Wow, go to Google and type in Hurricane Sandy and then click on the images. You will see tons of photo's all with time stamps "18 minutes ago" "10 hourse ago" and that sort of thing. You can really appreciate the havoc that millions of people are enduring right now.
See if this link gets you there.
https://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&tok=6Rgm7Nqnfm2GcY6TNRwTDQ&cp=10&gs_id=14&xhr=t&q=hurricane+sandy&safe=off&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.r_qf.&bpcl=35466521&biw=1517&bih=878&wrapid=tljp1351274657453018&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=pNCKUMTCI4_OyAGljYC4Cw
Just a note about the names... they name them alphabetically as each one comes into existence. Being that this is Sandy.. "S" that means this is the 19th hurricane this year. A few years back we went through the entire alphabet and halfway through it again in one year which was never done. Times are a changin'
No matter how good or bad your life is, wake up each day thankful because someone somewhere else right now is fighting for theirs
Each year there is list of 21 names available and if we run out in a particular year they go to the Greek alphabet. If there are 3 more named storms this year they will be Tony, Valerie & William before we worry about going to the Greek names. There are 6 separate lists of permanent names so we won't see another Sandy (if she isn't retired) for another 6 years. As well, particularly horrible storms have their names removed from the lists at the request of governments or other officials who determine their impact on the people's lives and property damage and ask for the name to be retired and they will then be out of use for at least 10 years. Katrina from recent memory has been removed from the lists and is retired. Each storm, if it starts with winds below 39 mph is a tropical depression with a number (designated through the hurricane season), over the 30 mph wind mark it becomes a named Tropical Storm, so Sandy was Tropical Storm Sandy until her wind speeds were over 74 mph and at that time she became Hurricane Sandy. As the speeds build over the Category 1 (74 mp-95 mph) storm, the strength of the storm is then referred to by Catelogory 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5 in terms of the wind speeds on the Saffir-Simpson scale. Until the late 1970's all hurricane names were female and then after that they alternated male-female. Guess they decided that all nasty storms couldn't be attributed to females only! 😀
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Thanks ScottyRE & morningcoffee - that was really interesting. 🙂
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Looks like my word of mouth info was a bit off. lol. Thanks MorningCoffee.
More on the Frankenstorm below... (I have bold printed a few key lines)
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Hurricane Sandy could bring snow (gulp) to Eastern Canada next week
.By Scott Sutherland | Geekquinox – Thu, 25 Oct, 2012.. .
Are we ready for winter? A number of converging factors could dump snow in Atlantic Canada early next week.This morning, U.S. forecasters are predicting a convergence of Hurricane Sandy, an early winter storm in the west and cold arctic blast from north which would make for some very messy and expensive weather over the Northeast US and Atlantic provinces for the first half of next week.
"It'll be a rough couple days from Hatteras up to Cape Cod," said Jim Cisco, a forecaster with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). "We don't have many modern precedents for what the models are suggesting."
Forecasting the weather 4 or 5 days before it happens is difficult because so much can change in that time. However, it's also difficult to dismiss the results when every piece of guidance you use starts pointing towards the same thing, with even greater certainty, each time you update your forecast.
That's what's happening right now.
The computer models forecasters use for guidance in making their forecasts showed the first indications of the merger of these weather systems, and the results of each subsequent model have made it more and more likely.
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As of Tuesday, Jeff Masters, Director of Meteorology for Weather Underground, was only giving Sandy about a 40 per cent chance of hitting the East Coast, but by Wednesday he had increased that to 70 per cent. Cisco was a bit more optimistic about Sandy to start, giving it a 60 per cent chance, but he also increased the chance to 70 per cent on Wednesday.
Even computer models that didn't show the merger to start began to fall in line with the ones that did.
To make matters worse, the full moon occurs on Monday, which will make tides near their peak, due to the combined tidal forces of the Moon and the Sun. This will increase the severity of any flooding the coast experiences due to Sandy.
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It still remains to be seen exactly how things develop, as there are still some uncertainty about the storms and the timing of the entire event. Sandy is set to make landfall very late on Monday night or early on Tuesday morning, but it could make landfall anywhere between Delaware and Maine, which will be a big factor in where the majority of the precipitation ends up. It's also still uncertain if the hybrid storm will see the injection of cold air from the north, which, along with the exact track of Sandy, will determine exactly how much snow will be seen.
However, with the kind of chances they're seeing for this hybrid storm, and the potential damage it could do, sounding the warning bell a little bit earlier than usual isn't a bad thing. According to the Associated Press article, Cisco said that there could be several inches of snow or rain in the mid-Atlantic states, depending on where Sandy makes landfall, and up in the mountains the snowfall amounts could be measured in feet instead of inches. Also, with the powerful winds from Sandy combined with this potential for snow, and the trees still leafy at this time of year (with tree branches being able to hold more snow), there is a greater chance of power lines being snapped by overloaded branches, and some forecasters are saying that power outages could last well into the following week.
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There has been some comparison to the so-called 'Perfect Storm' that hit New England in 1991, but according to Cisco that storm is not comparable to what this hybrid storm could do.
Masters agreed, saying: "The Perfect Storm only did $200 million of damage and I'm thinking a billion. Yeah, it will be worse."
With all these projections for what could happen along the U.S. Atlantic coast and New England, residents of Canada's East Coast should be keeping an eye on this as well. If the forecasts for this hybrid storm turn out to be correct, and it turns into a major snowstorm that buries New England, it's not likely to spare the Atlantic provinces a similar dose of winter weather as it passes through.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre isn't reporting on Hurricane Sandy yet, because it's still too far away, however, you can be sure that the forecasters there are keeping a watch on it.
No matter how good or bad your life is, wake up each day thankful because someone somewhere else right now is fighting for theirs
Actually AB Prep... in 1978 I was 8. I can't say as I recall it. What I can say is that winters here aren't near as harsh as I remember them. My in-laws hale from Nova Scotia and they aren't too worried about a bit of snow in October any more than we are here in Alberta.
Just sayin'
Antsy
Needs must when the devil drives.
I will take the praries cold before putting up with this crap.
There should be plenty to talk about if this thing comes through.
Everyone in the path of the storm and in the areas affected...get ready and stay safe!
"It's better to look ahead and prepare than to look back and regret"