Tag Archives: Frankenstorm

Hurricane Sandy Becomes The Largest Atlantic Storm In Recorded History

Bloomberg News has the update: Hurricane Sandy has become the largest tropical system recorded in the Atlantic as it makes the transition to a superstorm that threatens to push a wall of water ashore in the Northeast and smash the eastern U.S. with wind, rain and snow.  Drenching rains are soaking the mid-Atlantic states, 3 feet of snow may fall …

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HMS Bounty Sinks Off North Carolina

The replica tall ship HMS Bounty, which was built for the 1962 movie Mutiny On The Bounty, has sunk off the coast of North Carolina. Rescuers fear that two passengers have drowned. The Coast Guard is searching for two people off the coast of North Carolina who had been passengers aboard the tall ship HMS Bounty, which lost power in …

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Gays Caused The Frankenstorm

“Just last August, Hurricane Isaac hit New Orleans seven years later, on the exact day of Hurricane Katrina. Both hit during the week of the homosexual event called Southern Decadence in New Orleans! Hurricane Sandy is hitting 21 years to the day of the Perfect Storm of October 20, 1991.  America has been under God’s judgment since this event. Both …

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WND: God Sent The Frankenstorm Because Of US Mistreatment Of Israel

Right on wackadoodle schedule: Journalist and White House correspondent William Koenig explained to WND that some of the United States’ most catastrophic storms and events have correlated closely with the nation’s God-defying attempts to divide the land of Israel. “When we put pressure on Israel to divide their land, we have enormous, record-setting events, often within 24 hours,” Koenig told …

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New York City Live Cams

Storm junkies might enjoy the New York City Harborcam.  The cargo ships and tankers left yesterday for who-knows-where it might be safer. Upriver?  The top shot is from Times Square, where tourists are milling about with nowhere to go.  You can also drop in at SandyCam 24/7 for more live shots of the airports and highways.

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Seawall Breached In Lower Manhattan

Hurricane Sandy is still about 12 hours away and already the seawall has been breached in lower Manhattan. CNN’s reporter described the water rise as a “slow creep” with little wave action yet.

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Monster Waves Pound New Jersey

And the wind is really picking up here in NYC.

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REMINDER: Mitt Romney Is Opposed To Federal Disaster Relief

As Hurricane Sandy bears down on the eastern seaboard, this 2011 debate quote from Mitt Romney is making the rounds on Twitter.

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Airlines Begin Frankenstorm Shutdown

The Wall Street Journal reports: U.S. airlines have canceled more than 4,700 flights due to depart Sunday and Monday, ahead of the expected landfall early Tuesday of Hurricane Sandy. Airlines canceled 1,030 domestic and international services on Sunday and a further 3,680 due to depart Monday, with east coast airports expected to decide later Sunday whether or not to close. …

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Bloomberg Orders Mandatory Evacuation

Mayor Bloomberg has just ordered the mandatory evacuation of the lowest-lying areas of New York City.   Residents of Zone A are to immediately begin making plans to leave their homes. Zone A covers much of downtown Manhattan and the blocks bordering the Hudson and East rivers.   Hospitals in the affected areas will be moving their patients to other facilities …

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NYC To Close Transit System

Here’s the official notice: The MTA has been directed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo to begin an orderly shutdown and suspension of all subway, bus and commuter railroad service at 7 p.m. Sunday. The decision was made to protect customers, employees and equipment from the wrath of Hurricane Sandy as the strong storm continues its march up the east coast. …

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MTA Warns Of Service Suspension

New York City’s public transit agency has issued a notice that all service may begin shutting down at 7pm tomorrow (Sunday). If a decision is made to suspend service, all New York City subway and bus service would need to be suspended by early Monday morning to allow crews to secure stations, tracks and tunnels before the onset of sustained …

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Saturday Frankenstorm Tracking

Here’s the latest on the Frankenstorm: Forecast models show Sandy will have all the ingredients to morph into a so-called “super storm”, stirring memories of the 1993 ‘Storm of the Century’, whose impact in the United States was particularly destructive. Governors in states along the U.S. East Coast declared emergencies on Friday, with officials urging residents to stock up on …

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Frankenstorm Tracking

At the moment Hurricane Sandy appears destined for landfall at the southern tip of New Jersey around 2am on Tuesday. Hurricane Sandy will probably grow into a “Frankenstorm” that may become the worst to hit the U.S. Northeast in 100 years if current forecasts are correct. Sandy may combine with a second storm coming out of the Midwest to create …

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Frankenstorm!

Just in from the Associated Press: An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling “Frankenstorm” is likely to blast most of the East Coast next week, focusing the worst of its weather mayhem around New York City and New Jersey. Government forecasters on Thursday upped the odds of a major weather mess, …

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