Hurricane Sandy...looks like a big one!

[wavelandscott]

The NorthEast US is bracing for a big storm...my kids school has already closed for Monday/Tuesday. I think my family is battened down safe and snug.

New York has shut down all trains, buses and subways...

I had to head to the MidWest for a funeral so will miss the fun...I passed 100's of utility trucks headed toward the storm so at least if/when the power goes the crews should be on hand to fix it quickly

[gary]

Hi Scott,

It certainly is looking like a big one. My brother-in-law flew into Boston yesterday
and has been reporting to us on the wet conditions.

Good to hear the family are battened down.

[GrahamL]

Hope you all get through this ok Scott

Not a lots of wind there, but I think these sort of cells are every bit of bad as the big ones ,mountains and mountains of rain , and the wind from nothing to a roaring gale every few seconds , god knows what all that cold air crashing into this as going to spin off the edges to .

stay safe !!

[lacad01]

Stay safe Scott. I'm monitoring IRC chat channels from my colleagues over in US east coast and they're taking a beating. Lot's of network links & power outages, going down like flies...:(

[barx1963]

Stay safe mate.

Malcolm

[wavelandscott]

Thanks all,

I am safe in the Heartland of Indiana but my wife and kids are weathering the storm at our house in Connecticut. They lost power a few hours ago and our whole town is currently without electricity. With the wind and rain set to peak tonight they are likely to be out of power for a while.

When I spoke to my wife she let me know they have a fire going in the fireplace and are doing okay. I also learned that she was heating pizza in a frying pan for dinner...gotta love that "frontier" spirit.

She did mention that it looked like a lot of trees were down in the area...fingers crossed.

I feel bad not being there but that could not be helped.