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360k+ Serious Thumper Offline Savage heart of darkness Posts: 680 Cartersville, GA Gender:	East coasters chime in! 10/29/12 at 07:35:58 I'd be interested to hear storm conditions from folks out on the eastern seaboard. I know we have TV news, but I'd like to hear from some guys with actual boots on the ground. How about reporting in here periodically, at least while you still have a connection?
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Charon Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 1811 Harvard, NE Gender:	Re: Chime in! Reply #1 - 10/29/12 at 07:41:30 It's amazing, watching all those TV people flocking to the storm area and telling the rest of us that the authorities are warning people to stay away. I wonder why those same authorities aren't telling the TV trucks to leave.
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18101 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #2 - 10/29/12 at 09:30:53 I wonder why the news agencies think you have to put the reporter out in "harms way"? Like we are not going to believe it is windy if they are behind a window and pointing it at the waves and surf.....instead of making the reporter stand on the beach in 60 mph winds and rain.
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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #3 - 10/29/12 at 10:54:05 Got out of jury duty. Went to work. Sent home from work at 11:30. All trucks cleared off the highway by 11, all non essential off the road by 1pm by order of the Governor. It stopped raining, mildly windy but nothing severe. --Steve
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Reply #4 - 10/29/12 at 12:05:57

Paraquat wrote on 10/29/12 at 10:54:05:

Got out of jury duty. Went to work. Sent home from work at 11:30. All trucks cleared off the highway by 11, all non essential off the road by 1pm by order of the Governor.
It stopped raining, mildly windy but nothing severe.

--Steve

Thanks for the update. Where exactly are you on the East Coast?

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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #5 - 10/29/12 at 12:13:15 Yea, that'd probably help, eh? I'm in Central CT. New Britain to be specific. It's currently misting enough to keep the roads damp but I wouldn't call it raining or even spitting. A few gusts but no terrible winds. --Steve
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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #6 - 10/29/12 at 12:49:34 Had my first flicker off, then on, then off, and now it's on again. --Steve
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Reply #7 - 10/29/12 at 12:50:02

Paraquat wrote on 10/29/12 at 12:13:15:

Yea, that'd probably help, eh?
I'm in Central CT. New Britain to be specific.

It's currently misting enough to keep the roads damp but I wouldn't call it raining or even spitting. A few gusts but no terrible winds.

--Steve

Same here in N.H. Some gusts in the 30mph range but nothing terrible. . Generator is ready to go if I need it. I can see that I'm gonna have to rake leaves again after this is over.

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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #8 - 10/29/12 at 13:18:45 I didn't even bother raking. My trees don't have many leaves left and I was hoping the winds would blow them all out of my lawn. --Steve
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #9 - 10/29/12 at 15:15:04 We have a wind warning here in Southwestern Ontario. Winds up to 100 kph (60 mph). It will probably knock trees down onto power lines, so my oil lamp collection will probably come in handy.
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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #10 - 10/29/12 at 15:32:24 Winds have picked up. Blew the hood off my head (hooded sweatshirt). My dog is starting to get spooked. --Steve
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arteacher Serious Thumper Offline Ride as if your naked and invisable! Posts: 2581 London ontario Gender:	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #11 - 10/29/12 at 15:42:08 Paraquat wrote on 10/29/12 at 13:18:45: I didn't even bother raking. My trees don't have many leaves left and I was hoping the winds would blow them all out of my lawn. --Steve You will probably get a shitload of somebody elses.
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Cavi Mike Serious Thumper Offline Thumper n00b Posts: 1005 Rochester, NY Gender:	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #12 - 10/29/12 at 16:19:26 Hurricanes that reach this far up the coast are pretty weak. The cold waters up here kill storms. It's the ones that hit Florida that are ones to talk about. I drove right through Floyd in '99 on my way to Atlanta and while it was an experience I won't forget - it wasn't enough to blow me around the road.
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ALfromN.H. FSO Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Dragon Slayer Posts: 1421 Rochester, New Hampshire Gender:	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #13 - 10/29/12 at 16:32:52 I just lost power a couple minutes ago. I heard an explosion up the road and everything went black. I started the generator and I still have cable and internet so all is not lost. I can still watch monday night football. Al
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Paraquat Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2206	Re: East coasters chime in! Reply #14 - 10/29/12 at 17:16:01 I tried to rake some leaves into the street hoping they'd blow into oblivion and my rake handle broke in half. 34,000 some odd people in New Britain. Only 450 don't have power. --Steve
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