Even though there are rough surf warning signs in the most frequented coastal spots, it's typically when we see tourists taunting the waves getting too close down on the rocks, not realizing the danger. Inevitably someone gets swept in. It's so sad to read about but so preventable.Henri is forecast to track north along the Gulf Stream, approaching
Long Island NY Sunday. Increasing long period swells and other wave
action from this storm may impact the coastal waters starting around
Sunday.
NOAA upgraded the hazards late today at 5:27 PM to a hurricane warning there coupled with storm surge warnings. That's serious stuff. I was on Shelter Island NY during Hurricane Bob, so I know how crazy it gets out east there.The media is doing a very poor job warning people on Long Island about this storm. They’re billing this as a “New England storm”. Henri is going to do a lot of severe damage to long island, especially on the hamptons. Just last night, AccuWeather tweeted “Jones Beach could have indirect impacts from Henri”. No, they will have direct impacts
Yes they did, but the threat was really real for Long Island as far as 48 hours ago if you were looking at the models.NOAA upgraded the hazards late today at 5:27 PM to a hurricane warning there coupled with storm surge warnings. That's serious stuff. I was on Shelter Island NY during Hurricane Bob, so I know how crazy it gets out east there.
Glad to hear you're prepared. Things can change quickly. What's your flooding outlook?Big move to the east so it looks like it will land around the area where CT and RI meet. This means that it's closer to where I am. It just started raining heavily 30 minutes ago. I was at the grocery store and it was quite busy with people getting in last-minute shopping. The forecast is currently for 40+ MPH winds here (it had varied from 15 MPH to 30 MPH earlier). We haven't had one of these in 30 years so I wonder if some are going to take it lightly.
We have bottled water (we always have bottled water), charged batteries, dried food and gasoline in the tank.
Glad to hear you're prepared. Things can change quickly. What's your flooding outlook?
Still waiting on potential heavy rains in just west of Boston. Weather app says sometime in the next couple of hours.Parts of central Jersey took a beating.
Still waiting on potential heavy rains in just west of Boston. Weather app says sometime in the next couple of hours.
Potential 40 mph winds and funnel clouds in Middlesex county. Unlikely though. Calm right now where I am.I'm heading there in an hour to visit relatives. I hope that it's just rain.
Potential 40 mph winds and funnel clouds in Middlesex county. Unlikely though. Calm right now where I am.
Given the unbelievable destruction in Mayfield, KY, you really wonder was the tornado rated at an EF5 level. That tornado just about levelled a whole town.The news out of Kentucky is terrible. I haven't seen destruction like this since the Joplin tornado and even this may surpass that-