Posted on 10/29/2012 10:21:35 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Late season Hurricane Sandy approaching the Eastern U.S. coast.
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Local Radar & Weather: Wunderground Severe Wx Northeast
Philadelphia/New Jersey Current Wx
Delaware: Dover Air Force Base Current Wx
New York: Long Island Current Wx
Buoy Data: Current Observations
Mt. Holly NJ NWS Briefing Package for Hurricane Sandy (pdf file)
Good to hear you’re hanging in there and your power was restored. That’s impressive and I’m sure you were surprised as well.
I think we will get a better assessment of the damage in the morning.
We are pretty safe behind the flood walls. It would take a 200 year flood to get around them. The wall gates have only been put up one time during the 20 years we have lived here. Our home is just across the street from the flood wall. Can't even see the river because of it.
We were out most of the day visiting a member of my congregation who was in an explosion and is in the burn unit in Huntington. Awful thing that happened to him. Mysterious accident on the job. We may never know what happened. Right now we are praying that he makes it. We never know what the next second will bring. Good reason to stay in a good relationship with the Big Straw Boss.
Thanks for your concern.
God bless.
Thank God, some good news in some (actually many) places. I’m afraid the bad will more than make up for it, though.
Hearing NYU Hospital lost power and generators weren’t up tot he task, so they had to transfer all patients to another hospital.
In central Maryland it is 45, but real feel of 37.
Imagine dropping your iPhone in a pool of muddy water. That's a poor analogy to what's occurring to New York city right now.
The entire place is an intricate technological marvel. Immerse it in salt water, especially with its thousands of miles of aging underground services, and you're talking the likely destruction of something that will take years and many billions of dollars to repair.
The people of New York are going to be hard pressed to maintain anything approaching a normal operating basis under those conditions, and the fact that New York is a central hub to the rest of the US economy, and....well, the repercussions are potentially mind blowing.
I saw that too, but decided to give him a mulligan. There's been enough internal strife on this thread already.
Thanks.
Welcome to Florida!
And we need to hold him to the same standard that his leftwing media held Bush to. Give him a taste of his own medicine.
That said, this is going to be known as an enormously devastating storm for years to come. My heart goes out to those that have experienced losses, especially loss of a loved one.
Dear Lord, take the folks in the NE through the storms after the storm. Strength, courage, assurance and provision. Thank you in Jesus’ name.
We're good in Texas, Meg. Hope everything's alright with your house when you get back.
Burrr!! thanks Holly, stay safe..
No, that's not OT, that's a very good question. Looks like tonight is not a big problem on temps (60 deg. F low predicted, though actual temp is 53 deg. F) but tomorrow night it gets down to 46 deg. F with showers likely and still some wind. I'd think the power / heating situation would be poor in some places. Definitely time to bundle up, even indoors, in that case.
7 day forecast for NYC here:
http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=40.7143528&lon=-74.0059731&site=all&smap=1&searchresult=New%20York%2C%20NY%2C%20USA
Portion of I-90 shut down in the Cleveland OH area due to windswept Lake Erie wash over.
No, I won't be starting any thread at 4:00AM Texas time, but I expect what you say is true. You can bet the NYPD is gearing up for the inevitable looting epidemic, as we speak.
I think we'll also see how well armed New Yorkers are now, despite mayor Bloomingidiot's suppression on the 2nd Amendment.
They do the same thing with Californians failing to take into consideration that Jim and John are the owners of Free Republic and are in California.
Never understood that stupidity.
BTW, I do NOT mean to leave out the more rural areas and others along the coastline who ARE getting whacked. I’m sure there are going to be a lot of people in serious distress, and their problems will be complicated by the enormity of what’s happening in the NYC and surrounding area, as there just aren’t enough resources to cope / help everyone.
I am amazed at how far west this storm has reached...
;-)
Good to hear all's ok with you and yours. Sorry to hear about your fellow church member. My thoughts for his recovery.
You watch that flood wall, alright? Be good.
Video of FDNY trying to wade thru water to rescue people trapped in fire that’s being spread by hugh winds in Rockaway....
http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/video?id=8865832#.UI9Z8qve0dm.facebook
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