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It is half-snowing, half-raining here in south west Pennsylvania. There's about half an inch of wet snow on the ground, with snow and rain coming down at the same time.
Iron Dragon wrote: It is half-snowing, half-raining here in south west Pennsylvania. There's about half an inch of wet snow on the ground, with snow and rain coming down at the same time.
Snow? This early...??
<checking weather.com>
Daaaaaamn... the appalachian areas getting blizzard like conditions.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
Iron Dragon wrote: It is half-snowing, half-raining here in south west Pennsylvania. There's about half an inch of wet snow on the ground, with snow and rain coming down at the same time.
Snow? This early...??
<checking weather.com>
Daaaaaamn... the appalachian areas getting blizzard like conditions.
Yeah :(
I'm not even on the mountains and it's snowing. There's mountains around here, they usually get a lot more snow than we do. I'd hate to be up on the mountains right about now.
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
Powder Burns wrote:what they need to make is a fullsize leatherman, like 14" long folded, with a bone saw, notches for bowstring, signaling flare, electrical hand crank generator, bolt cutters..
NYU Langone Medical Center's backup generator failed and Bellevue is down to something like two hours of power. Evacuations are under way and include babies from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and children from the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) at NYU. NYFD has put a call out to all available units to evacuate Bellevue.
Sandy has made landfall in Jersey but is wide enough to be slamming the tristate area, millions are without power.
Back to NYC... when they say the subway's under water... they mean it.
Ground Zero: source: AP
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I beg of you sarge let me lead the charge when the battle lines are drawn
Lemme at least leave a good hoof beat they'll remember loud and long
All jokes aside, this has been a really bad storm for us in New York. I was in the Bronx away from the shore so we didn't get hit too hard, but half of lower Manhattan is covered in up to 4 feet of water and Queens is much worse. Nothing like this has ever happened to us and I'm very worried for my fellow New Yorkers in those areas.
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Games Workshop: Ruining Chaos Space Marines since 2007
First they raised prices on the Eldar, and I did not speak out because I did not play Eldar.
Then, they raised prices on the Orks, and I did not speak out because I did not play Orks.
Then, they raised prices on the Nids, and I did not speak out because I did not play Nids.
Then, they raised prices on the Marines, and there was nobody to speak out for me.
Meanwhile, in Florida surfers are pretty stoked about the radical waves sandy kicked up for them.
And as of 0250EST NYFD is battling a four alarm fire in Queens. Because clearly there is a god, and he is extremely pissed off with New York City for some reason.
Jihadin wrote: No need to sugar coat it. Sending in rescue teams at this point is pretty hazardous for them
They had to rescue a handful of people from Fire Island (the barrier island to Long Island) and lost a police car in the effort.
100,000+ on the island without power, nearly the entire southern coast flooded, all major town centers by the shore underwater.
Oh, and the storm damage with all the broken trees and power lines down is impressive.
The Warstore still stands it seems.
As warone said this true, its just too dangerous in some areas to send rescuers, many people did not evacuate due to thing the storm would not be that bad since were weathered Hurricane Irene last year without much trouble. Governor Christie is a blunt man and moreover New Jersey itself has been hit very hard.
Other things that may have not hit international news:
-NYU Hospital lost both its main power and backup generator forcing it evacuate a majority of its patients to nearby hospitals
-Flood waters have been reported as far as 48th street in Manhattan
-A construction crane has collapsed in Midtown and is now dangling a few stories in the air endangering nearby buildings
-Parts of the pier in Cooney island have reported have broken apart
-A 4 story building on 8th Avenue and 14th street has collapsed
-A ConEdison power plant exploded in lower Manhattan at E14th St and FDR, you can see one of the transformers exploding https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSzhI647eq8 -City Island has reported to have major flooding and has lost Tony's pier to fire
-In war gaming news Games Workshop's only store in Manhattan is located at 8th street and has probably suffered major flooding
And as of 0250EST NYFD is battling a four alarm fire in Queens. Because clearly there is a god, and he is extremely pissed off with New York City for some reason.
