Hurricane Sandy Live Thread II

NOAA/NHC & Various ^ | 10/29/2012 | NOAA/NHC & Various

[NautiNurse]

Late season Hurricane Sandy approaching the Eastern U.S. coast.

Sea Surface Temps

Public Advisories

NHC Tropical Discussions

Satellite Images

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)

Hurricane Sandy Live Thread I

[Jack Hydrazine]

Coast Guard rescues 14, recovers 1, continues search for 1 from HMS Bounty
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007/1592231/PHOTO-RELEASE-Coast-Guard-rescues-14-recovers-1-continues-search-for-1-from-HMS-Bounty

[informavoracious]

Sadly, what once were shovel ready jobs are now bucket ready jobs.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Thanks...I can’t believe that people are still walking around outside my window. Like what bar could possibly be open?
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Peeps are sooo strange, aren’t they? Like the ones who were surfing, today in the storm surge.

Go figure. :/

[American Constitutionalist]

You meant, bit him on a big boil

[ROCKLOBSTER]

We still have power on the Upper East Side.

Well, looking at the flood area, now I know why they call it "Lower Manhattan".

[Miss Didi]

It’s been like that all night...walking dogs, carrying pizzas, laughing and running through the streets. Go figure is right.

[Betis70]

Spot on IMO

[NautiNurse]

The last public advisory issued by the National Hurricane Center on Sandy...

...Sandy still packing hurricane-force winds...
Max sustained winds 75mph, 952mb
Hurricane force winds extend 90 miles to the east of the center,
Tropical storm force winds extend 485 miles from the storm center.

...Next public advisory to be issued by the Hydrometeorological
Prediction Center...at 5:00AM ET.

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[Paul R.]

Same here, about the assistance. (S. IL & W. KY.) News reports today showed utility crews here organizing to go to the NE if needed. Looks like the if has been erased. :-(

Crews from all over the country showed up here after our big ice storm in 2009, followed by a “once in a lifetime” derecho in the spring. An accident while working on line repairs killed one utility crew member and injured another. We remember, gratefully, very well...

Temp agencies here are hiring & training workers to fill in at temporary call centers for insurance companies, since many centers in the NE will be down for who knows how long. I imagine a lot of that sort of thing is happening. Good ‘ol capitalism lends a hand.

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[Windflier]

Waste of time. People like the “jokester” are sociopaths. They have no understanding how normal people with souls think. Just like jerks using a disaster like this to make political points. Disgusting behavior.

Understood. I don't think I'm wasting my time, though. Thousands upon thousands of people read this website, each and every day, and if I can dead-agent a joker-degrader like GeronL, then in my opinion, I'm doing my small part in a much bigger and most worthy cause.

[NautiNurse]

Backup generators at NYU Hospital have failed. Evacuation underway.

[Miss Didi]

Yes, and other hospitals as well...very scary.

[NELSON111]

>>>Jim, check out his posts on this thread. The rest of us are appalled by his attitude.

Also check out the "Hurricane Sandy Will Not Land in the US (10-23-12)" thread which is now locked. I discovered he was a jerk last night on that thread.

He's not the only one who thought it was over-hyped...or not going to hit the US at all. Matter of fact, I was still having a debate with a troll late this morning about the fact Sandy had made the turn (contrary to their forecast). He was saying it hadn't and wouldn't. Even put out a map showing it missing the US.

And I know one poster "marked" my forecast on that thread. Feel free to verify it.

[Betis70]

Oh no, prayers for those patients and familites. I can only imagine having a loved one there receiving treatment and then having to evacuate.

[American Constitutionalist]

Thing is ? when they go under ground it will be a huge human health hazard risk with all the mold and sewage down there.
This is not going to be some easy fix.
Another potential problem they face is the concrete foundations of those buildings being compromised.
There will be mounds of soil erosion underneath New York city in those subways and sewage lines.

[rdl6989]

People who go out surfing in this mess should be sent to a nut house.

[metmom]

Thank you.

People are going to be dying in those hospitals because of this.

I was just recently hospitalized for 2 weeks with a MRSA infection and while I wasn’t in nearly the bad shape that I saw many other patients in, it DID occur to me what would happen if the power went out and I could not get something as simple as the IV drip with the anti-biotics.

Reading about hospitals without power and the report of the fire in another one, and that only in NYC, they will be going through hell.

How someone can downplay the tragedy and toll in human lives is beyond me.

In all honestly, I have precious little sympathy for people who pay the consequences for outright, blatant stupidity, but this is something else altogether. This is beyond any human doing and there is and was virtually no way to adequately prepare for it. There simply was not enough time or resources. People are suffering and dying through no fault of their own, simply a matter of being in the wrong place, or wrong situation at the wrong time.

We were fortunate. My daughter flew through JFK last night and happened to be on one of the few flights that was not canceled and managed to get home. For that I am extremely grateful. However, many others are not so fortunate and I truly feel sorry for them. I would not want to be in their place, and it was through no doing of mine that I was not.

Instead of blowing it off, as some people have been doing, we need to think, “There but for the grace of God, go I” and pray for those poor souls who have to endure this situation.

We are getting a good, steady, soaking rain right now, but it is still otherwise a beautiful night, mild and almost no wind. I would not have a clue what was coming or going on around me without the media.

[Delta 21]

Holy Crap! Thats like what the Terminator came walking out of!

I mean there was some major gigwatts going on there.

[NELSON111]

>>>Waste of time. People like the “jokester” are sociopaths. They have no understanding how normal people with souls think. Just like jerks using a disaster like this to make political points. Disgusting behavior.

As I said...I discovered this last night. On his wall he says he was booted off two other forums for his views. I suspect he was an abrasive jerk over there as well and THAT is what got him booted...truth be told.