Hurricane Sandy! (Watch out, NE)

[EagleKeeper]

Trenton, windy and raining. Keep you updated on this devastating storm.
I also havbe 2 packages "Out for delivery" according to tracking. D: I hope the poor delivery guy doesn't get blown away.

UPS is suspending delivery to homes. business may not get delviered; depending on location
USPS still is operating

 

[crownjules]

It might be a Cat 2 now...

Yup. 940mb pressures on the latest flight. 90 mph sustained winds.

 

[IronWing]

Watch an Outer Banks pier break up in real time.

http://www.avalonpier.com/piercam.html

 

[BUTCH1]

Sounds like Genny's suck. They should auto-shutdown to prevent damage.

Many have an oil pressure sensor that will in fact shut off the ignition if it senses low pressure, the problem is the oil gets nasty a lot quicker than a car engine which has a filter and is water cooled, as long as the instructions are followed in the manual they work fine..

 

[EagleKeeper]

Updated specs:
Max sustained winds 90mph from 85
Barometer down to 943 from 946
18mph NNW from 20mph

 

[BUTCH1]

Watch an Outer Banks pier break up in real time.

http://www.avalonpier.com/piercam.html

Not working, just a still shot that won't refresh.

 

[IronWing]

Not working, just a still shot that won't refresh.

Keep refreshing, it's working for me.

The black line across the pier is a dropped out section, you can see a section of missing handrail there. The dark pile-looking stuff out toward the end appeared in the last ten minutes.

 

[iamwiz82]

Here is the image that it's refreshing:

 

[Iron Woode]

watching some live feeds from CNN.

WUSA 9 live feed.

 

[IronWing]

Here is the image that it's refreshing:

It refreshes when I hit F5. I'm at 10:48:07 right now.

Whoa, there are people standing on it now.

 

[Charles Kozierok]

ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE 943 MB
EYE DIAMETER 20 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS 80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT.

That's close to Cat 2 (which is about 83 knots.)

The pressure is already in the Cat 4 area.

 

[edro]

Everything is fine here in Ohio.
Will give hourly reports!

 

[sze5003]

Still hoping to leave work early. Nothing is going on here but where I live people are telling me it's getting really bad.

 

[Saint Nick]

http://i.imgur.com/9GzNe.jpg

 

[mugs]

Lost power 3 times already

 

[bignateyk]

Still hoping to leave work early. Nothing is going on here but where I live people are telling me it's getting really bad.

I'm probably gonna bail after lunch. Mostly because I don't feel like walking to my car and getting soaked later in the day.

 

[Sho'Nuff]

Photos from Ocean City

http://oceancity.patch.com/articles/photo-gallery-storm-on-monday-in-ocean-city#photo-11936521

#1 depicts some IDIOTS!

 

[purbeast0]

http://i.imgur.com/9GzNe.jpg

wow where is that?

definitely would NOT be on the road in those conditions.

 

[RaistlinZ]

Yeah, this is getting worse than expected. Still have power here in VA fortunately. I think that's going to change.

 

[RapidSnail]

Really surprising, over 10,000 homes without power here in Connecticut and it's barely doing anything yet. Winds maybe 25mph, rain VERY light. Storm track has eased my flooding worries, but I expect to lose power for an extended period later in the day.

I'm at the UConn campus in Storrs and so far nothing notable. Light wind with moderate gusts, and a little drizzling rain. Classes were canceled for the day, but as of yet, it doesn't really seem warranted. Maybe by the end of the day we'll start to see the weather pick up.

 

[Saint Nick]

wow where is that?

definitely would NOT be on the road in those conditions.

That was taken on FDR Drive heading north, right before the Willis Ave Bridge. East Harlem

Looming over NYC

 

[zzuupp]

They announced yesterday afternoon about closing today. It was nice not having to get up and call in.

 

[DrPizza]

It might be a Cat 2 now...

It's not cat anything, because it's not technically a hurricane any more. The way insurance claims are set up, the deductible is vastly different between noreaster & hurricane ($500 vs 10% of the property value (or more.)) The NHC is expected to go by the scientific definitions & be impartial. Impartially, it's not a hurricane. But, if you want to call it a cat 2 due to winds, that's probably okay; it's currently strengthening (see my post about a day ago - this was expected before landfall, with it rapidly diminishing in strength at landfall.) In terms of pressure, it's a cat 4.


In terms of Integrated Kinetic Energy, Sandy is probably the most powerful storm in history to hit the US. IKE has been considered as a replacement to the Saffir-Simpson scale as it more accurately predicts damage.

 

[DrPizza]

That was taken on FDR Drive heading north, right before the Willis Ave Bridge. East Harlem

Looming over NYC

Nice picture!

 

[sze5003]

I'm probably gonna bail after lunch. Mostly because I don't feel like walking to my car and getting soaked later in the day.

This is the disadvantage of being a software developer at a investment firm. Get all these benefits and days off but you may never use them!! Oh you might not be able to drive back home, don't worry we have beds and cots here ughh while all my friends are home watching tv or relaxing