Please don't joke about those things, we've already suffered 5 fatalities and more may be reported after the storm has cleared up. That fire has already cost many people their homes in addition to the homes damaged to flooding.
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Games Workshop: Ruining Chaos Space Marines since 2007
First they raised prices on the Eldar, and I did not speak out because I did not play Eldar.
Then, they raised prices on the Orks, and I did not speak out because I did not play Orks.
Then, they raised prices on the Nids, and I did not speak out because I did not play Nids.
Then, they raised prices on the Marines, and there was nobody to speak out for me.
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
whembly wrote: Holy gak... CNN just reported that the trading floor at Wall Street is under 3 feet of water!
The subway is flooded... so... hopefully that salt water would clean out the piss stench!
Mother Nature, doing more than OWS ever could dream of doing.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
The poor man really has a stake in the country. The rich man hasn't; he can go away to New Guinea in a yacht. The poor have sometimes objected to being governed badly; the rich have always objected to being governed at all
We love our superheroes because they refuse to give up on us. We can analyze them out of existence, kill them, ban them, mock them, and still they return, patiently reminding us of who we are and what we wish we could be.
"the play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king,
Well, I thought my house was fine, but then water started leaking in above the front door... drainage systems just couldn't handle the volume? Simple as a clogged gutter maybe?
My work closed yesterday as a precaution, expected to be open today, but they have no power.
Back at work again, since we never close because people need to book vacations even when their houses are under water.
lost my power last night around 10. Broke out my ipod and started reading First & Only since I downloaded it back when they made it free. Then I got sick of reading on the tiny screen and went to bed at 11. No power this morning but we have it at work.. but I think we're on generator power here. Hey at least they're giving us a free lunch today, dunno where they're gonna get it from when everything else is closed...
Necros wrote: Back at work again, since we never close because people need to book vacations even when their houses are under water.
lost my power last night around 10. Broke out my ipod and started reading First & Only since I downloaded it back when they made it free. Then I got sick of reading on the tiny screen and went to bed at 11. No power this morning but we have it at work.. but I think we're on generator power here. Hey at least they're giving us a free lunch today, dunno where they're gonna get it from when everything else is closed...
Check water before you start drinking it. It might be contaminated, even if working.
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
The official high water mark at Battery park was 13.88ft, almost 4 feet above the previous record.
As for the "red water"... do you REALLY want to know?
Necros..... I'm gonna guess drowned rat.... on a stick.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
I double filter my water I have one of those Pur faucet attachments, and then I go from there into my filter water pitcher I spent most of sunday filling up jugs of water so I have plenty. I still had hot water for a shower today... dunno if I will tomorrow.
Some lady at work here was just saying her husband works for the power company and most of the people are without power because they shut it off on purpose to prevent damage to transformers and stuff so hopefully they'll start turning it back on today.
Necros wrote: I double filter my water I have one of those Pur faucet attachments, and then I go from there into my filter water pitcher I spent most of sunday filling up jugs of water so I have plenty. I still had hot water for a shower today... dunno if I will tomorrow.
Some lady at work here was just saying her husband works for the power company and most of the people are without power because they shut it off on purpose to prevent damage to transformers and stuff so hopefully they'll start turning it back on today.
meh does a double filter stop e coli? (real question. if it does then great).
-"Wait a minute.....who is that Frazz is talking to in the gallery? Hmmm something is going on here.....Oh.... it seems there is some dispute over video taping of some sort......Frazz is really upset now..........wait a minute......whats he go there.......is it? Can it be?....Frazz has just unleashed his hidden weiner dog from his mini bag, while quoting shakespeares "Let slip the dogs the war!!" GG
-"Don't mind Frazzled. He's just Dakka's crazy old dude locked in the attic. He's harmless. Mostly."
-TBone the Magnificent 1999-2014, Long Live the King!
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I have one of those Pur faucet attachments, and then I go from there into my filter water pitcher 
