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Title: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 30, 2012, 03:19:50 am
I was wondering if any of you were hit by Hurricane Sandy or tropical storm depending of where you live? Some parts of New Jersey and New York were flooded really bad and I was hoping our members who live there and other people are ok.

In my case I live at the very end of the storm trajectory (Quebec St Laurent valley), meaning it will dissipate over us at the end of the week. However due to a cold front combined with how huge the storm is, we started feeling its effects Sunday and will do so until tomorrow night. Nothing bad happened here so far, though (wind gusts peaked at 60 mph tonight, the ferry area went very close to being flooded and we barely got any rain), although today I was concerned about how much the cold fronts would inflate the storm effects. Now rain has started but the cold front pushed most of the heavy rain to the west and the winds are already slowly starting to weaken, so unless they pick up again tomorrow afternoon, I doubt there will be any signifiant damage. Irene last year and the March 8-9th snowstorm were far scarier over here than Sandy is (last year power went out for 2 hours and Juju lost it for a day, in addition to his street getting flooded), but I saw pics and videos of the storm in New York and I feel bad for anyone affected.

Any of you got hit bad?
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Rhombicuboctahedron on October 30, 2012, 07:25:29 am
No.
I’ve never been hit by any hurricane but Ike
Although it must stink if its flooded and the water is near freezing
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Snake X on October 30, 2012, 08:35:00 am
Our location always feels the cold and the rain but nothing hazardous
Title: Re: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Scipi on October 30, 2012, 09:52:44 am
Maryland got hit a bit. Power's still out where I live since about 7:30 last night.

Parts of my area still have power and it's only a bit windy so I think the worse has passed. :D
Title: Re: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Juju on October 30, 2012, 09:56:14 am
Yeah, my district's main street is next to a river where I live, so whenever there's a huge storm some basements get flooded. Last year was especially bad with Irene, several people got flooded, there was water until the yellow line of the street at one point and half the people got the phone and TV cut. Fortunately, I was at the other side of the road, so it would need a monster hurricane like there is in the southern states to get me. But it never happen in QC.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Yeong on October 30, 2012, 09:57:19 am
Well, where I live is certainly in effect (not major though). It snowed this morning O.O
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Xeda112358 on October 30, 2012, 09:58:59 am
By tomorrow, the storm is projected to pass directly over where I live and stay for a while. It'll just be a "tropical" storm , though, by then. All the schools in our area have been canceled (I imagine all the schools in the county and possibly all of Western New York).
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: alberthrocks on October 30, 2012, 10:23:54 am
I'm in central(-ish) Maryland. The first part of the storm knocked out power for 3 hours. Then power came back up and stayed on, with of course some flickering here and there. After that mess, it's a lot colder - about 40 or so degrees, with even a chance of snow! :P

Edit: And of course, school's out Monday and Tuesday, hoping for Wednesday as well. :)
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: TIfanx1999 on October 30, 2012, 10:25:29 am
Nothing here at all. I'm on the east coast but far enough south that it hasn't affected me.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Nathan Jahreis on October 30, 2012, 12:00:16 pm
I live about 20 miles south of Buffalo and on the predicted path it looked like we were gonna be on the outskirts of the storm, so we got a call from the school about 10:00pm last night that school was going to be closed today.  Now I look outside and it looks like a normal fall day, just a little windy.  On another note, idk if its because of the hurricane, but my internet is really really slow.    Personally I wish our area got snow because I am more ready for that, 3 tractors 2 with plows and 1 with a 8ft snow blower!!!!
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Xeda112358 on October 30, 2012, 12:30:43 pm
Yeah, I live about 90 miles south-east of Buffalo and it looks rather normal outside and about the snow, I said the same thing, almost. I was hoping for a bunch of snow because then there would be something to do after the storm (like sledding and whatnot). With rain, all you have is mud and puddles :[
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Nathan Jahreis on October 30, 2012, 12:33:27 pm
With rain, all you have is mud and puddles :[
   

well if you live a redneck town like me you take a pickup truck or anything with wheels for that matter, find a field  and go mudding!
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Xeda112358 on October 30, 2012, 12:37:34 pm
haha, that is true XD I've never done that, but my brother loves it! We have Alfred University and Alfred State campus on either side, here. The A-State kids are more from rural areas around here and the AU kids come from everywhere. Guess which ones will be having fun in the mud?
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Rhombicuboctahedron on October 30, 2012, 03:23:34 pm
So far I think 35 are dead
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 30, 2012, 03:33:19 pm
Our location always feels the cold and the rain but nothing hazardous
Actually over here when Sandy hit it became much warmer than normal for this time of the year. During night it's supposed to be around 30F, yet last night it was like 50F.

