Any brothers in harm's way? (Sandy hurricane)

[user 2031]

She's a tough ol' broad, anyway... :shock:

Yes, I saw The Day After Tomorrow too... :lol:

 

[Brewdude]

Saw some live feeds today. Some of LI is already flooded.

Several brothers from another site in the affected areas say it's getting pretty crazy.

Here's one entry-

There's massive flooding all over the shores of LI now. Babylon Village was hit pretty badly. The blocks near the bay over here are pretty wet too (about 1/4 Mi South of me). I'm at about 20' above MSL so I should be ok.

I just finished downing all of my clients' servers and assisting them with disconnecting the rest of their IT equipment. One major electrical/traffic contractor said signals are falling and going offline already. It's chaos.



:affraid:



Here's a pic from Winthrop, MA-

:shock:


Stay safe everyone...........


Cheers,

RR

 

[tech2576]

Surf's up!!!!!!!!! :shock:

 

[bosun1]

UPDATE:

wife at home is ok. when asked how it is, she laughed and said "just some good rain and pretty windy, nothing destructive" they still have power and everything(internet, cable).

home home is in southeastern CT, parents are well prepped, comparable to a doomsday prep-er. dad went out and cleared some of the storm drains. says"have seen worse heading our way" "flash floods and high water table and maybe some water in the basement the only concerns" "nothing to worry about son". good enough for me

not to bad from the KV family, hope everyone else does ok. stay safe

I was in Ledyard (near New London) for the hurricane in 84 or 85 (didn't take any notes). A lot of trees down, power down, etc. Took the ship up to the sub base in Groton, heavy steel cables and moored her to one of their piers. During the height of the storm the pier was underwater with 90MPH plus winds. Excitement. After the storm the road home was blocked and had to stop at a buddies house to drink mass quantities of beer. Eventually had the wife meet me on the opposite side of the downed trees on the road!

 

[Doc Manhattan]

I was in Ledyard (near New London) for the hurricane in 84 or 85 (didn't take any notes). A lot of trees down, power down, etc. Took the ship up to the sub base in Groton, heavy steel cables and moored her to one of their piers. During the height of the storm the pier was underwater with 90MPH plus winds. Excitement. After the storm the road home was blocked and had to stop at a buddies house to drink mass quantities of beer. Eventually had the wife meet me on the opposite side of the downed trees on the road!

My pal who works at Electric Boat said that it's the first time in his tenure (12 years or so) they've closed the sub yard.

Why you'd need to close the sub yard, I'll never know. What's going to happen, the subs get more underwater? 8)

(Yeah, yeah, I know about all the fissile material... I've been drinking trace amounts of it for years, with no superpowers to show for it, dammit.)

 

[idbowman]

Gettin' dicey here in NE Ohio (well...at least compared to what we usually see around here). We're no where near the center of this thing, but Lake Erie is already gettin' crazy. Drove down to a local lakefront park and saw waves like I've never seen on the lake before in my life - easily 15-20 footers (10 footers are usually a rare event in these parts). A local news station posted this photo of the waves flooding the Rt. 90 East Shoreway

 

[tech2576]

Let me quess, Gordon Park.
The wife lived in Painesville in an earlier life!

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Yes, I saw The Day After Tomorrow too... :lol:

I never did. :lol: I thought that was actual news footage. ale:

 

[user 2031]

Yes, I saw The Day After Tomorrow too... :lol:

I never did. :lol: I thought that was actual news footage. ale:

I can understand why, but if we ever see that in real life, better head for the hills! :affraid: :lol:

 

[dshpipes]

Surprised none of the LA boys have chimed in yet. As I've been following this hurricane, I've remained relatively unafraid for most folks. Being from Louisiana, Hurricane season is usually a good ol' time tracking hurricanes, betting on where it might go, and then riding out the storm is all a part of the fun. As Sandy has remained a Cat. 1, the primary concern for me has been the sheer size of the storm. Cat. 1s are relatively weak storms so their focus is weak. As such, they remain enormous storms that can cause a good bit of damage over an incredibly large area. A Cat. 1 hurricane hitting the south is business as usual. A Cat. 1 hitting the NE is rare to say the least and I'd imagine that the entire area currently affected is completely unused to dealing with storms of this magnitude, especially when a warm air mass like this collides with a cold air mass from the north. When Irene came through last year, tornadoes tore through upstate NY, something none of my friends up there (most of whom are in their 50s) had ever seen before.

