KING JESUS IS COMING FOR US ANY TIME NOW. THE RAPTURE. BE PREPARED TO GO.
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
MATTHEW 16:1-4
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
1997 EAST COAST DRILL NAMED SANDY - HMM ISN'T THIS INTERESTING
http://www.infowars.com/1990s-east-coast-hurricane-drill-named-sandy/
October 29, 2012
Back in the late 90s, the National Hurricane Center in Miami conducted a drill based on a fictional hurricane named Sandy. In the drill, the storm strikes the East Coast.The fictitious storm was modeled after the Hurricane of 1938. The “Long Island Express” was a Category 3 hurricane that hit Long Island and killed nearly 800 people cause nearly $5 billion in damages.The hurricane now projected to hit the New Jersey coast is being compared to the Long Island Express.A web page has surfaced from 1996 (the date is timestamped on the page’s source code) with “texts of the simulated bulletins, forecasts, discussions and strike probabilities along with the hurricane’s track were sent home with the seminar attendees. We named the simulated hurricane after Sandy, who incidentally was nine years old during the real Hurricane of 1938.”
The page is posted on the Westchester Emergency Communications Association website. It received an update by Alan Crosswell on Friday, October 17, 1997.
STATS ON HURRICANE SANDY AND 2 OTHER WEATHER PATERNS AND A FULL MOON AS OF 10AM OCT 29,12 MONDAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NEARLY 1,000 MILES WIDE.AIMING AT THE HEART OF THE EAST COAST.MOST CROWDED CORRIDOR IN THE U.S.50 MILLION PEOPLE COULD FEEL THE EFFECTS FROM HURRICANE SANDY AND THE LOW FRONTS.HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EVACUATE THE EASTERN COAST LANDS.FEMA ESTIMATES UP TO 3 BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES FROM WIND ALONE WILL OCCURR.HEAVY RAIN OR SNOW STORM SURGE AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO OCCURR.AT TIME 5 FEET OF RAIN IS ACCCUMULATING ON THE STREETS OF NJ.
PRAY THAT ALL THE ISRAELIS IN NEW YORK ARE PROTECTED BY GOD FROM THIS HURRICANE.SINCE NEW YORK HAS THE 2ND MOST ISRAELIS IN THE WORLD THERE.
ITS 1:45PM MON OCT 29,12-AND ITS CONFIRMED THAT THE STOCK MARKET IN NEW YORK WILL BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY FOR SURE NOW.AND THERES A 6PM CURFUE IN NJ TILL 6PM TUE THAT NO ONE IS ALLOWED ON THE STREETS.THE WORST STORM SURGES WILL BE IN NJ AND PHILADELPHIA.THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE IN ONE AREA IS THE LOWEST EVER AT 939.IN CANADA THE HIGHEST WAVE SURGES WILL BE IN LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY.TORONTO COULD EVEN HAVE WINDS OF 100 KM AN HOUR.
NOAA HURRICANE CENTER
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/152346.shtml?tswind120
http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml
TIMELAPSE OF HURRICANE SANDY
http://news.yahoo.com/evacuations-shutdowns-east-coast-storm-004900195.html
DAY 2 HURRICANE SANDY UPDATES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/10/no-ny-trading-today-again.html
STORMS HURRICANES-TORNADOES
LUKE 21:25-26
25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity;(MASS CONFUSION) the sea and the waves roaring;(FIERCE WINDS)
26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.(FROM QUAKES,NUKES ETC)
THE FIRST JUDGEMENT OF THE EARTH STARTED WITH WATER-IT ONLY MAKES SENSE THE LAST GENERATION WILL BE HAVING FLOODING
GENESIS 7:6-12
6 And Noah was six hundred years old when the flood of waters was upon the earth.
7 And Noah went in, and his sons, and his wife, and his sons’ wives with him, into the ark, because of the waters of the flood.
8 Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean, and of fowls, and of every thing that creepeth upon the earth,
9 There went in two and two unto Noah into the ark, the male and the female, as God had commanded Noah.
10 And it came to pass after seven days, that the waters of the flood were upon the earth.
11 In the six hundredth year of Noah’s life, in the second month, the seventeenth day of the month, the same day were all the fountains of the great deep broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
12 And the rain was upon the earth forty days and forty nights.
GOD PROMISED BY A RAINBOW-THE EARTH WOULD NEVER BE DESTROYED TOTALLY WITH A FLOOD AGAIN.BUT FLOODIING IS A SIGN OF JUDGEMENT.
