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Rhode Island's getting hit pretty hard

smartpatrol wrote:

Rhode Island's getting hit pretty hard

Yea, our coastline kind of doesn't exist anymore.

If being a Musician, Politician, guy who works in music store, guy who works in book store, or IT guy doesn't work out, i could always be a weather guy

Edited by smartpatrol - October 30 2012 at 20:05

Keep safe, I wish everyone in East Coasters - who may be affected by sandy.

smartpatrol wrote:

Sandy is officially over

Yet I still don't have any power at my house.

smartpatrol wrote:

I mean the storm it's self.

I know, I just wanted to bitch about no power.

TheProgtologist wrote:

No word from our members in NJ.I'm afraid they all might have lost power.

We still have ours,but water is starting to seep into our basement.

Weather buff, excuse my jizz explostion

For you poor souls who can't see me on FB...

I am fine as is everyone I know.

Been without power for 44 hours now, and that's been a pain in the ass, but compared to the 20,000 stranded in Hoboken ready to kill each other, or our entire shorline which has been wiped out...I'll take the pain in the ass.

Work was actually a relief! I have internet, warmth, and a way to charge my phone. Though thanks to downed trees and power lines, it took me 3 hours and a road lanyrinth to get to work.

My area was pretty much just a windstorm, seems gusts did hit over 75 mph here!

Not much else to say: we have all seen the devistation on the Jershey Shoreline and the flooding in NYC. The pictures of Seaside Heights (with the destroyed pier and roller coaster in the ocean) were particuralry startling, that was my childhood beach. Its strange when it finally happens to you...and as a weather buff/nerd I knew unfortunately this was a matter of time. Sadly, many probably never thought it could happen.

I was lucky enough to meet Jim Cantore (who I think most Americans now know thanks to Katrina) 7 years ago, and he spoke of his great fear: A major storm hitting the NYC area. Even a Cat 1 could be quite destructive, given the cities geography/the regions large population. Point being: This was not a freak incident. Rare perhaps, but something that was well known was bound to happen. Same with Katrina, and time will tell when a destructive storm directly hits Miami, or Houston

I could go on and on, if anyone wants to talk weather I'm always game, for now I'll just say I wish all those drastically impacted all the best. Especially those on the shore, and maybe accept that with the current storm cycle we are in...it's maybe best to move a bit off the water

Edited by JJLehto - October 31 2012 at 15:55

Very similar case here. Less than 20 miles south, complete and utter devastation of the RI shoreline. Where I am, a bit of wind and rain. We were very lucky.

Indeed, seems Cape May all the way to Cape Cod took quite a pounding.

I never was too worried about inland, though southern Jersey was pretty beaten up.

I'm thankful we had very little rain both leading to the storm and almost none during it.

We were saturated when Irene came, and then dumped another 10 inches on us and the flooding was disasterous for large areas.

It is nutty NJ didn't have a direct landfalling hurricane in 108 years, then 2 years in a row. I wish I could access models and data, see if this was just bad luck or if weather patterns could make this a more regular occurance...

Now for the nor'easters!!! You ready for 2 feet of snow Andy???

Edited by JJLehto - October 31 2012 at 17:13

then you can skii

Edited by aginor - October 31 2012 at 17:30