Seriously...this nor'easter that's going over Long Island right now is horrific. I've been living here for over 10 years now, and I don;t think I've EVER felt winds like this! Two trees down the street have fallen over!!!

No joke, it feels like the wind is gonna blow the roof off the house!!!




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The link I also posted from Newsday.com states that a 73 year old woman was crushed by a falling tree.

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i love the cold.

Your Jedi powers will do fine against the storm

I just got home a few minutes ago, and I was drenched. My umbrella couldn't handle the storm; the wind just ripped it up. I love this weather, though.

JoeTyler said:

The will of the force will keep my home in one piece!

kiasheri said:

It's relatively warm outside...if it was cold enough for snow, we'd be DOOMED!!!

Efan said:

Yeah I almost lost my umbrella earlier!

i love storms, rainy/cold weather, gray days, etc... but i hope you all are safe dry and warm.


thunder!! all through the night!!!

ella ella ella!!

PurpleJedi said:

I'm in upstate NY in Albany. It was cold out earlier, and it was cool in the house. It's so dark right now I can't see shit out there. I have no plans of finding out either.

it's awful in nyc. shit blowing sideways, broken umbrellas and soaked, pissy people everywhere.

Efan said:

same here.

I live in Brooklyn and it is pouring. This morning I had to run into the city and I could not believe the amount of wind and rain there was. On top of that, some of the trains were being detoured and I got on the wrong train....Ended up in Queens instead of Brooklyn....When I got home, I was trenched!!

Join the crowd. Queens was pummeled with rain and wind. I couldn't even hold up my umbrella. I went to the supermarket thinking not too many people would be there, and lo and behold, you would have thought they were giving away free groceries..it was crowded. I then decided to cancel my plans today and just stay home and relax. At least it's not snowing, thank goodness. I think NY had enough of that this year.

Yesterday I bought one of those so-called wind resistant umbrella, but the darn wind kept turning the umbrella upside. I gave up, and just put the hood of my coat over my head.
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The wind was so disrespectful to my face today

It was beautiful here today - didn't even wear a coat. It's been a great mild, short winter.

the worst part is it just refuses to stop.

It was crazy here.

I lost part of my fence and some of my roof shingles.

We drove around the neighborhood earlier today and there were dozens or trees fallen all over the place!

Check out a gallery from newsday; http://www.newsday.com/lo...-1.1809953

i was walking in the wind last night.. the wind had tumble weeds and all that going by me
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My kids took some pictures earlier today;

cborgman said:

Dude...it was crazy around here. I was gonna post pics of my busted fence, but considering how so many people had much more serious damage, I posted the kids' pics instead.

Good LORD it's raining again!!!!

With thunder & lightning!!!

AAAAARRGHHH!!!!

Yikes! Those pictures are scary! Stay safe.

Ok, I'm scared , I mean, woaaah!, that's some serious nasty wind...

PurpleJedi said:

damn!! if the winds are doing that to the trees...can't imagine what it would do to someone out in that weather. again, mother nature is no joke!!

you and your kids be safe

booty said:

that should be a sign to stay your ass inside.

Whew, that's some scary stuff. Your neighborhood looks very nice though. Shame to see so many stately trees fallen.

South Fla. is sunny with temps in the high 60- low 70s. This is the time of year when living in Fla is great! Of course when hurricane season comes we pray a lot.

CHIC0 said:

To be honest, the reason why so many trees are falling is because we're just recovering from multiple records snowfalls and lots of rain...the ground is so saturated that the roots can't hold. The section of fence in my backyard that fell did so because the posts holding it up were anchored in MUD.

However, Saturday evening a friend was walking up to my front door...he's a big guy (over 6' tall and about 230 lbs) ...and a gust of wind nealry knocked him over!!!

babynoz said:

Yeah it is a damn shame...some of those trees were very old and majestic, which is not common for the south shore of Long Island.

Funny that you should mention...my wife keeps saying that she wants to leave because if we get hit by a strong hurricane (which hasn't happened since 1932) our house would basically be washed out to sea.

...and where does she want to go? FLORIDA.

PurpleJedi said:

I will admit that our ratio of good days to bad is pretty high, the thing is...when the bad days finally come, it's a real bummer!

At this point we do have the preparedness thing down pat though.