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Hurricane Sandy (1 Viewer)
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Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
Is the worst over now that Sandy is downgraded?
gump
Footballguy
Doh....imagine what that guy was feeling.
3C's
Footballguy
not really. weatherboy: At 7pm, the National Hurricane Center re-named Hurricane Sandy Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy. Meteorologically, this means its losing its tropical characteristics..but the impacts will be identical.They have the center at 39.1N 74.4W, about30 miles east-north-east of Cape May and about 20 miles south of Atlantic City. While most precipitation has moved on-shore, the NHC still has the center of circulation offshore and landfall has not yet officially occurred.Maximum sustained winds are a strong 85mph with gusts to 100mph. The storm is moving west north west at about 28mph.Impressive storm surges are ongoing; Kings Point NY reported 12.4' surge height; Battery Park NY reports 7.2'; Sandy Hook is reporting 7.5'. Total water levels will be even higher when high tide occurs this evening.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
...SANDY BECOMES POST-TROPICAL...
...CENTER EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...
SUMMARY OF 700 PM EDT...2300 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...39.1N 74.4W
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM ENE OF CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY
ABOUT 20 MI...35 KM S OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 28 MPH...44 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...946 MB...27.93 INCHES
AS INDICATED IN THE 5 PM DISCUSSION...SATELLITE...RADAR...AND
AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATE THAT SANDY HAS CONTINUED TO LOSE TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS. NHC IS NOW DESIGNATING SANDY AS A POST-TROPICAL
CYCLONE. IN ADDITION...THE MAXIMUM WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY
AND ARE NOW NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/H.
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGES HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED STORM
SURGE HEIGHTS OF 12.4 FEET AT KINGS POINT NEW YORK...AND 7.2 FEET
AT THE BATTERY NEW YORK...AND 7.5 FEET AT SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY.
TOTAL WATER LEVELS WILL BE EVEN HIGHER WHEN HIGH TIDE OCCURS.
A WIND GUST TO 82 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT ISLIP NEW YORK. A
SUSTAINED WIND OF 45 MPH WITH A GUST TO 67 MPH WAS RECENTLY
REPORTED AT JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEW YORK.
ANOTHER UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT THE TIME OF LANDFALL AND AT 900 PM
EDT. NHC WILL ISSUE ITS LAST ADVISORY ON SANDY AT 1100 PM EDT. THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...HPC...WILL BEGIN ISSUING
PUBLIC ADVISORIES AT 500 AM EDT TUESDAY. HPC PUBLIC ADVISORIES WILL
BE ISSUED UNDER THE SAME WMO AND AWIPS HEADERS AS THE NHC PUBLIC
ADVISORIES...AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA THE NHC WEBSITE.
...CENTER EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...
SUMMARY OF 700 PM EDT...2300 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...39.1N 74.4W
ABOUT 30 MI...50 KM ENE OF CAPE MAY NEW JERSEY
ABOUT 20 MI...35 KM S OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...WNW OR 300 DEGREES AT 28 MPH...44 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...946 MB...27.93 INCHES
AS INDICATED IN THE 5 PM DISCUSSION...SATELLITE...RADAR...AND
AIRCRAFT DATA INDICATE THAT SANDY HAS CONTINUED TO LOSE TROPICAL
CHARACTERISTICS. NHC IS NOW DESIGNATING SANDY AS A POST-TROPICAL
CYCLONE. IN ADDITION...THE MAXIMUM WINDS HAVE DECREASED SLIGHTLY
AND ARE NOW NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/H.
NATIONAL OCEAN SERVICE TIDE GAUGES HAVE RECENTLY REPORTED STORM
SURGE HEIGHTS OF 12.4 FEET AT KINGS POINT NEW YORK...AND 7.2 FEET
AT THE BATTERY NEW YORK...AND 7.5 FEET AT SANDY HOOK NEW JERSEY.
TOTAL WATER LEVELS WILL BE EVEN HIGHER WHEN HIGH TIDE OCCURS.
A WIND GUST TO 82 MPH WAS RECENTLY REPORTED AT ISLIP NEW YORK. A
SUSTAINED WIND OF 45 MPH WITH A GUST TO 67 MPH WAS RECENTLY
REPORTED AT JFK INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN NEW YORK.
ANOTHER UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED AT THE TIME OF LANDFALL AND AT 900 PM
EDT. NHC WILL ISSUE ITS LAST ADVISORY ON SANDY AT 1100 PM EDT. THE
HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL PREDICTION CENTER...HPC...WILL BEGIN ISSUING
PUBLIC ADVISORIES AT 500 AM EDT TUESDAY. HPC PUBLIC ADVISORIES WILL
BE ISSUED UNDER THE SAME WMO AND AWIPS HEADERS AS THE NHC PUBLIC
ADVISORIES...AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE VIA THE NHC WEBSITE.
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
nyc stock exchange closed Tuesday (I assume electronic is working as normal like today)
Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
Somebody is playing with the switch.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Lights just flickered a couple times here in Midtown West.
Looking at a 5 story building on 8th Ave around 14th (Chelsea) that lost a wall. Pretty wild - lights on, couches, beds etc.
