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):
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I can only continue to reference the fact that I live in an onion factory.
Crap
Not only did you beat me to it, but you used the exact same video. Touche.
No excuses. Play like a champion.
The Simpsons trump Family Guy
The Simpsons trump Family Guy everytime and presently.
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I work for the American Red Cross...
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.
Florida Wolverines have dreadlocks...
Wow
You're gonna be a busy beaver this week. Good luck!
If there's anything people should know, we're all ears.
Bad Weekend....
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!
http://www.redcross.org/prepare/disaster
Florida Wolverines have dreadlocks...
Here's the OEM map of NYC Hurricane Evacuation Zones
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.
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Huh...
So this thing's a big deal or somethin?
I can only continue to reference the fact that I live in an onion factory.
could be worse...
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.
What?
Being a Tigers' fan is worse than being stuck in a storm that is going to kill people? Uh, right.
geesh
Its a joke you troll. We do that when facing stress.
/youaresobellomiedfromlastnight
No you don't.
You people go empty all the store shelves of food, water, and beer.
May you have a strong foundation
When the winds of changes shift
What do you mean, YOU PEOPLE?
What do you mean, YOU PEOPLE?
You heard him! Sundries too.
You heard him! Sundries too.
Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. - Ephesians 6:11
Being a Tigers fan has been
Being a Tigers fan has been known to kill people. Certain recent years come to mind.
I live in NoVa, and I'm a
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.
I'm in DC
people freak out around here for no reason. Other than some rain it shouldn't be bad around here. East coast people freak out way to much.
It's very true, there were 20
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.
That's because all the real
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.
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
Ollie?
No excuses. Play like a champion.
Well it can't be worse than
Well it can't be worse than watching Bellomy play.
lame
Do you expect miracles the first time he hits the field in front of 85k hostile fans?
Coach Hoke once told me that a moral victory is still a (expletive deleted) loss.
No
But I expect competency.
I have a Fandom Endurance III merit badge
Ugh, I was hoping for a
Ugh, I was hoping for a lighthearted thread about a natural disaster that could affect millions, not a weighty discussion of such important matters. : )
I guess
Everyone else is still feeling a little butthurt too. Gonna rewatch the game in a bit and see what kind of things he did that were admirable and hope he can build on them.
Coach Hoke once told me that a moral victory is still a (expletive deleted) loss.
I just moved to NoVa from
I just moved to NoVa from Houston this year. I thought I was done with this crap. Oh we'll, got candles, batteries, crackers , and alcohol. So I'll be ok....
This thing is a category 1 hurricane
and will be a tropical storm by the time it lands. I don't see the big deal.
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It's not about the strength
It's not about the strength in this particular situation, it's about the duration of impact combined with absolute number of residents affected.
Not all storms of the same
Not all storms of the same category have the same impact. All the category refers to is sustained wind speed. The major issue with Sandy will be storm surge. 6 to 11 feet in New York harbor ON TOP OF a full moon high tide. Don't think this storm will be strong, just because it won't have major hurricane wind speed? For reference, this will be the storm with the lowest eye atmospheric to EVER make landfall north of Cape Hatteras. It's not the wind that will make this storm have major impacts, it's the rain, surge, size and duration.
You obviously haven't been to
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.
It's projected to hit NEW
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.
Well...
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.
The actual event will be
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!!!!
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
people
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.
"..."
Next on SportsCenter:
"How will the storm affect ARod's trade value?
All snarking aside, there
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.
Tebow will save the city
Next on SC.
And how does ARod's trade
And how does ARod's trade value have an impact on the starting quarterback job for the New York Jets.
2011 Nebraska State Champ "We're Michigan." @tannerwooten not that funny, though.
It's two cold fronts hitting
It's two cold fronts hitting each other and in 25 years of modeling they've never seen the like. There are 14 million people in its path and the region is not used to dealing with this sort of thing, not to mention the temperature of the storm presenting all sorts of unknowns. Let's give the East Coast Bias Bugaboo a break for a few days and hope all of our friends and relatives and fellow fans and countrymen make it through safe.
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It's actually one coldfront
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.
Yeah what you said.
Yeah what you said.
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So what you're saying, it's like
The Perfect Storm...
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That's all you had to say
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"I love him, he's a great coach, he's a great mentor, he's a great friend. He's every single thing you want a college coach to be, and he does it flawlessly." -David Molk
It's a big deal
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.
In Manhattan. I just got two
In Manhattan. I just got two gallons of drinking water and a fifth of Jack. Should be good to go just in case.
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Two whole gallons of water?
Two whole gallons of water? Talk about over-prepared!
Over-Prepared?
But he only has a fifth of Jack....
#alcoholism
#priorities
"...what do you say, is it the new Bluesmobile or what?"
"Fix the cigarette lighter."
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