Death Storm of Death Storms

[Dogbreath2U]

Ha, I got D batteries, water bottles, peanut butter and jelly, propane bottles, plywood, extra flashlights (both big and small), baked beans, extra wine, and topped off gas tanks.

My main plan is to pray a relative-in-law has power and move in with them when we lose it. I feel that the loss of power is inevitable and my failure to buy a generator will be punished over and over until I fork out for one.

Batten down the hatches, Boneyarders, count the minutes, because the end is near.

Doomed is the word.

 

[Dann]

this will be the first sunday that the new liquor laws in ct will pay off big time

 

[TRest]

At least people learned from last year and were out gassing up their vehicles yesterday. I need to clean up my sump pump but feel lazy today.

 

[husky99]

this will be the first sunday that the new liquor laws in ct will pay off big time

Yup.... i am cheap bastard, should have gotten a generator

 

[Palatine]

I bought extra beer.

 

[johnhuskies95]

I got a generator around three years ago. Certainly helps, but when your power is out for a week(like mine was for Irene last year), it still sucks.

 

[temery]

What am I missing? I looks like little more than a bad storm for southern New England.

Ha, I got D batteries, water bottles, peanut butter and jelly, propane bottles, plywood, extra flashlights (both big and small), baked beans, extra wine, and topped off gas tanks.

My main plan is to pray a relative-in-law has power and move in with them when we lose it. I feel that the loss of power is inevitable and my failure to buy a generator will be punished over and over until I fork out for one.

Batten down the hatches, Boneyarders, count the minutes, because the end is near.

Doomed is the word.

 

[White Dwarf]

Kure Beach Pier, Kure Beach NC. For the link to UCONN basketball, this is about a 90 second walk from Dom Perno's house

 

[8893]

What am I missing? I looks like little more than a bad storm for southern New England.

Looks like it could be worse than Irene for the CT coastal areas due to duration of sustained heavy winds combined with full moon and high tides. Flooding will be pretty bad near the shore. The problem for the rest of us will be power and trees. Trees with wet leaves become sails in heavy winds. Hopefully the fact that we are expecting to get less rain means that the ground will be strong enough keep most trees from falling, but there will certainly still be lots of outages from downed limbs. Probably looking at widespread outages of shorter duration, if there are fewer downed trees blocking roads and more crews and equipment in place already than there were for Irene. As but one indication, I have a friend from New Orleans who works in operations for the utilities industry. He is the guy who does ops and logistics for the line crews, finding them places to sleep, etc. wherever they are sent. Last year he didn't arrive until days after the storm; last night he was already in a hotel at Bradley.

 

[sledog]

As long as you got beans and matches, you're prepared for all contingencies.