ALERT Hurricane Sandy
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Mzkitty
I give up.
Think I'm going to go crash out for a while now.
Watch these if you like:
http://tweetgrid.com/search?q=#hurricane+sandy
http://www.breakingnews.com/
Forecast map shows Hurricane Sandy hitting the Jersey shore Monday night - @CNN
1 min ago by editor
Winds gusting to 47 mph in Ocean City, Maryland. Sandy still about 350 miles off shore - @breakingweather
6 mins ago by editor
Watch these if you like:
http://tweetgrid.com/search?q=#hurricane+sandy
http://www.breakingnews.com/
Forecast map shows Hurricane Sandy hitting the Jersey shore Monday night - @CNN
1 min ago by editor
Winds gusting to 47 mph in Ocean City, Maryland. Sandy still about 350 miles off shore - @breakingweather
6 mins ago by editor
Sleeping Cobra
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Just A Thought
Forums will probably be busy tomorrow and onward because of this situation.
And yes, please keep praying.
Forums will probably be busy tomorrow and onward because of this situation.
And yes, please keep praying.
http://wtkr.com/2012/10/29/coast-guard-responds-to-vessel-with-17-people-aboard-near-hatteras/
Coast Guard responds to vessel with 17 people aboard near Hatteras
Posted on: 1:55 am, October 29, 2012, by Doris Taylor
The Coast Guard is responding to a distressed vessel with 17 people aboard approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday.
Crews received a call from the owner of the 180-foot, three mast tall ship, HMS Bounty, saying she had lost communication with the vessel’s crew late Sunday evening.
An air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City launched aboard an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, which later arrived on scene and reestablished communications with the Bounty’s crew.
The vessel is reportedly taking on water and is without propulsion. The Coast Guard is continuing to monitor the Bounty’s situation.
The vessel is about 160 miles west of the eye of hurricane Sandy.
ship location map -> http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml?lat=34.3667&lon=-74.25&radius=300
Coast Guard responds to vessel with 17 people aboard near Hatteras
Posted on: 1:55 am, October 29, 2012, by Doris Taylor
The Coast Guard is responding to a distressed vessel with 17 people aboard approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday.
Crews received a call from the owner of the 180-foot, three mast tall ship, HMS Bounty, saying she had lost communication with the vessel’s crew late Sunday evening.
An air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City launched aboard an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, which later arrived on scene and reestablished communications with the Bounty’s crew.
The vessel is reportedly taking on water and is without propulsion. The Coast Guard is continuing to monitor the Bounty’s situation.
The vessel is about 160 miles west of the eye of hurricane Sandy.
ship location map -> http://www.sailwx.info/shiptrack/shiplocations.phtml?lat=34.3667&lon=-74.25&radius=300
Sleeping Cobra
TB Fanatic
61,000 National Guard troops prep for Hurricane Sandy
ARLINGTON, Va. (10/27/12) – National Guard members and residents along the East Coast prepared today for Hurricane Sandy, which gained strength as it churned toward the eastern seaboard.
The storm was barreling north from the Caribbean and was expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems while moving inland, creating the potential for a monster storm, according to the Associated Press.
At least 61,000 National Guard members are on hand, Guard officials said today.
As of 1:30 p.m. EDT today, governors in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and the mayor of Washington D.C., have declared states of emergency.
In Delaware, Gov. Jack Martell advised residents, “Be prepared to leave and be prepared to stay.” Delaware state agencies are planning for the worst, Martell said Friday.
National Guard units in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia are coordinating with authorities in the event Sandy makes landfall as predicted.
North Carolina alone has 10,000 Citizen-Soldiers standing by if needed.
"We are monitoring Hurricane Sandy closely and coordinating with our federal, state and local partners to ensure a coordinated and efficient response," said Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau. "Units across the National Guard are making the necessary preparations to respond to the needs of any states affected by Hurricane Sandy; rest assured the National Guard is poised and ready to provide proven responders and capabilities."
According to National Weather Service officials, the Category I storm could weaken into a tropical storm before it hits land in the Northeast/New England coast, but it could drop as much as 10 inches of rain along the coast on its northerly trajectory. If it collides with arctic air moving from the north and an early winter storm moving from the west, Sandy could potentially turn into what some weather officials are calling the “perfect storm.”
In Delaware, the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has nurses and med techs already on standby, while the Air Guard is moving all flyable equipment out of the storm’s path over the weekend. The Army Guard will be sheltering helicopters until the storm passes, at which point they can fly into action as needed, Delaware National Guard officials said.
"We are joined in a cooperative effort - to save lives, protect property, and support recovery efforts," Gen. Grass said.
The Delaware and New York Public Affairs offices and Air Force Maj. Gary Arasin contributed to this story.
Last Updated: 03:00 p.m. EST, Oct. 27, 2012
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2012/10/102712-Sandy.aspx
Also:http://www.nationalguard.mil/default.aspx
ARLINGTON, Va. (10/27/12) – National Guard members and residents along the East Coast prepared today for Hurricane Sandy, which gained strength as it churned toward the eastern seaboard.
The storm was barreling north from the Caribbean and was expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems while moving inland, creating the potential for a monster storm, according to the Associated Press.
At least 61,000 National Guard members are on hand, Guard officials said today.
As of 1:30 p.m. EDT today, governors in Connecticut, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and the mayor of Washington D.C., have declared states of emergency.
In Delaware, Gov. Jack Martell advised residents, “Be prepared to leave and be prepared to stay.” Delaware state agencies are planning for the worst, Martell said Friday.
National Guard units in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and the District of Columbia are coordinating with authorities in the event Sandy makes landfall as predicted.
North Carolina alone has 10,000 Citizen-Soldiers standing by if needed.
"We are monitoring Hurricane Sandy closely and coordinating with our federal, state and local partners to ensure a coordinated and efficient response," said Gen. Frank J. Grass, chief of the National Guard Bureau. "Units across the National Guard are making the necessary preparations to respond to the needs of any states affected by Hurricane Sandy; rest assured the National Guard is poised and ready to provide proven responders and capabilities."
According to National Weather Service officials, the Category I storm could weaken into a tropical storm before it hits land in the Northeast/New England coast, but it could drop as much as 10 inches of rain along the coast on its northerly trajectory. If it collides with arctic air moving from the north and an early winter storm moving from the west, Sandy could potentially turn into what some weather officials are calling the “perfect storm.”
In Delaware, the 142nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has nurses and med techs already on standby, while the Air Guard is moving all flyable equipment out of the storm’s path over the weekend. The Army Guard will be sheltering helicopters until the storm passes, at which point they can fly into action as needed, Delaware National Guard officials said.
"We are joined in a cooperative effort - to save lives, protect property, and support recovery efforts," Gen. Grass said.
The Delaware and New York Public Affairs offices and Air Force Maj. Gary Arasin contributed to this story.
Last Updated: 03:00 p.m. EST, Oct. 27, 2012
http://www.nationalguard.mil/news/archives/2012/10/102712-Sandy.aspx
Also:http://www.nationalguard.mil/default.aspx
Sleeping Cobra
TB Fanatic
Sandy Could Be a Toxic ****storm in Gowanus [Updated]
A little more than a year ago, we filed this report about what would happen if Hurricane Irene were to cause flooding in the Gowanus Canal. The canal avoided flooding by a few scant inches, but as Hurricane Sandy bears down on New York, a storm surge is looking even more likely, so we've updated our post from last year.
As Hurricane Sandy begins to arrive in the New York area on Sunday, the neighborhoods surrounding the Gowanus Canal are in for a literal shitstorm — and that may be the least of their problems.
The latest projections anticipate a storm surge of several feet in New York Harbor on Sunday. A dome of water would travel from Upper New York Bay, through Gowanus Harbor, and into the 1.5-mile-long Gowanus Canal near Smith and 9th Street. Once in the canal, it could stir up a heady mix of pollutants — essentially oil, heavy metals, and human excrement — and distribute it throughout the slowly gentrifying area that sits among some of Brownstone Brooklyn's priciest neighborhoods. In Gowanus itself, a host of new restaurants and bars have recently opened, a developer is trying to revive plans for luxury housing along the canal banks, and a new Whole Foods is set to open next year.
Update: As of 9:30 pm on Sunday night, photos posted on Twitter show the Gowanus has already begun to overflow on 2nd St., with water pushing up about 15 feet before the wind and rain and storm surge have even arrived in earnest.
Ask any Gowanus resident, or any of the artists and restauranteurs who have recently staked out space there, and they'll tell you that it's no fun for anyone with a functioning olfactory system to be near the canal when it rains. That's because the city's sewer system overflows into the canal whenever it maxes out its capacity to handle runoff, which happens all too often, resulting in a disgusting wave of human poop. The canal can be even fouler at low tide on a sunny day, when water levels drop low enough to expose the polluted sludge — mostly 100-year-old oil and coal byproducts, and PCBs from metal and paint factories — that lines its banks.
If Sandy hits with sufficient force, a flood of the human waste quaintly known as combined sewer overflow (CSO) is almost a certainty. What is less certain is how much of the heavier, more dangerous contaminants will be churned up by the storm surge and heavy winds and deposited by the flood waters. There is a worrying precedent in Hurricane Katrina, which inundated several Superfund sites such as the Agriculture Street Landfill. Like the Gowanus Canal, the landfill had accumulated decades worth of various pollutants, and after Katrina the area around the landfill showed "disturbingly high" levels of cancer-causing chemicals from soot and petroleum-based products. Those are known as polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and EPA testing has confirmed high levels of them in the Gowanus Canal, the result of oil and coal refinery runoff a hundred years ago.
