There's little for us non-meteorologists to say about the "superstorm" that's destined to wipe out the East Coast next week except that the weather people are genuinely worried about this one. They're not (they assure us) "hyping." And they do not like the jokey name.
I like the name. Daily Intel is gathering together reports of what New York City is doing to batten down the hatches.
While it's far from certain at this point, the MTA has acknowledged that its plans for dealing with Frankenstorm may include an "orderly shutdown," as opposed to having MTA employees running around screaming, "THE SUBWAY IS SHUTTING DOWN. EVERYBODY GET THE HELL OUT AAAHHHHHH!"...Daily Intel
Here is Daily Intel's weather report:
That's Hurricane Sandy coming up from the South, and some other nameless storm thing coming in from the West. When they meet ... Frankenstorm. ...Daily Intel
They're also calling it a "Snowicane."
One commenter writes:
"No power, no tv. No TV, no political ads..."
Here's the National Weather Service's hazardous weather outlook for New York:
THERE IS INCREASING CONFIDENCE THAT THE TRI-STATE AREA WILL FEEL THE IMPACTS OF A DANGEROUS COASTAL STORM LATE THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. THIS INCLUDES THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND RESULTANT SIGNIFICANT URBAN...SMALL STREAM...AND RIVER FLOODING...HIGH WINDS CAUSING WIDESPREAD DOWNING OF TREES AND POWER LINES...AND SIGNIFICANT SHORELINE IMPACTS FROM COASTAL FLOODING AND BEACH EROSION. THE SPECIFIC IMPACTS WILL ULTIMATELY DEPEND ON THE EXACT TRACK AND EVOLUTION OF TROPICAL CYCLONE SANDY AS IT INTERACTS WITH A DEEPENING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHING THE EAST COAST.