As of now it's still kinda windy here but less than last night (although more than last afternoon). There were barely any damage apparently because most trees had no leaves, meaning it was much harder for the wind to push them.

With rain, all you have is mud and puddles :[
   

well if you live a redneck town like me you take a pickup truck or anything with wheels for that matter, find a field  and go mudding!
Or if your street is flooded you can street-surf

Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Yeong on October 30, 2012, 04:13:07 pm
LOL XD
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Rhombicuboctahedron on October 30, 2012, 08:11:53 pm
Lol, this would be awesome at George Bush Park, which becomes a 3 ft deep 7000 acre lake when it floods.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 30, 2012, 08:18:21 pm
I should try to buy as many Nokia 3310 as possible so protect the walls/windows of my appartment so if my city ever gets hit by a somewhat strong hurricane, I am safe.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: annoyingcalc on October 30, 2012, 08:41:53 pm
:D thankgod nothing happened on the west coast (XD right im nowhere near it)
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Deep Toaster on October 31, 2012, 01:17:07 am
Yeah, nothing ever happens around here :/
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: willrandship on October 31, 2012, 01:20:34 am
@Deep that's a bad thing? :P

Worst case scenario around here is that huge earthquake that's apparently "overdue". If I had a hurricane problem, evacuation sounds like the best option, since they usually see them coming, but for earthquakes I'd just try to get outside.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 31, 2012, 05:31:57 am
It's best that nothing bad happens to any of you, although I guess some people might be willing to experience such event just for the adrenaline rush or see how it is like. I myself am curious about how intense a real hurricane is, but I would be scared if we're hit by the eyewall of a c2+ storm.

As for an earthquake I heard a few years ago from someone that my area is technically awaiting for a Big One within the next 30 years, although they mean something like we got in 1663 and 1925 in Charlevoix area, meaning ranging from 6 to 7 (with very slim chances of hitting 8.0) on Richter scale. I haven't witnessed an earthquake that caused stuff to shake in my home since 1997 or so (it was kinda scary but it was just 5.2 and there was no damage) and the last one that I could feel was two years ago I think, but that shit can happen at any moment which sucks since we can't get prepared like hurricanes.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Deep Toaster on October 31, 2012, 11:13:16 am
Quote from: DJ_O
As for an earthquake I heard a few years ago from someone that my area is technically awaiting for a Big One within the next 30 years, although they mean something like we got in 1663 and 1925 in Charlevoix area, meaning ranging from 6 to 7 (with very slim chances of hitting 8.0) on Richter scale. I haven't witnessed an earthquake that caused stuff to shake in my home since 1997 or so (it was kinda scary but it was just 5.2 and there was no damage) and the last one that I could feel was two years ago I think, but that shit can happen at any moment which sucks since we can't get prepared like hurricanes.
Well, the "big one" for us (the Pacific Northwest of the United States) is supposed to be a Richter 9.0+ earthquake that's apparently already overdue. The fault is fifty or so miles from the coast, which means big (really big) tsunami.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 31, 2012, 02:02:03 pm
That sounds scary O.O. Over here we have no major continent fault, but we got one that is supposedly inactive in the St-Laurent river, although some places says it went active again years ago, plus the Charlevoix crater and a few other places South of the province. As a result, we get a lot more earthquakes than USA East Coast or Canadian Prairies, for example, but unlike California, all of our earthquakes are small and most can't be felt. The only issue is how the ground is formed north of the river so if a bigger earthquake occured, there might be more damage there than south.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Eeems on October 31, 2012, 02:08:43 pm
Of course you get more earthquakes then the prairies :P We live nowhere near a fault, so there is nowhere for an earthquake to happen :P
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on October 31, 2012, 02:11:12 pm
Well, the Ungava Bay area of Quebec had no fault either and apparently there was an earthquake there once years ago. It was the first ever recorded earthquake there. :P
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Juju on October 31, 2012, 03:53:31 pm
The ones along the Japan-Indonesia line seems to be pretty big ones, a 8+ earthquake every 5-10 years or so. The US West Coast is along the same tectonic plate but at the other side, so most stuff that happens there could also be linked to Japan.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: willrandship on October 31, 2012, 07:14:18 pm
 I don't think there's much chance that the 9.0 tsunami will get to most of the places that would be affected by the quake. The world's biggest tsunami ever recorded only rose 1/3 of the altitude of the place I'm at. The earthquake, though, could be interesting. And dangerous.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Ki1o on October 31, 2012, 08:16:59 pm
We got hit but not much.  we're lucky... no power outages for us.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: Rhombicuboctahedron on October 31, 2012, 08:22:29 pm
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  I don't think there's much chance that the 9.0 tsunami will get to most of the places that would be affected by the quake. The world's biggest tsunami ever recorded only rose 1/3 of the altitude of the place I'm at. The earthquake, though, could be interesting. And dangerous.
Wasn't it like 1700 ft tall?
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: epic7 on October 31, 2012, 08:36:50 pm
Yay, I just got my power back! Most of my town still is out.
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: willrandship on October 31, 2012, 09:09:36 pm
yeah, and I live in a place that's 4465 ft above sea level.

