SANDY - Probs/Obs/Reports - Mid-Atlantic/Northeast/E Canada

[anarchiver19]

Just checking in from Virginia Beach. There is a heavy rain band over us right now-it has been pouring for the past several hours. Gusts here at 44mph. According to the local met the worst will come for us tomorrow afternoon. So far we haven't lost power (fingers crossed). My family is in Northern NJ (Bergen County)...my mom is very worried. They aren't near any water and hours from the shore...I think the they're going to be out of power for awhile though.

[KBBOCA]

Check out comment #154 on Jeff Masters' current blog entry for some impressive pix of the storm in the outerbanks. I've never seen seafoam blown around like that - looks like shaving cream!

http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMa ... rynum=2279

[Jimsot]

MSBEE

Instead of being on Anguilla I happen to be in central NJ(Flemington) on vacation.

Thoughts and prayers with all of you affected by Sandy!
Just a couple of suggestions from someone who has been through several hurricanes and has experienced power outages of more that a week:
-after working your butt off doing all the storm prep, take a long, hot shower (IF you are not having to evacuate)
- do your laundry well before it looks like you may lose power
-make a nice, hot comfort meal the night before (tonight); might want to make a roast or baked chicken then make and freeze sandwiches from leftovers to eat after power goes out
-pull out the board games and cards to try to keep stress level down during bad parts of storm and on long nights after the storm (I learned how to play rummy, hearts, and poker after hurricanes when I was a kid!)
Good luck and God bless!

great advice.
Good luck to all up there!

[Terry]

From a beach on Cape May Sunday morning.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=npAxOyvzzLc&feature=youtu.be

[artist]

Tom Kowal, left, and Joe Rulli, owners of Joeys Pizza and Pasta, board up their restaurant on Long Beach Blvd as Hurricane Sandy makes its way toward Long Beach Island. They were prepared with their orange sign from previous storms. Beach Haven, NJ 10/28/12 (John Munson/The Star-Ledger)
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/1 ... t_for.html

[artist]

Twitter post: Hoboken Terminal already seeing flooding
@ginavergel7 posted this shot around 11:30 Sunday night showing water already at the Hoboken Terminal, which is on the Hudson River waterfront.

http://www.nj.com/hobokennow/index.ssf/2012/10/twitter_post_hoboken_terminal.html

[Cyclenall]

From Environment Canada:

*Many Parts of Mid-Western Ontario and Eastern*
4:51 AM EDT Monday 29 October 2012
Wind warning for
*Many Parts of Mid-Western Ontario and Eastern* issued

Severe winds of 60 gusting up to 100 km/h beginning this evening.

This is a warning that potentially hazardous winds are expected in these regions. Monitor weather conditions and listen for updated statements.

Hurricane Sandy is forecast to track from the Atlantic ocean into the New Jersey shoreline this evening as it transitions into a powerful post-tropical storm. Winds will increase out of the north to northeast today at 40 gusting to 60 km/h in most areas. They will intensify further this evening to 60 gusting at times to 90 km/h accompanied by heavier bands of rain as Sandy begins to move across Pennsylvania. Winds may be even stronger in the Niagara and Sarnia regions where gusts over 100 km/h are possible. They may also gust a little stronger over higher terrain. Winds will begin to ease below warning criteria on Tuesday morning.

Sporadic power outages are quite likely across the warned regions due to falling limbs and the odd toppled tree taking out hydro lines.

Just caught this 1 hour after it came out. I don't agree with the values listed, this is underplaying it like the forecasts are. I wouldn't be surprised to see gusts reach 140 km/h to be honest. One of the CBC mets or weather presenters spilled the beans on what may take place with regards to these winds, and they weren't these values! The time of day as well seems off, peak should be noon Tuesday for us in Ontario, no?

[CrazyC83]

From Environment Canada:

*Many Parts of Mid-Western Ontario and Eastern*
4:51 AM EDT Monday 29 October 2012
Wind warning for
*Many Parts of Mid-Western Ontario and Eastern* issued

Severe winds of 60 gusting up to 100 km/h beginning this evening.

