Batten down the hatches East Coast and inland U.S.A.

TWHRider

TWHRider

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Hurricane-sortof-N'orEaster Sandy is building.

http://www.weather.com/

If you look at "Sandy's" red bar, part way up the page, it shows the millibars which is where the danger is. Wind speed is dangerous but this time the weather folks are saying we need to pay more attention to the building pressure.

When I copy/pasted this the pressure was 960 mb. That's reserved for storms that are peaking; this one won't peak until sometime Monday night.

The WC is predicting the millibars to go into the 950's, possibly even 940's. I don't EVER remember a storm with that of pressure.

Even though we are safe from the brunt of the storm, I don't know what might happen to the power grid, so poor Mr. TWHRider had to take the gas cans to work with him because I want plenty of gas to run the generator if we lose power. It's big enough to run the furnace, refrigerator and a some lights. We have a gas stove and on city water so those are covered unless the generators at the pumping station at the water plant fail.

Get cash out of the bank as power is most assuredly going down. Fill the car with gas, keep your meds in your purse or coat pockets.

Hope everybody in the affected areas are prepared.
 

Wow everybody make sure that your taking the right precautions to stay safe. Down here in Florida we are used to hurricane weather and a lot of rain but this is probably a new type of experience for the people who live up north. Make sure that you have some cash on you and make sure that you have some canned food.
 
Wishing the best for those in the threatened areas. Hope all stay safe and have minimal or no damage. Canned foods, cash, water, dry beans, rice, etc. are good things for us all to have regardless of weather, you never know when something major happens, once all the big computers go down, or there are any power outages for any reason, we're screwed.
 

Here in northeast Pennsylvania we're right in the eye of the tiger.

I'll probably just do a Shakespearean King Lear - rip my clothes off, go outside and scream

Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow!
You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout
Till you have drench’d our steeples ...


... I'm sure the neighbors will be used to it by now, given my critically-acclaimed street performance of Titus Andronicus last year ... :playful:
 
It is better to be over caution and over prepared with a storm like this, then be caught without enough water, food and flashlights with batteries. I wish for everyone's safety on the east coast.
 
Not so bad here after all - it seems NJ and NY got the brunt of the storm action, the "whipping tail" so to speak. So, anyone in NJ and NY, good luck.

Our local politicos passed an "emergency law" that allows emergency and utility crews to circumvent the usual chain of command and order supplies, etc. directly in the city's name. I bet there's going to be a LOT of fallout over that when the storm passes ...
 
I heard on a radio show that there was a storm of equal intensity in the same area in the late 1600's. Said something about 300 year cycles, and claimed it was nothing that new or unusual. Of course they also spoke of global warming and man-made weather changes, intentional or accidental. :eek:
 

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