MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 4025 times:
A monster storm is about to hit the Eastern Region of the United States. As with every major storm worldwide I am trying to keep myself updated with maps and news of how/where the storm is moving.
tz757300 From United States of America, joined Aug 2005, 2836 posts, RR: 7 Reply 1, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 4020 times:
Well, currently I'm waiting it out at my apartment at school here in Wilmington, DE, so I'm smack dab in the middle of the projected path. I am under a mandatory evacuation so I could go home, but my home is under one as well and near the Atlantic so I'm probably safer here. I endured Irene last year and hurricanes and tropical storms for the last 23 so I'll know when it's time to pack up and head for higher ground. So far its looking mainly like a wind event. I'll provide updates and pictures if possible.
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 2, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 17 hours ago) and read 4005 times:
Thank you for your imput.
This advisory just came in my mailbox:
Singapore Airlines
New York flights cancelled due to Hurricane Sandy
Hurricane Sandy is expected make landfall along the east coast of the United States on Monday, 29 October 2012 (local time).
The tropical storm is expected to bring about significant impact, including flooding, power outages and major transportation disruptions, to major cities such as New York.
As a result, Singapore Airlines has cancelled the following services:
- SQ26 on 28Oct* (Frankfurt to John F Kennedy International, New York)
- SQ22/21 on 29Oct (Singapore to Newark International, New York)
*Singapore to Frankfurt service on SQ26/28 Oct will operate as scheduled.
BlueElephant From United Kingdom, joined Dec 2006, 1809 posts, RR: 6 Reply 3, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 3968 times:
I'm here in the Virginia suburbs of the D.C. area, near IAD. We're expecting a good bit of rain and some strong winds, but should be okay, maybe some power outages but should be okay I think.
nickh From United States of America, joined Jun 2008, 98 posts, RR: 0 Reply 5, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 15 hours ago) and read 3958 times:
A site that you all might find interesting--I have occasionally looked at the Havaria RSOE/EDIS (Emergency Disaster Information Service), based out of Hungary - when some natural disaster occurs around the world. If you drill down, it will give you a lot of information - I used it when Hurricane Katrina and Ian hit my home area of the Texas Gulf Coast.
foppishbum From Taiwan, joined Mar 2006, 737 posts, RR: 0 Reply 6, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 3841 times:
I'm in Chelsea, Manhattan. Classes are cancelled and schools are closed for tomorrow. I have a midterm exam on Tuesday so I'm waiting for the decision whether Tuesday's classes are cancelled, too. Storm prep is done.
That being said, it doesn't feel like a storm is coming...at least in my area, it doesn't feel like it.
dragon-wings From United States of America, joined Apr 2001, 3920 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 7 hours ago) and read 3826 times:
Im on Long Island (Suffolk County) and right now it's just a bit breezy (wind NE at 23mph gusting to 38mph). I live about 6 miles from the water so I am not worried about flooding here (it has never flooded here in 30 years), I am more concerned about the strong winds. During Hurricane Irene last year we had lots of tree branches down and lost power for 3 days. I am expecting the same thing to happen with this storm, with maybe more tree damage.
planeguy727 From United States of America, joined Mar 2007, 1066 posts, RR: 1 Reply 8, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3792 times:
I'm in upper manhattan and other than neighbors being idiots and not bringing stuff indoors it's just some wind so far.
I flew into JFK today and there were some bumps, but definitely not the worst I've experienced. I got smart a few days ago and changed my flight to an earlier time. Otherwise I would have been stuck elsewhere.
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6297 posts, RR: 6 Reply 9, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 6 hours ago) and read 3765 times:
We were expecting a lot more rain in South Florida Thursday night through Friday but the west side of the storm get killed by dry air. It was fairly windy here Thursday-Saturday and we still have some large waves and lots of beach erosion but no damage or anything like that.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
alberchico From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 2685 posts, RR: 0 Reply 10, posted (6 months 3 weeks 5 days 3 hours ago) and read 3672 times:
finally a voice of reason :
WHY is everyone in SUCH a panic about hurricane (i'm calling it Sally)..? Stop projecting negativity! Think positive and pray for peace.
— Lindsay Lohan (@lindsaylohan)
short summary of every jewish holiday: they tried to kill us ,we won , lets eat !
Thousands of people were stranded Sunday as U.S. airlines canceled nearly 8,000 flights through Tuesday ahead of the two storm systems converging on the East Coast.