Reading through this thread, I'm so glad that everyone who's in the affected area has prepared themselves for the worst, but hoped for the best. Now that the eye has come on shore and the winds dropped dramatically, I'd say the worst of the storm itself is over. I hope everyone is ready for the potential flooding that may come afterwards, particularly with all the run off from the storm flowing into low lying areas right now.

Stay safe everyone, and please do check in!

 

[KevinM]

Central CT Sandy report -- I think we've used up our luck for the rest of the year. We never lost power and there's no damage worth reporting, just a few hours of yard work. I have a year's supply of batteries and gas on hand, but I'll deal with it. Across the street a neighbor had a big pine tree come down at the base and take out his elec wires. Best wishes to people on the coast who got clobbered by the surge as well as those to the South of us. And now I think I'll take advantage of the tropical conditions and puff a bracing bowl of Wulke Rum Cake in my Upshall Dublin.

The word of the day on the forecasts was "Epic." "Sandy is Epic."

 

[Doc Manhattan]

South of KevinM, a few miles from the shore, two bells and all is well. Never lost utilities of any sort. A piece of tin facing on one of our dormers went flying who-knows-where, and gutters that were already crap are still crap. Otherwise, no harm, no foul. Our luck has been good.

The power company did a very competent job applying the 6P Rule in the week leading up, and it has paid dividends.

 

[Anonymous]

Cuts & Pastes

"This is not a typical storm," said Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett. "Essentially, this is a hurricane wrapped in a 'nor'easter.'"

Northerly track: Atlantic tropical storms most commonly tear through the Caribbean and the Gulf of Mexico, and lose energy as they pass over the U.S mainland. This storm, however, crept along the Eastern Seaboard, where waters that were warmer than usual for this time of year kept the storm alive. As the storm moved northward, it morphed into a hybrid storm, drawing additional strength from the differential between the storm's warm air and cold northern air from the jet stream.

"There's a transformation that this system is undergoing," Landsea explained. "This is actually evolving into a winter storm, and later, a nor'easter." One result of this evolution is that the storm system has widened to more than 800 miles in diameter, stretching from the Carolinas to Maine and Canada.

The left turn: Hurricanes that get so far north could drift off into the cold Atlantic to die — but they can also be pushed into the mainland, as Hurricane Irene was last year. Irene followed a path that was roughly parallel to the coastline, but Sandy took a hard left turn that put it on a course for a direct, perpendicular strike on the coast. That's because a cold front on the mainland is drawing the storm westward, while the current state of a weather pattern known as the North Atlantic Oscillation is blocking the storm from heading eastward.

Storm surge: Sandy's top sustained winds of 85 miles per hour typically wouldn't rate as a superstorm, but its effects will be magnified, Landsea said. "Even though it's not a 'major' hurricane by any means ... there is substantial threat because of the storm surge and because of the rainfall. There's going to be flooding. Both of those factors are going to be killers," he said. The storm surge is projected to range from 6 to 11 feet. One of the big reasons for such a high surge is that the waters off the coast of New York and New Jersey are so shallow: As the surge from the deeper ocean nears the coastline, all that water piles up to create a higher wave.

Full moon: Another reason for the huge storm surge is the fact that the moon is hitting its full phase just as Sandy is making landfall. The celestial lineup of the sun, moon and Earth contributes to higher-than-normal high tides.

(An all-time record tide level of 13.88 feet was set at The Battery in Lower Manhattan on Monday night, breaking the previous record of 11.2 feet in 1821).

