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The Indiana Red Cross is calling for volunteers to gather to move east because of the coming electrical outages and flooding. The Lord be with those hit the hardest. It appears to me that it should be all cleared up by next weekend with no sign of major damage. It will stay out over the Atlantic, more just by all the hot air coming out of Washington then anything else.
There isn't one meteorological model I've seen that has this storm staying out in the Atlantic. People need to be prepared. I'm glad we have a whole house generator installed. We lost power for over a week here in NJ during two big storms last year. I anticipate that it's going to happen again this time. At least this time we'll have lights, working sump pumps, heat if we need it and a working well pump.
I liked the idea of storing water in ziplock bags in the freezer. Remember, also, that you have 50 gallons of fresh water in your water heaters and a few more gallons in your pipes. I hope it is not half as bad as it looks.
A huge thank you to everyone sharing their photos. They are stunning!
I'm in the north central U.S. and here 'storm' means something far different. Tornadoes do not produce the splendor a hurricane does. Not that I'm taking this lightly or being flippant. But how can one deny the evidence of photos from as far inland as the Shenandoahs? Or the approaching storm as seen from Hilton Head? One can almost hear the crashing waves in south Florida.
Be save y'all. I'm sure you don't need to be reminded to take leashes, carriers, extra food etc for your companion animals.
Come back when calm has returned and share your stories.
Sweaver, do you watch the news? EIther you don't, or you are just being funny. This hurricane will NOT stay out in the Atlantic.
NegraFred=Moron!!!!
Central Texas sure could use some rain!
NegraFred banned, weird racism pimp advertising gimmick, rereg of NegraJoe. 'Hey liberals' derails deleted, take it to politics.
Wage, you're a troll.
Nothing is going to happen. Last night, a very wise old man told me the storm would make a 180 degree turn and head straight to Antarctica.
This old man happens to be the town drunk, but he sounded serious, so I believe him.
Slow news day? Lots of Hype. Keeps folk employed and off the street I guess. I simply no longer believe the Weather Channel, simply all political garbage.;
Too much hype, if the storm lessens the weather channel will lose credibility due to all the fear broadcast.
Seriously, you think JUST the Weather Channel is overhyping this? As someone who has actually worked in Emergency management in a gulf coast city, let me clue you in about this subject of which you obviously know nothing about. The reason it is "hyped" by every news organization is because no matter how bad they say it might get, there are still people who die because they didn't heed the warnings. We'll stop with the "hype" when we quit finding dead people trapped in their attics, or having to rescue them in the pajamas from their rooftops. When you prepare for the worst, you have options. Being too blase to prepare costs lives and drains the system. Even the storms who have minimum impact on the coast can be devastating further inland, so just because your particular area didn't get b*tch-slapped by the storm doesn't mean it was a dud. But hey, keep it up with the "too cool for school" attitude, and you, too, may end up one day on national t.v. being rescued by the Coast Guard in your underwear.
A lot of mean people posting here tonight. 3 million without power that could last a week or more. How many more by sunrise tomorrow? All of the stores and gas stations closed in these communities till God knows when. Roads closed and strict curfews by order of law enforcement. Live power lines and downed trees collapsed on many homes. Cell and land line phones inoperable because of downed towers and telephone poles. EMS severely crippled because of communication failures and impassable roadways. At least 50% of the people in desperate need because they refused to heed serious warnings to prepare for the worst.
Folks, this not a strike against a few little sleepy towns on the gulf coast of Florida or Texas where everyone knows to evacuate or make serious preparations to hunker down. These are city folk living wall to wall as in a bee-hive. They lack the knowledge, experience and common sense to appreciate a storm of this magnitude. May God help them as we all pray and hope for a minimum of casualties.
The worst will probably be over in the next 48 hours. The entire nation must be prepared to rush to their aid. Those with brawn to physically help rebuild their communities and those financially capable of monetary aid. The rest of us must offer the most compassionate moral support to urge our churches and community leaders to do all they can do to alleviate the suffering of our east coast neighbors .
