The news started to call the storm a nor'beaster they are thinking of shutting down long island railroad
I imagine a nor'easter can do the same damage. I tend to think of nor'easters as winter tropical storms/hurricanes (though they don't develop in the tropics).
So happy we missed a huge bullet again!!! We missed the brunt of Sandy as well. Whew!!!!
Stay safe everyone!
that one sounds like its sandy hurricine.
they live in long island. Thats where I grew up there. Long Island rocks.
Are you sure you dodged it? We're going to get the "heavy" stuff over night. Today's snow was just a teaser. You may be in the 3-6" area though I haven't really looked what's happening south of me.
Winds could go up to 80 mph so those are hurricane force speeds!
I hope you don't lose power--it would be hard to stay warm.Yeah that is what I heard on the news people on the coast could get wind as strong a hurricane number 1 and people have been warned that should they
evacuated their homes that are right on the beach. Once the high tide come in the road will be flooded out and the only other way off the island is by boat and that is out of the question. We are in high risk zone of losing our power . I am inland so I hope I will safer in not losing power. I am surprise there not been issues a mandatory evacuation for Plum Island yet.
I hope you don't lose power--it would be hard to stay warm.
A first for me, my agency actually cancelled work for tomorrow. We knew before leaving the office that we were not to come in. And we may not come in Wednesday - it remains to be seen how much snow will fall and whether the highways will be open. So far, the wind is kicking up something fierce. So glad I have my family and a warm bed - and my cats to cuddle with me.....I'm sorry for anyone living in an area prone to outages....and anyone, two legged or four - out on the streets.
Laura
I am curious, don't the professors send assignments (via internet) for you to do in case of a disaster like this?I'm ready for blizzard because it will cause all classes cancelled.
I haven't been in blizzard since 1993.