Winter storm: Sandy is such a late-season storm that it's running into winter weather in the northeastern United States, which is adding an extra dimension to the misery. "I have not been around long enough to see a hurricane forecast with a snow advisory in it," Craig Fugate, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, told NBC's TODAY. The storm could trigger up to 3 feet of snow in the Appalachians, the National Weather Service reported. The Weather Channel's Tom Niziol said that "an amazing combination of factors" have come together to make Sandy a threat due to the snow as well as the rain.

Landsea and other forecasters may marvel at the factors behind what some have called a "perfect storm" or "Frankenstorm," and there'll surely be lots of lessons learned for future weather modeling.

:cat: :face: :study:

 

[Brewdude]

Looks bad from the national news. Flooding, millions without power for an indeterminate period. (Been there done that!)...

Stay safe brothers.

:shock:



Cheers,

RR

 

[Slide]

Surprised none of the LA boys have chimed in yet.

Well my thoughts are that while a CAT 1 isn't as bad as it could be it is still no fun if you are in it.

Louisiana had the "advantage" of Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike trimming the trees. So the Cat 1 Isaac did not cause that much damage from trees falling on houses.

Add to that increased building code scrutiny and wind resistant shingles and a population more willing to evacuate and you come out in the best shape you could considering it is a hurricane. Flooding was another matter in some areas.

But some parts of the Northeast haven't had mother natures tree trimming service. The sustained winds and flooding can cause a lot of damage. And with the number of people to restore power to...Being without electricity sucks when it's real hot or real cold.....

Praying for safety for everyone and a speedy recovery from the storm.

 

[Mikem]

Well it looks like the worst part of the storm is over (as far as the storm goes). Unfortunetly it looks like it lived up to the hype and really tore things up. My prayers are with everyone over in that part of the world who suffered any storm damage.

 

[desertpiper]

my brother lives in the Harrisburg area, they didn't get much there, said they got snow to the west of him. My thoughts and prayers to you guys in harms way.

 

[Dave_In_Philly]

Everyone make it through alright?

They were predicting that the storm would roll right over Philly, and I guess it did, but it was nearly as strong when it got here as they were concerned about. Seems south eastern Jersey got the wost of it. Looks like half of Atlantic City and just about all of Long Beach Island is underwater and quite a bit of the state is without power.

There was a lot of flooding from the smaller rivers and larger creeks in the area but nothing really got anywhere near the house. Just made life a bit miserable for a few days. I don't think we even lost power. Lost a few smaller branches and a bunch of leaves, but no trees came down this time. All in all, we made it through unscathed. SEPTA took a bit of beating and my 27 min train ride took me nearly an hour this morning.

 

[dshpipes]

Surprised none of the LA boys have chimed in yet.

Well my thoughts are that while a CAT 1 isn't as bad as it could be it is still no fun if you are in it.

I dunno, standing outside during Andrew just as the eye was passing over was pretty thrilling. :lol:

In all seriousness though, my last post was just me voicing some thoughts and in no way did I mean to say that this storm isn't a big deal. This storm is a huge deal for an area of the country that is unused to seeing them and the amount of damage and inconvenience is unparalleled along the coast of the NE. I hope everyone who has been negatively affected by the storm (unfortunately that means millions) recover quickly and see their lives returned to normal asap.

Dave! I'm very glad to hear that the storm didn't hurt you guys too badly in Philly.

 

[kieveryuu]

Some friends in NYC and related have all checked in saying it was "intense". Here in my area of greater Boston there where a lot of trees blown over. Good old trees as well. Thankfully we never lost our utilities. Though a neighbor did because of a tree falling. A tree in the backyard of the house, the basement apartment of which I live in, was blown over. Thankfully falling across the fence and the neighbors backyard and doing little damage. Some heavy rain followed the storm proper and there has been some local flash flooding. Otherwise, and especially in comparison to those so badly hit elsewhere, we came through just fine.

Thinking of those who may not have.