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Post by canadianplant » Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:42 am

It is a bit early to be certain, but according to this, every day the likelyhood of this happening increases.

Cold arctic air is going to mees Ms. (hurricane) Sandy next week. Looks like it may be beyond the scope of "the perfect storm".

http://news.yahoo.com/hybrid-sandy-wint ... 40714.html

Also, this, from Canada to America:

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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:02 am

I really don't want all that wind! I hope it stays out to sea.
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Post by canadianplant » Thu Oct 25, 2012 8:28 am

And cold/snow due to the arctic low. Might be time to prep a bit. Better safe then sorry IMO.
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Post by hardyjim » Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:29 am

The computer models(some of them) are predicting the
most powerful American storm ever-just in time for the elections......
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Post by CTPalm » Thu Oct 25, 2012 11:45 am

Not looking forward to this. Could be worse than last year. I hope it goes out to sea!

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Post by lucky1 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 4:19 pm

Fingers crossed that it'll bring warm air and push the arctic low somewhere else.
Once these big storms hit land, don't they usually fizzle?

20+C in Toronto today...sheesh, their summer is back and I'm jealous. :|

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EDIT: holy cow, I now see what you folks are talking about! http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/satellit ... es=1&clf=1 :shock: :shock: :shock:
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Post by sidpook » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:12 pm

were supposed to get alot of rain and wind here in NJ, My nanas will like the rain, but not so much the wind!! Trees still have leaves on them so that is also a problem, many trees may fall due to the greater surface area. Power outages???
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Post by hardyjim » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:24 pm

lucky1 wrote:Fingers crossed that it'll bring warm air and push the arctic low somewhere else.
Once these big storms hit land, don't they usually fizzle?

20+C in Toronto today...sheesh, their summer is back and I'm jealous. :|

Barb

EDIT: holy cow, I now see what you folks are talking about! http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/satellit ... es=1&clf=1 :shock: :shock: :shock:


Barb

There is (or was )some concern this storm could bomb out along a
deep trough(frontal boundary)and become a super storm but I think
regardless,even as a minimal hurricane there is a serious issue with
where it may hit-possibly just south of NY.Minimal is still 74mph!


This trough/front is the same one that dropped our temps 21F in less than an hour-
I was looking at the temp here at 7am today and it was 74f,I looked again at the temp outside
a little later and saw it was 53f-only 50f tomorrow(etc) with temps around freezing at night
after a morning low(yesterday)of 66 and a high of 86,the low last night was 77f! :D
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Post by TimMAz6 » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:39 pm

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Post by canadianplant » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:40 pm

Yeah, Mike. What you should do if they forcast heavy wet snow, is to bend that big beautiful fargesia down tot he ground, and hope no culms snap.....
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Post by sidpook » Thu Oct 25, 2012 5:48 pm

canadianplant wrote:Yeah, Mike. What you should do if they forcast heavy wet snow, is to bend that big beautiful fargesia down tot he ground, and hope no culms snap.....
Right, thanks! It just seems so far fetched at this point, I am sittign outside now typing by the bananas and the low will be 57 tonight, summer is still hanging around....Weather is soooooo unpredictable
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Post by hardyjim » Thu Oct 25, 2012 7:27 pm

We just closed out our last few days of spring/summer-check it out


Oct 21-26th we go from summer to late fall-dang near early winter!


21 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 79 | 44
Precip: 0.00
Average: 64 | 43
Precip: 0.08

22 Rain
Actual: 73 | 66
Precip: 0.21
Average: 64 | 41
Precip: 0.14

23 Rain
Actual: 78 | 66
Precip: 0.01
Average: 61 | 43
Precip: 0.10

24 Scattered Clouds
Actual: 86 | 69
Precip: 0.00
Average: 60 | 41
Precip: 0.12

25 Rain
Actual: 77 | 42
Precip: 0.04
Average: 59 | 38
Precip: 0.06

26 Clear
Forecast: 49 | 25
Clear
Average: 61 | 39
Precip: 0.11 :shock:
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Post by sidpook » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:31 am

quite the contrast there
:shock:
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Post by TimMAz6 » Fri Oct 26, 2012 7:44 am

Hi Jim,

those temps are a slap in the face!
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Post by hardyjim » Fri Oct 26, 2012 11:26 am

YES...A COLD SLAP.

Looks like it will be dry and 30/33 to 50/55 moderating
to 40/low 60s-very blockey pattern with the hurricane and
a negative A.O.not a problem for the palms and cactus! :thumbleft: :hello1: :headbang: :wav:
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Post by sidpook » Fri Oct 26, 2012 2:37 pm

I'm ready for the storm I got a case of Cabernet and 3 cases of Shock Top Belgian Ale 8)
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Post by andym » Fri Oct 26, 2012 3:41 pm

Have a guess where these hurricanes end up after they've done their deadly deeds? :roll: Yes we usually get them as storms.
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Post by sidpook » Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:12 pm

andym wrote:Have a guess where these hurricanes end up after they've done their deadly deeds? :roll: Yes we usually get them as storms.
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Post by sidpook » Fri Oct 26, 2012 6:22 pm

andym wrote:Have a guess where these hurricanes end up after they've done their deadly deeds? :roll: Yes we usually get them as storms.
just realized ur in oxford, I'm always tying to get my bud Liam up that way to try cold hardy tropicals.....He'll learn some day///LOL
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Post by lucky1 » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:47 am

got a case of Cabernet and 3 cases of Shock Top Belgian Ale
Mike won't even know there WAS a storm :drunken: :lol:
I'd do the same thing!

