[lbo-talk] ....as for the storm

[Eleutherios]

Yes, please take this seriously. This is not just hype. Even if the 
worst case scenario is not reached this will be damaging and the worst 
storm in most people's lifetimes. There will be substantial flooding and 
widespread, long-duration power outages at the least. I tried to 
straddle warning of the potential and not overplaying due to uncertainty 
on Pen-l, but this has the potential to be catastrophic for low-lying 
areas. Right now the weather is indeed playing out (no longer just 
prognostications) for this to be a very historic and destructive, deadly 
storm. Storm surge may exceed 10 ft; Bloomberg was irresponsible to 
delay (channeling Nagin?). Sustained winds reaching and possibly 
exceeding 80 mph and 5-10+" of rain are also likely. Fallen leaves will 
block storm drains well inland and tree canopies with foliage will 
increase damage to them as will wet ground increase uprooting.

Prepare for a prolonged storm surge equivalent of a weak cat2 hurricane 
http://www2.sunysuffolk.edu/mandias/38hurricane/storm_surge_maps.html 
which for NYC puts it around the threshold of Zone A and Zone B 
evacuation zones 
http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/html/hazards/storms_evaczones.shtml .

Some meteorological background:
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/article.html
http://www.climatecentral.org/news/hurricane-sandy-to-deliver-historic-blow-to-mid-atlantic-northeast-15176

This explains how tropical cyclones transition to hybrid systems: 
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/news/20121027_pa_sandyTransition.pdf .

Updates:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/capital-weather-gang
http://www.noaa.gov/stormcentral/
https://twitter.com/search?q=%23Sandy&src=hash
http://www.wunderground.com/ (this site is indeed tongue-in-cheek named 
after the 60s radicals)

Greater New York City area: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/okx/
Greater Philadelphia area: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/
Greater Baltimore/Washington area: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/lwx/
Greater Boston area: http://www.erh.noaa.gov/box/

On 28-Oct-12 13:42, 123hop at comcast.net wrote:
> Take good care everyone....
>
> Joanna
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