OceanStWx Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 We were a 3 hour later landfall away from a true catastrophe. Or 50 miles farther north I think would have been worse on the Sound. That definitely spared Narragansett Bay. Because the winds never really came around to SE, they didn't maximize the surge potential for this evening's tide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 We were a 3 hour later landfall away from a true catastrophe. Or 50 miles farther north I think would have been worse on the Sound. I think same can't be said for NYC to ACY...peak surge at high tide. One person's slight fortune ends up another's disaster. Yeah, water would have piled up faster had the storm been farther north reducing that inversion effect that had been over SNE and the sound in the morning and early afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 We were a 3 hour later landfall away from a true catastrophe. Or 50 miles farther north I think would have been worse on the Sound. Im cut off from my family back home, think they all went to bed. Hows is the Greenwich/Stamford area looking right now? People still being evacuated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I think same can't be said for NYC to ACY...peak surge at high tide. One person's slight fortune ends up another's disaster. Yeah, water would have piled up faster had the storm been farther north reducing that inversion effect that had been over SNE and the sound in the morning and early afternoon. Yup. Absolutely right. The damage pictures will be appalling come sunrise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Im cut off from my family back home, think they all went to bed. Hows is the Greenwich/Stamford area looking right now? People still being evacuated Devastating damage on the waterfront from what we gather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Devastating damage on the waterfront from what we gather. Any links or pics? I'm all the way in upstate ny, no one is answer my calls and I kind of want to know whats going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I think same can't be said for NYC to ACY...peak surge at high tide. One person's slight fortune ends up another's disaster. Yeah, water would have piled up faster had the storm been farther north reducing that inversion effect that had been over SNE and the sound in the morning and early afternoon. I was gusting to 50 on the phone with Ll, he sent me a vid of 25 mph winds. Told him the inversion would pop as soon as Sandy got to his Lat. I gusted to 70 plus, texted him, minuets later he called and said the **** hit the fan, trees down, fires and transformers blowing. Once that inversion broke we got the stinger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Rain Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Any links or pics? I'm all the way in upstate ny, no one is answer my calls and I kind of want to know whats going on. Not sure anyone has reached the hardest hit areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wxsniss Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 The NYC forum thread posts and media reports are shocking... you get this creeping suspicion that this may turn out to be far worse than Katrina in many regards. Amazing how tragedy escalates so quickly... fires, 911 calls not being answered, hospitals failing... effects that most hardly imagined earlier today. Agree with Ryan and others... this is just where all the cameras are focused right now. Helicopter footage of NJ / NY / CT coasts is gonna be astounding in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha5 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Not sure anyone has reached the hardest hit areas. gotcha, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hailstoned Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 These are from Nahant, MA on the north shore of Boston, in the noon hour, 10/29/12, as the tide was reaching its peak. The wind was picking up rapidly, gusting to perhaps 40 MPH; this of course, well before the height of the storm. Some of the biggest wave action I've ever witnessed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I was gusting to 50 on the phone with Ll, he sent me a vid of 25 mph winds. Told him the inversion would pop as soon as Sandy got to his Lat. I gusted to 70 plus, texted him, minuets later he called and said the **** hit the fan, trees down, fires and transformers blowing. Once that inversion broke we got the stinger. yep for sure. Hope his home is intact. Gusting pretty good here, too. Fell a bit short of HWW, criteria though. Strong winds just didn't mix out well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginx snewx Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 At 7 p.m. as streets in Stonington Borough quickly flood and the village is cut off from the mainland, emergency officials are developing a plan to set up a makeshift shelter at the borough firehouse for residents who are trapped by the flood waters. The shelter is being set up on the second floor of the firehouse, as the first floor is flooded. Two police officers are being assigned to the borough to oversee the operation. "The borough is an island right now. There's nothing we can do about it," said director of emergency preparedness George Brennan during a 7 p.m. meeting in the bustling emergency operations center at the police station. Flooding and down wires and trees are making it almost impossible for emergency personnel to get around town. "A lot of this town is isolated right now. We're in dire straights if we have to get a firefighter or police officer anywhere," Brennan said. In addition, emergency officials are planning how to transport 20 adults and children who are living at the Quality Inn in Mystic to the shelter at the high school. The roof of the hotel has been peeled off and water has begun leaking into the building and flowing into the electrical system. Because so many roads are impassable, officials are trying to plot a route that involves using Interstate 95 which is closed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Sandy Hook stopped reporting at 13.31 ft when it was still rising rapidly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon Tip Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I thought this surge was underforecasted a bit...that's just jaw dropping, given how high the surge forecasts were. max surge at high tide for Jersey shore and NYC, but a couple hours off for the LI Sound? I guess you mean 'officials'. Personally, I spent a lot of time hammer the surge potential going back a week or more, precisely there - but I'm a nobody, so - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSUmetstud Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I guess you mean 'officials'. Personally, I spent a lot of time hammer the surge potential going back a week or more, precisely there - but I'm a nobody, so - just the raw numbers john, most people here were knowledgeable enough to know it was going to be very bad...and record breaking in some areas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 And now we're pegging the upslope in the Whites. Dual-pol underestimating precip, but legacy is even below that by a factor of 2. River gauges on the southeast slopes are shooting up now (some four feet in 3 hours). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeauDodson Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Yep - got to agree with some other posters. Once again the crew on American WX proved to be one of the best forums for information on the internet. Lot of expert opinions - lot of opinions - pieced together one got the general idea of the potential of this storm. And the server stayed up - 99% of the time. Five stars! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowwoman Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Yup. Absolutely right. The damage pictures will be appalling come sunrise. damage extends even farther south the OBX has some really bad cleanup as well some areas hit harder than Irene in some ways. The problem down there locals have said that they were unprepared as they got it worse than anticipated. just unreal this storm, but in CT they could not have prepared us any better! thanks to the forecasters and state! Hate to see the photos in the morning! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N. OF PIKE Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 yup damage from hatteras to west port, mass with surge and coastal flooding . what a chopper ride that would be. so many houses.....gone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
free_man Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 four out of five years w/ extended power outages Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloudsncontrails Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 LOL at Bloomberg initially saying this wouldn't be worse than Irene. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJHurricane Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 LOL at Bloomberg initially saying this wouldn't be worse than Irene. Whats that old saying???...."Generals always fight the last war"....what a day. Hope we all learn from today.... Jon in Jersey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modfan Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Windham county CT fire units currently assembling for deployment to other areas in the state Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomWH Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Btw you guys did a great job. I was able a get a heads up on this storm and got a generator before the rush. Also I was able to get an early start tell some family members in flood zones here to make plans early to get out, which they had to do. Having been ready to go, they were able to have everything ready so when the time came to move there was no problems and a lot less stress. Over all you guys got this one right early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Peak wind gust on MWN of 140mph. 80,000 CMP customers in Maine without power ... I am one of them. Roads are full of branches/leaves/pine needles/various chunks of tree that had been run over repeatedly, but overall not too bad. No road closures on my way in to Portland. I believe Irene had more of an impact in SW Maine. Good luck to the peeps in SNE and Mid-Atl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceanStWx Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 We were definitely missing tornadoes from this event so far Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bch2014 Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 A band with some heavy rain/gusts is moving through right now... Nothing compared to yesterday but still I didn't quite expect this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoastalWx Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Good news is that it seems the power companies were well prepared and power is coming back on rather quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaineJayhawk Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Good news is that it seems the power companies were well prepared and power is coming back on rather quickly. The number is going up here .. .now 83,200. Booo! Hopefully the Rev had that pine smash through his mancave. He's been waiting a lifetime for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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