With Hurricane Sandy looming, airlines suspended operations at airports from Washington up to Boston. Carriers canceled 1,270 flights scheduled for Sunday, according to FlightAware.com, a flight-tracking website. As of Sunday night, airlines also canceled 5,900 flights scheduled for Monday and almost 800 flights Tuesday. FlightAware said it expects airlines to cancel more flights scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday. Many travelers will have to wait until Wednesday to fly.
ltbewr From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 12333 posts, RR: 12 Reply 13, posted (6 months 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 3538 times:
There could be very serious damage to the USA's economy and in millions of people's lives, many billions in damage, 1000's of lost homes, major infrastructural damage in low-lying including buildings, subways in NYC, tunnels, airports, seaports and so on. Many coastal areas, especially barrier islands could quite literally be wiped out and many structures washed away, no longer habitable. Millions will not be able to go to work, so they will use lose income. Massive power outages could mean many areas badly affected for weeks with their own problems. The economic damage could badly hurt Christmas shopping. 1000's of excessive deaths could occur due to storm related stresse, inabiltiy for emergency services to get to ill people, injures from storm wind damage, some hospitals damaged from the storms.
Another potential problem could be the Presidential election next week as million of voters could see serious impediments in the ability to get to polls or polling places unable to be operated as their facilities damaged or power still out. That could have serious and unknown affects on the national elections
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 14, posted (6 months 3 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 3478 times:
I am looking at the storm chasers live feeds. There isn't much at this time but the one live feed from the NYC area looks pretty bad with fierce powerful winds and a lot of noise. http://www.chasertv.com/
flymia From United States of America, joined Jun 2001, 6297 posts, RR: 6 Reply 15, posted (6 months 3 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 3468 times:
Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 14): I would not be surprised if the election was put off and set to a later date.
Not sure if that is possible. The election is in 8 days. The two problems with that could be some polling places without power and some areas still being flooded. It will be interesting to see if the storm surge is as high as they say it will be. I am most worried for the NYC metro area since many of those areas do not have beaches protecting property and homes. Also the subway lines could have a flooding problem. It is a little worrisome that there already needs to be rescues in Delaware. It is odd associating hurricanes with floods for someone from Miami who deals with hurricanes more often than anyone else but flooding is almost never a problem down here.
This storm is massive though. The wind field is like nothing I ever seen before and it got a little bit stronger over the night. Thankfully the winds are still not very strong so wind damage is not something we will have to worry about too much. Water is usually the biggest problem with hurricanes anyway though. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...+shtml/092341.shtml?radii#contents
Also I know that the national hurricane center (NHC) is suppose to let local weather offices take care of these types of storms as it is no longer a "tropical hurricane" something like that but I think this was the wrong time to follow the "rules". The NHC is the best in the world at predictings these storms and setting up warnings etc.. They are still following it but not like they usually do and they are not setting up the normal warnings.
"It was just four of us on the flight deck, trying to do our job" (Captain Al Haynes)
us330 From United States of America, joined Aug 2000, 3745 posts, RR: 14 Reply 16, posted (6 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 3424 times:
In downtown Washington near Union Station. Getting some heavy rain and wind right now, but nothing too extreme yet. Public transit is shut down for the day, and my school has cancelled all events and classes--only people who are supposed to be at school are emergency personnel. Even our library is closed--which for grad school is a big thing!
According to the Washington Post's website, things aren't supposed to get really bad until later this afternoon and this evening.
AeroWesty From United States of America, joined Oct 2004, 18839 posts, RR: 64 Reply 17, posted (6 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 3418 times:
Quoting MadameConcorde (Reply 14): I would not be surprised if the election was put off and set to a later date.
Based upon what? People outside of the U.S. forget sometimes that we don't have "national" elections, per se. When I cast my vote for President, I'm actually voting for a local person to represent me in the Electoral College, who isn't even bound by law to cast their vote for the person they're nominated to vote for. Some local jurisdictions may extend voting, candidates may round up busses to bring voters to the polls, but the vote will happen on the first Tuesday in November as scheduled.
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 18, posted (6 months 3 weeks 4 days 16 hours ago) and read 3417 times:
I can hear sirens along with fierce winds noise on the storm chasers live feed.
From the news feeds it looks really bad while the core of the storm hasn't really hit yet.
Looking at the satellite picture this is truly a monster storm.
Damage from Hurricane Sandy could be catastrophic
TOTAL econ damage could be 100-BILLION dollars
About 60 million people are in the path of Sandy, AccuWeather meteorologist Alex Sosnowski says, and billions of dollars of damage are expected as the storm roars through. http://www.usatoday.com/story/weathe.../hurricane-sandy-forecast/1663863/
This is really serious.
