NASTY SANDY CHURNING UP THE COAST

I 'm concerned about rainfall; 5 inches predicted.

Amish act as a collective, the ide to buy insurance wouldnt occur to them because of their belief in their communities ability to assist and help out rebuilding. Its maybe a hard concept for us to fathom but, in my several discussions with my Amish neighbors, they like it.
They are more apt to break some venial rule like getting drunk or keeping a cell phone than they would cross their rules that require them to believe in their community.
If you ever have a chance to interact with Amish in MAryland, Id suggest doing it for they really have no concepts of "individualism" or"Im a real success".
Youll think that you are having difficulty getting strait answers to questions until you recognize thatA,ish process information much differently than we.

I don't know many Amish but I've met many a Hutterite, Mennonite and Doukhobor and they opperate in the same way. It's kind of admirable.

Ive read about the Doukhabors. They were the ones that used to run around nekkid on business hours? (Sorta gave new meaning to casual Friday)

Only the women, and usually only the more substantial ones.

It looks to me like u have been right, Bill, as far as NYC is concerned.
Whereas thay 'd said 5 inches of rain, now thay say between 2" and 5".
I think that we can handle 2" OK. However, the NYC Mensa Halloween Party
has fallen victim to Hurricane Sandy.

In oral narrative on the NYC TV Channel 1, thay de-emphasized rainfall.

Winds will be relatively mild, maybe only 20 mph.





David

Amtrak is closing the NorthEast Corridor...a smart move given their recent inability to keep the power on even in good weather. The electrical system is decrepit...about eight years ago much of it was replaced but it was done on the cheap by idiots and needs to be all ripped out again.

It looks to me like u have been right, Bill, as far as NYC is concerned.




Happy to hear David that I might be more right then wrong concerning NYC as I always like that city and of course you are in it.

A few hours ago the NWS was predicting gusts up to 75mph in parts of NYC. Keep that number remembered and in 48 hours look to see what actually happened. Based upon weather service fear mongering on this storm it is highly unlikely that there will have been gusts at 60mph.

You might not know the difference between knots (= nautical miles per hour) and [US] miles per hour, I think.

New york harbor surge projected 6-11 feet.....Irene was less than 5 ft, so that would be a big problem IF THEY ARE RIGHT!

The irene projection was for up to 10 feet, so confidence in this 11 ft number should be low. This is another number that we should visit after the storm...let's see how close the elite got to forcasting reality. Historically the norm is "not bloody close".

Most of the stocks exchanges in New York will be open tomorrow except at the last minute the NYSE is closing it trading floor.

Knot use for wind speed of a hurricane?

Certainly, because knots really means (nautical) miles per hour. (You easily can look it up.) And the knot is used in meteorology.

Nautical miles & miles/hour (KTS) are used in aviation and in weather forecasting around the world.

OY, now I cant get that outta my head

They said 5 in when it looked like one of the models steered the storm into NYC, that model has now changed its track ND LOOKS LIKE nj IS THE FOCUS .wERE RIGHT SOUTH OF THE CALCULATED TRACK

A friend of mine sent me pictures from Gull Point Marina in Delaware. It's already underwater and rain hasn't even started yet in Maryland. I'm having probs trying to paste the pix to this thread, anybody have any sage advice? Oh, and thanks OmsigDavid for printing the idiot prince's crap on your post, I actually saw his raving. I'm not blaming you, it's not meant to be a criticism but I forgot he even existed until I tried to figure out who the idiot was that farmarman was being so patiently trying to explain the idea of real life everyday issues. Please tell BillM, that if Mars invades I won't need his sorry uniformed butt to warn me. (Mars??? really dude)

The adults on this forum know that 2" of rain over is month is no big deal, neither is 2" over a week, but 2 inches in 10 minutes in densely populated areas with insufficient storm drains might be a problem. Especially since the 20 mph winds are more likely to be 35 - 45 with gusts of 60 or better. Most counties in Maryland have already announce school closings for tomorrow. It might seem wussy like to cancel school 24 hours in advance, but bear in mind Maryland actually has schools and doesn't want children to drown in an effort to get to schools which will likely not have power. I'm guessing BillM is an early receipient of the Texas Miracle No Child Left Behind horse hocky. Here in the Dogwood State, we rely on private business to deliver our energy. So we wait until they recognize a demand. We don't hold our breath.

iVE SINCE SUSPENDED ANY TALK AMONG THE hAWKEE AND bILL. tHEY SEEM MORE INTERESTED IN MAKING THIS SOME KIND OF CONTEST AND ITS ACTUALLY LAUGHABLE UNTIL i REALIZE iM ON THE STORM TRACK.
sO iM JUSST LOOKING AT THE wEATHER cHANNEL MAPS AND LATEST FORECASTS HOPING WE CAN DODGE A BULLET. iTS ALRADY SNOWING IN THE lAUREL hIGHLANDS SO MABE THE STORM CAN BE STEERED AWAY BY A MORE FAST MOVING LINE SQUALL FROM THE WEST.
Sorry bout the caps, I cant pay attention to my typing and look at the screen

we have a family place on Broadkill Beach Island. Its ok for now cause itsup on stilts but the beaches are being eroded at a fast pace