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October 27, 2012

Hurricane Sandy 10/28 update (tmi3rd)
— Open Blogger

Good evening yet again, Morons and Moronettes, and hello from the tmi3rds at the AoSHQ Weather Desk. Let's get the headlines out of the way now:

1) If you're anywhere north of the North Carolina border east of the Appalachians, you need to be ready for one of the bigger rain events you've seen.

2) If you're along the coast or near any waterways, you need to be ready for the probability of serious flooding.

3) Any coastal hurricane preparation needs to be rushed to completion at this point.
4) This storm's going to linger, and that's where the problem is.

More below the fold...
So, as of the 11 PM EDT advisory, Sandy has sustained winds of 75 mph, with gusts to 90 mph. Movement is currently northeast at 12 mph, and the lowest pressure measured is 960 millibars. This is a powerful storm.

As Sandy sucks up the cold front and winter storm, it will stop being a true hurricane (by scientific definitions), but it then is no longer dependent upon warm water to maintain itself. It'll strengthen through what are called baroclinic processes- easiest way to describe that is that it's like a figure skater pulling her arms in in a spin. As the storm tightens up, it'll spin quicker, and the winds will increase.

The current path (which, as you'll note, continues to fluctuate) takes the center of circulation ashore somewhere around Delaware Bay or southern New Jersey, but the business side of the storm is the northeast side. So, if you're basically anywhere along the coast from Philadelphia or Wilmington north through Cape Cod, please just stay the hell away from waterways. If you're in low-lying areas, get anything you care about off the ground. Finally, if the locals tell you to get out, do it. Here's why...

You'll notice that the forecast track takes it over central PA, up through central NY, and then leaves via Montreal and the St. Lawrence River. It's going to slow way down when it gets on shore, and 20" of rain is an entirely realistic estimate. Assume before it gets to you that you'll be looking at some water in the house.

Not having lived up there, I don't know how the power crews are, but you'll want to figure you may be without power for several days. If you're in the higher elevations in the mountains, that cold core coming down from the north may make a serious snow event out of it as well. It'll just be rain to the east of the mountains, but the thing I want to emphasize is that you're likely to have some loss of services for a few days. Please don't get caught unprepared.

Other than that, there's not much else to tell... since this sucker's so big, you'll start seeing serious coastal effects tomorrow, Monday evening will be when it makes landfall, and we'll be thinking about coastal and inland flooding the whole way. Again, high water is your big threat.

As ever, guys, if you need to get a hold of me, the best way is through Twitter at @tmi3rd. I won't be able to give you much information in terms of hydrology (waterways and such), but whatever I can do, I'm delighted to try.

Everyone stay safe, and we'll catch you on the flip side of this. I'll have another update for you tomorrow night.

-tmi3rd

Posted by: Open Blogger at 06:55 PM | Comments (210)
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1 Obama is a stuttering clusterf*ck of a miserable failure.

Posted by: steevy at October 27, 2012 06:57 PM (6o4Fb)

2 And for God's sake you morons, remember that liberals make excellent flotation devices. Lash a couple of them together face down and you've got a great raft to carry you and your loved ones away from danger.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 06:59 PM (BuSM8)

3 Speaking as a ~~Masshole~~ resident of southern New England. That left turn in the cone is starting to look like wishful thinking.

Posted by: fluffy at October 27, 2012 07:00 PM (z9HTb)

4 They're going to postpone the election bigger than shit.

Posted by: Othered at October 27, 2012 07:00 PM (170wx)

5 And for God's sake you morons, remember that liberals make excellent flotation devices.

Can I seal my foundation with Obama voters?

Posted by: fluffy at October 27, 2012 07:01 PM (z9HTb)

6 5 And for God's sake you morons, remember that liberals make excellent flotation devices.

Can I seal my foundation with Obama voters?

Posted by: fluffy at October 27, 2012 11:01 PM (z9HTb)

You bet you can. In fact, I think it's required by federal law.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 07:01 PM (BuSM8)

7 I got a section of my roof with some loose shingles. Can I fix them up with liberals too?

Posted by: JLD at October 27, 2012 07:05 PM (O1Cbb)

8 How long will this hurricane last?

Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 27, 2012 07:09 PM (MiD/S)

9 Sandy! Sandy! Sandy!

Posted by: Jan at October 27, 2012 07:10 PM (+XD7n)

10 7 I got a section of my roof with some loose shingles. Can I fix them up with liberals too?

Posted by: JLD at October 27, 2012 11:05 PM (O1Cbb)

Yeah, but a piece of advice: use the skinnier ones. It's easier to hammer the nails through.

I'm waiting for Allahpundit to start freaking out about this storm. His menstruations over the last storm were hilarious to read.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 07:10 PM (BuSM8)

11 8 How long will this hurricane last?

Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 27, 2012 11:09 PM (MiD/S)

Three and a half weeks.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 07:11 PM (BuSM8)

12 soooo... how important is pennsylvania again ?

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:11 PM (usWYv)

It's the end of the world as we know it.

Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 27, 2012 07:13 PM (MiD/S)

14 I agree with you fluffy, it looks like it's coming right for us in SNE

Posted by: blb at October 27, 2012 07:13 PM (4gjb7)

15 oh sorry uh I have a big hole to fill in my backyard can I use them for that to ?

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:13 PM (usWYv)

16 15 oh sorry uh I have a big hole to fill in my backyard can I use them for that to ?

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 11:13 PM (usWYv)

Pull out all their teeth and cut off their fingers first. Makes it harder to identify them.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 07:14 PM (BuSM8)

17 Mo the girl- It'll hang out for probably 48-72 hours, depending on how close to the center you are.

Posted by: tmi3rd at October 27, 2012 07:15 PM (cxomr)

18 16 you didnt watch the pacific did you ? you get all sorts of diseases that way

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:15 PM (usWYv)

17 Thanks. Never have been in a hurricane before. But I hear the parties are fun.

How much does 'Obama the kind, sympathetic aid-promiser come into play when areas are hit terribly. He's going to soak all of this up. I say if there's a big amount of damage, the Romney campaign goes down there and helps rescue puppies and such.

Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 27, 2012 07:18 PM (MiD/S)

20 GOTV

Posted by: West Virginia at October 27, 2012 07:19 PM (nw0Vt)

21 ORRRR it could follow the path so many other 'canes have and go north north west and NOT go west north west thus bypassing the majority of central PA and pasting the crap out of Jersey and NYC.

Only ONE other hurricane has taken the path shown and that was in 1903.

I'm going with the odds myself.

