise from the wind that wears on you after a while.
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I'm 30 miles west of Atlantic City so the eye is going to go straight over me tonight which is going to be really eerie! That's only happened one other time in my life -- Hurricane Agnes in 1972. I can remember going outside (I was 9) and watching the cloud banks in the sky just swirling around and the air was very still and quiet. It lasted about 15/20 minutes before the wind picked up again, stronger of course on the back end of the storm. I won't really be able to see it happen tonight, but I'll hear it when it happens.
I have seen the eye of Hurricane David. That was enough for me. Be safe and check in when you can.
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My only real-life experience with a hurricane was when I was a boy. We were visiting my sister and other family in Houston when Hurricane Carla approached. We left and came back to north Texas.
I remember the wind. It was probably 20 MPH at that time.
Carla was really the Mother of all Hurricanes. A cat 4 direct hit on the Texas coast. Scary stuff.
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I have seen the eye of Hurricane David. That was enough for me. Be safe and check in when you can.
The morning after Agnes, I found a baby squirrel in my front yard which had been either blown out of its nest or orphaned by the hurricane. I brought him inside (he was so young, his eyes weren't fully open) and we took care of him all summer, first feeding him milk with an eye dropper, then nuts and seeds. He lived in an old birdcage we had and I named him Chippy :-). He drove the dog crazy -- a cocker spaniel that LOVED to chase squirrels. I'd close the inner door to the enclosed front porch to keep the dog out and let Chippy run around. He liked to climb up my arm and sit on my shoulder. At the end of the summer, when he was old enough and big enough, we let him go outside . . . he was a cutie!
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The morning after Agnes, I found a baby squirrel in my front yard which had been either blown out of its nest or orphaned by the hurricane. I brought him inside (he was so young, his eyes weren't fully open) and we took care of him all summer, first feeding him milk with an eye dropper, then nuts and seeds. He lived in an old birdcage we had and I named him Chippy :-). He drove the dog crazy -- a cocker spaniel that LOVED to chase squirrels. I'd close the inner door to the enclosed front porch to keep the dog out and let Chippy run around. He liked to climb up my arm and sit on my shoulder. At the end of the summer, when he was old enough and big enough, we let him go outside . . . he was a cutie!
It was good of you to mother that fuzzy-tailed disease-carrying tree rat.
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Sandy hit us last night. The eye isn't over us yet, they said it should be by tomorrow morning. Everything here is being shut down and getting cancelled. Happy Valley isn't going to be Vally Happy today, or tomorrow.
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Sandy hit us last night. The eye isn't over us yet, they said it should be by tomorrow morning. Everything here is being shut down and getting cancelled. Happy Valley isn't going to be Vally Happy today, or tomorrow.
Hang in there, kiddo. We're praying for y'all.
You have electricity?
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Hang in there, kiddo. We're praying for y'all.
You have electricity?
Yeah, we still have electricity. The worse hasn't hit us yet. So there is more to come. They started cancelling things last night, and Governor Gorbett declared a state of emergency last night as well. They said this thing is going to be 800 miles wide. Pa is right in the path of it. So it should be interesting.
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Yeah, we still have electricity. The worse hasn't hit us yet. So there is more to come. They started cancelling things last night, and Governor Gorbett declared a state of emergency last night as well. They said this thing is going to be 800 miles wide. Pa is right in the path of it. So it should be interesting.
We are having some of the most beautiful weather you can imagine. The local news was interviewing some folks from "up there" who are stranded by flight cancellations at DFW. They can't believe their good fortune.
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10 hours from landfall in Atlantic City. North end of the boardwalk is no more. Looking for pix...
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We are having some of the most beautiful weather you can imagine. The local news was interviewing some folks from "up there" who are stranded by flight cancellations at DFW. They can't believe their good fortune.
Yeah, they cancelled all flights in and out. People are being advised to stay away for a couple of days.
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Yeah, they cancelled all flights in and out. People are being advised to stay away for a couple of days.
Hi Kyle -- Sandy hasn't hit the coast (Atlantic City) as yet -- it's supposed to hit us tonight in AC so you have LOTS more to come :bawl:. Looking at the most recent track on Drudge, it's like I have a giant target painted on my house . . .
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Hi Kyle -- Sandy hasn't hit the coast (Atlantic City) as yet -- it's supposed to hit us tonight in AC so you have LOTS more to come :bawl:. Looking at the most recent track on Drudge, it's like I have a giant target painted on my house . . .
Yeah, you will get the bulk before I do. I a praying that we make it through this... I haven't been through a hurricane since I lived in Florida. That was 25 years ago.
Note: Directv customers - For live 24/7 Hurricane Sandy coverage tune in the two dedicated DIRECTV channels 325 and 349.
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http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/eaus/flash-wv.html (http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/eaus/flash-wv.html)
It's made its left-hand turn and is heading directly at AC :panic:
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http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/eaus/flash-wv.html (http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/goes/east/eaus/flash-wv.html)
It's made its left-hand turn and is heading directly at AC :panic:
I am watching coverage from Seaside Heights New Jersey. They are getting pounded. They said that this hurricane is worse than Irene.
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obama is going to try and be Presidential and make an announcement at 12:15 Pm.. I can't wait to see what he says... Not!
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Be careful everyone, and njpines it's hitting right near you so be really careful. It's 200 miles outside of AC, hearing about road closures in Monmouth County. We have battery operated radios so at least if the power goes out we'll have an idea of what's going on. We're on a waiting list for a generator, no idea how many are on the list before us, and no idea if they're even getting a delivery today. We have a portable propane cooker you use for camping so at least we'll be able to heat soup and other canned food items up if needed, and we have tons of water bottles in the basement so we'll be fine as far as that goes.
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Absolute possible worst case scenario: High tide in Atlantic City? 8 p.m. Highest tide of the month generally? Tonight? Expected landfall of Sandy? Atlantic City. Time of landfall? Around 8 p.m.
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Great pictures being posted on facebook.
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Great pictures being posted on facebook.
is that real?
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Well, the ocean and the bay have now met and Ocean City NJ is under water:
(http://cbsphilly.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ocean-city1.jpg?w=420&h=315)
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is that real?
Yes. It's been in New York Harbor since the 1880's.
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:lol: H^5
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Well, the ocean and the bay have now met and Ocean City NJ is under water:
(http://cbsphilly.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/ocean-city1.jpg?w=420&h=315)
My beach town.
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Yes. It's been in New York Harbor since the 1880's.
:rofl: H5.
No idea - people are posting pictures from the storm, and I assumed it was.
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I would expect nothing different. :salutearmy: :cheersmate:
Some wind in Albany now--I figure around 15 mph. No rain yet. Our closing on our house was moved up half of an hour (to 4PM).
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Here's the scanner feed for Atlantic City if anyone is interested in listening:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?ctid=1771
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In case Rush was interrupted in anyone else's market (storm coverage here on WABC) you can listen to Rush here:
WLS in Chicago
http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/citadel/?sid=1044
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Yes. It's been in New York Harbor since the 1880's.
Ok thongy.
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In case Rush was interrupted in anyone else's market (storm coverage here on WABC) you can listen to Rush here:
WLS in Chicago
http://player.streamtheworld.com/_players/citadel/?sid=1044
nope, he is coming loud and clear today
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Oh my word I forgot about these men who guard our dead Hero's. I did notice last time at Arlington there are two booths for the guards to go into when not doing their drill. One to the right and one to the left of the area.
How the men do this every day, all the spit and polish, the hours of standing on alert is beyond me.
