Hurricane Sandy seems like it might be extremely bad and stuff, like even worse than that thing last year.
Pretty much set to hit dead center in the heart of the Northeast Megalopolis.
Anyone already getting hit like in Virginia and shit?
Hurricane Sandy seems like it might be extremely bad and stuff, like even worse than that thing last year.
Pretty much set to hit dead center in the heart of the Northeast Megalopolis.
Anyone already getting hit like in Virginia and shit?
I'm in England and all I can really do is hope for the safety of everyone in that area.
I'm going to be chillin in my house. Hoping not to be dead. (In NJ).
House prepared. Basement will almost certainly get flooded.
I saw the thread title in the feed and knew who the OP was.
I live in coastal CT (also next to a river so bonus water!) and I dunno. I've never experienced real flooding in my life, but the way people and our governor are talking is kinda scary. We're mostly gonna stay inside and listen to wind and hope my shitty car gets destroyed so we get insurance money.
We're inland (the town is coastal) so I'm not worried about the Sound rising up and swallowing anything other than a motel that serves great breakfast.
Shit's just gonna be shut down here for like a week though. Which sucks.
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Just wanna throw this out to all my Long Island buds, thanks for existing, you're a wonderful meat shield <3
Welp, school's canceled for me tomorrow
I swear I'm going to be pissed if this is as underwhelming as Irene was
@Monkey:
Just wanna throw this out to all my Long Island buds, thanks for existing, you're a wonderful meat shield <3
Just wanna throw this out to all my Dune Road buds, thanks for being rich and stupid, you're a wonderful meat shield and keep Westhampton from going under
Who's, man, who's.
Anyway yeah, mandatory dickishness out of the way, I've been following the news for the past few days and it looks kinda bleak from the other side of the puddle. Here's hoping it won't hit you guys too hard and that the damages and casualties will remain relatively low. Be safe and take care, y'all.
I'm going to be hunting the legendary Leviathan with Captain Nemo's submarine so that should take a few days. (Don't tell Captain Nemo of my plans.)
Aye, but what is your 'e' is our 'i'. It isn't pronounced like that. Sadly.
The city is poo, though. Don't wanna venture in there - it's filled with nothing but arrogant bourgeois.
Aye, but what is your 'e' is our 'i'. It isn't pronounced like that. Sadly.
The city is poo, though. Don't wanna venture in there - it's filled with nothing but arrogant bourgeois.
so instead of "essspoo"
it is "icepoo" loll
My university's still having classes tomorrow, why? And Governor Patrick has already declared a state of emergency too. Heck, even the federal government's closed tomorrow.
Sandy will definitely be worse than Irene. I've experienced more hurricanes up here than in Houston. :sad:
New Jersey, here.
I mean, Irene already knocked down all the trees that could possibly fall on my house. P-Probably…
We may get flooding but we should be okay - I'm more concerned about losing power.
Tuesday is the deadline for me finishing the layout for my college newspaper and sending it off to the Star Ledger. I'm working fast, but maybe not fast enough.
I'm dubious, but if we DO actually get snow we will well and truly be fucked, and that's worrying. Lots of leaves still on the trees means lots of load-bearing branches.
Seems like this is going to be a big one no matter how you slice it, tho.
I just got back from work, cashiering for people who are buying emergency supplies. Basically a whole day of telling people we're out of bottled water.
Now I'm waiting at my house, somewhat prepared, waiting to see how extreme this thing is. Last hurricane (Irene) we didn't do too bad, and we're expecting the same this year. So, our home plan is to hope things turn out okay.
i hear atlantic city is going to be a literal name lol
@Monkey:
so instead of "essspoo"
it is "icepoo" loll
No, you're reading me wrong. The 'es' syllable is like es in esteem, while the poo is the same as bo in boring but with an unvoiced consonant instead. We just mark our stretched vowel sounds with two letters in a row. Double vowels never change the actual pronunciation that is one-to-one with the alphabet.
http://translate.google.com/#fi/en/espoo - listen to the Finnish voice say it.
