All them places are blue states.

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I live on the beach in Boston, thankfully the coastal flooding shouldn't be too bad because its strength is dying down since the storm hits during high tide. Hopefully the storm doesn't pick up an become some crazy sorta mess.... and Halloween may be a mess.

paintedlady said:

I live on the beach in Boston, thankfully the coastal flooding shouldn't be too bad because its strength is dying down since the storm hits during high tide. Hopefully the storm doesn't pick up an become some crazy sorta mess.... and Halloween may be a mess.

They're making some wild predictions right now at Weather Underground. New Jersey may be a direct hit. Y'all in Boston might escape it though. It should reach the NE early Monday.

Timmy84 said:

paintedlady said:

I live on the beach in Boston, thankfully the coastal flooding shouldn't be too bad because its strength is dying down since the storm hits during high tide. Hopefully the storm doesn't pick up an become some crazy sorta mess.... and Halloween may be a mess.

They're making some wild predictions right now at Weather Underground. New Jersey may be a direct hit. Y'all in Boston might escape it though. It should reach the NE early Monday.

I'm hoping, but either way... it will be flood from fresh water if the storm tracks through NY state or ocean flooding if Boston gets the direct hit.

Boston always attracts the "eye" of the storm but there really are too many boats in the water and up here those boats become projectiles and go slamming into folks homes. Also the trees still have to many leaves on them still, which could mean power lines may get knocked out like last year and folks like Nammie suffered for I think weeks after the storm.

Thank goodness Nstar was fined 2 million dollars for that mess so that they are more up on their emergency response proceedures.

Oh and sorry to the folks in NJ... I do think they will get the biggest punch, so I hope my orgpeeps keep safe there.

paintedlady said:

Timmy84 said:

They're making some wild predictions right now at Weather Underground. New Jersey may be a direct hit. Y'all in Boston might escape it though. It should reach the NE early Monday.

I'm hoping, but either way... it will be flood from fresh water if the storm tracks through NY state or ocean flooding if Boston gets the direct hit.

Boston always attracts the "eye" of the storm but there really are too many boats in the water and up here those boats become projectiles and go slamming into folks homes. Also the trees still have to many leaves on them still, which could mean power lines may get knocked out like last year and folks like Nammie suffered for I think weeks after the storm.

Thank goodness Nstar was fined 2 million dollars for that mess so that they are more up on their emergency response proceedures.

Oh and sorry to the folks in NJ... I do think they will get the biggest punch, so I hope my orgpeeps keep safe there.

Same here. Hope nothing bad happens overall for everyone affected.

It's moving 12 miles northeast...

Timmy84 said:

The weather models I'm seeing are very confused about its path. It originally was supposed to make its landfall around Delaware, Maryland and Virginia (and even so far as the northern tip of NC) but now it seems like it'll make its landfall straight to New Jersey. The pressure keeps going up and down too. They say it may cost like $2 to $5 billion in damages depending if it hits the Northeast right away by Monday.

[Edited 10/27/12 12:25pm]

Yeah I normally ignore the weather folks because they never seem to get it just right, but with this storm, they seem even more confused than normal. I do notice they keep talking about power outages as if that is guaranteed to happen.

missfee said:

Timmy84 said:

The weather models I'm seeing are very confused about its path. It originally was supposed to make its landfall around Delaware, Maryland and Virginia (and even so far as the northern tip of NC) but now it seems like it'll make its landfall straight to New Jersey. The pressure keeps going up and down too. They say it may cost like $2 to $5 billion in damages depending if it hits the Northeast right away by Monday.

[Edited 10/27/12 12:25pm]

Yeah I normally ignore the weather folks because they never seem to get it just right, but with this storm, they seem even more confused than normal. I do notice they keep talking about power outages as if that is guaranteed to happen.

In the area of NC I live in, they labeled it as "likely" but I doubt we'll get any outage in NC except for the parts far east from us. VA, who knows? I don't know, a part of me is impressed by the storm's shape and a part of me is like "really?" So yeah I doubt anyone knows what to think. They keep hyping it up though for some reason. I remember how Irene was supposed to go straight to the NE last year but instead NC and VA got hammered. By the time it arrived to the NE, especially New York, it was as if it was giving rain to NY. New England and New Jersey did get hammered though. Badly.