You know we watch all the pageantry from England and never know that this in America going on 24/7 , every bit as awe inspiring as the Beef Eaters. perhaps more.
We too have our traditions every bit as important as the Europeans. Our traditions are becoming lost due to the liberals that get in a huff about St. Paddy's day parade. No problem with a Gay parade but that ST. Paddy's parade is raciest.
Interesting world we Americans have come into, Our American traditions are now bad due to outsiders coming in with their own traditions.
Like it or not this country same as the middle East was founded on belief in God. We have the Bible they have their Koran.
So why not allow others to to keep out of each other business, we who live by the Bible here and those that live by the Koran----Let us all be by our faith and stop trying to change each other into something else. One cannot really convert by the sword, Russia tried that.
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Vesta, that post ^ gets you an H5.
Plus, look at this shit (by obvious Obama supporters):
http://www.infowars.com/gangs-plan-hurricane-looting-spree-via-twitter/
Yeah, I know that it's Infowars, but they do have source links.
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Brigantine, NJ
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crap :(
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Point of Order regarding the Tomb of the Unknowns.
These men are not called guards, vesta. They are Sentinels.
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Brigantine, NJ
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Someone, we have a problem! :runaway:
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Brigantine, NJ
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Oh man does that suck.
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That's why I couldn't live near the shore, water freaks me out, my Dad when he taught me to swim always told me to respect the Ocean because no person could win against it.
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and Brigantine has a HUGELY wide beach . . . geez this is going to be bad. As Splash mentioned, high tide is 8pm which is when Sandy is due to arrive :panic:
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The howl of the unrelenting wind is drowning out the sounds of the kids running around now.
Mother nature is coming, and she's bringing hell fire with her.
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My boss's boss just came around to tell the few of us here to get the hell out of Dodge so I'm going home now . . . I'll do my best to keep in touch on the laptop at home.
Good luck and prayers out to everyone in the path of this behemoth!
Sue
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The CT governor has closed all state highways in his state.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/10/29/connecticut-officials-urge-residents-to-take-hurricane-sandy-seriously/
Sue, my prayers go with you. :-*
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More pics from the shore from friends and relatives, and 1 funny pic a wiseguy posted:
Seaside Heights
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Sea Bright
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Red Bank
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Port Monmouth
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Wiseguy Pic
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Hi5 to Vesta for her post. Splashdown, you don't live in Brigantine, NJ, do you? :panic:
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Godzilla! :rofl:
[youtube=800,600]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=jgrllVs2DDw[/youtube]
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Hi5 to Vesta for her post. Splashdown, you don't live in Brigantine, NJ, do you? :panic:
Nah. I'm outside of Philly. We go to Ocean City, NJ for summer beach days.
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Nah. I'm outside of Philly. We go to Ocean City, NJ for summer beach days.
Phew! I'd say whoever took that photo had better things to do than take that photo and post it everywhere!
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Phew! I'd say whoever took that photo had better things to do than take that photo and post it everywhere!
The scary part is that they're still about 6 hours away from landfall, when shit gets real.
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The scary part is that they're still about 6 hours away from landfall, when shit gets real.
Yep. Like I said, more important things to do. Wowza!
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More pics from the shore from friends and relatives, and 1 funny pic a wiseguy posted:
Wiseguy Pic
(http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj140/RepublicanandProud/godzilla.jpg)
Totally have to steal this picture. :rofl:
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Yep. Like I said, more important things to do. Wowza!
That's what I think when I see those up close and personal pics of tornadoes.
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Some humor :lmao:, for those that don't know, Battery Park should be under water:
David Burge â€@iowahawkblog
Pass the word: big #Occupy rally scheduled for 3pm in Battery Park #OWS
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Point of Order regarding the Tomb of the Unknowns.
These men are not called guards, Vesta. They are Sentinels.
So give me the description of the difference between a Guard and a Sentinel.
These men stand as what ever you wish to call it with weapons at hand to protect the hero's 24/7 12 months of the year from being disturbed in their rest, they are perpared to defend the Hero's at all cost. Strange that men would protect the dead with their lives, but they will do it, with pride and honor. This is America with our traditions and faith. It is impossible for me and others to watch the changing of the Guards not to walk away with tears in our eyes.
All these life's lost to give you and me a safe country to live in, the acres and acres of the tombstones of the fallen that gave up life so we could live in peace.
Darn they deserve all of the guards to protect them and honor each and every one. Sentinel's do nothing but stand and watch, guards protect American history and those that died as part of it.
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Sandy at the United Nations, go G go, smash those f-ers!
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Oh my word I forgot about these men who guard our dead Hero's. I did notice last time at Arlington there are two booths for the guards to go into when not doing their drill. One to the right and one to the left of the area.
How the men do this every day, all the spit and polish, the hours of standing on alert is beyond me.
You know we watch all the pageantry from England and never know that this in America going on 24/7 , every bit as awe inspiring as the Beef Eaters. perhaps more.
We too have our traditions every bit as important as the Europeans. Our traditions are becoming lost due to the liberals that get in a huff about St. Paddy's day parade. No problem with a Gay parade but that ST. Paddy's parade is raciest.
Interesting world we Americans have come into, Our American traditions are now bad due to outsiders coming in with their own traditions.
Like it or not this country same as the middle East was founded on belief in God. We have the Bible they have their Koran.
So why not allow others to to keep out of each other business, we who live by the Bible here and those that live by the Koran----Let us all be by our faith and stop trying to change each other into something else. One cannot really convert by the sword, Russia tried that.
Hi-5
Many of.... "those that live by the Koran", unfortunately are living in another century........long, long past.
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whew, made it home in one piece (with beer, Tots! :-)). Thanking my new tires and Rainex wiper blades -- they're awesome, btw!
Wind is REALLY picking up! I have a small car so I can really feel it.
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Some humor :lmao:, for those that don't know, Battery Park should be under water:
It'll probably be the only bath they take for another 12 months.
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whew, made it home in one piece (with beer, Tots! :-)). Thanking my new tires and Rainex wiper blades -- they're awesome, btw!
Wind is REALLY picking up! I have a small car so I can really feel it.
Awww, you should've called me. I just bought a mixed 6 pack of Shiner! I would have ran right up there.
Heh.
KC
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The Boardwalk;
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Is the bus late?
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The Boardwalk;
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What boardwalk,JP??
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These are pics taken when I decided to brave the elements and see the waves at Rye Beach, Rye NH
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Just for geographical info for all of you not from this area, Seaside Heights is a town on a central/northern NJ barrier island and north of the barrier island AC is on. If you have ever watched Jersey Shore (and I'm sure no one here has :whistling:), that's where the show is filmed.
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What boardwalk,JP??
The Atlantic City inlet boardwalk along the inlet side of the bay is completely gone in the area of Pacific Avenue and the bay.
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Just for geographical info for all of you not from this area, Seaside Heights is a town on a central/northern NJ barrier island and north of the barrier island AC is on. If you have ever watched Jersey Shore (and I'm sure no one here has :whistling:), that's where the show is filmed.
My niece is addicted to that crap. That's where I first heard of that bimbo Shakey or Shookey or Slutty - whatever it's called. :whatever:
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The Boardwalk;
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wpvi/cms_exf_2007/news/local/8864811_600x338.jpg)
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Is the bus late?
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OMG I was just there not too long ago (a month) :bawl:
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WOW! I can't believe those pics of the AC Boardwalk.
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Is the bus late?
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njpines, make sure you listen to the online scanner link I posted to see what's going on.
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Our headquarters shut down today (located just outside of Boston), so I'm lucky enough to be able to stay hunkered down at home in this mess.
