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'Frankenstorm' Headed to Region

Would you rather people not prepare for the worst? Isn't that the British way?
 
Stewart said:
Would you rather people not prepare for the worst? Isn't that the British way?
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Yeh you can still get ready but you dont have to run around like a headless chicken. Keep calm and carry on ;)
 
my brother lives in Daytona Fl. and he commented that the storm was a lot worse then predicted when it hit him...he lives on the beach(in a house):mrgreen:
He has told all his friends who live on the East coast to not take this storm lightly.....that it was a whooper...so those living in the wake of the storm...prepare! DH has his family in NJ on the shore in a town beloew sea level...his mom refuses to leave her home...she is 78 years old and his brother cant force her out...being her town is below sea level right off the ocean and connect to the bay...makes it such that the water will rise with all indications to her floor in her house....her house is above the ground by about 4 feet or so....

So those that are there...don't wait to batten down the hatches and stay safe!
 
Politicaladdict said:
my brother lives in Daytona Fl. and he commented that the storm was a lot worse then predicted when it hit him...he lives on the beach(in a house):mrgreen:
He has told all his friends who live on the East coast to not take this storm lightly.....that it was a whooper...so those living in the wake of the storm...prepare! DH has his family in NJ on the shore in a town beloew sea level...his mom refuses to leave her home...she is 78 years old and his brother cant force her out...being her town is below sea level right off the ocean and connect to the bay...makes it such that the water will rise with all indications to her floor in her house....her house is above the ground by about 4 feet or so....

So those that are there...don't wait to batten down the hatches and stay safe!
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Im hoping that the worst of it wont hit the NH seacoast but I think we will probably lose power!
 
Higgins86 said:
Im hoping that the worst of it wont hit the NH seacoast but I think we will probably lose power!
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The worst won't hit NH. it looks Mild compared to NY/NJ, though you don't want to be on the beach.
millibars 951 as of 8 AM EST.
Can't believe Bloomberg hasn't yet called for Evacs as he did last year. This is Worse barring a miraculous turn.
Gov Christie did yesterday.
Water is going to be PILING up in NY Harbor, LI Sound, etc. Winds higher.

We've gone from Brown, to Orange, to Red, to Maroon, .. soon Purple.
Updated ever 3 hours
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We're expecting it to come in on Monday night here in Massachusetts. I guess today I'll be cleaning up the yard to prepare! I'm hoping it'll be no big deal, like usual.
 
joko104 said:
The media tries to make everything a panic.
They are talking 40 mph winds. That is not OMG! OMG! like they make it to be. Just a rainy, windy day and little more. The only thing that'd mean around here is the sailboats don't go out.
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They do always make a big deal out of it, but better safe than sorry I guess. :)
 
Oh, they changed the forecast since last time I saw it. Now they say from noontime on Monday until midnight. Usually by the time these storms make it to my area, they have weakened significantly. I'm hopeful that happens this time too. I am most concerned with losing power. Last time we lost power for 3 days. That sucked.
 
ChrisL said:
Oh, they changed the forecast since last time I saw it. Now they say from noontime on Monday until midnight. Usually by the time these storms make it to my area, they have weakened significantly. I'm hopeful that happens this time too. I am most concerned with losing power. Last time we lost power for 3 days. That sucked.
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Chris, I'm not sure who you have as an select tic provider but I know NGRID is saying be prepared for a 3-5 day outage possibly.
 
Tigger said:
Chris, I'm not sure who you have as an select tic provider but I know NGRID is saying be prepared for a 3-5 day outage possibly.
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:doh That's terrible news. Well, I already have my batteries, candles, ice for my cooler, so I'm as ready as I can be.

I think the problem is that National Grid is TOO big and has too big of an area to cover. I used to live in a town that had it's own nonprofit electric company. Not only was my electric bill a third of what it costs with National Grid, but we NEVER had problems like this with power outages.
 
longview said:
I guess I am a bit jaded from living on the gulf coast.
About 3 times each season the weather guys hype everything up. "head for the hills, this is going to be a bad one."
A person's hurricane kit should look a lot like their blizzard kit.
extra food, extra water, backup power, are your trees trimmed?
Get all the loose stuff out of the yard.
The real key is preparation, and knowing if and when you should leave.
The phrase "run from the water shelter from the wind" is very true.
If someone is in a storm surge area, make plans to be elsewhere.

