Weather NOAA Warning of "Frankenstorm" for NYC - Page 7

**gblowfish** · 10-25-2012, 03:37 PM

Next week, hurricane winds with snow. I'm sure NYC will handle that well...
Story is here:
http://news.yahoo.com/noaa-east-bewa...171317994.html

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.

Some have compared it to the so-called Perfect Storm that struck off the coast of New England in 1991, but Cisco said that one didn't hit as populated an area and is not comparable to what the East Coast may be facing. Nor is it like last year's Halloween storm, which was merely an early snowstorm in the Northeast.

"The Perfect Storm only did $200 million of damage and I'm thinking a billion," said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private service Weather Underground. "Yeah, it will be worse."

But this is several days in advance, when weather forecasts are usually far less accurate. The National Hurricane Center only predicts five days in advance, and each long-range forecast moves Sandy's track closer to the coast early next week. The latest has the storm just off central New Jersey's shore at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

As forecasts became more focused Thursday, the chance of the storm bypassing much of the coast and coming ashore in Maine faded, Cisco said.

The hurricane center's Franklin called it "a big mess for an awful lot of people in the early part of next week."

**Dylan** · 10-27-2012, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by redsurfer11

Buy lots of bottled water. Fill freezer with bottles of water. They will freeze and keep your food cold. You can drink them later when they defrost. Fill bath tub with water for flushing toilets. You will not be able to drink or cook with your tap water after the storm. Peanut Butter, Jelly, Tuna, Oatmeal, rice, crackers and bread.

Thanks!

Titty Meat · 10-27-2012, 03:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Dave

What do you consider 'rich'?

100k +

**Dylan** · 10-27-2012, 03:52 PM

Breaking News: Hurricane Sandy Spins Towards Tri-State Area

The storm's effects will be felt here by Sunday evening

The first evacuations in New York have been ordered on Fire Island. Residents are to leave by 2 p.m. Sunday, the Islip town supervisor said.

New York City officials are warning that people in low-lying areas might have to evacuate. The city's emergency management situation room has been activated.

Mayor Bloomberg: Next press conference 6:00 p.m.

Evacuate? Where am I going to go? This is home....

**DaneMcCloud** · 10-27-2012, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylan

Breaking News: Hurricane Sandy Spins Towards Tri-State Area

The storm's effects will be felt here by Sunday evening

The first evacuations in New York have been ordered on Fire Island. Residents are to leave by 2 p.m. Sunday, the Islip town supervisor said.

New York City officials are warning that people in low-lying areas might have to evacuate. The city's emergency management situation room has been activated.

Mayor Bloomberg: Next press conference 6:00 p.m.

Evacuate? Where am I going to go? This is home....

Follow all of the excellent advice in this thread and be safe, Dylan!

**Dylan** · 10-27-2012, 04:07 PM

Thanks, Dane -

I especially appreciate the information and advice ChiefsPlanets' members have provided in this thread.

I am aware that some members have been through some tough weather situations -

**Gonzo** · 10-27-2012, 04:14 PM

Arm Floaties, Dylan...

They'll save your life.

MIAdragon · 10-27-2012, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylan

Breaking News: Hurricane Sandy Spins Towards Tri-State Area

The storm's effects will be felt here by Sunday evening

The first evacuations in New York have been ordered on Fire Island. Residents are to leave by 2 p.m. Sunday, the Islip town supervisor said.

New York City officials are warning that people in low-lying areas might have to evacuate. The city's emergency management situation room has been activated.

Mayor Bloomberg: Next press conference 6:00 p.m.

Evacuate? Where am I going to go? This is home....

Its vacation time, what ever you do, DO NOT wait until the last moment to leave unless you want to be suck in your car on the HW when the storm hits. Traffic is HORRENDOUS during evacuations. If you have to leave a car behind find a multi-level parking garage, park it on the highest floor that is still covered. These things are never fun.

**notorious** · 10-27-2012, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonzo

Arm Floaties, Dylan...

They'll save your life.

Don't forget a "Cocktail Floaty", too.

It'll save your drink from spilling.

Aries Walker · 10-27-2012, 04:28 PM

My gas tank is full, I bought $186 worth of non-perishable groceries, and I got out extra cash. I made sure to get bottled water and batteries of all sorts. We (meaning my brother-in-law) cleaned out the gutters and trimmed back the encroaching branches today. Tomorrow I'm moving everything loose into the garage, getting anything which can be damaged by water off of the basement floor (it's prone to flooding) and putting the dehumidifier and every fan we have down there. We're eating all the uncanned meat tonight and tomorrow, and we're freezing every bottle of water we have. My car will be under the carport - probably the sturdiest structure on this property, thanks to the builders' liberal use of 4x4's.

I think we're good, but I worry about what we forgot to do.

**Lumpy** · 10-27-2012, 04:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gonzo

Arm Floaties, Dylan...

They'll save your life.

Don't be an idiot, Gonzo. Those only work for tornadoes.

Stay safe, guys and gals!

**notorious** · 10-27-2012, 04:38 PM

Dylan, from my understanding Dickheadson lives in NY. If you see him around, do us all a favor and kick him where he might have a penis.