[Edited 10/27/12 16:38pm]

Timmy84 said:

missfee said:

Yeah I normally ignore the weather folks because they never seem to get it just right, but with this storm, they seem even more confused than normal. I do notice they keep talking about power outages as if that is guaranteed to happen.

In the area of NC I live in, they labeled it as "likely" but I doubt we'll get any outage in NC except for the parts far east from us. VA, who knows? I don't know, a part of me is impressed by the storm's shape and a part of me is like "really?" So yeah I doubt anyone knows what to think. They keep hyping it up though for some reason. I remember how Irene was supposed to go straight to the NE last year but instead NC and VA got hammered. By the time it arrived to the NE, especially New York, it was as if it was giving rain to NY. New England and New Jersey did get hammered though. Badly.

[Edited 10/27/12 16:38pm]

Uhh yeah, I lost power for about 10 days. I think for the first 5 days I was fine with lighting candles and stuff, but then my hot water ran out, I was burning all of my candles out and it was getting hot as hell in here with no air. I finally had to go stay with my mom for a few nights and take all my food with me so it wouldn't spoil. Then when my power came on, my thermostat had burned out and I had to get it replaced. Damn that Irene!

missfee said:

Timmy84 said:

In the area of NC I live in, they labeled it as "likely" but I doubt we'll get any outage in NC except for the parts far east from us. VA, who knows? I don't know, a part of me is impressed by the storm's shape and a part of me is like "really?" So yeah I doubt anyone knows what to think. They keep hyping it up though for some reason. I remember how Irene was supposed to go straight to the NE last year but instead NC and VA got hammered. By the time it arrived to the NE, especially New York, it was as if it was giving rain to NY. New England and New Jersey did get hammered though. Badly.

[Edited 10/27/12 16:38pm]

Uhh yeah, I lost power for about 10 days. I think for the first 5 days I was fine with lighting candles and stuff, but then my hot water ran out, I was burning all of my candles out and it was getting hot as hell in here with no air. I finally had to go stay with my mom for a few nights and take all my food with me so it wouldn't spoil. Then when my power came on, my thermostat had burned out and I had to get it replaced. Damn that Irene!

Ours was out for two and a half I think and that was only because apparently we had a different line than the line overall in the town I live in so it took until that Monday for them to come and fix the line. Now our electricity is similar to that in the city of our county. Then a storm came by and our power was off again that night but that was only because some driver hit a pole. But thankfully when I woke up the power was back on and for good. So our blackout wasn't as bad but it felt like it was longer than three days lol

When you have Pepco as an electric utility service, a light drizzle is an emergency situation.

PurpleJedi said:

lazycrockett said:

Ya'll better get out there and vote early!!

ACTUALLY - that's a real concern. If the storm hits us full-blast on Election Day, many people won't venture out to vote.

Election Day is November 6. This storm is supposed to "hit" NJ/NYC area on October 29/October 30.

The CEO of Northeast Utilities lost his job over the poor performance of Irene and the winter storm last year.

We still have broken dead branches dangling from trees from last year all over the place. I'm concerned the trees compromised by those storms won't be able withstand those sustained winds. It's very scary.

But I learned my lesson last year, I've stockpiled batteries AAA, AA, C, and D. I have twelve flash lights, six LED lantern lamps and fourteen little LED lights with the sticky back; and I make my own candles so that's no concern.

Hopefully it won't get too cold here but if it does I have a fireplace. My gas stove works fine without power so I can cook and make hot water for baths.

Overall I'm lucky I can ride this out, I know many who will have to work with much less. I just don't want any of us to go through this again...

Go away Sandy...

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

ACTUALLY - that's a real concern. If the storm hits us full-blast on Election Day, many people won't venture out to vote.

Election Day is November 6. This storm is supposed to "hit" NJ/NYC area on October 29/October 30.

They predict because of the surges it may be out for two weeks but ain't no telling with these predictors. But I heard they'd put polling places somewhere so it can be regenerated so people can vote. Just depends on how badly those places if people can actually be alive to vote since it's allegedly supposed to hit them straight on. Ain't no telling. But yeah until I read what's going on, I'm not gonna think this will affect the areas that badly.

nammie said:

The CEO of Northeast Utilities lost his job over the poor performance of Irene and the winter storm last year.

We still have broken dead branches dangling from trees from last year all over the place. I'm concerned the trees compromised by those storms won't be able withstand those sustained winds. It's very scary.

