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Mish mash => Open Forum => Topic started by: connie_rider on October 27, 2012, 08:03:50 AM
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Brother (Eastern) COGgers; Sounds like a heck of a storm headed your way....
Ya'll keep your heads down.
Check in here after Sandy passes and let us know your ok.
Ride safe, Ted
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Looking more like a jersey shore hit now. The last minute crazys are at the food, gas etc... stops.
Looks like some great surfing is on the way. WOO HOO!!!!
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The hardware store here was goat rodeo...I was one of the participants. Got 2-cycle oil, filled up my gas can, and I'm as 'ready' as I'm gonna be. Got all the deck furniture tied down, patio furniture moved into the garage or on the covered deck. All the flyables taken off the house. The grill goes in next and the culvert cleaned out. Then I'm drinking... Oh, got the barometer set as well to see how much it drops. Sitting at about 30 for now. Not much wind yet to speak of.
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.... Then I'm drinking... Oh, got the barometer set as well to see how much it drops. Sitting at about 30 for now. Not much wind yet to speak of.
heheheheh
Jim, everyone used to buy bottled water...and ice, and bread...
me and Dona just hit the ABC store for half gallon bottles of Absolute and Jim beam black.....and ice....
then we sat on the porch and enjoyed the show Up in Hanover...Gaston really slammed us good...
seems like this storm is gonna try to hit us in Ohio.... man....just can't get away from them dang Hurry-canes.... ::) ;)
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1/4 mile from the bay on the Jersey Shore and a creek across the street. :o
NOT looking forward to this... >:(
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29.95 (corrected) and I now have my non-electrical percolating coffee pot.
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29.5 and I now have my non-electrical percolating coffee pot.
29.7 here, and the wood stove is fired up and ready for any flat bottom pan/kettle. Snow remaining from the recent snow dump, so am set for ice (Martini (bottled cocktail onion only, unfortunately) , G&T, lime slush with tequila and a filbert...)
Rick
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Sigh... 29.9
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Sigh... 29.9
30.27 here.
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Now I wish I had one of those remote weather stations like you have.
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Geez guys, living on the Texas Gulf Coast I am more than used to hurricans.
But not with snow and ice along with it. Best of luck to you guys ;)
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That will be well west of me.... 29.85
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29.8
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29.7 Still have electric and cable. The big rain is getting closer. All mass transportation is shutting down. No VRE commuter train and Metro. County govts and schools are closed. Directv (yes, I still have it) is still operational. I can't believe that but I've been storing programs for several days to watch. Won't help much if/when we lose power. I've got the laptop plugged into an Uninterruptable Power Supply.
I've got to Richmond for a certification test this morning. Leaving about 830. So far Prometric in Richmond is still open according to their site. My wife's work appears to be open still.
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Doesn't a laptop have a built in UPS? 8)
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About a half hour if I'm lucky... I need to change the power settings. Thanks for the reminder. The only other things attached are the cable modem and router.
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I work about 20 miles outside of DC and I am not sure why my company is even open today. I work in our accounting department so I can still work, but as far as the actual field work, we should have called all of our techs and had them stay home. None of our customers are in today as most are government or very closely related to government. My kids had teh day off from school and I should have just stayed home with them.
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Now I wish I had one of those remote weather stations like you have.
I told ya to get one!
30.29 here. Sunny today and 50.
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Grrr!
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All around NY's Capital District schools are closed or closing early. I think they're in panic mode since Irene. There's nothing more than some light rain coming our way until much later.
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29.6
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My back yard in between the wind and rain bands. There is a seewall out there past my light house you can't see. I live on a tidal river (Occoquan) that is connected to the Chesapeake Bay. It will probably be real bad tomorrow. It is usually about a foot below the wall at high tide.
I work for Prince Willaim County government which is the second county south of DC in Virginia. We are open for business, but no one is here. Liberal leave is in effect because schools are closed. Many employees are not here either due to no sitter for the kids.
Be safe out there!
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Cleveland, OH here. Expecting some wind, gusts to 60mph near Lake Erie shoreline, 11 to 17 ft waves forcast, never seen those before, about 4 inches of rain predicted, lake effect snow maybe for southern OH, almost 2 1/2 inches already, only worried somewhat about power, prepared though with kerosene heaters, radio, batteries, water and some food, will still have natural gas. Actually going out tonight for belated 20th anniversary celebration, worst set for tonight.
