The Lions' Pride

I live in Hoboken as well but fortunately I made the decision to stay in PA with my parents after the game this weekend rather than risk the train ride back. Now I don't know when I'll be able to get there and by extension get into NYC for work. Just crazy.

Glad you are safe, Andrew.

I've seen some pretty devastating pictures of the Jersey coast. It's crazy how powerful mother nature is and to think that this was only a CAT 1 Hurricane too.

But even still, what if it was a CAT 3+ and then the other two air masses that converged on it...damage would be that much worse. Storm surge and flooding would probably be 10x what it is/was.

Whoa! Hope your apartment is undamaged!

Storms like this show how much of a beast mother nature is and how we are at its mercy. It might not be the popular prevailing opinion but I believe we humans have minimal effect on nature at a grand scale (e.g. climate change). Some would like to think we have great power as humas but nature has been unleashing fury for millions of years, whether there has been humans burning gasoline, etc. or not. /tangent

Abso"effen"lutely correct!

I live in Bellefonte. Storm center hovered near us all day today. But we only experienced some downed wires and trees here and there with sparse power outages. I had no damage and didn't lose power in spite of 35-40 mph sustained winds with gusts up to 60 mph during the worst of it on Monday. We got maybe 3" of rain (no like we didn't need it) and only minor localized flooding.

All in all, it was a dud here given the pre-storm hype. The brunt of the storm was felt all along the east coast from NC to ME and especially NJ & NYC.

Had this been a CAT 3 storm mixed with the other air masses it would have had a much larger devastating affect.

But my point is that this was more than just a Hurricane. There is no classification for Superstorms like we just experienced. It was unique and Weather meteoroligists will be studying it for years.

I know many folks cringe when they read "global warming". But this is just another extreme storm that proves global warming is not only sound science but evidence that global warming is here and strong and Frankenstorm is clear evidence.

<---------Stepping off the proverbial podium just waiting to count the downvotes now

Cheers!

Kirk

Euro model had it blowing out to sea. US Model had the hook that made its track look like a ? mark.

Edited: I take that statement back. Euro mode was first to predict the hybrid storm By Oct 25 both Euro and American models predicted the largest subtropical Atlantic storm ever.

Kudos Rack! +1

Hang in there Andrew and anyone else affected.

Third post up I took back my original statement. You were spot on Racki!

Feel bad for you guys.
I live in North Potomac MD (Pepco country) and was without power for 5 and 6 days stretches in January (snowstorm) and July (Deracho). Its a real nuisance. After one day, everything in your freezer is trash, after 2 days, everything in the refrigerator.

If you have a gas grill/stove, start cooking your meat; hopefuly it doesnt' go to waste.

If there is a oxygen supply company near you, call and see if they have dry ice. A cooler filled with dry ice can save $100s for frozen foods/meats.

Good luck....

I know what you’re saying. Humans may have figured out how to manipulate the genetics of hundreds of species for their perceived gain (nature), clone animals (nature), eradicate diseases (nature), utilize stem cells (nature), blow the shit out of the entire world with atomic bombs (nature), fill the internet with porn (nature and personal favorite), but there is NO WAY humans are causing global warming by burning billions of gallons of fossil fuels every year resulting in carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere at a rate of approximately 19.8 lbs per gallon burned, trapping heat, remaining for hundreds of years warming the surface of the planet like all those scientist claim and reenact in wacky science experiments. NO WAY!!!

I'm sure the glaciers are melting faster than ever, flowers are blooming earlier in the season, and animals are moving to greater latitudes and altitudes to stay cool because because Simon Said and the humans just couldn't hear Simon speaking.

Global warming enhanced the magnitude of that burn. Well done, sir.

Yea, I believe it was record low pressure measured in Baltimore. There have been other hurricanes that came through Baltimore that were higher rated and more direct hits so Sandy was definitely a low pressure beast.