There's a whole hell of a lot of hype about this storm over here. As we get closer to landfall there's more and more division among meteorologists about its predicted behavior, with some saying it won't be anything at all and others saying it will be one of the worst storms the Northeast has ever seen. I'm going with what the NWS says and hunkering down.National Weather Service wrote:SANDY IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH...17 KM/H...AND THIS
MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TODAY. A TURN TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT AND SUNDAY...
FOLLOWED BY A TURN TOWARD THE NORTH SUNDAY NIGHT.
SANDY IS A VERY LARGE TROPICAL CYCLONE. HURRICANE FORCE WINDS EXTEND
OUTWARD UP TO 100 MILES PRIMARILY SOUTHWEST OF THE CENTER...
TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED
TO FIRST REACH THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA IN THE CAROLINAS BY
THIS EVENING...AND SPREAD NORTHWARD TONIGHT AND SUNDAY.
RAINFALL TOTALS OF 3 TO 6 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER FAR
EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 8 INCHES
POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
PORTIONS OF THE CENTRAL MID-ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING THE
DELMARVA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES
POSSIBLE.
I said "thundersnowicane" because there might possibly maybe be some areas in which snow could hypothetically fall instead of rain. In gale-force winds. Think about it. Also, nobody's actually predicting thundersnow along with it but that would just be the coolest thing ever, wouldn't it?
So is anybody else in this thing's path? Last year Irene knocked out our power for a week, and I don't even know what to think about Sandy. The electric company here is pretty incompetent so I might be gone for quite a while. Also our house is on well water so there will be no plumbing for that period of time. As in we cannot flush the toilets
Most importantly, how will this affect Mitt Romney's chances in Ohio next Tuesday?