@Epic that's nice. Now you can waste time on the internet again!
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: SuperSampleStar on November 10, 2012, 02:14:24 am
O hai... i just got my power back due to Hurricane Sandy knocking out our power lines for almost two weeks.

i live in Levittown, NY which is in Nassau County Long Island.  Let's just say that i have never seen big tall trees do so much damage in my entire life due to the winds literally uprooting them from the ground.  Fortunately we didnt get any damage, but some houses werent so lucky... roofs damages, and even cars crushed by the trees.  As for other parts of long island, from what i understand, Long Beach is gone, and some parts near the water are still flooded.

Meanwhile everyone is pissed off at LIPA (the electric company) for taking their sweet-ass time getting the problems fixed... at least thats what people are saying
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: willrandship on November 10, 2012, 02:29:21 am
Does your area use power lines like we do here, or is it mostly underground? If it's all in towers, then that was REALLY fast getting them all back up. At my place, a power pole got struck by lightning and went down, and we were out of power for 2 weeks.

Glad to hear it went so well for you!
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 10, 2012, 04:11:21 am
From what I remember, Hydro-Quebec sent a few guys last week to help restoring power in some areas and EnergyNB or whatever it is called did so too. I hope people get power back ASAP, especially with how cold it is lately sometimes. 10 or 12 years ago, we had a freezing rain storm in another home we lived in and when we woke up, we had no more power and it didn't come back until close to 10 AM. We had to wear hoodies plus two t-shirts and as power returned, I was considering getting small gloves or going back in bed to stay warm. It wasn't that cold outside but still winter weather and the house would get cold quite fast. I can't imagine losing power for 2 week (although where I live now it is more isolated).
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: SuperSampleStar on November 10, 2012, 10:53:41 am
Does your area use power lines like we do here, or is it mostly underground? If it's all in towers, then that was REALLY fast getting them all back up. At my place, a power pole got struck by lightning and went down, and we were out of power for 2 weeks.

Glad to hear it went so well for you!

We use Power lines, so the poles were either leanijng down towards the streets like they were about to crash down, or the power lines just snapped and were all over the street
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on November 10, 2012, 03:43:54 pm
By the way, has the snowstorm that occured after Sandy caused any further damage to any of the people around you or yourself?
Title: Re: Hurricane Sandy
Post by: SuperSampleStar on November 11, 2012, 01:56:56 am
By the way, has the snowstorm that occured after Sandy caused any further damage to any of the people around you or yourself?

yep, few powerlines went out because of it... tree branches were the biggest obstickes though cause the weight from the snow made them snap down easily specially after the hurrcane made them weak to begin with.