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29.45
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29.3 Winds are getting stronger.
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Just got home (Alexandria, VA) from visiting my father up in the York, PA area. Left at 3:00, home at 6:00. Rainy drive, uneventful. No wind gusts to speak of.
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29.21 Winds about the same...
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Lotsa wind.... some rain... The worst may be past us. Feel fortunate that we still have power.
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Us as well.... It seems it was worse in northern VA where the greatest population density is. Barometer is now rising... 29.32.
We still have power. One of my wife's friends had a tree limb hole her roof. Our subdivision is heavily wooded and it's still dark so I don't know the extent of the damage. I think that Isabel was much worse. Our winds seemed to stay in the mid-30s. I don't think we had too many gusts above that but that's just a guess. I need to invest in a weather station that tracks all this stuff.
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Us as well.... It seems it was worse in northern VA where the greatest population density is. Barometer is now rising... 29.32.
We still have power. One of my wife's friends had a tree limb hole her roof. Our subdivision is heavily wooded and it's still dark so I don't know the extent of the damage. I think that Isabel was much worse. Our winds seemed to stay in the mid-30s. I don't think we had too many gusts above that but that's just a guess. I need to invest in a weather station that tracks all this stuff.
Here's the one that I use Jim.
http://www.ambientweather.com/amws2080.html (http://www.ambientweather.com/amws2080.html)
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Here's the one that I use Jim.
http://www.ambientweather.com/amws2080.html (http://www.ambientweather.com/amws2080.html)
Heh. I was just looking at those, too. Though I like the 2090 better. A bit more self-contained. And I might splurge and get the dual-zone one, so I can have two displays.
As for checking in after the storm, here I am. A whole bunch of hype and not much substance around here. (Boy, could I make a comparison that would send this to the Arena!) Dead limbs and some small branches down. Creeks are within their banks. Weather is beautiful at the moment, though I'm expecting more rain, but just scattered showers for the moment. Looks like the real rain is over PA, NJ, WV, VA, MD, DE, etc. for now. Power didn't even flicker enough to reset my alarm clock.
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Looks like I lost a tree that my dad and I planted back in '81. Here are before and after pictures. Might be salvageable. Limbs and leaves all over the neighborhood this morning. I-95 looked wierd on the way to work - no one was on it.
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I've got a really tall evergreen (cedar?) in my backyard that while it has always had a slight lean has me very uneasy as it appears to be leaning more than I'm accustomed to seeing... I'm sitting at the dining room table watching it waiting for it to crack and take out the shed and fence hopefully missing the garage and the house next door.
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Heh. I was just looking at those, too. Though I like the 2090 better. A bit more self-contained. And I might splurge and get the dual-zone one, so I can have two displays.
As for checking in after the storm, here I am. A whole bunch of hype and not much substance around here. (Boy, could I make a comparison that would send this to the Arena!) Dead limbs and some small branches down. Creeks are within their banks. Weather is beautiful at the moment, though I'm expecting more rain, but just scattered showers for the moment. Looks like the real rain is over PA, NJ, WV, VA, MD, DE, etc. for now. Power didn't even flicker enough to reset my alarm clock.
Looks like the '80 and the '90 are the same unit except for the sensor array. I like the '80 better because I separated my sensors a bit for better placement.
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Looks like the '80 and the '90 are the same unit except for the sensor array. I like the '80 better because I separated my sensors a bit for better placement.
They are quite similar. Even the same price. I want to see a few more reviews, because I saw a few complaints about the temp sensor for the '80. (That you should purchase the optional solar shield for it to get correct readings, as the included one wasn't sufficient if the sensor was in the sun) I didn't see anything similar on the '90, but I want to check more before sending my $$.
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They are quite similar. Even the same price. I want to see a few more reviews, because I saw a few complaints about the temp sensor for the '80. (That you should purchase the optional solar shield for it to get correct readings, as the included one wasn't sufficient if the sensor was in the sun) I didn't see anything similar on the '90, but I want to check more before sending my $$.