The 50-odd blocks that surround the canal — known lately for open-air dance parties and hipster houseboats — are in Zone A and are subject to mandatory evacuation. The two neighborhoods that border the Gowanus, Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, are both uphill from the canal. But whether those hills are steep enough to turn back a flood of toxic poop won't be known until Sandy passes through.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/10/sandy-could-be-a-toxic-shitstorm-in-gowanus.html
A little more than a year ago, we filed this report about what would happen if Hurricane Irene were to cause flooding in the Gowanus Canal. The canal avoided flooding by a few scant inches, but as Hurricane Sandy bears down on New York, a storm surge is looking even more likely, so we've updated our post from last year.
As Hurricane Sandy begins to arrive in the New York area on Sunday, the neighborhoods surrounding the Gowanus Canal are in for a literal shitstorm — and that may be the least of their problems.
The latest projections anticipate a storm surge of several feet in New York Harbor on Sunday. A dome of water would travel from Upper New York Bay, through Gowanus Harbor, and into the 1.5-mile-long Gowanus Canal near Smith and 9th Street. Once in the canal, it could stir up a heady mix of pollutants — essentially oil, heavy metals, and human excrement — and distribute it throughout the slowly gentrifying area that sits among some of Brownstone Brooklyn's priciest neighborhoods. In Gowanus itself, a host of new restaurants and bars have recently opened, a developer is trying to revive plans for luxury housing along the canal banks, and a new Whole Foods is set to open next year.
Update: As of 9:30 pm on Sunday night, photos posted on Twitter show the Gowanus has already begun to overflow on 2nd St., with water pushing up about 15 feet before the wind and rain and storm surge have even arrived in earnest.
Ask any Gowanus resident, or any of the artists and restauranteurs who have recently staked out space there, and they'll tell you that it's no fun for anyone with a functioning olfactory system to be near the canal when it rains. That's because the city's sewer system overflows into the canal whenever it maxes out its capacity to handle runoff, which happens all too often, resulting in a disgusting wave of human poop. The canal can be even fouler at low tide on a sunny day, when water levels drop low enough to expose the polluted sludge — mostly 100-year-old oil and coal byproducts, and PCBs from metal and paint factories — that lines its banks.
If Sandy hits with sufficient force, a flood of the human waste quaintly known as combined sewer overflow (CSO) is almost a certainty. What is less certain is how much of the heavier, more dangerous contaminants will be churned up by the storm surge and heavy winds and deposited by the flood waters. There is a worrying precedent in Hurricane Katrina, which inundated several Superfund sites such as the Agriculture Street Landfill. Like the Gowanus Canal, the landfill had accumulated decades worth of various pollutants, and after Katrina the area around the landfill showed "disturbingly high" levels of cancer-causing chemicals from soot and petroleum-based products. Those are known as polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and EPA testing has confirmed high levels of them in the Gowanus Canal, the result of oil and coal refinery runoff a hundred years ago.
The 50-odd blocks that surround the canal — known lately for open-air dance parties and hipster houseboats — are in Zone A and are subject to mandatory evacuation. The two neighborhoods that border the Gowanus, Park Slope and Carroll Gardens, are both uphill from the canal. But whether those hills are steep enough to turn back a flood of toxic poop won't be known until Sandy passes through.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/10/sandy-could-be-a-toxic-shitstorm-in-gowanus.html
somdwatcher
Veteran Member
Prayers to those along the coastal areas, especially in New Jersey/NYC area. This event will change many lives and could exceed Katrina/9-11. Wind damage is going to occur and may be significant in the DC/Baltimore area. Trees will be coming down everywhere and maybe structural damage from wind without trees hitting homes.
I hope to communicate as much as possible until the power/internet go out.
Good luck and God speed everyone.
I hope to communicate as much as possible until the power/internet go out.
Good luck and God speed everyone.
Mzkitty
I give up.
More: Bounty's 17-person crew donned cold water survival suits, lifejackets, before launching in 2 lifeboats with canopies - Statement
35 mins ago by editor
Update: Crew of 17 aboard HMS Bounty abandons ship about 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina - statement
41 mins ago from www.uscgnews.com by editor
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UPDATE: Coast Guard responds to vessel in distress 160 miles from hurricane's center
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard has received word that the crew of the HMS Bounty has abandoned ship approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday.
The 17 person crew donned cold water survival suits and lifejackets before launching in two 25-man lifeboats with canopies.
The Coast Guard continues to monitor the situation and assess the weather conditions to determine the soonest Coast Guard aircraft or surface assets can be on scene to conduct effective rescue operations.
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina initially received a call from the owner of the 180-foot, three mast tall ship, HMS Bounty, saying she had lost communication with the vessel's crew late Sunday evening.
The Coast Guard 5th District command center in Portsmouth subsequently received a signal from the emergency position indicating radio beacon registered to the Bounty, confirming the distress and position.
An air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City launched aboard an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, which later arrived on scene and reestablished communications with the Bounty's crew.
The vessel was reportedly taking on water and was without propulsion. On scene weather is reported to be 40 mph winds and 18-foot seas.
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007...in-distress-160-miles-from-hurricane-s-center
35 mins ago by editor
Update: Crew of 17 aboard HMS Bounty abandons ship about 90 miles southeast of Hatteras, North Carolina - statement
41 mins ago from www.uscgnews.com by editor
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UPDATE: Coast Guard responds to vessel in distress 160 miles from hurricane's center
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard has received word that the crew of the HMS Bounty has abandoned ship approximately 90 miles southeast of Hatteras N.C., Monday.
The 17 person crew donned cold water survival suits and lifejackets before launching in two 25-man lifeboats with canopies.
The Coast Guard continues to monitor the situation and assess the weather conditions to determine the soonest Coast Guard aircraft or surface assets can be on scene to conduct effective rescue operations.
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina initially received a call from the owner of the 180-foot, three mast tall ship, HMS Bounty, saying she had lost communication with the vessel's crew late Sunday evening.
The Coast Guard 5th District command center in Portsmouth subsequently received a signal from the emergency position indicating radio beacon registered to the Bounty, confirming the distress and position.
An air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City launched aboard an HC-130 Hercules aircraft, which later arrived on scene and reestablished communications with the Bounty's crew.
The vessel was reportedly taking on water and was without propulsion. On scene weather is reported to be 40 mph winds and 18-foot seas.
http://www.uscgnews.com/go/doc/4007...in-distress-160-miles-from-hurricane-s-center
Mzkitty
I give up.
Gusts of over 50mph recorded in Ocean City, Maryland, 41mph in Boston, 33mph in Washington DC as conditions deteriorate - @NBCNews
1 hour ago by editor
Air Force recon reports surface pressure 941mb as Hurricane Sandy continues to strengthen - @TWC_Hurricane
1 hour ago by editor
Hurricane Sandy has begun its northwest turn toward the East Coast as it continues to strengthen - @TWC_Hurricane
1 hour ago by editor
Tropical storm force winds from Hurricane Sandy stretch over 1,000 miles in diameter - @TWC_Hurricane
1 hour ago by editor
Mzkitty
I give up.
wunderground: #Hurricane #Sandy is near 36.8N 71.1W and is moving NNW at 17 mph. http://t.co/Pk0PMyRm
Monday, October 29, 2012 7:50:31 AM
wunderground: #Sandy remains a Cat 1 #Hurricane with winds of 85 mph, min. pressure of 946mb http://t.co/Pk0PMyRm
Monday, October 29, 2012 7:50:30 AM
Virginia's Midtown Tunnel is now closing in both directions - @WAVY_News
4 mins ago by editor
@twc_hurricane tweeted:
JFK airport in #NYC just reported a gust to 51 mph; ditto that for Islip on Long Island. That's a BIG jump from 1 hr ago. #Sandy #nywx
3 mins ago from twitter.com by editor
Monday, October 29, 2012 7:50:31 AM
wunderground: #Sandy remains a Cat 1 #Hurricane with winds of 85 mph, min. pressure of 946mb http://t.co/Pk0PMyRm
Monday, October 29, 2012 7:50:30 AM
Virginia's Midtown Tunnel is now closing in both directions - @WAVY_News
4 mins ago by editor
@twc_hurricane tweeted:
JFK airport in #NYC just reported a gust to 51 mph; ditto that for Islip on Long Island. That's a BIG jump from 1 hr ago. #Sandy #nywx
3 mins ago from twitter.com by editor
Hfcomms
EN66iq
Air force reconnaissance extrapolated a sea level pressure down to 946mb and that is an insanely low pressure for a system this far north. That would equal a strong Cat 3 to Cat 4 central pressure and is a record breaker this far north. The lowest pressure they have ever seen from a storm along the coast was around 960mb so any storm you can think of this one has much more energy to work with than anything else they've ever seen.
Mzkitty
I give up.
