sharke


I tell you what, the weather kicks ass here compared to my life in Britain. I know everyone complains about the weather there, but over a decade living in the US and I've come to realize just how mild Britain is in comparison. Warmer winters, cooler summers, barely anything "extreme." American storms are still very exciting to me. And I know it's wrong, but I was kind of disappointed when Irene fizzled out for New York last year. Was hoping for some overturned cars at least, maybe even some Mary Poppins' flying around. Yes it's sick but I'm cheering Sandy on. I want New York to take a good thrashing. 

Theres a few here in the uk who may disagree this past couple of years, especially this year, who's homes have been flooded. But ordinarily you are right, but we've had some very weird weather these past two years droughts then floods, bonkers! 

I was in London a couple of days after the only hurricane in centuries hit the south east English coast 25 years ago. An experience that that makes me eternally grateful that while we might have rotten summers, endless rain, floods etc. at least we're generally spared that kind of extreme weather.

Not to mention my Louisiana friends' accounts of Katrina.

Keep safe over there.

Wishing you all the best from Seattle!!!

tlw


I was in London a couple of days after the only hurricane in centuries hit the south east English coast 25 years ago. An experience that that makes me eternally grateful that while we might have rotten summers, endless rain, floods etc. at least we're generally spared that kind of extreme weather.

Not to mention my Louisiana friends' accounts of Katrina.

Keep safe over there.

Here, here  :-) 

Crank up good old CCR's "Bad Moon Rising" and hold on tight...

all the best from Amsterdam!

Psssh!  We get a FREE street cleaning with this rain, AND nobody will have any more leaves to rake.  :)

Plus, if it DOES land in Jersey, will anyone really be able to tell the difference?  :)

(I am actually planning for several days with no power here near DC, although I am hoping that since I live right along a business strip that I WILL have power, and will be able to knock out a bunch of recording while everyone leaves me alone to work).

Thanks to all for wishing us good luck through what looks to be quite the deluge.

Bob Bone

Stay safe, Bob!

Northern NJ here. Right in the path (so they say). 

Luckily I'm on a hill and above the street level so I watch the water rush past my driveway without worrying about flooding. Trees, on the other hand, make me very nervous. There is a row of pines on one side of the house and a mighty oak on the other, all quite capable of doing major damage. Not much to do except hope for the best. 
We lost power from Irene last year in August for 4 days. That was a piece of cake for us- moderate temps, cooking on the grill, light until 8:00. (Unfortunately, the center of a nearby town was completely flooded. The businesses just got back on their feet early this year. This storm could completely ruin many of them.)

Exactly a year ago we were hit by a freak early snow storm which brought down trees and branches. We lost power for 5 days. That was a lot worse for us- it was cold and got dark at 5:00. We used the fireplace to keep warm but that got old pretty fast. We had just decided to go and stay with my mom when the power came back on.  We're going to try to brave it again this time - moved the firewood to the porch just in case.


Yes, it should be lots o fun! 

I'm at the western end of lake Ontario. Imagine my surprise when I looked at the weather and found a tropical storm warning. That's the first time in my life I've ever seen that. Strange days indeed.

Mystic here in LI sound.... its gonna be bad..