Posted by: Jcw46 at October 27, 2012 07:20 PM (Vh0f5)

22 GORADIO

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:20 PM (usWYv)

23 Off sock!

Posted by: I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore at October 27, 2012 07:21 PM (nw0Vt)

24 PUT IT BACK ON

Posted by: YOU WILL TAKE IT AND YOU WILL LIKE IT at October 27, 2012 07:22 PM (usWYv)

25 TV better. Pictures.

Posted by: I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore at October 27, 2012 07:22 PM (nw0Vt)

26 I'm mad as hell but I don't give a shit anymore.

Posted by: Jcw46 at October 27, 2012 07:23 PM (Vh0f5)

27 OK

Posted by: West Virginia at October 27, 2012 07:24 PM (nw0Vt)

28 gointernet

Posted by: fucking capslocks at October 27, 2012 07:25 PM (usWYv)

29 some one has a piece at salon today about how Obama is as bad as Romney and Bush and not to vote for him. (either?)

I think I'm in love. (I don't remember if it's a guy or not so if it's a guy then I'm just feeling friendly. er).

Posted by: Jcw46 at October 27, 2012 07:25 PM (Vh0f5)

30 Let it snow let it snow let it snow.

Posted by: West Virginia at October 27, 2012 07:25 PM (nw0Vt)

31 Nobody likes the Northeast this week. Look at this: A 7.7 earthquake (7 miles deep, thus shallow) just hit off shore the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada. Prayers for everyone affected by that and this storm.

Posted by: The Mayans Are Right at October 27, 2012 07:25 PM (5Vuz/)

32 Best wishes to anyone in the NE corner of PA (the Venn overlap for Tue, Wed, Thu). I can't even imagine what two straight days of rain looks like.

Posted by: Methos at October 27, 2012 07:26 PM (hO9ad)

33 fucking capslocks

there's actually an app for that. Makes the caps lock key work like a real capslock key on a typewriter. (who the fuck types any more on a typewriter?)

Posted by: Jcw46 at October 27, 2012 07:26 PM (Vh0f5)

34 the mayans are dead

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:27 PM (usWYv)

35 It's matt stoller.

Hey matt; call me, buddy.

Posted by: Jcw46 at October 27, 2012 07:27 PM (Vh0f5)

36 whats a typewriter ? does it have spell checher

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:27 PM (usWYv)

37 If this is the ONT, i'm quitting.

Posted by: Jcw46 at October 27, 2012 07:28 PM (Vh0f5)

38 Ugh, geography fail (the Islands are on the other side of Canada), but still, prayers for all.

Posted by: The Mayans Are Right at October 27, 2012 07:28 PM (5Vuz/)

39 JCW, the ONT is one below this one.

Posted by: tmi3rd at October 27, 2012 07:29 PM (cxomr)

40 Hurricane Sandy?

Get the fuck out of here.

HURRICANE VOTEY is coming next week and its going to be a CATAGORY 53.47

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 27, 2012 07:29 PM (ovpNn)

41 32 I live in oregon I can tell you what a hellufa lot more rain than that is like .... wet

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:29 PM (usWYv)

42 Ugh, geography fail (the Islands are on the other side of Canada), but still, prayers for all. Posted by: The Mayans Are Right at October 27, 2012 11:28 PM (5Vuz/) before the quake they were on the other side

Posted by: yankeefifth at October 27, 2012 07:29 PM (Z9EHQ)

43 It does have a spell checker. there's a key you press and a demon appears to see if you've got all the correct ingredients and incantations ready.

If you don't, he seizes your soul and takes it to the 9th circle of Hell to be tormented by Helen Thomas lookalikes wearing bikinis. (You didn't think they created that creature as a one off did you?)

Posted by: Jcw46 at October 27, 2012 07:30 PM (Vh0f5)

44 Miss St is still fucked. That ass has got to be sore...

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:31 PM (gilQT)

45 Not sure if this has already been shared, but hillarious... http://alturl.com/49wfc "FOWARD!"

Posted by: Icedog at October 27, 2012 07:32 PM (9ScGj)

46 uh I am going to have to pass on the typewriter if helen has any part of it ! oh and thanks for the visual you bastard

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:32 PM (usWYv)

47 Really, its just a little rain, Obama suspended his campaign to make sure the oceans don't rise.

He is planning a campaign event on plymouth rock where he dons Charleston Heston's Moses outfit and calms the seas.

Its running on NBC ABC CBS CNN and MSNBC all next week, which is why coverage of those unfortunate americans who accidentally jumped in front of some misguided islamic anal rape penises bullets and mortars that the protestors were firing at some video will not be seen.

Andrea Cocksucking whore Mitchell's Investigate reporting hardest hit.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 27, 2012 07:32 PM (ovpNn)

48 47 didnt they invent the helen thomas shitting typewriter ?

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:34 PM (usWYv)

49 Below this one? What's with the ONT having posts AFTER? I thought that was a no no. Sacrosanct, taboo, verboten, non corborundum.

What gives? This whirly bit of air and water got everybody's tits in a tizzy?

{sigh}

The weather people these days have an inflated view of their position in the world.

When all anyone cretin has to do is step outside to see what's happening and gauge a few clouds' height,direction of the wind and the season and make as good a prediction as what they can come up with yet these guys are making millions? (thousands?)

I know, I've caught myself clicking on Intellicast to tell me what the temperature is outside WHERE I LIVE!!!!

That's bone lazy.

Well, off to see what's stirring the pot over there.

I'll be bach.

Or maybe Mozart. Depends on how frisky I'm feeling.

Posted by: Jcw46 at October 27, 2012 07:35 PM (Vh0f5)

50 I can't even imagine what two straight days of rain looks like. You obviously don't live on the Gulf Coast.

Posted by: Blacksheep at October 27, 2012 07:35 PM (nvV9F)

51 That forth string Crimson Tide looks retry good

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:36 PM (gilQT)

52 retry good ?

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:36 PM (usWYv)

53 Forward?

Posted by: BHO Blow Czar at October 27, 2012 07:37 PM (0It32)

54 Pretty good too. Fuck'n iPad

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:37 PM (gilQT)

55 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fdqF4XIUsE

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2012 07:38 PM (sdi6R)

56 I'm in Delaware. This is punishment for inflicting Joe Biden on the world. I'm sure of it.

Posted by: Blue Hen at October 27, 2012 07:38 PM (UW6NX)

57 sounds like you need one of those there typewriters ive been hearin bout

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:39 PM (usWYv)

58 Hell NO

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:39 PM (gilQT)

59 Below this one? What's with the ONT having posts AFTER? I thought that was a no no. Sacrosanct, taboo, verboten, non corborundum.

We can have three or four if Ace can't sleep.

You obviously don't live on the Gulf Coast.

