How Everyone Weathering the "Frankenstorm"?
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More like global cooling. If it was global warming it would be hot not snowing.
This year they will start naming winter storms as well so we can dispense with the monstrous and apocalyptic names of snow storms.
Winter storm YOGI sounds neat.
Didn't they mean 70% of Canadians live in the projected path? I think they did. Anyway make sure your stash is kept dry and don't forget matches.
"Q" looks to be a nice one too.....
Named after a Star Trek Super Being.... sounds like a whopper. :lol:
In regards to the OP and the Hurricane.... nice name, but it sounds like it'll be a flop by the time it hits the Maritimes.
People in that area are used to them by now. My brother, cousins and I used to go out in the fields behind my grandfather's house, gabbed a corner of a big orange tarp and sail a few feet in the wind towards the shoreline. Being between 5-9 years old, it'd lift us pretty well.
The worst thing will be power outages, which isn't that big of a deal.
So what's it supposed to be? A CAT1??
Anything below CAT2 isn't much to write home about.
Oh my mistake I thought it was heading northerly but it's turning inland at NY'ish area.... And it'll just be Cat1 or less by then... Shouldn't be anything to worry about and for the Ontario area, it should just be a moderate breeze and some rain.
Man the media sure likes to hype these hurricanes up.
Man the media sure likes to hype these hurricanes up.
The issue with the storm isn't that it's simply a Category 1 hurricane. It's been projected to interact with a winter storm at the same time, and it has an unusually high amount of water vapour coming along with it. Either one of those things alone would mean more rain. So the potential for flooding is far higher than it would be for your garden variety Category 1 hurricane.
The damage will likely be in the billions, hardly nothing to worry about...cavalier attitudes risk lives.
The damage will likely be in the billions, hardly nothing to worry about...cavalier attitudes risk lives.
Never said you shouldn't be prepared, cuz you never know... But there's nothing to panic over either. Most I know in the Maritimes are always prepared, I know I was.
But also because of this, it's just a part of life & you learn to shrug your shoulders at most of the media hype.
There's a difference in attitude... Like someone being prepared for winter with the right tires and cloathing, and someone who isn't prepared and suddenly they're in a ditch somewhere freezing their arse off.
But also because of this, it's just a part of life & you learn to shrug your shoulders at most of the media hype.
There's a difference in attitude... Like someone being prepared for winter with the right tires and cloathing, and someone who isn't prepared and suddenly they're in a ditch somewhere freezing their arse off.
We are expecting lots of rain here in NB, but nothing particularly unusual. NYC and Boston are expecting a mess, most of the two are shut down today for precaution.
Okay, if you say so.
Hazards affecting land
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wind...tropical storm conditions...or gale-force winds...are already
occurring over portions of the mid-atlantic states from north
carolina northward to long island. Gale-force winds are expected to
continue to spread over other portions of the mid-atlantic
coast...new york city...and southern new england today.
Hurricane-force winds could reach the mid-atlantic states...
Including new york city and long island...by this evening. Winds
affecting the upper floors of high-rise buildings will be
significantly stronger than those near ground level.
Storm surge...the combination of an extremely dangerous storm surge
and the tide will cause normally dry areas near the coast to be
flooded by rising waters. The water could reach the following
depths above ground if the peak surge occurs at the time of high
tide...
Nc north of surf city including pamlico/albemarle sounds...4 to 6 ft
se va and delmarva including lower chesapeake bay...2 to 4 ft
upper and middle chesapeake bay...1 to 3 ft
long island sound...raritan bay...and new york harbor...6 to 11 ft
elsewhere from ocean city md to the ct/ri border...4 to 8 ft
ct/ri border to the south shore of cape cod including buzzards
bay and narragansett bay...3 to 6 ft
cape cod to the ma/nh border including cape cod bay...2 to 4 ft
ma/nh border to the u.s./canada border...1 to 3 ft
surge-related flooding depends on the relative timing of the surge
and the tidal cycle...and can vary greatly over short distances.
Given the large wind field associated with sandy...elevated water
levels could span multiple tide cycles resulting in repeated and
extended periods of coastal and bayside flooding. In addition...
Elevated waters could occur far removed from the center of sandy.
Furthermore...these conditions will occur regardless of whether
sandy is a tropical or post-tropical cyclone. For information
specific to your area...please see products issued by your local
national weather service office.
Rainfall...rainfall totals of 3 to 6 inches are expected over far
northeastern north carolina with isolated maximum totals of 8
inches possible. Rainfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches are expected
over portions of the mid atlantic states...including the delmarva
peninsula...with isolated maximum amounts of 12 inches possible.
Rainfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches with isolated maximum amounts of
5 inches are possible from the southern tier of new york state
northeastward through new england.
Snowfall..snow accumulations of 2 to 3 feet are expected in the
mountains of west virginia with locally higher totals today through
wednesday. Snowfall of 1 to 2 feet is expected in the mountains of
southwestern virginia to the kentucky border...with 12 to 18 inches
of snow expected in the mountains near the north carolina/tennessee
border and in the mountains of western maryland.
Surf...dangerous surf conditions will continue from florida through
new england for the next couple of days.