Frankenstorm
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I haven't checked on the boat but it was hauled and blocked Friday. As far as the Jersey shore it took a hard hit lots of flooding, in Atlantic City large areas of the boardwalk are gone. At my home we had no loss of power, heavy rain and only moderate gusts 53mph. I live 18 miles due west of Atlantic City. I just found some siding damage on my home (minor) that will have to be repaired.
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Steady winds w/ gusts to 40 knots at home. Several inches of rain. No power loss. Have a Honda 5.5Kw that is plugged into the back of the house in the event we did lose power.
Marina just called. No problems there. Wind came out of the west which is highly unusual. The main power feed to the Marina is sketchy at best and they did not lose power either. Boat is fine.
Daughter in Roanoke. Town just SW of her got 16" of snow and are expecting more today. She just got rain. All is well there.
Best friend's girlfriend called him this A.M. from Chicago. They are feeling the effects out there.
Apparantly the cloud cover went from Carolina to Nova Scotia.
Marina just called. No problems there. Wind came out of the west which is highly unusual. The main power feed to the Marina is sketchy at best and they did not lose power either. Boat is fine.
Daughter in Roanoke. Town just SW of her got 16" of snow and are expecting more today. She just got rain. All is well there.
Best friend's girlfriend called him this A.M. from Chicago. They are feeling the effects out there.
Apparantly the cloud cover went from Carolina to Nova Scotia.
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Apparently you missed the part where I stated "In my area", and "For RI".
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While ITK gloates that he was right in his prediction, even though he is changing his original prediction on this, I feel bad for those that have had damage as a result of this storm. Especialy those that have may have had damage to property as in boats that they are unable to get to their marina to find out.
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+1.
While I am sure he feels as though he is not gloating, and I will subscribe to that notion at a lesser level than he will, at this point I'll merely suggest that he be careful about what he asks for. Next time the storm could hit his area like this.
While I am sure he feels as though he is not gloating, and I will subscribe to that notion at a lesser level than he will, at this point I'll merely suggest that he be careful about what he asks for. Next time the storm could hit his area like this.
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And if a storm was to hit his area and his boat was damaged and house leveled he would not admit it. I just have a hard time believing that he has not even said anything about those who have been devistated by this storm.
Very insensitive person.
Very insensitive person.
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Really Carver, lets see
"Media hype. Thsi will be nothing more than some rain and wind gusts. Reporters though will appear on TV with wind blown umbrellas in full rain gear soaking wet." - Yep that happened, and you know what - we got some rain and some wind gusts
"Bunch of fear mongering. If weather people did not fear monger, there would be no pinache in ths story." - The media here fear mongered this to the max. Get supplies, the world is ending, one talking head even had us getting a blizzard mixed in. The comparisons to the "Perfect Storm" were laughable from the start.
"I have not seen a forecast for my area that warrants anything beyond leaving the boat in its slip.
If it changes, within 30 minutes time I can have my boat in an indoor facility.
At least once a year for the past three years we here have heard of "the next great storm" that in reality turned out to be nothing more than a sneeze." - What did I miss here?
"Irene was a joke here in RI, from a boat perspective. We had some high winds and some rain - BFD."
"Fine. Folks in NJ and NY will prepare differently than those in RI.
I still maintain this is media hype and fear mongering. They will march their reporters out on sea walls, douse them with buckets of water in their nice foul weather gear. All the while, this will be nothing more than some rain and windy days.
Your mileage may vary, but I have been incontact with my marina, and some old time local guys with a lot of knowledge (they dont operate plastic fantastics) and the consensus is that for our area there is not reason to do anything but double up lines at this point.
It is what it is. You can go on trying to build this storm up in your head, but the analytics for my area do not warrant a knee jerk all hands on deck reaction." - And this is exactly what happened here. Some rain and some wind husts - oh, and the reporters with soaking wet rain gear appeared on the Narragansett Sea Wall too, only problem was, it was not raining when they were "live".
"Hello, that is exactly what I am doing." - I prepared based on the information for my area, like I have said all along.
"If you are referring to me, in over 30 years I have submitted 0 by way of insurance claims." - This was in response to your troll, just poi nting out a fact.
So, tell me, where did I change my original prediction? And, how is it gloating when I am responding to an asked question?
"Media hype. Thsi will be nothing more than some rain and wind gusts. Reporters though will appear on TV with wind blown umbrellas in full rain gear soaking wet." - Yep that happened, and you know what - we got some rain and some wind gusts
"Bunch of fear mongering. If weather people did not fear monger, there would be no pinache in ths story." - The media here fear mongered this to the max. Get supplies, the world is ending, one talking head even had us getting a blizzard mixed in. The comparisons to the "Perfect Storm" were laughable from the start.
"I have not seen a forecast for my area that warrants anything beyond leaving the boat in its slip.
If it changes, within 30 minutes time I can have my boat in an indoor facility.
At least once a year for the past three years we here have heard of "the next great storm" that in reality turned out to be nothing more than a sneeze." - What did I miss here?
"Irene was a joke here in RI, from a boat perspective. We had some high winds and some rain - BFD."
"Fine. Folks in NJ and NY will prepare differently than those in RI.
I still maintain this is media hype and fear mongering. They will march their reporters out on sea walls, douse them with buckets of water in their nice foul weather gear. All the while, this will be nothing more than some rain and windy days.
Your mileage may vary, but I have been incontact with my marina, and some old time local guys with a lot of knowledge (they dont operate plastic fantastics) and the consensus is that for our area there is not reason to do anything but double up lines at this point.
It is what it is. You can go on trying to build this storm up in your head, but the analytics for my area do not warrant a knee jerk all hands on deck reaction." - And this is exactly what happened here. Some rain and some wind husts - oh, and the reporters with soaking wet rain gear appeared on the Narragansett Sea Wall too, only problem was, it was not raining when they were "live".
"Hello, that is exactly what I am doing." - I prepared based on the information for my area, like I have said all along.
"If you are referring to me, in over 30 years I have submitted 0 by way of insurance claims." - This was in response to your troll, just poi nting out a fact.
So, tell me, where did I change my original prediction? And, how is it gloating when I am responding to an asked question?
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I was responding to Getakeys post. Nothing more, nothing less. Call it what you will, but the fact is, I have stated all along in this thread I would prepare based on the analytics and forecats (real forecast not the media fueled one) for my area, and that is exactly what I did. Likewise, I made it clear, time and time again, that I am not in NY or NJ and that their preperations would be vastly different than mine.
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What am I supposed to say that will make it any different for them?
As a very wise person once told me, all the wishes and prayers in the world will never change the reality of a situation at hand.
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Perceived arrogance? I stopped posting back on the first page, and only got brought back in to answer Getakey's question. It is you and Wayne that wish to drag it out with your implications and innuendo.
Millions of people are dealing with difficulties from loss of power to loss of everything. I think its time to not brag about good fortune or predictions as well as sniping at each other and just be thankful as hell if you are one of the more fortunate people. I damn well know I am!
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