Frankenstorm ! ! !

Sending good thoughts from the West to my Friends in the East - stay safe!

Well one good thing here in Massachusetts is that all the schools are closed.

What a nice easy ride to work this morning.


Rick

Sometimes "hype" turns out to be right on.

DonDiego wishes all those in the storm's path good luck and safety, . . . and a sturdy tree.

Those with power and a fast computer can watch and listen to the storm at Statue of Liberty Cams

People who think this might be hype are more likely to end up in soggy body bags. Whether this turns out to be a major disaster or a false alarm, it was NEVER hype.

Sandy is a blowin, here in So. CT. It's pretty loud here right now. Hubby is "napping". Worked all day SAT/SUN in preparation for today. He went in at 8am then called home, said he'd be out till midnight, now, it's all night. So the "big shot's" sent all the men home for a couple of hours. Gotta love the utility workers. Winds are at 49+ at this point. It's raining now, which we hadn't had any pretty much at all. The Washington DC area has had about 15" of rain so far. Just saw a 69 mph wind gust in BPT, CT 10 min from me.

Guess it's going downhill from here.

Meh. arshaleign [AKA forkush] says tomAto, DonDiego says toMAHto.

DonDiego always prefers to look on the bright side of these incidents.
Having driven the streets of northeast-Philadelphia and Atlantic City, DonDiego knows they could use a good flushing.

On the other hand, . . . apparently approximately 3000 citizens of Atlantic City chose not to heed the mandatory evacuation order. Aware of the topography of Atlantic City, DonDiego concludes this may have been a most unfortunate decision. Nonetheless, DonDiego hopes things turn out well for them.

"On the Boardwalk . . . ."


"Cab, please !"

The entire shoreline of NJ was affected. There was some damage to the AC boardwalk, but the casino's fared well. Just waiting for the "go ahead" to reopen.

Plenty of devitation in CT as well. It's truly heartbreaking.

So how far in from the coast do you have to be in order to be safe from the storm damage (power lines excluded)? Are streets and homes flooded a few miles inland - or is it just within a couple blocks of the shore?

I don't remember paying for it myself.

But somehow somebody designed and installed a lot of really good weather tracking equipment, hired a bunch of scientists to run it, and passed the word well in advance of Sandy's arrival, giving all of us plenty of time to prepare and evacuate. All for (what seems to have been) free.

Whoever did that saved lots of lives. Hundreds? Thousands? Tens of thousands? More?

Very cool, however that happened, and thanks!