Storm Sandy
 

To my US East Coast friends. . .please be safe during this unprecedented storm. The federal government is shut down, all trains, metro, etc. closed. We have been checking in on elderly neighbors and those who aren't able bodied.

I don't normally get worked up about storms, but this one has me spooked.

Wishing everyone well over the next few days. Take care of yourselves and others.

Hey change! Stay safe.

Just watched the news and I am in the 80 - 90 mph wind area. Things are calm right now.

Hope you have prepared well. I think i did but only time will tell.

Weasel, I thought about you in New York. How far inland are you? Sending good thoughts your way.

I am cooking everything in the fridge, as we will surely loose power by 3 pm. The kids had salmon, asparagus, and bearnaise for breakfast. :-)

My son is in DC (Marine) Now I am stressing, why am I just now realizing this...grrrrr!!

I am somewhat in a safe area for water. But the wind is what may get me. The house was built in1889 and it has pretty old aspects to handle a hurricane at full speed. I will take precautions to be in the interior room.

The are a lot of doors between each room so I can section off the house if windows done hold up.

I have two old trees that have had branches come down in less so I suspect they may be uprooted.

I have a roast I am going to start in a little while. Need to be made or lose it. I have a gas stove so I can cook with no power if needed.

Let's see how this goes.

Hey! Just to say am thinking about all of you guys who are going to be affected by Sandy. I'm from Scotland and can't even begin to imagine what it will be like but am worrying about you all x

Being a volunteer EMT and hubby being a volunteer firefighter, we are all hands on deck. Our town is at sea level and already is experiencing a lot of flooding. It's going to be a long couple of days.

i live in philly i am very scared

Please don't stress. DC has been preparing for this storm for days, and crews are in place. And, the marines are great in crisis. :-)

Thanks, keep me updated on the conditions there, he won't answer his phone....brat he is!

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I'm in southeastern CT in one of the shoreline towns, but I live about 5 miles from Long Island Sound.

I'm sheltered in a valley...so far haven't seen much in terms of winds. Gusts are forecast to be pretty significant late afternoon into the night.

Looks like NYC is going to get hit pretty hard by this. West Virginia will be hit with blizzard conditions!

Amazing storm...hard to believe the sheer size of it.

Stay safe, peeps.

Slim, you surely know this, but the valley areas are especially precarious after the storm. The water has to go somewhere. This is the first hurricane in the past 300 years that is packing snow along with winds and rain.

It is crazy have not even seen a cloud out here in thewest in a month. We are in major drought. All take care

My advice is to stay out of wet places but in your case that will be a bit difficult.

Be safe and sober

Prayers for everyone in the path of this Hurricane.

I am in south-eastern Canada and we expect a lot of rain and very high winds for the next couple of days.

How bad is it in NY right now? My mom lives about an hour outside the city.

Prayers going up for all in harm's way to be safe - this one looks terrifying. So much damage already and storm is still hours away from truly hitting.

Lower manhattan is starting to have some water. Later is expected to be the worst part and over night.

The tunnels are closing. A very rare event.