Shelters opened and tens of thousands of people were ordered to evacuate coastal areas Sunday as big cities and small towns across the Northeast buttoned up against the onslaught of Hurricane Sandy, which threatened some 50 million people along the most heavily populated corridor in the nation. "The time for preparing and talking is about over," Federal Emergency Management Administrator Craig Fugate warned as a monster Hurricane Sandy headed up the Eastern Seaboard on a collision course with two other weather systems. "People need to be acting now." New York City announced its subways, buses and trains would stop running Sunday night, and its 1.1 million-student school system would be closed on Monday. Mayor Michael Bloomberg also ordered the evacuation of part of lower Manhattan and other low-lying neighborhoods. "If you don't evacuate, you are not only endangering your life, you are also endangering the lives of the first responders who are going in to rescue you," he said. "This is a serious and dangerous storm." Tens of thousands of people along the coast in Delaware, New Jersey, Connecticut and other threatened areas were also under orders to clear out because of the danger of as much as a foot of rain, punishing winds of 80 mph and a potentially deadly tidal surge of 4 to 8 feet. http://www.weather.com/news/weather-hurricanes/hurricane-sandy-winter-storm-20121025
I have a week-long business trip to New Jersey starting the 5th of November... I feel a little guilty for hoping it gets cancelled because the vendor is underwater.
New Jersey will be fine. Chris Christie has personally promised to eat the storm if it threatens to come ashore there.
HURRICANE SANDY @SANDYHURRlCANE Why are hurricanes named after women? Because we arrive wet and wild and then leave with your house and car.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 241 PM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012 .. AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM TO IMPACT THE AREA SANDY IS EXPECTED TO SLAM INTO THE NEW JERSEY COAST LATER MONDAY NIGHT, BRINGING VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DAMAGING WINDS TO THE REGION. THE STORM IS A LARGE ONE, THEREFORE DO NOT FOCUS ON THE EXACT CENTER OF THE STORM AS ALL AREAS WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS. THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE AN HISTORIC STORM, WITH WIDESPREAD WIND DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES, INLAND AND COASTAL FLOODING, AND MASSIVE BEACH EROSION. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN AND PROLONGED WIND WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR LONG LASTING POWER OUTAGES AND SERIOUS FLOODING. PREPARATIONS SHOULD BE WRAPPING UP AS CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO WORSEN TONIGHT AND ESPECIALLY ON MONDAY. SOME IMPORTANT NOTES… 1. IF YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO EVACUATE A COASTAL LOCATION BY STATE AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, PLEASE DO SO. 2. IF YOU ARE RELUCTANT TO EVACUATE, AND YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO RODE OUT THE ’62 STORM ON THE BARRIER ISLANDS, ASK THEM IF THEY COULD DO IT AGAIN. 3. IF YOU ARE RELUCTANT, THINK ABOUT YOUR LOVED ONES, THINK ABOUT THE EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WHO WILL BE UNABLE TO REACH YOU WHEN YOU MAKE THE PANICKED PHONE CALL TO BE RESCUED, THINK ABOUT THE RESCUE/RECOVERY TEAMS WHO WILL RESCUE YOU IF YOU ARE INJURED OR RECOVER YOUR REMAINS IF YOU DO NOT SURVIVE. 4. SANDY IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM. THERE WILL BE MAJOR PROPERTY DAMAGE, INJURIES ARE PROBABLY UNAVOIDABLE, BUT THE GOAL IS ZERO FATALITIES. 5. IF YOU THINK THE STORM IS OVER-HYPED AND EXAGGERATED, PLEASE ERR ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION. WE WISH EVERYONE IN HARMS WAY ALL THE BEST. STAY SAFE! http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/20...rvice-statement-sandy-a-very-dangerous-storm/
Was it even Cat 3? It has to be at least that to be considered a major hurricane. Any storm that is not at least a Cat 4, I will not run away from. With that said hopefully all of you are safe.
Tomb of the Unknown Solider during the beginnings of Hurricane Sandy. http://instagram.com/p/RXyOHBRFHI/
It is starting to get ugly on the east coast. Wind gusts at 70 MPH, flooding all over including Atlantic City, pictures of beach houses half under water . . . worst yet to come.
This is when Romney encourages people to use their second or third home as a shelter during this storm.
I just looked at pictures on nbc.com and it already looks pretty horrible. I thought the worst of it wasn't coming until early evening their time -- hope that's not accurate.
actually, the Army guards the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The unit is called "The Old Guard"--part of the 3rd Infantry Division.
Hurricane Ike was stronger than this storm, and it was really no big deal. I am like 50 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico.
