East Coast US - Are you ready for Sandy?

[WildBlue]

I am prepared. I am expecting the possibility of rain, high winds and power outages.
But I can almost guarantee my power will go out. We have power issues on sunny days.
It is a tropical storm now. But they are saying it will get stronger again.
I hope you all on the coast are ready. I hope it doesn't flood out there. Flooding really scares me and I am glad I do not have to worry too much about that.

[Eviecorn]

The news is hyping Sandy up to be a pretty terrible storm.  I hope you all stay safe up there.  :/

[WildBlue]

I will be staying inside as much as I can. They keep saying we may get snow in my area. I live at a higher elevation. NOOO!!! I'm not ready for that! lol

[Lorelei Redfern]

i' in fl  all were gettingi s bad wind and rain. but my dad whos been watching the news said that  those up above us..  it's gonna  really be bad.. its appaerntly a mile  wide storm

[WildBlue]

It is pretty massive of a storm. Plus it is going to collide with the Nor'easter. It is going to be a big mess. I am only really worried about the wind and trees falling. I can deal with power outages and rain. But the trees around here have taken a beating from past storms and that derrecho that came through here. 

[Leegeta]

I live in long island, they say we are supposed to get hit really bad with it. I'll believe it when i see it. My brother who lives in florida got it, he has no power.

[HorsingAround]

I'm just crossing my fingers and toes that is nothing like the Oct. storm we got last year.  Here in Massachusetts we were without power for 8 days!!! It was seriously the longest 8 days of my life. Wish we had a generator!   Let's all hope that the storm loses momentum! 

[ijen82]

It wasnt so bad here in Florida exp for the power outages. I'm actually enjoying the cooler weather it brought us. All my windows are wide open and getting plenty of nice breeze!

[WildBlue]

It is starting to get chilly here. I may have to close my windows soon.
They seem to be basically saying on the weather channel to expect the power to go out.
I know come Monday people will be scrambling. The grocery store is going to be busy!!

[StarSwirl05]

TBH, I don't know what to believe right now. They made Irene from last year seem like a big storm but it did very little here and that was a storm that went right up the east coast where I live. On one hand, I could believe it to be a big storm that does what they say it'll probably do but at the same time, given the nature of storms here (in which most die or weaken heavily enough to be little danger), part of me isn't quite believing it yet.

[WildBlue]

TBH, I don't know what to believe right now. They made Irene from last year seem like a big storm but it did very little here and that was a storm that went right up the east coast where I live. On one hand, I could believe it to be a big storm that does what they say it'll probably do but at the same time, given the nature of storms here (in which most die or weaken heavily enough to be little danger), part of me isn't quite believing it yet.

I know what you mean. I prepare for the worst and hope for the best though. It is funny, the weather people keep on saying "It's not like Irene!" lol. We will see.

[melodys_angel]

Its not just the US. We are going to get hammered too (hello storm surges!), and I live not 2 minutes away from the lake :/

Im far from thrilled but theres nothing I can do.

Stay safe guys <3

[WildBlue]

Its not just the US. We are going to get hammered too (hello storm surges!), and I live not 2 minutes away from the lake :/

Im far from thrilled but theres nothing I can do.

Stay safe guys <3

Oh I'm sorry, I did not realize it was going to reach all the way up there. Stay safe Canada!

[Moss]

I live in long island, they say we are supposed to get hit really bad with it. I'll believe it when i see it. My brother who lives in florida got it, he has no power.

Hello from a fellow Long Islander! Whereabouts on the island are you? Hopefully not too close to the water. We didn't get Irene too bad, so I'm hoping Sandy goes the same way. Heck, our power never went out! Thankfully we took out the huge maple in our backyard after Irene, so there's not much to worry about tree wise.

[kaoskat]

Stay safe!