Moogie: Webcams to follow #Sandy #hurricane #webcams http://t.co/Zpvtz3M2
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:08:18 AM
Tons of webcams here, scroll down a bit: NYC, Long Island, Jersey Shore, Virginia Beach:
http://qz.com/20934/rivals-random-house-and-penguin-join-forces/
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@twc_hurricane tweeted:
Light snow falling now in Beckley and Bluefield, WV and Marion, VA. Winter radar/alerts: http://t.co/pdpDeVTK #Sandy
1 hour ago from twitter.com by editor
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ffwinterman: RT @ABC7Brad: Waves now crashing over #ocean city seawall #sandy #hurricane http://t.co/vn3S9LJx
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:14:01 AM
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:08:18 AM
Tons of webcams here, scroll down a bit: NYC, Long Island, Jersey Shore, Virginia Beach:
http://qz.com/20934/rivals-random-house-and-penguin-join-forces/
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@twc_hurricane tweeted:
Light snow falling now in Beckley and Bluefield, WV and Marion, VA. Winter radar/alerts: http://t.co/pdpDeVTK #Sandy
1 hour ago from twitter.com by editor
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ffwinterman: RT @ABC7Brad: Waves now crashing over #ocean city seawall #sandy #hurricane http://t.co/vn3S9LJx
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:14:01 AM
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Mzkitty
I give up.
I have a baaaaad feeeling, people!!
@aubreyjwhelan tweeted: Tweet location: Atlantic City, NJ
Police say the Atlantic City boardwalk's north end is collapsing. #sandynj
8 mins ago from twitter.com by editor
A_Streets_Tweet: The creaking in the building keeps getting worse!!! #creepy #Hurricane #Sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:18:57 AM
@ACPressSarah tweeted:
Scanners: Atlantic City police rescuing many residents from flooded homes and vehicles #acpress #sandy
9 mins ago from twitter.com by editor
charlesmuhammd: RT @RT_com: Post-apocalyptic scenes in New York amid #hurricane emergency (PHOTOS) http://t.co/E0S581Oo
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:20:31 AM
Check 'em out!
http://rt.com/usa/news/newyork-ghost-city-sandy-479/
@aubreyjwhelan tweeted: Tweet location: Atlantic City, NJ
Police say the Atlantic City boardwalk's north end is collapsing. #sandynj
8 mins ago from twitter.com by editor
A_Streets_Tweet: The creaking in the building keeps getting worse!!! #creepy #Hurricane #Sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:18:57 AM
@ACPressSarah tweeted:
Scanners: Atlantic City police rescuing many residents from flooded homes and vehicles #acpress #sandy
9 mins ago from twitter.com by editor
charlesmuhammd: RT @RT_com: Post-apocalyptic scenes in New York amid #hurricane emergency (PHOTOS) http://t.co/E0S581Oo
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:20:31 AM
Check 'em out!
http://rt.com/usa/news/newyork-ghost-city-sandy-479/
Mzkitty
I give up.
Connecticut Gov Malloy says 800 National Guard personnel deployed as of now, Bradley Airport closing at 1 pm - @nhregister
3 mins ago by editor
Flooding in Virginia Beach worsens as high tide approaches; officials warn conditions will deteriorate - @PilotNews
1 min ago from hamptonroads.com by editor
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/10/flo...roaches?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Long article ^^^^^^^^^^^
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AngelaDorion1: RT @HuffPostGreen: Check out this infographic to know when and where the #hurricane will hit http://t.co/eYxBSeeJ
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:38:27 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...-map_n_2035697.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
krobertory: The animation at http://t.co/JQv2J3ju really shows the scale of the winds across the East coast. #Hurricane #Sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:38:23 AM
http://hint.fm/wind/
TweetsMate: Rescues under way in Delaware as Hurricane Sandy takes aim at New Jersey http://t.co/HrS2okhW #Hurricane #Sandy #Weather #Rescue
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:38:07 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/29/us/tropical-weather-sandy/index.html
3 mins ago by editor
Flooding in Virginia Beach worsens as high tide approaches; officials warn conditions will deteriorate - @PilotNews
1 min ago from hamptonroads.com by editor
http://hamptonroads.com/2012/10/flo...roaches?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter
Long article ^^^^^^^^^^^
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AngelaDorion1: RT @HuffPostGreen: Check out this infographic to know when and where the #hurricane will hit http://t.co/eYxBSeeJ
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:38:27 AM
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/...-map_n_2035697.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
krobertory: The animation at http://t.co/JQv2J3ju really shows the scale of the winds across the East coast. #Hurricane #Sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:38:23 AM
http://hint.fm/wind/
TweetsMate: Rescues under way in Delaware as Hurricane Sandy takes aim at New Jersey http://t.co/HrS2okhW #Hurricane #Sandy #Weather #Rescue
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:38:07 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2012/10/29/us/tropical-weather-sandy/index.html
Mzkitty
I give up.
dpardue1: Hurricane Sandy gets stronger and faster as she nears shore. #chs #Weather #Hurricane http://t.co/EiA9fnWJ
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:50:53 AM
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WTNT33 KNHC 291149
TCPAT3
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HURRICANE SANDY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 28A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012
800 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
...SANDY NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD AND ACCELERATING...
...EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND COASTAL
HURRICANE WINDS PLUS HEAVY APPALACHIAN SNOWS...
SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...36.8N 71.1W
ABOUT 265 MI...425 KM SE OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
ABOUT 310 MI...505 KM SSE OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...946 MB...27.94 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* NORTH OF SURF CITY TO DUCK NORTH CAROLINA
* PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS
* BERMUDA
IN ADDITION...HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF
THE COAST BETWEEN CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS INCLUDES THE TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT...
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY...DELAWARE BAY...AND THE COASTS
OF THE NORTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA...NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK CITY
AREA...LONG ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CHATHAM TO
MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND
SOUTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO DUCK NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN
ENDPOINT OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
OTHER COASTAL AND INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS. PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 36.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.1 WEST. SANDY IS NOW MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF
SANDY WILL MOVE OVER THE COAST OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS
EVENING OR TONIGHT.
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/H...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A FRONTAL OR
WINTERTIME LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PRIOR TO LANDFALL. HOWEVER...THIS
TRANSITION WILL NOT BE ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAKENING OF THE SYSTEM...
AND IN FACT...A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS
PROCESS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER MOVING INLAND.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 485
MILES...780 KM. SUSTAINED TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING
ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE...AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA...AND EXTEND AS FAR INLAND AS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT DATA IS 946 MB...27.94 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...OR GALE FORCE WINDS...ARE ALREADY
OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES FROM NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO LONG ISLAND. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST...NEW YORK CITY...AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER THIS
MORNING. WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE COULD REACH THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES...INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...LATER TODAY.
WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE
AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE
FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING
DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE...
NC NORTH OF SURF CITY INCLUDING PAMLICO/ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...4 TO 6 FT
SE VA AND DELMARVA INCLUDING LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...2 TO 4 FT
UPPER AND MIDDLE CHESAPEAKE BAY...1 TO 3 FT
LONG ISLAND SOUND...RARITAN BAY...AND NEW YORK HARBOR...6 TO 11 FT
ELSEWHERE FROM OCEAN CITY MD TO THE CT/RI BORDER...4 TO 8 FT
CT/RI BORDER TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF CAPE COD INCLUDING BUZZARDS
BAY AND NARRAGANSETT BAY...3 TO 6 FT
CAPE COD TO THE MA/NH BORDER INCLUDING CAPE COD BAY...2 TO 4 FT
MA/NH BORDER TO THE U.S./CANADA BORDER...1 TO 3 FT
SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE
AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES.
GIVEN THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH SANDY...ELEVATED WATER
LEVELS COULD SPAN MULTIPLE TIDE CYCLES RESULTING IN REPEATED AND
EXTENDED PERIODS OF COASTAL AND BAYSIDE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...
ELEVATED WATERS COULD OCCUR FAR REMOVED FROM THE CENTER OF SANDY.
FURTHERMORE...THESE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
SANDY IS A TROPICAL OR POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. FOR INFORMATION
SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
RAINFALL...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR
NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM TOTALS OF 8 INCHES
POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING THE DELMARVA
PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK STATE
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.
SNOWFALL..SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES
OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSEE BORDER
AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MARYLAND.
SURF...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM FLORIDA THROUGH
NEW ENGLAND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM EDT.
$$
FORECASTER STEWART
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/291149.shtml
Monday, October 29, 2012 8:50:53 AM
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000
WTNT33 KNHC 291149
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE SANDY INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 28A
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012
800 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
...SANDY NOW MOVING NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD AND ACCELERATING...
...EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND COASTAL
HURRICANE WINDS PLUS HEAVY APPALACHIAN SNOWS...
SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
----------------------------------------------
LOCATION...36.8N 71.1W
ABOUT 265 MI...425 KM SE OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
ABOUT 310 MI...505 KM SSE OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 20 MPH...32 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...946 MB...27.94 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* NORTH OF SURF CITY TO DUCK NORTH CAROLINA
* PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS
* BERMUDA
IN ADDITION...HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF
THE COAST BETWEEN CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS INCLUDES THE TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT...
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY...DELAWARE BAY...AND THE COASTS
OF THE NORTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA...NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK CITY
AREA...LONG ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CHATHAM TO
MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND
SOUTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO DUCK NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN
ENDPOINT OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
OTHER COASTAL AND INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS. PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 36.8 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.1 WEST. SANDY IS NOW MOVING
TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH...32 KM/H. A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED LATER THIS MORNING...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OF
SANDY WILL MOVE OVER THE COAST OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES THIS
EVENING OR TONIGHT.
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 85 MPH...140 KM/H...WITH
HIGHER GUSTS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A FRONTAL OR
WINTERTIME LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PRIOR TO LANDFALL. HOWEVER...THIS
TRANSITION WILL NOT BE ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAKENING OF THE SYSTEM...
AND IN FACT...A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE DURING THIS
PROCESS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER MOVING INLAND.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM...FROM
THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 485
MILES...780 KM. SUSTAINED TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE OCCURRING
ALONG THE COASTS OF SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE...AND EASTERN
VIRGINIA...AND EXTEND AS FAR INLAND AS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
CHESAPEAKE BAY.
