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2011-08-27 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by Fred 2011-08-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 why are they acting like it's New Orleans when New York doesn't have a Lake Pontchartrain hanging over it's head, with levies only built to withstand a Cat 4?

Also as i understand this is not as violent a storm

Posted by anon1 2011-08-27 06:25|| 2011-08-27 06:25|| Front Page Top

#2 anon1- I believe it shows you the power of the media. Same thing happens in DC when they have any snow. Media pricks the nerves of fear and panic.

Posted by Dale 2011-08-27 07:52|| 2011-08-27 07:52|| Front Page Top

#3 Bloomberg didn't earn the sobriquet 'Nanny Mayor' for nothing.

Posted by Pappy 2011-08-27 09:38|| 2011-08-27 09:38|| Front Page Top

#4 I believe that people would be taking his evacuation orders a lot more seriously if Nurse Bloomberg hadn't gone to war against Transfats and Salt in the past.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-08-27 09:42|| 2011-08-27 09:42|| Front Page Top

#5 I suspect they'll have a different set of problems in New York. Flooded subways, power out for days, and the eventual lack of supplies and overabundance of garbage.

I suspect the mayor is acting on the advice of the cops and the power guys who don't want to deal with looters and such while they try to get the place running again. It is a weekend, if you've got a place to go might as well get out of the way.

Posted by rjschwarz 2011-08-27 09:50|| 2011-08-27 09:50|| Front Page Top

#6 good luck, new york!

Posted by anon1 2011-08-27 10:28|| 2011-08-27 10:28|| Front Page Top

#7 NYC Evacuation Zones. That's a lotta people.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-27 11:57|| 2011-08-27 11:57|| Front Page Top

#8 Also as i understand this is not as violent a storm

It is not the wind that get you, it is the storm surge and flooding from heavy rain. Think about living Coastal Anywhere with a 3 metre high tide (OK, anywhere but the Bay of Fundy, you pedantic nerds)

Hurricanes (and cyclones) are huge low pressure areas that suck up a big-ass pile of water and drag it along as they move.

Posted by SteveS 2011-08-27 12:07|| 2011-08-27 12:07|| Front Page Top

#9 Won't take much wind to turn those Manhattan streets into wind tunnels. And, even though it's a CAT1 at ground level, go up a hundred feet and it's a CAT2. It could be raining glass down there.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-27 12:17|| 2011-08-27 12:17|| Front Page Top

#10 Shows how much the Iranians know about New York.

AFAIK, the mandatory evacuations are for the Rockaways, which are on the beach. Manhattan/Brooklyn/Queens/etc.-proper are NOT under evacuation orders (though they're shutting the transit systems down).

Having lived in Manhattan (many years ago), I can tell you that that in itself will be a royal PITA.

Posted by Barbara 2011-08-27 12:55|| 2011-08-27 12:55|| Front Page Top

#11 Sorry, tu, didn't see your link until after I'd commented. As I said, the mandatory evacuation zones are small change compared to the population of NYC as a whole.

Transit's gonna be a problem....

Posted by Barbara 2011-08-27 13:01|| 2011-08-27 13:01|| Front Page Top

#12 All 11 million?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2011-08-27 14:42|| 2011-08-27 14:42|| Front Page Top

#13 Barbara, lower Manhattan is urged to evacuate too.

Posted by lotp 2011-08-27 14:55|| 2011-08-27 14:55|| Front Page Top

#14 Hey...what else could go wrong? Daily News...

5:26 PM Celeste Katz Breaking from Gov. Cuomo: ""We have reports of a 2.9 magnitude earthquake just west-southwest of Altamont, New York. Although this was a mild earthquake, out of an abundance of caution, I have ordered immediate inspection of nearby infrastructure, including a NYPA inspection of the Blenheim-Gilboa Dam in Schoharie County."

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-27 17:40|| 2011-08-27 17:40|| Front Page Top

#15 The Daily News live blog.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-27 17:51|| 2011-08-27 17:51|| Front Page Top

#16 It is a wise decision (though I think the guy is a jerk. The storm surge could indeed cripple the city for a long, long time. All the electrical, sewage, gas mains, and subways underground and only a 3 foot barrier to protect a possible 7 foot surge. Weathernerd explores this.

Besides being unsanitary, it could be electrical hazard and yes, the trash so it is better safe than sorry in this case.

There are still 80 MPH sustained winds which could play havoc on the upper floors of buildings so most of what was said here is right.

Posted by newc 2011-08-27 19:19|| 2011-08-27 19:19|| Front Page Top

#17 Hey...what else could go wrong?

TORNADO WATCH in NYC until 5 a.m. for the following counties: Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, Westchester.

TORNADO WARNING in ATLANTIC CITY until 9:15 p.m. National Weather Service radar shows a thunderstorm that could produce a tornado near Longport, seven miles south of Atlantic City.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-27 21:11|| 2011-08-27 21:11|| Front Page Top

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