Raider Nation
Devil's Advocate
Is he in DC or Bristol?
belljr
Footballguy
Its coming from inside the house
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
Wind does sound just like a freakin freight train, only thing close to it.
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
30 Foot Surge forecasted - North of Boston
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201218_surge.html
scroll down to bottom
data error???
http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201218_surge.html
scroll down to bottom
data error???
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Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
He lives in a DC suburb IIRC
identikit
Footballguy
LOL
sporthenry
Footballguy
I think the biggest thing will be the reversal of the wind direction along with the softening of the ground. It is prime for some trees to fall down. Lot of reports of downed wires, power losses, and blown transformers as things progress.
squidrope
Footballguy
Woohoooo I'll have beachfront!
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Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
I don't think that's correct. The wind has calmed down a lot and I already received notification that I have to go to work tomorrow.
Jojo the circus boy
Footballguy
yeah that would wipe out half the state 
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
14th Street on the East side is under water.
Water Street is finally living up to it's name.
Water Street is finally living up to it's name.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
waves breaking on battery park
Billy Bats
Footballguy
Wind is going to get worse as the eye approaches. Friends in southern NJ all starting to lose power with ridiculous winds happening, I assume we'll be getting that in the city soon enough.
zamboni
Footballguy
Lost power at 5:30PM. Generator running for now.Only saving grace for now is little rain so not as concerned about flooding as I had from Irene.Gonna be a long night though checking on the house/sump pumps.Big issue tomorrow is whether roads are going to be passable to re-fill gas tanks.For those affected, stay safe!'Uruk-Hai said:
sporthenry
Footballguy
Yeah, the Bucks County scanner is lighting up (poor choice of words) with down wires.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Holy crap
Lights just flickered a couple times here in Midtown West.
Looking at a 5 story building on 8th Ave around 14th (Chelsea) that lost a wall. Pretty wild - lights on, couches, beds etc.
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
350,000 customers are out of power in MA but I'm lucky not to be one of them. Outage Map
ETA: latest report is 360K and climbing.
ETA: latest report is 360K and climbing.
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Billy Bats
Footballguy
All major arteries and bridges around the city of philadelphia have been shut down except for emergency vehicles.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
Water is 3 feet deep around West 30th Street
3C's
Footballguy
Yep. When the wind switches to the SW more trees will come down. Just hoping to make it another 12 hours then I think we'll be in the clear down here. Dropping the temp on the thermostat.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
They were saying all day that the wind and the storm surge was going to be the real problem in the coastal areas and the moisture more of an issue in the high ground areas. Seems to me that so far anyway, this storm doesn't have the rain Irene did. But the wind is almost as bad now as it was at the height of Irene. It's only going to get worse.Lights flickering, it's only a matter of time now.
Arizona Ron
Footballguy
Just had a hardcore power out/on. Full reset. Don't like this...at all.
shamwow!
Footballguy
El Floppo
Footballguy
Last I heard was that Con Ed might be shutting down power to lower Manhattan (I was robo-called by Con Ed)... has that changed to definitely? Power still on here at Houston and Ave A. And it's been blowing really hard- I finally figured out that the wind sounds like a snow-plow scraping the street.
HUGE gust as I'm writing this.THank god one of the end results of the fire in our building two years ago was all new windows.
Sheriff Bart
Footballguy
Looks shopped
Rohn Jambo
Footballguy
I am beginning to appreciate what Noah had to deal with.My dog will not go to the bathroom indoors. Which is a good thing, but sometimes I wish she would so I could stop listen to her whining about wanting to go out and then darting right back in.The worst part so far for me has been trying to get my dog to take a dump in the rain. I dragged her out and she keeps darting back inside and then she sits in front of the door crying to go outside again.
Cleaned up one accident already from my scared little rat.
lakerstan
Footballguy
For some reason, the loss of power in some place named Edison made me chuckle. My apologies..
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
Did you miss the money shot?
Billy Bats
Footballguy
Same here, hasn't rained in almost 2 hours but the wind has been steady and picking up in intensity. Seeing blue flashes as well around here with lights flickering, we're getting the candles ready.
BobbyLayne
Footballguy
They just had a Con Ed spokesman on they're shutting down portions of the grid - around Bowling Green subway station, around Fulton Street Station, and along Avenue C where the water is fairly deep.We have flooding on West 42nd (foot or two deep) and supposedly it's 3 feet deep further down below the Garment District.Last I heard was that Con Ed might be shutting down power to lower Manhattan (I was robo-called by Con Ed)... has that changed to definitely? Power still on here at Houston and Ave A. And it's been blowing really hard- I finally figured out that the wind sounds like a snow-plow scraping the street.
Doctor Detroit
Please remove your headgear
El Floppo
Footballguy
IIRC, the thing about Irene was that the entire area had gotten non-stop rain for the entire month previous to the ##### hitting, so everything was saturated creating all the flooding. From what I understand, because we haven't had that rain now, the flooding is from the storm surge more than the rain.and something something something 689mb.
Smack Tripper
Footballguy
GC?