MATTHEW 16:1-4
1 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven.
2 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
3 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
1997 EAST COAST DRILL NAMED SANDY - HMM ISN'T THIS INTERESTING
http://www.infowars.com/1990s-east-coast-hurricane-drill-named-sandy/
1990s East Coast Hurricane Drill Named “Sandy”
Infowars.comOctober 29, 2012
Back in the late 90s, the National Hurricane Center in Miami conducted a drill based on a fictional hurricane named Sandy. In the drill, the storm strikes the East Coast.The fictitious storm was modeled after the Hurricane of 1938. The “Long Island Express” was a Category 3 hurricane that hit Long Island and killed nearly 800 people cause nearly $5 billion in damages.The hurricane now projected to hit the New Jersey coast is being compared to the Long Island Express.A web page has surfaced from 1996 (the date is timestamped on the page’s source code) with “texts of the simulated bulletins, forecasts, discussions and strike probabilities along with the hurricane’s track were sent home with the seminar attendees. We named the simulated hurricane after Sandy, who incidentally was nine years old during the real Hurricane of 1938.”
The page is posted on the Westchester Emergency Communications Association website. It received an update by Alan Crosswell on Friday, October 17, 1997.
STATS ON HURRICANE SANDY AND 2 OTHER WEATHER PATERNS AND A FULL MOON AS OF 10AM OCT 29,12 MONDAY.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS NEARLY 1,000 MILES WIDE.AIMING AT THE HEART OF THE EAST COAST.MOST CROWDED CORRIDOR IN THE U.S.50 MILLION PEOPLE COULD FEEL THE EFFECTS FROM HURRICANE SANDY AND THE LOW FRONTS.HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO EVACUATE THE EASTERN COAST LANDS.FEMA ESTIMATES UP TO 3 BILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGES FROM WIND ALONE WILL OCCURR.HEAVY RAIN OR SNOW STORM SURGE AND WIDESPREAD FLOODING TO OCCURR.AT TIME 5 FEET OF RAIN IS ACCCUMULATING ON THE STREETS OF NJ.
PRAY THAT ALL THE ISRAELIS IN NEW YORK ARE PROTECTED BY GOD FROM THIS HURRICANE.SINCE NEW YORK HAS THE 2ND MOST ISRAELIS IN THE WORLD THERE.
ITS 1:45PM MON OCT 29,12-AND ITS CONFIRMED THAT THE STOCK MARKET IN NEW YORK WILL BE CLOSED TODAY AND TUESDAY FOR SURE NOW.AND THERES A 6PM CURFUE IN NJ TILL 6PM TUE THAT NO ONE IS ALLOWED ON THE STREETS.THE WORST STORM SURGES WILL BE IN NJ AND PHILADELPHIA.THE BAROMETRIC PRESSURE IN ONE AREA IS THE LOWEST EVER AT 939.IN CANADA THE HIGHEST WAVE SURGES WILL BE IN LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY.TORONTO COULD EVEN HAVE WINDS OF 100 KM AN HOUR.
NOAA HURRICANE CENTER
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/152346.shtml?tswind120
http://google.org/crisismap/2012-sandy
http://www.nws.noaa.gov/om/hurricane/index.shtml
TIMELAPSE OF HURRICANE SANDY
http://news.yahoo.com/evacuations-shutdowns-east-coast-storm-004900195.html
DAY 2 HURRICANE SANDY UPDATES
http://israndjer.blogspot.ca/2012/10/no-ny-trading-today-again.html
Sandy strengthens as nears coast; Wall Street shut By Daniel Trotta | Reuters – 1 hr 35 mins ago OCT 29,12
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hurricane Sandy, the monster storm bearing down on the East Coast,
strengthened on Monday after hundreds of thousands moved to higher
ground, public transport shut down and the stock market suffered its
first weather-related closure in 27 years.About 50 million
people from the Mid-Atlantic to Canada were in the path of the nearly
1,000-mile-wide (1,600-km-wide) storm, which forecasters said could be
the largest to hit the mainland in U.S. history. It was expected to topple trees, damage buildings, cause power outages and trigger heavy flooding.The U.S. National Hurricane Center
(NHC) said on Monday the Category 1 storm had strengthened as it turned
toward the coast and was moving at 20 miles per hour (32 km per hour).