All A.netters on the hurricane path please keep safe. Please don't take unnecessary risks.
There was a better way to fly it was called Concorde
MadameConcorde From San Marino, joined Feb 2007, 10243 posts, RR: 40 Reply 20, posted (6 months 3 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 3347 times:
This hurricane is not the Apocalypse but it looks pretty bad.
U.S. President Obama plans to make statement at 12:45 pm after his Situation Room briefing on Hurricane Sandy.
:
What To Do If Sandy Knocks Your Power Out
Pennsylvania will likely be hit hard by Hurricane Sandy. The Monday morning projection shows the storm will make its way across southeast Pennsylvania, before turning north over Huntingdon County. Governor Corbett has urged people to prepare to go several days without power.
So what, exactly, should you do if the lights out? A press release from the Public Utility Commission lists suggestions:
Hurricane Sandy viewed from the International Space Station with feed from the astronauts
Hurricane Sandy -- Pass 1, Oct. 29, 2012
Hurricane Sandy was viewed Monday morning from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above the Atlantic Ocean. Sandy had sustained winds of 90 miles an hour as the station passed above the hurricane.
STT757 From United States of America, joined Mar 2000, 16260 posts, RR: 52 Reply 23, posted (6 months 3 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 3163 times:
I'm in Central New Jersey and I've lost two trees so far, and its not going to make landfall until sometime around midnight.
27 foppishbum: Can we all just agree that nobody wishes anybody harm? Though the hype may be questionable and the fact that we can't predict whether this will be ano
28 foppishbum: Truly inspiring...but I did a little fact check. Again, truly inspiring...doesn't matter when this picture was taken, hats off to the guys. Source: h
29 pvjin: Interesting to watch, these really make even the worst storms in here Finland look like nothing.
30 AirframeAS: Not gonna happen. It doesn't work like that. The election will still go on regardless of rain or shine.
31 fr8mech: Someone in Congress would need to introduce a bill, it would need to pass both houses and then President Obama would need to sign it. All in the dwin
32 AirframeAS: . And to add, moving an election would cost more money than need to be. New ballots would need to be printed, mailed, etc etc. that costs another mil
33 EA CO AS: Tracking Sandy's path as she intensifies...
34 Pyrex: In NYC, in Midtown West, a few blocks away from the Hudson River. Stepped outside a couple of hours ago (mid-afternoon on Monday) just to check out th
35 MadameConcorde: Thank you all for explaining. I was just wondering.
36 Mir: Not that it really matters, since the meaning of the photo is the same, but the photo (and I posted it in another thread before I found out) is not f
37 Mir: The Lower East Side in NYC. Power has had to be shut off to Lower Manhattan. Zone A south of Canal Street is reported as flooded. Also reports of hea
38 foppishbum: I'm in Chelsea, Manhattan and we just lost power.
39 alberchico: http://live.nydailynews.com/Event/Tracking_Hurricane_Sandy_2 some good pics on this blog....
40 BMI727: All of the Gawker Media sites are offline and returning a "connect to upstream server timedout" error. If I can't read Deadspin, I'm going to have to
41 alberchico: http://gothamist.com/2012/10/29/lowe..._manhattan_loses_power_after_p.php God I hope the subway tunnels don't get flooded....
43 alberchico: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UiyhF_GIQlI video of building collapse in chelsea....
44 Mir: Too late. They have. It looks like Manhattan south of 42nd Street is underwater. This is going to be expensive, guys. -Mir
45 foppishbum: Not 42nd. Maybe around the riverfronts. I'm at 7th Ave and 25th still not under water but I'm without power. Thank goodness for iPhone battery cases.
46 flymia: That should not happen in these winds. Crazy. I have a friend who lives down by wall street but went up town he said he has seen cars float down the
47 alberchico: More bad news keeps rolling in.... ''Transit update from from Pete Donohue: Subways could be out for days All under-water tubes linking Manhattan and
48 foppishbum: Oh no! I need the 1 train to go to school! I'm out of power so getting news by all the different sites. Is it getting worse out there?