No, you're reading me wrong. The 'es' syllable is like es in esteem, while the poo is the same as bo in boring but with an unvoiced consonant instead. We just mark our stretched vowel sounds with two letters in a row. Double vowels never change the actual pronunciation that is one-to-one with the alphabet.
http://translate.google.com/#fi/en/espoo - listen to the Finnish voice say it.
@Monkey:
The worst part is that they're actually serious about this.
Our house almost flooded during Hurricane Isaac (I live in Louisiana) but since we're on stilts we were like… less than half an inch from it getting into the house.
I would recommend, in my experience, to evacuate the house if you see that the water level is rising. When it floods it usually rises very quickly. You should have bags packed and ready to go now in case you need to leave, that way you don't waste any time trying to salvage shit. And I'd also recommend buying charcoal.
Why? Because if the power does go out, it'll probably be out for a long time (it was a week and a half for us) so you'll want to cook all of the meat in your fridge as soon as possible. Just barbecue it all. It's a pretty common thing in Louisiana that we joke around about and call "Hurricane Parties". If you're sure that the power is going to be out for a long time (like for more than 3 days), do yourself a favor and just throw away any food that needs to be refrigerated. Otherwise it'll smell like shit and it's all going to spoil anyway.
You'll probably want to buy bottled water since, if it floods, the contaminated water may get into the pipeline and contaminate the faucet water. You're not going to want to drink that shit.
New Yorker here.
Far enough inland that it probably won't be a problem, though (even if it IS in the power outage zone).
As a native of Northern Virginia I too would have to brace for this storm except for the fact that I'm in Memphis on a business trip and won't come back 'til Friday.
Still, my family is still in Virginia, so I hope they get through it okay.
Irene wrecked both my short vacation (in Turks and Caicos) and my basement once we got back. I live right by the sea, they told us to evacuate but this time we're ignoring the order because we simply don't have the time
If I lose power I'll pop a nut from anger and rage.
New Yorker here.
Far enough inland that it probably won't be a problem, though (even if it IS in the power outage zone).
Same. I'm not expecting too many problems, but my family is ready just in case. Gonna be a rainy week.
If you're in a storm surge zone that has been told to evacuate, evacuate. Storm surge kills; it's usually the flooding that gets to people, not the wind or anything else. If you're by a river, you might be all right if you can make it to a roof or upper floor. As for the water problem, fill up any bottles, jugs, etc. you have with tap water now. Water likely won't shut off, but it could get contaminated and you can't boil if there's no power.
My university just cancelled exercises. I guess I'm studying all of tomorrow!
hmmm so a hurricane is going to hit the US. at least it'll finally give the people inland a chance to use their webbed hands and gills. ha
joking aside though it sounds like it'll be pretty intense compared to the others storms you've had over the past several years. like ive seen some people battening down the hatches and doing the best possible to ride it out unscathed…..but really how can you protect against something of this caliber? you cant cut down all the trees and telegraph poles, and i imaging simple things like timber sheeting is running out due to the high demand. all in all it sounds pretty horrific.
good luck to you folks sitting directly in its path. i can only hope frankenstorm or whatever they are calling it will die down a little, or to a big enough degree that power, medical and transport wont be too badly effected.
Upstate New York, represent! The hurricane last year barely slapped us. I'm hoping the power stays on here so I can use this windy water funnel as background to playing Silent Hill 2.
hmmm so a hurricane is going to hit the US. at least it'll finally give the people inland a chance to use their webbed hands and gills. ha
joking aside though it sounds like it'll be pretty intense compared to the others storms you've had over the past several years. like ive seen some people battening down the hatches and doing the best possible to ride it out unscathed…..but really how can you protect against something of this caliber? you cant cut down all the trees and telegraph poles, and i imaging simple things like timber sheeting is running out due to the high demand. all in all it sounds pretty horrific.
Connecticut is essentially constantly in a state of protection from one very large batted down hatch.
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Upstate New York, represent! The hurricane last year barely slapped us. I'm hoping the power stays on here so I can use this windy water funnel as background to playing Silent Hill 2.
yeah laugh now until the hurricane reverses the flow of the hudson and sends a torrent of broken skyscrapers hurtling toward albany
I'm up on the northern shore of Long Island. We're expecting power to definitely be out for the next few days.
