www.oldsnowboards.com Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Hope all our BOL members are safe and sound. Those effected? Photos/Videos Snow fall? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davekempmeister Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 i'm in md and it's not supposed to be an event until sunday night-monday. maybe a foot of wet snow in the higher elevations of wv (think 3k-5k ft) and s/w pa. lot's of wind. east coast seems to have two camps; 1 those who fear-monger, horde and are alarmist. 2 those who don't care, are apathetic and tempt fate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Stay safe and keep us updated Dave. Thanks!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Ace* Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 After what happened to us in CT last year I am not concerned. I am hoping that everything comes together for an epic-once-in-a-lifetime 4ft. DUMP that sets the tone for the entire winter. Fingers crossed. I'll keep this thread updated as I seem to be right on the way of this sucker. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-general/20121027/US.Superstorm/Hurricane Sandy, upgraded again Saturday just hours after forecasters said it had weakened to a tropical storm, was barreling north from the Caribbean and was expected to make landfall early Tuesday near the Delaware coast, then hit two winter weather systems as it moves inland, creating a hybrid monster storm. Even if Sandy loses strength and makes landfall as something less than a hurricane, the combined superstorm was expected to bring misery to a huge section of the East. An 800-mile wide swath of the country could see 50 mph winds regardless of Sandy's strength. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderboy Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 This is central Outer Banks at one of few N.C. islands that runs east/west - actually faces south. http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/27/2442210/approaching-megastorm-threatens.html Northern OBX - Dare, Currituck counties including Nags Head, Duck, Corolla - will take a harder/wetter hit but nothing compared to Northeast if this thing, indeed, becomes a 'Perfect Storm.' BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patmoore Posted October 28, 2012 Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 My place in VT got hammered last year. It's just to the left of this photo. The flooding was called a "hundred year event". I sure hope a hundred years elapse before a repeat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
live_love_ride Posted October 29, 2012 Report Share Posted October 29, 2012 (edited) AC is being hit hard. 80 ft of the Atlantic City boardwalk ripped away and floating about the streets. The ocean already met the bay down-beach in Longport. We shall see if my moms house makes it through this one! A photo of the CVS & WAWA in Margate about a mile down-beach from her house before actual Sandy landfall. Edited October 29, 2012 by live_love_ride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderboy Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 (edited) Battery Park Storm Surge 13 feet - higher than expected... Some tunnels and subways flooding 10:52 NYT http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/10/28/nyregion/hurricane-sandy.html?hp Here in Possum Pouch (Central NC) - hundreds of miles from eye of post-tropical Cyclone Sandy - variable rain and winds 15-25 all night with gusts to 45 mph. On coast, Highway 12 - the single access to OBX wave magnet - long since flooded out. Worst damage Ocracoke Island and, now, 'up north' from sound-side flooding as westerly winds blow huge amounts of water out to sea. South of Cape Hatteras, the 'Graveyard of the Atlantic', 180' HMS Bounty replica sank - 14 rescued by two Coast Guard helicopters - one dead, one missing (?) Having spent more than one terrifying night on a wood-hulled ship in the middle of a chaotic Pacific maelstrom, I feel awe and sorrow for the brave crew of the tall ship, and incredible gratitude/admiration for the Coast Guard crewmen who saved them. http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/10/29/2447115/crew-of-tall-ship-off-nc-abandons.html Back in the Big Apple Above, sea water floods into 9/1/1 construction site. Meanwhile, up to 3' snow forecast above 3,000 ft in West Va. with blizzard warning. 2 PM, Tuesday 10/30 SNOWSHOE MTN, W.V. CUMULATIVE SNOWFALL FOR SANDY 24" THUSFAR Sandy Says 'Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow' 10.30.12 02:28 PM <Photo from today at Snowshoe from Krysty Ronchetti I hope your Halloween costumes consist of snowsuits! Sandy's snow is here to stay. Flurries started to fall late Sunday night in the mountains of North Carolina, and the rest is history. With the snow pouring down, numbers will continue to rise, but here's the latest from the area resorts: Cataloochee with four inches, Beech with eight, Sugar with seven, Wolf Ridge with eight, and the winner, Snowshoe Mountain, with a whopping 24! And yes, just yesterday it was reported that Snowshoe had a mere dusting. We'll continue to check in regularly to get updated information so be sure to follow us on twitter @SkiSoutheast for the latest and the greatest. With the heaping amounts of natural snowfall, many resorts have the potential to open early. Here's a look at what's happened over the past two seasons: Cataloochee started its 2010-2011 ski season on November 6, and its 2011-2012 season on November 12. Snowshoe opened on November 8 for the 2010-2011 season, and on November 9 for the 2011-2012 season. Beech kicked off the 2010-2011 season on December 4, and December 3 the following year. Sugar first began its 2010-2011 season on November 6, but had to reopen on November 27. A similar pattern occurred last year, when Sugar first opened on November 11, but had to reopen on the 18, and then again on the 29. Wolf Ridge opened the slopes for their 2010-2011 season on December 3, and on December 29 for 2011-2012. It's safe to say that many resorts will break their own records this year, or at least the late streak. If that's the case, we could be looking at well over 100 days to get out and ski/board. Heck, maybe even closer to 130; wouldn't that be nice? Feel free to email me your comments, photos, videos, etc. to tonette@skisoutheast.com. Edited October 30, 2012 by boarderboy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Ace* Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Just got my internet back here in CT. A little gusty at times but the worst of it has past and the storm really broke up once it hit shore. Most of the major damage seems to be more south. Hope everyone weathered the storm OK. In hindsight I guess you can say there was a lot of hype, but it could have been bad. Better to be safe and prepared than sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powdahbonz Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 No power at my place since last night-still none-I have a 26 ft boat tent shelter that will need some clever bending and heat to bring back to servicable condition and usable..nothing compared to the issues in NJ and NY...feel sorry for those folks and hope they can get their lives back to normal soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hans Posted October 30, 2012 Report Share Posted October 30, 2012 Terrible for the people over there. Hope the most will be safe. My boards to Bryan have been hold up by the storm by UPS. Many flights from Europe are cancelled. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted October 31, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 Terrible for the people over there. Hope the most will be safe.My boards to Bryan have been hold up by the storm by UPS. Many flights from Europe are cancelled. OMG!!! Now this just too much to bear:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big mario Posted October 31, 2012 Report Share Posted October 31, 2012 (edited) Remnants of Casino Pier and the Jetstar rollercoaster in Seaside Heights NJ Since I moved west over 20 years ago, I have only been back to my hometown of Bayville NJ but a handful of times, and I had not anticipated heading back any time soon. I have always felt that it was a good place to be from. I used to feel that Snooki was the worst thing that ever happened to my old stomping grounds, the boardwalk in Seaside. Then came Sandy. The meager wages of my teenage years spent on pinball, games of chance, record stands, the jetstar, and boardwalk food. The incredible people watching, Pineys, tourists(bennies in local parlance), Bikers, drunks, bums, guidos, surfers, wanna be surfers, hippies.....an amazing kalidescope of humanity drifting by. I once saw a Dominatrix sitting in a booth of a clam bar. Stockpiling 25 cent beers during punk shows at the Chatterbox Bar and getting stupidly drunk there on my 19th birthday. I returned to the boards as a tourist 15 years ago with my wife and rode the ferris wheel on funtown pier, and now, most of that weirdly magical place is gone.... :( sad mario Edited October 31, 2012 by big mario needed to add that bit about snooki and the Dominatrix at the clam bar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Not trying to start a political discussion.. just seriously want to know -- does anyone know of any countries that have come to the USA to help with Sandy's mess ???? Europe, Asia -- anywhere anyone? her eis a thought - Saudia Arabia - how about a couple of days worth of free oil to the states affected? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kieran Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Not trying to start a political discussion.. just seriously want to know -- does anyone know of any countries that have come to the USA to help with Sandy's mess ???? Europe, Asia -- anywhere anyone?hmm, shiploads of overseas 'help' arriving in the northeastern states. my history may be patchy, but i think that didn't go down too well the last time... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 hmm, shiploads of overseas 'help' arriving in the northeastern states. my history may be patchy, but i think that didn't go down too well the last time... Awe -- that was just a little ole tea party that got outta hand. Come on back -- we would like the help. Brig hammer, nails and concrete... leave the guns at home this time. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
floBoot Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) http://redcross.org.uk/ is trying to help all affected countries with it's appeal... What's going to happen with elections?....some of the affected areas where voting could be down works in mitt Romney's favour...not that I'm advocating Obama...just wondering... Edited November 4, 2012 by floBoot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boarderboy Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Not trying to start a political discussion.. just seriously want to know -- does anyone know of any countries that have come to the USA to help with Sandy's mess ???? Iran (seriously!!!) I'm sure there was no expectation the offer would be accepted ... "Send us your poor... your teeming... all your fissile material... " signed Uncle Sam Know who actually sent help after San Francisco's 1906 earthquake and fire? Russia! Seriously... BB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Back to the real mess they have to deal with. A few years back, Portland saw it's worst flooding in decades (not even close to what Sandy brought of course) It flooded our ports and we worked for weeks trying to clean the utility tunnels and especially the electrical switch gear. Transformers , conduits, junction boxes, electrical panels all had to be cleaned BEFORE we could re-energize. It was huge , nasty and at times very dangerous job. I wish my brothers stamina and safety in their duties. It is mammoth undertaking and I am surprised to see so much infra structure come back on line so fast. Of course for those folks in effected areas it must seem like forever. Take heed folks, we must be able to care for ourselves in time of devastation. Examples: Working in closed tunnels underground that had sludge of unknown materials (industrial area near super fund sites) Keep in mind , normally these tunnels have ventilation and lights , they are below grade and no natural light or ventilation. Pretty foul to work in cleaning and drying switch gear. Many men and women are in danger doing this work in the subway tunnels and utility tunnels, great pressure is upon them. Let's hope they all go home safe to their families too. Edited November 4, 2012 by www.oldsnowboards.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) Just want to share the good news that one of BOL member that live near Manhattan beach area is safe. No news for sometimes but just got an update that AMT is safe and sound even thou no more place to stay and lost most of the stuff inside. RT Edited November 4, 2012 by CarvingScooby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnowNBeachAddict Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Hey, It was AMK (Anna) that was impacted by Sandy. I had the pleasure of meeting Anna at the 2011 SES. Beautiful gal with a great spirit and personality! I getting worried when she stopped posting to FB for several days. She recently posted an update that her home is no more:(. She indicated she managed to get out safely with her bike, snowboards and good shoes. She has been cleaning and trying to salvage what she can :(. She lives in Brooklyn. Given what she has been through her posts indicate a strong spirit! :) There are a lot of impacted areas not making the news. It is all so sad:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarvingScooby Posted November 5, 2012 Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 Do you mean AMK ? Glad to hear he is ok. Yes, thx Bryan. Sorry for the typo I mean AMK...duhh:o RT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted November 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2012 This is great to hear!! Any other BOL member effected by Sandy needing help? Please let us know. She saved her snowboard gear!!! GOOD GIRL!!! Wish you the best this coming season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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