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

cherryghost

leahyl wrote: »

Just said on Sky News that all 17 crew have been rescued - thank god for that

Rescue workers at sea and on land have been on standby since last night. It's crazy really. They had NY rescue workers over early yesterday as there may be problems getting them to the islands post-storm, delaying rescue efforts.

jo06555

So this storm is living up to all the hype Ye? Just hope people take the warnings.

leahyl

This might sound like a stupid question but why are these ships out at sea in such conditions? Forgive my ignorance

Tenger

leahyl wrote: »

This might sound like a stupid question but why are these ships out at sea in such conditions? Forgive my ignorance

Better to be at sea and riding out the waves than moored/close in and getting smashed against the docks and/or shore line.

cherryghost

Steep beep wrote: »

Bit of wind. Storm me hole

It's nowhere near full intensity yet. Give it another 12 hours.

Diamond Dust

cherryghost wrote: »

It's nowhere near full intensity yet. Give it another 12 hours.

Troll I think

200motels

Is it like the storm that was in the film The Perfect Storm.

James74

CNN live webcam of coastal house getting flooded (2nd steam in list). I just watched the first waves breach the defences, was a more annoyed than I thought I would be. Hope people took heed of the warnings.

Spindle

Tenger wrote: »

Better to be at sea and riding out the waves than moored/close in and getting smashed against the docks and/or shore line.

It was on private hire in the area, they may have been ignoring weather charts or thought that they could ride it out.

It is a really nice ship as well.

http://www.tallshipbounty.org/schedule/

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200motels wrote: »

Is it like the storm that was in the film The Perfect Storm.

That was based on the novel, which in turn was based on the 1991 storm to hit the north east. It's very like that.

It hasn't started to move west yet, has it? I'm 40 miles from the coast at Mass and it's a state of emergency here at the moment.

Spindle

James74 wrote: »

CNN live webcam of coastal house getting flooded (2nd steam in list). I just watched the first waves breach the defences, was a more annoyed than I thought I would be. Hope people took heed of the warnings.

That location got flooded very early this morning. Was watching it around 1am and the surf started washing over the dunes into the house

The dune is now actually holding back the water and preventing it going out in the backwash.

This site has the above webcam and also 3 others you can cycle through them with a link above the webcam feed

http://www.visitob.com/webcams/sea-ranch-kill-devil-hills/

James74

Ah, sorry, wrong info on my part. I was watching for ages and now waves were breaking over it, I must have caught it in a "lull".

Spindle

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That was based on the novel, which in turn was based on the 1991 storm to hit the north east. It's very like that.

It hasn't started to move west yet, has it? I'm 40 miles from the coast at Mass and it's a state of emergency here at the moment.

There are signs it has started its track west now. It is still moving north as well.

The models seem to have done really well in getting a handle on this one.

J6P

Spindle wrote: »

The models seem to have done really well in getting a handle on this one.

Well impressed- Euro had this spot on from 5 or 6 days out!!

up for anything

cherryghost wrote: »

It's nowhere near full intensity yet. Give it another 12 hours.

Diamond Dust wrote: »

Troll I think

Wrong.

I can't believe the amount of people, with children, staying put in mandatory evacuation areas. They were there waving at the bloody tv cameras all delighted with themselves. Do they not give a toss about the rescue workers whose lives they will put at risk if they suddenly have an emergency and need to get someone to hospital?

Could someone please explain to me what the storm surge will do - does it act like a tsunami pushing everything in front of it or does it mean a higher than normal tide effect?

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up for anything wrote: »

Wrong.

I can't believe the amount of people, with children, staying put in mandatory evacuation areas. They were there waving at the bloody tv cameras all delighted with themselves. Do they not give a toss about the rescue workers whose lives they will put at risk if they suddenly have an emergency and need to get someone to hospital?

Could someone please explain to me what the storm surge will do - does it act like a tsunami pushing everything in front of it or does it mean a higher than normal tide effect?

During Hurricane Ike lots of people tried to stay, so the police asked them to write their social security numbers on their arms in permanent marker so they could be identified after the storm. That seemed to move most of them. :pac:

Spindle

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

They have confirmed that is shifting to the west in latest Advisory. Also there can't be many times that they mention Snow in a Hurricane Advisory!

Mr. Manager

[-0-] wrote: »

During Hurricane Ike lots of people tried to stay, so the police asked them to write their social security numbers on their arms in permanent marker so they could be identified after the storm. That seemed to move most of them. :pac:

Saw a video on YouTube taken by a New Yorker from his house - police were driving around telling people to evacuate and that they would be arrested if they didn't comply.

up for anything

[-0-] wrote: »

During Hurricane Ike lots of people tried to stay, so the police asked them to write their social security numbers on their arms in permanent marker so they could be identified after the storm. That seemed to move most of them. :pac:

Brilliant idea.

Storm 10

Hope they save this ship HMS Bounty I was on her in Galway when she came a few years ago.

http://news.sky.com/story/1004141/hms-bounty-crew-abandon-ship-in-hurricane

Storm 10

Stream here showing houses on beach getting flooded, keep trying if it does not play it will just so many looking in.

http://www.visitob.com/webcams/sea-ranch-kill-devil-hills/

Spindle

Here are some of the news sites with live updates

Wall Street Journal

New York Times?hp

The Guardian

BBC

Also a lot of the news sites in the US have removed their pay walls, so you can view all there content for free.