THE MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATED FROM HURRICANE HUNTER
AIRCRAFT DATA IS 946 MB...27.94 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...OR GALE FORCE WINDS...ARE ALREADY
OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES FROM NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO LONG ISLAND. GALE FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST...NEW YORK CITY...AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND LATER THIS
MORNING. WINDS OF HURRICANE FORCE COULD REACH THE MID-ATLANTIC
STATES...INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...LATER TODAY.
WINDS AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE
AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE
FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING
DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE...
NC NORTH OF SURF CITY INCLUDING PAMLICO/ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...4 TO 6 FT
SE VA AND DELMARVA INCLUDING LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...2 TO 4 FT
UPPER AND MIDDLE CHESAPEAKE BAY...1 TO 3 FT
LONG ISLAND SOUND...RARITAN BAY...AND NEW YORK HARBOR...6 TO 11 FT
ELSEWHERE FROM OCEAN CITY MD TO THE CT/RI BORDER...4 TO 8 FT
CT/RI BORDER TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF CAPE COD INCLUDING BUZZARDS
BAY AND NARRAGANSETT BAY...3 TO 6 FT
CAPE COD TO THE MA/NH BORDER INCLUDING CAPE COD BAY...2 TO 4 FT
MA/NH BORDER TO THE U.S./CANADA BORDER...1 TO 3 FT
SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE
AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES.
GIVEN THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH SANDY...ELEVATED WATER
LEVELS COULD SPAN MULTIPLE TIDE CYCLES RESULTING IN REPEATED AND
EXTENDED PERIODS OF COASTAL AND BAYSIDE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...
ELEVATED WATERS COULD OCCUR FAR REMOVED FROM THE CENTER OF SANDY.
FURTHERMORE...THESE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
SANDY IS A TROPICAL OR POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. FOR INFORMATION
SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
RAINFALL...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR
NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM TOTALS OF 8 INCHES
POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING THE DELMARVA
PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK STATE
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.
SNOWFALL..SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. 1 TO 2 FEET OF SNOW IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES
OF SNOW IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSEE BORDER
AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MARYLAND.
SURF...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM FLORIDA THROUGH
NEW ENGLAND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
NEXT ADVISORY
-------------
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...1100 AM EDT.
$$
FORECASTER STEWART
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/291149.shtml
Mzkitty
I give up.
Two-thirds of East Coast refiners shutting as Hurricane Sandy nears, sources and officials say - @Reuters
1 min ago from www.reuters.com by editor
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Two-thirds of East Coast refiners shutting as Hurricane Sandy nears
NEW YORK | Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:45am EDT
(Reuters) - More than two-thirds of the East Coast's refining capacity was shutting down on Monday ahead of Hurricane Sandy, sources and officials said, as operators braced for potentially damaging power outages and flooding.
With Sandy gaining strength overnight as the vast storm turned westward toward New Jersey, Philadelphia Energy Solutions began the precautionary closure of key units at its 330,000 barrel-per-day (bpd) Philadelphia refinery, the biggest in the region, said one source familiar with operations. The reformer unit at the Point Breeze section is already shut.
Two other plants also moved toward a full scale shut-down: Hess Corp said it was closing its 70,000-bpd refinery in Port Reading, New Jersey; and PBF Energy's 180,000-bpd Paulsboro plant in southern New Jersey, across the Delaware River from the Philadelphia area, was also shutting, a source said.
Together with the 238,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Bayway, New Jersey, refinery, which operator Phillips 66 began shutting on Sunday evening, nearly 70 percent of the region's capacity was on track to be idled. At least one other plant was running at reduced rates, a source said on Sunday.
Oil traders were already factoring in a potential squeeze on fuel supplies. Benchmark gasoline futures rose 1.2 percent and heating oil rose 0.4 percent in thin trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange's (NYMEX) electronic system. The NYMEX's open-outcry trading floor was shut.
The precautionary closures are more widespread than during Hurricane Irene in August 2011, when only Bayway - dubbed the "gasoline machine" because of its key role supplying motor fuel to the New York City area - was completely shut.
While refiners escaped any serious damage during that hurricane, many fear Sandy's massive storm surge - forecast to be as high as 11 feet - could breach plant defenses and cause damaging flooding, which can sometimes take weeks to repair. Abrupt power outages can also damage refinery equipment.
Sandy, forecast to come ashore late Monday or early Tuesday as one of the widest storms ever to hit the area, grew slightly stronger overnight, with wind speeds up to a maximum of 85 miles per hour, 10 mph faster than before. Tropical storm-force winds extended as far as 485 miles from the center.
In Philadelphia, the reformer at the Point Breeze section is already shut and other units, which were at cut rates late Sunday, are being shut down completely, the source said.
Over the weekend, PBF Energy began cutting rates by an unspecified amount the crude unit, coker and gasoline-making fluid catalytic cracking unit at its 190,000-barrels-per-day plant in Delaware City, as well as some downstream units, a source familiar with refinery operations said on Sunday.
Delta Air Lines' 185,000-bpd Monroe Energy plant in Trainer, Pennsylvania, was monitoring the storm.
"We are taking it hour to hour," the source said.
The storm comes as low inventories of refined products, especially distillates and heating oil, have stirred concerns of potential price spikes during the winter heating season.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/29/us-storm-sandy-refining-idUSBRE89S0K920121029?
Mzkitty
I give up.
DerekTheWeather: RT @usatodayweather: #Hurricane #Sandy…the most important weather forecast since D-Day? Blog post from Bill Hook: http://t.co/IJuNOAqM
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:02:26 AM
http://www.livingontherealworld.org/?p=751
Long, thoughtful, philosophical read, you might want to check it out ^^^^
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At least 14 people rescued as HMS Bounty sinks off North Carolina coast - @WITN
5 mins ago from www.witn.com by editor
sarahermann: RT @wunderground: RT @NOAA: #Hurricane #Sandy [IMAGE] from GOES-East satellite (Oct 29) http://t.co/OzGgSoOg via @NOAASatellites
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:10:51 AM
[Reply] [ReTweet] [Favorite]
Cfa89: RT @MaryMurrayNBC: Preliminary data is in: #Hurricane #Sandy caused $88 M in damages in Cuba.
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:10:49 AM
SParizh: RT @IvankaTrump: 5th Ave & 57th street. #sandy #hurricane http://t.co/DiAhkE40
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:10:47 AM
http://instagram.com/p/RXgNviCkJ6/
Ever seen Fifth Avenue so deserted? ^^^^^^^^^
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:02:26 AM
http://www.livingontherealworld.org/?p=751
Long, thoughtful, philosophical read, you might want to check it out ^^^^
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At least 14 people rescued as HMS Bounty sinks off North Carolina coast - @WITN
5 mins ago from www.witn.com by editor
sarahermann: RT @wunderground: RT @NOAA: #Hurricane #Sandy [IMAGE] from GOES-East satellite (Oct 29) http://t.co/OzGgSoOg via @NOAASatellites
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:10:51 AM
[Reply] [ReTweet] [Favorite]
Cfa89: RT @MaryMurrayNBC: Preliminary data is in: #Hurricane #Sandy caused $88 M in damages in Cuba.
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:10:49 AM
SParizh: RT @IvankaTrump: 5th Ave & 57th street. #sandy #hurricane http://t.co/DiAhkE40
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:10:47 AM
http://instagram.com/p/RXgNviCkJ6/
Ever seen Fifth Avenue so deserted? ^^^^^^^^^
Mzkitty
I give up.
Over 8,962 flight cancellations so far as a result of Hurricane Sandy, FlightAware.com reports - @NBCNews
1 min ago by editor
cjfarley: A Look at Some of the Best #Sandy Photos on Twitter http://t.co/33Ku0Y8b via @WSJ #Hurricane
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:24:39 AM
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/10/29/a-look-at-some-of-the-best-sandy-photos-on-twitter/
ExtremeGamer: RT @ScottSabolFOX8: By Tuesday morning, peak gusts could reach 60. Scary map ahead #sandy #hurricane #NEohioweather http://t.co/kcyvZxp6
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:23:52 AM
https://twitter.com/ScottSabolFOX8/status/262904984654458881/photo/1
Life_Guard_Ins: RT @thepeav: European Stocks Drop as Insurers Decline as #Hurricane #Sandy heads towards New York City http://t.co/gCPGAcNp #insurance #reinsurance
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:23:28 AM
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-29/european-stock-futures-drop-ubs-may-be-active.html
guruontech: @CraigatFEMA @CNN did you know that @USPS is requiring its workers in #NY and #PA to work through #hurricane #sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:30:48 AM
1 min ago by editor
cjfarley: A Look at Some of the Best #Sandy Photos on Twitter http://t.co/33Ku0Y8b via @WSJ #Hurricane
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:24:39 AM
http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2012/10/29/a-look-at-some-of-the-best-sandy-photos-on-twitter/
ExtremeGamer: RT @ScottSabolFOX8: By Tuesday morning, peak gusts could reach 60. Scary map ahead #sandy #hurricane #NEohioweather http://t.co/kcyvZxp6
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:23:52 AM
https://twitter.com/ScottSabolFOX8/status/262904984654458881/photo/1
Life_Guard_Ins: RT @thepeav: European Stocks Drop as Insurers Decline as #Hurricane #Sandy heads towards New York City http://t.co/gCPGAcNp #insurance #reinsurance
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:23:28 AM
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-29/european-stock-futures-drop-ubs-may-be-active.html
guruontech: @CraigatFEMA @CNN did you know that @USPS is requiring its workers in #NY and #PA to work through #hurricane #sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:30:48 AM
Mzkitty
I give up.
