Millions on East Coast could be in Danger!

[thanatos144]

This first thing that needs to be done is to tell the New York City citizens that yes a storm does have the balls to hit new york and that they should take precautions.

 

[HUGGY]

Thank you.

One thing we know for certain, we won't call Obama for help

Yes you will. You just won't like it.

 

[depotoo]

NHC page for Sandy with storm surge exceedance map that you can zoom down to street level. Hurricane SANDY
Be sure to check it out if you live there and look at the western end of Long Island

 

[depotoo]

South Shore Long Island this morning (from another site)

 

[depotoo]

Sandy's death toll now at 65 in the Caribbean

 

[Zoom-boing]

Aimed right at us.

 

[Papageorgio]

How much of this storm is a danger and how much of it is media hype?

 

[Zoom-boing]

How much of this storm is a danger and how much of it is media hype?

Sounds like it is going to pack quite a wallop. Hurricane turns to tropical storm but it's blocked to the west and north by two different fronts so all three will absorb into Sandy.

Better to be prepared and not have it be bad than to have it be bad and not be prepared.

 

[depotoo]

BULLETIN
HURRICANE SANDY ADVISORY NUMBER 25
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012
1100 AM EDT SUN OCT 28 2012

...SANDY EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE FLOODING TO
THE MID-ATLANTIC COAST...INCLUDING LONG ISLAND SOUND AND NEW YORK
HARBOR...
...WINDS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR HURRICANE FORCE AT LANDFALL...


SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
-----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...32.5N 72.6W
ABOUT 250 MI...400 KM SE OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 575 MI...930 KM S OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...75 MPH...120 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NE OR 45 DEGREES AT 14 MPH...22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...951 MB...28.08 INCHES

11 AM Forecast Track.

from the NHC
Hurricane SANDY Public Advisory

 

[depotoo]

listen to the wind on the harbor cam -
EarthCam - Statue of Liberty TorchCam

 

[depotoo]

latest - shelters in New Jersey, many are accepting pets. Bloomberg now considering evacuations. Press conference shortly

 

[AquaAthena]

Stock up on some egss bread and oj. and good luck to all youse guys in the path of this storm. get some candles and whiskey too. don't forget the batteries.

Dry foods and pet food, too.

 

[depotoo]

Stock up on some egss bread and oj. and good luck to all youse guys in the path of this storm. get some candles and whiskey too. don't forget the batteries.

Dry foods and pet food, too.

Be sure to take water with you as well as get some cash. Clothes, blankets, pillows, etc. if using the shelters.

 

[depotoo]

Max mph in center band is now approximately 78 mph if it is still a 10% reduction from flight level of 75 knots. Following the recon flight into the storm

 

[depotoo]

Live conference now -
Listening to 1010 WINS on the CBS Local Media Player

 

[depotoo]

evacuation of zone A areas. Schools also to be closed Monday.

 

[depotoo]

NYC shelters will allow pets as well.

 

[2ndAmendment]

My prayers for Donald Trump so he can continue his good work.

Godspeed!

 

[depotoo]

He also ordered the evacuation of part of lower Manhattan and the Rockaways, a low-lying area of Queens.

NYC mayor closes schools, orders mandatory evacuation in some low-lying areas ahead of storm - The Washington Post

 

[depotoo]

latest from wunderground

Posted by: Dr. Jeff Masters, 2:34 PM GMT on October 28, 2012 +21
Massive and dangerous Hurricane Sandy has grown to record size as it barrels northeastwards along the North Carolina coast at 10 mph. At 8 am EDT, Sandy's tropical storm-force winds extended northeastwards 520 miles from the center, and twelve-foot high seas covered a diameter of ocean 1,030 miles across. Since records of storm size began in 1988, no tropical storm or hurricane has been larger (though Hurricane Olga of 2001 had a larger 690 mile radius of tropical storm-force winds when it was a subtropical storm near Bermuda.) Sandy has put an colossal volume of ocean water in motion with its widespread and powerful winds, and the hurricane's massive storm surge is already impacting the coast. A 2' storm surge has been recorded at numerous locations this morning from Virginia to Connecticut, including a 3' surge at Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel and Sewells Point at 9 am EDT. Huge, 10 - 15 foot-high battering waves on top of the storm surge have washed over Highway 12 connecting North Carolina's Outer Banks to the mainland at South Nags Head this morning. The highway is now impassable, and has been closed. The coast guard station on Cape Hatteras, NC, recorded sustained winds of 50 mph, gusting to 61 mph, at 5:53 am EDT this morning. In Delaware, the coastal highway Route 1 between Dewey Beach and Bethany Beach has been closed due to high water. Even though Sandy is a minimal Category 1 hurricane, its storm surge is extremely dangerous, and if you are in a low-lying area that is asked to evacuate, I strongly recommend that you leave.

Sandy's storm surge a huge threat
Last night's 9:30 pm EDT H*Wind analysis from NOAA's Hurricane Research Division put the destructive potential of Sandy's winds at a modest 2.6 on a scale of 0 to 6. However, the destructive potential of the storm surge was exceptionally high: 5.7 on a scale of 0 to 6. This is a higher destructive potential than any hurricane observed between 1969 - 2005, including Category 5 storms like Katrina, Rita, Wilma, Camille, and Andrew. The previous highest destructive potential for storm surge was 5.6 on a scale of 0 to 6, set during Hurricane Isabel of 2003. Sandy is now forecast to bring a near-record storm surge of 6 - 11 feet to Northern New Jersey and Long Island Sound, including the New York City Harbor. While Sandy's storm surge will be nowhere near as destructive as Katrina's, the storm surge does have the potential to cause many billions of dollars in damage if it hits near high tide at 9 pm EDT on Monday. The full moon is on Monday, which means astronomical high tide will be about 5% higher than the average high tide for the month. This will add another 2 - 3" to water levels. Fortunately, Sandy is now predicted to make a fairly rapid approach to the coast, meaning that the peak storm surge will not affect the coast for multiple high tide cycles. Sandy's storm surge will be capable of overtopping the flood walls in Manhattan, which are only five feet above mean sea level. On August 28, 2011, Tropical Storm Irene brought a storm surge of 4.13' to Battery Park on the south side of Manhattan. The waters poured over the flood walls into Lower Manhattan, but came 8 - 12" shy of being able to flood the New York City subway system. According to the latest storm surge forecast for NYC from NHC, Sandy's storm surge is expected to be several feet higher than Irene's. If the peak surge arrives near Monday evening's high tide at 9 pm EDT, a portion of New York City's subway system could flood, resulting in billions of dollars in damage. I give a 50% chance that Sandy's storm surge will end up flooding a portion of the New York City subway system.

Dr. Jeff Masters' WunderBlog : Massive Hurricane Sandy building a huge and destructive storm surge | Weather Underground