Hurricane Sandy Threatens To Slam Northeast U.S. Monday-Tuesday 29th-30th

Rougies

geetar wrote: »

i heard 8pm eastern time, which i think is 2am GMT

It WAS due to hit about 8pm (midnight GMT, they're still on daylight saving time so 4 hours behind), but it has accelerated recently and so looking like it will hit a couple of hours earlier, maybe about 6pm (10pm GMT)

JazzyJ

geetar wrote: »

i heard 8pm eastern time, which i think is 2am GMT

4 hours difference this week, 5 normally - so 8pm would be 12am here.

cml387

It's almost exactly a week ago that this thread started with a pic of Sandy's possible east coast landfall.
I still think it's an incredible feat of forecasting to have predicted this event so far out.
We all hope that any loss of life will be limited (remembering those who have aleady lost their lives further south) but how much worse would it be without the work of meteoroligists?

Ponster

Missymoohaa wrote: »

What time is the storm due to hit Jersey Shore and Manhattan? (GMT)

8.13pm EST (12.13am) for you?

Looks like the Manhattan is going to miss the main path.


Here's another pic from Brigantine


http://t.co/K8stNajT

cyclops999

Funnel effect between high rise buildings increases wind speed by 40mph

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Our building was evacuated for a fire on the first floor. Fire fighters dealt with it quickly AND restored our power. Awesome.

Ponster

sebastianlieken wrote: »

well this hurricane sucks! still stuck in manhattan. on phone with delta (on hold) because my re-scheduled flight has also been cancelled with no optyions for future flights as of yet. me no likey

Just to let you know that power is being cut in Manhattan south of 34th street in order to protect equipment close to the river shores. The power companies are calling residents to warn them now.

goat2

cml387 wrote: »

It's almost exactly a week ago that this thread started with a pic of Sandy's possible east coast landfall.
I still think it's an incredible feat of forecasting to have predicted this event so far out.
We all hope that any loss of life will be limited (remembering those who have aleady lost their lives further south) but how much worse would it be without the work of meteoroligists?

there are lots of us with relatives there, hoping that they will be ok.

cyclops999

Crane bent in 2 in Midtown manhatten

Ponster

Jesus. A funking crane just crashed out of the sky my street (57th). Here was me thinking that I was in zero danger.

Edit. I most is still attached. Just bits of metal on the ground.

Rougies

Ponster wrote: »

Just to let you know that power is being cut in Manhattan south of 34th street in order to protect equipment close to the river shores. The power companies are calling residents to warn them now.

Not necessarily, they said they will cut the power if (highly likely) the floodwater breaches the defenses.

lafors

zerks wrote: »

Pic from Hazys who posted it in the hurricane thread in AH,they live in Boston.

That's what you get for being a tree hugger

Watching that ABC live link someone posted (thanks btw), looks like this might actually be as bad as they expect :eek: Don't like the look of that crane hanging down on 57th street they were showing earlier.

Ponster

Rougies wrote: »

Not necessarily, they said they will cut the power if (highly likely) the floodwater breaches the defenses.

True but the wording in today's call was more urgent than the warning that we got on Saturday.

sebastianlieken

I never use youtube to upload, so see if this works. this is central park from 101st and central park west.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tGDbC4wJc4

http://youtu.be/2tGDbC4wJc4

Tom Cruises Left Nut

Didn't embed but works fine !

Cantona's Collars

sebastianlieken wrote: »

I never use youtube to upload, so see if this works. this is central park from 101st and central park west.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2tGDbC4wJc4

JFKIRELAND

Ponster wrote: »

Jesus. A funking crane just crashed out of the sky my street (57th). Here was me thinking that I was in zero danger.

Edit. I most is still attached. Just bits of metal on the ground.

Hi Ponster,
CNN have live footage of this now... http://www.justin.tv/2ndruntv_cnn#/w/4074013088/2
JK

moneymad

U/D Manhattan: *2 Alarm* Box 916 at 157 West 57 St Crane is about the fall onto the street

Itssoeasy

Just seen the crane partially collapsed in New York. Megyn Kelly was saying that she can see people walking up and down the street outside her studio. Madness.

Sponge Bob

Pressure dropping fast at this bouy off nyc City 27.74 is 940mb and it is 1 inch above that.

Latest gust 62kt up from 48kt 2 hours back.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=ROBN4

moneymad

http://usemergalerts.net/dispatch/index.php?page=incident_detail&city=Manhattan&state=NYC

handsomecake

Very hard to put this into words without sounding like an asshole but I thoroughly enjoy watching these things unfold.

Itssoeasy

I hope those reporters that are out in this weather get time off after this. They are being battered around from everything I've seen today.

del88

handsomecake wrote: »

Very hard to put this into words without sounding like an asshole but I thoroughly enjoy watching these things unfold.

Nothing wrong with being in awe at the raw power of nature.

Columbia

handsomecake wrote: »

Very hard to put this into words without sounding like an asshole but I thoroughly enjoy watching these things unfold.

Perfectly normal, it's certainly very interesting. It's just unfortunate that human tragedy often accompanies nature's raw power.

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Can someone help me understand why the gusts are so strong in Nashua, NH right now? We're miles from the storm, but the gusts have to be around 70 mph now, if not more. We have trees down all around me, and I've seen people fall over from the wind coming in from their cars.

up for anything

Ponster wrote: »

Jesus. A funking crane just crashed out of the sky my street (57th). Here was me thinking that I was in zero danger.

Edit. I most is still attached. Just bits of metal on the ground.

Are you having to evacuate? I just heard on ABC that they're asking people in part of the area around the crane to get out now. I didn't catch the street numbers though. God speed if you are, and I'm not a bit religious.

snubbleste

Anyone see the footage off the NJ coast of massive cruise ships attempting to ride the waves and troughs? Would be interested if anyone comes across footage of the US naval fleet riding out the storm in the Atlantic.

sebastianlieken

i'll try throw up another video later on when it picks up a bit more.

Went for breakfast earlier on there by the way, and one shop had around 16 pallets of bottled water stacked up outside! madness!

Sponge Bob

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Can someone help me understand why the gusts are so strong in Nashua, NH right now? We're miles from the storm, but the gusts have to be around 70 mph now, if not more.

Cild Canadian air mixing with the outer bands.