OT: If on the East Coast, GTFO (Class III Kill Storm Open Thread)
As Snowicane Sandy approaches the East Coast, this is your friendly MGoPSA:
PLEASE check out the latest warnings and forecasts. New York City public transit is shutting down at 7:00 P.M., and I understand portions of Manhattan and Staten Island are being evacuated.
As a reference, this is a shot of lower Manhattan showing the storm surge from Hurricane Donna in 1960. The storm surge for the upcoming storm is reportedly going to be higher (H/T @mattmfm):
October 28th, 2012 at 3:36 PM ^
Not only did you beat me to it, but you used the exact same video. Touche.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:09 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 3:26 PM ^
I'm an Emergency Services Director. People have been deployed to the East Coast in preparation of opening shelters. We also have many people on standby in case feeding and other services are needed. Hopefully no one needs us, but if you do, we are ready.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:27 PM ^
You're gonna be a busy beaver this week. Good luck!
If there's anything people should know, we're all ears.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:33 PM ^
Between the Storm and the football, this weekend has been crap. At the Red Cross we stress being prepared. Try to compile a kit, have a plan, and stay informed. If it is too late for that, or not possible, LISTEN TO YOUR EMERGENCY RADIO STATIONS AND FOLLOW THEIR SUGGESTIONS!
Those stations will keep everyone updated on what is going on, what dangers are out there, and where shelters and food are located should anyone need it. I have posted a link with relevent preparedness info concerning different types of disasters. Stay safe out there people!
October 28th, 2012 at 10:58 PM ^
Well, here's the link. The map is too tiny to read even full size:
http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/downloads/pdf/hurricane_map_english.pdf
It pertains to surge dangers only. Not related to where high winds might turn trees and scaffolding into projectiles. I'm not in an evacuation zone, but when there are high winds, they find my street. And all that renovation hardware covering the building directly across the street from my windows suggests I shouldn't spend much time on my couch or computer for the next couple days.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:28 PM ^
So this thing's a big deal or somethin?
October 28th, 2012 at 3:30 PM ^
I live in NoVa, our house has flooded in the past, expecting more of the same this week.
Could be worse, though.
I could be a Tigers fan.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:33 PM ^
Being a Tigers' fan is worse than being stuck in a storm that is going to kill people? Uh, right.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:20 PM ^
/youaresobellomiedfromlastnight
October 28th, 2012 at 4:56 PM ^
You people go empty all the store shelves of food, water, and beer.
October 28th, 2012 at 7:08 PM ^
What do you mean, YOU PEOPLE?
October 29th, 2012 at 7:54 AM ^
You heard him! Sundries too.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:35 PM ^
Being a Tigers fan has been known to kill people. Certain recent years come to mind.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:55 PM ^
I live in NoVa, and I'm a Wolverines and Tigers fan. So far, worst week in a while and only going to get worse.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:47 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 5:44 PM ^
It's very true, there were 20 people waiting for gas Friday night by my work and the grocery store was out of water. I bought some canned goods and some flashlight batteries, that's it, but then again I am in an apartment so I don't have any property to worry about.
October 29th, 2012 at 8:51 AM ^
That's because all the real men left the coast and headed west to settle 200 years ago. At least that's what people in places like Kentucky and Texas would have you believe.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:38 PM ^
Well it can't be worse than watching Bellomy play.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:06 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 4:08 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 4:12 PM ^
Ugh, I was hoping for a lighthearted thread about a natural disaster that could affect millions, not a weighty discussion of such important matters. : )
October 28th, 2012 at 4:17 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 3:41 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 3:44 PM ^
and will be a tropical storm by the time it lands. I don't see the big deal.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:34 PM ^
It's not about the strength in this particular situation, it's about the duration of impact combined with absolute number of residents affected.
October 28th, 2012 at 7:31 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 8:21 PM ^
You obviously haven't been to NY and seen just how close the city is to the waterline. I mean, a bad rain storm causes problems. A slow-moving tropical storm that can drop 7+ inches of rain in a day will absolutely flood portions of lower Manhattan, and then the storm surge just adds to it. Honestly, in some respects a faster-moving hurricane would be better because it would at least move out quickly. With this storm, it seems set to dumb a bunch of rain on the eastern seaboard while also being quite windy.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:47 PM ^
It's projected to hit NEW YORK CITY man....NEW YORK. You know...where 90% of our news media lives so therefore THIS MIGHT BE THE BIGGEST STORM EVER IN THE HISTORY OF STORMS AND IS THE BIGGEST OF BIG DEALS AND YOU NEED TO BE AFRAID....VERY AFRAID.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:50 PM ^
Also, it is genuinely a HUGE storm, and is going to hit the highest concentration of humans in our country, with many of those humans living right around sea level.
October 29th, 2012 at 8:57 AM ^
The actual event will be NOTHING compared to the inevitable movie depiction. It will star George Clooney....and maybe Mark Wahlberg. Well probably not Mark Wahlberg, but somebody just as cool as Mark Wahlberg, but definately Clooney and it will be EPIC!!!!
October 28th, 2012 at 3:53 PM ^
With all respect to BiSB and the seriousness of the storm ...
YANKEES! RED SOX! YANKEES! RED SOX!
You *are* required to care about them. They matter more than teams in flyover country.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:58 PM ^
"How will the storm affect ARod's trade value?
October 28th, 2012 at 4:31 PM ^
All snarking aside, there were about three hours of conversation on TV this morning on how the storm would affect people's fantasy football teams.
So, yeah. We've got our priorities straight.
October 28th, 2012 at 9:07 PM ^
October 29th, 2012 at 10:10 AM ^
And how does ARod's trade value have an impact on the starting quarterback job for the New York Jets.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:27 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 4:44 PM ^
It's actually one coldfront merging with an extratropical cyclone termed a Nor'easter. It's significant since usually a hurricane undergoes recurvature and bends off to the east into the Atlantic Ocean, feeding off latent heat from the Gulf Stream. In this scenario, the low pressure system is going to retrograde westward over Pennsylvania before exiting east along the New England states, therefore impacting millions of additional people with significant precipitation and winds that threaten to cut power from residents for weeks.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:56 PM ^
Yeah what you said.
October 28th, 2012 at 10:31 PM ^
October 28th, 2012 at 3:56 PM ^
It's freakin' huge, so the amount of people and area affected severely is going to be high.
Because it's so large, the storm surge is bigger.
It's path takes it west then north then back east. There are some areas that will suffer from gale force winds for days. Hurricanes usually blow through quickly.
October 28th, 2012 at 3:57 PM ^
In Manhattan. I just got two gallons of drinking water and a fifth of Jack. Should be good to go just in case.
October 28th, 2012 at 4:03 PM ^
Two whole gallons of water? Talk about over-prepared!
October 29th, 2012 at 9:00 AM ^
But he only has a fifth of Jack....
#alcoholism
#priorities