If this hits say the New Jersey shore, they can expect up to 80MPH winds from the north for 4 hours, calm,
and about 70 mph winds from the south for 4 hours.
Let's just prey it only bothers the fish!
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That hype costs lives because people get where they pay no attention. It's the same here with ice and snow. They predict it so often when it doesn't happen that when it does happen people get stranded and are completely unprepared because they don't listen.
 
Blackdog said:
I figure personal attacks is all you have because your argument is still off topic and has no substance at all.
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I'll take that as a yes, and give you bonus points for extreme hypocrisy.
 
ChrisL said:
:doh That's terrible news. Well, I already have my batteries, candles, ice for my cooler, so I'm as ready as I can be.
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Good. Everything buttoned down outside the home as well, I hope.

ChrisL said:
I think the problem is that National Grid is TOO big and has too big of an area to cover. I used to live in a town that had it's own nonprofit electric company. Not only was my electric bill a third of what it costs with National Grid, but we NEVER had problems like this with power outages.
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Municipal Electric Companies have a much easier time doing restoration because they have a much smaller area to cover. NGRID has more than 1.5 million customers over a very wide area.... All of Rhode Island, Most of Massachusetts, and a small area of New Hampshire.

Here's a bit of a primer on how and why outage restoration occurs the way it does....

http://www.debatepolitics.com/off-t...lectric-utility-service-re-power-outages.html
 
Maenad said:
That hype costs lives because people get where they pay no attention. It's the same here with ice and snow. They predict it so often when it doesn't happen that when it does happen people get stranded and are completely unprepared because they don't listen.
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First off, if they aren't paying attention to the weather channels, and things like that, they get what they deserve. I have less than no sympathy for people who either don't listen to the news/weather or who ignore it. Probably because I work for a Utility Company. When you're all sitting at home whining that you don't have power, I'm at work trying to get your power back to you. Whether I want to be here or not.
 
Blackdog said:
That hands down is some of the most lame brained partisan crap I have heard in a long ass time.
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You mean more lame-brained partisan crap than this?
Taylor said:
I wonder what the liberals would be saying right now if it were headed for Texas? "Must be an act of God!"
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I mean this is a thread about a bad storm that may hit the east coast and you turn it into some stupid ass political bull****. Moronic at best, total and absolute failure of a post at worst.
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I'll agree if you apply your crit to both posts.
 
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I'm about 30 minutes south of Philadelphia - in Delaware.

Things could get ugly.
 
We're just getting a light rain right now in SE Virginia.
 
AdamT said:
I'll take that as a yes, and give you bonus points for extreme hypocrisy.
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More brilliant commentary that means nothing. :lol:
 
Andalublue said:
You mean more lame-brained partisan crap than this?

I'll agree if you apply your crit to both posts.
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Stupid is stupid no matter how you slice it.
 
Taylor said:
I wonder what the liberals would be saying right now if it were headed for Texas? "Must be an act of God!"
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Blackdog said:
Stupid is stupid no matter how you slice it.
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True, but did you only spot the lib-stupid and fail to recognise the con-stupid? I thought they were both just stupid.
 
Andalublue said:
True, but did you only spot the lib-stupid and fail to recognise the con-stupid? I thought they were both just stupid.
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I didn't see it, I was not exactly paying that close attention. That comment however is not the most stupid partisan crap I have seen in awhile. AdamT's comment is.
 
Blackdog said:
I didn't see it, I was not exactly paying that close attention. That comment however is not the most stupid partisan crap I have seen in awhile. AdamT's comment is.
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I think this whole conversation is stupid considering this is thread about weather. :lol:
 
ChrisL said:
I think this whole conversation is stupid considering this is thread about weather. :lol:
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It's not the conversation BD and I are having that's stupid, it's the partisan hacks who'll bugger up any thread, on any topic, with their blinkered points scoring. I thought both comments were equally dickish. Sorry BD can't recognise like for like.
 
Andalublue said:
It's not the conversation BD and I are having that's stupid, it's the partisan hacks who'll bugger up any thread, on any topic, with their blinkered points scoring. I thought both comments were equally dickish. Sorry BD can't recognise like for like.
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Okay then, I'll just tell all the partisan hacks to shut the heck up and take it back to election headquarters.
 
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