Hurricane Sandy Check-In

[BroSCFischer]

Central PA here. From all that I've heard, it's supposed to be worse than last September.

SC

[Tama]

Why the bloody heck do you ignore such an evacuation notice?

I was about to ask the legal penalty of ignoring such a notice but given the nature of the storm I doubt those people will need to worry about a legal penalty if they keep acting like hopeful Darwin Award winners.

Oh, and:

IT'S RAINING SIDEWAYS!

(not for real)

[Caffienated_Caramel]

VA Beach here. Not really worried but husband did have to drive to work in Portsmouth this morning in the rain (24 hour duty). Hope he'll be ok .

[Greenday]

Yikes...I've been watching the news..they keep showing boats that were left on the water (tied up and unoccupied), and idiots surfing, and talking to people who are ignoring the mandatory evacuation notices and staying home.

Some tool surfing one of our beaches was getting sucked out to sea. Problem is, the Coast Guard is down by Atlantic City which would be almost 2 hours by boat. He got lucky though, as someone who was late in getting back to port happened to be in the area and picked him up on the way to dock.

[Shalom]

Hudson Valley, NY.

Now we go to Ollie for the Blacuweather report...!

Idi Amin reading the weather forecast
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[BookstoreEscapee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUUcqsinot4&feature=plcp

Part 3 if anyone is interested. 9:30pm that was.

Yikes...I've been watching the news..they keep showing boats that were left on the water (tied up and unoccupied), and idiots surfing, and talking to people who are ignoring the mandatory evacuation notices and staying home.

[Greenday]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUUcqsinot4&feature=plcp

Part 3 if anyone is interested. 9:30pm that was.

[Kheldarson]

I'm in WV...and we've got rain.

And way too many people overreacting >.<

My store was slammed with people buying generators >.<

[KiaKat]

Hudson Valley, NY.

Now we go to Ollie for the Blacuweather report...

ETA: We're open tomorrow, and I'm working... but my job is Very Important. I'm the booze supplier for Frankenstorm sufferers!

[malmalthekiller]

SouthEast PA for me.

My night job is cancelled tomorrow. We'll see about my full-time job.

All good for now.

[Andara Bledin]

I live in Virginia, not on the coast, more towards the left-center 50 miles north of Pittsylvania County.

The Staunton area is in a valley, so that's likely the "alley" you mentioned.

You can hit up Google maps and shift it over to terrain to get a decent view of it.

^-.-^

[FormerCallingCardRep]

We are currently debating on whether Little Bits should go back to campus. Her college has advised those who went home for the weekend to use their discretion on coming back to campus. They are expecting up to two feet of snow on campus. She is talking about possible leaving and going up tomorrow morning.

Where we are, we will see some heavy rain but our main concern is the effect the extra moisture will be added to the cold front moving in. I am on the Ohio River in West Virginia

[Amina516]

Im in PA. Supposed to be hit early Tuesday morning. We'll see. They've canceled school for Monday and Tuesday (elementary through college). We're charging our phones, gather the candles and flashlights and have plenty of water and nonperishables to eat. Also, Im a block from the hospital (where I work), so if the poo hits the rotating wind maker, we'll go there. Stay safe everyone.

[Tama]

I live in Virginia, not on the coast, more towards the left-center 50 miles north of Pittsylvania County.

It's really weird to look at the map, because my area code is part of this alley that has virtually nothing in it, last time I looked. And when I click the "what'll it do in the next few hours" button it doesn't progress much, like there's a wall just outside of Richmond or something. Is there a large mountain there or something? I don't get it.

[AccountingDrone]

Eastern CT, 300 feet above mean sea level and on the back side of the 3 or 4th ridge of hills so we aren't worried about anything except wind and precipitation.

2 cylinders of propane, 10 gallons fuel for the generator, 1 500 gallon hot tub full for watering the random poultry and household pets, 85 gallon overpack drum of flushing water, 10 gallons potable water, several months of food [we are sort of packrats and already started getting ready for winter storms.] Got a spiffy new hand crank flashlight/sub charger for birthday, changed out the batteries in all the camp lanterns we use in the barn and set all the spares to charge. I love rechargable batteries!

All the dishes and laundry are clean, we got a new box of plastic forks and spoons, a large stack of paper plates and bowls, and a flat [9 rolls] of paper toweling.

And all this means we will get a wiffle of breeze, a slight drizzle of rain and no power loss.