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Have y'all seen the storm that is heading for the east coast?
East Coast braces for monster 'Frankenstorm'
Getty Images: File. IMAGE: In this handout satellite image provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Hurricane Sandy strengthened with winds up to 85 mph as it moves towards Cuba on October 24, 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean.
4 hr ago By Seth Borenstein
Meteorologists expect a natural horror show of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow to the west beginning early Sunday, peaking with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy around Delaware on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call "Frankenstorm" it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year's damaging Irene, forecasters said Friday.
The brunt of the weather mayhem will be concentrated where the hurricane comes ashore early Tuesday, but there will be hundreds of miles of steady, strong and damaging winds and rain for the entire Eastern region for several days, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The hurricane has killed at least 20 people in the Caribbean, and just left the Bahamas. It is expected to move north, just off the Eastern Seaboard.
As of Friday morning, federal forecasters were looking closer at the Delaware shore as the spot it will turn inland and merge with a wintry storm front. But there is a lot of room for error in the forecast and the storm could turn into shore closer to New York and New Jersey and bring the worst weather there.
A wide swath of the East, measuring several hundreds of miles, will get persistent gale-force winds in the 50 mph area, with some areas closer to storm landfall getting closer to 70 mph, said James Franklin, forecast chief for the National Hurricane Center.
"It's going to be a long-lasting event, two to three days of impact for a lot of people," Franklin said. "Wind damage, widespread power outages, heavy rainfall, inland flooding and somebody is going to get a significant surge event."
That storm surge will only be magnified by the full moon this weekend to make it a "dangerous period," Uccellini said.
Last year's Hurricane Irene was a minimal hurricane that caused widespread damage as it moved north along the coast after making landfall in North Carolina. With catastrophic inland flooding in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Vermont, federal officials say Irene caused $15.8 billion in damage.
Sandy is "looking like a very serious storm that could be historic," said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the forecasting service Weather Underground. "Mother Nature is not saying, `Trick or treat.' It's just going to give tricks."
Government forecasters said there is a 90 percent chance - up from 60 percent two days earlier - that the East will get pounded.
Utilities are lining up out-of-state work crews and canceling employees' days off to deal with expected power outages. From county disaster chiefs to the federal government, emergency officials are warning the public to be prepared. And President Barack Obama was briefed aboard Air Force One.
Boat owners were yanking their vessels out of the water Friday at the Southside Marina in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., about 60 miles south of New York City.
"We're taking them out as fast as we can," said marina employee Jim Martin.
East Coast braces for monster 'Frankenstorm'
Getty Images: File. IMAGE: In this handout satellite image provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, Hurricane Sandy strengthened with winds up to 85 mph as it moves towards Cuba on October 24, 2012 in the Atlantic Ocean.
Meteorologists expect a natural horror show of high wind, heavy rain, extreme tides and maybe snow to the west beginning early Sunday, peaking with the arrival of Hurricane Sandy around Delaware on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON — When Hurricane Sandy becomes a hybrid weather monster some call "Frankenstorm" it will smack the East Coast harder and wider than last year's damaging Irene, forecasters said Friday.
The brunt of the weather mayhem will be concentrated where the hurricane comes ashore early Tuesday, but there will be hundreds of miles of steady, strong and damaging winds and rain for the entire Eastern region for several days, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The hurricane has killed at least 20 people in the Caribbean, and just left the Bahamas. It is expected to move north, just off the Eastern Seaboard.
As of Friday morning, federal forecasters were looking closer at the Delaware shore as the spot it will turn inland and merge with a wintry storm front. But there is a lot of room for error in the forecast and the storm could turn into shore closer to New York and New Jersey and bring the worst weather there.
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A wide swath of the East, measuring several hundreds of miles, will get persistent gale-force winds in the 50 mph area, with some areas closer to storm landfall getting closer to 70 mph, said James Franklin, forecast chief for the National Hurricane Center.
"It's going to be a long-lasting event, two to three days of impact for a lot of people," Franklin said. "Wind damage, widespread power outages, heavy rainfall, inland flooding and somebody is going to get a significant surge event."
That storm surge will only be magnified by the full moon this weekend to make it a "dangerous period," Uccellini said.
Last year's Hurricane Irene was a minimal hurricane that caused widespread damage as it moved north along the coast after making landfall in North Carolina. With catastrophic inland flooding in New Jersey, Massachusetts and Vermont, federal officials say Irene caused $15.8 billion in damage.
Sandy is "looking like a very serious storm that could be historic," said Jeff Masters, meteorology director of the forecasting service Weather Underground. "Mother Nature is not saying, `Trick or treat.' It's just going to give tricks."
Government forecasters said there is a 90 percent chance - up from 60 percent two days earlier - that the East will get pounded.
Utilities are lining up out-of-state work crews and canceling employees' days off to deal with expected power outages. From county disaster chiefs to the federal government, emergency officials are warning the public to be prepared. And President Barack Obama was briefed aboard Air Force One.
Boat owners were yanking their vessels out of the water Friday at the Southside Marina in Point Pleasant Beach, N.J., about 60 miles south of New York City.
"We're taking them out as fast as we can," said marina employee Jim Martin.
yeah im worried about my eggs they go in lockdown saturday --tommorow -- and bad weather is supposed to start tommorow and be the worst monday ...
the power does NOT go out
Holy crap. That's a big hurricane.
get a generator... a small one will do just to keep the bator running. Y'all over that way have my prayers to come through it safely.
It is! Look at the cloud span, it is darn near as wide as the eastern seaboard!
I hope we don't end up with a terrible ice storm from that hurricane!!!
I also hope that everyone stays safe!!!
I got my quail tank all cleaned out!!! It is 30-40 gallons
I also hope that everyone stays safe!!!
I got my quail tank all cleaned out!!! It is 30-40 gallons
would but im more than flat broke ... from what i have read so far its mainly 4-5 inches or rain and milder winds here being predicted for now ...
i thought moving further north id have to worry m,ore about snow storms than hurricanes ..!!!!
Hi everyone. Just popping in for a minute. Wow, that hurricane looks like quite a doozy. Be safe if you're near it.
My youngest discovered a hidden nest today. I still have our mudroom blocked off so one of the crazy leghorns has taken up laying her eggs in a burn barrel. We hardly ever burn things so it hasn't been used in quite a while, but still, in a burn barrel? Needless to say, those eggs are not going to be used at all. Heaven only knows what kind of stew those eggs have been sitting in. Stupid leghorn.
My youngest discovered a hidden nest today. I still have our mudroom blocked off so one of the crazy leghorns has taken up laying her eggs in a burn barrel. We hardly ever burn things so it hasn't been used in quite a while, but still, in a burn barrel? Needless to say, those eggs are not going to be used at all. Heaven only knows what kind of stew those eggs have been sitting in. Stupid leghorn.
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