Al Roker better get outta there!!!
All access to Ocean City, New Jersey, blocked; access points are under water - @OceanCityPatch
3 mins ago from oceancity.patch.com by editor
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All Access to Island (On and Off) Now Blocked
With access points underwater, the city bans travel to and from Ocean City.
By Douglas Bergen
Email the author
9:22 am
IMPORTANT WEATHER STATEMENT: Monday, October 29 7:30 a.m.
Ocean City, NJ:The City of Ocean City is under a mandatory evacuation order and has declared a State of Emergency.
All access routes off the island are now closed and will remain so during the next several hours.
If water is entering your home and you are comfortable doing so, turn off the main electrical power breaker. For any emergencies, dial 911.
Residents still in Ocean City are advised to remain indoors on Monday as weather conditions continue to deteriorate.
A number of roads are impassable and are likely to remain so for the duration of the storm. this includes roads that usually do not experience flooding. Do not drive through flood covered roads. The water may be much deeper than it appears.
No one is permitted on the beach at this time.
http://oceancity.patch.com/articles/all-access-to-island-on-and-off-now-blocked
All access to Ocean City, New Jersey, blocked; access points are under water - @OceanCityPatch
3 mins ago from oceancity.patch.com by editor
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All Access to Island (On and Off) Now Blocked
With access points underwater, the city bans travel to and from Ocean City.
By Douglas Bergen
Email the author
9:22 am
IMPORTANT WEATHER STATEMENT: Monday, October 29 7:30 a.m.
Ocean City, NJ:The City of Ocean City is under a mandatory evacuation order and has declared a State of Emergency.
All access routes off the island are now closed and will remain so during the next several hours.
If water is entering your home and you are comfortable doing so, turn off the main electrical power breaker. For any emergencies, dial 911.
Residents still in Ocean City are advised to remain indoors on Monday as weather conditions continue to deteriorate.
A number of roads are impassable and are likely to remain so for the duration of the storm. this includes roads that usually do not experience flooding. Do not drive through flood covered roads. The water may be much deeper than it appears.
No one is permitted on the beach at this time.
http://oceancity.patch.com/articles/all-access-to-island-on-and-off-now-blocked
Mzkitty
I give up.
DrCraigMc: RT @mfaboston: The Museum is closed today so we're bringing art to you. This Bierstadt is our pick. #sandy #hurricane http://t.co/PTHCxqr2
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:40:03 AM
TEAandWET: It's getting pretty real outside...#hurricane #sandy http://t.co/HoKXKe4D
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:40:00 AM
sethgoldstein: RT @baratunde: Emboldened by #hurricane #sandy, garbage bags challenge automobiles for control of #NYC's #roadways. #franke http://t.co/Yz4feQdo
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:45:07 AM
Funny pic ^^^^^^^^^^
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:40:03 AM
TEAandWET: It's getting pretty real outside...#hurricane #sandy http://t.co/HoKXKe4D
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:40:00 AM
sethgoldstein: RT @baratunde: Emboldened by #hurricane #sandy, garbage bags challenge automobiles for control of #NYC's #roadways. #franke http://t.co/Yz4feQdo
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:45:07 AM
Funny pic ^^^^^^^^^^
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Mzkitty
I give up.
MCASAorg: With #HurricaneSandy here, don't forget to read up on preventing sexual assault during disasters http://t.co/fNODvu6w #hurricane #sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:50:31 AM
http://www.nsvrc.org/projects/151/preventing-sexual-violence-disasters
chaimshapiro: " #Hurricane #Sandy is a message from God himself telling us to (insert speaker's personal pet passion here). Heed the message!"
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:50:22 AM
ShineMoolah: RT @stacksandkicks: P.S.A. Fill your #gas tank up and get #cash out incase you lose #power #hurricane #sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:50:20 AM
moonchild87: RT @ExCBOHealth: Romney campaign buses delivering supplies to aid with #Hurricane #Sandy relief http://t.co/8HXmZJse STARVE FEMA, FEED CAMPAIGNS!
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:55:42 AM
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...s-to-deliver-supplies-to-storm-relief-centers
KatherinePKoch: Great info for anyone being impacted by #Hurricane. “@nytimes: state-by-state guide to information on Hurricane #Sandy http://t.co/LiB4JyoF”
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:58:17 AM
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/state-by-state-guide-to-hurricane-sandy/?smid=tw-nytimes
Dolphinlady48: RT @arlohemphill: Picture: #OceanCity #Maryland Boardwalk under #Sandy #frankenstorm #hurricane #climate http://t.co/aCJoNSOW
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:50:31 AM
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:50:31 AM
http://www.nsvrc.org/projects/151/preventing-sexual-violence-disasters
chaimshapiro: " #Hurricane #Sandy is a message from God himself telling us to (insert speaker's personal pet passion here). Heed the message!"
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:50:22 AM
ShineMoolah: RT @stacksandkicks: P.S.A. Fill your #gas tank up and get #cash out incase you lose #power #hurricane #sandy
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:50:20 AM
moonchild87: RT @ExCBOHealth: Romney campaign buses delivering supplies to aid with #Hurricane #Sandy relief http://t.co/8HXmZJse STARVE FEMA, FEED CAMPAIGNS!
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:55:42 AM
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...s-to-deliver-supplies-to-storm-relief-centers
KatherinePKoch: Great info for anyone being impacted by #Hurricane. “@nytimes: state-by-state guide to information on Hurricane #Sandy http://t.co/LiB4JyoF”
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:58:17 AM
http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/29/state-by-state-guide-to-hurricane-sandy/?smid=tw-nytimes
Dolphinlady48: RT @arlohemphill: Picture: #OceanCity #Maryland Boardwalk under #Sandy #frankenstorm #hurricane #climate http://t.co/aCJoNSOW
Monday, October 29, 2012 9:50:31 AM
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Mzkitty
I give up.
USGS weather station at Barnegat Light, New Jersey, reports recent wind gust to 60 mph, and sustained winds to 44 mph - @twc_hurricane
5 mins ago by editor
All state highways in Connecticut closed ahead of Hurricane Sandy - @eyewitnessnyc
2 mins ago from abclocal.go.com by editor
Just updated:
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy ordered road closures for all state highways Monday as Hurricane Sandy threatened the region.
Watch live coverage of Eyewitness News and Sandy related news events online, on our iPhone app and on our iPad app. Search WABC in the app store. Regular network programming is available on our digital channel, Channel 7-2 if you receive us over the air; various channels on cable and satellite.
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The closures will be implemented in two phases. At 11 a.m., trucks will be prohibited from operating on limited access highways. At 1 p.m., state highways will be closed to all non-emergency vehicles.
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"Residents need to take this storm very seriously," Malloy said. "Beginning in the next several hours, wind gusts will begin to exceed 50 m.p.h., making traveling along our roads - especially wooded areas like the Merritt Parkway - very dangerous. We're doing this in two phases, so that trucks will first be prohibited and then all non-emergency vehicles. If you're in a non-evacuation area, stay home."
Connecticut Light & Power says about 7,700 customers were without power Monday, up from 158 earlier in the day. It's still less than 1 percent of the 1.2 million utility customers.
The Berlin-based utility is assuring customers and state officials that it has made significant improvements to avoid widespread outages similar to what followed the freak October snow storm that hit Connecticut last year.
A spokeswoman says linemen can work during the storm but that will end as winds pick
The United Illuminating Co., which serves shoreline towns that are expected to be hit hard by storm surges from Long Island Sound, reported only scattered outages Monday.
Meanwhile, residents of shoreline towns on Long Island Sound heeded official warnings and evacuated the storm approached.
With storm surges threatening flooding along beachfront communities and inland, towns from Stamford in the west to Groton in the east issued at least partial mandatory evacuations.
The Hartford Courant reports that Old Saybrook Police Chief Michael Spera says officials can't force residents to leave, but a mandatory evacuation order was issued Sunday. More than 10 police officers and three dozen firefighters visited homes south of Route 1 to warn of a potentially record storm surge.
Fairfield officials warned shoreline residents that high tide during Hurricane Irene in August 2011 was 5 feet. It's expected to be 11 feet during Hurricane Sandy.
President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration for Connecticut Sunday as the storm approaches.
The declaration requested by Gov. Dannel Malloy would allow the state to request funding and other assistance in advance of the storm.
Malloy says he spoke with Obama on Sunday. He says it's clear federal emergency management officials are taking the storm threat seriously.
Sandy is expected to come ashore late Monday or early Tuesday, most likely in New Jersey, colliding with a wintry storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic.
Connecticut is bracing for strong storm surges and power outages that could last for days.
Malloy says the state is likely to see the worst-case scenario from an East Coast superstorm, which he's calling the "largest threat to human life this state has experienced in anyone's lifetime."
Malloy said Sunday that strong storm surges and flooding are expected along the shoreline and power outages could last for days. The worst storm conditions are expected Monday afternoon into Tuesday, with wind gusts of up to 70 mph.
Residents in many shoreline towns have been ordered to leave their homes. Schools across the state will be closed Monday. Utility workers are on standby to restore possible power outages as soon as possible.
Malloy also ordered all nonessential state employees to stay home on Monday, and state courts are expected to be closed.