49 Mir: What I meant was without power. My bad. No, it's getting better. The water is receding (that which hasn't found its way underground, of course) as we
50 alberchico: The high tide surge waters will be receding soon but the MTA won't be able to do a full assessment on any potential damage to transit infrastructure
51 flymia: Seems like it is getting better. Not sure how long rain and heavy wind will last. It will be rainy most of tomorrow too I am sure just do not know ho
52 foppishbum: Good to know its easing up a bit now. I wonder if officials will close school for the rest of the week. I'm not sure how a lot of students at my scho
53 flymia: CNN has reported 10 deaths in the U.S. already. Hurricanes usually are not very deadly in the U.S. I hope the number does not go up more.
54 alberchico: http://gothamist.com/2012/10/29/hurr...cane_sandy_floods_subways_up_t.php looks like the subways are indeed flooded...
55 MadameConcorde: Early morning here in my part of the world. Came here checking how you are all doing. Sad to read about all these bad news. This is devastating. I ho
56 ltbewr: New Jersey, New York City, part of Long Island and lower NY State, SE Connecticut, South Eastern Pennsylvania, Delaware all have been affected by what
57 CplKlinger: I know this is not of major concern, with all of the damage out east, but I have been noticing issues with various internet services even here in cent
58 Aesma: Damn Americans ! Always doing things bigger !
59 MadameConcorde: Space Shuttle Enterprise atop the Intrepid aircraft carrier - Intrepid Museum http://instagram.com/p/RaBr0THoKw/ The little we see of her does not loo
60 CplKlinger: Ok, that image alone is all I need to see to get behind getting Enterprise moved somewhere else. That is completely ridiculous.
61 CplKlinger: Just got an email from my blog host (Squarespace.com) that the basement of the building their data center is in has flooded and their generators will
62 MadameConcorde: I agree. The tip of the tail fin looks damaged with a dent in it. I am thinking of Concorde G-BOAB sitting on the pier right down below the carrier.
63 mirrodie: Last night was fun, played Scrabble by candelight and drank good beer. Thankfully we are without power (thus hot water and heat) but also without wate
64 flood: The only pic I've seen of her so far (some of her, anyway): http://d.pr/i/xgb8 Hopefully there's no further damage to Enterprise below the collapsed
65 MadameConcorde: Thank you so much for this. This is the very first picture of AD I have seen after the hurricane struck NYC. The poor thing. She is really in the wro
66 flymia: The Death Toll and damage is pretty bad for the a storm of Sandy's power. It is always odd to see a not particularly strong storm kill some many and c
67 foppishbum: I finally escaped Chelsea (Lower Manhattan) and now have power and running water in Harlem. It took me a while to get from 23rd Street up to 130th Str
68 NoUFO: The site I mentioned above now hosts a time-lapse video. You should see it: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2...on/nyt-webcam.html?smid=tw-nytimes
69 STT757: Got our power back on last night around 9Pm, 7 days without power, water, heat.
70 dragon-wings: After 12 days of no power the power finally came back on this afternoon! The Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) should be disbanded! monkeys can get t
71 STT757: The Government and the State of New Jersey have been doing a good job imo, there are out of State utility crews everywhere (saw Crews from Montana the
72 cmf: I know it is frustrating but do you know why it took them 12 days to get power back to you? Without that knowledge you're at best venting.
73 dragon-wings: Same here. I live very close to Islip (KISP) and drive past the airport a lot. After Sandy came through in addition the the various helicopters I saw
74 Gatorman96: Really? Of course he is venting. He hasn't had power for almost two weeks and had to live through a Nor'easter with no heat! Considering LIPA (among
75 cmf: What good does it do? Do you think LIPA placed the storm there? Do you think they want all those repairs? You make it sound as they are not trying th
76 Revelation: No, but it seems they did very little planning for a major outage (be it a hurricane or an ice storm or whatever) and in particular aren't good at ex
77 Mir: One has to look at results. This is two weeks past the storm now, and there are still plenty of people who don't have power. If LIPA really is trying
78 cmf: And the damage. Those are real problems and if that is the case then they deserve criticism. But basing it on needing several weeks isn't enough.
79 AirframeAS: Agreed. I think Houston needs to take that back. This is ridiculous on how the Shuttle was taken care of. Putting the Shuttle outdoors is not a good
80 gatorman96: These are pretty silly questions so I won't even entertain them. Who are you to tell someone if they can/can't vent? You have no idea what Dragon's s
81 casinterest: I grew up in Florida with Hurricanes, went through a bad snowstorm and ice storm in North Carolina. 3-4 weeks is entirely reasonable time to wait for
82 cmf: I am someone who at several times have been involved in repairs. I am tired of people with no knowledge complaining. How easy do you think it is to r
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