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Hurricane Updates Here; Please do not bump this thread till after the storm
Topic Started: August 25 2011, 05:50 PM (440 Views)
thallium
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>>>>>>>PLEASE DO NOT BUMP THIS POST TILL AFTER THE STORM<<<<<<<
>>>>YOU CAN RESPOND TO THIS THREAD WITH ANY COMMENTS OR INFO THOUGH<<<<<<<<<
An interactive map of the storm. You can zoom in on an area. Notice Eastern PA all of NJ, NYC and parts of CT are in the sustained wind of 73 mph area. This means an average of 73 mph during the storm but can gust as high as 110 mph. Objects picked up by these winds can kill or cause harm. Make sure no loose items in your yard can become projectiles.
Guys take precaution if your in this zone. Get a "go kit" ready. Areas that never flood can and will flood during these types of storms. Fill your gas tank in your car in case you need it for shelter or to bug out. >>>>>>>REMEMBER YOUR PETS have needs too.<<<<<<<

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/211943.shtml?gm_track#contents
Edited by thallium, August 25 2011, 10:16 PM.
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I just Filled my tank up with diesel for my truck and I also filled my 20 gallon tank that I have in the bed of my truck, so we'll see how this storm goes.... Im still expected at work though sunday morning......... Id just hate to get to work to have them shove me out on the main and then get stranded there cause of a power problem......

CSX has already donated 100,000 dollars to the redcross in advance of the storm also......
Heres an update for me anyways... CSX keeps calling my phone like crazy. Anyways, im forced to work 9 hours tonight so we can move equipment outa harms way basically.. And you know its bad if you are assigned an engine over the phone. lol. I gota take my work train tonight to Philly in about 2 hours to put it away in a safe spot... Worst of all, they gave me a SD70, so im gona have problems switching with that.... And NJT is closing tomorrow afternoon supposedly. And forget about getting gas, theres already a damn shortage.
Edited by gerr, August 26 2011, 03:53 PM.
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thallium
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Yea I hear all railroads (except CSX) are closing HAHA. There is no gas in my town today and there were 45 minute lines at the one station I saw that had gas. I got mine yesterday no problems but I never let my truck get below 1/2 anyway. Our OEM is activated as of tomorrow at 12 noon. I've got my "go kit" ready cause I'm prob. going in for at least 12 hours to man radios and dispatch help.
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thallium
August 26 2011, 06:39 PM
Yea I hear all railroads (except CSX) are closing HAHA. There is no gas in my town today and there were 45 minute lines at the one station I saw that had gas. I got mine yesterday no problems but I never let my truck get below 1/2 anyway. Our OEM is activated as of tomorrow at 12 noon. I've got my "go kit" ready cause I'm prob. going in for at least 12 hours to man radios and dispatch help.
To make my day worse, some jackass took my engine, so now I have a damn train with no motive power.... I have the feeling this is gona be a really long night...............
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Use your Dura****** truck.
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August 26 2011, 07:54 PM
Use your Dura****** truck.
lol. No way dude, shes to pretty to be doing that kinda work. hahaha. But my gf is all pissed/freaking out, cause im basically not gona be home tomorrow morning due to me still sitting here in the office. I was supposed to get my engine a few hours ago.... So now they lined me up with a SD40-2 thats commin into the yard soon. I dont even care which direction the engine is facing, im just gona couple up and go and get my request to enter the NEC on my way outa the yard.
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lmao best of luck getting nec approval since they are in panic mode.
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Yep. It's going to be a pretty tough day tomorrow because as of noon, tons of train service will be suspended. No Metro North service, NYCTA subway service, LIRR service, Amtrak service, and NJT.
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should be interesting to say the least whats going to happen. I live right next to the patapsco river in baltimore so if this baby strikes during the day i'm prolly gonna see the storm surge
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Damn...... What a night. I got home at 6 this morning and all I can think about is sleep. And the NEC was just packed full of trains... I had no problems entering it, its just at the philly area ****** hit the fan and I was stuck at every signal it felt like.......
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thallium
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The outer bands just got here so it's raining here in central east Jersey. Its been cloudy all morning and no wind at all yet. Its humid as hell though. I have not seen one bird or animal all day. They must know.
Mandatory evacuations of a lot of surrounding areas and I've been put on 100% activated status for the OEM. Hope they don't call me in this time though.
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As of right now in Baltimore Maryland we're getting steady winds, probably around 15 mph, nothing big. Also we're getting steady slanted rain. I'm still on the edge of it though. I'm sure conditions are going to change as soon as the eye draws near.
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Yeah, for some reason my cat wont come downstairs from our bedroom and its acting all weird, which iv never seen it do before....... Thall, your right, them animals know. And iv been put on a full days shift for monday with the clean up they predict.
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I put bread in the yard for the birds today and so far i just have soggy bread in my back yard. They know
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Yea animals do know. Look on the shoutbox. Live online video coverage. They have newscasters scattered on the east coast of Ocean City MD, Seaside NJ and several places in NYC. Winds here are about 10mph with 30mph gusts and really steady rain. I figure I'm gonna pull an all nighter so the wife can sleep OK.
http://www.myfoxny.com/subindex/video/live_video
Edited by thallium, August 27 2011, 07:28 PM.
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http://www.accuweather.com/us/radar/sir/ne/radar.asp?play=true This is a live radar from accuweather
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That's a good radar view. I dont think Ive seen that one before. Here's the one we use at the EOC (Emergency Operations Center) for our county OEM. http://radar.weather.gov/ridge/Conus/full_loop.php
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Trees Falling Power In And Out And Flooding Started Just Got Rid Of A Tornado Warning
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We actually had a tornado here in brick. Its not confirmed yet from the Nat Weather service though. Here's a pic.
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We do have a lot of branches and some trees down in our area and there was some flooding. I drove around after sun up and since there is high tide theres water everywhere. I didn't go to bed til 4:30 and slept for about 3 hrs.
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Damn dude looks like u got hit hard. From what I can see out of my front door damage appears to be minimal. As of midnight we are out of power. Winds are still moving pretty good but the rain is gone.
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My grandpa said that everyone in his apartment got evacuated cuz they lived near the coast and they all had to go to a hotel im still waiting for him to call back cuz where he lives floods a lot
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Well thall...that could possibly be a twister....or it could be a very low hanging cloud...Kind of hard to tell from the angle.
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Time to go asses the damage for work..... Im bringing my 2500HD to look at the damage for one bridge, cause I dont want one of csx's 2wd work trucks... We have a landslide somewhere too on the section im going to look at, but idk where the landslide is at yet.
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i got flooded 3 weeks after this storm have to rebuild ho trains and house
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