Looks like the worst of the cold has passed for Jim, 20 and 30 degree temp drops "in a little while" are insane!
Have a guess where these hurricanes end up after they've done
Thinking the same thing, Andy. :?
And you THOUGHT you had a rainy summer...

Tim...bet Bill is also battening down the hatches (or whatever the saying is...)

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Post by sidpook » Sat Oct 27, 2012 8:49 am

lucky1 wrote:
got a case of Cabernet and 3 cases of Shock Top Belgian Ale
Mike won't even know there WAS a storm :drunken: :lol:
I'd do the same thing!
That's the idea Barb!!!! :P
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Post by CTPalm » Sat Oct 27, 2012 12:23 pm

sidpook wrote:I'm ready for the storm I got a case of Cabernet and 3 cases of Shock Top Belgian Ale 8)
Sounds like a plan!

Exactly one year ago we lost power and phones for a week, no cellular either 'cause the towers lost power. Although last year we had the snow to keep the adult beverage cold all week.

Hope it's just the media hyping this thing up and it misses you and me! :occasion5:
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Post by lucky1 » Mon Oct 29, 2012 9:56 am

Paul and Tim and Mike (anyone else on PN?)...hunker down and stay safe, folks.

Watched CNN's excellent report this morning of the tall ship sinking and 2 people missing.
Hope they're found.

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Post by DesertZone » Mon Oct 29, 2012 11:52 am

canadianplant wrote: Also, this, from Canada to America:

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Classic! :lol:
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Post by sidpook » Mon Oct 29, 2012 1:46 pm

lucky1 wrote:Paul and Tim and Mike (anyone else on PN?)...hunker down and stay safe, folks.

Watched CNN's excellent report this morning of the tall ship sinking and 2 people missing.
Hope they're found.

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iT'S GETTING PRETTY MESSY HERE IN JERSEY NOW! UGH....Picture below
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Post by TimMAz6 » Mon Oct 29, 2012 2:36 pm

not bad here.......lots of wind but nothing crazy. I'm too far inland. The coast is getting hit hard. I had one banana leaf grow back after the plant got fried a couple weeks ago and it looks mint.
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Post by lucky1 » Mon Oct 29, 2012 8:41 pm

Mike, those cuts look too clean to have been made by wind. :lol: :lol:

Tim, hope you're not getting pounding rain on all those yuccas...

Glad everyone's all right! :D

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Post by marceli » Tue Oct 30, 2012 4:38 am

According to CNN:
  • 15 confirmed dead in U.S., one in Canada
    Power cut to 6.5M people in 13 states
    At least 50 homes burn to ground in NY
    Floods close major airports in Northeast
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Post by sidpook » Tue Oct 30, 2012 5:07 am

I was too freaked out watching the winds snap them so I caved and cut them myself , Barb! Now I regret it.... :x IMaybe I should have let them keep growing. But in the end when we get a freeze sometime in november, they would have to be cut back anyway so....moot point.


I have no idea how I still have electricity when 2 million people in Philly/South Jersey area have none...??? :)
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Post by lucky1 » Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:39 am

the winds snap them so I caved and cut them myself , Barb! Now I regret it
I think you were wise.
They'll keep growing, you saved them from getting torn out of the ground, roots and all. :D

Glad you and your family are safe in that horrible mess.

After what I saw on TV, I wouldn't live on the coast--any coast--for all the beer at the brewery. :|

And the left coast BC had 2 EQs... :shock: but no damage compared to Sandy's destruction.

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Post by DesertZone » Tue Oct 30, 2012 8:06 pm

I hope everyone's ok in the east. When the power comes back, we hope to hear from you all! :)
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Post by sidpook » Mon Nov 05, 2012 5:37 pm

DesertZone wrote:I hope everyone's ok in the east. When the power comes back, we hope to hear from you all! :)
Our be;loved Jersey SHore is a mess!!! So sad!!! I have friends who still have no power 7 days later, and it is getting chilly here. We are supposed to get a pretty strong Nor'easter here this wednesday...UGH!
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Post by lucky1 » Mon Nov 05, 2012 8:58 pm

be;loved Jersey SHore is a mess
I was stunned to see the devastation on TV...that beautiful shoreline and gorgeous homes, street after street, ruined.

Let's hope folks get power ASAP...
I can only imagine what people are going through without power all this time.

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Post by Cameron_z6a_N.S. » Mon Nov 05, 2012 10:08 pm

I hope the damage to everyone's properties was minimal. I was glad that my area didn't receive the brunt of the storm; usually they seem to follow the Gulf Stream right beside NS! All of my potted plants were knocked over, but overall, the damage could have been far worse.
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