Frankenstorm for Halloween??!!

[Gusington]

People are losing it around here too. But with generally good reason. There are still bridges around here that have not been rebuilt since last year. And this year is different because I am on-call for work and may be needed to get emergency messages out. If my cable goes out (it will) I will have to drive through the storm to get to my physical office. Not looking forward to that either. Going to spend tomorrow battening down the hatches, putting stuff away, etc.

[TheCommandTent]

People are losing it around here too. But with generally good reason. There are still bridges around here that have not been rebuilt since last year. And this year is different because I am on-call for work and may be needed to get emergency messages out. If my cable goes out (it will) I will have to drive through the storm to get to my physical office. Not looking forward to that either. Going to spend tomorrow battening down the hatches, putting stuff away, etc.

That sucks, here is hoping you somehow manage to keep cable.

I've got a couple minor bridges around me that haven't been repaired either.  This summer the utilities went around and trimmed around the power lines but from what I've seen they did a half way job.  Still plenty of branches able to come down on the lines.

Thankfully after last years mess my land lady got a generator that I can use to keep the cellar from flooding and destroying the furnace again.

[Jarhead0331]

Well, that's all she wrote.  Governor Cuomo has activated State military assets.  A WARNO has been issued and I'll be reporting for duty sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning. 

I'll be around for most of tomorrow, but after that, you may not see me until I come off of State active duty.  Good luck to all of you boys in the danger zone.

[Gusington]

^Good luck and be careful.

Last year's storms are the reason we got our generator. It's been tested a few times already.

Losing cable will be the least of my worries come Monday and a possible obligatory trek an hour south to work during a state of insanity/emergency.

[MetalDog]

Jarhead, keep safe out there.

Gus, you as well.

I'll be praying for you all.

Keep us informed as you can.

[mirth]

Here's hoping this thing turns out to be a dud.

Be safe everyone.

[Staggerwing]

Yeah, guys. Watch out for you and yours. JH and Gus- thanks for stepping up to help your communities.

I'll probably spend tomorrow rounding up the extension cords and setting up the generator. It's only 2200 watts so I'm hoping for mild eve temps since the furnace is hard wired into the lines. I'd need to hook up the generator right to the house wiring. Anyone ever make a 'suicide extension cord' (two male ends)? I'm wondering if I may need to go that route if things go south hereabouts. Don't worry, I'll pull the main first. ;)

[TheCommandTent]

JH don't get me wrong, I respect the Guard and appreciate what you guys do but I hope ya'll have more sense then these fools in NJ during the hurricane last year.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6b54bZepoA

Not to thrilled that these are the guys coming for me if something happens.  But then again thats why I am prepared myself.

[LongBlade]

Well, that's all she wrote.  Governor Cuomo has activated State military assets.  A WARNO has been issued and I'll be reporting for duty sometime Saturday night or early Sunday morning. 

I'll be around for most of tomorrow, but after that, you may not see me until I come off of State active duty.  Good luck to all of you boys in the danger zone.

Roger that. Take care of 'em JH.

[GDS_Starfury]

while I hope ya'll are safe it is only a Catagory 1 squall. 

said the Floridian.

[GDS_Starfury]

Ive had post pub crawl pisses bigger then that storm.

[GDS_Starfury]

[GDS_Starfury]

WASHINGTON (AP) - An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstorm" is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey.

Government forecasters on Thursday upped the odds of a major weather mess, now saying there's a 90 percent chance that the East will get steady gale-force winds, heavy rain, flooding and maybe snow starting Sunday and stretching past Halloween on Wednesday.


Meteorologists say it is likely to cause $1 billion in damage.


The storm is a combination of Hurricane Sandy, now in the Caribbean, an early winter storm in the West, and a blast of arctic air from the North. They're predicted to collide and park over the country's most populous coastal corridor and reach as far inland as Ohio.


The hurricane part of the storm is likely to come ashore somewhere in New Jersey on Tuesday morning, said National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration forecaster Jim Cisco. But this is a storm that will affect a far wider area, so people all along the East have to be wary, Cisco said.


Coastal areas from Florida to Maine will feel some effects, mostly from the hurricane part, he said, and the other parts of the storm will reach inland from North Carolina northward.


Once the hurricane part of the storm hits, "it will get broader. It won't be as intense, but its effects will be spread over a very large area," the National Hurricane Center's chief hurricane specialist, James Franklin, said Thursday.


One of the more messy aspects of the expected storm is that it just won't leave. The worst of it should peak early Tuesday, but it will stretch into midweek, forecasters say. Weather may start clearing in the mid-Atlantic the day after Halloween and Nov. 2 in the Northeast, Cisco said.


"It's almost a weeklong, five-day, six-day event," Cisco said Thursday from NOAA's northern storm forecast center in College Park, Md. "It's going to be a widespread serious storm."


With every hour, meteorologists are getting more confident that this storm is going to be bad and they're able to focus their forecasts more.


The New York area could see around 5 inches of rain during the storm, while there could be snow southwest of where it comes inland, Cisco said. That could mean snow in eastern Ohio, southwestern Pennsylvania, western Virginia, and the Shenandoah Mountains, he said.


Both private and federal meteorologists are calling this a storm that will likely go down in the history books.


"We don't have many modern precedents for what the models are suggesting," Cisco said.


It is likely to hit during a full moon when tides are near their highest, increasing coastal flooding potential, NOAA forecasts warn. And with some trees still leafy and the potential for snow, power outages could last to Election Day, some meteorologists fear.

:o

[MikeGER]

Stay save! you Grogheads braving the storm

Prepare ...and get your (solitär) board games ready for periods of power outages and network loss :)

[TheCommandTent]

Stay save! you Grogheads braving the storm

Prepare ...and get your (solitär) board games ready for periods of power outages and network loss :)

My boardgames and candles are at the ready.  Also a good time to paint minis, although the detail work is tough to do by candle light.