Visited several times and saw rain on several days, but there were breaks. Live outside Chicago.

Posted by: Methos at October 27, 2012 07:40 PM (hO9ad)

60 I'm in Delaware. This is punishment for inflicting Joe Biden on the world. I'm sure of it. Posted by: Blue Hen at October 27, 2012 11:38 PM (UW6NX) Not punishment enough. Wait for the volcano.

Posted by: Oldcat at October 27, 2012 07:40 PM (rzSn3)

61 56 well what the hell is going to happen to kenya , hawaii and illinois ?

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:40 PM (usWYv)

62 Guess that number 11 ranking is out. RMFT

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:40 PM (gilQT)

63 MS St is just snakebit now. 38-0 Bama.

Posted by: Scobface at October 27, 2012 07:41 PM (IoNBC)

64 BHO, check the link...typical obama supporters. ....and dumbass organizers put them right up front. http://alturl.com/49wfc

Posted by: Icedog at October 27, 2012 07:41 PM (9ScGj)

65 That's not snake bit, that is whooped

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:42 PM (gilQT)

66 Verizon sent me Sandy emails warning bout possible outages. First time ever.

Posted by: Baldy at October 27, 2012 07:42 PM (opS9C)

67 Anyone else notice how its turning like a mother fucker and missing western PA?

If California Suffers a massive earthquake before Tuesday, I am going to convert to mormonism.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 27, 2012 07:42 PM (ovpNn)

68 Anybody watch that bulldog bone that alligator today?

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:43 PM (gilQT)

69 I thought that was some shitty poll that had o bama up by 38 ...uuuhg

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:43 PM (usWYv)

70 Has anyone seen one of the meteorologists on Fox talking about the storm's trajectory? I could SWEAR she looked just like a very young Angelina Jolie.

I rate it a category 5 boner.

Posted by: Christina Hendricks's Mighty Jugs Now Officially Designated a Polling Place for Romney Voters at October 27, 2012 07:44 PM (+AV7H)

71 Poll, lol no that was third string in early. No since in running up the score.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:45 PM (gilQT)

Well, look on the bright side. At least we're not undergoing a reversal of the poles as predicted by Edgar Cayce.

Or even worse, a reversal of the polls.

Posted by: Criswell at October 27, 2012 07:45 PM (Q2wni)

73 67 jeremiah - I have seen other maps which show W PA and E OH covered in Sandy.

Posted by: Baldy at October 27, 2012 07:46 PM (opS9C)

74 or worse an insertion of the pole

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 07:47 PM (usWYv)

75 Sandy, Sandra, Sandra Fluke doing the whole NE. I get it now.

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:47 PM (gilQT)

76 Most of the models seem to be converging now. http://my.sfwmd.gov/sfwmd/common/images/weather/plots/storm_18.gif This one's got my name on it.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2012 07:48 PM (sdi6R)

77 It's gonna rain, but it gives soft Obama voters another reason not to go vote. Meanwhile, the 'Pub will crawl thru broken glass in a hurricane to vote. God is laughing at you, BarryO

Posted by: Jean at October 27, 2012 07:49 PM (u5ozF)

78 We will send all of our rainfall down the tributaries of the Cheat into Pittsburgh Jeremiah.

Posted by: West Virginia at October 27, 2012 07:50 PM (nw0Vt)

79 Cleaned out the gutters and tightened up a loose section. Replaced some loose shingles on the roof. While I was up there I enjoyed a nice view of the Atlantic Ocean. Filled up the car today and will stock up on food tomorrow.

We're used to storms and flooding around here. We flood ALL the time, but it drains off into the bay quickly.

It's the power outages that get you.

Maybe God will smile and wash the Jersey Shore House into the Barnegat Bay.

Posted by: trainer @ Home at October 27, 2012 07:51 PM (1QEkm)

80 VANCOUVER ISLAND, British ColumbiaÂ—
The National Weather Service says a 7.7 magnitude earthquake occurred about 390 miles southeast of Juneau just after 7 p.m. Saturday.
Tsunami Warning Center officials say a tsunami warning is in effect for southeast Alaska.

Residents in low-lying areas from the northern tip of Vancouver Island, British Columbia to Cape Decision, Alaska are advised to evacuate and move inland to higher ground.

http://www.ktuu.com/

Posted by: Methos at October 27, 2012 07:51 PM (hO9ad)

or a vigorous insertion, withdrawal, insertion, withdrawal of the pole

Doncha just hate that?

Posted by: mind if we poll you? at October 27, 2012 07:52 PM (Q2wni)

82 We're on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Husband had to make a run upstate today. Said power company trucks were heading north en masse. Just like a bad gulf hurricane, only in reverse. They will stage inland and be ready to move in as soon as is reasonably safe. Sometimes that's the better part of a week in a densely populated area, and more for rural areas. Be prepared. This storm is alarming to me, and I'm a non-evacuating hurricane veteran. Some things that are routinely mentioned and some that are not: If you take prescription medication, stock up now. Often pharmacies here can do an extension on a soon-to-outdate med in a state of emergency, but you may have to do this ahead of time. Don't underestimate water needs. Get more bottled than you think you need, and also fill tubs, stockpots, etc. it's easier to deal with no electricity than no water. Cook whatever you can out of your freezer now. Don't try to use iffy food two or three days in. A good five-day cooler or two is worth the 35 bucks, but don't try to keep frozen foods in it for long. Get charcoal or gas for your grill. And plenty of it. If your grill is connected to your house's gas line, don't rely on that. Don't forget extra pet food. A roll of Visqueen or similar is worth its weight in gold if you need it. Bring it in the house with you, plus something to secure it with against the ceiling/windows. If there is any chance of coastal flooding where you are, DO NOT leave your ax in the garage or shed. If you have to retreat to the attic, you may well need to get out before help knows you're there. If the power goes out, turn off your heating/air system. Also computers, tvs, etc. The surge when they come back on often fries these things. If you have a generator, turn it off when power crews are working in your neighborhood. From what I understand extra power from generators can leak back into the lines even if the city's power is down. Don't want to electrocute the people trying to help you. Be safe!

Posted by: restless native at October 27, 2012 07:52 PM (ZcHXZ)

83 Andrea Cocksucking whore Mitchell's Investigate reporting hardest hit.

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 27, 2012 11:32 PM (ovpNn)

If you could see her in action, you'd be impressed. She's old but I took part in a 60 dude gangbang and you'd never know she's an elderly lately. Arms like fucking pistons and a mouth that could suck a microphone through a garden hose. Her hubby was there but he just watched.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 07:52 PM (BuSM8)

84 Man, that Elephant has been polling that bulldog for damn near 60 minutes

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:53 PM (gilQT)

85 Huh, the alcohol is starting to kick in.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 07:54 PM (BuSM8)

86 Whenever someone mentions cleaning out the gutters, I picture winos being hauled away.

Posted by: guttersnipe at October 27, 2012 07:54 PM (Q2wni)

87 Uh Oh, he pissed off the Saban...

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 07:55 PM (gilQT)

88 Speaking of Andrea Mitchell, she must have had her pockmarks spackled. They're not as noticeable as they once were. And ever notice how her head is too large for her shoulders? Damn, do I sound catty or what.