Lots of wind and rain, I'd say gusts up to about 30 mph at times now...some of our trees are looking a little too "horizontal" for my liking, so fingers crossed they stay put.
Nothing compared to all y'all directly in the path of this bitch... please please please everyone stay safe. :(
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My wife and I went out looking for some extra water and flashlights. Not one place had water, and only one place had flashlights. Yeah, they wanted $15.00 for one that cost $1.00 of the Dollar Store. Of course we just got candles and came home.
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Our site in Bristol, PA is closed today and tomorrow. I haven't heard from any others. I think the one in the Bronx is still open.
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In one news report they were saying the police are still getting calls of help to get off the barrier islands. This after Christy has been on the TV every half hour telling people to GET OUT or DIE for two days. Must be a bunch of DUmmies :mental:
Another report police are getting calls from people who already left but want the police to see how their house is doing. :mental:
So many morons. :hammer:
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In one news report they were saying the police are still getting calls of help to get off the barrier islands. This after Christy has been on the TV every half hour telling people to GET OUT or DIE. Must be a bunch of DUmmies :mental:
Another report police are getting calls from people who already left but want the police to see how their house is doing. :mental:
So many morons. :hammer:
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These assholes who stay put everybody's life in jeopardy. Somebody's going to have to go out and rescue their dumb asses when shit hits the fan.
ETA: Philly just recorded its first 50 mph gust...
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So far so good with the gusts here, I'd say maybe 20-30 MPH, lost power twice for about a minute each time.
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Wall Street was closed today. It will also be closed tomorrow...
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Some good news. The storm picked up speed. It's up around 28 mph. It won't hang around quite as long as expected.
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Just for geographical info for all of you not from this area, Seaside Heights is a town on a central/northern NJ barrier island and north of the barrier island AC is on. If you have ever watched Jersey Shore (and I'm sure no one here has :whistling:), that's where the show is filmed.
(http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wpvi/cms_exf_2007/news/local/102912-IMAGES-sandy-seaside-heights.jpg)
Seaside Heights boardwalk
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Who do you call when the police are in trouble.
(Dunes broke thru at Dewey Beach, DE.)
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Just heard also that the storm is speeding up which is good news.
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Oh, wind is really picking up now, maybe 40MPH?
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Basically NYC will be closed off, can't get in and can't get out.
Andrew Cuomo â€@NYGovCuomo
BREAKING: 7PM bridge closures GW, Verrazano-Narrows, Throgsneck, Whitestone, Henry Hudson, Cross Bay Veterans
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According to News12 NJ, southern side of LBI (Long Beach Island) under water.
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Incredible pix here at weather.com http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/hurricane-sandy-pictures-photos2-20121025
If you have tv access...there's a crane dangling way up high in NYC. Estimated to be 8-10 stories in length comparing it to adjacent buildings. Area is being evac'd. If that sucker falls.... :panic: Can't they get someone up into the cab and bring it down? Or is that too risky?
441 going from downtown up into the mountains is closed up in the mountains. 8 inches of snow as of 2pm and still snowing. It's about 30-45 minutes from me. We still have wind advisories out. Wind picks up then almost quits. Weather predictions keep changing from rain to snow and back and forth. Not supposed to see much improvement before Thursday. Glad I hadn't gotten the Halloween decor outside yet. :(
FoxNews weather person reporting that this is going to hit CHICAGO with severe lake effects!! 8-12 ft waves, high winds and snow!!! Is this sucker going to go all the way to the Rockies?!?
Y'all in the path, take care. Prayers sent. :grouphug:
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Can't they get someone up into the cab and bring it down? Or is that too risky?
"Not my job."
</NYC union goon>
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New Jersey may be cut off from the rest of the world. :-)
Truck and trailer traffic will be banned from all Delaware River Port Authority bridges (Commodore Barry, Walt Whitman, Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross bridges), and the Tacony-Palmyra and Burlington-Bristol bridges at 2 p.m.
The Commodore Barry Bridge and the Delaware Memorial Bridge will be closed to all traffic when sustained winds reach 50 m.p.h. The Tacony-Palmyra and Burlington-Bristol bridges will close if sustained winds reach 70 m.p.h
The Riverside-Delanco bridge will close to all traffic at 3 p.m.
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Heard earlier the Chesapeake Bay Bridge was closed as is the Tappenzee (sp?) in the NY area. :(
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Bloomberg really excited at the thought that the residents of NY are stuck in the city with no way out, and he finally has control of all of them. Kudos though to a 70 year old man being able to do that LOL:
http://dailycaller.com/2012/10/29/as-hurricane-sandy-looms-bloomberg-opens-shelters-pops-tent-photo/
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Lastest announcing now...
Current sustained winds at 90mph.
Expected to hit Cape May within an hour or so. Atlantic City UNDER WATER!!!
High waves in NY harbor.
Dear God!!!
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Whoa.
Thanks for the constant update, folks, because we in much better weather are worried for you.
It's a pleasant autumn day here in the Sandhills, maybe circa 70 degrees, no storms, sunny, no high winds.
Godspeed to you all.
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Power out after I posted about Bloombergs erection. Will check in later, need to conserve the cellphone.
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The looters are ready and waiting.
(http://www.chicksontheright.com/images/Image%20154.png)
http://www.chicksontheright.com/categories/weeps-and-glees/item/23302-this-makes-me-want-to-cry
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Just breached the dunes in NJ. Point Pleasant?
Bad in Ocean City MD.
40K out of power in Baltimore.
"Storm to wreak havoc over 800 miles."
FoxNews showing dumbasses swimming in Hudson River a few minutes ago...right before the cops showed up!!
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Power out after I posted about Bloombergs erection. Will check in later, need to conserve the cellphone.
How are the older ones living with you taking it? I'm sure it adds to the stress.
To conserve your energy, any response to this can wait until later.
You're wonderful.
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Damn, that was quick. :(
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For those of you interested in landfall, a good local news source is
www.myfoxphilly.com
Live streaming the local news.
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Damn, that was quick. :(
By the way, just out of curiosity--is this a closed forum, accessible to members only?
If so, was it a mistake for me to put it here?
We're having high traffic, and while the "users on line" show a lot of members viewing this thread, it also shows no, none at all, "guests" viewing it. That's highly unusual.
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Here is the live local news stream from Happy Valley. http://wearecentralpa.com/livestreaming
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Power back!
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How are the older ones living with you taking it? I'm sure it adds to the stress.
To conserve your energy, any response to this can wait until later.
You're wonderful.
They're actually enjoying it, I think they're treating it like a camping trip.
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By the way, just out of curiosity--is this a closed forum, accessible to members only?
If so, was it a mistake for me to put it here?
We're having high traffic, and while the "users on line" show a lot of members viewing this thread, it also shows no, none at all, "guests" viewing it. That's highly unusual.
I thought it was private, then logged out and it isn't.
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If I'm reading the "water vapor loop" on Drudge correctly--there's no "timeline" that I saw--it appears that as of right now, circa 4:40 p.m. central time, New Jersey has now been wholly sucked into the eye. The entire state.
Or is that yet to come?
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Frank,
Gov. Christie said that the hurricane will make landfall in the next hour.
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I just came back inside from being out riding my neighbors portable garage halfway through their yard and back.
They have (or had, I should say) a 20'x24' portable garage, totally enclosed, for their pickup truck. I heard it break free from the foundation they had it on, and saw it flip completely over on it's top. I got over there just in time to lend a hand so the thing didn't lift up and take flight through the neighborhood.
