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For the East Coast forumites - how are you doing in Hurricane Sandy?

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If any of you have time and can post, please let us know how you are doing.

We are hearing constant national news reports about this. Our prayers are with you!


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  • TootawlTootawl Posts: 5,877 ✭✭✭
    Right now, it's just raining, very little wind. It's not too bad now but it's gonna get real nasty here in southern Maryland.
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  • OnlyGoldIsMoneyOnlyGoldIsMoney Posts: 3,416 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Nothing of note yet. We've had only occasional rain in central Pennsylvania. So far just enough rain to get the ground wet.

    Generator and gas cans at the ready.
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  • ambro51ambro51 Posts: 13,940 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Rain. But thankfully eBay is still working! Tonites NewP Blacksmith Token Wood 14~~~~imageimage
  • WhiteTornadoWhiteTornado Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    Light, steady rain in Central Maryland. Not much wind -- yet.
  • GoldbullyGoldbully Posts: 17,869 ✭✭✭✭✭
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  • Walkerguy21DWalkerguy21D Posts: 11,663 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A-Ok here on the east coast of FL, after two days of wind and rain, but then it only skirted us, as it was centered at least 200 mi off the coast.
    Still had monstrous waves at the beach. It is going to be pushing a lot of water when that sucker makes landfall in the NE, our prayers are with you all up there.

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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    2 homes, 1 buisness in DE, were gonna get whacked.............who knows about the beach place....
    Buisness is shut down till weds, Main home is well stocked with food, coolers, firewood,
    no generator......winds 20-30 now,.......lookin at 40-60+............just hope none of the trees
    split the house.....no power for 2-3 days is a givin.
    kinda resigned to the fact im taking a hit somewhere, what can ya do?
    ............hope everyone gets thru safe......image
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  • noownoow Posts: 387
    In central MD... We're going to take a beating soon.
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  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Ocean County, NJ....water, women, medicinal whiskey, and waiting. Bad stuff won't be here 'til Monday night.
  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    Light rain and a bit of a breeze in the Philly 'burbs. Watching the news and I've noticed they like to try and whip people into a frenzy with every storm. It's really starting to get old.
    Every storm is not the "Storm of the Century" as they would have you believe.
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  • RedSoxinNYCRedSoxinNYC Posts: 321
    I'm in NYC along the East River, zone C. Zone A had a mandatory evac and they needed to be out as of 7pm ET Sunday. I'm on the 32nd floor in my building, have plenty of food, water, wine, soap, etc...... 4 of 6 elevators shut down as of 8pm ET...will ride out unless we are told to leave. Have another place within a two minute walk west. Take care all!
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  • ShamikaShamika Posts: 18,785 ✭✭✭✭

    It's a bit windy, rainy and unusually cold here in Kentucky. Not a good sign for the coast.


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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,468 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Coastal CT here, right across the sound from Montauk Point, NY
    My weather station is reporting gusts of 15-20 mph right now and Sandy is hundreds of miles South.
    Gutters are clear, plenty of drinking water, canned soups, fuel, chains, bars, mix, etc.
    About as prepared as I can get. Anything could happen Sandy may decide to take a more Northerly
    track then turn West. I expect to lose power as winds are forecasted to gust up to 75 mph in my area.
    A model being run at Johns Hopkins predicts 10 million will experience power outages.
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  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    ahhh, but can one still detect underlying luster via candlelight?...we shall see
    goodnite.......
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  • mikeygmikeyg Posts: 1,002 ✭





    Live in brooklyn in a waterfront area.Nothing yet except a few drops of rain.I was at a wedding this afternoon and they made an announcement that some bridges were closing at 7pm.The place emptied out fast.I bought a few packs of batteries and some peanut butter and tuna fish just in case.My son went out and tried to buy some burger king for dinner only to find out that all of the fast food in my area had already closed.In our area its the wind not the rain that worries people.
  • rec78rec78 Posts: 5,856 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Sandy is not here yet-supposed to come tomorrow now and las t about a day.
    Bob
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  • milkcoinmilkcoin Posts: 583 ✭
    My husband is in the East Coast in Connecticut and he is very worried about the storm.
  • ibzman350ibzman350 Posts: 5,315 ✭
    Here in Portsmouth, VA rain not much wind, just waiting for the water.