Posted by: Ms. Meow at October 27, 2012 07:56 PM (Q2wni)

89 Oh, yeah. And Roll Tide. What's in now? The fifth string?

Posted by: restless native at October 27, 2012 07:58 PM (ZcHXZ)

90 @ 67, been hoping the "Big One" happens and 'Frisco drops off into the sea, (added bonus, I get beachfront property! WIN WIN!)

Posted by: connielu at October 27, 2012 07:58 PM (i0aCV)

I've never been poled, even in a close erection.

Posted by: Waiting for Gallup at October 27, 2012 07:59 PM (Q2wni)

92 I feel that because I live in NE Ohio, I don't need to worry about this. T/F?

Posted by: JeepGirl at October 27, 2012 08:00 PM (YnuKq)

93 So, if you're basically anywhere along the coast from Philadelphia Philly's on the coast? Cool. I'm breaking out the swim suit and walking to the beach. And to think, I used to drive a couple of hours to get to the beach before ...

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 27, 2012 08:01 PM (X3lox)

94 2 And for God's sake you morons, remember that liberals make excellent flotation devices. Lash a couple of them together face down and you've got a great raft to carry you and your loved ones away from danger. Hehehehehe

Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 27, 2012 08:01 PM (TvoA7)

95 86Whenever someone mentions cleaning out the gutters, I picture winos being hauled away. Now thats funny! Sound like Mike Savage.

Posted by: T-DUBYA-D at October 27, 2012 08:01 PM (U9nR6)

96 Tide defense looked great tonight

Posted by: CSMBigBird at October 27, 2012 08:02 PM (gilQT)

97 Google Public Alerts says tsunami expected to hit NH in 3h 2m

Langara Island, British Columbia9:16 PM GMT-07 (16 minutes from now)http://tinyurl.com/95tupte

Posted by: Baldy at October 27, 2012 08:02 PM (opS9C)

98 I pray no one says, "Andrea Mitchell, I'd hit that." Well, besides actually bopping her in her frog face, but I still think someone will.

Posted by: Mo the Girl at October 27, 2012 08:03 PM (MiD/S)

99 Maybe this is the beginning of the end according to the Mayans .......

Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 27, 2012 08:03 PM (TvoA7)

100 A hurricane hit the East Coast, and now a tsunami warning on the West Coast. Perhaps Pat Boone will perform in the Mid West to complete the trifecta.

Posted by: Baldy at October 27, 2012 08:05 PM (opS9C)

101 98I pray no one says, "Andrea Mitchell, I'd hit that." Well, besides actually bopping her in her frog face, but I still think someone will. Well yeah! Alan Greenspan said that !

Posted by: T-DUBYA-D at October 27, 2012 08:06 PM (U9nR6)

102 99 Maybe this is the beginning of the end according to the Mayans .......

Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 28, 2012 12:03 AM (TvoA7)

Or a warning from God to Obama

Posted by: jeremiah Gosh Darn Amerikkka Ali Muhammad Surpra-izi Amin U'rbu T'hol wright at October 27, 2012 08:06 PM (ovpNn)

103 #19 How much does 'Obama the kind, sympathetic aid-promiser come into play when areas are hit terribly. He's going to soak all of this up. Two things - first, these are blue states where there is a high % of people who will sit on their asses and expect the gubmint to cater to their every whim, right now. Second, the gubmint is generally incompetent and won't be able to deliver better than Bush did for Katerina - fastest FEMA response ever and fat lot of good it did him. So they'll blame a convenient scapegoat, hopefully TFG. I'd be happy to ride out a week w/o power if it pushed another state or two to Romney. Small price to pay. But then, I have a 7.5kva generator, cars with full gas tanks and three jerry cans full to boot. The only thing I need to get is a couple of cheap electric heating plates. Microwave ovens and dirty generator power don't agree with one another.

Posted by: chuckR at October 27, 2012 08:06 PM (UGxsK)

104 Andrea Mitchell, I'd punch that in the face...

(just tryin' to help)

Posted by: GGE Is Just Askin' Questions at October 27, 2012 08:07 PM (yh0zB)

105 Hurricanes can kill more people from fresh water flooding and landslides than they do from the storm surge on the coast. I live maybe 450 miles from the coast and I've had several hurricanes hit me with hours of rain falling at rates in excess of an inch an hour. The little rivulet in front of my house that's normally 2 feet wide and 2 inches deep becomes 8 feet wide, five feet deep and moves incredibly fast. The stream across the road that is usually 10 feet wide and 8 to 12 inches deep can take out small bridges, stranding our entire rural community for days.

That most of the leaves are now off the trees is a good thing. When trees are in full leaf and the ground is saturated it doesn't take that much wind to topple large trees. That will help minimize power outages.

I learned a long time ago to keep a weeks worth of drinking water and plenty of canned food that doesn't need to be heated much beyond lukewarm to be palatable.

Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at October 27, 2012 08:07 PM (9gy5e)

106 @99 Weren't we promised an asteroid?

Posted by: Let's go out with a bang at October 27, 2012 08:07 PM (Q2wni)

107 I don't get it ... Gaia has decided to do some house-cleaning on the east coast, and everyone's up in arms ... ... is it because Gaia still uses a top-loader?

Posted by: Arbalest at October 27, 2012 08:07 PM (6iO3V)

108 Irish, bitches.

Posted by: Ferb Fletcher at October 27, 2012 08:11 PM (hyP1j)

109 Lord, you know what is in my heart (the destruction of DC, NYC, Philly and Boston). But I will leave this to your will, and ask only that Joe Biden's estate, much more than he could ever afford if he were on the up-and-up, be washed out to sea, and that he learn what a truly BFD is. Amen.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at October 27, 2012 08:11 PM (nZvGM)

110 106 @99 Weren't we promised an asteroid? I thought due to alignments of stars and planets and such would cause the Poles to shift and realign .....wait .....polls shifting realigning ..... Polls shifting toward Romney ?!? Yup end if the world for the scoamf !!!!! Please make it so !!!

Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 27, 2012 08:11 PM (TvoA7)

111 Where's Harry Belafonte doing some Apocalypso? Gaia-o, Gaaai-o! Four Horsemen comin' and I wanna go home!

Posted by: Tally me bananas at October 27, 2012 08:13 PM (Q2wni)

112 109 Lord, you know what is in my heart (the destruction of DC, NYC, Philly and Boston). But I will leave this to your will, and ask only that Joe Biden's estate, much more than he could ever afford if he were on the up-and-up, be washed out to sea, and that he learn what a truly BFD is. Amen.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at October 28, 2012 12:11 AM (nZvGM)

Why not ask that Joe Biden himself be washed out to see.

No, hair plugs are not a flotation device...

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 08:15 PM (BuSM8)

113

"Weren't we promised an asteroid?"

SMOD is still on the ballot, though I haven't seen a new campaign ad in a long time.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at October 27, 2012 08:15 PM (nZvGM)

114 Know what can be even better than cash if you need to get someone young and strong to help with a chain saw or other heavy chores while the power is still out? A couple of cases of beer!

Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at October 27, 2012 08:16 PM (9gy5e)

115 Predator is on AMC

Get to dah choppah!

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 08:17 PM (BuSM8)

116 I always thought hemmorhoids should be called assteroids.

Posted by: the third grade class clown at October 27, 2012 08:17 PM (Q2wni)

117 Stay safe East Coast morons and moronettes!!!!! You are in My thoughts and prayers !!!!!

Posted by: grumpy momma bear at October 27, 2012 08:19 PM (TvoA7)

118 One day several years ago while driving on a bridge over the Connecticut River in Western MA I looked down into the water and saw a raging torrent carrying 50-ft trees stripped clean of leaves and bark. WTF? You don't see that everyday. When I got home I checked the news. A storm in Vermont had dumped a fuckton of rain and had washed away a mountainside. Folks disappeared along with their houses. Nearby neighbors were untouched.

Posted by: eman at October 27, 2012 08:19 PM (+XD7n)

119 Know what can be even better than cash if you need to get someone young and strong to help with a chain saw or other heavy chores while the power is still out? A couple of cases of beer!

Posted by: NC Mountain Girl at October 28, 2012 12:16 AM (9gy5e)

Funny. I was gonna say an NC Mountain Girl.

Posted by: somebody else, not me at October 27, 2012 08:19 PM (nZvGM)

120 112 109 Lord, you know what is in my heart (the destruction of DC, NYC, Philly and Boston). I live in the Philly suburbs, but I endorse the rest of your comment. The destruction of roughly 60% of the Philly suburbs is OK with me.

Posted by: rickl at October 27, 2012 08:20 PM (sdi6R)

121 So Alaska is being hit by a tsumami, CA may be falling into the ocean, the east coast is being hit simultaneously by a giant hurricane and a blizzard. Flyover country seems to look pretty good though.

Posted by: lan sing at October 27, 2012 08:22 PM (ennDW)

122 Hey, guys! And by "guys" I mean tmi3rd... I'm old enough to remember when the "Weather Underground" was running around trying to blow shit up and overthrow the government of the USA, not just some cute, snarky, "in your face" web site. I'm willing to make *some* allowances on account of the Johnson administration, but still... Can you find another source for your pretty maps? It's kind of offensive to have that shit rubbed in the faces of a slightly right-of-center smart milblog. Thanks! And just to make the point that I am ideologically offended rather than just a pussy, I will take this opportunity to note that obama is STILL a Stuttering Clusterfuck Of A Miserable Failure.

Posted by: Boomer Redneque, Schoolhouse Edition at October 27, 2012 08:23 PM (eQnzo)

123 I live in the Philly suburbs, but I endorse the rest of your comment.

The destruction of roughly 60% of the Philly suburbs is OK with me.

Posted by: rickl at October 28, 2012 12:20 AM (sdi6R)

We'll get you out before TSHTF. Look for the helicopter with an ewok painted on the side.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 08:23 PM (BuSM8)

124

NC Mountain girl knows the barter system! Thats how this moron nation got its start.

Posted by: T-DUBYA-D at October 27, 2012 08:27 PM (U9nR6)

125 SMOD is still on the ballot, though I haven't seen a new campaign ad in a long time.

I support SMOD

Posted by: Sephiroth at October 27, 2012 08:29 PM (hO9ad)

126 "Remain calm. If you do NOT remain calm I will have no choice, and ---make no mistake about it and let me be clear---to declare martial law and to suspend the elections, the writ of habeas corpus, the elections and---of-course---the worthless Constitution I swore (King's X!!) to preserve, protect and defend.

Thank you, MTV audience, and good night. If you just keep listening to your iPhones and iPods you won't even notice when I take your freedom away."

Posted by: Pharaoh Puttmost the First at October 27, 2012 08:31 PM (2c1Cq)

127 Stay away from water, big trees, and power lines. Huddle around a good liquor and mixers. I've survived several hurricanes following those simple rules. Seriously, old big trees will kill you. Oak: trees of death.

Posted by: Beagle at October 27, 2012 08:49 PM (sOtz/)

128 Yet another SUPER STORM!!1!!!!!!ELEVENTY I'll be happy once it hits so we can stop hearing about it. And hearing about it. And hearing about it. And hearing about it. And hearing about it.

Posted by: yomomma at October 27, 2012 09:07 PM (DKLl9)

129 OT Romney has really sharp "Sunday morning newspaper magazine" insert that will be in millions of newspapers in swing states tomorrow morning. Via a campaign tweet. I have seen pics. Very well done.

Posted by: Honey Badger at October 27, 2012 09:09 PM (aPEuQ)

130 I'll be happy once it hits so we can stop hearing about it.

It'll last for three days or so if you get center-punched by it. It gets old after about 20 minutes.

Posted by: @PurpAv at October 27, 2012 09:14 PM (g2gqE)

131 I just realized I've got a hurricane... in my pants.

Yeah, it's old and busted but I don't give a fuck.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 09:20 PM (BuSM8)

132 Incredible. I am on vacation in Maui and may have to bug out for tsunami warning. Possible arrival in about 3 hours.

Yes, I already voted...

Be well, morons.

Posted by: navybrat in CA at October 27, 2012 09:32 PM (RDSym)

133 I'm sure things will be just fine. No need to prepare.

Posted by: Philadelphia Joe at October 27, 2012 09:56 PM (x9s9/)

134 Is this going to be like Katrina was for Bush?
You know, because TFG hates white people.

Posted by: Ball of Hate at October 27, 2012 09:59 PM (AREf/)

135 16 15
oh sorry uh I have a big hole to fill in my backyard can I use them for that to ?

Posted by: alec at October 27, 2012 11:13 PM (usWYv)

Pull out all their teeth and cut off their fingers first. Makes it harder to identify them.

