Hurricane Sandy

[Tyme2fish]

He'll be in Middlesex,NJ and then on to Connecticut.

[know1]

I'm sure it's going to be bad, but I think the media is promoting this storm like it's armageddon.

I watched the news for 30 minutes this morning and that's all they could talk about. But....they never once mentioned that it's only a category 1 storm. I get that the storm surge and flooding are the issues, but if a category 1 storm were going to make landfall along the gulf coast, they would not be spending this much time talking about what a disaster it was going to be.

[RoadToad]

I'm sure it's going to be bad, but I think the media is promoting this storm like it's armageddon.

I watched the news for 30 minutes this morning and that's all they could talk about. But....they never once mentioned that it's only a category 1 storm. I get that the storm surge and flooding are the issues, but if a category 1 storm were going to make landfall along the gulf coast, they would not be spending this much time talking about what a disaster it was going to be.

Hogwash. Hurricane Isaac was "only" a category 1 hurricane, and look what it did to New Orleans and the surrounding area. Some places got more water from that storm than they did from Katrina. And it got quite extensive media coverage. But this storm may well be the most catastrophic weather event to strike the east coast in any of our lifetimes. It's HUGE - twice the size of Texas. It's the most powerful storm ever to make landfall north of Cape Hatteras. Over 750,000 people are already without power because of it, and it hasn't even made landfall yet. Once it does, and merges with the cold front that recently passed us, there's no telling what kind of snowstorms and power outages there might be. The National Grid is saying those power outages could end up affecting 60 million people. That's 20% of the population.

[SLP]

Hogwash. Hurricane Isaac was "only" a category 1 hurricane, and look what it did to New Orleans and the surrounding area. Some places got more water from that storm than they did from Katrina. And it got quite extensive media coverage. But this storm may well be the most catastrophic weather event to strike the east coast in any of our lifetimes. It's HUGE - twice the size of Texas. It's the most powerful storm ever to make landfall north of Cape Hatteras. Over 750,000 people are already without power because of it, and it hasn't even made landfall yet. Once it does, and merges with the cold front that recently passed us, there's no telling what kind of snowstorms and power outages there might be. The National Grid is saying those power outages could end up affecting 60 million people. That's 20% of the population.

I agree. This is less about the category and more about the massive size, the slow speed and the moisture. This thing is 1000 miles wide! It is supposed to just sit and dump a ton of water on the coastal cities. There is likely going to be a lot of damage and some dangerous flooding.

[SLP]

Here are a few pictures of some of the damage, pretty incredible.

http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2...ndfall/100396/


Here are a few more and some videos

http://storify.com/holaphil/hurrican...-island-nj-lbi

http://www.herald-dispatch.com/multi...perstorm-Sandy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPDQePOO4I4

[SLP]

Here is a newly released news chopper video feed of some of the Jersey shore destruction. It really is unreal how wide spread the damage is.

I saw one of the head guys from the Red Cross interviewed today, and he said that the area of destruction is almost the size of Europe. It really is incredible how big this storm was.

I have family in the area of WV that is supposedly getting close to three feet of snow. They had over a foot pretty quickly, but I haven't been able to get in touch with them since, because their phone service and electric is now down.


Here is the link to the video: http://www.news12.com/articleDetail....news_type=news

[RoadToad]

My mom and dad in DE did just fine, weren't even without power more than a few hours. The fact that they're 3 doors down from the police station and a couple blocks from the hospital probably helped with that

[SLP]

My mom and dad in DE did just fine, weren't even without power more than a few hours. The fact that they're 3 doors down from the police station and a couple blocks from the hospital probably helped with that

I am glad to hear you parents didn't have any damage.

[DJD]

My mom and dad in DE did just fine, weren't even without power more than a few hours. The fact that they're 3 doors down from the police station and a couple blocks from the hospital probably helped with that

Good news for sure. Did they say it was scary or were they ever concerned for their safety?

[RoadToad]

Thank you both. They were never nearly as worried as I and my brothers were.