It was expected to bring a "life-threatening storm surge," coastal hurricane winds and heavy snow in the Appalachian Mountains, the NHC said.Nine U.S. states have declared states of emergency, and with the U.S. election eight days away President Barack Obama
canceled a campaign event in Florida on Monday in order to return to
Washington and monitor the U.S. government's response to the storm."This is a serious
and big storm," Obama said on Sunday after a briefing at the federal
government's storm response center in Washington. "We don't yet know where it's going to hit, where we're going to see the biggest impacts.Sandy killed 66 people in the Caribbean last week
before pounding U.S. coastal areas with rain and triggering snow falls
at higher elevations as it moved north.Forecasting services indicated early Monday the center
of the storm would strike the New Jersey shore near Atlantic City on
Monday night. While Sandy does not pack the punch of Hurricane Katrina,
which devastated New Orleans in 2005, it could become more potent as it
approaches the U.S. coast.Winds were at a maximum of 85 mph, the NHC said in its 8
a.m. (1200 GMT) report, up from 75 mph six hours earlier. It said
tropical storm-force winds reached as far as 485 miles from the center.Seventeen people from the replica HMS Bounty abandoned
ship while stranded at sea off North Carolina in the path of the
hurricane, roughly 160 miles from the center of storm, the U.S. Coast
Guard said on Monday."The 17-person crew
donned cold water survival suits and lifejackets before launching in
two 25-man lifeboats with canopies," the Coast Guard said, adding it was determining which aircraft or vessel was best-placed to launch a rescue.The three-masted tall ship was built for the 1962 movie "Mutiny on the Bounty."New York and other cities and towns closed their
transit systems and ordered mass evacuations from low-lying areas ahead
of a storm surge that could reach as high as 11 feet.All U.S. stock markets will be closed on Monday and
possibly Tuesday, the operator of the New York Stock Exchange said late
on Sunday, reversing an earlier plan that would have kept electronic
trading going on Monday.The United Nations, Broadway theaters, New Jersey
casinos, schools up and down the Eastern Seaboard, and myriad corporate
events were also being shut down.
'DON'T BE STUPID'
Officials ordered people in coastal towns and low-lying areas to evacuate, often telling them they would put emergency workers' lives at risk if they stayed."Don't be stupid, get out, and go to higher, safer ground," New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told a news conference.Forecasters said Sandy was a rare, hybrid "super storm" created by an Arctic jet stream wrapping itself around a tropical storm, possibly causing up to 12 inches of rain in some areas, as well as up to 3 feet (1 meter) of snowfall in the Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to Kentucky.At 8 a.m. (1200 GMT), the NHC said Sandy was centered about 265 miles southeast of Atlantic City and about 310 miles south-southeast of New York City.Worried residents in the hurricane's path packed stores, searching for generators, flashlights, batteries, food and other supplies in anticipation of power outages. Nearly 284,000 residential properties valued at $88 billion are at risk for damage, risk analysts at CoreLogic said.Transportation systems shut down in anticipation. Airlines canceled flights, bridges and tunnels closed, and national passenger rail operator Amtrak suspended nearly all service on the East Coast. The U.S. government told non-emergency workers in Washington, D.C., to stay home.
Utilities from the Carolinas to Maine reported late Sunday that a combined 14,000 customers were already without power.The second-largest oil refinery on the East Coast, Phillips 66's 238,000 barrel per day (bpd) Bayway plant in Linden, New Jersey, was shutting down and three other plants cut output as the storm affected operations at two-thirds of the region's plants.Oil prices slipped on Monday, with Brent near $109 a barrel. "With refineries cutting runs, we're likely to see a build-up in crude stocks which could be driving bearish prices at the moment," said Michael Creed, an economist at National Australia Bank in Melbourne.
CAROLINAS
CONNECTICUT
The number of power outages increased quickly in a state where utilities' response to past weather-related failures has become a political issue. Connecticut Light & Power says hundreds of customers are without power. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy asked a task force to ensure fuel suppliers are fully stocked. Many residents along Long Island Sound heeded warnings and evacuated.
CONNECTICUT WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CT/
DELAWARE
Hundreds of people fled to shelters as rough surf pounded the coast. Water covered some roads.
DELAWARE WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/DE/
KENTUCKY
Snow is expected in mountainous areas.
KENTUCKY WEATHER
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weatherbystate/kentucky
MAINE
MARYLAND
Baltimore is opening six shelters; several city intersections are closed because of flooding threats. Early voting, which began Saturday and was to run through Thursday, was canceled for Monday.