Posted by: Dack Thrombosis at October 27, 2012 11:14 PM (BuSM

It also makes it harder for them to vote in future elections. This is known as vote fraud Tea Party style. Eric Holder'll get ya!!

Posted by: the blob at October 27, 2012 10:00 PM (Ob670)

136 536 Its always annoyed me when I go into a married couple's house and the woman has decorated and crammed every room full of her crap except one where the guy has his, piled up like a storage room. That's just wrong. I know some guys just don't care that much but he's gotta have some input on the house in every room, not just one "you get your little corner over there" place.

Posted by: Christopher Taylor at October 28, 2012 01:41 AM (r4wIV)

========

Oh, you'd hate my place then. But I had most of my crap installed when he moved in, and he had so little of his own to import, so it naturally worked out that way.

Poor guy doesn't even have a full room of his own, just a goodly section of the exposed "dining area" twixt kitchen and living room, where now his Mighty Wurlitzer of a computer desk setup is. And we had to get rid of the dining table and chairs to liberate even that amount of space.

But her swears up and down and sideways that with that, and with free reign of the kitchen to organize as he pleases, he's happier than he's ever been in a place. And I can't seem to quit being acquisitive myself, so I'll selfishly take him at his word.

Posted by: sistrum at October 27, 2012 10:04 PM (SUlmX)

137 Crap. Wrong Thread. Comes of having two tabs open, trying to follow both newer thread and the diehards stickin' with the Overnight...

Posted by: sistrum at October 27, 2012 10:08 PM (SUlmX)

138

132 you still around?

they are saying 3 ft impact at 1028

maui is going to get it if it comes so stay safe and follow the directions of MPD

Posted by: navycopjoe has an iphone5 and you don't at October 27, 2012 10:51 PM (lQhVq)

139 Keep track of Sandy via http://www.hwn.org/ when they are running active. For the morons with HF SSB receivers 14.325Mhz USB.

Posted by: Country Singer at October 27, 2012 10:59 PM (meVGV)

140 http://tinyurl.com/8ueog7a People are saying the tsunami sirens are going off in Hawaii, stay safe.

Posted by: What do you do all day if you don't watch tv, anne? at October 27, 2012 11:05 PM (oZfic)

141 Obama will be suspending the election until he can get the polling... er, flooding under control.

Posted by: Rusty Nail at October 27, 2012 11:20 PM (WWuYG)

142 Live feed from Hawaii http://tinyurl.com/clssm83

Posted by: What do you do all day if you don't watch tv, anne? at October 27, 2012 11:39 PM (oZfic)

143 http://tinyurl.com/935mrsf

There will be a hurricane in the White House Soon. And all TFG's shit, including his fat-ass ugly wife, will be blown into the street.

Posted by: sTevo at October 27, 2012 11:46 PM (VMcEw)

144 15 minutes. Hope it turns out to be nothing, NCJ.

Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 12:14 AM (hO9ad)

145 Some mayor in Jersey said that they're going to be going around trying to evacuate people and are going to force people who don't want to leave their own houses to sign a waiver saying that they were warned and chose not to evacuate. WTFFF? Must sign a waiver to stay in your own house? This is such total bullshit. The state is not required to save anyone from their own decisions and doesn't need any friggin "waiver" to absolve themselves of liability. This stuff really ticks me off to no end.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 28, 2012 12:19 AM (X3lox)

146 hawaiinewsnow reporting boats in the sand in helo (sp?) bay due to water receding.

Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 12:55 AM (hO9ad)

147 Eh. Live feed from Hawaii, the reporter says there is no real drop - not like the it was a year and a half ago when there was a Japanese tsunami. He says it is low tide and the waves are maybe a foot high. Nevertheless, they won't announce an all clear for 6-7 hours.

Posted by: Redd at October 28, 2012 01:10 AM (Lom3Z)

148 Fox is reporting first waves hitting HI now.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 01:11 AM (YdQQY)

149 Fox News has a live feed on TV now.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 01:12 AM (YdQQY)

150 Waves are not as big as expected.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 01:13 AM (YdQQY)

151 Fox is reporting first waves hitting HI now. Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 05:11 AM (YdQQY) The tsunami center said they're on the third wave, already. Local reporters are trying to keep up their spirits, claiming that only 1.5 foot waves were "exactly as predicted" - LOL and trying to make a big deal of the latest .9 foot readings. Pathetic.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 28, 2012 01:17 AM (X3lox)

152 Up to 4th wave, 2 1/2 feet.

Posted by: otho at October 28, 2012 01:18 AM (yBF/9)

153 They said waves range from .9 ft to 1.9 ft. IOW, big nothingburger.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 01:19 AM (YdQQY)

154 Pathetic.

Pathetic is good, all things considered.

Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 01:19 AM (hO9ad)

155 Seismologist said the earthquake was horizontal, which doesn't raise the sea floor and is not a big tsunami producer. I did like that pretend "earthquake energy" graphic CNN had up that showed every bit of the energy from the earthquake pointed directly at Hawaii. That was kind of cute. I'd love to see the model that produced that graphic.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 28, 2012 01:20 AM (X3lox)

156 Pathetic is good, all things considered. Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 05:19 AM (hO9ad) I hear you but I was referring to the behavior of the "reporters". Did you read that quote I posted in the other thread from the tsunami center guy? "Having inconvenienced everyone in the middle of the night with the evacuation, I was hoping the first wave might have been a little bigger." He said that around 40 minutes ago.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 28, 2012 01:22 AM (X3lox)

157 Arrrggg, Fox switched to Geraldo.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 01:31 AM (YdQQY)

158 "Having inconvenienced everyone in the middle of the night with the evacuation, I was hoping the first wave might have been a little bigger."

No, but I heard the news dude trying to cover for him (the tsunami center scientist guy), which was kind of lame.

Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 01:33 AM (hO9ad)

159 I backed up 4 hours in the comments and don't see it. What is causing the alarms in Hawaii?

Earth quack?

Posted by: fluffy at October 28, 2012 01:34 AM (z9HTb)

160 "Having inconvenienced everyone in the middle of the night with the
evacuation, I was hoping the first wave might have been a little
bigger."

Don't pull that shit here, Mister.

Posted by: Italy at October 28, 2012 01:36 AM (z9HTb)

161 Posted by: fluffy at October 28, 2012 05:34 AM (z9HTb) 7.7 earthquake off of British Columbia. They have a neat graphic showing every bit of the earthquake's energy concentrated at Hawaii, like a gamma ray blast about to vaporize the islands. Seismologist later says the earthquake was a horizontal slider, not raising the ocean floor and not being such a tsunami threat, though he was still backing the tsunami folks ... just in case he ever travels to Italy, I guess.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 28, 2012 01:37 AM (X3lox)

162 @159-- Tsunami warning after the 7.7 earthquake in the British Columbia area.

