Frankenstorm

My marina as most of the marinas on Staten Island are no more. Hundreds of boats lost and or damaged. No power here, I am on my generator. I have not seen this typebof devastation in my entire life, and I have seen some bad things in my life.
 
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My marina as most of the marinas on Staten Island are no more. Hundreds of boats lost and or damaged. No power here, I am on my generator. I have not seen this typebof devastation in my entire life, and I have seen some bad things in my life.

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We are seeing what we are seeing because we are a wealthier nation now than in past disasters.

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The death toll while tragic is small. For those who lost or had stuff damaged, to paraphrase Mikee and Veg, count your blessings. It's just stuff.

My 2 cents.
 
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For those who lucked out and are completely clean, Congratulations and Be Happy. All others have my best wishes for a quick and reasonable recovery. God Bless.

Best WIshes from South Florida.

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+1 from Panama
 
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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.

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What a dick. Grow up.
 
I'm safe and sound in S.W.Fl. but I too am sweating bullets since my baby girl is safe and sound also in Ft. Gordon, Ga. but I'm not sweating like she is since she live on Brigantine, N.J 300 ft from the beach looking dead at AC boardwalk across the causeway. As of last night she hadn't heard anything final either but the few pics she had of the build up wasn't good. Had one pic of the water crashing over the sea wall at the end of her street.
 
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No but they will fall on their ears a hell of a lot better than the perceived arrogance.

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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.

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I think the point is that it was a Frankenstorm for some people. The fact that it did not affect your area is not relevant. Did not affect me either
 
Has anyone heard from The Other Gary?. Toronto got hit pretty hard, and I havent seen him post yet..
 
A sigh of relief.... our boat, still in the water, is fine. Some of the boats on land have fallen over and a few have floated away but those in their slips did ok. I even started both engines... no problems. Very relieved. Hoping for the best for the rest of you as well.

--Rick
 
Monday morning QB here. From what the taking heds said last night and the pics they showed not a great deal of difference between N and S shore this time.. I'm an outsider cracker but my wife grew up three blocks in on the South shore (Patchogue)/ Talking heads down here said the North shore got pounded with surge. Hope your home and boat are both okay. That sounds like douoble jeopardy though.
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Mantle,
Re-read what I wrote. House is on North Shore. Boat is on South Shore.
I have also considered living down there but then I hear the horror stories of people who flood.
I can't deal with floods.

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Originally posted by carver 2557

Has anyone heard from The Other Gary?. Toronto got hit pretty hard, and I havent seen him post yet..

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I'm not the other Gary, but from Toronto too. We've fared pretty well, strong winds last night, some power out in the city from trees, one death attributed to a commercial sign coming down. Raining here yesterday, and on and off today. Winds are minimal now.
I've seen Gary posting on a New Jersey thread, looking for any info on club members from his club that are/were on a 42 Hunter in the area, during the storm.

Best wishes to all affected! We're up here, thinking of everybody!
 
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No but they will fall on their ears a hell of a lot better than the perceived arrogance.

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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.

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I think the point is that it was a Frankenstorm for some people. The fact that it did not affect your area is not relevant. Did not affect me either

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The difference is, for my area it was forecasted to be a "Frankenstorm", the "Perfect Storm part 2", and even a hurricane and blizzard mix. Ergo, it is indeed relevent.

Sure it was a severe storm for some, but for my area it simply did not live up to the hype - thankfully.
 
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Sure it was a severe storm for some, but for my area it simply did not live up to the hype - thankfully.

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"Hype"? Seems they were pretty accurate.

Too bad you didn't lose your boat. I doubt anyone here would have much sympathy for you and your crap attitude. You should be thanking your lucky stars.

Do you understand the meaning of the word "forecast"? You were lucky this time. Karma's a biatch though - sooner or later, you'll get yours.
 
I wouldn't say this one was "hyped" too much at all. We all love to pick on weather forecasters, but sometimes the warnings to take precautions are indeed warranted, and this seems to be one of those cases. Several people are dead, the infrastructure has suffered severe damage, and lots of people have lots all kinds of property. Many here have lost or had severe damage to their boats. To be bit_hing about "hype" really seems out of place.
 
I have a feeling it may have been hyped up in some locations like RI.

On Saturday for instance, I saw reports of "stormy weather", "dangerous winds" affecting SoFl just as we were launching the boat after bottom paint and I was moving her back in the slip...

That was hype...

I agree about your comments re the forecast. NHC did an incredible job forecasting this one with the NJ landfall being forecast 5 days in advance. They even got the strength right. They were only off in the timing, but 12 hours is nothing at 120 hrs
 
http://www.theatlantic.com/infocus/2012/10/hurricane-sandy-after-landfall/100396/
 
Hyped too much? No way... imagine the loss of life, especially in the NY/NJ area if they did not "hype" the storm the way they did and people had that attitude... that "this is all hype and I'm not going anywhere!"

--Rick
 
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Originally posted by In the know

Sure it was a severe storm for some, but for my area it simply did not live up to the hype - thankfully.

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"Hype"? Seems they were pretty accurate.

Too bad you didn't lose your boat. I doubt anyone here would have much sympathy for you and your crap attitude. You should be thanking your lucky stars.

Do you understand the meaning of the word "forecast"? You were lucky this time. Karma's a biatch though - sooner or later, you'll get yours.

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Yes hyped. Glad you can read the English language. Accurate? No way no how not even close for RI? If you believed the reports we were getting this was the "storm of the century", "perfect storm part 2". Heck we were even getting some snow. So accurate. Nope. Hyped. Yup
 
ITK, its obvious from your comments here and in the past that compassion isn't one of your strong suits. We're all very sorry if the "hype" annoyed you.
 
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