    The last Noreaster that came to visit in 2009


    this was high tide 24 hours ago I expect an additional foot within the next 2 hours.......................not goodimage


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    Herb
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  • jharjhar Posts: 1,126 ✭
    My family and I are sitting pretty here in the Charlotte, NC area. The wind is blowing and it is a bit windy and it's in the upper 40's. I do not expect much more than that today from the blow.
    J'har
  • FrankcoinsFrankcoins Posts: 4,571 ✭✭✭
    If you have a UPS for your computer, you can use it to run a 13 watt compact fluorescent (60 watt equilvalent) lamp for several days. Rather than try and run a desktop computer, your UPS can power only your dsl/cable modem and router and a laptop with its own charged battery for several days of short sessions (limited to your laptop's battery capacity)

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  • morgansforevermorgansforever Posts: 8,468 ✭✭✭✭✭
    So far here n coastal CT, nothing but a little wind, no rain, not a drop. My weather station has recorded a maximum gust of 21 mph.
    There is actually a break in the clouds and the sun is out. Is there really a hurricane in the Atlantic?
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  • BGBG Posts: 1,762 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Isle of Wight County, Virginia. About an hour west of Virginia Beach and border's Suffolk, VA.

    My house is on nine foot cinder blocks, so flood prone here.

    Been raining for two day's and wind is now starting to pick up.

    Currently:


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    Back Yard


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    From front looking to side of the house


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    Driveway



    Here is what a typical North Easter can do around this house, let alone a hurricane:


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    Back Yard


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    Front yard


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    Driveway


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  • linerguylinerguy Posts: 355
    Getting very rough. Winds gusting to 58 mph. Trees are starting to come down. Waves to 27 ft just off shore at the buoys. Going to be a long day and night on Long Island.image
  • LogPotatoLogPotato Posts: 2,177 ✭✭✭✭
    Stating to pick up wind and rain in York PA. Will probably lose power soon.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,137 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Been raining for about 20 hrs & the wind is picking up.....DC Metro area.
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  • itsnotjustmeitsnotjustme Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭
    In northern Virginia, heavy steady rain for several hours (over 3 inches since morning). Winds were brisk earlier, but have slowed. Worst here is expected tonight.

    I just looked at Dominion Virginia (electric utility) web site, and in my area there are only a handleful of small scale power outages. Further south in Norfolk and Hampton Roads, there are much bigger outages affecting thousands. This is sure to only grow for the next 1 1/2 days. Link to interactive map of Dominion Power outages.
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  • SenexSenex Posts: 483 ✭
    Local Post Offices closed at noon. Its the Apocalypse!
  • chaze215chaze215 Posts: 1,310
    Im in Ocean County NJ and from what I have been hearing, the fun really starts around 8pm-12am. Its really starting to deteriorate as we speak. Some scary sh*t. Stay safe and be smart.
    Chaz

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  • WindycityWindycity Posts: 3,535 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I guess the cold snowy weather of the North isn't all that bad after all!
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  • FountainheadFountainhead Posts: 956
    Workplace shut down, kid's school shut down, road closed nearby, BUT my wife asks me to go out and fetch her fresh pizza for her dinner tonight!
    Salute the automobile: The greatest anti-pollution device in human history!
    (Just think of city streets clogged with a hundred thousand horses each generating 15 lbs of manure every day...)
  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,547 ✭✭✭✭✭
    It is storms like this that make me very glad that I live in the Western USA (Colorado and California).

    Dealing with earthquakes in California (lots of little ones and during my time living in Calif. very few big ones) is easier than dealing with frequent Hurricanes and NorEasters.