Posted by: VAgirl at October 28, 2012 01:37 AM (U9x6W)

163 fluffy, you beat me to the Italy stuff

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 28, 2012 01:38 AM (X3lox)

164 7.7 earthquake off of British Columbia. They have a neat graphic showing every bit of the earthquake's energy concentrated at Hawaii, like a gamma ray blast about to vaporize the islands.

Thanks.

Posted by: fluffy at October 28, 2012 01:41 AM (z9HTb)

165 beat me to the Italy stuff

The science-a, she is a-tricky!

Posted by: Bugs Bunny as Christopher Columbus at October 28, 2012 01:42 AM (z9HTb)

166 The news guy-There are things happening out there, we just can't see it (not enough cameras in the right locations/a handful of technical difficulties)

Posted by: Methos at October 28, 2012 02:08 AM (hO9ad)

167 I'm running the MCM today...fml

Posted by: Mr Pink at October 28, 2012 02:11 AM (mbsVr)

168 Asshole liberals on Fox & Friends making a big deal about some CA college student who was arrested and found to have an evil assault rifle and an even more evil sniper rifle in his trunk!

Oh the humanity!

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 02:12 AM (YdQQY)

169 Good Mornin rons. Little trop storm blowing outside here on the coast in NC. Good day to stay inside and flip back and forth between My Chi Bears and NASCAR.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 28, 2012 02:30 AM (kc2b9)

170 Asshole liberals on Fox Friends ... Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 06:12 AM (YdQQY) Holy shit, I felt like reaching through the TV and stranglihng that Benjamin dude. What an idiot (not that that is any surprise). These people just make my blood boil. I share nothing with them and have no desire to have to share a country a with them. They are the scum of the Earth and should be sentenced to live with the consequences of their idiocy - but the rest of us certainly have never done anything to deserve to have to be around when they get their just desserts. The fuckers. They are anathema to civilization.

Posted by: ThePrimordialOrderedPair at October 28, 2012 02:30 AM (X3lox)

171 Yeah the weekday show is liberal slanted but the weekend is even worse. They are the equal of any MSNBC show.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 02:33 AM (YdQQY)

172 BTW, in most cases the military uses the Remington Model 700 bolt action rifle for sniper use. In some extreme cases they use a .50 bmg. The Model 700 is a very popular hunting rifle in a variety of calibers.

I suspect that is what was in the kid's trunk. Perfectly legal.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 02:38 AM (YdQQY)

173 National emergency. National Guard on the streets. Election postponed.

Posted by: BANK ON IT at October 28, 2012 02:43 AM (lkUU9)

174 ND 30
OU 13

I hear the lamentation of their women, and of Mark May and Lee Corso

Posted by: LRBnSC at October 28, 2012 02:51 AM (Qp3K5)

175 Posted by: LRBnSC at October 28, 2012 06:51 AM (Qp3K5) Did ND break down and finally start accepting and payin illiterate football players?

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 28, 2012 02:53 AM (kc2b9)

176 175. No, just overlook some of their not quite legal indiscretions. They're smart miscreants unlike those from other schools.

Posted by: LRBnSC at October 28, 2012 02:56 AM (Qp3K5)

177 Posted by: LRBnSC at October 28, 2012 06:56 AM (Qp3K5) I'll accept that rational.

Posted by: Oldsailors Poet, Wonders what Dagny thinks at October 28, 2012 02:57 AM (kc2b9)

178 Ace quoted in Derek Hunters piece over at Townhall

Posted by: LRBnSC at October 28, 2012 03:03 AM (Qp3K5)

179 I wish they would send Geraldo to the center of Long Beach Island, NJ to report on the storm. Because that island is gonna be under about six feet of water.

Posted by: Colonel Sitting on the virtual machine at October 28, 2012 03:06 AM (feFL6)

180 My best advice is linked in my nic(name)... scroll up & down for more.

Posted by: backhoe at October 28, 2012 03:08 AM (ULH4o)

181 And we got rain here in Delaware already.

Posted by: Blue Hen at October 28, 2012 03:09 AM (UW6NX)

182 Cool. I've never seen this before, usually storms approach Pa from Ohio -- from the west. I actually see an area of rain backing away and heading west.

Posted by: Colonel Sitting on the virtual machine at October 28, 2012 03:15 AM (feFL6)

183 damn - look like Sandy is going to make landfall right near my hometown of Brick, NJ. My brother still lives in Toms River, NJ and bunch of family live in coastal Ocean County. They have never seen anything like this before.

Posted by: tofer732 at October 28, 2012 03:15 AM (m5Iwq)

184 My best advice is linked in my nic(name)... scroll up & down for more.

Any tips on how to submerge a school bus?

Posted by: Ray Nagin at October 28, 2012 03:16 AM (z9HTb)

185 Does Grandpa turn liberal, I mean zombie in the Walking dead tonight?

Posted by: Akak at October 28, 2012 03:20 AM (eFroM)

186 WU map now (as of 5am ET Sun 28 Oct) similar locations, but 12 hours later (the 2pm Tue, Wed & Thur re now 2AM Wed, Thur & Fri).

Posted by: Baldy at October 28, 2012 03:28 AM (opS9C)

187

Long Beach Island, NJ is between the Barnegat Bay on the west and the Atlantic on the east. I remember hearing stories of a N'oreaster in the 1950's or 1960's that caused the two to meet over the island. I guess we will see a repeat or worse of this tomorrow.

Posted by: tofer732 at October 28, 2012 03:32 AM (m5Iwq)

188 I remember hearing stories of a N'oreaster in the 1950's or 1960's March 1962. A northeaster -- not even a hurricane -- cut right through the island in a couple of spots. Some good pics here... http://www.lbiviews.com/about/history/march-1962-storm.html

Posted by: Colonel Sitting on the virtual machine at October 28, 2012 03:37 AM (feFL6)

189 I remember hearing stories of a N'oreaster in the 1950's or 1960's that caused the two to meet over the island. It'll all depend on where the eye comes ashore, anything north of that is in for a world of hurt. When Ivan hit here Pensacola was to the East and got hammered by onshore winds and waves while Mobile was to the West and the off shore winds forced all the water out of the North end of Mobile Bay. The I10 Bayway was suddenly a viaduct, not a bridge.