Now I'm no petite flower, and I'll tell ya', I had my whole body weight and arm strength laid into this thing, and I was still parasailing 12ft at a time trying to hold that thing down.
Fun, yet scary at the same time.
They ended up cutting the fabric free from the frame...the thing is totaled.
Glad to be back inside. <whew>
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If I'm reading the "water vapor loop" on Drudge correctly--there's no "timeline" that I saw--it appears that as of right now, circa 4:40 p.m. central time, New Jersey has now been wholly sucked into the eye. The entire state.
Or is that yet to come?
Not yet, it's due in a couple of hours and is due to hit around high tide.
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Joanne Michele â€@sabzbrach
Christie: Atlantic City mayor "didn't want his people leaving," ...this is now your responsibility. We will not be able to come til 7 AM.
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Governor Christie â€@GovChristie
Hurricane #Sandy is now moving twice as fast as I had originally been briefed-we are now expecting landfall in AC in the next hour
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WOW! Christie on TV live now and repeated that the Atlantic City Mayor "didn't want his people to leave the city", and he shook his head when saying that.
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Christie is pissed because now he has to send in State and Federal workers in to help people in Atlantic City while there are downed power lines which pose a danger to those workers.
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WOW! Christie on TV live now and repeated that the Atlantic City Mayor "didn't want his people to leave the city", and he shook his head when saying that.
I think I love him! :cheersmate:
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Christie is pissed because now he has to send in State and Federal workers in to help people in Atlantic City while there are downed power lines which pose a danger to those workers.
But not til 7 AM tomorrow. :-)
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Did you see the press conference? he went on and on about it, then the reporters would bring it up again and he'd go on and on about it again.
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But not til 7 AM tomorrow. :-)
You know the Mayor was hoping Christie wouldn't address it because he can then say AC was abandoned because it's mostly black people there, but the Mayor can't do that now.
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I still expect the mayor to make some political B-S about it anyway.
I know Christie wanted to call him an idiot....
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Sandy has officially made landfall. 6:23 PM
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Sandy has officially made landfall. 6:23 PM
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Okay, and then once the eye passes through New Jersey, the winds following it are to be worse than the winds that preceded it, right?
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Okay, and then once the eye passes through New Jersey, the winds following it are to be worse than the winds that preceded it, right?
As one talking head put it; "as the storm moves through, the trees being bent one way will now be bent the opposite way resulting in more fallen trees and power lines".
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Wow what a massive(in size) storm. Stronger outer bands are only about 100 miles east of here but we are still getting doused from the from and some of the moisture with this thing. I'm in central oh and we are even anticipating sustained of about 30 mph here with gusts over 60 mph at time. Already here actually. Those are power losers in this area and it doesn't have to go on long to do it. Ugh. Be safe east coast friends. Hopefully it starts getting sucked back out to sea sooner then expected.
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Wow what a massive(in size) storm. Stronger outer bands are only about 100 miles east of here but we are still getting doused from the from and some of the moisture with this thing. I'm in central oh and we are even anticipating sustained of about 30 mph here with gusts over 60 mph at time. Already here actually. Those are power losers in this area and it doesn't have to go on long to do it. Ugh. Be safe east coast friends. Hopefully it starts getting sucked back out to sea sooner then expected.
Not going to get sucked back out to sea.
It has now been changed from a hurricane, it is now a "Super Storm". It's a combo of a hurricane, artic cold fronts, and general all around mess.
It actually didn't make landfall. Expected to hit in an hour.
Instead of a warm core, it now has an artic cold core! This thing is totally wicked awful.
FoxNews is giving the description of how it is changing and how it hasn't been bad....it's going to get a whole lot worse and WILL coincide with the high tide.
This is really awful...
Prayers continuing for all of you up there.
We had a weird sky while ago.....bright fushia glowing through the clouds. Thought at first when I saw it out my office window, that something was on fire and glowing into the clouds....
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ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - October 29, 2012 (WPVI) -- Hurricane Sandy, a powerful Category 1 storm packing winds of 90 mph, made landfall on the New Jersey coast shortly after 6:00 p.m. Monday.
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=news/local&id=8864888
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Shep Smith had the power go out in his studio twice within a minute.
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Power out again.
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Wind is scary bad right now.
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Shep Smith had the power go out in his studio twice within a minute.
Couldn't happen to a more deserving person.
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Prayers are being said for you east coasters.
Please check in when you can. I'm especially worried for Jingles. (soft spot in my heart for da kittehs)
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Everyone in Sandy's path is in my thoughts and prayers as well.
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This morning, our nephew, a county cop in St. Georges County, MD, had no problems except for the heavy rain. I don't know about tonight, though.
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This morning, our nephew, a county cop in St. Georges County, MD, had no problems except for the heavy rain. I don't know about tonight, though.
From what I'm hearing it's pretty rough out there. I'm hoping that Sandy will settle down and life can return to normal real soon.
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We're going to "camp out" in our living room tonight. The girls would rather all of us be together with this wind howling. The rain is pretty much over. Just hoping to make it through the wind.
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So.....New York City is now totally dark, totally out?
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I'm sure a lot of you in the affected area feel as if it's the end of the world.
It's not; the sun comes up again in the morning.
The same feeling I get during a raging blizzard. All one can do is wait it out, and look at the damage when it's over.
I'm thinking of you all, even though you can't see it because your power's probably out.
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I'm sure a lot of you in the affected area feel as if it's the end of the world.
It's not; the sun comes up again in the morning.
The same feeling I get during a raging blizzard. All one can do is wait it out, and look at the damage when it's over.
I'm thinking of you all, even though you can't see it because your power's probably out.
Me too Frank...me too. All y'all have been on my mind today, and will be in my prayers tonight.
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I'm sure a lot of you in the affected area feel as if it's the end of the world.
It's not; the sun comes up again in the morning.
The same feeling I get during a raging blizzard. All one can do is wait it out, and look at the damage when it's over.
I'm thinking of you all, even though you can't see it because your power's probably out.
It is pounding with rain and the lights keeps on flickering!! :rant:
However, it would be a good night for nookie!! :naughty:
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How is Jingles taking it?
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So.....electrical transformers in Ballygrl's area of northern New Jersey are all blowing up, casting a blue hue on the skyline?
Damn. That must be eerie.
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It is pounding with rain and the lights keeps on flickering!! :rant:
However, it would be a good night for nookie!! :naughty:
:popcorn:
KC
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Well, looking at who's here on conservativecave now (circa 9:15 p.m. central time), the south, the midwest, the mountain states, and the west coast are well represented.
But there's a lack of members from the northeastern states.
Of course, there's an excuse for it. They'll come through, though.
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So.....electrical transformers in Ballygrl's area of northern New Jersey are all blowing up, casting a blue hue on the skyline?
Damn. That must be eerie.
Apparently it makes some horny. :confused:
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How is Jingles taking it?
She's hiding!!
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She's hiding!!
You're apparently the last one standing.
Don't let us down.
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njpines shows up as being here, but I bet not; I bet she's off somewhere to safety, and didn't log out.
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Hi all from south Jersey! We are in the midst of the storm but have not lost power. It's actually a soothing sound, having the windows
open and listening to it. I can remember it as a sound from childhood as I've been through quite a few of these. I pray all on the east coast are faring as well as I and don"t have Shore homes.
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Hi all from south Jersey! We are in the midst of the storm but have not lost power. It's actually a soothing sound, having the windows
open and listening to it. I can remember it as a sound from childhood as I've been through quite a few of these. I pray all on the east coast are faring as well as I and don"t have Shore homes.
Hey, thanks for checking in.