But I learned my lesson last year, I've stockpiled batteries AAA, AA, C, and D. I have twelve flash lights, six LED lantern lamps and fourteen little LED lights with the sticky back; and I make my own candles so that's no concern.

Hopefully it won't get too cold here but if it does I have a fireplace. My gas stove works fine without power so I can cook and make hot water for baths.

Overall I'm lucky I can ride this out, I know many who will have to work with much less. I just don't want any of us to go through this again...

Go away Sandy...

nammie said:

The CEO of Northeast Utilities lost his job over the poor performance of Irene and the winter storm last year.

We still have broken dead branches dangling from trees from last year all over the place. I'm concerned the trees compromised by those storms won't be able withstand those sustained winds. It's very scary.

But I learned my lesson last year, I've stockpiled batteries AAA, AA, C, and D. I have twelve flash lights, six LED lantern lamps and fourteen little LED lights with the sticky back; and I make my own candles so that's no concern.

Hopefully it won't get too cold here but if it does I have a fireplace. My gas stove works fine without power so I can cook and make hot water for baths.

Overall I'm lucky I can ride this out, I know many who will have to work with much less. I just don't want any of us to go through this again...

Go away Sandy...

Some general reminders that may or may not apply to your area...

Don't forget your first aid kit and plenty of bottled water and ice. If you have more than one bathroom, fill the tub in one and add a little bleach. Use that water for cleaning and flushing in case your city water becomes unsafe.

Make sure to place your electronics, valuables and irreplacable items up high if flooding is a danger. Also secure important documents in something waterproof.

If high winds are expected and you don't have hurricane shutters or plywood you should at least secure some heavy plastic over the inside of your windows to minimize flying glass from projectiles.

I remember back during Andrew we had to evacuate because we lived close to the bay. We spent the night at a friend's house who lived further inland and we moved our mattresses into the hallway to sleep even though their windows were boarded up. It's a lot of work and a pain in the butt staying safe.

If push comes to shove, get thee to a shelter and stay safe everybody.

If you need to evacuate to a shelter...

Find out in advance what they will have at the shelter. How well a shelter is equipped varies greatly from city to city. Find out if your city has special needs shelters and pet friendly shelters.

Remember...

Water/beverage

non perishable food items

pet food and medicine

medications

toilet paper

blanket or sleeping bag

disinfectant wipes/spray/hand sanitizer

toiletries

clean undies and socks

reading material

phone charger/tablet charger/car charger

small battery operated or crank radio

rubber gloves

small first aid kit

chocolate,

I don't think any shelter allows tobacco or alcohol.

One neat idea I heard about is people scanning their important documents and putting them on flash drives.

babynoz said:

nammie said:

The CEO of Northeast Utilities lost his job over the poor performance of Irene and the winter storm last year.

We still have broken dead branches dangling from trees from last year all over the place. I'm concerned the trees compromised by those storms won't be able withstand those sustained winds. It's very scary.

But I learned my lesson last year, I've stockpiled batteries AAA, AA, C, and D. I have twelve flash lights, six LED lantern lamps and fourteen little LED lights with the sticky back; and I make my own candles so that's no concern.

Hopefully it won't get too cold here but if it does I have a fireplace. My gas stove works fine without power so I can cook and make hot water for baths.

Overall I'm lucky I can ride this out, I know many who will have to work with much less. I just don't want any of us to go through this again...

Go away Sandy...

Some general reminders that may or may not apply to your area...

Don't forget your first aid kit and plenty of bottled water and ice. If you have more than one bathroom, fill the tub in one and add a little bleach. Use that water for cleaning and flushing in case your city water becomes unsafe.

Make sure to place your electronics, valuables and irreplacable items up high if flooding is a danger. Also secure important documents in something waterproof.

If high winds are expected and you don't have hurricane shutters or plywood you should at least secure some heavy plastic over the inside of your windows to minimize flying glass from projectiles.

I remember back during Andrew we had to evacuate because we lived close to the bay. We spent the night at a friend's house who lived further inland and we moved our mattresses into the hallway to sleep even though their windows were boarded up. It's a lot of work and a pain in the butt staying safe.

If push comes to shove, get thee to a shelter and stay safe everybody.

Thanks BabyNoz

I have plenty of water and flooding is not an issue where I live.

