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2012 Atlantic Hurricane Season: Non-Minnesotans arguing about the weather...

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SteveP said:
Not exactly champagne powder. ;)
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Sloppy 2nd's doesn't even begin to describe the snow that they are talking about.... That stuff is going to be stupid heavy.... Basically falling slush.... I'm curious to see what the final water equivalents are...
 
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"one of the biggest storms in our lifetimes!!"


oh twc, have you no shame :p
 
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TWC better hope this is The Perfect Storm, Part II, or else they've majorly overhyped it.
 
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Somebody say snow?
that's inches

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Two words that conjure a lot of memories for Minnesotans: Halloween Blizzard.

That snowfall map reminds me of it. A lot.
 
dxmnkd316 said:
Two words that conjure a lot of memories for Minnesotans: Halloween Blizzard.

That snowfall map reminds me of it. A lot.
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Local futurecast seems to indicate an off-chance of a brief change over in DC. I'm on the look for four horsemen... Or four loko... One or the other
 
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joecct said:
Somebody say snow?
that's inches

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The more of the Potomac's basin that gets snow, the less flooding we will get when the runoff reaches DC in a few days.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Two words that conjure a lot of memories for Minnesotans: Halloween Blizzard.

That snowfall map reminds me of it. A lot.
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I've read the last time this type of thing happened on the east coast had a lot to do with that blizzard. Probably won't happen this year though...at least here.

I cleaned up that Halloween. :D
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
I've read the last time this type of thing happened on the east coast had a lot to do with that blizzard. Probably won't happen this year though...at least here.

I cleaned up that Halloween. :D
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I do remember hearing something like that as well ;)

Although, this year (as opposed to the last two years) our boss has emphasized the use of VPN as opposed to driving into work. So my last winter in the Mustang should be somewhat easier to deal with.

Best boss ever.
 
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dxmnkd316 said:
Two words that conjure a lot of memories for Minnesotans: Halloween Blizzard.

That snowfall map reminds me of it. A lot.
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Drove to work in the (somewhat) aftermath of that storm. 4 cyl Corsica. Yup. It was fun as hell since I was the only car on the road. :D
 
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Just reporting in while we still have power here in NJ. It has been raining and very windy for the past 12 hours now but we are just in the fringes of this thing still. Supposed to go really downhill here in the next 12-18 hours. Most predictions have turned this sucker a bit further south of us which may mean at least less rainfall for us (they had predicted 8-12 inches earlier and now 4-8) but the eventual wind speed we get hit with will still be hurricane force. Our concern here is power loss-if it goes out I am sure it will not be remedied for some time. Our local police chief declared an emergency at 11PM lat evening and no vehicles can travel the roads except for emergency vehicles. Probably a very good move but i thought that a bit early to make that call. Having been through Andrew in 1992 and Charley in 2004, we are as prepared as we can be.
 
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Doc

What county are you in? Mom is in assisted living in the north of Bergen County.

Wherever it is, stay safe, dry, and with power.
 
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MinnesotaNorthStar said:
I've read the last time this type of thing happened on the east coast had a lot to do with that blizzard. Probably won't happen this year though...at least here.

I cleaned up that Halloween. :D
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When your family comes from Western NY, you always design Halloween costumes so they can fit around snowsuits.
 
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DrDemento said:
Just reporting in while we still have power here in NJ. It has been raining and very windy for the past 12 hours now but we are just in the fringes of this thing still. Supposed to go really downhill here in the next 12-18 hours. Most predictions have turned this sucker a bit further south of us which may mean at least less rainfall for us (they had predicted 8-12 inches earlier and now 4-8) but the eventual wind speed we get hit with will still be hurricane force. Our concern here is power loss-if it goes out I am sure it will not be remedied for some time. Our local police chief declared an emergency at 11PM lat evening and no vehicles can travel the roads except for emergency vehicles. Probably a very good move but i thought that a bit early to make that call. Having been through Andrew in 1992 and Charley in 2004, we are as prepared as we can be.
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I'm surprised you and Jenny didn't shoot up to the 'dacks.
 
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joecct said:
Doc

What county are you in? Mom is in assisted living in the north of Bergen County.

Wherever it is, stay safe, dry, and with power.
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We are down in Ocean County-right by the water. For about 30 years virtually knew anything about this area and it was a well kept secret how lovely the area was. We had a local population of about 11,000 when we moved down. Now we are approaching 100,000 and suffer from all the ills of overbuilding and over population that many other places have. So far things are OK but we are not even close to the worst that this storm will bring. I suspect once things go downhill (between 3PM and midnight) we will be in for some pretty rough wind and water. Many people here had not gone through this kind of thing until Irene last year (and comparatively that was pretty mild). What they do not understand is that for hours in advance of the storm you get wind and rain-but it is really just nothing but fringes coming through. Once things start to get bad, they do so in a real hurry. I truly learned my lesson in August 1992 with Andrew. We were out and about 4-5 hours before it hit shopping on Kendall Drive (SW Miami) and figured that if that was the worst this storm had to offer we had nothing to worry about. By the time we got home-we were fortunate to survive.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
I'm surprised you and Jenny didn't shoot up to the 'dacks.
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We would have-our neighbors up there told me all they were going to get was a little rain as the temps have been in the 50's. But society being what it is down here-we have to stay around to just insure that no one takes adavantage and nothing is taken. As Tony Curtis said to Cary Grant in Operation Petticoat-"At times of confusion there is often great opportunity." The police down here although substantial in numbers, still have a rural mentality yet the area has certainly become more urbanized. At one time, not too long ago, we were named one of the 3 safest communities in America. But that, along with a lot of other things has been changing.
 
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Yesterday at noon, before the storm even came near, high tide was higher than normal and our local river was straining at its banks even then. the wind has really picked up now, and they say the "worst" is still six or seven hours away. The entire state is supposedly shut down. No trains of any kind. All government offices closed.

I'll be tempted to go out briefly around noon just to see how high the tide is today. I guess tomorrow's high tide will be the really bad one.
 
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Ocean City, NJ
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Reports that Atlantic City is under water. Point Pleasant Beach is flooded.
 
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