picklefish said
Well, having gone through many a hurricane and having a complacency against any catagory less than 4, my thoughts and prayers are with all you carpet bagger yankees who dont have to deal with this regulary! Yall are getting a nor easter plus full moon high tide sort of triple threat and according to the news (which is always spot on) yall are running around freaking out. I hope all goes well with minimal damage.

Despite the fact it was only a cat 1 storm it was pretty bad and it still did a lot of damage here in the New York City area. Plenty of folks along the coastal parts got ripped to shreds, homes flooded, destroyed,property and some lives lost etc.  The entire boardwalk along the Jersey Shore is pretty much just a memory.  I'm well to the north of the city and although I didn't get flooded we got pummeled with high wind gusts that snapped loads  of huge old trees and took out the overhead power system, snapping poles in half, taking down wires, transformers,  etc,  The issue here is not so much the storm itself but the vulnerability of the area.  The very high population density coupled with tons of stuff getting wrecked, the flooded  tunnels and transportation systems that had to be shut down , and the subsequent fuel shortages  really took its toll and brought the area to a standstill.  Many people couldn't get to work for days. I was without power, heat, or Internet for 5 days. I was lucky. Many are still out. Then, to top it off we got a snowstorm yesterday.   Couldn't get to orchestra rehearsal for 2 weeks in a row. It was cancelled yesterday due to the snow.  Been some crazy weather  these  last couple weeks.