US East Coast weather fun ahead

[Khaldun]

From Jeff Masters' blog at Weather Underground:

"Landfall Monday along the mid-Atlantic coast on Monday, as predicted by the ECMWF and NOGAPS models, would likely be a billion-dollar disaster. In this scenario, Sandy would be able to bring sustained winds near hurricane force over a wide stretch of heavily populated coast, causing massive power outages, as trees still in leaf fall and take out power lines. Sandy is expected to have tropical storm-force winds that extend out more than 300 miles from the center, which will drive a much larger storm surge than its winds would ordinarily suggest. The full moon is on Monday, which means astronomical tides will be at their peak for the month, increasing potential storm surge flooding. Fresh water flooding from heavy rains would also be a huge concern. Given the ECMWF's consistent handling of Sandy, I believe this mid-Atlantic scenario has a higher probability of occurring than the Northeast U.S. scenario. However, it is likely that the models are overdoing the strength of Sandy at landfall. The models have trouble handling the transition from tropical storm to extratropical storm in these type of situations, and I expect that the 940 mb central pressure of Sandy predicted at landfall Monday in Delaware by the ECMWF model is substantially overdone."

[Shannow]

Something about winter storms colliding with Sandy and arctic fronts. Well played Mayans well played!

I'll be chuckling and stuff until an oak tree falls on my house.

[ghost]

If it hits NYC/New Jersey it could be serious business. 

[Teleku]

I'm hoping for a direct hit on DC.  I want to see something at least resembling a hurricane dammit!  All the typhoons missed Japan in the year I was there.   

[Paelos]

This has the potential to make my GA/FL tailgate unfun.

[ghost]

Hot chicks in small clothes in the rain when it is mildly chilly?   

[Paelos]

Hot chicks in small clothes in the rain when it is mildly chilly?   

No they don't WEAR the small clothes if it's rainy!

THE HORROR!

[Strazos]

If it hits NYC/New Jersey it could be serious business. 

Swear to god, I come back to this country for 3 weeks in two years, and I might get slammed by a hurricane? FFS 

[Teleku]

Well, they do form off the coast of Africa.  Reap what you sow!   

[Surlyboi]

If I have to listen to another neighborhood bitch whining about the lack of organic beef on Sunday, I'm cutting motherfuckers.

[Teleku]

Did I, or did I not, see you mention that you are owner of a restaurant somewhere in the Bay Area.   

[Ingmar]

I think it is a bar. Which has not had its identity revealed NOR have any offers of free beer for life been made.

[Lantyssa]

Restaurant with a bar, I believe.  If he made offers of free beer for life then he'd have some chick whining about how she doesn't drink beer and would appreciate free Cape Cods for life.  Which he totally needs to do.

[Numtini]

That's Cape Codder. Not Cape Cod. What a nasty drink.

Speaking of which, idiot coworker of the day quote: "If we're going to lose power for a week, I'm glad we added the landline to our comcast."

[Lantyssa]

 

[Johny Cee]

That's Cape Codder. Not Cape Cod. What a nasty drink.

Speaking of which, idiot coworker of the day quote: "If we're going to lose power for a week, I'm glad we added the landline to our comcast."

Eh?

If it is a real land line, then the telephone is independent of the power grid and you will still be able to make calls with an older (no electric plug) telephone model even if the power lines go down as long as the phone lines stay up....  which in my experience happens fairly often.  My parents maintain an old push button phone solely to make calls/emergency calls during power outages.

[Merusk]

Comcast landlines come through the Television cable line, I assume.

[CaptainNapkin]

What timing, I'll be flying from Montreal to LaGuardia on Tuesday. Though now it looks like could be an extra night in Montreal, there are worse places to be stuck I suppose.

[Viin]

Comcast landlines come through the Television cable line, I assume.

Which require a router (which takes power) to segregate the VOIP from the TV from the Internet.

[Rendakor]

My Comcast-provided router/cable box takes a 9-volt battery for backup power, so it still works in an outage.

[Trippy]

The battery only works for a few hours, though.

[Merusk]

Yeah, mine only works for 4 hours when power's out.

However; in this day and age I'm surprised people are relying on landlines instead of cell phones, which work unless the tower goes down.   They have their own generators for these situations, don't they?

[Trippy]

What happens when your cell phone battery runs out?

[Ingmar]

That's one area where I'm firmly Luddite, I'm not ditching my PSTN land line. Having the possibility of cell phone OR land line is far superior in an emergency situation.

A 'land line' through a cable provider is not the same thing.

[01101010]

What happens when your cell phone battery runs out?

Solar power charger or go out to your car and plug it in. I did that last bit during the few hurricanes when power was out longer than my cel battery could last.

[Merusk]

What happens when your cell phone battery runs out?

I don't own one, but the wife does and it's not a smartphone.  If the battery runs out then we're fucked because the food ran out a day and a half earlier.  

For those of you with them, I recommend a car charger.

If the local phone company didn't demand $30 a month plus taxes, fees, 911 fee AND long distance charges, I'd still have a hardline.  (Smallest phone bill was $40)  

Since they don't, I pay $25 to have it through cable.   Well.. paid; the wife works for the cable company now so I don't pay anything.

[Strazos]

I guess we'll see how many of my 3 flights in the next week get fucked with... 

[Teleku]

Well, this is all very appropriate.  My class Monday and Tuesday is simulated training for what to do if a disaster hits our embassy.  

[Khaldun]

I do not think anyone is flying to NYC Tuesday. Or Wednesday. Or maybe Thursday or even Friday.

[CaptainNapkin]

I do not think anyone is flying to NYC Tuesday. Or Wednesday. Or maybe Thursday or even Friday.

Yup, agree. I cancelled Jersey and re-routed through Chicago.

[WayAbvPar]

Well, this is all very appropriate.  My class Monday and Tuesday is simulated training for what to do if a disaster hits our embassy.  

[Surlyboi]

New York City wine bar/restaurant. I'm looking to build a sake brewery/restaurant in the BA sometime in the next 24 months, just need to find the real estate and a few other things. I do own a house in Palo Alto though.

[Sheepherder]

However; in this day and age I'm surprised people are relying on landlines instead of cell phones, which work unless the tower goes down.   They have their own generators for these situations, don't they?

Towers go down within minutes of any major incident.  Turns out they're not equipped to handle simultaneous transmission of data from every human being in a five kilometer radius after all.

[Numtini]

However; in this day and age I'm surprised people are relying on landlines instead of cell phones,

She actually had put in the comcast "land line" because "landlines work when there's no power."

In addition to any battery backup on comcast only working for a few hours, after a certain amount of time, the lines themselves go down. We have generators in our buildings and during Irene sometime during the night without power, comcast went dead on the poles.

[schild]

Boss wanted me to fly into New York on Monday to have a meeting with the board. I emailed them back and told them to keep the $450 for the flight and buy water. New York is about to be in the shit.