I miss your forum novels. You haven't been around much lately.

Stay safe, dude. 

Thanks Beeps...yeah, been pretty busy. God knows what I'm gonna have to deal with after this...uggh! I'll do my best, thanks.

Steve: thanks...yeah, looking at that storm, it literally comes in right where my new studio is in Mays Landing near AC and then follows a course right to my house. The only cool thing about this is....if by chance we make it through this monster, I might be able to see the eye pass over me which I hear is an incredible sight to see. I just hope I have a house left and I've gone outside to look at it instead of looking up through a hole in my roof. Prayers for your brother and you...I hope we all make it through this thing. I keep praying it falls apart and just drifts out to sea. Wishful thinking..

-Danny

Well here is the New York Post update that just appeared on my Facebook feed....LOL...yuppie coffee crisis looming 
 

Danny, I knew you were down in south Jersey but I wasn't sure how close you were to the shore. Good luck. Stay safe and dry.

Well I just stuck my head out of the window after a couple of hours of being immersed in my cans, and the winds are definitely picking up! The trees are thrashing about and everyone looks in a hurry to get home. I think it's time I went for my pre-hurricane walk...I love weather like this. 

It looks like MA is shut down for tommorow. Schools and non-essential goverment workers are off.

Three storms in one! Uggg! I hope we don't get snow. That's worse here since all the leaves are still on the trees.

Just checked - the towers were we lived were just outside the evacuated zone.


Crossing fingers for the people there will be as safe as we were last year.

sharke

Beepster


And yeah... the media has cried wolf so many times just for ratings you never know when these things are the real deal anymore. I'd imagine the emergency broadcast systems would kick in if crap was gonna get real crazy.

Best of luck, all.

One thing I've noticed about this storm as opposed to last year's Hurricane Irene, is that even though New Yorkers are doing their usual panic buying (I witnessed some ridiculous scenes this afternoon), they're not taping their windows up like last year. For Irene, virtually everyone had blue tape crosses in their windows. This year, I haven't seen one single taped up window. 

That's because people have figured out that taping your windows is a bad idea for several reasons.
 
1. It's a pain to get off when you take it off.
2. It looks stupid.
3. It's a complete waste of money and time.
 
Taping your windows does nothing to stop windows from breaking.

We had remnants of one come through Maryland back in 2003, and I still remember winds sustained of over 50 mph, with gusts up to around 70.

I went outside with my son, because it was such a surreal event, and he was about 8 years old at the time.  I had to hold his hand because the wind would literally lift his body off the ground - it was SOOOOO cool.

The next day, I drove down into DC for a basketball tournament, and saw a BUNCH of really huge trees knocked over by the wind and saturated ground.  That was quite sad.

I was married twice, so I know what having no power for long periods of time feels like.  Good luck everybody - hope everyone's gear stays dry, and nobody loses anyone in the process.

Bob Bone

Taping your windows does nothing to stop windows from breaking.

 
It's not supposed to stop them from breaking Robert...it stops the shattering glass from flying all over.
 
-Danny

Hoping for the best outcome for you guys.

We have cyclones in Oz(basically the same thing), and just a couple of years ago had one headed straight towards us, then at the last minute, it stopped dead in it's tracks, and took off back out to sea. Nothing like a cyclone/hurricane to build the anxiety inside you. Mother Nature at it's best and worst at the same time.

Take care all of you.

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Danny Danzi

Taping your windows does nothing to stop windows from breaking.

 
It's not supposed to stop them from breaking Robert...it stops the shattering glass from flying all over.
 
-Danny

That's what I thought too...apparently it's a myth. 


http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/story/18707971/2012/06/05/dont-tape-your-windows-before-a-storm

Yes, they told us here in Florida that taping windows won't do any good. 

I just checked with my brother in central Pa (Grantham) and all they are getting at the moment is some light rain.  He told me they went out for Breakfast Sunday morning and then stopped at a Weis Market (supermarket) and the shelves were bare.

I saw some blurry pics from Jersey that made things look pretty bad. You still with us Danny?

Thinking of you guys.  All the best!

Simon