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Still have power for now. It's very windy and a light to moderate rain. We are near providence RI. So we are not nealy as affected as those in NYC, PA, NJ, DC....hopefully didn't forget anyone.
 
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You may be in the eye of the storm. Be prepared the winds could pick back up to hurricane force from 180 degrees of the original direction with only a moment's notice!
 
What a nice and thoughtful thread!

Hanging in here in Northern New Jersey. The wind is terrible right now, still have power although it is flikering. The worst should be in the next hour or so and last through the night, oh Joy. A big branch just came down and pulled the power lines off the house, they are just flapping in the breeze but hopefully they will hang on, could be a big problem if they let go.

Anyone here from Martin (Yogitunes) he's in Southern Jersey and they are getting hammered right now.
 
4 blips in the power so far- just enough to pop the lights etc off for 1/2 a second. I tried getting some video of the howling winds through the trees, but it just doesn't capture it. Kind of wimpy looking if I were to view it as an outsider.

However, it's anything but, and we're not even getting the worst of it like some others are. When I was going to shoot some vid out the front door, I noticed a cruiser had parked maybe 75 feet from our driveway in front of a fallen tall pine on the edge of the MDC (Mass District Commission) land- it marks the underground public water supply that travels through Southborough into Boston. I thought it was one of the cops I knew, so Rich and I donned shoes and coats and popped out to see if we could help. We were at the end of our drive when we heard a kind of popping sound and another pine a little further in (away from us) came over right next to the first one. It just uprooted and fell. Luckily there was still the better part of a lane to travel, so we all just stayed clear and waited for the road crew to arrive.

The extension cords are in place, just waiting in case we have to fire up the generator. We've talked about getting a new one that holds more gas and is quieter, but haven't gotten there yet. We went 2+ days with this one that runs about 1 1/4 hours on a fill and it's been dependable for 15 years, but quieter and longer-running would be nice! We're looking at the Duro Max 4400, with or without electric start. One of Rich's patients has this model and it's very nice!

Good luck to all,
Chuck
 
Sorry guys.....I was posting in the Dirty Laundry thread of the Storm......

we have been having rain all day.....high winds....lost power once.....good to know the generator works.....

not my fault this time....I did not do my usual rain dance on the front porch NaKeD.....but if I did, imagine the power I would have!......

although I was outside with my yellow coveralls and jacket.....NaKeD underneath.....MAN, that rubber is COLD!....good thing it wasn't clear.....

stores were sold out here and closed early......but the Liquor stores are still open.....if you can't do one activity, might as well get drunk...or both...until the storm rides out.....

I was saying this would have been a great day to have a Wash-In....what else are we gonna do on a day like this, but sit around and be bored.....I have back up power, plenty of food and drinks......roll out some sleeping bags....and we got a slumber party.....it would be the first ever.....not exactly the BEAR wash-in I would hope for....but we could go outside and wrestle in the mud!....

Jim....you game for a mud bath?
 
Updates from Rhode Island

My power has flickered once or twice, but still up and running. Judging by the new reports, it's 6:15 p.m. and areas of Providence near the water are starting to flood. So, the fun begins. Not much rain, but a lot of wind. Sitting here trying to get some work done to keep my mind off things, but will be glad when this is over.

Ron

PS: If it gets really bad, you may see my picture on the news sailing down the street in my Thor Automagic!!
 
PS: If it gets really bad, you may see my picture on the new

I thought you had renamed that thing the SS Valdez for the oil it was leaking. Of course, oil does float on water!
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Winds are picking up a bit- according to the radar map it looks like the worst of it will hit us around 8PM. Still got power!

 

Chuck
 
Floating Buddy.........

You know Jim......Jersey could break off and drift off into the ocean.....

Make sure you get a Floating Buddy...have to have someone to feed to the sharks while you swim to safety....
 
I was listening to "Talk of the Nation" on NPR this morning around 11:15 Pacific and a listener called in from Long Island, advising that conditions were already worse than anything he experienced with Irene even though Sandy was still several hours away from making landfall.

 

Like Allen said, let's hope this whole thing moves through quickly.
 
Really worried about my AW and F and H friends caught in the storm. First two that come to my mind is Laundress and Steve (Toggleswitch). Will be checking often.
 
<span style="font-size: medium;">The wind is so bad, car alarms are being set off. The trees are really getting a beating, but nothing down so far. Lights are flickering. It's funny, with the windows closed you can barely hear it. The wind is mostly hitting the other side of my building, although every now and then it switches direction. Amazingly, I see Chinese take-out guys on those electric scooters making deliveries. and a few idiots fighting to stay a foot on the streets. here's still traffic on Broadway, albeit very light. Most of the bridges and tunnels are closed. </span>

 

<span style="font-size: medium;">I've never seen/heard wind like this in my life.</span>
 
This is it...

<span style="font-size: medium;">The building is beginning to sway, I'm up on the 19th floor. Things are being blown off buildings by me, hearing a lot of crashing sounds....</span>
 
Louie (Ultramatic), Be safe, adding you to the personal candle lit vigil I'm having. Can't say how important the AW and FandH family is to me! so worried.
 