This is a warning that potentially hazardous winds are expected in these regions. Monitor weather conditions and listen for updated statements.

Hurricane Sandy is forecast to track from the Atlantic ocean into the New Jersey shoreline this evening as it transitions into a powerful post-tropical storm. Winds will increase out of the north to northeast today at 40 gusting to 60 km/h in most areas. They will intensify further this evening to 60 gusting at times to 90 km/h accompanied by heavier bands of rain as Sandy begins to move across Pennsylvania. Winds may be even stronger in the Niagara and Sarnia regions where gusts over 100 km/h are possible. They may also gust a little stronger over higher terrain. Winds will begin to ease below warning criteria on Tuesday morning.

Sporadic power outages are quite likely across the warned regions due to falling limbs and the odd toppled tree taking out hydro lines.

Just caught this 1 hour after it came out. I don't agree with the values listed, this is underplaying it like the forecasts are. I wouldn't be surprised to see gusts reach 140 km/h to be honest. One of the CBC mets or weather presenters spilled the beans on what may take place with regards to these winds, and they weren't these values! The time of day as well seems off, peak should be noon Tuesday for us in Ontario, no?

Overnight into tomorrow morning, strongest near the lakes (especially south shores - that includes a lot of the Toronto area) and in the St. Lawrence and Ottawa Valleys. I would add a few areas to the wind warning.

There seem to be three wind maximas setting up:

1) Primary - headed towards NYC, Long Island and southern New England then inland near 41N - about 100 kt winds aloft

2) North Secondary - headed towards northern New England (central part misses) and eventually the St. Lawrence/Ottawa Valleys and lower Great Lakes - about 80 kt winds aloft (I will likely get that tonight)

3) South Secondary - headed towards the Delmarva and the Baltimore-Washington area then the central Appalachians - about 85 kt aloft

[JC380]

Per Governor O'Malley: Parts of Ocean City are inundated with water and the pier has been damaged.

[Praxus]

I don't agree with the values listed, this is underplaying it like the forecasts are. I wouldn't be surprised to see gusts reach 140 km/h to be honest.

If the hurricane statement for Toronto is calling for 90 km/h winds; why do you think they are off by 50 km/h? Gut feeling? Because I can't see them being that wrong.

[caneseddy]

Eyewitness News ‏@eyewitnessnyc

Atlantic City's public safety director says most of the city under water #SandyABC7 #Sandy


Pray for everyone up theee

[Praxus]

Atlantic City this morning. Something tells me these people should have evacuated. The highest water is still many hours away and the city is almost completely flooded already.

http://instagram.com/p/RXvNKUoXet/

http://instagram.com/p/RXoEkohmER/

[chrisjslucia]

Per Governor O'Malley: Parts of Ocean City are inundated with water and the pier has been damaged.

Here is an image of Ocean City from Facebook, around 11.00am Eastern time this morning.

[chrisjslucia]

Sorry to post again but thought this report was worth sharing. You got to love New York humour and resilience!

"Around 80 evacuees stayed overnight at the John Jay high school in Park Slope, Brooklyn, with many more expected to arrive on Monday. They included three dogs, a cat, a turtle a snake and a mouse.

After last year's Hurricane Irene, the staff and volunteers are more than ready for them. A handwritten sign just inside the door divides incomers into two categories - people to the right, animals to the left.

"This time last year we had 1000 people in here" said one of three officers from Emergency Management as he stood outside the school on a break.

"We had two rooms full of dogs and cats too. This year we even got a turtle. And that snake's got his eye on the mouse. It it's not gonna happen."

[sweetpea]

I have a cousin who lives in the outer banks (Avon). He didn't leave, says the Avalon Pier is gone. He said he is hearing the road going into Avon is also washed out. He can't get out now if he wanted too. He has lived in the outer banks for 20 yrs. Worse storm he has ever seen. Can't wait for it to leave. He said then we have to wait and see how the rest of our family makes out in NY and NJ.

