Hurricane Sandy North East Storm

[blackwolfe]

Not sure how many of you may be in the path of the upcoming storm, but keep safe and keep us posted.

Looks like the low associated with it could back up over the great lakes.  We have lake shore warnings in my area for the southern portion of Lake Michigan with 40 -50 mph winds and 20 foot waves.  have seen waves this high a few times, but not common.

From the National Weather Service:

 Issued by The National Weather Service
North Webster, IN
Sun, Oct 28, 2012, 10:52 AM EDT

TIMING... PERSISTENT HIGH WAVES MAY CAUSE LAKESHORE FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION ALONG THE LAKE MICHIGAN SHORELINE LATE MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY FROM THE MID ATLANTIC STATES MONDAY TO LAKE ONTARIO WEDNESDAY CAUSING NORTHERLY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH ON LAKE MICHIGAN DURING THIS PERIOD. THESE WINDS WILL CAUSE WAVES ON THE LAKE TO BUILD TO NEAR 20 FEET. THE PERSISTENT STRONG NORTH WINDS AND HIGH WAVES MAY RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT BEACH EROSION AND LAKESHORE FLOODING ALONG THE SOUTHERN SHORE OF THE LAKE.

Here is a link to the Southern Lake Michigan Buoy that gives data including wind and wave information:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=45007

You can expand on the map to see where in lake Michigan the buoy is and on the expanded map there are other weather stations you can click on for data from those locations.

[Magoo541]

I'm on the west side of Wisconsin and fly back to Oregon Thursday night, from Eau Claire to Chicago the PDX.  Hopefully this storm will peter out by then, if not I'll see if I can fly out of the the Twin Cities. 

To all those on the East Coast, keep us posted and I'll say a prayer for you.  Good luck and God speed.

[jaybet]

Ok...I was wrong. Where I lived for 30 years is flooded nearly to hurricane Gloria levels and the storm doesn't get here 'till 10 pm tonight.

The big deal here is the amount of water this storm is pushing. The barrier islands (which means nearly all the beach communities) as well as the nearbye inlets and towns on the back bays will be devastated. Right now, at low tide before the storm hits, they are flooded anywhere from ankle to chest deep. It's going to probably double tonight.

Good news is, a large majority of these areas are second homes and businesses. Bad news, but not peoples primary residences.

And....for all you midwesterners who may have questions, there won't be much looting. Most areas along the coast are small communities, tourist and second home culture, so there's not a lot of entitlement shopping after a disaster.

This is going to wipe out the beach communities along the entire state of NJ.

Fortunately for me, I have moved offshore to a higher area. We're hoping for just a lousy couple of days, but already our life has a lot less drama not being where we used to live.

[tombogan03884]

Currently in NH the surf is pretty impressive though I've seen much worse from ordinary winter storms.
As the storm moves onto land I expect the waves to lose strength, tide going out and the bulk of Cape Cod between us and the storm.

[jaybet]

The storm has accellerated and the eye should pass within 20 miles of us within the hour. We won't get any water here other than the foot or so of rain coming down.
It's a funny, odd, calm spacey place...the eye of the hurricane. Sometimes you can see sunshine up through it. Probly not on this one though.

[Sponsor]

[sledgemeister]

Take care of yourselves and loved ones guys!

[jaybet]

It feels like the eye is just north of us enough that we're not in it...we're on the southern edge. We've had heavy south west and west winds for hours and a lot of rain. The wind direction is great because the ocean is east and south of us. The wind is pushing the tide out of the Delaware Bay, not INTO it as predicted, and the eye is passing before high tide, earlier than predicted.

As much as we've been through these things so many times, it was nice to have LESS DRAMA in our lives. Our new digs are a fortress (at least for hurricanes). I don't think our old house will fare as well, but it could be a day or two till we can get in there to see.

Everyone is safe, drinking hot cocoa, bourbon, beer, whatever, and munching on cookies. The dog thinks it's all very amusing.

[Timothy]

Pretty much what I expected up here.  Nothing but a bit of wind and maybe 1/2-3/4" of rainfall.  I expect the shop will be open in the morning.  Timing of the tides on the coast was crucial on the cape and islands.

My bride will be unpacking....she doesn't handle these things well at all!  Something in the French, Catholic that makes them fear literally everything when they should be trusting in their faith!

Plenty of water for the next few weeks.  Batteries are always needed so nothing will be wasted.

[tombogan03884]

It isn't even a hurricane any more .

http://news.yahoo.com/superstorm-sandy-loses-hurricane-status-231041619--finance.html

Superstorm Sandy loses hurricane status

The one thing I don't understand is how anybody could write such a stupidly self contradicting headline.

[jnevis]

It isn't even a hurricane any more .

http://news.yahoo.com/superstorm-sandy-loses-hurricane-status-231041619--finance.html

Superstorm Sandy loses hurricane status

The one thing I don't understand is how anybody could write such a stupidly self contradicting headline.

It's Yahoo. They don't have writers just some snot-nosed punk with a keyboard PLAYING journalist

Wind has calmed for now.  Rain let up an hour or so ago.  Still wet but not HEAVY.  Expecting it to pick up a liitle in a couple hours as the eye
 passes closer to BMore.