    Batten down the hatches and stay safe to all forumites in the Eastern USA that will be affected by Sandy.
  • RichRRichR Posts: 3,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Normally...I'm 2 blocks from the edge of the East River in Manhattan...but as of right now, the river has creeped about a block closer (and that's after the tide...not the occasional rogue wave...but the actual tide...climbed over a 10-foot seawall and across a waterfront park)!

    And my car has been parked farther inland...lest it become a raft!

    Big fun for everyone in the Big Apple!
  • JJMJJM Posts: 8,088 ✭✭✭✭✭
    its getting ugly here, about 90 mins to landfall...............
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  • FountainheadFountainhead Posts: 956
    Weatherbug reports nearby wind gust of 49mph. The Weather Service says we'll have SUSTAINED winds over 40mph for twelve hours! I'm not letting my son sleep in his room tonight - the prevailing wind forecast then will be blowing the tree outside towards his windows.

    Lights flickering now.
    Salute the automobile: The greatest anti-pollution device in human history!
    (Just think of city streets clogged with a hundred thousand horses each generating 15 lbs of manure every day...)
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  • TwobitcollectorTwobitcollector Posts: 3,838 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I live in a condo that the building just behind me had a 4 alarm fire afew weeks ago. They just made the the people living in units that back up to the damaged building leave for fear that the other build ing
    may cave in. Now staying at a Holiday Inn for a while.
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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MrEureka will be trapped in Heathrow until Wedsimage

    Tom Hanks will play him in the movie.image
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  • MrEurekaMrEureka Posts: 24,403 ✭✭✭✭✭
    MrEureka will be trapped in Heathrow until Weds

    Hell no I won't! Rather than staying stranded in Zurich, I booked flights and trains and got to Osnabrueck this afternoon. Might as well make the most of it. Will sit through the Kuenker sales tomorrow and then head back to Zurich. With any luck, CJ and I will get to take Aki out for pasta on Wednesday night!
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  • RichRRichR Posts: 3,913 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well now we have a rooftop huge tower crane that has buckled, partially collapsed and has its boom and cab actually dangling about 900 feet about 57 Street in midtown Manhattan, near Central Park! Try fixing something like that in gale force winds!

    What a mess.
  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭


    << <i>Well now we have a rooftop huge tower crane that has buckled, partially collapsed and has its boom and cab actually dangling about 900 feet about 57 Street in midtown Manhattan, near Central Park! Try fixing something like that in gale force winds!

    What a mess. >>



    I just saw that on the news. That's gonna leave a mark if it falls.
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    My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
  • FountainheadFountainhead Posts: 956


    << <i>

    << <i>Well now we have a rooftop huge tower crane that has buckled, partially collapsed and has its boom and cab actually dangling about 900 feet about 57 Street in midtown Manhattan, near Central Park! >>

    Is it near Stacks?
    Salute the automobile: The greatest anti-pollution device in human history!
    (Just think of city streets clogged with a hundred thousand horses each generating 15 lbs of manure every day...)
  • JcarneyJcarney Posts: 3,154 ✭
    PECO is showing over 50,000 customers without power in Bucks County (where I live). That's about 1/4 of the county. The lights have been flickering on and off for the past couple of hours. I guess it's just a matter of time before it's lights out.
    “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.” — Benjamin Franklin


    My icon IS my coin. It is a gem 1949 FBL Franklin.
  • drwstr123drwstr123 Posts: 7,049 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Central NJ..lots of wind...lost power 3 times, back on now. No trees hit the home, lots down, roadways blocked.
  • coindeucecoindeuce Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Tried taking a crosstown trip to another dealer early tonight. Raining so hard that the Integra was hydroplaning on the expressway like an unlimited hydrofoil on a 1 foot chop. image

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  • jomjom Posts: 3,480 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well at least Lady Liberty was prepared.

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    Be safe back there!

    jom
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,137 ✭✭✭✭✭
    3 million w/o electricity so far on the East Coast.
    "Bongo drive 1984 Lincoln that looks like old coin dug from ground."
  • tightbudgettightbudget Posts: 7,299 ✭✭✭
    In Central NJ...haven't had power in 4 hours. Still don't.

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