Hurricane Central

[chocolatepuppy]

Rainy days ahead and high winds Tuesday for NE Ohio! I hope everyone in the storms path is prepared to stay safe!

[pomtzu]

It's a little rainy and breezy right now, but the worst isn't supposed to hit until tomorrow night and into Tuesday. And it looks like it might make landfall right around Alysser's place. We are just a little south of her, and we'll get socked with heavy rain and wind. Schools already announced closing for Monday and Tuesday in this district, and I imagine the whole state probably will too.

We're prepared, but I hope Sandy goes easy on us.........

[Alysser]

Isn't it awesome when you try to call out of work and your boss tells you YOU HAVE TO COME IN? You know, honestly, today I don't really care but if you think I'm coming in tomorrow you are crazy. I realize the dogs have to go out and all that but you can't expect me to drive through a literal hurricane, I'm sorry. I live 30 minutes from work on a good day. The roads I take flood in a normal rainstorm. I really can't believe this.

[Karen]

Alyssa - if the governor declares a State of Emergency, you may call in to say they should stay off the roads.

[Freedom]

The "worst" for us is predicted to be Monday, noon to 8PM. Steady winds of 35 to 50 MPH, with gusts to 75 MPH. That brings a high potential of power outages.

I haven't seen a recent report on rainfall amounts for us here. I will be interesting being here with the pets, I hate being THE one in charge, ha haaa. Maybe I can convince Willy?

Dad has been in hospital since Tuesday. Since Friday afternoon, they have been trying to find a rehab facility to transfer him; but as he had C-diff now, he will need a private room, and none of the places local to us has any open. ( I suspect they just don't want the highly contagious C-diff in their facility.)

[momcat]

The most recent reports I've seen show that Maryland, Delaware, and New Jersey are going to get a direct hit when the storm makes landfall. There is flooding already in Cape May County and all casinos in Atlantic City are closed by order of the governor. Several coastal areas in New Jersey were ordered to evacuate by 4:00p.m. today. Schools in the Trenton area have been closed along with other districts in the state. For the past few days the power companies have cancelled all vacations & time off and all workers have been called in to prep for the power outages that are expected to last for 7-10 days. Our governor declared a state of emergency yesterday and I received a notice this morning that all state offices are closed tomorrow. Here in Trenton we can expect the winds to start off at 40 mph and increase from there. We're not in a flood zone but sections of Trenton along the Delaware River could be in for a lot of trouble. Unless it has been updated, we're being told to expect 7" to 12" of rain, the worst of the storm will be tomorrow. Our temperatures have dropped considerably. Rain in our area is expected to last until Wednesday. The full moon is not going to help the storm surges. This looks like a bad one.

[phesina]

Sending along all my hopes and prayers and good wishes that you folks in the path of this storm will make it through this all right .. (you and everyone facing it, for that matter).

Love from Pat and cats

[david p]

Rainy days ahead and high winds Tuesday for NE Ohio! I hope everyone in the storms path is prepared to stay safe!

Same here in Butler, Pa. too, Chocolatepuppy. A lot of rain so far, but the winds haven't really picked up yet. However they should be picking a little later tonight.