The Weather.

[ledboots]

Supposedly my area will see the storm peak around 8 pm...I'm hoping it's a bit earlier because it is quite unsettling right now. The wind has been very steady with little let up. The gusts are really scary. I have no idea how strong they are. I only know I am not in one of the really bad locations and can't even imagine it being worse than this. So many places near the shore are flooded.

I am lucky I still have power. Both my daughters in different towns do not. Luckily there is not a lot of rain so my basement may be spared. I just need to get through the next two hours or so of this insane wind and then I think it will be fine.

I can't believe the NHC is saying Sandy should make landfall within the hour ...WTH...it's not even here yet!?!?

Most of the storm activity is west of the eye. Because of the weirdness of the cold storm hitting Sandy, the eye is almost after the major part of the storm. Lots of time more storm activity builds up after the eye, though, so don't let your husband go check on the roof when it lets up! My neighbor got blown off the roof doing that during Charley! (He was ok, broken clavicle.)

 

[KLS52]

Oh geez...thanks for the tip!

Any idea how your brother is faring?

 

[PTree15]

Sandy- ***** be crazy.

The wind and rain are fricken scary right now, and I'm not even on the coast. They have been showing flooded streets all along the coast. I went to look out my window and I could feel my wall moving with the wind. My cat has been burrowed under blankets all day. I'm expecting the power to go out any minute because the lights keep flickering.

 

[PTree15]

Hope everyone dealing with this is doing OK!!

 

[GingerFoxx]

The brunt of the storm is hitting us now, at least the worst of it that we are likely to see will be during the night. The wind and rain are pretty fierce out there right now, but my house still has power, and work has not been canceled at my office... though the governor DID declare a state of emergency and the other businesses on our street and the surrounding area downtown closed. I heard the bridges in the city closed as well, and the highways in some places too. Very glad my loved ones, two and four-legged, are safe and accounted for.

 

[KLS52]

The wind and rain are fricken scary right now, and I'm not even on the coast. They have been showing flooded streets all along the coast. I went to look out my window and I could feel my wall moving with the wind. My cat has been burrowed under blankets all day. I'm expecting the power to go out any minute because the lights keep flickering.

Glad you're hanging in there.

 

[Cerebellion]

We're getting through it okay. We haven't lost power (knock on wood), but the wind gusts have shaken our place a few times. I woke up a few times to the bed shaking under me, but we're mostly okay. This kinda reminds me of FL and AL a bit. It's a bit weird to get nostalgic during hurricanes, but that's a big part of the FL experience.
Anyway, to anyone in the path of the storm, stay strong, brothers and sisters. \m/

 

[PTree15]

Glad you're hanging in there.

Thanks, KLS. I think it's time for a glass of wine

 

[ledboots]

Oh geez...thanks for the tip!

Any idea how your brother is faring?

He still has power, his trees are blowing around a lot. He's high and dry there. He has a backup generator in case they lose power, so he can keep the refrigerator, water pump, and a few other things going. Knowing him, he will be 4 wheeling it out to "check on conditions" at first light.

 

[yakherder]

Sitting pretty here in Montreal. I'd like to thank you all in advance for softening it up a little before it gets to me.

The tomb guards are getting themselves nice and cozy for the storm. Wish I could bring them a cup of hot chocolate or something
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way...rs-stand-guard-at-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier

 

[AspireToExpire]

The wind and rain are fricken scary right now, and I'm not even on the coast. They have been showing flooded streets all along the coast. I went to look out my window and I could feel my wall moving with the wind. My cat has been burrowed under blankets all day. I'm expecting the power to go out any minute because the lights keep flickering.

High tide was scary but we made it (?) let's hope the water doesn't rise much more with these freezing rains.

Still with power here

 

[KLS52]

I just caught the tail end of CT Gov Dan Malloy saying thousands of people are stranded but I didn't get the details. I hate when that happens.

 

[ledboots]

Lower Manhattan with 13 feet of water in parts!

 

[Nightshade]

The river behind my house is rising a lot faster than they forecast. I'm hoping I don't have to evacuate or that my house floods again. I'm not obviously not getting any sleep tonight.

 

[Moll Flanders]

I hope you are all okay. It must be so scary, we don't have to put up with that type of thing over here.

 

[Cerebellion]

Incidentally, anyone in the Boston area that needs some help with cleanup, I'm available during daylight hours to help with it. Just let me know and we'll work something out. No charge other than a beer or a snack. Thought I'd put the offer out there to anyone who needs it.

 

[Nightshade]

The river is three feet away from the major flood mark. It's been climbing about half a foot an hour. I reckon I have about four hours before I get evacuated and about 10 hours before my house is underwater. If that happens, I doubt FEMA will ever let me move back into it since this would be the second time in 6 years it got flooded. I'm doing a silent freak out here. I'm scared I'm going to be homeless with three animals and a mortgage.

 

[PiSis]

The river is three feet away from the major flood mark. It's been climbing about half a foot an hour. I reckon I have about four hours before I get evacuated and about 10 hours before my house is underwater. If that happens, I doubt FEMA will ever let me move back into it since this would be the second time in 6 years it got flooded. I'm doing a silent freak out here. I'm scared I'm going to be homeless with three animals and a mortgage.

oh no.

 

[ledboots]

The river is three feet away from the major flood mark. It's been climbing about half a foot an hour. I reckon I have about four hours before I get evacuated and about 10 hours before my house is underwater. If that happens, I doubt FEMA will ever let me move back into it since this would be the second time in 6 years it got flooded. I'm doing a silent freak out here. I'm scared I'm going to be homeless with three animals and a mortgage.

Get yourselves safe, don't worry about the house right now, it is all just stuff. (((Hugs to you.)))

 

[TreeHugger]

The river is three feet away from the major flood mark. It's been climbing about half a foot an hour. I reckon I have about four hours before I get evacuated and about 10 hours before my house is underwater. If that happens, I doubt FEMA will ever let me move back into it since this would be the second time in 6 years it got flooded. I'm doing a silent freak out here. I'm scared I'm going to be homeless with three animals and a mortgage.

Oh sh*t.



I hope it's all alright xx