Hurricane Sandy (2 Viewers)

[belljr]

Seven full shop vacs emptied and not making any ground, it's coming in faster than I can suck it up.

Sorry gb

 

[B-Deep]

Walked by a building where a crane has peeled away from the building. Emergency vehicles were on the scene. News says it is 90 floors up.

Walked by various Starbucks: closed.

you are not supposed to be walking there!

 

[pittstownkiller]

Maria Molina

 

[NutterButter]

Mower Update?

The mower seems stable, however I doubt it will be starting

What am I missing? You need to cover your riding mower?

 

[Billy Bats]

Seven full shop vacs emptied and not making any ground, it's coming in faster than I can suck it up.

Sorry gb

Thanks. It's only water. Everything's off the ground. We usually get a small puddle during really bad rains, thought a shop vac would suffice, boy was I wrong! It's coming through any and every crack in the basement floor. Trying to get up as much as possible before the inevetible power outage.

 

[CYP]

Mower Update?

The mower seems stable, however I doubt it will be starting

What am I missing? You need to cover your riding mower?

No the neighbor across the street. No shed, no garage and now no more tarp

 

[B-Deep]

Mower Update?

The mower seems stable, however I doubt it will be starting

What am I missing? You need to cover your riding mower?

neighbor put tarp over mower in futile attempt to protect the mower.Tarp is a goner

 

[B-Deep]

Mower Update?

The mower seems stable, however I doubt it will be starting

What am I missing? You need to cover your riding mower?

No the neighbor across the street. No shed, no garage and now no more tarp

i'll watch out for the tarpdescription?

 

[wazoo11]

Trampoline stuck on power line

*Milford,CT

 

[Raider Nation]

Just hoping to keep power long enough to enjoy John Skelton playing football.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Looks like ocean is up on the seaside boards

 

[renesauz]

Just hoping to keep power long enough to enjoy John Skelton playing football.

 

[CYP]

Mower Update?

The mower seems stable, however I doubt it will be starting

What am I missing? You need to cover your riding mower?

No the neighbor across the street. No shed, no garage and now no more tarp

i'll watch out for the tarpdescription?

blue

 

[sporthenry]

The thing is, aside from low lying coastal areas this is little more than a game of "house arrest" for 48-72 hours. Hang out...read a book. Drink a few beers. Listen to the wind and rain knowing that 99.99999999999% chance this is little more than an inconvenience. IMO hurricanes are fun if there's no real risk of flooding.

I agree and everyone on here sounds reasonable, I just don't think in our society we should project we are overreacting at all. If everyone just listened to the people in charge, then we'd be fine. But you have the people who didn't evacuate because it is an inconvenience even though the inconvenience now is much longer. And as you say, for most it is just house arrest and I'm enjoying it with everyone else on here and listening to the scanners, at least as long as I can but there are idiots who say this is nothing and are out driving and putting others in danger. You increase chance of accidents or going into water that is deeper than you think which puts the rescuers in trouble.

 

[sporthenry]

Dump truck still missing?

 

[BuddyKnuckles]

helllllo Sheena

her and glenn "hurricane" schwartz are hosting this stream. talk about polar opposites

 

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Just hoping to keep power long enough to enjoy John Skelton playing football.

It's a thing of beauty... not sure I would be able to cope with missing that virtuoso in action.

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

Trampoline stuck on power line

*Milford,CT

fake and/or not from Sandy

 

[[icon]]

Mower Update?

The mower seems stable, however I doubt it will be starting

What am I missing? You need to cover your riding mower?

No the neighbor across the street. No shed, no garage and now no more tarp

i'll watch out for the tarpdescription?

blue

This is horrible. I was operating under the mental image of it being black all along. :gamechanger:

 

[BuddyKnuckles]

Mower Update?

The mower seems stable, however I doubt it will be starting

What am I missing? You need to cover your riding mower?

No the neighbor across the street. No shed, no garage and now no more tarp

i'll watch out for the tarpdescription?

blue

This is horrible. I was operating under the mental image of it being black all along. :gamechanger:

no no no, this is a good thing. the local news may cover it now

 

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Maria Molina

Great scott. I could have a tornado bearing down on me for a direct hit and as long as it was her telling me about it, it would be alright.

 

[zamboni]

Sheena PArveen!

Great handcuff for Steven Ridley. Or really anyone for that matter.

 

[pittstownkiller]

Trampoline stuck on power line

*Milford,CT

Hey that isn't too far from me. I'm surprised because it doesn't seem too bad outside.

 

[roadkill1292]

Vivian Brown started her shift on The Weather Channel a little while ago and I can't watch her without thinking of that simple Uruk-Hai slobbering over her big juicy booty.

 

[SlaX]

Walked by a building where a crane has peeled away from the building. Emergency vehicles were on the scene. News says it is 90 floors up.

Walked by various Starbucks: closed.

I think we can un-officially name a Starbucks index, like the south has with the Waffle House index.

