ATL: SANDY - Remnants - Discussion

[artist]

I agree - but you can bet (pun intended) that the Atlantic City casinos will remain open too - dunces...

P.S. The current VIS shows Sandy having a donut-type center cloud pattern...

Frank

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/index.ssf/s ... 70e392b463
Sandy to close casinos, evacuate Atlantic City

[Airboy]

Next pass through the center by the recon will be very interesting, Sandy looks better for each sat picture the last couple of hours.

[KBBOCA]

I agree - but you can bet (pun intended) that the Atlantic City casinos will remain open too - dunces...

P.S. The current VIS shows Sandy having a donut-type center cloud pattern...

Frank

Frank, not true. It was announced yesterday that the casinos are closing. I don't know what time, however. The NJ officials have done better than many in terms of getting evacuations started and decisions made quickly. They made very clear specific announcements yesterday morning, I believe, unlike a certain mayor.

[RL3AO]

GCANE, where is the shortwave at this moment that will cause Sandy hook to the left?

Its the ridge over Eastern Canada and south of Greenland that will turn it west.

[Portastorm]

So irresponsible of the NFL to continue home games in NJ and Philly when there is a state of emergency and people trying to evacuate out of lower Manhattan especially. You don't need a big game day traffic jam at the Meadowlands adding to the chaos!!!!

I'm so angry about this.

I know next to nothing about the traffic in that area. Is the Meadowlands in an area where folks leaving Zone A out of NYC would be going through? I'd like to think the NFL is in contact with local officials about this ... then again, we've already seen plenty of head-scratching decisions out of officials along the East Coast.

[Portastorm]

Just saw a tweet from @TheNewsHQ saying more than 3,200 flights at NY and NJ airports cancelled already.

[brunota2003]

I fear the evacuations came too little, too late. I think a good chunk of the people, after what he said yesterday, are going to ignore them.

[SNOW_JOKE]

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.ph ... 1175781257

Entrance to New York Harbor

Tonight: NE wind 28 to 31 kt increasing to 31 to 34 kt after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 45 kt. A chance of light rain, mainly after 2am. Seas 9 ft building to 11 ft.

Monday: NE wind 42 to 45 kt, with gusts as high as 60 kt. Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Seas 13 ft building to 18 ft.

Monday Night: ENE wind 50 to 55 kt becoming ESE 44 to 49 kt after midnight. Winds could gust as high as 70 kt. Rain. The rain could be heavy at times. Seas 20 ft subsiding to 17 ft.

JFK, LGA, NWK could be closed for days (if not longer) if inundated by the sea.

[Weatherguy173]

can you issue hurricane and tropical storm warnings if a storm is subtropical?

[Weatherguy173]

webcam of Rockaway Beach, NY: http://thesurfersview.com/live-beach-ca ... y-beach-ny

[Ken711]

Once Sandy makes landfall, will the strongest winds be to the SW or NE?

[stephen23]

Wow. Seems to be strenghtening pretty fast. Recon finding 78kt flight level winds?

[Andy_L]

webcam of Rockaway Beach, NY: http://thesurfersview.com/live-beach-ca ... y-beach-ny

here's another webcam for you http://www.nyharborwebcam.com/

[Terry]

Per the Carnival Miracle:
http://www.seascanner.com/schiffsposition.php?schiff=Carnival+Miracle

And I believe the Port of NY closes at 6pm tonight.

[Weatherguy173]

http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/Mor ... /show.html
http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/blo ... /show.html

Moriches and Block Island

[KBBOCA]

Yes, the meadowlands is on the major highway Rte. 3 leading in and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. It is a bad traffic area even at normal times...

While on the topic of NJ, here's a comment I just posted in the storm prep thread, but thought it deserved posting here too:

http://www.nj.com is a go-to resource for info about preps and evacuations, etc. in NJ. I'm very impressed.

Firstly: Parkway tolls are suspended Northbound, and so are the A/C Expressway tolls, so people can evacuate from the threatened shore areas:
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/1 ... er_default

Secondly: NJ.Com has a very large "live chat / Q&A" section on its home page where people can ask questions about the storm, tell where water, or batteries, or gas can be found, etc. Excellent.

http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2012/1 ... rt_m-rpt-2

You throw in Chris Christie's no-nonsense leadership yesterday, and I'm feeling pretty proud of my home state right about now.

And of course, ya gotta love some of the crazy humor NJ residents can manage even at the worst of times. Saw this comment in that live Q&A page at NJ.com:

"I have finally found a silver lining to this mess ....once your home is trashed or worst totally destroyed ,your property taxes will finally come down ...I'll be at town hall next week looking for a lower assessment at once .Sandy will do what no other politician has ever been abel to accomplish !"

LOL LOL LOL LOL. When I remember what our NJ property taxes were, there is MUCH truth in that comment!!!

[mpic]

Here is another good link to find webcams. http://www.beachcamsusa.com/states/nj

[pgoss11]

By now everyone in the Mid-Atlantic and New England should have their preps done or close to being done. I, personally have family in Philly and New England so I am concerned, but some people are still not convinced living up there that this is going to be a very bad situation. I just called my son who lives in Philly and he just seemed unconcerned. He was saying, "Mom, it's just a Category 1..just how bad can that be?" He had no preps done, and I was like well just be prepared to be in the dark, maybe no water, but hopefully you have enough food because everything will be closed for a few days. UGH!

[terstorm1012]

People don't have to go far to get out of Zone A in NYC. City generally sits on the Fall Line between Piedmont and Coastal Plain and land rises fairly steeply from the ocean.

[stephen23]

Is there a chance this thing will ramp up as fast as it did between Jamaica and Cuba? Just seems like its organizing as fast as it did last week.