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| Hurricane Sandy On The Way? Possibly Worse Storm Since 1938 This storm is shaping up to really be something if it comes this way. »www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/cap···log.html
Weather geeks are starting to grumble that it is a real possibility. Should be interesting to see what happens as we get closer. Not sure how this area can withstand a large storm like this.
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| Looked around a few weather sites and none of them are forecasting anything much heading our way. But it's still a week away so a lot can change.
It would be a little ridiculous if we had Halloween canceled by a freak snowstorm in 2011 and canceled again by a freak hurricane in 2012...
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It's going out to sea.
That is my prediction. |
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It could get drawn up the coast by the Jet Stream.
If it goes out to sea, it could be pushed back by the North Atlantic High.
No French Toast panic yet.
I will be going shopping tomorrow and need bread and milk. Eggs are on the list too. All set for maple syrup. |
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Maybe I should do a generator test????
Nah.... not "yet" |
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| said by Dominokat:Maybe I should do a generator test????
Nah.... not "yet"
If this materializes I bet there will be no power for the long haul...similar to the ice storm of 98???? 
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said by Dominokat:Maybe I should do a generator test????
Nah.... not "yet"
Pulling out my portable propane generator this weekend to give it a good workout. I have close to a full 400 gallons of propane on hand at the moment... perfect timing!  |
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| said by SwedishRider:said by Dominokat:Maybe I should do a generator test????
Nah.... not "yet"
Pulling out my portable propane generator this weekend to give it a good workout. I have close to a full 400 gallons of propane on hand at the moment... perfect timing! Ya know, when i posted this thread I was thinking of you. You probably have been waiting for this moment ever since you installed your generator. lol Assuming the houses stay standing, hope it works out well for you.
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kudos:1 | This will be the real first test of my backup generator system. And it's looking more likely that I'll have the chance to use it for an extended time... at least 2 models are now in agreement that an Atlantic coast landfall hit is the path Sandy will take: »www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/10···ory.html |
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| said by SwedishRider:This will be the real first test of my backup generator system. And it's looking more likely that I'll have the chance to use it for an extended time... at least 2 models are now in agreement that an Atlantic coast landfall hit is the path Sandy will take: »www.boston.com/metrodesk/2012/10···ory.html
I dont mind the rain, so I will take that up here and you can keep the winds and stuff for your test.
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This is New England and it's a week away. It's likely to be the
Sunniest Day since 1738.
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Hmmm.... |
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kudos:1 | Yeah, most of the weather organizations are now saying an Atlantic coastal hit is the most likely scenario... going out to sea is now much less likely... and one storm track (the one that predicted Irene and the October Snowstorm) is suggesting this could rival the Hurricane of '38.
Time to get serious about this and put everything in order this weekend. Let's see how tough it will be to get bread, peanut butter and gas at the grocery store..  |
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said by vaxvms:This is New England and it's a week away. It's likely to be the
Sunniest Day since 1738.
I sure hope so. Last year my mom's birthday plans were canceled because of the blizzard. This year she will be scheduled to fly into New York from Beijing around the time the hurricane is coming into play (once again, on her birthday). That's just no fun at all.
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Here's the updated models as of 8 pm EST. |
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For a good early analysis, a local meteorologist has a nice write up: »www.wcsh6.com/weather/article/21···analysis
So i think we will be getting SOMETHING. Either a storm we can deal with or a destructive monster.
Side bar, I dont know who else knows this weatherman but I find him very pleasant to listen to and calls things like they are. He was the best person channel 6 has hired in a long time.
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I have a generator that I acquired during the October Snowstorm last year and I installed a manual transfer switch in my house last month.
Better stock up on fuel and food. As a Boy Scout during my youth, the motto: Be Prepared.
I just hope grandma up in Maine can make it through the storm, she is about five miles from the coast in Biddeford (and I cannot go up there as my car is in poor mechanical condition). She does not have a generator (I would like to put in a standby generator at her house but there are no NG lines on her street). At least her husband has relatives that can take care of them, but they are somewhat unreliable.
I better make sure she charges her cell phone as her Time Warner phone will not function in a power outage (as they don't give batteries with their EMTA's).
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| said by IowaCowboy:I better make sure she charges her cell phone as her Time Warner phone will not function in a power outage (as they don't give batteries with their EMTA's).
That would be hit or miss anyways. Once the batteries die in the field it wont matter if the eMTA can stay powered or not. Once power is cut here, the system has about 4-5 hours of use before that dies.
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