Hurricane Sandy

lolyou know i been worried about my family in he lower shore than I am about us up hear cause I can always get by on low heat. But my mom and my 4 remaining snakes in lower de are moer worried about cause mom in a wheel chair and my grandmother down ther . I just called my cousin to tell him ot swing by and fire up the chain saw to make sure it runs in case it needed. But up here for the family and such ( upstate( fiance and such ) I not sure what needs ot be done . I know we got a gas grill and I can arrange to create heat with it ( not in the house but i cam make aquick water heater type set up if push comes to shove with it. and my evil thinking lol. plus i can cook on it. I just to figuer out if my fiance will have to work if there no power.. cause ithink most the fish will die at the petstore if off too long .

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Originally Posted by WarriorPrincess90

A power outage and some fallen branches are about as scary as most Cat 1s get. lol. Because it's colder up there, I would be concerned about temperatures, but really, I wouldn't fret about the storm itself. Granted, New England homes are not built the same way as Florida homes...aka: Not build specifically to withstand hurricane force winds, but the winds you guys get up there in a normal storm are pretty nasty, so this shouldn't be too different. Like every else has said, heat packs for your animals are important, especially with the cold front coming through. If you are in a low area, you may want to consider a couple sand bags in front of your door. If you have a generator, that would help for sure, but if not, and you lose power, try not to open your fridge or freezer more than you absolutely have to. Perhaps consider having a massive cookout Hurricane bash to get rid of thawed frozen meats. :P Have some candles, batteries, lighters, flashlights, emergency radio, and LOTs of water. It would be advisable to fill your bathtub with water and plug it up. That way you have clean water if you need it. At least for a little while. A good deal of canned foods and things that won't easily spoil in case you're without power for a few days. (Again, if you have a charcoal grill....cookout. ;) ) Oh! And having some basic first aid stuff is always a good idea just in case.

In all seriousness though, a Category 1 Hurricane is not that serious. And I doubt if it will gain strength over the Atlantic. When we had that Hurricane coming through a couple months ago we prepared as necessary, but then had Hurricane parties. Let me tell you...it was an awful, vicious drizzle, but we survived. ;) I would be much more concerned about a snow storm. :O Lol.

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It's not soo much the hurricane that has my area ( southern new jersey) worried.... It's the combination of the nor'easter moving in, with the cold front. They are saying the storm will last about 3 days. With me being in the fire department, I know I won't be able to be home trough the entire ordeal to watch over my animals. I have 10hr heat packs. I would be able to get back home every few hours to swap them out and check on my animals. Before I had all my animals to look after, I would of stood outside and welcomed the storm.... Now I would rather see if go out to sea.....

Everyone in an area where natural disasters can occur should have generators, extra water and food. Sounds like the "obvious" but yeah. I knew a guy who was stuck on his roof for 3 weeks because of Katrina and his family did ok because he had a lot of emergency things packed in "go bags" for everyone in his family (including his dog!) I would also keep some water purifiers or a microfilter around just in case...

I just ordered some heat packs from TSK.
Can't speak to how well they work, though.
http://www.tsksupply.com/categories/Heat-Packs/

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Originally Posted by WarriorPrincess90

A power outage and some fallen branches are about as scary as most Cat 1s get. lol. Because it's colder up there, I would be concerned about temperatures, but really, I wouldn't fret about the storm itself. Granted, New England homes are not built the same way as Florida homes...aka: Not build specifically to withstand hurricane force winds, but the winds you guys get up there in a normal storm are pretty nasty, so this shouldn't be too different. Like every else has said, heat packs for your animals are important, especially with the cold front coming through. If you are in a low area, you may want to consider a couple sand bags in front of your door. If you have a generator, that would help for sure, but if not, and you lose power, try not to open your fridge or freezer more than you absolutely have to. Perhaps consider having a massive cookout Hurricane bash to get rid of thawed frozen meats. :P Have some candles, batteries, lighters, flashlights, emergency radio, and LOTs of water. It would be advisable to fill your bathtub with water and plug it up. That way you have clean water if you need it. At least for a little while. A good deal of canned foods and things that won't easily spoil in case you're without power for a few days. (Again, if you have a charcoal grill....cookout. ;) ) Oh! And having some basic first aid stuff is always a good idea just in case.

In all seriousness though, a Category 1 Hurricane is not that serious. And I doubt if it will gain strength over the Atlantic. When we had that Hurricane coming through a couple months ago we prepared as necessary, but then had Hurricane parties. Let me tell you...it was an awful, vicious drizzle, but we survived. ;) I would be much more concerned about a snow storm. :O Lol.

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The biggest concern with storms like this isn't so much the force of the wind, but flooding. When there are hills/mountains stretching for miles and miles, water from rainfall is always moving. 5+ inches of rain over a day's time is a ton of water that has to go somewhere... Hurricane Irene(Cat 1) tore out roads, collapsed bridges, flooded entire towns, etc... And the worst of it was in the higher elevation areas, not coastal(from New Jersey and northward anyway)...though with the storm hitting during a full moon, coastal areas are under closer watch.

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Originally Posted by BleedingOrange36

It's not soo much the hurricane that has my area ( southern new jersey) worried.... It's the combination of the nor'easter moving in, with the cold front. They are saying the storm will last about 3 days. With me being in the fire department, I know I won't be able to be home trough the entire ordeal to watch over my animals. I have 10hr heat packs. I would be able to get back home every few hours to swap them out and check on my animals. Before I had all my animals to look after, I would of stood outside and welcomed the storm.... Now I would rather see if go out to sea.....

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I wonder if the Nor'easter might push Sandy back out to sea? When I was in Mass last year in December the winds were crazy in a regular old thunder storm.

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Originally Posted by RobNJ

The biggest concern with storms like this isn't so much the force of the wind, but flooding. When there are hills/mountains stretching for miles and miles, water from rainfall is always moving. 5+ inches of rain over a day's time is a ton of water that has to go somewhere... Hurricane Irene(Cat 1) tore out roads, collapsed bridges, flooded entire towns, etc... And the worst of it was in the higher elevation areas, not coastal(from New Jersey and northward anyway)...though with the storm hitting during a full moon, coastal areas are under closer watch.

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True. So sandbags are probably advisable then. Like I said, things are built differently in the northeast, so I could easily see how a storm that we Floridians would consider a bad thunderstorm essentially could cause more damage. Things in Florida are built specifically with the necessity of withstanding hurricanes in mind. :P

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Originally Posted by Marduk

I just ordered some heat packs from TSK.
Can't speak to how well they work, though.
http://www.tsksupply.com/categories/Heat-Packs/

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Those are your standard UNI-Heat heat packs used for packaging/shipping...they work well.

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Originally Posted by WarriorPrincess90

I wonder if the Nor'easter might push Sandy back out to sea? When I was in Mass last year in December the winds were crazy in a regular old thunder storm.

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Looks like it'll be 3 systems meeting up all at once and making things worse if anything...guess anything's possible though, not like weathermen are right all the time.

I live basically on the top of a hill in northeast Philadelphia so no need to worry about flooding for me. Went out tonight and grabbed some bread, water, batteries and heat packs along with some bones to occupy the dogs. Other than that Im good!!

There is a high pressure system in eastern Canada that is rotating clockwise pushing towards the east coast. This is the system that is supposed to push sandy back towards the coast. In a perfect scenario that system could loose some power and allow sandy to drift off..... We will know come Sunday night....

Whenever we lose power i cuddle with my snakes for warmth to survive. Im glad everyones keeping this thread so serious. Hurricanes arent something to joke about.:D