I was dividing up the proportion in hours I was going to lose sleep tonight, worrying, per member from the northeastern states.
You just gave me an extra 37 minutes of slumber tonight, when I wouldn't have to toss-and-turn.
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njpines shows up as being here, but I bet not; I bet she's off somewhere to safety, and didn't log out.
I'm here,Frank! I've been texting Seahorse -- everything is OK in south Jersey :)
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I'm here,Frank! I've been texting Seahorse -- everything is OK in south Jersey :)
For right now you're okay, right?
But once the eye's gone through you, you get worse wind than ever, right?
<<knows nothing about hurricanes?
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Still no power here, wind howling a lot, thank God it.s not the winter, it.s not that cold so it.s easy to deal with. Hardly any rain which is good because we should.nt have to worry about the sump pump. And no, the transformers in the sky don.t make me want to have nookie LOL.
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Wonderin' about Sparky and Scoobs....
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Wonderin' about Sparky and Scoobs....
And formerlurker.
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Wonderin' about Sparky and Scoobs....
And miskie.
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Wonderin' about Sparky and Scoobs....
And gore_bites.
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Wonderin' about Sparky and Scoobs....
And vesta111.
Oh, the humanity!
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You're apparently the last one standing.
Don't let us down.
Vesta is fine, she lives a half mile down the road, Sparky and scoobs not sure about, Durham(sister) has power, and they are twenty minutes north of them
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Wonderin' about Sparky and Scoobs....
Zietgeist, havent seen him either. Dont forget, it's 10:47 on the east coast, so many people are probably sleeping!! Though Sparky may be at work!!
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Now, how could I forget zeitgeist?
Damn.
God preserve zeitgeist.
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Had calls at work tonight from MA, CT, Hagerstown MD and Fort Lee VA.
All of them were having storms, but apparently nothing - not even the storm of the century! - gets in the way of buying jewelry! :thatsright:
I didn't have any from NY, NJ or PA, which is highly unusual, though the agent next to me got one from Brooklyn!
Last thing I would be doing with a storm like this is watching a TV shopping show! :o
Cold here. Temp's supposed to be in low 40's but sure seems a lot colder. Wind is blowing but it doesn't seem like enough to warrant wind advisories, but we have them. Snow flurries expected later this morning.
Hopefully we will hear from everyone soon.
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Wonderin' about Sparky and Scoobs....
Well of course I was trying to sleep before my shift tonight, so I didn't even know about Scoobie's parasailing adventure until she texted (TEXTED!!) me about it last night after I'd left for work, and read it again just now.
Damn but that woman plays things down. She could cut off her leg with a chainsaw and go, "Meh, just scratched myself." Glad she's no shrinking violet but damn she can be so freakin stubborn sometimes.
Must be why I love her so much.
And as far as work goes, getting in wasn't so bad. Couple of branches down, but that was about it. Worst we got here were 30-35 mph sustained winds and 55-60 mph gusts, which was far less than Irene, and far FAR less than the windstorm we got in early 2010. Power flickered before I left for work at 9 PM last night, but that was about it.
Plant is now officially back on line. Couple more nights on shift, then I roll off and (hope to) go back on days next week. About freakin time.
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We never lost power. We pretty much hunkered and bunkered last night after the closing. We're now homeowners! Now, we have to get all this stufff over there.
Sea is right about it being a good night for . . . conception. (No, we were too tired.)
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Snow and wind over here in the OH. Big deal for us since we don't get snow this early. I've been here over a decade and never seen snow this early in the season. Wind has been howling all night and is still going at it Praying for school delays. I don't wanna go out yet lol.
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Not that anyone cares :whistling:
But we made it through!
Glad that's over, though.
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Just checking in, still out of power, from what I.ve heard it seems entire towns are out. It.s so weird, but when we went to bed we hardly heard the wind, the radio said the storm moved through fast. It.s raining right now and a little wind, when it gets light out we.re going to try and drive around and see what damage there is, and see if we can find a place with power to get some coffee and bagels.
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Took m/zeit to work this am. Only one road cloased ( probably a tree down ) and little else. When I woke at @ 130am there was no rain, no wind, nada. I thought "eye"? Nope apparently dissipated when it hit land and headed west leaving us here in NE pretty much unscathed save what I would consider normal bad storm wear and tear. Storm of the century? Not around here from what I can see.
Hope everyone else faired as well but suspect our folk on the Jersey shore may have had a bit of a tougher go of it. Njpines? How did it go down there?
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Not that anyone cares :whistling:
But we made it through!
Glad that's over, though.
Lots of thumps in the night, Hubby went out at 3 AM with big flashlite, he reports we may have siding damage, he is going to check the roof when he comes home from work. It is around a quarter to 7 AM and still as dark as the bottom of a well, big full moon dancing about among the clouds . No rain or any kind of breeze out there, spooky.
Been thinking about the TV ad for this rubber sealent, the one they seal a screen door with and use as the bottom of a boat.
I wonder how this would work on a shingled roof. What the cost would be to buy a 50 gallon drum and spray this all over the roof to hold the shingles in place and make the roof water, wind, and ice proof. Neighbors had their home re roofed at a cost out of pocket to them of over $ 4,000. bucks. Ouch------
Starting to get light in the east and by golly I hear the call of the crows out side, most likely they are trying to gather back their group and find out who is missing.
Watching the huge fire in NY, God bless them, and the fire fighters.
Wondering on why we got off so easy, but then this neck of the woods is known as the Witch area. Any chance all the Wiccans in the area gathered to do what ever they do to make the storm to move west ?????? :???: :???: :???:
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And Splashdown.
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And Splashdown.
:cheersmate: :-)
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She's hiding!!
Poor baby!
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I had my day in the sun.
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:cheersmate: :-)
Just so's you know, I didn't see your post up there. I was responding to a whole nother page. :-)
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Just so's you know, I didn't see your post up there. I was responding to a whole nother page. :-)
Then I'll give you ANOTHER Hi-5 as soon as I can! Thanks for caring! :bawl:
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Just so's you know, I didn't see your post up there. I was responding to a whole nother page. :-)
Not your fault. Things get rather complicated by page six on any thread.
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Then I'll give you ANOTHER Hi-5 as soon as I can! Thanks for caring! :bawl:
Well now, we cared.
It's just that you're safely in land, instead of being somewhere where you could be washed out to sea, and so we didn't have to care quite as much. However, we cared about our members of Pennsylvania nonetheless.
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Okay, am I reading the weather map correctly this morning, circa 7:45 a.m.?
It looks like it's all over with, and life can return to normal in New England; there's just little sparse sprinkles of green-and-yellow on the weather map over those areas.
However, it looks like West Virginia and substantial parts of Ohio are getting inundated with mountains of snow; lots of solid light blue on the weather map.
Is this correct?
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Any known fatalities anywhere?
The last morbid count I read was circa 40, when it was still down in the Caribbean, not over the United States yet.
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Don't we have a Baltimore member or two? They got their asses kicked with rain.
Thank God the storm picked up so much speed. It was pushing 30 mph as it came through, up from 15 when it was out to sea. I can only imagine the damage if it were that slow coming over the coast. Damage is pretty bad around the area now.
And of course, the ultimate nightmare scenario for our area would have been it coming up the Chesapeake Bay like it was predicted. It's bad, but it could have been so much worse!
Frank, fatalities are few, happily.
It's still pretty gusty and rainy here, so "normal" won't happen until around 6 p.m. or so. Sustained winds of 20 mph, gusts in the 30s.
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Okay, am I reading the weather map correctly this morning, circa 7:45 a.m.?
