Hurricane Sandy aftermath

[Apex]

As of 1.30 EST 10.30.12, 33 deaths, 7.4 mil without power.  A terrible storm.  There's a lot of picts on the web, so I won't post any links.  I just saw a run of NYC picts, lots of damage.  This will be a long recovery, I think.

I have not had too much time to watch TV news, but tonight I will definitely check it out.

I have relatives on Long Island, I hope all's OK with them.  I'll find out later on. 

[-Crossfire-]

Just saw some pictures of LGA's runways under water... over on Airliners.net.... crazy

[beaky]

Very intense winds here in Newark last night... a bunch of the massive ceramic cap tiles atop the north parapet wall of my building were lifted right up and tossed onto the roof. A couple of our old windows lost panes here and there, too, but no serious damage. Power just came back after about 19 hours... and interwebs!! Yea!!!!! My mobile is still pretty much useless, so that is a good thing.
I had heard this morning that we were possibly looking at 10 days(!!) without electricity... we were not prepared for that, and it would not be good, even though we have yet to lose gas or water. Very relieved to have the juice flowing again.

But it may be "lights out" again, at any moment... couldn't find any ice anywhere, but other than that we are in good shape.

KEWR is still closed; no idea what damage they have there, but I doubt much flooding. The NYC and New Jersey shore and riverine flooding was mostly due to high winds; the rain was rather light compared to Irene.

[Apex]

Glad to hear you're OK.  I'm seeing a lot on the news now, very bad stuff.

[Fozzer]

I just checked my trusty Barometer here in western England this morning...
Dropping rapidly, meaning stormy weather is approaching.
At the moment it reads; 980 mb/28.94"

Any of our US East Coast Chums got a Barometer reading they can tell us, where they are located, for Hurricane Sandy?

It will be interesting to see just how low the Barometer (Pressure) drops in a Hurricane!

Paul The Weather Man... 8-)...!

http://www.pcwp.com/mb_conversion.html

[Apex]

Interest about the pressure.

[Fozzer]

Ta for the info, Apex!... ..!

I am always interested in "Weather"...(it affects we Motorcyclists!)... ...!

Paul... 8-)...!

The lowest actual indication on my main Barometer is; 970mb/28.64"
.....(any lower, and it will get sucked into a Black Hole!)... ...!
About 14.7 pounds per square inch of the stuff is pressing all over me, at the moment!... ...!
(The atmosphere of Venus is about 90 times heavier than that on Earth).

[beaky]

[quote]Interest about the pressure.