Well unfortunately there are people along the coast of Long Island that
considered IRENE a fizzle and are non-chalanting Sandy. One news
reporter, I think in Far Rockaway, said that 80% of the population there
are not going to evacuate even though they are in a manditory evacuation
zone. Oy.
ann
On 10/29/2012 10:08, Darren Addy wrote:
Sandy is definitely interesting to watch from afar (and glad I'm far
away). I would say that the biggest problem for most will be the power
outages (some estimates put it at 10 million without power). With
trees that still have leaves, heavy rain (or snow, as in WV) combined
with high winds mean lots of snapped branches and if those branches
are over or near power lines you've got an outage. Other than that,
the coastal region NORTH of Sandy's center (I won't say "eye" because
she will probably be post-tropical by the time she reaches land) will
be hardest hit by the storm surge (especially if/when combined with
full moon high tides).
West Virginia mountains are probably looking at a historic amount of
thundersnow, but that is probably better than dumping all of that
water directly into overtaxed streams and rivers. The question is: how
far into the lowlands will also see snow and where the temperature
line will set up for the snow to rain transition in northern WV?
A number of storm chasers will be "chasing" Sandy, which I think is
stupid on multiple levels. For one, visibility will be non-existent so
whatchagonnasee? This storm could take a good number of human lives
and, unfortunately, those out in in or on the roads are the ones that
are putting themselves most at risk. Leave your stalled car in the
West Virginia blizzard and you stand a good chance of dying. Pile-ups
resulting from poor visibility and downed trees and powerlines will
probably also happen. Particularly in populated areas being out on
foot will also be dangerous as anything that isn't nailed down is
going to be several counties away before the wind stops blowing.
Getting hit by anything that is windblown at 60+ mph is not going to
be fun.
Hope all in Sandy's path will just hunker down with plenty of
flashlight batteries and candles and some good books and enjoy the
fact that nobody expects them to be anywhere for a while.
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