It looks like it's all over with, and life can return to normal in New England; there's just little sparse sprinkles of green-and-yellow on the weather map over those areas.
However, it looks like West Virginia and substantial parts of Ohio are getting inundated with mountains of snow; lots of solid light blue on the weather map.
Is this correct?
Yes. Winds and snow. Gusts up to 50 mph. Not horrible though. Just feels like winter.
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Yes. Winds and snow. Gusts up to 50 mph. Not horrible though. Just feels like winter.
Well then, I suppose it would be bad taste to describe the weather in the Sandhills of Nebraska today, so I won't.
My sympathy; it's a little too early for that sort of thing.
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Well then, I suppose it would be bad taste to describe the weather in the Sandhills of Nebraska today, so I won't.
My sympathy; it's a little too early for that sort of thing.
BTW, 16 fatalities, total.
Near me, in Drexel Hill, PA, a tree fell on a house, hitting a baby's nursery. The 3-month-old had a couple of scratches, but is otherwise fine.
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Well then, I suppose it would be bad taste to describe the weather in the Sandhills of Nebraska today, so I won't.
My sympathy; it's a little too early for that sort of thing.
It certainly is. I have a picture of one of our pitiful jack o lanterns with a dusting on his top. If such things had a brain they'd be very confused:)
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Jingles and I have srtvived Hurricane Sandy!!
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Jingles and I have srtvived Hurricane Sandy!!
I knew you would; had all the confidence in the world you would.
However, I'm hoping that the brain-damaged primitive, the "DainBramaged" primitive, who lives in the same neighborhood as Ballygrl, was washed out to sea. It would be for the betterment of humanity.
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Well then, I suppose it would be bad taste to describe the weather in the Sandhills of Nebraska today, so I won't.
My sympathy; it's a little too early for that sort of thing.
We are having a streak of beautiful here in north Texas. I don't feel too badly bringing it up since half the east coast is stranded here at DFW. Those folks deserve a break.
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Uncertain if the weather part of it is officially over...
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Still windy in the Asheville, NC area and will continue throughout the day. Some snow north of the city but we didn't get any at the house. Higher elevations along the NC-TN border is getting heavy snow as they typically do.
Still forecasting snow in my area tonight but I doubt we'll get any. Winds should die down to maybe 20 mph and less starting Wednesday night.
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Winds are supposed to increase to 50+ MPH in Lower Lake Michigan, resulting in 28' seas. We're about 30 miles from that area, and not in any wind warning region - yet.
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Winds are supposed to increase to 50+ MPH in Lower Lake Michigan, resulting in 28' seas. We're about 30 miles from that area, and not in any wind warning region - yet.
Stay safe and keep us posted my friend!!
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Winds are supposed to increase to 50+ MPH in Lower Lake Michigan, resulting in 28' seas. We're about 30 miles from that area, and not in any wind warning region - yet.
Sounds like the "Witch of November came early"! I know, wrong Great Lake, but wow! Plus, I can't resist a Gordon Lightfoot quote when I get the opportunity.
Don't get your feet wet!
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No wet feet, but cold and extremely windy garbage takeout!
More info:
AP article. Lake Shore Drive could be closed later today.
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20121030/AP.Lake.Michigan.waves/?cid=hero_media_chi (http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20121030/AP.Lake.Michigan.waves/?cid=hero_media_chi)
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Sounds like the "Witch of November came early"! I know, wrong Great Lake, but wow! Plus, I can't resist a Gordon Lightfoot quote when I get the opportunity.
Don't get your feet wet!
The Whitefish Point Light station is a good place to visit if you're interested, but you have to WANT to get there. Lots of "...gales of November..." stories.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - Whitefish Point Light Station (http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/whitefishpoint)
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The Whitefish Point Light station is a good place to visit if you're interested, but you have to WANT to get there. Lots of "...gales of November..." stories.
Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - Whitefish Point Light Station (http://www.shipwreckmuseum.com/whitefishpoint)
That's a beautiful area of the UP, but it's been almost 40 years since I've been there.
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Another place to put on my bucket list!!
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We were spared by the fact that the storm increased speed from 13 mph to 28 mph just before it hit the Jersey Shore, so the storm's effects lasted half as long for us. No power outages that I saw in our immediate area.
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I mad it through pretty good. I was one of the few fortunate ones in my town who didn't lose power. I feel very lucky. But in the same time I feel sad for all the people who were effected by this. I am still praying for them all...
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So glad to hear that it seems everyone is ok here. What a horrendous storm.
Lots of random thoughts.....
In low 40's here, still misty rainy and snowing up in the mountains. Feels and looks colder though. Still under a wind advisory, but seems to be more of a gusty sort of thing rather than continual. Grateful that I live here.
Just woke up a bit ago after watching reports until about 5:30 this morning. What it looked like in the dark almost seems like a blessing compared with the pictures I am seeing now in daylight.
The devastation in NJ and those poor people who have lost everything in those devastating fires in NY. 50+ homes. You know they really have to be wondering just what IS God's plan for them.
Thought too, about Katrina. Remember when there were so many people around the country who made disparaging remarks about those who lived in "low areas" of NOLA - " don't they know living below sea level is stupid?" and all the other nasty comments. Bet there's a lot of people this morning thinking, "how did this happen to us? this isn't supposed to happen to us!"
No doubt Mother Nature is a bitch... and she apparently is either really pissed off at a large chunk of the US or it's just our turn to see the worst of her wrath. Still kind of reminds me of a movie that was on the SyFy channel with Dennis Quaid (?) as a father and his son trapped with some other kids in the library in NY with a horrendous storm and lots of snow instead of water....
Had The Today Show on for about 30 minutes. Hadn't watched it since Ann Curry became a host. They mentioned possiblility of election day being delayed. :( I know that's not critical, at this moment for the 7 million people without power right now, but I still would hate to see a postponement. Selfishly...I just want it over with and know that Obama is out.
Obama is getting praise for quick federal response. Just one more thing for the press to compare that he's doing better than Bush did with Katrina. Of course, no one will point out, Obama is doing only better because of all the lessons learned by a whole lot of people with Katrina. Number one being all the local and state governments learning what NOT to do when faced with a castastrophic weather event. Makes it much easier for the president (regardless of who it is) to look much better than Bush did. Not fair but what is? Will his "quick actions" ( ::) ) make undecides vote for him?
I think Obama got his October surprise to benefit him. Not only does he get something to make him look effective but it also zaps Libya right off the headlines to the back of the sports section of the paper. Also will give an excuse to not get the jobs reports done... if that will even make a difference at this point.
When will the looting start?
Please God, watch over the people who are suffering hardship from the storm. Comfort the families who have lost loved ones or their homes. Protect all the fire, police and other workers as they go about the process of storm recovery. Guide people to come together to help each other, to remember that America became strong by helping one's neighbor through troubling times. It would be nice if this storm didn't become a political issue, too, but I recognize that probably is too much to hope for....
May God bless us - each and everyone - and let us all be thankful for who we are and what we have instead of resentful of what we don't.
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^H5
You are a class act, deb.
Well said.
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Thanks Scoob. Sadly I went political in another thread, so I really don't deserve any praise. :banghead:
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That was no Irene for me! Power out for about 30 hrs and a big pine leaning on an oak in the back yard is all. No worries! Christmas Lasagna is warming on the wood stove and I can eat it in electric light!
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That was no Irene for me! Power out for about 30 hrs and a big pine leaning on an oak in the back yard is all. No worries! Christmas Lasagna is warming on the wood stove and I can eat it in electric light!