 

[NutterButter]

Trampoline stuck on power line

*Milford,CT

Hey that isn't too far from me. I'm surprised because it doesn't seem too bad outside.

Word from the interwebs is that it isn't recent or fake.

 

[wazoo11]

Trampoline stuck on power line

*Milford,CT

fake and/or not from Sandy

link

ETA I guess somebody from 4chan "trolled" the news with this photoshopped photo.

 

[B-Deep]

ok

the governor just listed a #### ton of bridges that are closing

not being from NY i have no idea how significant this is

the tunnel is staying open, seems scary

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Walked by a building where a crane has peeled away from the building. Emergency vehicles were on the scene. News says it is 90 floors up.

Walked by various Starbucks: closed.

I thought the Freedom Tower was bigger.

 

[Thunderlips]

Honestly if I wasn't going to lose power for a few days, this wouldn't be so bad.

Worse to come in the next 2-5 hours, once it hits land

I've been in Afghanistan, a category 2 hurricane isn't that terrifying. It's really more of an inconvenience for me but for guys like Otis it's the end of the world.

I think the reaction to this storm is pretty ridiculous for most people, but a cat 2 is 100mph winds which is twice what i'm experiencing today. That's a lot of wind.

I don't. Have you seen pictures of LBI, Ocean City, Atlantic City or some of NY. I'd say those conditions are life threatening and to call that an overreaction "ridiculous" sounds pretty shallow as emergency workers are continuing to put their lives on the line to do rescue missions. I would think an overreaction would be what you'd want. Better to be safe than sorry.

Better to overreact a little now than spend 5 days in the Pooperdome later.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Bunch of people running on the beach in Ocean City, Md. Looks like they might have a web-footed animal with them.

 

[B-Deep]

Bunch of people running on the beach in Ocean City, Md. Looks like they might have a web-footed animal with them.

curse you Perry the platypus!!!!

 

[Jewell]

Fall River Mass

The Portuguese are natural fishermen who are used to rough seas. Fall River will be OK.

 

[Doctor Detroit]

Bunch of people running on the beach in Ocean City, Md. Looks like they might have a web-footed animal with them.

Oh, their lives looked threatened.

 

[Jojo the circus boy]

 

[B-Deep]

okthe governor just listed a #### ton of bridges that are closingnot being from NY i have no idea how significant this isthe tunnel is staying open, seems scary

It's pretty big.

if the city is concerned about flooding is the tunnel safe?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Vivian Brown started her shift on The Weather Channel a little while ago and I can't watch her without thinking of that simple Uruk-Hai slobbering over her big juicy booty.

 

[sdp1226]

okthe governor just listed a #### ton of bridges that are closingnot being from NY i have no idea how significant this isthe tunnel is staying open, seems scary

It's pretty big.

if the city is concerned about flooding is the tunnel safe?

I'm pretty sure the tunnels were shut down some time ago

 

[B-Deep]

okthe governor just listed a #### ton of bridges that are closingnot being from NY i have no idea how significant this isthe tunnel is staying open, seems scary

It's pretty big.

if the city is concerned about flooding is the tunnel safe?

I'm pretty sure the tunnels were shut down some time ago

i may have misheard or he may have mispokeeither makes more sense than going in a tunnel

 

[Abraham]

Reporting 80 degrees and clear here in central Texas. Wish me luck as in go outside...

 

[TLEF316]

Sheena PArveen!

channel?

Nbc philly right now

WOW. Smokin hot. Cristina Blackwell on Univision has some comp now.

wow. just absurdly hot

 

[Amused to Death]

Just hoping to keep power long enough to enjoy John Skelton playing football.

It's a thing of beauty... not sure I would be able to cope with missing that virtuoso in action.

Mercer CountyNJLost power at 3:30. A couple of flickers earlier but this time seems for long term. One large limb came down no damage but wind just starting to really pick upWife was first to realize no MNF!

 

[jurb26]

okthe governor just listed a #### ton of bridges that are closingnot being from NY i have no idea how significant this isthe tunnel is staying open, seems scary

It's pretty big.

if the city is concerned about flooding is the tunnel safe?

I'm pretty sure the tunnels were shut down some time ago

I know Holland was.

 

[B-Deep]

Reporter just said Lincoln and midtown tunnels will stay open.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Vivian Brown started her shift on The Weather Channel a little while ago and I can't watch her without thinking of that simple Uruk-Hai slobbering over her big juicy booty.

Her butt was just over my area on the map! And about 10 miles due west of me area, you could see pink - you know, where the snow is

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Still OK for a little humor?

Sandy Bears Down on East Coast

 

[mr roboto]

Still OK for a little humor?

Sandy Bears Down on East Coast

took me a second.

 

[Politician Spock]

Reporting 80 degrees and clear here in central Texas. Wish me luck as in go outside...

Abraham... WAIT!!!

 

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All personell in Atlantic City ordered off the road now.

The rescue operation is over.... If you're ####ed now, you're ####ed.

 

[sporthenry]

AC personnel are hunkering down perhaps for the night.

Guess its time for another scanner.