Dangerous storm threatens millions on East Coast

Hurricane Sandy: Assessing the damage

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Bloomberg: The beaches are dangerous, and surfing is dangerous, and you risk the lives of emergency workers by surfing.

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 10:39:12 PM
Bloomberg: MTA has a plan to shut down.

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 10:40:13 PM
Bloomberg: If you live in a high-rise and it loses power, you might lose water too, so have a supply.

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 10:42:18 PM
Bloomberg: No shutdown in public transit has been ordered, but MTA has a contingency plan should conditions worsen to begin shutting down subway trains and buses beginning at 7 p.m. ET Sunday and completing a shutdown by 3 a.m.

by gkicinski 10/27/2012 10:42:59 PM
Mayor Bloomberg is right -- bring in everything off of your porches and terraces and rooftops.

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 10:44:14 PM
Mayor Bloomberg noted that there are storm shelters open, they are ADA, and they take pets.

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 10:48:03 PM
Bloomberg press conference is under way in New York City:

by gkicinski edited by Jon Gordon, MPR News 10/27/2012 10:49:18 PM
RT @afreedma: This is one of the worst coastal flood threats NYC has seen. Period. Opening city govt on Monday, plus no evacs, risky and ...

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 10:52:29 PM
Are you in #NYC? What precautions are you taking ahead of #Sandy?

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 10:55:54 PM
Usually it's the other way around. RT @Fantasy_Troll: @wunderground going to Florida.

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 10:57:16 PM
Amtrak begins to cancel some service in advance of Hurricane #Sandy: tinyurl.com

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:02:17 PM
Sandy's storm surge may flood #NYC's subway system, costing billions: wxug.us

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:06:51 PM
Ways to prepare for Hurricane #Sandy's arrival courtesy Ready PA. http://www.readypa.org/

by Pottstown Mercury 10/27/2012 11:08:58 PM
Cape May, NJ water levels already running 1-2 ft above normal: twitpic.com

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:13:26 PM
Latest briefing package from the National Weather Service's Mount Holly bureau for area including Pottstown, Pa., Philly and Jersey Shore. http://www.erh.noaa.gov/phi/briefing/packages/

by Pottstown Mercury 10/27/2012 11:15:54 PM
We'll be watching the water at the Battery increase over the next 24-48 hours: twitpic.com #NYC #Sandy

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:16:14 PM
#Sandy's waves crash onto the Florida coastline (photo): wxug.us

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:18:49 PM
RT @krobertory: The @RedCross hurricane app also does flood warnings. So even if you're not in the direct path, it can help during #Hurr ...

by RedCross via twitter 10/27/2012 11:19:55 PM
On Saturday afternoon, a few businesses in downtown New York began preparations for Sandy. Here, sandbags protect a sidewalk grate along Maiden Lane, about three blocks from the East River.

by gkicinski 10/27/2012 11:21:10 PM
...while just a block away on Front Street, these storefronts have erected 2 1/2-foot barricades.

by gkicinski 10/27/2012 11:25:38 PM
At the South Street Seaport shopping district in Lower Manhattan, it appears to be the calm before the storm at the aptly named Superdry Store...

by gkicinski 10/27/2012 11:26:36 PM
RT @RedCrossRVA: We showed u how to maintain your generator, now take a moment to check out our Generator Safety Video #RVASandy #RVA ht ...

by RedCross via twitter 10/27/2012 11:28:40 PM
Delaware is the most recent state on the list to declare of state of emergency.

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:31:51 PM
RT @WunderAngela: #Sandy ties Hur. Lili of 1996 for 2nd place in the list of largest storms based on tropical storm-force winds since 1988

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:50:04 PM
8 pm EDT Tropical Weather Outlook issued. #twoat hurricanes.gov

by NHC_Atlantic via twitter 10/27/2012 11:53:55 PM
Hurricane #Sandy Intermediate advisory 22A issued. go.usa.gov

by NHC_Atlantic via twitter 10/27/2012 11:54:22 PM
#Sandy remains a Cat 1 #Hurricane with winds of 75 mph, min. pressure of 961mb wxug.us

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:55:02 PM
#Hurricane #Sandy is near 30.5N 74.7W and is moving NE at 11 mph. wxug.us

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/27/2012 11:55:02 PM
The Washington Post's Erik Wemple looks at that the remarkable restraint among that city's TV weathermen: www.washingtonpost.com

by chhopkins 10/27/2012 11:55:54 PM
Hurricane Sandy - "FrankenStorm 2012"

by Edward D. Kayser via facebook 10/27/2012 11:57:14 PM
Flashlight aisle Walmart #Frankenstorm #Sandy t.co

by galley1 via twitter 10/27/2012 11:58:38 PM
Keep your pets safe through the storm: www.eveningsun.com

by chhopkins 10/28/2012 12:02:10 AM
Some comments from the National Hurricane Center's 8 p.m. update ( www.nhc.noaa.gov )

by chhopkins 10/28/2012 12:04:14 AM
HIGH WIND WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN VIRGINIA. HIGH WIND WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES AND SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND.

by chhopkins 10/28/2012 12:05:02 AM
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS REMAIN NEAR 75 MPH...120 KM/H...WITH HIGHER GUSTS. LITTLE CHANGE IN STRENGTH IS FORECAST DURING THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

by chhopkins 10/28/2012 12:05:58 AM
NOAA BUOY 41013...LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA RECENTLY REPORTED A SUSTAINED WIND OF 48 MPH...78 KM/H...AND A WIND GUST OF 63 MPH...101 KM/H.

by chhopkins 10/28/2012 12:06:42 AM
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES...INCLUDING THE DELMARVA PENINSULA...WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 12 INCHES POSSIBLE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN NEW YORK INTO NEW ENGLAND.

by chhopkins 10/28/2012 12:08:10 AM
The next update from the National Hurricane Center will be at 11 p.m. EDT.

by chhopkins 10/28/2012 12:08:34 AM
Yikes. Like a film RT @isardasorensen: Menacing clouds loom ovr #NYC today n advance of Hurricane #Sandy. #Frankenstorm t.co

by SilvanaMondo via twitter 10/28/2012 12:11:24 AM
NYTimes: Feds will be closely monitoring each nuclear plant during #frankenstorm: t.co

by catclawtheatre via twitter 10/28/2012 12:12:06 AM
Photo: Menacing clouds over New York ahead of Hurricane Sandy - @isardasorensen twitpic.com

by Breaking News Storm via twitter 10/28/2012 12:13:52 AM
by chhopkins 10/28/2012 12:16:02 AM
Frankenstein and sandy Halloween costumes @weatherchannel #hurricanesandy #frankenstorm t.co

by doylie1091 via twitter 10/28/2012 12:16:56 AM
"#Sandy tied for 2nd largest tropical cyclone since 1988", by @WunderAngela wxug.us #hurricane

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/28/2012 12:18:45 AM
RT @twc_hurricane: The tropical storm-force wind field of #Sandy dwarfs several recent hurricanes: wxch.nl

by Weather Underground via twitter 10/28/2012 12:56:37 AM

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