I want to puke every time I see the "SUPERSTORM" graphic on the news. The MSM was really hoping for a terrible horrible tragedy.
A Cat 1 storm that falls apart 15 minutes after making landfall is not a "superstorm".
(No, I am not minimizing the death and destruction that took place.)
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I want to puke every time I see the "SUPERSTORM" graphic on the news. The MSM was really hoping for a terrible horrible tragedy.
A Cat 1 storm that falls apart 15 minutes after making landfall is not a "superstorm".
(No, I am not minimizing the death and destruction that took place.)
I think it was the mashing together of three storm systems that earned Sandy that label.
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OK, I'm glad everyone is OK.
How are the pets? How did they fare?
I take it Jingles isn't in hiding anymore?
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We.re doing fine, still no power but we have the generator, my family.s home is still under water and hubby is texting with a friend who had to evacuate at the shore and he has no idea if his home was destroyed. We.ve heard about all the damage but still haven.t seen pics of it.
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We.re doing fine, still no power but we have the generator, my family.s home is still under water and hubby is texting with a friend who had to evacuate at the shore and he has no idea if his home was destroyed. We.ve heard about all the damage but still haven.t seen pics of it.
If your neighbor the brain-damaged primitive stops by seeking shelter, don't you handle him, because you're too nice.
Have your husband throw him out.
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LOL frank!
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LOL frank!
Seriously.
You're too nice.
Have the husband deal with him. Roughly.
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OK, I'm glad everyone is OK.
How are the pets? How did they fare?
I take it Jingles isn't in hiding anymore?
She is ok...She seemed to need to be consoled alot yesterday, wanting to be picked up and held..She is okay now>>back to her naughty self!!
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From our Coastie friend from the failed Zuni restoration project:
Just thought I'd bring my favorite internet buddies up to date about Sandy. In four words it was a pain in the a$$. You know what they say about when a soldier is in battle, he doesn't really know what's going on anywhere else because he's concerned about what is in front of him. Well that's pretty much the phenomenon from my point of view.
We were so busy taking care of business and mitigating our own disasters that I literally paid no attention to all the mayhem around me. To make matters worse, When I finally made it home Monday night, I sat down breathed a sigh of relief, had a home made Salisbury steak for dinner than our power went out. We are still without power, its great trying to shave with a flashlight in one hand and a razor in the other, let me tell you.
We lost two Data Centers to the 11 foot surge in Jersey City and Weehawken. Fortunately I work with a great bunch of engineers and we took down our UPS system, switchboards, etc in an orderly fashion so that all power was killed by the time the surge reached us. Yep it reached us flooding through our doors and any other way it could get in. At high tide, we had about 2 feet of water in our Electric switchboard room and in our offices on the first floor. As of today, we will begin the dewatering process and removing all the flotsam and jetsam from the grounds and parking lot.
At 299 Park, we lost three windows from the 33rd, 29th and 16th floors and had a little water damage but over all 299 had a lot less problems than the other properties.
I couldn't get back in on Tuesday, all bridges and tunnels were closed or flooded and the ferries stopped running. So I just listened in the dark to the wind and rain ripping around my house. We had 90 mph winds in Rockland County.
This morning coming in was quite a challenge. It took an extra hour to get in. I was ok til I got to the Jersey line, then ran into a lot of power problems, traffic lights out and blockades everywhere. I finally got to Weehawken and was waiting for the ferry. It arrived but they couldn't open the electric gate to allow passengers on. Needless to say I was Pi$$ed. I yelled at the guy to fix it cause I just went through hell to get here and I wasn't going to let a stuck gate stop me from getting into Manhattan. He ripped the chain off the sprockets with a pair of channel locks and slid it back by hand so I got to work at 8:20AM. I left the house at 5 AM. I hope the home commute tonight is a little easier.
Another day in the life of a NYC building manager. :-)
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I have a question here that has been bugging me.
As I look at all the distruction on the sea board and the owners that are bitching about little help, it comes to me that these owners have lost homes worth in the mega dollar. Almost impossible to buy a beach front home for less then $800,000 any where on the coast. So None of them have insurance ???????
Those that got hit hardest were the ones that were closest to the water. The big homes and the most expensive summer places.
The homes back of the big guys are also so expensive, with beach access are crazy, a 4 room cottage for $250, 000 dollars .
I feel sorry for the people that lost their homes on the storm, but I question these people that want and demand the Government to come in and help them. Darn it all why should he government help people that received a boodle from their insurance company and now demand some kind of help from the Government ????
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I feel sorry for the people that lost their homes on the storm, but I question these people that want and demand the Government to come in and help them. Darn it all why should he government help people that received a boodle from their insurance company and now demand some kind of help from the Government ????
I'm curious too. Just watched a lady crying to Chris Christie begging him to help her family. They just lost everything. I don't want to sound insensitive about this, but when you live in an area that is susceptible to severe storms, especially along waterways, shouldn't there be some kind of preplanning and acceptance of the possibility you could lose it all? And the warnings too. This storm formed a few weeks ago.
California has a lot of severe fires, most with little warning, especially this time of year. People who build/buy in dry hilly areas are made aware of this possibility constantly.
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I'm curious too. Just watched a lady crying to Chris Christie begging him to help her family. They just lost everything. I don't want to sound insensitive about this, but when you live in an area that is susceptible to severe storms, especially along waterways, shouldn't there be some kind of preplanning and acceptance of the possibility you could lose it all? And the warnings too. This storm formed a few weeks ago.
California has a lot of severe fires, most with little warning, especially this time of year. People who build/buy in dry hilly areas are made aware of this possibility constantly.
Bingo. Those who make a CHOICE to live where they do, do so at their own peril.
I have no sympathy (that's a word between shit and syphilis in the dictionary) for someone who builds a half million dollar home on Key West or Shitstain, NJ and isn't prepared to lose it to the elements.
Whiny-assed dipshits who think that government is going to give them a handout to make up for their folly in their having made a personal choice deserve nothing but the shit end of a stick.
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Do these people crying for help have insurance? If I lived there I would have a major flood insurance policy ...
Speaking of insurance. I am hoping that companies don't file for bankruptcy left and right like they did with Katrina. They are saying that the total damage from Sandy is upwards of $50 billion...
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I'm curious too. Just watched a lady crying to Chris Christie begging him to help her family. They just lost everything. I don't want to sound insensitive about this, but when you live in an area that is susceptible to severe storms, especially along waterways, shouldn't there be some kind of preplanning and acceptance of the possibility you could lose it all? And the warnings too. This storm formed a few weeks ago.
California has a lot of severe fires, most with little warning, especially this time of year. People who build/buy in dry hilly areas are made aware of this possibility constantly.
They had a plan......it consisted of always voting democrat.
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After all these years after living in (ahem) New England, I know better. flashlights, candles, water, at least half tank in car, jumper cables, shovel, an overnight bag, with set of clothes, extra jacket and boots, emergency first aid kit. With all the technology they have regarding weather, these people should have been somewhat more prepared. a copy of their wills, insurance, extra cash, passports in a safety deposit box in a bank. So many people are like, it will never happen to us, but one never knows when mother nature is going to have a temper tantrum...
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I have a question here that has been bugging me.
As I look at all the distruction on the sea board and the owners that are bitching about little help, it comes to me that these owners have lost homes worth in the mega dollar. Almost impossible to buy a beach front home for less then $800,000 any where on the coast. So None of them have insurance ???????
Those that got hit hardest were the ones that were closest to the water. The big homes and the most expensive summer places.
The homes back of the big guys are also so expensive, with beach access are crazy, a 4 room cottage for $250, 000 dollars .
