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Sandy Obs and Banter thread - fall 2012


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Just went out for a walk. It is raw and nasty out. 40 degrees with sustained 40 MPH winds. Gusts over 55. It has been sustained near 40 MPH for 3 hours out here. Pretty amazing and I cant even begin to imagine sustained hurricane force winds. I dont ever remember in my life being in heavier sustained winds. Not from any Noreaster I have ever been in. The center just hit shore at 8:02 so it may get worse.

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You think we'll get to the high 70s? I haven't seen any 70+ reports in our region.

LGA 74mph

JFK 79mph

I don't think it will reach upper 70s in most places but the worst is still to come. That said, my inner weenie is afraid that it wont get much worse than this.

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You have to be in a sheltered location perhaps or because I'm on a high point in FDK? My house won't stop shaking. Sustained has to be over 30 mph right now.

Its picked up, but still only probably gusting in the 40 range. I'm not in a sheltered location, I assure you.

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Went back out. I just have to experience this.

Winds gusts over 60 I'm pretty sure. I was standing at a street corner and a gust came by and I had to brace myself, and I'm 6-2 175.

Has anyone reported any lightning and thunder? I saw the sky light up and then heard a rumbling noise afterwards. It might have just been the overlap of a transformer blowing and the wind, and I haven't seen any other reports.

I did see a transformer blow closer in.

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Just went out for a walk. It is raw and nasty out. 40 degrees with sustained 40 MPH winds. Gusts over 55. It has been sustained near 40 MPH for 3 hours out here. Pretty amazing and I cant even begin to imagine sustained hurricane force winds. I dont ever remember in my life being in heavier sustained winds. Not from any Noreaster I have ever been in. The center just hit shore at 8:02 so it may get worse.

I can back up this post. It is flat out hummin out here.

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Yeah but soil is much softer now and the winds have been long duration. Usually your power can go out in the PEPCO area if somebody sneezes.

the wind so far around here has been just tame enough to not cause too much damage in my opinion. as soon as i think a huge gust is coming, it sort of levels out. so far i really haven't been too impressed with the wind, certainly not something i haven't around seen here before. that said, it's gametime now, so if we start getting consistent 60+ mph gusts, then i think it could be enough to cause damage (not that i want that because losing power sucks).

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Went back out. I just have to experience this.

Winds gusts over 60 I'm pretty sure. I was standing at a street corner and a gust came by and I had to brace myself, and I'm 6-2 175.

Has anyone reported any lightning and thunder? I saw the sky light up and then heard a rumbling noise afterwards. It might have just been the overlap of a transformer blowing and the wind, and I haven't seen any other reports.

I did see a transformer blow closer in.

We did see a a couple of flashes around 6:30, thought it was a transformer, but it happened again and it had to be lightning.

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