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Posted : 30/10/2012 10:35 am
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Salt water storm surge and electricity. The storm may pass but the repairs will be long and expensive.


 
Posted : 30/10/2012 10:38 am
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The better half's cousin is living in New York. She spoke to her yesterday and she displayed an admirably British attitude to the whole thing.

"I've got plenty of wine in. I got more red than white, as if the power goes down, I won't be able to keep the white chilled"

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Posted : 30/10/2012 10:43 am
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When the power fails it's a bit of a childhood adventure, bringing back those memories of candles in the miners' strikes of the 1970s. But when the power stays off for an extened period then it isn't fun any more, especially in our technology dependent world...


 
Posted : 30/10/2012 10:50 am
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I got more red than white, as if the power goes down, I won't be able to keep the white chilled

Now that is good planning!


 
Posted : 30/10/2012 11:37 am
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So when does the giant lizard emerge from the bay and start knocking down skyscrapers?

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Posted : 30/10/2012 11:45 am
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What got me about the approach of the storm was the way that suddenly everyone was clamouring trying to buy the supplies that they should've had to hand already. After the near-miss last year you'd have thought they would have been better prepared. Get your standby supplies sorted now, because when IT, whatever IT happens to be, strikes you may well have other more pressing things to do than stand in a queue for things that may well have run out.


 
Posted : 30/10/2012 11:48 am
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Here IT is blocking the storm drains, don't say he didn't give you a wake up call.

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Posted : 30/10/2012 12:12 pm
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yep, best stock up now on decent TV series now, before 'IT' arrives, as 'IT' is truly terrifying:

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Posted : 30/10/2012 12:19 pm
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Half term hols with the family in New York - seemed like a good idea a few weeks ago. We bailed out and drove to West Virginia instead. So far it's just been damp and breezy - despite forecasts all saying "be afraid, be very afraid" wherever we have gone. Were supposed to get lots of snow here last night but non arrived. But at least it is keeping the media busy - wall to wall coverage with more people whipping up a storm than ever before.
PS wish we had stayed in The Lakes :0(


 
Posted : 30/10/2012 12:24 pm
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This must have been a nightmare...

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Posted : 30/10/2012 6:59 pm
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Shamelessly reposted, but

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Posted : 30/10/2012 7:07 pm
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Well, that was a tad, er, windy and wet...


 
Posted : 30/10/2012 8:53 pm
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Pah, call that a storm I've seen worse on the Somerset levels!


 
Posted : 30/10/2012 10:04 pm
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some pics from friends..

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ex billboard in The Bronx

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Tunnel by Battery Park flooded to the top

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La Guardia airport

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Posted : 31/10/2012 7:26 am
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