The following towns have announced evacuations before Hurricane Sandy's anticipated landfall:
Branford: Mandatory evacuations ordered for all coastal areas and areas along Branford River.
Bridgeport: Mandatory evacuations for certain areas. Also, a mandatory evacuation for the University of Bridgeport.
Darien: Mandatory evacuations of all coastal areas, including Noroton Bay, Tokeneke, Contentment Island, Five Mile River Road, Holly Pond, Delafield Island and Tokeneke in the vicinity of the Five Mile River.
East Haven: Mandatory evacuations for all areas within two blocks of shoreline.
Fairfield: Mandatory evacuations south of the Oldfield/Old Post Road.
Groton: Mandatory evacuations.
Greenwich: Mandatory evacuations for areas 1, 2, and 3 as identified on the town's Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) Map. These are generally low-lying areas such as Mill Pond in Cos Cob, areas near the coast of the Long Island Sound and Byram River.
Guilford: Mandatory evacuations for flood-prone regions.
Madison: Partial evacuations.
Milford: Mandatory evacuations for low-lying areas.
New Haven: Evacuations for flood-prone regions (Morris Cove south of Girard Street, Front Street, Haven Street in Fair Haven, between South Water Street and the highway in City Point) beginning at 8:30 a.m. Monday. There is a recommended evacuation for low-lying areas of Blake Street.
New London: Partial evacuations.
Old Lyme: Mandatory evacuations.
Old Saybrook: Partial evacuations.
Stamford: Mandatory evacuations for certain areas.
Waterford: Voluntary evacuations recommended for all low-lying areas including Millstone, Ridgewood Park, Jordan Cove, Pleasure Beach, Smiths Cove, Niantic River, Golden Spur, and Oil Mill.
West Haven: Mandatory evacuations by 8 a.m. Monday for everyone along Ocean Avenue and Captain Thomas on the beach side, everyone south of Park Street and everyone south of White Street from Peck to First Avenue.
FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND OTHER RESOURCES, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES OF SANDY'S DAMAGE
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All state highways in Connecticut closed ahead of Hurricane Sandy - @eyewitnessnyc
2 mins ago from abclocal.go.com by editor
Just updated:
HARTFORD, Conn. -- Connecticut Governor Dannel P. Malloy ordered road closures for all state highways Monday as Hurricane Sandy threatened the region.
Watch live coverage of Eyewitness News and Sandy related news events online, on our iPhone app and on our iPad app. Search WABC in the app store. Regular network programming is available on our digital channel, Channel 7-2 if you receive us over the air; various channels on cable and satellite.
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If you have a portable radio, both 98.7 FM and Deportes 1050 will be providing a simulcast of Eyewitness News during our continuous coverage of Sandy.
The closures will be implemented in two phases. At 11 a.m., trucks will be prohibited from operating on limited access highways. At 1 p.m., state highways will be closed to all non-emergency vehicles.
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"Residents need to take this storm very seriously," Malloy said. "Beginning in the next several hours, wind gusts will begin to exceed 50 m.p.h., making traveling along our roads - especially wooded areas like the Merritt Parkway - very dangerous. We're doing this in two phases, so that trucks will first be prohibited and then all non-emergency vehicles. If you're in a non-evacuation area, stay home."
Connecticut Light & Power says about 7,700 customers were without power Monday, up from 158 earlier in the day. It's still less than 1 percent of the 1.2 million utility customers.
The Berlin-based utility is assuring customers and state officials that it has made significant improvements to avoid widespread outages similar to what followed the freak October snow storm that hit Connecticut last year.
A spokeswoman says linemen can work during the storm but that will end as winds pick
The United Illuminating Co., which serves shoreline towns that are expected to be hit hard by storm surges from Long Island Sound, reported only scattered outages Monday.
Meanwhile, residents of shoreline towns on Long Island Sound heeded official warnings and evacuated the storm approached.
With storm surges threatening flooding along beachfront communities and inland, towns from Stamford in the west to Groton in the east issued at least partial mandatory evacuations.
The Hartford Courant reports that Old Saybrook Police Chief Michael Spera says officials can't force residents to leave, but a mandatory evacuation order was issued Sunday. More than 10 police officers and three dozen firefighters visited homes south of Route 1 to warn of a potentially record storm surge.
Fairfield officials warned shoreline residents that high tide during Hurricane Irene in August 2011 was 5 feet. It's expected to be 11 feet during Hurricane Sandy.
President Barack Obama signed an emergency declaration for Connecticut Sunday as the storm approaches.
The declaration requested by Gov. Dannel Malloy would allow the state to request funding and other assistance in advance of the storm.
Malloy says he spoke with Obama on Sunday. He says it's clear federal emergency management officials are taking the storm threat seriously.
Sandy is expected to come ashore late Monday or early Tuesday, most likely in New Jersey, colliding with a wintry storm moving in from the west and cold air streaming down from the Arctic.
Connecticut is bracing for strong storm surges and power outages that could last for days.
Malloy says the state is likely to see the worst-case scenario from an East Coast superstorm, which he's calling the "largest threat to human life this state has experienced in anyone's lifetime."
Malloy said Sunday that strong storm surges and flooding are expected along the shoreline and power outages could last for days. The worst storm conditions are expected Monday afternoon into Tuesday, with wind gusts of up to 70 mph.
Residents in many shoreline towns have been ordered to leave their homes. Schools across the state will be closed Monday. Utility workers are on standby to restore possible power outages as soon as possible.
Malloy also ordered all nonessential state employees to stay home on Monday, and state courts are expected to be closed.
The following towns have announced evacuations before Hurricane Sandy's anticipated landfall:
Branford: Mandatory evacuations ordered for all coastal areas and areas along Branford River.
Bridgeport: Mandatory evacuations for certain areas. Also, a mandatory evacuation for the University of Bridgeport.
Darien: Mandatory evacuations of all coastal areas, including Noroton Bay, Tokeneke, Contentment Island, Five Mile River Road, Holly Pond, Delafield Island and Tokeneke in the vicinity of the Five Mile River.
East Haven: Mandatory evacuations for all areas within two blocks of shoreline.
Fairfield: Mandatory evacuations south of the Oldfield/Old Post Road.
Groton: Mandatory evacuations.
Greenwich: Mandatory evacuations for areas 1, 2, and 3 as identified on the town's Sea, Lake and Overland Surges from Hurricanes (SLOSH) Map. These are generally low-lying areas such as Mill Pond in Cos Cob, areas near the coast of the Long Island Sound and Byram River.
Guilford: Mandatory evacuations for flood-prone regions.
Madison: Partial evacuations.
Milford: Mandatory evacuations for low-lying areas.
New Haven: Evacuations for flood-prone regions (Morris Cove south of Girard Street, Front Street, Haven Street in Fair Haven, between South Water Street and the highway in City Point) beginning at 8:30 a.m. Monday. There is a recommended evacuation for low-lying areas of Blake Street.
New London: Partial evacuations.
Old Lyme: Mandatory evacuations.
Old Saybrook: Partial evacuations.
Stamford: Mandatory evacuations for certain areas.
Waterford: Voluntary evacuations recommended for all low-lying areas including Millstone, Ridgewood Park, Jordan Cove, Pleasure Beach, Smiths Cove, Niantic River, Golden Spur, and Oil Mill.
West Haven: Mandatory evacuations by 8 a.m. Monday for everyone along Ocean Avenue and Captain Thomas on the beach side, everyone south of Park Street and everyone south of White Street from Peck to First Avenue.
FOR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT INFORMATION AND OTHER RESOURCES, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
CLICK HERE TO SEE PICTURES OF SANDY'S DAMAGE
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Racing22
Crew Chief
I saw that too... Something doesn't add up. 946 mb is a strong Cat. 3 storm. A Cat. 1 storm would be in the 980 - 990 mb range... I haven't read anywhere yet why this difference is happening.... strange....
Mzkitty
I give up.
Flooding at Hoboken Terminal in New Jersey - @MarieOldham
1 min ago from instagram.com by editor
http://instagram.com/p/RXcmNRtveu/
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iamking_ro: Ohio Ave. #sandy #storm #hurricane #flood #wind #water http://t.co/Hq2MydzP
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:14:41 AM
http://instagram.com/p/RXoIGGStsO/
Ohio Ave.... Atlantic City? ^^^^^^^^^^^
webwriter3000: Looking East #Hurricane #Sandy http://t.co/B136faK2
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:21:56 AM
Ugly picture ^^^^^^^^^^
SwagPriincess: RT @DocR0cket: I'm standing on the waterfront in #bpc and #sandy is rolling in! #hurricane #waterswell #nyc #zoneA http://t.co/tQzUbRmp
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:15:09 AM
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http://instagram.com/p/RXcmNRtveu/
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iamking_ro: Ohio Ave. #sandy #storm #hurricane #flood #wind #water http://t.co/Hq2MydzP
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:14:41 AM
http://instagram.com/p/RXoIGGStsO/
Ohio Ave.... Atlantic City? ^^^^^^^^^^^
webwriter3000: Looking East #Hurricane #Sandy http://t.co/B136faK2
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:21:56 AM
Ugly picture ^^^^^^^^^^
SwagPriincess: RT @DocR0cket: I'm standing on the waterfront in #bpc and #sandy is rolling in! #hurricane #waterswell #nyc #zoneA http://t.co/tQzUbRmp
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:15:09 AM
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Mzkitty
I give up.