Mr. Manager

Storm 10 wrote: »

Hope they save this ship HMS Bounty I was on her in Galway when she came a few years ago.

http://news.sky.com/story/1004141/hms-bounty-crew-abandon-ship-in-hurricane

All crew have already been rescued after abandoning the ship.

Diamond Dust

up for anything wrote: »

Wrong.

Oops that came out wrong I was talking about steep beep , sorry Cherryghost I know you're definitely not a troll . Redsunset was on to him quick anyways.

fits

Reuters live blog also very good.

Merkin

This the one fits?

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Tracking_Storm_Sandy

fits

Merkin wrote: »

This the one fits?

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Tracking_Storm_Sandy

I think so. On my phone at the minute.

jamo2oo9

Any live webcams available for New York area? Would like to see what it looks like now.
EarthCams seems to be down at the moment..?

nkay1985

The New York Times have a great feature. They've got a camera on top of their building refreshing every 60 seconds.

Been following it since about 10am this morning and it's just not gotten bright there at all.

Check it out here.

SnowDrifts

jamo2oo9 wrote: »

Any live webcams available for New York area? Would like to see what it looks like now.
EarthCams seems to be down at the moment..?

Here is the Harbor
http://www.nyharborwebcam.com/

ednwireland

Some neighbors have put up a sunshade in their car's windshield ahead of #Sandy. Somehow, I don't think it'll have much of an effect today.
by ErnestScheyder via twitter

off the reuters site

some people live in hope

Spindle

Looks like Atlantic City is being swamped at the moment. And there is a very long way to go yet. The storm is still around 265 miles to the south east according to the last reports at 12pm Irish time.

https://twitter.com/aubreyjwhelan/status/262885138474606592/photo/1

https://twitter.com/JitneyGuy/status/262891072693358593/photo/1

jamo2oo9

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Here is the Harbor
http://www.nyharborwebcam.com/

Cheers mate! Looks good (the view I mean not the weather..)

jo06555

Just got this stream off Twitter :

http://new.livestream.com/breakinglivenowdirect/sandycam?&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=follow&utm_campaign=breakinglivenowdirect&utm_content=sandycam

maquiladora

nkay1985

A walk around Mandatory Evacuation Zone A this morning. Interesting to get a feel for what it's like on the ground.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhwAwQnuGbA

leahyl

SnowDrifts wrote: »

Here is the Harbor
http://www.nyharborwebcam.com/

Great webcam, cheers :-)

maquiladora

Best Track Data upgraded Sandy to 80 knots, so we should see winds up to 90/95mph on the next advisory.

pegasus1

Cereal Rapist wrote: »

All crew have already been rescued after abandoning the ship.

They are in two 25 man covered life rafts...they have to ride it out in them...

Spindle

maquiladora wrote: »

Best Track Data upgraded Sandy to 80 knots, so we should see winds up to 90/95mph on the next advisory.

This one got my attention. There is going to be a lot of stress on the sky scrappers.

Nick Wiltgen, weather.com Meteorologist:
The latest run of the American GFS model is predicting winds over New York City to peak at about 4pm EDT (+/- 2 hours). Ominously, at that time it predicts sustained winds of 107 mph only 1,000 feet above ground, which is below the tops of several Manhattan skyscrapers.

Deep Easterly

Small animation of Sandy's progress between the 26th up to 05z today.



Animation is from ZAMG (Austrian Met Service), who have a nice archive of animated satellite imagery of current and previous cyclones on their website:
http://www.zamg.ac.at/cms/de/wetter/satellitenbild-animation/wirbelstuerme

Iancar29

Shes Starting to turn left now...

fits

Holy crap. re HMS Bounty. Not a pleasant experience. And id have to agree, sounds higly idiotic that they were in its track in the first place. So what if ship gets damaged in the dock. This was forecast SIX days ago. Captain and owners have questions to answer.

gbee

Spindle wrote: »

http://www.visitob.com/webcams/sea-ranch-kill-devil-hills/

This has stopped working for me, is it my piddilinngly slow Eircom connection?

Mech1

gbee wrote: »

This has stopped working for me, is it my piddilinngly slow Eircom connection?

Not only you check my sig for my connection speed.

notnumber

gbee wrote: »

This has stopped working for me, is it my piddilinngly slow Eircom connection?

no,its up and down constantly-too many connections one assumes.

Iancar29

Hudson river has breached its bank...

James74

This would not be fun :eek:
http://instagram.com/p/RXdtwdlDnS/

Spindle

fits wrote: »

Holy crap. re HMS Bounty. Not a pleasant experience. And id have to agree, sounds higly idiotic that they were in its track in the first place. So what if ship gets damaged in the dock. This was forecast SIX days ago. Captain and owners have questions to answer.

Looks like she is gone

The replica HMS Bounty we reported on earlier has now sunk, according to CBC.

rc28

Scroll down this page, updates automatically - the boardwalk in Atlantic City has already come down:

http://live.reuters.com/Event/Tracking_Storm_Sandy