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On October 30 2012 22:56 Barrin wrote:
I been in the eye/eywall of multiple cat 2's 3's, and I was even a 4... (east coast florida)
A cat 1 did this to you guys up there? Better get your shit together...
How much of your infrastructure is underground? None? Oh then it seems like you have a lot less to worry about all that water fucking your shit up. The wind/intensity wasnt the problem with the storm, it was the rain.
Also I'm sure you're probably wearing a winter coat today because it's 50 degrees in Florida. And don't tell me you aren't because I live in Orlando and I am amazed how many people are wearing jackets today.
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From the wiki.
There is some criticism of the SSHS for not taking rain, storm speed, and other important factors into consideration, but SSHS defenders say that part of the goal of SSHS is to be straightforward and simple to understand.
The category scale is fucking useless. Its only use is for people who leave near the origin. Your basically looking at the impact a wrecking ball is going to do by measuring ONLY the velocity of the ball and not the mass.
And we get storms like this one about once every 20 years. Its ridiculous how lucky ive been (I live in Ct, storm is literally going right around us). But everyone in its path is getting devastated by the water.
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On October 30 2012 22:56 Barrin wrote:
I been in the eye/eywall of multiple cat 2's 3's, and I was even a 4... (east coast florida)
A cat 1 did this to you guys up there? Better get your shit together...
well about 70 people were killed and millions affected. I doubt this is a "cat 1" anymore.
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A 4 year old child and a fat 300lb man run into a woman.
They both run at the same speed.
Under the hurricane scale. They are both category one.
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On October 30 2012 10:29 ranshaked wrote:
Debris falling from a skyscraper on 6th.
Many fires going on, but emergency services cannot reach due to 6 feet of water in the road ways
I'm receiving these updates from never forget 9/11 page. He is getting them from scanners.
Perhaps this is a dense question, but if there is intense flooding and tons of rain going on, wouldn't fires not be a problem?
Just open the door and let the hurricane douse the fire?
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85%+ of Long Island lost power, could take up to 7-10 days to restore
In Manhattan, everything 39th street to the southern tip lost power due to a transformer exploding (i.e. about half of Manhattan, including Wall Street)
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Most roads and bridges closed except for two major highways
From what I hear on the radio, high tide flooding has inundated southern Long Island. Also flooding east of 2nd avenue Manahttan, and western part of Queens/Brooklyn (basically anything a mile of East River).
And I've heard NJ shore has gotten hit the worst
It's kind of bizarre how much damage this storm has caused, because the wind was like sustained 35-40mph (50-60mph gusts), barely any rain. But a lot of damage was from flooding from high tides and trees destroying power lines.
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On October 30 2012 23:26 don_kyuhote wrote:
People down south really shouldn't be making fun of people up north over this.
I know some schools closed in the south (couple years ago?) over what, 2 inch of snow?
Yea I live in atlanta and we had like 3 or 4 inches of snow and people were calling it snowpocalypse
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In case anyone else is trying to fly in to Boston/some of the more peripherally affected cities, it looks like United and most airlines have started putting up flights again after canceling them Sunday. I was on hold for 40 minutes or so but managed to rebook from a Thursday flight to one tonight.
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On October 30 2012 23:32 Shellshock1122 wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2012 23:26 don_kyuhote wrote:
People down south really shouldn't be making fun of people up north over this.
I know some schools closed in the south (couple years ago?) over what, 2 inch of snow? Yea I live in atlanta and we had like 3 or 4 inches of snow and people were calling it snowpocalypse
I suppose if your trees all have leaves on them still 4 inches could do a lot of damage.
We constantly trim trees next to power lines and houses. Or we are supposed to anyway.
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I like how New Jersey residents always qualify which part of the state they are from.
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Beautiful,, nature i such a wonderful beast..
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On October 30 2012 23:39 Medrea wrote:
I like how New Jersey residents always qualify which part of the state they are from.
Most people in other states always associate themselves with a particular city that they are most near to. We're such a tiny state that its just easier for us to say north/central/south/shore/etc. It's the same thing really.
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On October 30 2012 23:31 ensign_lee wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2012 10:29 ranshaked wrote:
Debris falling from a skyscraper on 6th.
Many fires going on, but emergency services cannot reach due to 6 feet of water in the road ways
I'm receiving these updates from never forget 9/11 page. He is getting them from scanners. Perhaps this is a dense question, but if there is intense flooding and tons of rain going on, wouldn't fires not be a problem? Just open the door and let the hurricane douse the fire?
I've witnessed burning houses on a rainy day before, and what I learned was rain really doesn't do shit once fire reaches a certain size. Wet or dry, it just burns everything in its path. Besides, most of the stuff inside the buildings are dry anyway plus the wind actually helps the fire get bigger. You need to use CO2 or some other chemical because water is not going to be very effective unless your talking like submerging the entire building under water at which point everything is destroyed anyway.
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On October 30 2012 23:43 lilsusie wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2012 23:39 Medrea wrote:
I like how New Jersey residents always qualify which part of the state they are from. Most people in other states always associate themselves with a particular city that they are most near to. We're such a tiny state that its just easier for us to say north/central/south/shore/etc. It's the same thing really.
Also cuz the northern, central and southern parts of NJ are quite different from each other in demographic and urban density. It's the same for New York ... are you from upstate, NYC or long island? They're all quite different from each other.
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![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/Z1RHF.png) Whitehall station as it currently stands in New York, just above Battery Park.
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On October 30 2012 23:43 lilsusie wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2012 23:39 Medrea wrote:
I like how New Jersey residents always qualify which part of the state they are from. Most people in other states always associate themselves with a particular city that they are most near to. We're such a tiny state that its just easier for us to say north/central/south/shore/etc. It's the same thing really.
No its because of the enormous cultural and political differences between the Northern and Southern part of New Jersey and you know that too. Its not really exemplified anywhere else in the country. I dont really see other people even removing a word from the states name either 
Im from Connecticut. Just Connecticut. I would only specify that Im not from Greenwhich which is where all the filthy rich are.
On October 30 2012 23:47 happyft wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2012 23:43 lilsusie wrote:On October 30 2012 23:39 Medrea wrote:
I like how New Jersey residents always qualify which part of the state they are from. Most people in other states always associate themselves with a particular city that they are most near to. We're such a tiny state that its just easier for us to say north/central/south/shore/etc. It's the same thing really. Also cuz the northern, central and southern parts of NJ are quite different from each other in demographic and urban density. It's the same for New York ... are you from upstate, NYC or long island? They're all quite different from each other.
I was gonna mention New York too since its 90 percent nothing but hills and green. And there is the cities.
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On October 30 2012 23:39 Medrea wrote:
I like how New Jersey residents always qualify which part of the state they are from.
Those of us from north jersey want to make it quite clear that we're not related to those who are from south jersey ::shudders::
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On October 30 2012 23:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2012 23:39 Medrea wrote:
I like how New Jersey residents always qualify which part of the state they are from. Those of us from north jersey want to make it quite clear that we're not related to those who are from south jersey ::shudders::
Exactly.
See, we just make fun of all of you because your drivers are awful. The land is polluted. And everyone is a convict.
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On October 30 2012 23:51 Medrea wrote:Show nested quote +On October 30 2012 23:50 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:On October 30 2012 23:39 Medrea wrote:
I like how New Jersey residents always qualify which part of the state they are from. Those of us from north jersey want to make it quite clear that we're not related to those who are from south jersey ::shudders:: Exactly. See, we just make fun of all of you because your drivers are awful. The land is polluted. And everyone is a convict.
Ah, those are the Jersey stereotypes? I thought it was just the way we say coffee and water.
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