I just watched a Nat Geo special on Sandy. Im amazed at the stupidity of people. They stay in their houses when told to leave because they expect 15' of water. I know if I was told water was going to be over my roof, Id be outta there. Then these same people yell come help me, Im trapped.

I know in one of the other threads right after it hit, I said the storm was 1000 miles wide and I forget who...said I was full of crap. Well Nat Geo showed these satellite photos from NASA, and a comparison chart. So whoever it was, appology accepted....

We camped in southern Va. that weekend and had plans to go to Frederick Md. for a visit with one of our daughters.

She called on Sunday and said for us to meet in Keyser W. Va. for a few days, thinking that would be better than being in Md. So, on Monday we headed for Keyser; drove in the rain and wind all day, arriving in Keyser about 6pm.

We ate, went to Wallyworld, and checked in to a hotel as the campground we had planned to go to told us "Don't come".

About 15 minutes after we checked in, with high winds and rain outside, the power went off. We spent the night in a darkened hotel with flashlights for brushing teeth and such.

Next morning, I saw a dusting of snow on the mountain tops and told my wife, "We gotta get out of here". We packed our stuff and as we were walking out of the room, the power came on!

We ate breakfast and headed out of town on our way to Tennessee. In about 15 minutes, as we headed over the mountains, we began to run into heavy snow and icy road conditions. Every where we turned, we ran into the same conditions.

We finally met up with a telephone repairman from Michigan who told us which roads were blocked and which ones would get us out of the mountains.

We ended up going back east to Md, then north to I68, which is designated as 'the snow escape route'. So, after driving all day, we ended up about 100 miles west of Keyser for the next night.

Next day we headed toward Lexington and our next planned stop, Gatlinburg, Tn.

We got there at sundown, picked a site, and set up the trailer only to find that wind had blown rain into the trailer and everything was wet, Beds, cushions, clothes, food....EVERYTHING. Our only option was to take the trailer down and head for Clarksville, Tn. where another of our daughters lives.

We arrived about 2am and spent the next week laundering clothes, upholstery, and drying our trailer.

Not exactly the 'camping' trip we had planned.

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The company I work for had just changed ownership when the storm was getting close to landfall... We ended up shipping out 3 truckloads of dewatering equipment that evening. Every high volume trailer-mounted unit we had in the yard ended up in New Jersey.

Fun times.

Just because the storm is 1000 miles across doesn't necessarily mean the "STORM" is 1000 miles across. That said, this was a bigun.

I don't know if we were watching the same thing but I watched Curiosity on The Discovery Channel and it was about Sandy. My favorite part was a couple telling their story about how they had to evacuate their home during the storm. Well, ya see, they lived pretty much right next to the ocean in a basement apartment and didn't think it was necessary to evacuate themselves AND their small children before the storm hit. Dumb wife/mother was cooking dinner when water started pouring in the window... If it weren't for the kids, I say leave them behind and let Darwinism sort out the rest...

quote Originally posted by Monkeyman: Just because the storm is 1000 miles across doesn't necessarily mean the "STORM" is 1000 miles across. That said, this was a bigun.

HUH ? Yes it does. All the weather guys interviewed also said ' the storm was nearly 1,000 miles across.'

Nat Geo showed as it came ashore even the Great Lakes were affected. They showed surfers riding 20' waves off of Chicago.

Let me be more specific. (I don't know how how large the storm was.) The fringes of the storm don't do as much damage and maybe aren't really considered "the storm". The east coast got battered. That was "the storm". The midwest got some fringe effects but I wouldn't call it "the storm".

quote Originally posted by Monkeyman: Let me be more specific. (I don't know how how large the storm was.) The fringes of the storm don't do as much damage and maybe aren't really considered "the storm". The east coast got battered. That was "the storm". The midwest got some fringe effects but I wouldn't call it "the storm".

The storm was 1000 miles across. period. How much and where it affected is moot.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission...012/h2012_Sandy.html
The most noticeable difference is the extent of the strong wind fields. For Katrina, winds over 65 kilometers per hour stretched about 500 kilometers (300 miles) from edge to edge. For Sandy, winds of that intensity stretched 1,500 kilometers (900 miles).

We left Charleston SC that Saturday on a Bahama cruise. That night was the best night sleep I've had in a long time due to the rolling ship. Rocked to sleep all night....

Some of our shore excursions where canceled due to storm damage and high waves but had a good time anyway.

I agree, can't understand people that have days warning to prepare and leave. Here in tonado alley we usually have 10-15 min. of warning.

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quote Originally posted by Gokart Mozart: The storm was 1000 miles across. period. How much and where it affected is moot.

You've completely missed my point but because I don't feel like arguing, I'll just say you're absolutely correct.

PBS TV Nova program has a program on right now on Sandy.

quote Originally posted by V8 Vega: PBS TV Nova program has a program on right now on Sandy.

I saw that. I noticed the "experts" have reverted back to using the term Global Warming after using Climate Change for the past few years.

Can't they make up their mind??

About the only thing they agree on these days is that if the weather is bad, MAN is responsible for it somehow.

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Ya, wasnt Greenland supposed to be completely melted by now ? I also know theres still just as much ice at both poles as theres been in average years.

Sandy wouldn't make a pimple on a real storm's butt.