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'Frankenstorm' Headed to Region

Surtr said:
Catastrophic hurricanes are biannual here. I'm talking about destroyers of cities and towns, where billions in property damage is accrued. I'm pretty sure the east coast will be alright.
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That's what the folks said in Galveston.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ioC4DA&usg=AFQjCNH17-ziGxqTAv3a1Ju-ivjTlKQXUg


Where Will Sandy Rank Among These Worst U.S. Storms Of All Time?

Sandy, on October 28. (Credit: Wikipedia)

With tropical storm force winds 1,000 miles across, Sandy is a giant, with some saying this might be the biggest storm ever to hit the eastern seaboard and one of the biggest ever to land on the U.S. Really?
 
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Damages are going to be Large, possibly record, and Financial markets, closed today, will again be closed tomorrow.

It's difficult to fathom just how widespread damages/displacement to property and personal lives Could be.
 
Uzidoesit said:
That's what the folks said in Galveston.

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=...ioC4DA&usg=AFQjCNH17-ziGxqTAv3a1Ju-ivjTlKQXUg


Where Will Sandy Rank Among These Worst U.S. Storms Of All Time?

Sandy, on October 28. (Credit: Wikipedia)

With tropical storm force winds 1,000 miles across, Sandy is a giant, with some saying this might be the biggest storm ever to hit the eastern seaboard and one of the biggest ever to land on the U.S. Really?
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I don't think a lot of people will die, so in that sense no not that catastrophic, but in terms of damage they may be right. We have a lot of old trees, and our power id delivered mostly by 100 year old systems and equally archaic services in the NE. Unlike the south where you re-build everything every few years with the latest technologies. Our trees are older and almost all of us have basements where flooding will be a major cause for concern.

Damage-wise I think they are spot on. Millions could be without power for weeks, and the overall misery index could approach that of the mid-west tornado ally, and southern hurricane centers.


Tim-
 
What if...? said:
Thank you.

Good luck. Stay safe, I know power workers and how dangerous your job can be.
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I'm an inside worker, making maps for damage assessors and line crews. Not a glorious job but a necessary one.

Thanks for the thought.
 
Canell said:
I have a question:

Are you people off today and tomorrow? Are you working?
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Driving ban in Delaware since 5:00am this morning.

No work. Waiting it out at home.

Landfall time has been bumped earlier. 5-6:00pm time frame.

Hope that means it speeds through the area much faster than predicted.

Wind is really picking up here.
 
Dragonfly said:
Driving ban in Delaware since 5:00am this morning.

No work. Waiting it out at home.

Landfall time has been bumped earlier. 5-6:00pm time frame.

Hope that means it speeds through the area much faster than predicted.

Wind is really picking up here.
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Yeah that is what I have heard except it is not going to speed through the area. It is going to be a slow mover with DC, No VA, and PA getting drenched.
 
Sandy Vs The Guards.


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Yep they are always there with the bayonets Obama would know still get used if he bothered to visit them as often as he does Hollywood.
 
Yeah.....I just walked my dog in it.....Hopefully next time she needs to go out will be after the worst has past.
 
Surtr said:
It sounds like a real ***** of a storm to me. I've slept through rougher weather than that.
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I wrote it before. Media panic-hype to get ratings up. In nearly all areas just a cold, windy rainy day. A typical ice storm up that way like causes more damage and outages.
 
WE MUST KEEP UP WITH THE PARTISAN IMPLICATIONS! :lol:

People named Sandy more likely to give to Obama
By Chris Wilson, Yahoo! News | The Ticket – 1 hr 20 mins ago

Is the National Hurricane Center secretly a puppet of the Obama administration?

People named Sandy are considerably more likely to have donated to President Obama than to Mitt Romney or another Republican primary candidate this year, according to a recent Yahoo News analysis of FEC records. Of the 353 Sandys who gave at least $200 this cycle, 73 percent gave to Obama. The amount they gave is slightly more equitable, but still favors the president: $134,936 to Obama, $101,172 to Romney et al.