Yeah, I did buy the optional solar shield for my '80 because I thought that I would have to install the sensor in a spot where the sun shines. I didn't know at the time that I could mount the sensors separately (as far apart as the wires allow anyway, they're all connected to the transmitter which is housed in the temp sensor/solar shield).
I only have one complaint about the system. I have to clean out the rain sensor from time to time because the darn spiders get inside of it and web up the innards. It's easy to clean 'em out though.
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Well in my corner of NH, I just got power back after being out for about 28 hours. And my generator went TU this AM, so the wife was not a happy camper. Bands of rain and wind gust up around 50 mph. No barometer, so no readings. Power is now back, wife is happy. All is well that ends well.
Now on to that Dark and Stormy I've been wanting all day.
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Cleveland Ohio, I still have power and phones and water, never went out although everyone around us doesn't have it, 300,000 in NE OH without power, 22 foot waves on Lake Erie shoreline, 50mph sustained winds with gusts to 70mph, lots of trees down, massive shore erosion, snow in Mansfield 100 miles away, lost a few limbs on our big trees, lucky that I have no evergreens and leaves were off oaks and maples, downspouts knocked off house though, some water in basement, about 5-6 inches of rain total storm amount here.
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Incredible pictures of destruction, some you may have seen, some you haven't. :o
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/10/hurricane_sandy_the_superstorm.html (http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2012/10/hurricane_sandy_the_superstorm.html)
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I've got a really tall evergreen (cedar?) in my backyard that while it has always had a slight lean has me very uneasy as it appears to be leaning more than I'm accustomed to seeing... I'm sitting at the dining room table watching it waiting for it to crack and take out the shed and fence hopefully missing the garage and the house next door.
Dam it to hell it is going to cost me 800 to get that leaning tower of pine out of the backyard....
:banghead: :banghead:
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If it takes out the fence and the shed insurance should pay. ;)
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Dam it to hell it is going to cost me 800 to get that leaning tower of pine out of the backyard....
:banghead: :banghead:
Pictures please....or put a web cam on it so that we can see it fall.
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If it takes out the fence and the shed insurance should pay. ;)
Yeah it would but I'm more worried about it taking out my garage or landing in the neighbors bedroom....
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There ya' go Tony, I put a little emphasis in there for you....
;D
Brian
Yeah it would but I'm more worried about it taking out my garage [size=8 pt]or landing in the neighbors bedroom[/size]....
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My neighborhood
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Another
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My neighborhood
That's so sad, I'm sorry.
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Your $800 tree is $2800 here
Tempted to write these thieves rubber checks or have Mr "K" pay them.
Lots of scumbags On the prowl. Police came by last night and told us one thing reload quickly
Anti-gun New Jersey is not so much anymore. For the most part my neighborhood is working together like crazy Get the cleanup started and rebuilding begin. I'll try and shoot me a few more pics when I can
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Your $800 tree is $2800 here
Yes I'm sure you are more than right that the price gougers are out in force; sad that people will take advantage of people in times of need. My " Leaning Tower of Pine" is absolutely nothing compared to the damages the people of the east coast are suffering through.
In fact it appears as strong as ever with no ground heave that we can see or even a crack in the trunk but it is leaning at a new an unsettling angle that makes us nervous as once the snow starts coming down it will make it even heavier on the leaning side.
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I agree Tony we're going to get a northeaster with 40 to 50 mile an hour winds tonight That's definitely going to add some damage to stuff they already fixed.
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Now 10 inches of heavy snow. in laws neighborhood Flooded again won't let us go back to work All roads going in closed
Tons of trees down all over the place people that had power are now without again
Forecast is locusts at 12. LOL
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I agree Tony we're going to get a northeaster with 40 to 50 mile an hour winds tonight That's definitely going to add some damage to stuff they already fixed.
Hope you guys are making out ok out there; that snow has got to really suck in the middle of clean up efforts and to lose power again after only having it back for at best a couple of days!
I got lucky as the tree guys showed up yesterday morning and made short work of that big ass (24" dia) pine...
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Now 10 inches of heavy snow. in laws neighborhood Flooded again won't let us go back to work All roads going in closed
Tons of trees down all over the place people that had power are now without again
Forecast is locusts at 12. LOL
At least you can eat locusts..
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LOL Jim