Posted by: Panhandler at October 28, 2012 03:38 AM (rZ5RE)

190 92 I feel that because I live in NE Ohio, I don't need to worry about this. T/F? Posted by: JeepGirl at October 28, 2012 12:00 AM (YnuKq)

___________

FALSE? I live in W PA and will be moving few projectiles (pumpkins, Romney sign) inside http://tinyurl.com/4jqzu

Posted by: Baldy at October 28, 2012 03:38 AM (opS9C)

191

I feel that because I live in NE Ohio, I don't need to worry about this. T/F?

False, look at the projected track = winds will be down but rain will be the problem. Everybody remembers what Camille did to the Mississippe coast in '69 but that lady killed more people in West Virginia due to heavy flooding than died on the coast.

Posted by: Panhandler at October 28, 2012 03:46 AM (rZ5RE)

192

@183 Yeah, the center of Sandy looks to make landfall (according to WU this morning) right near Stafford Township, or about midway between Forked River and Little Egg Harbor. So Toms River and Brick and places like Freehold and Jackson are lined up to be just north of the storm's center ... i.e., where the strongest winds are going to be.

My little burg here in central NJ got clobbered by Irene last summer, power out and drinking water contaminated for several days after the storm hit, downtown flooded out, businesses gone, etc etc. We're also in the crosshairs this time around. Spent some time yesterday sandbagging the downtown area to try to prevent a repeat.

Not much rain here yet, but winds are already picking up this morning.

Posted by: crisis du jour at October 28, 2012 03:46 AM (J1eJz)

193 It's almost 8 am, Sunday, in Raleigh,NC. The winds have been fairly constant, but no rain to speak of here.

Posted by: DefendUSA at October 28, 2012 03:48 AM (nAHMK)

194 Bring it on !!! RT @ChrisBarber13F: Pentagon source: outraged Senior military officers are considering coming forward on #Benghazi. #tcot

Posted by: Evilpens at October 28, 2012 03:53 AM (ck76k)

195 Yeah, its about 8 am and time for the morning thread. But on weekends that's Andy and Andy lives in NJ. He may be a little busy this morning.

Posted by: Vic at October 28, 2012 03:54 AM (YdQQY)

196 Reformat and try again!

Posted by: Colonel Panic at October 28, 2012 03:54 AM (HNn1q)

197 Dragon has been unberthed from the ISS and they are preparing to release it. It's on NASA TV. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/index.html

Posted by: rickl at October 28, 2012 03:57 AM (sdi6R)

198 DennisMillerLive What kind of deviant, miscreant, morally bankrupt cretin tells my teenage daughter that voting for him is the same as losing your virginity?

Posted by: Evilpens at October 28, 2012 03:58 AM (ck76k)

199 Howard Fineman @howardfineman It's not scientific or quantifiable by Nate Silver but Des Moines Register endorsement of Mitt first time it's' clear O may lose the race. What a FUCKTARD!!! hahahaha

Posted by: Evilpens at October 28, 2012 04:00 AM (ck76k)

200 http://tinyurl.com/9k4kofh The Two Polls That Have Chicago Terrified

Posted by: Evilpens at October 28, 2012 04:02 AM (ck76k)

201

The dems are busy making plans to create voting havoc due to the storm. There will be chaos, and the dems will use it to cheat every way they can. Watch for them to start laying the ground work for this on today's talk shows. I look for them to try to extend voting for the whole month of November, or until they can generate the votes needed to keep their Indonesian jesus in our White House. I hate these s.o.b.s with the intensity of 1000 burning SMODs! I hope the right is preparing for this.

Posted by: Havedash at October 28, 2012 04:02 AM (ToMJU)

202 >>>185 Does Grandpa turn liberal, I mean zombie in the Walking dead tonight? Posted by: Akak No. Quick amputation stops the virus from spreading and killing you. How they learned that, I do not know. I think they finally meet up with the governor.

Posted by: Redd at October 28, 2012 04:06 AM (Lom3Z)

203 So as the oncoming storm floods out I-95 from Trenton all the way from Trenton to Wilmington DE, it's comforting to know that Joe Biden has kept Amtrak's Corridor rails alive all these decades as a key part of our national defense infrastructure. Supplies, troops and refugees can move freely on this alternative route, except where Delaware River flooding swamps the riverside track from Trenton NJ to Bristol PA, and where Schuylkill River flooding closes the segment from North Philly to Wilmington DE.

I'm safe on high ground at 44th Street, so everyone on the Drexel and Penn campuses will drown before me. I'm guessing Philly's subways will flood out before noon on Monday.

Posted by: little miss spellcheck at October 28, 2012 04:10 AM (a5ljo)

204 Every time I hear Hurricane Sandy, I get this picture of Olivia Newton John in skin-tight pants and a black leather jacket, as John Travolta leers and drools and is generally stupefied by her bad-girl power.

He's a much better actor than people give him credit for.

Posted by: little miss spellcheck at October 28, 2012 04:20 AM (a5ljo)

205 "1) If you're anywhere north of the North Carolina border east of the Appalachians, you need to be ready for one of the bigger rain events you've seen."

Change that to east of I-95. Here in Raleigh the rain hasn't even gotten close.

Oh, BTW, not to be a "Hurricane Truther", but the nearest buoy to Sandy has sustained winds of 40knots, with gusts in the 50's. It'll be interesting to see what the real wind fields are as it gets closer to land. Is this another Irene, which was not a hurricane when it hit the Outer Banks and New Jersey?

Posted by: William Teach at October 28, 2012 05:01 AM (vRNdo)

206 Good morning. I'm in Wilmington, North Carolina. There was a lot of rain yesterday, pretty steady but not what I would call "heavy." Today there's no rain at all. Just FYI.

Posted by: BeckoningChasm at October 28, 2012 07:11 AM (Y0jT/)

207 Bloomberg just held a presser. Subway being closed down at 7pm Buses shutting down at 9pm. Schools closed tomorrow. LIRR closing down too. Zone A NYC being evacuated.

Posted by: What do you do all day if you don't watch tv, anne? at October 28, 2012 08:04 AM (oZfic)

208 What economic asset will the Jugeared Fuck sacrifice to the weather Gods to expiate the Glowbull Warming?

Posted by: torabora at October 28, 2012 02:16 PM (nHSCT)

209 Justice Roberts will lead the libtards to the ruling that heavy rain caused the wrong vote in Pennsylvania and it is the intent of the voters there to vote for B+rry. Hence B+rry wins.

Posted by: torabora at October 28, 2012 02:22 PM (nHSCT)

210 Welcome to the world of the Gulf Coast states dearies. When y'all get to the 30'+ inches of rain we had here in southeast Texas with Allison give us a call. Hide from wind, run from from the water. Just sayin'. Y'all take care now, ya hear?

Posted by: halodoc at October 28, 2012 04:45 PM (Fzbp3)

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