I feel sorry for the people that lost their homes on the storm, but I question these people that want and demand the Government to come in and help them. Darn it all why should he government help people that received a boodle from their insurance company and now demand some kind of help from the Government ????
My wife and I looked into the price of a beach front home in Avalon NJ a few years ago. I didn't see any below $2 million. (not that we could afford one anyway)
John Stossel;
An Offer Too Good to Refuse
Private insurance companies were reluctant to sell insurance to those of us who build on the edges of oceans, and were they to offer it, they'd charge an arm and a leg to cover the risk. But this wasn't a problem for me, because you offered to insure my house. I know you didn't do it personally, but you, as a taxpayer, are the guarantee behind federal flood insurance. Should a big storm wipe out half the coast, you'll cover our losses — up to a quarter-million dollars. Thanks — we appreciate it — but what a dumb policy.
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Insurance/story?id=94181
BTW: My electric finally came back on late last night. It went out Monday night. My internet is very slow today.
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We have power but still no tv and internet, we.re getting nervous now because of a shortage of gas, some people are saying 7 to 10 days before a delivery is made because of the ports being closed.
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We have power but still no tv and internet, we.re getting nervous now because of a shortage of gas, some people are saying 7 to 10 days before a delivery is made because of the ports being closed.
My heart goes out to you because I know how that feels.
I certainly remember waiting in line for gas back in the seventies. It was unreal, a 45 minute to an hour wait in line. I would shut the engine down and when the line moved restarted and hoped the battery or starter did not quit.
I had a CB radio at the time and listened as truckers were organizing a kind of "sit-in" with their trucks at five points Levittown PA.. Unfortunately, things quickly got out of hand and some idiots decided to take thier anger out on the gas station owners.
http://www.levittowners.com/memories.htm
It was the Middle East countries who controlled the oil and were angry at the Camp David Accord.
The community's otherwise placid exterior was again disturbed during the so-called suburban gas riots of June 1979 in the wake of the Camp David Peace Accords, which resulted in a second embargo by Arab oil-producing nations. The unrest occurred June 24–25, 1979, as lines swelled and tempers flared in the heart of Levittown at an intersection known as Five Points, a location surrounded by six service stations, two of which were severely damaged by vandalism in the riots.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levittown,_Pennsylvania
There were promises of making America "energy independent" BUT the radical left had other ideas, as we all know.
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We have TV and internet now. As far as the gas goes? my husband is draining the generator and the truck, so it should fill our little car up.
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PSNH reporting that at the peak they had 150-160K customers out (of total 500K customers) not including NH customers of Unitil or National Grid.
They're now down to 600. Bout freakin time they got one right. And I'd be willing to bet most of the contract crews were gobbled up by NY/NJ first, and we didn't get a whole lot here.
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Y'all should all move to north Texas. Right now it is 75 degrees outside and (for now) the lights are on inside. :wink:
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Y'all should all move to north Texas. Right now it is 75 degrees outside and (for now) the lights are on inside. :wink:
Sweetie, we are full. Shush your mouth. :wink:
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Sweetie, we are full. Shush your mouth. :wink:
Elysian Fields, TX could use a few more people....and maybe a gas station. Of course that's north east Texas
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Sweetie, we are full. Shush your mouth. :wink:
I saw a corner in SW Denison that looked kinda empty.
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Tyler, TX that could use a gas station that sells 93 octane.
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Tyler, TX that could use a gas station that sells 93 octane.
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Oh, they sell it. But it is reserved for only the folks born and raised in Tyler. It's a very clicky town.
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I almost ran out of gas while I was passing through. My car has a 12-gallon tank but I can't seem to fit more than 9 in there.
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I almost ran out of gas while I was passing through. My car has a 12-gallon tank but I can't seem to fit more than 9 in there.
What can I say? Everything is bigger in Texas. :p
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There is a lady on FoxNews now (5:16am) waiting in line to get gas. She's been waiting since about 2am, and there are still about 20 cars ahead of her..... :(
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There is a lady on FoxNews now (5:16am) waiting in line to get gas. She's been waiting since about 2am, and there are still about 20 cars ahead of her..... :(
Never can tell when the weather bits ones butt.
Only thing good to come out of the storm for me is it has opened my eyes to what a disaster can do, if not for me then for others.
I sent Hubby out to buy a kerosene heater and a gas camping stove. Cost was $300.00, big crap, winter is around the corner and if not used this year perhaps next.
Reading the DU boards it is surprising how many are stocking up on survival food and essentials. Why I ask don't they trust Obama to come to their aid ??????
Informertial on TV about some thing called a Yankee light, It is said to have a life of 10 thousand hours. I asked Hubby about this thing to buy as Christmass guifts. He paid little attention to me and even when I added up the cost and discount for buying one for each family member he still showed no interest. Idiot, born and raised in a city.
I am armed with a credit card and need to make decisions on what to buy for familys this year. I could send them all a first aid kit, or a box of battererys oh Joy what has Mom sent ???????
This looks like the perfect guift for those in harms way from a winter storm.
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I can't believe all of these MSM stories about how 0bama is ignoring the plight of the people in New York, much like the anti-Bush stories in the MSM...
Oh wait.
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Never can tell when the weather bits ones butt.
Only thing good to come out of the storm for me is it has opened my eyes to what a disaster can do, if not for me then for others.
Informertial on TV about some thing called a Yankee light, It is said to have a life of 10 thousand hours. I asked Hubby about this thing to buy as Christmass guifts. He paid little attention to me and even when I added up the cost and discount for buying one for each family member he still showed no interest. Idiot, born and raised in a city.
I am armed with a credit card and need to make decisions on what to buy for familys this year. I could send them all a first aid kit, or a box of battererys oh Joy what has Mom sent ???????
This looks like the perfect guift for those in harms way from a winter storm.
Is this the lantern light that is an LED? It's $12.95 or something close?
I saw it too, and just suggested the other night that maybe we should get a couple of them. Never seems like the flashlight is enough in a really dark area, and these seem to send out so much light! I wish I knew if they were as really as good as advertised. Seems like too good of a price compared to what a good flashlight costs. :???:
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Aaaaannnnndddd...cleaned up.
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Is this the lantern light that is an LED? It's $12.95 or something close?
I saw it too, and just suggested the other night that maybe we should get a couple of them. Never seems like the flashlight is enough in a really dark area, and these seem to send out so much light! I wish I knew if they were as really as good as advertised. Seems like too good of a price compared to what a good flashlight costs. :???:
We have a couple of them. We used them for camping and for when the power goes out at home for short periods. Safe, dependable, no flames.
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Brian Kilmeade on F&F was flooded out. He said homes around him were exploding. Something to do with salt water and electrical wiring. Don't know how that works. ?????
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Hummmm, Dem in the Whitehouse, not a peep about the troubles on the east coast...................seems they've been forgotten.
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Hummmm, Dem in the Whitehouse, not a peep about the troubles on the east coast...................seems they've been forgotten.
:mad:
Yet tens of thousands of people are still without power, food , water and shelter.
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Is this the lantern light that is an LED? It's $12.95 or something close?
I saw it too, and just suggested the other night that maybe we should get a couple of them. Never seems like the flashlight is enough in a really dark area, and these seem to send out so much light! I wish I knew if they were as really as good as advertised. Seems like too good of a price compared to what a good flashlight costs. :???:
I don't know anything about that light but I reviewed some emergency lights here;
http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,80388.msg981298.html#msg981298
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Yet tens of thousands of people are still without power, food , water and shelter.
and that's just New Orleans.