[dizzyfish]

Avalon Pier Cam
http://www.avalonpier.com/piercam.html most recent update was 1:00. May still be updating but that is the last I saw before I posted the link.

[MiamiensisWx]

North end seawall of Brigantine has been breached.

Police Chief; John Stone, urges those who stayed, to get off island ASAP.

Brigantine Police warn of dramatically rising water, during high tide & full moon later today.

Officer Jim Bennett, director of emergency management for Brigantine, says: 70 percent of Brigantine’s 9,500 residents remained. (even after mandatory evacuation order)

Bennett told reporter from San Francisco Chronicle; “My confidence is not very high”. “We’ve basically been told to expect to survive on our own for a while if we get cut off.

Countywide travel ban now in effect.

Only vehicles transporting essential personnel or those who provide essential public services including police, fire, EMS and authorized emergency management personnel will be permitted on roadways until this ban is lifted. The travel ban restricts travel on all county and municipal roadways

Brigantine Island access is now shut down, as of 4pm SUNDAY OCT 28.

Ernie Purdy & Brigantine Department of Public Works did FANTASTIC JOB of prepping the beaches for Sandy. SEE PICTURES HERE

Hurricane Sandy will have a severe impact on our region over the next several days:
■Strong damaging sustained winds 35 to 50 mph over a prolonged period of time (24 to 48 hours).
■Wind gusts up to near 75 mph.
■Extremely heavy rainfall.
■Major to record inland flooding along streams and rivers.
■Major to record coastal flooding. The full moon on October 29 just makes things worse.
■Options for the storm to miss our area are rapidly dwindling.
■Confidence on the storm having a major impact on our region continues to increase.
■The focus of efforts should be on when Sandy hits our region, not if Sandy hits our region.
■Major coastal flooding is expected based on the current track forecast. Record coastal flooding is likely.
■10 to 12 foot storm tide is possible along the Atlantic Coast & the Delaware Bay. This would result in record coastal flooding in many locations.

NJ TRANSIT has shutdown of all bus, rail, light rail and Access Link service.

Governor Christie formally requested that President Obama declare a pre-landfall emergency for New Jersey. This declaration would allow the State to request funding and other assistance for actions taken in advance of Hurricane Sandy, which is expected to make landfall in New Jersey late Monday evening.

“The National Hurricane Center predicts that Hurricane Sandy will move along the New Jersey coast bringing the potential for severe weather conditions, including heavy rains, high winds, dangerous storm surges and stream and river flooding that may threaten homes and other structures, and endanger lives in the state,” added Governor Christie.

To ease evacuation, tolls are suspended until further notice on Northbound Parkway and Westbound AC Expressway.

Brigantine Beach could get 24-48 hrs of 35-45 mph gusts to 60-75 mph..

ALL Atlantic City Casinos now evacuated as well.

http://brigantinenow.com/brigantine-evacuation-update-as-of-230pm-oct-27/

[brunota2003]

My forecast:

This Afternoon A chance of rain or drizzle, mainly after 4pm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 56. Breezy, with a northeast wind around 22 mph, with gusts as high as 34 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.
Tonight Rain. Low around 52. Windy, with a northeast wind 28 to 33 mph, with gusts as high as 60 mph. Chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch possible.
Tuesday A chance of rain. Partly sunny, with a high near 61. Breezy, with a east wind 18 to 21 mph, with gusts as high as 38 mph. Chance of precipitation is 50%. New precipitation amounts of less than a tenth of an inch possible.

[artist]

anyone watching live coverage from ABC? There is a crane that is dangling from a high rise in Manahattan.

[EBrads146]

Yup, it's One57, a luxury condo tower under construction near 7th and West 57th.

That crane is seriously 900-1000 feet in the air. If it falls, it will not be good.

From PBS: