Terrifying Megastorm Cripples East Coast
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Just listen to the news.
Astronomical.
Unprecedented.
Terrifying.
Severe.
Blah blah blah.
I get it. It's a big storm. But it's gonna make landfall as a tropical storm or maybe a Cat 1. This is not Katrina here, folks. We're gonna get a lot of wind and a lot of rain, but if you evacuated from the mandatory evac zones and don't do stupid things like taking a midnight drive to the beach tonight, you'll be fine.
Geez. Can these clowns get any more hysterical?
29 Oct 12
Originally posted by sh76That's how they report everything. It sells papers/attracts viewers.
[b]Terrifying Megastorm Cripples East Coast
- From weather.com's banner alert.
Just listen to the news.
Astronomical.
Unprecedented.
Terrifying.
Severe.
Blah blah blah.
I get it. It's a big storm. But it's gonna make landfall as a tropical storm or maybe a Cat 1. This is not Katrina here, folks. We're gonna get a lot of wind and ...[text shortened]... e to the beach tonight, you'll be fine.
Geez. Can these clowns get any more hysterical?[/b]
29 Oct 12
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Originally posted by joe beyserI need the info. I'm working from home today with the shop vac and sump pump, ready to fight off flooding, praying to Hitchens that I don't lose power. I need to watch the radars and see where the heavy bands of rain are relative to my house.
Stop going there then. Go take a bubble bath or something.
But I don't need them to editorialize that society as we know it is collapsing.
29 Oct 12
Originally posted by sh76Ack. That does sound stressful. What are you fearing flooding from, just rain or a nearby body of water that decides to visit?
I need the info. I'm working from home today with the shop vac and sump pump, ready to fight off flooding, praying to Hitchens that I don't lose power. I need to watch the radars and see where the heavy bands of rain are relative to my house.
But I don't need them to editorialize that society as we know it is collapsing.
29 Oct 12
Originally posted by sh76Praying to Hitchens?
I need the info. I'm working from home today with the shop vac and sump pump, ready to fight off flooding, praying to Hitchens that I don't lose power. I need to watch the radars and see where the heavy bands of rain are relative to my house.
But I don't need them to editorialize that society as we know it is collapsing.
I think he just rolled over in his grave.
29 Oct 12
Originally posted by SleepyguyJust the rain. My house flooded last year from a flash rainstorm in the summer, though I did not flood during Irene. So I have no idea what to expect. As long as the power stays on, I think the pump and the shopvac should help. If the power goes off, all bets are off. Already parked the wife and kids at the in-laws and it's actually quite relaxing now working at home alone, but the battle looms ahead.
Ack. That does sound stressful. What are you fearing flooding from, just rain or a nearby body of water that decides to visit?
Not expecting much sleep tonight.
29 Oct 12
Originally posted by sh76The real danger is that the hyperbole will make people disregard the warnings as "crying wolf". I am in Michigan north of Detroit. So far just a typical cloudy, windy fall day. The weather maps are showing probable north winds of 40 to 60 mph, and a likely three days of rain. That is not insignificant. Loss of power is a big problem when temps are likely to be near freezing at night, and loss of power over large areas means no gasoline, and no shopping.
I need the info. I'm working from home today with the shop vac and sump pump, ready to fight off flooding, praying to Hitchens that I don't lose power. I need to watch the radars and see where the heavy bands of rain are relative to my house.
But I don't need them to editorialize that society as we know it is collapsing.
I was watching a duffus woman on ABC weather this morning warning people about unpredictable waves near shore. As she spoke, a wave came in over her feet until she was waist deep, and fifteen feet from dry ground.
This may not be of the intensity of a Katrina, a cat 4 in the gulf, but really a cat 2 on landfall, but it is extremely large, and will make landfall in one of the most densely populated areas exposed to hurricanes, and it has a radius of 700 miles, and will move slowly after landfall, making the effects long lasting and more dangerous. Remember that the worst of Katrina was the after the storm flooding.
One positive is that it appears Washington, DC is likely to be the epicenter. Perhaps Congress will shut down, and for a couple of days no bad laws will be passed. Also already a number of campaign events have been cancelled, so we've been spared some hot air and lies.
29 Oct 12
Originally posted by sh76Still time for that bubble bath then, heh. When was the last time you had one? No one would have to know.
Just the rain. My house flooded last year from a flash rainstorm in the summer, though I did not flood during Irene. So I have no idea what to expect. As long as the power stays on, I think the pump and the shopvac should help. If the power goes off, all bets are off. Already parked the wife and kids at the in-laws and it's actually quite relaxing now working at home alone, but the battle looms ahead.
Not expecting much sleep tonight.
29 Oct 12
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Originally posted by sh76Well my heart goes out to ya. From alternative media sources it is supposed to be bad. Even though it is a class 1 hurricane there are other systems which can make it worse. I hope there aren't a lot of tornados spun off from it !!! Good Luck to ya and let us know how things are going.
I need the info. I'm working from home today with the shop vac and sump pump, ready to fight off flooding, praying to Hitchens that I don't lose power. I need to watch the radars and see where the heavy bands of rain are relative to my house.
But I don't need them to editorialize that society as we know it is collapsing.