Posted on 10/28/2012 10:33:41 PM PDT by brityank
Why Sandy Has Meteorologists Scared in 4 Images
She's huge. She's strong and might get stronger. She's strange. She's directing the might of her storm surge right at New York City.Hurricane Sandy has already caused her first damage in New York: the subway system will be shut as of 7pm tonight. Meteorologists are scared, so city planners are scared.
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Dr. Ryan Maue, a meteorologist at WeatherBELL, put out this animated GIF of the storm's approach yesterday. "This is unprecedented --absolutely stunning upper-level configuration pinwheeling #Sandy on-shore like ping-pong ball," he tweeted. It shows how cold air to the north and west of the storm spin Sandy into the mid-atlantic coastline. (Nota bene: his models also show very high winds at skyscraper altitudes.)
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
“BUT shutting down the SUBWAYS!... very very suspicious..”
Just responding to this.
Good night.
You clearly don’t know the difference between a ZOT and a nicely-crafted amusing FR profile page.
Have you ever been bitten by a dead bee?
"Entire 4' x 11', 500-lb (1.2 x 3.4 m, 227 kg) windowpanes detached from the building and crashed to the sidewalk hundreds of feet below. Police had to close off surrounding streets whenever winds reached 45 mph (72 km/h)."
From Wiki.
Reading through this thread I am astounded by some of the comments... What in the world is with people tonight? I came here to catch up on what’s going on and all I see are childish remarks and silly arguments!
Used to be that when one went on any of the weather threads here at FR there were many, many educational comments - ESPECIALLY when it was a storm of this magnitude. This is not a joke - particularly to those who are in the path of the storm, or have loved ones and friends who are. I’m saddened by some of the comments on this thread... very disappointed, really.
Thanks guys. It seems like these threads are split between moronic blasphemers solemnly declaring that the storm is divine vengeance and moronic clowns making jokes about a storm that will kill people and destroy homes. The assholery is gale force on a site that used to be filled with thinking Christians.
Is there a live thread on this storm? Stay safe everyone.
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If you want real-time meteorology info, try this site which has regional forums covering Sandy. http://www.americanwx.com/bb/
New York City could use a good cleaning...
I thought you had a good post.. and unfortunately, NY City will still be here when it’s over.
If Bloomberg hadn’t banned drinks over 16oz the locals could have used the larger cups to bail out the subways.
I never realized how many Freepers are so thick-headed (and dumb, actually).
The pressure of the monster is now 946 mb. Guess you don’t have a clue what that means.
Hammer, meet nail.....
uh, no zot.
Most people fall for that the first time
It’s quite depressing really. I wonder how many of these people are truly “trolls” in “conservative sheep” clothing...
Thought you two might want to see the thread Nauti Nurse put up a few days ago. Not as many comments as in past years, but likely a better place for updates.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2950039/posts
NautiNurse put up a thread the other day that’s in the Breaking News sidebar, but it’s not labeled as a “live thread”. Here’s the link though:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2950039/posts
No only saltwater surges higher than 24 inches. So no large storm surges in the NY area.
Maybe the Earth is developing an Eye like Jupiter, and carefully placing it exactly where it belongs. :-)
I am daydreaming that upstate NY gets to vote and voting is sparse in NYC so we can have a Romney win. I know, don’t burst my balloon. It’s the only silver lining I have found for FrankenStorm. And it made me smile to think of it.
Is God sending America a message?
ping
Like y2k
If we had done nothing it WOULD have been disastrous.
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