Posted on 10/28/2012 8:39:44 PM PDT by RummyChick
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PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 241 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012
...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA...
SANDY IS EXPECTED TO SLAM INTO THE NEW JERSEY COAST LATER MONDAY NIGHT, BRINGING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS TO THE REGION. THE STORM IS A LARGE ONE, THEREFORE DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT CENTER OF THE STORM AS ALL AREAS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS.
THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE AN HISTORIC STORM, WITH WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES, INLAND AND COASTAL FLOODING, AND MASSIVE BEACH EROSION. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND PROLONGED WIND WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG LASTING POWER OUTAGES AND SERIOUS FLOODING.
PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP AS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO WORSEN TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY.
SOME IMPORTANT NOTES...
1. IF YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO EVACUATE A COASTAL LOCATION BY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, PLEASE DO SO.
2. IF YOU ARE RELUCTANT TO EVACUATE, AND YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO RODE OUT THE `62 STORM ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS, ASK THEM IF THEY COULD DO IT AGAIN.
3. IF YOU ARE RELUCTANT, THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES, THINK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WHO WILL BE UNABLE TO REACH YOU WHEN YOU MAKE THE PANICKED PHONE CALL TO BE RESCUED, THINK ABOUT THE RESCUE/RECOVERY TEAMS WHO WILL RESCUE YOU IF YOU ARE INJURED OR RECOVER YOUR REMAINS IF YOU DO NOT SURVIVE.
4. SANDY IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. THERE WILL BE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, INJURIES ARE PROBABLY UNAVOIDABLE, BUT THE GOAL IS ZERO FATALITIES.
5. IF YOU THINK THE STORM IS OVER-HYPED AND EXAGGERATED, PLEASE ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION.
WE WISH EVERYONE IN HARMS WAY ALL THE BEST. STAY SAFE!
He is probably watching this in real time. I wonder which towns he will tell the responders to ‘stand down’ in.
This storm almost certainly will increase the amount of hanging chads
Well, you can stick to the facts and best projections regarding expected consequences of even a Category 5 hurricane as has been the case as long as I can remember, or you can jazz it up and play on emotions like the National Enquirer for what by all accounts will not even be a Category 1 and scare the living bejeezus out of people who are unfamiliar and therefore already more apprehensive.
As to the why, I’ll leave that alone because I honestly can’t say. I see a sprawling, loosely organized, slow moving tropical system that will cause heavy beach erosion and coastal flooding, more from rain than from surge. Here in NC it was less than five feet. Inland flooding will be more of an issue and it will build as it all flows downstream, so a repeat could be in store later in the week. It really looks as if Appalachian snowfall will be the bigger story.
I’ve watched hurricanes since I was a child and the family beach house was wiped out, this type of storm rolls up the coast every year. Stalling out can cause big problems, and it is large. I just do not see the basis for the hysteria coming even in official communications, though.
Caution is in order with any coastal storm of much magnitude at all, even a tropical depression. But this is just excessive.
In Florida - when a really bad one might hit - the cops go out with indelible ink pens. When a person says they don’t want to evacuate off a barrier island or such - the cop will say ‘fine - that’s OK’ then ask if they can print their Social Security number on their arm. The citizen will ask why and the cop says, “it makes it easier to identify the body - saves us a lot of time’.... and pulls out the pen... It’s surprising how effective that can be...
“THINK ABOUT THE RESCUE/RECOVERY TEAMS WHO WILL RESCUE YOU IF YOU ARE INJURED OR RECOVER YOUR REMAINS IF YOU DO NOT SURVIVE.”
I have several law enforcement members of my family, and know many more. They are told that after the winds hit 40 mph, they don’t go out. It’s too dangerous for the responder.
Also, when firemen, law enforcement, etc. goes out & tells someone to evacuate, and the person refuses, the responders ask for name, address, and next of kin - the person to notify if they don’t survive (that usually motivates people to get out of danger).
I was watching the Weather Channel, and the wind predictions are 80MPH in one spot, but 30 to 35 MPH in most other places. That’s not much of a super storm.
I was waiting for the Obama photo.
I suggest you take a look at the weather maps and the satellite. Any one with just a Middle School familiarity with meteorology should be able to see just how dangerous this storm is.
Very sharp! Politics is so damn hard these days!
ROFLMBO!!
I just type what the voices tell me...
No matter how horrible this ends up being, there is no way that the MSM is going to lay it at the feet of N0bama the way they did to Bush. In fact, I expect they will praise him for doing such a good job with so little . . . and without him the devastation would have been . . . Bushian!
Yes, as I ponder this situation I can see that you are absolutely correct! :)
The derecho was really bad, especially because of how hot it was without power. Driving in it wasn’t much fun either. Was heading home, trying to beat the storm when it hit...wow! I’m glad your cousin will be in a comfortable place when the storm hits. I have plenty of flashlights, blankets, my pets, and a good book if power goes out.
No. This Galvaston:
The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on September 8, 1900 in the city of Galveston, Texas, in the United States.[1] It had estimated winds of 145 miles per hour (233 km/h) at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir–Simpson Hurricane Scale.[2] It was the deadliest hurricane in US history, and the second costliest hurricane in US history based on the US dollar’s 2005 value (to compare costs with those of Hurricane Katrina and others).
The hurricane caused great loss of life with the estimated death toll between 6,000 and 12,000 individuals;[3] the number most cited in official reports is 8,000, giving the storm the third-highest number of deaths or injuries of any Atlantic hurricane, after the Great Hurricane of 1780 and 1998’s Hurricane Mitch. The Galveston Hurricane of 1900 is the deadliest natural disaster ever to strike the United States. By contrast, the second-deadliest storm to strike the United States, the 1928 Okeechobee Hurricane, caused more than 2,500 deaths, and the deadliest storm of recent times, Hurricane Katrina, claimed the lives of approximately 1,800 people.
The hurricane occurred before the practice of assigning official code names to tropical storms was instituted, and thus it is commonly referred to under a variety of descriptive names. Typical names for the storm include the Galveston Hurricane of 1900, the Great Galveston Hurricane, and, especially in older documents, the Galveston Flood. It is often referred to by Galveston locals as The Great Storm or The 1900 Storm.
Excerpt info from Wikipedia and NOAA
Just wondering, thanks.
Good luck.
I was just about to post about that - when we have the biggies (Cat 3+) here on the Texas gulf. There are many die-hards on Galveston Island that refuse to heed the evacuation warnings and the cops just tell them to be sure and write their SS# on their arms.
Obama lives for the deaths of Americans.
The birds were in a frenzy this morning. I could imagine them squalking “Oh $(!?...I knew we should have gone south sooner!”
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