One thing I will add that I took for granted the last time--make sure you wash all of your dirty ass clothes & any and everything else that might be funky BEFORE the storm. The last thing you need is to run out of clean clothes and have to scramble to buy more LOL.

I admitted my mom to my local hospital today, without power I cannot care for her. Because she always tests positive for MRSA and/or Pseudomonas she gets her own room, so I have a place to go re-charge my phone, tablet, and laptop.

[Edited 10/27/12 18:39pm]

nammie said:

babynoz said:

Some general reminders that may or may not apply to your area...

Don't forget your first aid kit and plenty of bottled water and ice. If you have more than one bathroom, fill the tub in one and add a little bleach. Use that water for cleaning and flushing in case your city water becomes unsafe.

Make sure to place your electronics, valuables and irreplacable items up high if flooding is a danger. Also secure important documents in something waterproof.

If high winds are expected and you don't have hurricane shutters or plywood you should at least secure some heavy plastic over the inside of your windows to minimize flying glass from projectiles.

I remember back during Andrew we had to evacuate because we lived close to the bay. We spent the night at a friend's house who lived further inland and we moved our mattresses into the hallway to sleep even though their windows were boarded up. It's a lot of work and a pain in the butt staying safe.

If push comes to shove, get thee to a shelter and stay safe everybody.

Thanks BabyNoz

I have plenty of water and flooding is not an issue where I live.

One thing I will add that I took for granted the last time--make sure you wash all of your dirty ass clothes & any and everything else that might be funky BEFORE the storm. The last thing you need is to run out of clean clothes and have to scramble to buy more LOL.

I admitted my mom to my local hospital today, without power I cannot care for her. Because she always tests positive for MRSA and/or Pseudomonas she gets her own room, so I have a place to go re-charge my phone, tablet, and laptop.

[Edited 10/27/12 18:39pm]

Good lookin' out,

I'm glad that mom is in a safe place.

Some are counting on much of the NE to have power outages.

Coastal NC may suffer a lot of wind damage and some of us in Eastern/Central NC will feel it for real overnight and through Sunday. It should be above NC by the end of Sunday and around VA, MD and DC. I also think it's moving up faster than expected because it was supposed to stay around FL and SC until Sunday than come around NC until Monday but now the NE may be hit by Monday night.

It's just predictions though. This thing can go either way.

jone70 said:

PurpleJedi said:

ACTUALLY - that's a real concern. If the storm hits us full-blast on Election Day, many people won't venture out to vote.

Election Day is November 6. This storm is supposed to "hit" NJ/NYC area on October 29/October 30.

Can you believe that I was getting ready to vote THIS Tuesday?!?!?!

PurpleJedi said:

jone70 said:

Election Day is November 6. This storm is supposed to "hit" NJ/NYC area on October 29/October 30.

Can you believe that I was getting ready to vote THIS Tuesday?!?!?!

I'm waiting until the 6th.

Where you live at though?

Timmy84 said:

PurpleJedi said:

Can you believe that I was getting ready to vote THIS Tuesday?!?!?!

I'm waiting until the 6th.

Where you live at though?

New York (Strongisland)

I just had my weeks all f'ed up.

PurpleJedi said:

Timmy84 said:

I'm waiting until the 6th.

Where you live at though?

New York (Strongisland)

I just had my weeks all f'ed up.

Oh that's right I forgot you mention that. I just hope if y'all get hit that the damages won't be as big as predicted... here, the wind's got a nice breeze but I can only imagine how it is right now in the NC coast and then imagine if it hit y'all or New Jersey... But whatever y'all do up there, stay safe...

Timmy84 said:

PurpleJedi said:

New York (Strongisland)

I just had my weeks all f'ed up.

Oh that's right I forgot you mention that. I just hope if y'all get hit that the damages won't be as big as predicted... here, the wind's got a nice breeze but I can only imagine how it is right now in the NC coast and then imagine if it hit y'all or New Jersey... But whatever y'all do up there, stay safe...

Let's pray that this thing fizzles out

PurpleJedi said:

Timmy84 said:

Oh that's right I forgot you mention that. I just hope if y'all get hit that the damages won't be as big as predicted... here, the wind's got a nice breeze but I can only imagine how it is right now in the NC coast and then imagine if it hit y'all or New Jersey... But whatever y'all do up there, stay safe...

Let's pray that this thing fizzles out

For real.