cpsj: MT @ToddBBatesAPP Water level off Sandy Hook 4' above normal http://t.co/Jr1yc903 #frankenstorm #Sandy #hurricane #environment #NJenviro #NJ
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:27:12 AM
http://tidesonline.noaa.gov/geographic.html?sf6877943=1
albwxexaminer: Record breaking tidal flooding at Delaware Bay, Cape May, NJ. #Sandy #hurricane #njwx http://t.co/WJEDl1qN
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:28:40 AM
https://twitter.com/albwxexaminer/status/262923913967849472/photo/1
Thejmack307: RT @AllHandsDotNet: #Hurricane Hunter pressure reading of 945mb confirms #Sandy is the most intense hurricane ever north of #NC, beats the "LI Express of 1938"
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:28:12 AM
Flooding from Hurricane Sandy in Norfolk, Virginia - @MartinMMC
11 mins ago from twitter.com/MartinMMC by editor
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:27:12 AM
http://tidesonline.noaa.gov/geographic.html?sf6877943=1
albwxexaminer: Record breaking tidal flooding at Delaware Bay, Cape May, NJ. #Sandy #hurricane #njwx http://t.co/WJEDl1qN
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:28:40 AM
https://twitter.com/albwxexaminer/status/262923913967849472/photo/1
Thejmack307: RT @AllHandsDotNet: #Hurricane Hunter pressure reading of 945mb confirms #Sandy is the most intense hurricane ever north of #NC, beats the "LI Express of 1938"
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:28:12 AM
Flooding from Hurricane Sandy in Norfolk, Virginia - @MartinMMC
11 mins ago from twitter.com/MartinMMC by editor
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Lilbitsnana
On TB every waking moment
Ok. I just woke up, but one of the last things I posted was that this thing is doing exactly what they had been afraid it would do and for people to go back and read some of the posts I had made several days ago about what it could do and why.
Search this thread for "Masters" and "Lindner" and it will pull up the posts from them that explain it all, there are other posts I made that explain what could happen worst case and why, but those will be easy to find. There are at least 5 of them, and you'll need to read from both of them to get the full picture of what, why, if and how.
You can also search for the 1938 storm.
Pressure now down to 943, which is what they had predicted it (in the unofficial blogs by the official forecasters). Actually, some (models and METS) predicted 940 and possibly lower.
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Lilbitsnana
On TB every waking moment
I just woke up, so lots of catching up to do, and yes, I am coming across cranky; long week and I feel asleep on couch...
Mzkitty
I give up.
Boston's MBTA to shut down at 2 pm due to Sandy; all subway, bus and commuter rail service affected - @CharlestwnPatch
6 mins ago from charlestown.patch.com by editor
New York: Holland and Brooklyn Battery Tunnels to close at 2 pm, Gov Cuomo announces - @NYTMetro
3 mins ago by editor
CBS11JeffJam: RT @hurrtrackerapp: Hurricane Sandy Gains Strength: 11 AM ET, 90 mph winds, Cat 1, 943 mb, moving NNW at 18 mph. #hurricane app http://t.co/Rf7xsiXc
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:37:51 AM
ChuckSchumer: RT @NYSDHSES: New York residents - #Hurricane #Sandy Helpline: 1-888-769-7243 / 1-518-485-1159 for inquiries related to citizen preparedness information
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:37:50 AM
dobrock: Watching the winds get stronger as the hours go by is pretty unnerving. Stay safe out there, everyone. #frankenstorm #sandy #hurricane
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:37:48 AM
Matt_Kiser: RT @monika_is_me: The East River is mighty high today... #hurricane #sandy #frankenstorm #newyork #nofilter @ East River Walk http://t.co/aWy1WqGN
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:37:46 AM
http://instagram.com/p/RXqawrEdH2/
Scary pic ^^^^^^^^^^^
trevorevans: RT @NOAASatellites: #Hurricane #Sandy [IMAGE] is affecting nearly 1/3 of the U.S. (Oct 29) http://t.co/SRnBTQMX
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:37:59 AM
CapeCodcom: More #Hurricane #Sandy photos appearing on Twitter, this time from Great Pond in East Falmouth http://t.co/gsuYdP04
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:37:58 AM
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Lilbitsnana
On TB every waking moment
Some of the posts to read to see what, why, how bad could it get. I hope Sandy does not keep on the path of worst case scenarios.
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?415725-Hurricane-Sandy&p=4607318#post4607318
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?415725-Hurricane-Sandy&p=4608577#post4608577
There are others, will add them shortly.
oops, database error...did I search too many things?
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?415725-Hurricane-Sandy&p=4607318#post4607318
http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/showthread.php?415725-Hurricane-Sandy&p=4608577#post4608577
There are others, will add them shortly.
oops, database error...did I search too many things?
Mzkitty
I give up.
I glitched too, Lilbitsnana.
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ad454: Governor Cuomo urges New Yorkers "Do not underestimate this storm!" #Sandy #Breaking #Hurricane #HurricaneSandy #newyork #news
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:46:57 AM
MultiverseOne: My live video feed outside my window of #Hurricane #Sandy kicking ass.Is not even here yet but it's doing this! http://t.co/IRaboujV #NYC
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:46:52 AM
http://www.justin.tv/multiverseone#/w/4073171248/2
Lots of tree action ^^^^^^^^
jaidooe: RT @ItIsJimCarrey: Oh, you're preparing for #Hurricane #Sandy? http://t.co/eSAjjNbh
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:46:48 AM
https://twitter.com/ItIsJimCarrey/status/262925282414051328/photo/1
fullertonjamie: RT @plauchej: Call your realtor, there is gonna be beach front property available in Camden on Tuesday. #hurricane #sandy #goodbyejerseyshore
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:52:12 AM
TheUSReport: RT @CustosDivini: Since 1937, Tomb Guards have never left their post, #Sandy will be no exception // #HONOR #Hurricane http://t.co/gk2D3OOO
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:52:10 AM
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ad454: Governor Cuomo urges New Yorkers "Do not underestimate this storm!" #Sandy #Breaking #Hurricane #HurricaneSandy #newyork #news
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:46:57 AM
MultiverseOne: My live video feed outside my window of #Hurricane #Sandy kicking ass.Is not even here yet but it's doing this! http://t.co/IRaboujV #NYC
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:46:52 AM
http://www.justin.tv/multiverseone#/w/4073171248/2
Lots of tree action ^^^^^^^^
jaidooe: RT @ItIsJimCarrey: Oh, you're preparing for #Hurricane #Sandy? http://t.co/eSAjjNbh
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:46:48 AM
https://twitter.com/ItIsJimCarrey/status/262925282414051328/photo/1
fullertonjamie: RT @plauchej: Call your realtor, there is gonna be beach front property available in Camden on Tuesday. #hurricane #sandy #goodbyejerseyshore
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:52:12 AM
TheUSReport: RT @CustosDivini: Since 1937, Tomb Guards have never left their post, #Sandy will be no exception // #HONOR #Hurricane http://t.co/gk2D3OOO
Monday, October 29, 2012 10:52:10 AM
Mzkitty
I give up.
Sandy located about 205 miles southeast of Atlantic City, NJ; maximum sustained winds 90 mph - @NHC_Atlantic
11 mins ago from www.nhc.noaa.gov by editor
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WTNT33 KNHC 291439
TCPAT3
BULLETIN
HURRICANE SANDY ADVISORY NUMBER 29
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012
1100 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
...SANDY FORECAST TO TURN NORTHWESTWARD SOON...
...EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND COASTAL
HURRICANE WINDS PLUS HEAVY APPALACHIAN SNOWS...
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...37.5N 71.5W
ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM SE OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
ABOUT 260 MI...415 KM SSE OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...943 MB...27.85 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
--------------------
CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR BERMUDA.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* NORTH OF SURF CITY TO DUCK NORTH CAROLINA
* PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS
IN ADDITION...HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF
THE COAST BETWEEN CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS INCLUDES THE TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT...
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY...DELAWARE BAY...AND THE COASTS
OF THE NORTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA...NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK CITY
AREA...LONG ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CHATHAM TO
MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND
SOUTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO DUCK NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN
ENDPOINT OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
OTHER COASTAL AND INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS. PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
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AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.5 WEST. SANDY IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/H. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED SOON...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK... THE CENTER OF
SANDY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT.
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A
FRONTAL OR WINTERTIME LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
HOWEVER...THIS TRANSITION WILL NOT BE ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAKENING OF
THE SYSTEM...AND...IN FACT...A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE
DURING THIS PROCESS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER MOVING
INLAND.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM...
MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 485 MILES...780 KM. SUSTAINED WINDS TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE OCCURRING FROM LONG ISLAND SOUTHWARD ALONG
THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE...AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND
EXTEND AS FAR INLAND AS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND
DELAWARE BAY. A WEATHERFLOW REPORT INDICATES A SUSTAINED WIND OF 53
MPH...85 KM/H...WITH A GUST TO 63 MPH...102 KM/H...HAS RECENTLY
OCCURRED ON LONG ISLAND AT EATONS NECK NEW YORK.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 943 MB...27.85 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
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WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...OR GALE-FORCE WINDS...ARE ALREADY
OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES FROM NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO LONG ISLAND. GALE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST...NEW YORK CITY...AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS COULD REACH THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...
INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...BY THIS EVENING. WINDS
AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE
AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE
FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING
DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE...