BBC News London

Just looked at the news and it looks bad, I wish you all well its midnight here and I'm just setting off to drive to an antiques fair in Sussex so will not be able to log in again until to-night but I will be thinking of you
 
Did Somebody Call My Name?

Hello Luvs!

Spent most of the day housecleaning and what not, also getting ready for the Miele serviceman's visit tomorrow which as of today have not heard anything about being cancelled.

Unlike yesterday night the streets on the UES of Manhattan are mainly deserted. Now and then you see occasional cars or taxis drive by but otherwise streets and avenues are empty. Some shops and stores were open eariler today but by five or six PM most if not all had closed down. The only way into Manhattan is via the tunnels as all the bridges have been closed, ditto for the VZ and other bridges onto/off Staten Island and what not.

Not allot of rain but now and then strong winds. Streets and sidewalks are littered with branches, leaves and all sorts of debris blown down. We have power as expected but ConEdison has shut power to parts of lower Manhattan (near Battery Park City) out of concerns for the system there.

Other than that am off to do some ironing and perhaps some baking.

Keep safe everyone!

L.
 
Until a few hours ago I was still hoping that the dire predictions wouldn't come to pass. Lets just hope that there is no loss of life. Many people caught up in this storm stand to lose everything they possess. This event will destroy livelihoods and lives. It's ultimate human cost will be so much higher than the temporary inconvenience to the ecnoomy.

In events like these it is always the poorest and most vulnerable who are worst effected. Think about all those folk in Haiti and what they must have felt during the storm; watching their ram-shackle homes and possessions disintegrate around them.

I have family in Long Island. Luckily they are not near the coast and I know they will be inconvenienced, but relatively safe.

To all of you caught up in this I sincerely wish that you are safe and well. At least you are in a place where help is available and the authorities will do everything they can to mitigate this crisis.
 
just got word from the news the Storm has centered over Atlantic City.....

Amazing how much rain can come down in one day, and the wind continuously blow.....everything is flowing sideways.....

amazing enough we still have power and cable/internet......crossing our fingers
 
Dear Launderess and the rest of the people from AW and vacuumland living in the Tempested area, you're in my thoughts and I hope and wish you can make it without bad news, i mean healthy and safely in your homes. Warm hugs from Uruguay, Gus.
 
Garden State Good News

So far! High winds but not all that much rain. Power blinks on and off from time to time. Have to go around and re-set microwave, alarm clock, etc. I have gas stove and oven, so can still cook. Took trash out earlier, and like Yogitunes said, felt like I needed a cinder block strapped to my a$$. Don't fear, we NJ hairdressers will be returning everyone to beauty within hours after the storm.

Thanx to all on aw.o who sent good wishes to NJ/NY/CT.
 
Just heard that the Battery Park tunnel is flooding. There was a crane on top of a 60 story tall building under construction that broke loose from it's mounting and is dangling from the roof. Police have closed the streets around the building.

I remember my first hurricane. I was living in an apt building and the building was shuddering all night long. I had never been so scared in my life. The air conditioning compressors were bouncing up and down in the wind on the roof.

When I woke up in the morning, my muscles were so sore from being on edge and tense for so long!

It sounds like our group is doing pretty good considering what's in progress. And that makes us happy!

Looks like Harrisburg is seeing the worst of it right now. Except for one more pass of moderate rain I think New Jersey will be done with the rain. But the wind & storm surge will remain.
 
Crane Problems

Are at the new uber-luxury building One57 (not far from one's home), a place that even before construction has been completed billionaires have snapped up most if not all the units including in "bidding wars".

As for Battery Tunnel flooding, well it would wouldn't it?

Don't think many including those living in Manhattan realise how much of the land below about 34th Street is either low lying and or built upon landfill. The FDR drive routinely floods during bad storms as does West Street/Westside highway. Battery Park City/World Financial Center complex is totally built upon landfill as is much of everything west of West Street around lower Manhattan.

Am not that old but remember when the World Trade Center actually was the "end" of land for that area. Behind it was West Street then the docks/piers.

If one examines old maps of Manhattan overlaid with the modern street grid system you'll see a huge difference in the landscape around the lower Manhattan area. Creeks, ponds and so forth were filled in, indeed Canal Street is called just that because there once was a canal there. It is still located under the streets/subway and once during construction an old boat/ship was unearthed.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203335504578087062647393392.html
 
Really windy but have power in Southern MD

Power went out at 11 am, but amazingly came back around 5 pm. Saw on the news a big tree had fallen across the road up by Chesapeake Beach taking out everyone below, but the crews worked thru the wind and rain to get it restored, amazing job. Howling out there now, power flickers but has stayed on. This is the first time we have ever had power after the beginning of a storm, ususally we are out for a week. Keeping fingers crossed it keeps moving fast and no one gets hurt. DC and everything else is closed tomorrow as it is supposed to be bad until the morning.

Good luck to everyone to the north, I see a lot of flooding and trees down on the news. Out west in MD and WV there have been big snows, amazing.
 
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