The official 'Hurricane Sandy, FML' thread

[at0m]

There are a lot of BRBuers on the east coast. I'd rattle them off, but I know I'm going to forget some. I worry about you guys. Stay safe everybody, batten down the hatches and hope the internet & power doesn't go out. I was going to create this thread so that people could post if they're getting screwed, but I'm guessing posting here will be most peoples' last priority

I leave you with something to watch (seriously all of this guy's videos are good)

[Coppanuva]

Well, work is cancelled. My boss shall know me as the idiot who emailed him to check if we had work the day of a hurricane (in my defense I had no idea we had webmail access).

Anyhow, not too bad so far here. Power still in place, and it's just windy and a bit wet. Hasn't quite hit full force yet, kinda nervous for that.

[KarthXLR]

Be safe everyone.

[Versus]

rip

[CaffeinePowered]

Just head to the pub and wait for all of it to blow over, if you aren't in the immediate vicinity of the coast or in a low lying area, you're probably fine. Though you may lose power for a few days.

[Squishy3]

i have my towel, although i think we're just getting  up to 40 mph wind rain and snow

[at0m]

Just head to the pub and wait for all of it to blow over, if you aren't in the immediate vicinity of the coast or in a low lying area, you're probably fine. Though you may lose power for a few days.

Speaking of which, the state of the grid out here is ridiculous. A severe storm meant several areas right near my house were without power for two weeks. TWO WEEKS. After a thunderstorm! And it was an expensive neighborhood! Crazy! Exclamation points!

[CaffeinePowered]

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Just head to the pub and wait for all of it to blow over, if you aren't in the immediate vicinity of the coast or in a low lying area, you're probably fine. Though you may lose power for a few days.

Speaking of which, the state of the grid out here is ridiculous. A severe storm meant several areas right near my house were without power for two weeks. TWO WEEKS. After a thunderstorm! And it was an expensive neighborhood! Crazy! Exclamation points!
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Step 1 - Invest money in burying power lines
Step 2 - Don't bitch about the upfront infrastructure costs
Step 3 - Enjoy power not going out during severe weather

[at0m]

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[quote author=Caffeine link=topic=6590.msg255991#msg255991 date=1351514873]
Just head to the pub and wait for all of it to blow over, if you aren't in the immediate vicinity of the coast or in a low lying area, you're probably fine. Though you may lose power for a few days.

Speaking of which, the state of the grid out here is ridiculous. A severe storm meant several areas right near my house were without power for two weeks. TWO WEEKS. After a thunderstorm! And it was an expensive neighborhood! Crazy! Exclamation points!
[/quote]Step 1 - Invest money in burying power lines
Step 2 - Don't bitch about the upfront infrastructure costs
Step 3 - Enjoy power not going out during severe weather
[/quote]I know, it's an argument that's been going on out here for years. People want the lines buried, but don't want the rate hikes associated with infrastructure investment, to the point that it's against the law to hike rates for infrastructure. Result: deregulated energy companies refuse to invest in infrastructure to protect bottom line, low energy cost, but no energy when there's a storm. And then they sue the power company for taking too long to turn it back on / not being 'prepared' with 'out of state crews'. Dafuq are you going to find a crew from when the entire east coast has the same problem?

[TOH]

All mass transit in my area is shut down, I couldn't go to work even if tried (or wanted to, heh). Working from home today, we'll see how tomorrow is, too.

[Evil Cheese]

Yep mass transit is down, declared state of emergency and my company is still open. Thankfully they are allowing working from home so I'm out of here in a few. Stocked up on nonperishables/water on Saturday so I'm not too worried about that. Laughed when I saw that Costco was completely out of bottled water (still manage to get some so no big). It gon get windy, boys.

[HeK]

LIVE Hurricane Sandy Coverage - The Weather Channel

[Greatbacon]

Good luck out there today team.

[at0m]

handy side-by-side of Sandy and Irene: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424...42066.html

[kaese]

Stay safe!
Time to be a hermit and not leave the house until it's over.

[shoopfox]

Man it's nice living in the NW

[Chief]

this all seems very appropriate of every brbu on said east coast (jk just versus if he were to live there)


good luck and i hope you stocked up on batteries and game boy games

[matter11]

it has been within 2 degrees of 45f continuously for the past 36 hours in pittsburgh. it is lightly but consistently raining. gonna pour eventually. bought lots of food.

[Didzo]

It's 78 degrees out and perfectly clear, likely with a nice breeze to go with it. What great weather to be outside.

I'll be staying in my room in a show of support to east coast BRBUers in this time of great danger and wetness. That's my reason and I'm sticking to it.

[A. Crow]

It's a cat1 hurricane.  You what we called category 1 hurricanes in Texas while I was growng up?  

A fucking thunderstorm!

Seriously, I used to get so pissed when they wouldnt cancel school for the category 2s.    Now..  the next couple days after everything flooded we'd get off...