IMPORTANT: OFFICIAL HURRICANE THREAD

[jonhowe]

Building in Manhattan collapsed, apparently

Just a super tall crane.

 

[ghengis86]

Just a super tall crane.

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2012-10-29/hurricane-1-construction-crane-0

 

[angelatc]

Just a super tall crane.

Construction crane. That happened once when we were in Manhattan, and there wasn't even a hurricane.

And now for something completely different: http://google.org/crisismap/sandy-2012

And I wonder where Cowlesy is?

 

[brandon]

Well this storm is pretty much a flop where I live. Irene was way worse. Thinking about hitting up the bar soon.

 

[MelissaWV]

Well this storm is pretty much a flop where I live. Irene was way worse. Thinking about hitting up the bar soon.

lol It's not actually done as far as a weather system, but be glad you're not knee-deep in water like a lot of areas, and having to clean up the muck (which might even freeze over) for the next few weeks/months.

 

[jay_dub]

 

[S.Shorland]

http://water.weather.gov/ahps2/hydrograph.php?wfo=okx&gage=batn6

 

[Bruno]

Well this storm is pretty much a flop where I live. Irene was way worse. Thinking about hitting up the bar soon.

High tide and winds shifting from the south should bring more storm surge, reportedly.

 

[Keith and stuff]

New Hampshire State Senate still did his planned sign wave today. Please thank him by liking his page. He already has 48 likes on the photo. https://www.facebook.com/andy4senate

 

[angelatc]

High tide should being more storm surge, reportedly.

Yes, saying that the storm is coming in simultaneously with high tide and a full moon - worst possible scenario for flooding.

 

[brandon]

I'm definitely glad it wasn't too bad. I think a lot of people around here are going to stop trusting the weather people after this. So much hype over Irene last year, which turned out to be pretty much nothing. Then exponentially more hype this year for Sandy. All the weather people were coming down hard on the skeptics, calling us fools and what not, but it's even less than Irene.

I do really feel bad for the people in Jersey or wherever that are flooded. I'm not trying to minimize their problems. I'm just pointing out that in my specific area they were way way off, two years in a row now. They predicted 10 inches of rain here and we probably only got like 1.5 so far and it's not even raining anymore.

 

[Danke]

C

And I wonder where Cowlesy is?

 

[kathy88]

Lower Manhattan.

 

[angelatc]

They cut it off because they were afraid that the salt water would muck up the machines if the power was on. Imagine how quiet it must be.

New record high water in lower Manhattan already, and they expect it to rise quite a bit more.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

My favorite seafood place just went floating down the Choptank River into the Chesapeake Bay. Lots of landmarks in Ocean City,MD are also gone.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

The center of the storm will be making landfall about an hours drive north of me soon. The winds here have really picked up and the rains just keep falling. How I still have power and am not flooded out are beyond me.

 

[angelatc]

The center of the storm will be making landfall about an hours drive north of me soon. The winds here have really picked up and the rains just keep falling. How I still have power and am not flooded out are beyond me.

The south side of the storm usually doesn't get hit nearly as hard as the north side does.

 

[angelatc]

Heh - it's technically illegal to keep the market closed for 4 days in a row. They should have opened this morning.

 

[Warmon]

The south side of the storm usually doesn't get hit nearly as hard as the north side does.

This storm has the highest concentrations of wind in the south west quadrant. As of 5pm, they were recorded at 90mph sustained with gust to 115mph.

 

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

Just came back from a driving inspection and flooding in my area is imminent. Thinking of sending my Wife and kids to her Mom's.