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PhoenixVoid
Canada32746 Posts
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leandroqm
Netherlands874 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:23 PhoenixVoid wrote: All I can say is that the GTA area is just being hammered with rain and gust right now. wow... even GTA is affected? Never thought it would reach that far... | ||
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Dubzex
United States6994 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:14 heliusx wrote: Wind gusts are topping out in the 60s. Sustained are half that. There are no 90+ mph winds. The real damage is going to be water damage. Tell that to my house that was hit by one of the trees in the yard which were knocked over by the high winds. | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:18 CeriseCherries wrote: I guess its like if the south got a foot or two of snow lol #No power still on tl Pretty much. Snow and ice hitting down here and everything would shut down. Excessive snow would collapse houses, since the flat roof is bad for the weight. But that is exceedingly rare. Temperatures below freezing are pretty bad, too, because people don't see ice on roadways often in the South. | ||
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b0ub0u
Canada445 Posts
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:26 Dubzex wrote: Tell that to my house that was hit by one of the trees in the yard which were knocked over by the high winds. How do I reach it? More seriously soggy ground makes trees vulnerable to gusts. | ||
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:28 felisconcolori wrote: Pretty much. Snow and ice hitting down here and everything would shut down. Excessive snow would collapse houses, since the flat roof is bad for the weight. But that is exceedingly rare. Temperatures below freezing are pretty bad, too, because people don't see ice on roadways often in the South. Kids in the south would be ecstatic if there was a foot of snow. Not many southerners have seen much snow except for some older people. | ||
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Tewks44
United States2032 Posts
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brian
United States9639 Posts
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:36 Gene wrote: NYU Hospital lost power, and backup power. They have to evacuate patients in this weather. That's pretty bad. You would think a hospital would have backup backup generators. >.< | ||
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Craton
United States17279 Posts
I like that Google always manages to have topically relevant search headers. ![[image loading]](http://i.imgur.com/0SyIa.jpg) | ||
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BloodNinja
United States2791 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:39 heliusx wrote: That's pretty bad. You would think a hospital would have backup backup generators. >.< Like most things in NYC, I would venture to guess that the backup generators are in a basement which is probably now flooded as well. Hence the backup also being down in the statement you quoted. | ||
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Craton
United States17279 Posts
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57542015/hurricane-sandy-more-than-2-million-already-without-power/ | ||
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:42 BloodNinja wrote: Like most things in NYC, I would venture to guess that the backup generators are in a basement which is probably now flooded as well. Hence the backup also being down in the statement you quoted. I dunno, it would seem really stupid to put generators below the ground in a flood zone. Especially in a hospital. | ||
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Tewks44
United States2032 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:42 Craton wrote: Apparently there are over 2 million people without power nationwide. http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57542015/hurricane-sandy-more-than-2-million-already-without-power/ CNN is reporting 2.8 million. Regardless, it's a lot the 8:22pm update | ||
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Microsloth
Canada194 Posts
If you were a weather network, or someone making these decisions, would you "tell NY to suck it up and deal yo, cause down in FL we got mad hurri-skills".. or would you try to prepare people accordingly. Nothing wrong with taking the side of caution. You didn't have to go to school.. AND there was no crazy ass storm??? AWESOME Celebrate bros lol | ||
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Czech M8
United States16 Posts
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heliusx
United States2306 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:57 Microsloth wrote: After Katrina, weather networks and emergency crews are going to lean towards preparing people for the worst. So yeah, it seems like they're hyping it up, but why not? Hype it up, people get prepared (or should). Don't hype it up, and people get fucked up. If you were a weather network, or someone making these decisions, would you "tell NY to suck it up and deal yo, cause down in FL we got mad hurri-skills".. or would you try to prepare people accordingly. Nothing wrong with taking the side of caution. You didn't have to go to school.. AND there was no crazy ass storm??? AWESOME Celebrate bros lol suck it up, i flew my hang glider into katrina. | ||
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ECHOZs
United States499 Posts
Oyster Creek in Lacey Township, N.J., was already offline for regular maintenance before Sandy, a superstorm downgraded Monday night from a hurricane, slammed the East Coast. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says an “unusual event” was declared around 7 p.m. when water reached a high level. The situation was upgraded less than two hours later to an “alert,” the second-lowest in a four-tiered warning system. Federal officials say all nuclear plants are still in safe condition. They say water levels near Oyster Creek, which is along the Atlantic Ocean, will likely recede within a few hours. Oyster Creek went online in 1969 and provides 9 percent of New Jersey’s electricity. http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal_government/nuclear-power-plants-prepare-to-shut-down-if-storm-sends-water-wind-levels-too-high/2012/10/29/e8e5dc6e-2226-11e2-92f8-7f9c4daf276a_story.html | ||
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felisconcolori
United States6168 Posts
On October 30 2012 11:57 Microsloth wrote: After Katrina, weather networks and emergency crews are going to lean towards preparing people for the worst. So yeah, it seems like they're hyping it up, but why not? Hype it up, people get prepared (or should). Don't hype it up, and people get fucked up. If you were a weather network, or someone making these decisions, would you "tell NY to suck it up and deal yo, cause down in FL we got mad hurri-skills".. or would you try to prepare people accordingly. Nothing wrong with taking the side of caution. You didn't have to go to school.. AND there was no crazy ass storm??? AWESOME Celebrate bros lol I agree. Erring on the side of caution is better than being caught unprepared. Then again, either way doesn't impact me personally that much - during Isaac I had to go to work. (Being less than 1.6 miles from my place of employment, and the nature of my job, means that odds are I will still be at work even when no one else has to report.) Then again, one of my older brothers was actually on a radio transmitter tower during a hurricane in Mass (I think it was Hurricane Bob back in '91) so I probably can't complain too much. | ||
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