Hurricane Sandy. Here we go again.
Publison
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I thought last year's two storms were just a fluke, but here we are preparing for almost a direct hit from a hurricane. Luck would have it, that it is turning a little south of us in CT. But wind and rains extend pretty far out.
It will come on the anniversary of the big Nor'easter that dumped 20" on my 300' driveway.(Snow blower was on order, shovel had to do).
We also had to deal with Hurricane Irene, that left us without power for for three days.Some were without for 10 days.
Prayers for all my friends in the Northeast.
It will come on the anniversary of the big Nor'easter that dumped 20" on my 300' driveway.(Snow blower was on order, shovel had to do).
We also had to deal with Hurricane Irene, that left us without power for for three days.Some were without for 10 days.
Prayers for all my friends in the Northeast.
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Hopefully Sandy will veer seaward and spare the eastern seaboard from similar ravages.
-Phil
I have heard tales of the 1954 hurricane, but it was the year I was born so I don't remember.
We have had two power outages and intermittent net access over the last two hour and it's supposed to get worse into the night, so I'll sign of and hope all our forum buddies stay safe in the Northeast tonight.
Jim
I'd have to say being in San Francisco for the Loma Preta earthquake and being without electricity was pretty impressive.
And hearing Mt. St. Helens erupt inspite of being in Newport, Oregon some 200 or more miles aways was impressive.
Hurricanes? Never been in one unless you consider them the equivalent of typhoons. And I've been in so many typhoons in the past 18 years that I've lost count.
And another impressive event was being in Honolulu, Hawaii in what I think was the summer of 1960 and actually seeing the glow from an H-bomb test that occured on Bikini Atol, thousands of miles away.
I missed the Phuket destruction of the Dec 26 tsunami as I visited Phuket just two month before it. But it was interesting to see that there was a pickup truck in the swimming pool of the hotel I'd stayed at.
Taiwan has had its share of disasters since I have been here. The last big typhoon disaster was a few years back when several whole villages were buried in mudslides and 700 or so people lost as one entire village disappears. And the Puli earthquake killed about 3000, left far more than that orphaned and 100,000 people homeless.
Sandy has killed 21 in the US, right? Americans are really well protected by most standards. Of course Katrina is another story. Somebody was asleep at the wheel -- should have choked on a pretzel.
Japan for all its efforts seemed fated. There was the Kobe quake that was a huge disaster, and then the recent earthquake, tsunami, reactor meltdown of Fukajima.
It is all very humbling.
Just wait until the Yellowstone supervolcano erupts, though.
User Name I posted on one forum where the East Coasters were leaving frantic callouts and status reports that it was getting really surreal to read the thread from New Orleans, where there was not a cloud in the sky and the high temperature was 75 degrees F.
The general consensus is that the USA really "does" super sized storms very well indeed, and Australia "does" bushfires and deadly snakes very well thankyou.
Hope all those further east are keeping safe.
tubular
I am aware that hurricanes and typhoons are pretty much the same. After all, I have to deal with at least 2 or 3 typhoons each year. Sandy certainly does seem to an extraordinary one, but we have also had extraordinary typhoons over here in this years season.
The oddest was one that hit Kaohsiung rather directly and left, only to return a few days later by travelling backwards. Before that we had a double system that veered away from Taiwan and pounded Japan, Mainland China, and Korea. Global weather is increasingly dynamic as global warming obviously puts more energy into these systems.
But it isn't the number of deaths that is the true measure of damage, nor the number of people without electricity for a while. The real impact is the number of people forced to become homeless as they fall through the social safetynet. Underage orphans are another dire impact. Both numbers tend to not be covered by the news media as they buzz with their short lived hype.
Just consider the number of homeless in Japan from Fukajima. The impact of having so many suddenly impoverished is staggering. And underage orphans from the Japan tsunami need all the help they can get to restart their fragile lives.
8-1/2 days without power. Start to restock refrigerator.
Day 9 :Nor'easter hits. 8" of heavy, wet snow. More power lines down. Find more ice for coolers. Another 30 hours without power.
Day 10: Powers back up, but cable, (Internet, tv, phone) is still out.
Day 11: Yea! Everything is back!
How did my fellow Northeast friends do? Probably some horror stories too.
Jim
PS Sorry if I missed anyone's birthdays. Boy, there's a lot of pages to catch up on!
Sorry to hear about your hard times. Sounds like you were in the wrong place....
It's great to hear you're finally getting life back together and your family got through it safely!!
Welcome back! We lost power for only 4 days here. That's 4 days without running water, heat, or light at night. But somehow our mail lady ran her route before the hurricane, after the hurricane, and, to my amazement, during the hurricane. I guess she took her postal oath seriously. No excellent lightning show this time, like Irene last year. Better luck next time, I reckon. I finally ordered a generator but the poles will probably completely melt before it ever gets here. Maybe that beachfront property I bought in Terre Haute will finally be worth something in the next few years.
Hopefully you are going into the winter in comfort.