Sandy...the storm...more hype?

Don't look now...another storm is about to wreak havoc upon the east coast and we will have another oh five days of coverage of what will most likely turn out to be a small tropical depression that brings a little wet weather.

Are these guys at NOAA paid to make a big deal about these storms or is the weather prediction business not much better than it was 100 years ago?

 

100 years ago, we got to be surprised by such things. Saying that things are not much better than then is inaccurate. Just make sure you have enough of the "Cs:" Caffeine, Carcinogens, Cholesterol, Chocolate, Catsup, Carbohydrates, Cat Food, and all the other necessary things in life ahead of time. Then, if you want, go to the local store & watch the panic buying.

 

Granny says batten down the hatches, gonna be an ill wind dat blows...

Sandy pounds Bahamas after killing 29 in Caribbean
Oct 26,`12 -- Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas early Friday after leaving 29 people dead across the Caribbean, following a path that could see it blend with a winter storm to hit the U.S. East Coast with a super-storm next week.

 

Interesting... do you really think they should just ignore things like this and let people take their chances? This storm has already killed 21 people in the Caribbean. Seems a little self-centered to complain about the hype just because it won't affect YOU.

One of these days, a killer storm like this will materialize. Nobody knows for sure it won't be this one.

 

Irene tossed homes into the ocean,tore up roads,put so much sand into the street that they used a snow plow to remove it,killed tree's and grass with salt spray and salt water,people were without power for as long as three weeks,basements flooded,trees down everywhere. It's not just a little wet weather we are expecting from Sandy but preparing for the worst so we don't have chaos. When told to evacuate we evacuate. Making sure we have enough non perishable food and water for each member of our families and pets. Securing our yards, and making sure we clear the drains of leaves that are falling at this time of year. A small storm can be a PITA so prep time is needed. About three weeks ago we had a simple rain storm that dumped 6 inchs an hour. My daughters bus had trouble getting through the streets and my daughter and I had to wade in water up to our knees just to get to my car that almost floated away had I not been vigilant. It's better to be safe than sorry.

 

Storm weakens as it hits the Carolina coast...

Sandy downgraded from hurricane to tropical storm
27 Oct.`12 — The National Weather Service has downgraded Sandy from a hurricane to a tropical storm but warns that "widespread impacts" are still expected into next week for the U.S. East Coast.

 

I tend to take these things seriously even though it may dissipate. We just can't be totally accurate--can only try.

 

To ignore storm warnings would be another Katrina in the making. Storms are not something to take lightly.

 

Head fer the hills, here comes Sandy!

5 Reasons Why Sandy Will Be a Superstorm
Oct 27,`12 - The moon will affect Sandy's impact, forecasters say

 

Sandy could be Frankenstorm...

Factbox: Rare factors could make Hurricane Sandy highly destructive
27 Oct.`12 - Hurricane Sandy is expected to hit the eastern United States with freakish power as it meets a cold front during a rare convergence of weather factors that is expected to steer the storm inland and widen the reach of its lashing winds.

 

Of course, one must be prudent, according to your local experiences. We have been blessed with many a storm that circumvented us.

 

After the killer storms here in Alabama we take warnings very seriously... and then breathe a sigh of relief when they pass.

 

Massive Flooding Is the 'Worst Case Scenario'...

Sandy and storm surge pose 'worst case scenario'
Oct 28,`12 -- Rain, high tides, giant waves could drench eastern seaboard

See also:

Superstorm could impact 60 million people in US; coastal residents told to get out of the way
28 Oct.`12 - Forget distinctions like tropical storm or hurricane. Don't get fixated on a particular track. Wherever it hits, the rare behemoth storm inexorably gathering in the eastern U.S. will afflict a third of the country with sheets of rain, high winds and heavy snow, say officials who warned millions in coastal areas to get out of the way.

 

This storm might disrupt people's stuff and property and make things a little uncomfortable for a little while, but this isn't the gulf of Mexico or the Northeast. This is the "middle atlantic states" and we really don't see nothing much.

We aren't Galveston, New Orleans, Pensacola, or Florida, Maine, Connecticut, the Vineyard, The Puget sound or Nantucket. It's boring here. The worst thing that happened in my lifetime was the blizzard of 1997 and that was in 1997.

 

Hows that working out for you?

 

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/n...es-new-york-major-disaster-area-16231559.html

A levee has collapsed in NJ flooding three towns.

Look at how many have died and how much infrastructure has been destroyed.

What is the current status of the Atlantic City boardwalk?

 

Talk about cold and shallow.....

Apparently you don't have a clue about the devastation left by serious flooding. How old are you?

 

49 dead and counting.. This is a terrible mess.

 

I bet you are. I watched as all those killer storms hit Alabama and surrounding states - one right after another.

When I was 15, I lived in the Midwest and a tornado hit us. After it left, it looked like a war zone. Several deaths, houses, cars toppled, live lines laying all over, etc.... you don't forget something like that.

And what I learned from that experience is if you're not near a radio/tv, pay attention to the animal life & birds. If you don't see/hear the birds and animals and everyone of them are GONE, mother nature is planning something and it ain't pretty......

 

It was really strange. Just before it happened the sky was very bright and light green. Then the wind stopped and it was deathly quiet. Since we had no place to go we stepped outside and watched. It bounced off a hill near the house and went right over the top of us. We could look right up and see the center. Stuff was falling out of it and hitting the ground. Shoal Creek was not so fortunate. It was totally destroyed. Trees were snapped like matchsticks, whole families killed.
The misery missed us by about a quarter mile.
Most places did not look the same. It was hard to tell exactly where you were. Everything was changed. It was a bad day for Bama.

 

So, guys. . .are you still convinced that Sandy is no more than a "small tropical depression that brings a little wet weather?"

I don't think it's very smart to try to ridicule people who are doing their job, trying to prevent unnecessary death from a natural disaster, just a few day before the event. . .it is too easy to remember how ridiculous and insensitive your position was!

I guess if "these guys at NOAA" hadn't made a "big deal about these storms," they wouldn't have happened and no one would have died from Sandy's landfall, right?

It must be another "Obama conspiracy!"
Duh!

 

You mean. . .New York and New Jersey are not the North East?
So. . .what happened yesterday and the millions of people without electricity, as well as the 80 houses burned to the ground are just a fabrication, nothing to compare to the 1997 blizzard?

Well, I do hope you are safe anyway!

 

6.5 million people without electricity tonite, at least 37 dead, infra-structures washed away.....this just the beginning of the cost. I'd say you missed this one.

 

Yeah, sounds familiar - tornadoes are freaky and I understand, the worst of storms. I remember the sky turning a hazy gold and eerily quiet, but at the time didn't realize all animals/birds had disappeared..... I was home alone, had the radio on. When the radio said a tornado was reading for my part of the city, I ran down to the basement. Yes, it really does sound like a 'thousand freight trains'......

And the freaky part was we only got a messed up yard, but across the street it split a huge oak tree in half. Bounced a block away where there were 3 schools and picked up 1/2 of one, then a block away it stayed on the ground and picked up everything - houses, cars, telephone poles, trees, etc....

I had some friends who had lived close to Mt. St. Helen's and loved it there. On May 18, 1980 after they got up, went outside and tho't 'what a nice quiet beautiful morning' - shortly after that, Helen blew her top. They made it out of there, but around 57 other people didn't....... you never know what's going to happen.

 

Yes, I know of two. My boss's son's best friends, 11 and 13 years old. A tree fell on the house killing them both.