NC NORTH OF SURF CITY INCLUDING PAMLICO/ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...4 TO 6 FT
SE VA AND DELMARVA INCLUDING LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...2 TO 4 FT
UPPER AND MIDDLE CHESAPEAKE BAY...1 TO 3 FT
LONG ISLAND SOUND...RARITAN BAY...AND NEW YORK HARBOR...6 TO 11 FT
ELSEWHERE FROM OCEAN CITY MD TO THE CT/RI BORDER...4 TO 8 FT
CT/RI BORDER TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF CAPE COD INCLUDING BUZZARDS
BAY AND NARRAGANSETT BAY...3 TO 6 FT
CAPE COD TO THE MA/NH BORDER INCLUDING CAPE COD BAY...2 TO 4 FT
MA/NH BORDER TO THE U.S./CANADA BORDER...1 TO 3 FT
SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE
AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES.
GIVEN THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH SANDY...ELEVATED WATER
LEVELS COULD SPAN MULTIPLE TIDE CYCLES RESULTING IN REPEATED AND
EXTENDED PERIODS OF COASTAL AND BAYSIDE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...
ELEVATED WATERS COULD OCCUR FAR REMOVED FROM THE CENTER OF SANDY.
FURTHERMORE...THESE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
SANDY IS A TROPICAL OR POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. FOR INFORMATION
SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
RAINFALL...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR
NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM TOTALS OF 8
INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING THE DELMARVA
PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK STATE
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.
SNOWFALL..SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES
OF SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSEE
BORDER AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MARYLAND.
SURF...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM FLORIDA THROUGH
NEW ENGLAND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...200 PM EDT.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM EDT.
$$
FORECASTER STEWART
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WTNT33 KNHC 291439
TCPAT3
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HURRICANE SANDY ADVISORY NUMBER 29
NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL182012
1100 AM EDT MON OCT 29 2012
...SANDY FORECAST TO TURN NORTHWESTWARD SOON...
...EXPECTED TO BRING LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND COASTAL
HURRICANE WINDS PLUS HEAVY APPALACHIAN SNOWS...
SUMMARY OF 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...37.5N 71.5W
ABOUT 205 MI...330 KM SE OF ATLANTIC CITY NEW JERSEY
ABOUT 260 MI...415 KM SSE OF NEW YORK CITY
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...90 MPH...150 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...943 MB...27.85 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
THE BERMUDA WEATHER SERVICE HAS DISCONTINUED THE TROPICAL STORM
WARNING FOR BERMUDA.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* NORTH OF SURF CITY TO DUCK NORTH CAROLINA
* PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE SOUNDS
IN ADDITION...HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF
THE COAST BETWEEN CHINCOTEAGUE VIRGINIA AND CHATHAM MASSACHUSETTS.
THIS INCLUDES THE TIDAL POTOMAC FROM COBB ISLAND TO SMITH POINT...
THE MIDDLE AND UPPER CHESAPEAKE BAY...DELAWARE BAY...AND THE COASTS
OF THE NORTHERN DELMARVA PENINSULA...NEW JERSEY...THE NEW YORK CITY
AREA...LONG ISLAND...CONNECTICUT...AND RHODE ISLAND.
TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED NORTH OF CHATHAM TO
MERRIMACK RIVER MASSACHUSETTS...THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...AND
SOUTH OF CHINCOTEAGUE TO DUCK NORTH CAROLINA...THE NORTHERN
ENDPOINT OF THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING.
OTHER COASTAL AND INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR
THESE AREAS. PLEASE SEE STATEMENTS FROM LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE FORECAST OFFICES.
FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA IN THE UNITED
STATES...INCLUDING POSSIBLE INLAND WATCHES AND WARNINGS...PLEASE
MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE. FOR STORM INFORMATION SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES...PLEASE MONITOR PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR NATIONAL
METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE.
DISCUSSION AND 48-HOUR OUTLOOK
------------------------------
AT 1100 AM EDT...1500 UTC...THE CENTER OF HURRICANE SANDY WAS
LOCATED NEAR LATITUDE 37.5 NORTH...LONGITUDE 71.5 WEST. SANDY IS
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHWEST NEAR 18 MPH...30 KM/H. A TURN
TOWARD THE NORTHWEST IS EXPECTED SOON...FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD
THE WEST-NORTHWEST TONIGHT. ON THE FORECAST TRACK... THE CENTER OF
SANDY IS EXPECTED TO MAKE LANDFALL ALONG OR JUST SOUTH OF THE
SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY COAST THIS EVENING OR TONIGHT.
REPORTS FROM AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INDICATE THAT
THE MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS HAVE INCREASED TO NEAR 90 MPH...150
KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION INTO A
FRONTAL OR WINTERTIME LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM PRIOR TO LANDFALL.
HOWEVER...THIS TRANSITION WILL NOT BE ACCOMPANIED BY A WEAKENING OF
THE SYSTEM...AND...IN FACT...A LITTLE STRENGTHENING IS POSSIBLE
DURING THIS PROCESS. SANDY IS EXPECTED TO WEAKEN AFTER MOVING
INLAND.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 175 MILES...280 KM...
MAINLY SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER...AND TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS
EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 485 MILES...780 KM. SUSTAINED WINDS TO
TROPICAL STORM FORCE ARE OCCURRING FROM LONG ISLAND SOUTHWARD ALONG
THE COASTS OF NEW JERSEY...DELAWARE...AND EASTERN VIRGINIA...AND
EXTEND AS FAR INLAND AS THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN CHESAPEAKE BAY AND
DELAWARE BAY. A WEATHERFLOW REPORT INDICATES A SUSTAINED WIND OF 53
MPH...85 KM/H...WITH A GUST TO 63 MPH...102 KM/H...HAS RECENTLY
OCCURRED ON LONG ISLAND AT EATONS NECK NEW YORK.
THE ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE RECENTLY REPORTED BY
RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT WAS 943 MB...27.85 INCHES.
HAZARDS AFFECTING LAND
----------------------
WIND...TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS...OR GALE-FORCE WINDS...ARE ALREADY
OCCURRING OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES FROM NORTH
CAROLINA NORTHWARD TO LONG ISLAND. GALE-FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE TO SPREAD OVER OTHER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC
COAST...NEW YORK CITY...AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND TODAY.
HURRICANE-FORCE WINDS COULD REACH THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...
INCLUDING NEW YORK CITY AND LONG ISLAND...BY THIS EVENING. WINDS
AFFECTING THE UPPER FLOORS OF HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS WILL BE
SIGNIFICANTLY STRONGER THAN THOSE NEAR GROUND LEVEL.
STORM SURGE...THE COMBINATION OF AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE
AND THE TIDE WILL CAUSE NORMALLY DRY AREAS NEAR THE COAST TO BE
FLOODED BY RISING WATERS. THE WATER COULD REACH THE FOLLOWING
DEPTHS ABOVE GROUND IF THE PEAK SURGE OCCURS AT THE TIME OF HIGH
TIDE...
NC NORTH OF SURF CITY INCLUDING PAMLICO/ALBEMARLE SOUNDS...4 TO 6 FT
SE VA AND DELMARVA INCLUDING LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY...2 TO 4 FT
UPPER AND MIDDLE CHESAPEAKE BAY...1 TO 3 FT
LONG ISLAND SOUND...RARITAN BAY...AND NEW YORK HARBOR...6 TO 11 FT
ELSEWHERE FROM OCEAN CITY MD TO THE CT/RI BORDER...4 TO 8 FT
CT/RI BORDER TO THE SOUTH SHORE OF CAPE COD INCLUDING BUZZARDS
BAY AND NARRAGANSETT BAY...3 TO 6 FT
CAPE COD TO THE MA/NH BORDER INCLUDING CAPE COD BAY...2 TO 4 FT
MA/NH BORDER TO THE U.S./CANADA BORDER...1 TO 3 FT
SURGE-RELATED FLOODING DEPENDS ON THE RELATIVE TIMING OF THE SURGE
AND THE TIDAL CYCLE...AND CAN VARY GREATLY OVER SHORT DISTANCES.
GIVEN THE LARGE WIND FIELD ASSOCIATED WITH SANDY...ELEVATED WATER
LEVELS COULD SPAN MULTIPLE TIDE CYCLES RESULTING IN REPEATED AND
EXTENDED PERIODS OF COASTAL AND BAYSIDE FLOODING. IN ADDITION...
ELEVATED WATERS COULD OCCUR FAR REMOVED FROM THE CENTER OF SANDY.
FURTHERMORE...THESE CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR REGARDLESS OF WHETHER
SANDY IS A TROPICAL OR POST-TROPICAL CYCLONE. FOR INFORMATION
SPECIFIC TO YOUR AREA...PLEASE SEE PRODUCTS ISSUED BY YOUR LOCAL
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
RAINFALL...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR
NORTHEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM TOTALS OF 8
INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING THE DELMARVA
PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF
5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHERN TIER OF NEW YORK STATE
NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH NEW ENGLAND.
SNOWFALL..SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 3 FEET ARE EXPECTED IN THE
MOUNTAINS OF WEST VIRGINIA WITH LOCALLY HIGHER TOTALS TODAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY. SNOWFALL OF 1 TO 2 FEET IS EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS OF
SOUTHWESTERN VIRGINIA TO THE KENTUCKY BORDER...WITH 12 TO 18 INCHES
OF SNOW EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA/TENNESSEE
BORDER AND IN THE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN MARYLAND.
SURF...DANGEROUS SURF CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM FLORIDA THROUGH
NEW ENGLAND FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
NEXT ADVISORY
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NEXT INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY...200 PM EDT.
NEXT COMPLETE ADVISORY...500 PM EDT.
$$
FORECASTER STEWART
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCPAT3+shtml/291439.shtml