**Bugeater** · 10-27-2012, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dylan

Breaking News: Hurricane Sandy Spins Towards Tri-State Area

The storm's effects will be felt here by Sunday evening

The first evacuations in New York have been ordered on Fire Island. Residents are to leave by 2 p.m. Sunday, the Islip town supervisor said.

New York City officials are warning that people in low-lying areas might have to evacuate. The city's emergency management situation room has been activated.

Mayor Bloomberg: Next press conference 6:00 p.m.

Evacuate? Where am I going to go? This is home....

I don't think you're going to drown in a high-rise.

**Rain Man** · 10-27-2012, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aries Walker

My gas tank is full, I bought $186 worth of non-perishable groceries, and I got out extra cash. I made sure to get bottled water and batteries of all sorts. We (meaning my brother-in-law) cleaned out the gutters and trimmed back the encroaching branches today. Tomorrow I'm moving everything loose into the garage, getting anything which can be damaged by water off of the basement floor (it's prone to flooding) and putting the dehumidifier and every fan we have down there. We're eating all the uncanned meat tonight and tomorrow, and we're freezing every bottle of water we have. My car will be under the carport - probably the sturdiest structure on this property, thanks to the builders' liberal use of 4x4's.

I think we're good, but I worry about what we forgot to do.

You should buy one of those inflatable life rafts, just in case.

I hope it ends up being a cool chance to sit in your house and watch a heavy rain, and nothing more.

**notorious** · 10-27-2012, 04:53 PM

Battery powered radio.

That way you can listen to the Giants game.

**chefsos** · 10-27-2012, 04:58 PM

It was panic central at the friendly local grocer today.

They rolled pallets of bottled water right off the trucks onto the store floor and they had to be replaced about every half hour, all day. Batteries and canned food (it's pretty much impossible to get Beefaroni, if that's what you want. I wonder how many of 'em will discover they don't have a can opener) cleared from the shelves as fast as they could restock them. There was a chick fight over a gallon of water yesterday. Good times.

10-25-2012, 03:37 PM
gblowfish Be Kind To Your Pets Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Glorious Independence, MO Casino cash: $17606178 VARSITY	NOAA Warning of "Frankenstorm" for NYC Next week, hurricane winds with snow. I'm sure NYC will handle that well... Story is here: http://news.yahoo.com/noaa-east-bewa...171317994.html 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. Some have compared it to the so-called Perfect Storm that struck off the coast of New England in 1991, but Cisco said that one didn't hit as populated an area and is not comparable to what the East Coast may be facing. Nor is it like last year's Halloween storm, which was merely an early snowstorm in the Northeast. "The Perfect Storm only did $200 million of damage and I'm thinking a billion," said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the private service Weather Underground. "Yeah, it will be worse." But this is several days in advance, when weather forecasts are usually far less accurate. The National Hurricane Center only predicts five days in advance, and each long-range forecast moves Sandy's track closer to the coast early next week. The latest has the storm just off central New Jersey's shore at 8 a.m. on Tuesday. As forecasts became more focused Thursday, the chance of the storm bypassing much of the coast and coming ashore in Maine faded, Cisco said. The hurricane center's Franklin called it "a big mess for an awful lot of people in the early part of next week."
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Dylan The Lede Join Date: Aug 2007 Casino cash: $10016591	Breaking News: Hurricane Sandy Spins Towards Tri-State Area The storm's effects will be felt here by Sunday evening The first evacuations in New York have been ordered on Fire Island. Residents are to leave by 2 p.m. Sunday, the Islip town supervisor said. New York City officials are warning that people in low-lying areas might have to evacuate. The city's emergency management situation room has been activated. Mayor Bloomberg: Next press conference 6:00 p.m. Evacuate? Where am I going to go? This is home.... __________________
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Aries Walker Back again, again. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: York, PA Casino cash: $9583357	My gas tank is full, I bought $186 worth of non-perishable groceries, and I got out extra cash. I made sure to get bottled water and batteries of all sorts. We (meaning my brother-in-law) cleaned out the gutters and trimmed back the encroaching branches today. Tomorrow I'm moving everything loose into the garage, getting anything which can be damaged by water off of the basement floor (it's prone to flooding) and putting the dehumidifier and every fan we have down there. We're eating all the uncanned meat tonight and tomorrow, and we're freezing every bottle of water we have. My car will be under the carport - probably the sturdiest structure on this property, thanks to the builders' liberal use of 4x4's. I think we're good, but I worry about what we forgot to do.
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notorious Supporter Join Date: May 2005 Location: Who knows? Casino cash: $2625884	Battery powered radio. That way you can listen to the Giants game.
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chefsos Fifty eight sixty two... Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Felton, DE Casino cash: $8467676	It was panic central at the friendly local grocer today. They rolled pallets of bottled water right off the trucks onto the store floor and they had to be replaced about every half hour, all day. Batteries and canned food (it's pretty much impossible to get Beefaroni, if that's what you want. I wonder how many of 'em will discover they don't have a can opener) cleared from the shelves as fast as they could restock them. There was a chick fight over a gallon of water yesterday. Good times.
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