On the brightside there's no school Monday or Tuesday!
I'm in the Virginia, like…center-west (if that makes any sense); 3 hours from Washington D.C. Hoping all we get is lots of rain and minor to moderate (at the worst) wind from it. I DON'T want a power outage. I'm also pretty much surrounded by mountains, living in something like a valley. That tends to weaken storm systems for us a bit.
I'm over in AZ. Completely out of the way of it. One of my friends is over in the area though, hoping he's going to be alright.
We're just south of Syracuse, New York. Neighbors say we'll be hit somewhat. I sure hope so, maybe I'll get a day off from school…
@Sniper:
We're just south of Syracuse, New York. Neighbors say we'll be hit somewhat. I sure hope so, maybe I'll get a day off from school…
In Syracuse? Doubtful. It will be pretty blunted and tired after raping the coastal areas.
@Monkey:
yeah laugh now until the hurricane reverses the flow of the hudson and sends a torrent of broken skyscrapers hurtling toward albany
And nothing of value was lost.
Mainer here.
I live about 10-15 miles off the coast and I'm hoping that we won't be getting 50 mph gusts like the NOAA said we would. I CANNOT sleep at night without electricity!
Mainer here.
I live about 10-15 miles off the coast and I'm hoping that we won't be getting 50 mph gusts like the NOAA said we would. I CANNOT sleep at night without electricity!
I dunno what Maine has to worry about, as it has to plow through all the other five New England states before it gets to you anyway.
@Monkey:
I dunno what Maine has to worry about, as it has to plow through all the other five New England states before it gets to you anyway.
The wind gusts and speeds as shown here?
Well all I can say to all who's areas are effected (as well as about to be effected) by Sandy is that I'll be praying for you all so stay safe! :sad:
Stay safe everyone!
Good thing I don't live on the East Coast anymore :blink:
New Yorker here. Outside is pretty much a ghost town, it's super quiet. I guess this is the calm before the storm. Everything is shut down too: public transportation; store's; schools; etc.
just saw a weather map with the hurricane path of it sliding into NYC than doing an abrupt turn and devouring CT. 0___o
As someone who lived in Florida for 16 years and dealt with at least one hurricane every year, this is weird as hell.
Regardless, be careful everyone. Stay safe. Cover windows with bed mattresses or something large if it gets really bad outside.
Weather maps are saying North Carolina will be effected, but it's a clear sky right now. Maybe tomorrow morning if anything, but those in the northeast, you have my wishes. Take care of each other.
We only got piece of this storm, even though it was miles away from us. It was strange, because it really did feel like a typical tropical storm… and I can only imagine how it is at touchdown strength. So stay safe if you are planning to sitting this one out. I'm kinda crossing my fingers and hoping it won't be that big a deal.
i don't think it will be nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. gosh ppl on the east coast go nuts anytime some type of weather comes our way.
Maryland suburb of DC here! School's cancelled tomorrow for DC and Maryland public schools, and Maryland's cancelling school on Tuesday as well. I'm hoping that somehow we don't lose power but considering that PEPCO is an awful awful awful power company it'll probably be out for days. Thankfully DC is incredibly hilly and I live on higher ground so we probably won't get any flooding. Georgetown's going to be completely screwed though.
i don't think it will be nearly as bad as people are making it out to be. gosh ppl on the east coast go nuts anytime some type of weather comes our way.
Yeah, but you gotta understand the difference in location. Living Florida, majority of structures and buildings are made and built to be able to better handle hurricanes. Granted, destruction happens, but preparations are made with buildings for minimal destruction and, more importantly, safety for those taking shelter. The Southeast is built to be prepared for hurricanes. The Northeast is not. I'm not saying that there is going to be mass destruction and anarchy, but people in the Northeast are not as experienced nor are the homes as well prepared.
Granted, we're not talking a Level 4 or Level 5 hurricane (I've lived through both). It's a Level 1 from what I understand, but we're talking about a big storm non-the-less in an area not built for such a storm.