The bounty of our wonderful country offers opportunities galore for all of our people. Yet, each and every portion of this land has it's own particular vulnerabilities to the wrath of mother nature. Now is the time for all Americans to show the world we will stand as one to look after one another.
Well -- my lady friend is named Sandy and she is magnificent.
well my name is Sandy and I hate this as much as anyone that she may come into land and could cause harm. my prayers are out to everyone. but I have to say she is headed straight to canada if their path is correct to a place where I was hurt badly by someone. hmmm still I dont wanna see anyone hurt .
Now is the time to pray for that northornly wind to pick up and head to the east coast to push Sandy out to sea.
Yes humans have mastered the earth’s circulatory system of the planet.
Sharing pictures can be dangerous
Bring it on!
That's really smart, NBC -- rather than prepare for the storm, let's all post photos. What a bunch of effing morons.
Stop whining. You had plenty of time to prepare; you know these storms come in from time to time, and preparedness tips were posted everywhere. If you had your act together, you'd be able to post youtube videos and photos from some safe spot, just like everyone else. ;) /nagging
DEbchbum...what are they supposed to do? SIt on their thumbs and wait? This is what they do, they spread news. Get over it.
Posting photos encourages those naysayers to get out and get ready and hopefully decreases the lookie-loos.
After any hurricane hits Florida hard, the news will broadcast BIG warnings to looters that they can and will be shot on site by law enforcement. After Arron and Opal in the last 90s in Pensacola I witnessed this fist hand.
My sympathies to all in the hurricane and are enduring its aftermath.
Where is the atrocious storm? Is it for real or is it being exaggerated by some for their own personal gains. Tonight, I have already witnessed comments by a mayor being criticized by the weather service for their lack of seriousness or preparedness for this storm.
We must be told the truth regardless of the agenda of the reporting.
kkwilson: My thoughts too. This is the most hyped storm in history, just tropical winds, not even a hurricane. I read the Gov. of Mass has already declared a state of emergency and the storm is just now off the SC coast. You'd think it was a class 5 hurricane coming in at high tide on a full moon.
Hurricanes that come in at high tides on full moons have were-mermaids and zombies from sunken Nazi subs and prirate ships. Fortunately for you, the storm will be gone before the full moon rises.
Charlie, do you live under a rock? It's a category 1 hurricane RIGHT NOW.
The picture of the overturned chaise lounge makes me want to cry.
"Don't worry, honey! We'll rebuild."
I find many of these comments to be disturbing. What many of you don't realize is that there is already flooding on the coast. Even mild storms put many people out of power and flood tunnels, roads, garages. Larger storms, such as Sandy, can cause major damage, and we could potentially be without power for extended periods of time. After Isabel, barely a Cat 1 hurricane came to ashore in 2003, many were without power for weeks. Stores were closed, phone lines were down, and homes were flooded. Try living without hot water for a few weeks and then let us know how much the reporting is overstating things. If the Weather Channel was silent about this it would be criminal. Many of us are in harm's way, but are prepared because meteorologists are doing their jobs.
I live in Tornado alley and am glad that our weathermen over-hype when storms are coming in. Better safe than sorry. I've here all my life and never take warnings for granted.
My thoughts and prayers go out to all of have been or will be impacted by this storm.
Not to make light of the situation but was anybody else completely freaked out by that upsidedown rainbow? That just seems like and omen....
I would think that the upside down rainbow was from an upside down camera, but I have seen a couple of such rainbows here in Oregon. Kind of a, "Gee, that's odd," event, and nothing bad came from them.
If you are able to see a full rainbow, it actually is a circle. I've never seen just the bottom half of a rainbow before, but I have seen a full circle one. I think seeing just the bottom half would be pretty cool, though.
Well, thanks for that interesting bit of information, MsWheezer. By the way, stormy weather is not the only time when rainbows appear. They can also appear as rings around the sun and the moon by ice crystals that are high up in the atmosphere. Also, what did RachelBrown22 say that was later deleted anyway? Does anyone know that who was here before me? Thank you.