A casual survey of recent notable storms turns up an insidious pattern. People named Irene also gave to Obama about three times as often, as did Katrina (80 percent), Rita (69 percent), Frances (70 percent) and Andrew (54 percent).

Tropical Storm Bret, which last struck in 2011, and Tropical Storm Van, which is in next year's lineup, are the two most Republican storms.
 
joko104 said:
I wrote it before. Media panic-hype to get ratings up. In nearly all areas just a cold, windy rainy day. A typical ice storm up that way like causes more damage and outages.
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It hasn't hit yet. Do you even know what you're talking about?
 
Fisher said:
Yep they are always there with the bayonets Obama would know still get used if he bothered to visit them as often as he does Hollywood.
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Amazing how the right-wing media arm manages to distort stuff in peoples' minds. You're either unaware that Obama actually said we use fewer bayonets, not that we don't use them, or you're just lying right now.

Which is it? Are you lying or have you just forgotten/never knew what was actually said?
 
Deuce said:
Amazing how the right-wing media arm manages to distort stuff in peoples' minds. You're either unaware that Obama actually said we use fewer bayonets, not that we don't use them, or you're just lying right now.

Which is it? Are you lying or have you just forgotten/never knew what was actually said?
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Got a link for that?
 
Uzidoesit said:
That's what the folks said in Galveston.
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Oh for **** sake. Ike was a Cat 4 hurricane. Sandy is only Cat 1, which is just a tiny step above a tropical storm. Galveston was warned in advance, and the people who stayed despite the warnings were idiots. Everyone in the bay area knows to get the **** out when an incoming hurricane reaches Cat 2.

Where Will Sandy Rank Among These Worst U.S. Storms Of All Time?
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I'm going to go out on a limb and say nowhere on the list at all.

With tropical storm force winds 1,000 miles across, Sandy is a giant, with some saying this might be the biggest storm ever to hit the eastern seaboard and one of the biggest ever to land on the U.S. Really?
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It's not the size of the storm, it's the power and force it generates. 90 mph winds are pretty mild.
 
disneydude said:
Remember what Mr. Etch a Sketch said about Fema a year ago?

Romney in 2011: Shut down FEMA, let the states handle it - Salon.com

My Guess is that Mr. Etch-a-Sketch will be flip flopping and singing a different tune. Anyone wanna bet?
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Well, you have to admit: at the time, that was still a reasonable position to take, bearing in mind FEMA's legendarily incompetent handling of Katrina.

(P.S. Everyone on both sides, please, for Christ's sake, stop politicizing. You're annoying the adults.)
 
DanielJay said:
Well, you have to admit: at the time, that was still a reasonable position to take, bearing in mind FEMA's legendarily incompetent handling of Katrina.

(P.S. Everyone on both sides, please, for Christ's sake, stop politicizing. You're annoying the adults.)
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FEMA shouldn't have had to bail people out in the first place. When a hurricane that strong is coming your way, and you live below sea level in a marsh that's surrounded by decrepit old levies that just barely keep the water out as they are, it probably means you should get the **** out as soon as possible. Three times this has happened in less than a ten year period, and people still keep going back and rebuilding.

But good news for easterners who apparently don't know what a devastating hurricane looks like: Sandy isn't even close to being that bad.
 
Not much has happened here. A pretty rainy windy day is all. I didn't even lose power, yet anyway.
 
Surtr said:
Oh for **** sake. Ike was a Cat 4 hurricane. Sandy is only Cat 1, which is just a tiny step above a tropical storm. Galveston was warned in advance, and the people who stayed despite the warnings were idiots. Everyone in the bay area knows to get the **** out when an incoming hurricane reaches Cat 2.


I'm going to go out on a limb and say nowhere on the list at all.


It's not the size of the storm, it's the power and force it generates. 90 mph winds are pretty mild.
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Yeah, true, true...it's not the size of the penis, it's the force behind it. I went out on a limb and I said it.
 
joko104 said:
I wrote it before. Media panic-hype to get ratings up. In nearly all areas just a cold, windy rainy day. A typical ice storm up that way like causes more damage and outages.
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Not cold. Pretty warm actually. It must be in the 60s right now.
 
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