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Old 10-25-2012, 01:27 PM   #1
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Hurricane Sandy

All you folks in the Northeast need to batten the hatches and start preparing for Hurricane Sandy.

"Government forecasters are warning that the US east coast is likely to be battered next week, not by a winter storm or a hurricane, but by an unusual combination of steady gale-force winds, flooding, heavy rain and possibly snow. It has already been dubbed the "snor'eastercane"."
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Old 10-25-2012, 04:25 PM   #2
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Just read about this. Hope it doesn't get this far west, at least in terms of power outages ... but east of here, looks like everybody needs to hunker down.
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Old 10-25-2012, 07:57 PM   #3
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Old 10-25-2012, 09:22 PM   #4
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had no idea until my teacher mentioned it in class this afternoon. Vermont's pretty nervous about it - we're still recovering from the widespread damage caused by Irene a year ago.
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Old 10-25-2012, 09:27 PM   #5
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We're going camping Saturday night and my daughter's in a parade Sunday afternoon. I hope the storm waits until Sunday evening to hit.
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Old 10-25-2012, 09:30 PM   #6
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it's not supposed to start getting bad til sunday night - monday morning, is what i'm hearing.
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Old 10-25-2012, 09:33 PM   #7
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I think we're about 6-10 hours ahead of you down here.
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Old 10-25-2012, 11:47 PM   #8
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Oh aye, fair enough. I suppose it'll hit sooner down south than up here.
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Old 10-26-2012, 10:51 AM   #9
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Here's today's update Emergency Management:

Hurricane Sandy will probably grow into a “Frankenstorm” that may become the worst to hit the U.S. Northeast in 100 years if current forecasts are correct. Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create a system that would rival the New England hurricane of 1938 in intensity, said Paul Kocin, a National Weather Service meteorologist in College Park, Maryland. The hurricane currently passing the Bahamas has killed 21 people across the Caribbean, the Associated Press reported, citing local officials.
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Old 10-26-2012, 11:50 AM   #10
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Sandy Hurricane? Isn't that a Haboob?
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Old 10-26-2012, 12:50 PM   #11
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We're going camping Saturday night and my daughter's in a parade Sunday afternoon. I hope the storm waits until Sunday evening to hit.
And my daughter's band has already pulled out of the parade.
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Old 10-26-2012, 01:19 PM   #12
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Some computer models have snow as far west as Ohio. Our EMS update said if conditions are right, up to 1,000,000 homes without power. They are urging citizens to have a 5 day emergency supply
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Old 10-26-2012, 01:35 PM   #13
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I don't have my heat on, still.

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Old 10-26-2012, 01:45 PM   #14
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Virginia has declared a state of emergency
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Old 10-26-2012, 05:00 PM   #15
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Some computer models have snow as far west as Ohio. Our EMS update said if conditions are right, up to 1,000,000 homes without power. They are urging citizens to have a 5 day emergency supply
an emergency supply of power?
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