And thank you for that bit of information, truthteller. I don't believe I've seen the 'rainbow' around the sun and/or moon. Something else to look for in the sky.
Is Mark Wahlberg or George Clooney going to be coming too the Perfect Storm Hurricane party?
Sorry I just couldn't help that one from slipping out, but I really hope everyone will be safe as this storm hits there area.
Take care
I thought the upside-down rainbow looked ominous, too. And it didn't look like any kind of trick photography to me. I think this whole storm scenario is scary, and I live in Indiana!
that's funny i work at Stihl in virginia beach, we have to go to work tonight on sunday..cant be much of a storm. but then they weren't always proven to make good decisions
Thoughts are with everyone who is enduring this epic storm. I can only hope for the best for you all as this is nature's call. I do think it ironic that in this election cycle, there has been nearly 0 info from either parties about environmental considerations. I guess mother nature wants you to know it's not all about he economy.
This is one of the most hyped storms I've seen in my lifetime. Funny the eye keeps going Northeast. Now CNN is already saying it could go a lot higher than NYC. I've got a better prediction. The storm will continue to the Northeast and all the hypters and weather people will look like idiots while the sheep had to follow their faulty storm trackers.
Funny, the live satellite feed shows this sucker headed for the coast right now. Much flooding already, and it's just the beginning of the storm.
considering the size of this storm and the fact that it just happened to come ashore in the most populated part of the country I dont think it was hyped up at all. It may not have been a catagory 3 or 4 but the vast size and where it came ashore you really have to think about the huge area of flooding and the humongous number of people it affects. Most of these people have no where to run. and when you think about it they also have a very long distance to run. I was surprised at how quickly the cities flooded and how high the water got. Most of these people have never experienced a storm like this and really did notknow what to expect and plus the fact that most of the buildings are not built to withstand a hurricane not to mention the historic buldings that were built in the 19th century. This aint like a florida huricane. Not in the least
Here in the DC area, we have been preparing--even if we just get rain and strong winds, that combination can lead to power outages. We still have lots of electrical infrastructure above ground. The storm we got in June blew a tree into our house, but we had very little damage. Also no power for a couple of days. Yesterday I was trimming a Crepe Myrtle that was too close to the house, and ended up in the ER with a sprained knee. So be careful all you weekend warriors (I mean that in a nice way)
Mother Natures October Surprise for Barack Hussein Obama mmm mmm mmm - For saying he would lower the sea levels.
We are a sinful people and the Lord will show us no mercy.
Oh for Pete's sake, give it a rest.
Thanks, for that intellectual vomit. Why don't you do something helpful instead of throwing stones?
Honestly, wtf?
You can prey or help. And helping will do some good.
Arizona, conservative Christians are "preying" on people who "pray."
Any who ever comments on these pages do one of two things: They start spouting crap whether it is about religion/politics or some makes a comment that is taken the wrong way and creates a bitch session. What makes it worse, is that some of you that comments about entertaining it, making it worse and off subject rather than ignoring it (if it is stupid)or taking it as some ones opinion which we all have the right to have.
Back to subject, I have lived on the eastern coast before so I know the damage a hurricane can do. People living off the coasts should already know this as well. It should be like second nature so there is absolutely no reason why people should be swamping stores or running are all paniced. From what I just saw, it is not to make anything higher than a category 1 hurricane. I understand that it should still not be taken lightly but as long as people are properly prepared, damage should be minimum.
I do hope that everyone comes out safe. I would say with no damage but we know that won't happen but I do hope that it is only light damage.
For someone who claims to have lived on the "eastern" coast (no one refers to it as "eastern." It is always "east." you do not exhibit much knowledge of the area. Ever hear of "storm surge"? What do you think is going to happen to all that storm surge that is being pushed up the Chesapeake, the Potomac River, Delaware Bay, the Barnegat Bay, LIS, etc. Throw in a full moon and a few other environmental variables, a storm over 700 miles wide and you have the potential of historic destruction.