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Hurricane Joaquin to Hammer US East Coast With Flooding, Strong Winds
accuweather.com ^ | September 30, 2015 | Alex Sosnowski

Posted on 09/30/2015 6:31:11 PM PDT by rdl6989

While there are still scenarios that would take Hurricane Joaquin out to sea, the possibility of the hurricane reaching the Eastern United States coast is gaining merit. Hurricane Joaquin is rapidly intensifying.

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TOPICS: Extended News; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 2015hurricaneseason; hurricanejoaquin
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To: yarddog

And thanks to Christie handed the election to Obama.


21 posted on 09/30/2015 6:46:51 PM PDT by ealgeone
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To: SaveFerris

You owe me a new laptop lol.


22 posted on 09/30/2015 6:46:58 PM PDT by rdl6989
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To: newfreep

Just remember “weather is bad” and you’ll do fine.


23 posted on 09/30/2015 6:47:52 PM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: BlueStateRightist

you’re KIDDING!!! That’s crazy :)


24 posted on 09/30/2015 6:48:18 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: rdl6989

;)

I tried to be low-key.


25 posted on 09/30/2015 6:48:30 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Sandy was a cat 4.


Wasn’t even a hurricane at landfall.


26 posted on 09/30/2015 6:48:43 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: PROCON

That’s mom. She took care of us after pop died young. Hard life, want her to enjoy her late years.


27 posted on 09/30/2015 6:49:22 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622
"When the day comes that mom (82) unfortunately passes on, I’m gone."

Lol.

Here's my boat-

FIL (96).

Dad (89).

MIL (89).

Mom (85).

3 out of the 4 show no signs of going to their reward anytime soon. (And I'm thankful for that).

I'm stuck here in Enemy territory for the foreseeable future, it seems.

28 posted on 09/30/2015 6:56:06 PM PDT by SnuffaBolshevik (Enter something.)
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To: ripnbang

“Early on October 29, Sandy curved north-northwest and then moved ashore near Brigantine, New Jersey, just to the northeast of Atlantic City, as a post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.”

‘Twasn’t showers!


29 posted on 09/30/2015 6:59:43 PM PDT by EDINVA
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To: SnuffaBolshevik

lol! I loved NYC in my 20s and 30s. Nothing but gals everywhere and 24/7 could do whatever you wanted.

I’m older now and it’s lost its appeal.

We are both stuck :)


30 posted on 09/30/2015 7:02:09 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: Col Frank Slade
Sandy was a CAT2 that declined to tropical storm status while off the NE US. It never reached CAT4, and was a CAT3 when it hit Cuba.

What made Sandy devastating was its size (1100 mi across, the largest recorded Atlantic Hurricane) and that it was stalled in position by two high pressure systems. Even the storm surge was significantly lower than that which hit the Gulf Coast with Ike or Katrina.

However, the area was not set up for a storm of that intensity, and there was a lot of high-dollar real estate built on barrier islands. New York also has lots of infrastructure which is below ground and subject to flooding.

I'm not minimizing the effect, just saying the storm intensity was not high enough for a CAT4 (be thankful, the damage would have been far worse).

31 posted on 09/30/2015 7:07:10 PM PDT by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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To: EDINVA

“Early on October 29, Sandy curved north-northwest and then moved ashore near Brigantine, New Jersey, just to the northeast of Atlantic City, as a post-tropical cyclone with hurricane-force winds.”

‘Twasn’t showers!


“Twasn’t a hurricane either....not even Cat 1. It was a tropical storm with hurricane force winds near it’s center at landfall. It is a hurricane storm when it has SUSTAINED winds over 73 mph...not gusts. Sure...it was windy, yes, it was rainy. Not a hurricane though at landfall.


32 posted on 09/30/2015 7:08:44 PM PDT by ripnbang ("An armed man is a citizen, an unarmed man a subject")
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To: yarddog
The Northeast does not handle storms very well. Sandy had declined to a tropical storm and still did major damage.

When the Moon is in the right place to make spring tides and the hurricane has a 500 mile span, lots of flooding follows in flood zones. That's what hit New York and New Jersey, lots of water. When you live less than ten feet above mean sea level along a coast, you are at risk. There are many places beyond the Northeast that are susceptible. New Orleans is another story. It's below mean sea level. They have a death wish.

33 posted on 09/30/2015 7:10:21 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (behind enemy lines)
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To: Smokin' Joe

Sandy hit just before high tide on a full moon night.


34 posted on 09/30/2015 7:15:24 PM PDT by Alice in Wonderland
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To: basil

I seriously doubt it would go that far inland.


35 posted on 09/30/2015 7:17:14 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: LoneRangerMassachusetts

I would never live near the coast and only a few feet above sealevel. My Sister and her family of five lived in Ft. Walton Bch. when one came right over them.

My parents lived around 30 miles inland on high land and told them to come stay with them but not to bring anyone else as they only had one bath and two bedrooms. It was a large house so the rooms were large but still not many of them.

Well Ann brought her family and her next door neighbors.

When they got there they constantly used the toilet for urinating and then would flush it. Within an hour the tank was empty. Nothing you can do about it tho as you can’t just put them out in the hurricane.


36 posted on 09/30/2015 7:19:23 PM PDT by yarddog (Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
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To: yarddog

So who is taking bets on what or who would flush out of the subway stations if they are flooded?


37 posted on 09/30/2015 7:25:16 PM PDT by oldasrocks (They should lock all of you up and only let out us properly medicated people.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants

You might be surprised. We often get rain and wind from these storms-and we really need the rain here—we’ve been below normal for the last 3 or four years. Lake Travis which is right out my window has been way down for the last 3 or 4 years. We got enough rain from the right direction in the spring to get it back up to almost level with what it should be.

The last several weeks have been dry though, and of course it is still hot here, so we’ve lost some more due to evaporation.


38 posted on 09/30/2015 7:40:20 PM PDT by basil ( God bless the USA!)
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To: rdl6989

Same folks who can’t say where the storm will hit tomorrow say what we exhale will kill the planet?

Shoooor...


39 posted on 09/30/2015 7:41:07 PM PDT by LoneStar42 ('The future ain't what it used to be.' Thanks, Yogi.)
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To: dp0622

Haha. They’re still everywhere in the city...I’m sad every year when summer ends...there’s so much to ‘see’ in the city during the summer...


40 posted on 09/30/2015 7:49:22 PM PDT by usafa92 (Conservative in Jersey)
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