MARYLAND WEATHER
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weatherbystate/maryland
MASSACHUSETTS
NEW HAMPSHIRE
NEW JERSEY
Sandy's center is expected to make landfall in New Jersey late Monday. By daybreak, thousands of homes and businesses were without electricity. Thousands of people evacuated low-lying areas, and many inland towns hit by flooding from storm Irene last year issued evacuation orders.
NEW JERSEY WEATHER
http://www.newjerseyweather.com/
NEW YORK
Many residents left low-lying flood evacuation zones, and the subway system shut down Sunday night. A storm surge of 11 feet is possible, the highest of all coastal areas being hit by Sandy. The New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. financial markets shut down for at least the day. Thousands of flights were canceled at the city's major airports.
NEW YORK WEATHER
http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/usny0996
http://www.accuweather.com/en/us/new-york-ny/10007/weather-forecast/349727
OHIO
Residents of low-lying areas and along Lake Erie were told to watch for flooding; utilities are anticipating high winds that could blow down trees and poles. Snow is forecast in some areas.
OHIO WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/OH/
PENNSYLVANIA
Many schools closed. Philadelphia shut down its mass transit system, and hundreds of flights were canceled at the city's airport. Dozens of people took shelter at evacuation centers. Thousands of members of the National Guard have been told to be ready for deployment.
PENNSYLVANIA WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/PA/
RHODE ISLAND
Several communities have ordered mandatory evacuations and many schools closed for the day. Big waves are expected to cause flooding along Narragansett Bay, which bisects the state. Authorities told people to be prepared for long periods without power.
RHODE ISLAND WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/RI/
TENNESSEE
Snow is expected in higher elevations, where a freeze warning has been issued. High winds are expected in many areas.
TENNESSEE WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/TN/
VIRGINIA
About 2,000 customers lacked power, and a utility said as many as 1 million could ultimately lose electricity. Many residents of Chincoteague Island, popular with tourists, shrugged off the idea of evacuation.
VIRGINIA WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/VA/
VERMONT
Gov. Peter Shumlin declared a state of emergency to provide access to National Guard troops in a state still recovering from the devastating effects of the remnants of Hurricane Irene. Culverts and storm drainage basins in some spots have been cleared of debris.
VERMONT WEATHER
http://www.weathercentral.com/weather/us/states/VT/index.html
WASHINGTON, D.C.
The capital area's transit system shut down rail service for the first time since 2003, and the Smithsonian Institution closed for the day.
WASHINGTON D.C WEATHER
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/USDC0001
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 WND. “Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 – we have experienced over 90 record-setting, all-time events as we have acted against Israel. And the greater the pressure on Israel to ‘cooperate,’ the greater the catastrophe.”Some of Koenig’s examples are startling.“Hurricane Sandy is expected to come ashore in the Northeast on the 21st anniversary of the ‘Perfect Storm,’” Koenig related. “That record-setting storm devastated the New England coast as President George H.W. Bush co-sponsored the Madrid Conference from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 1991.”At the Conference, Bush broke from President Reagan’s more pro-Israel policies in the attempt to forge an Arab-Israeli “peace” plan that included recognizing a Palestinian “right” to biblically Jewish lands. But while Bush was in Spain advocating a division of Israel, the “Perfect Storm” – so named for the ferociously destructive way in which a cold nor’easter combined with Hurricane Grace – was lashing the U.S. seaboard at home.“The Perfect Storm sent 30-foot ocean waves into Bush’s Kennebunkport home as he was calling on Israel to give up the West Bank (Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem),” Koenig told WND. “The Madrid ‘land for peace’ Conference began the Israeli-Palestinian peace process that Mitt Romney advocated in the debates, even as yet another ‘perfect storm’ is brewing offshore.”The original Perfect Storm formed on Oct. 28, 1991, and dissipated on Nov. 4 – correlating almost perfectly with dates of the Madrid Conference. The storm was blamed for 13 deaths and over $200 million in damages, including those to Bush’s vacation home.Similarly, Hurricane Katrina, the deadliest and costliest hurricane in U.S. history, hit Aug. 29, 2005; the storm began the day President George W. Bush congratulated Israel for evacuating Gaza and called on the Israelis and Palestinians to move onto his two-state plan.Koenig also pointed to the 1938 “Long Island Express,” the most powerful, deadliest and costliest hurricane in recent New England history, a storm that killed more than 600 people and resulted in property damage that in today’s dollars approaches nearly $5 billion.
“Leading up to the 1938 event, there was tremendous persecution of the Jewish people, a build-up to the Holocaust,” Koenig related. ” According to author John McTernan, the eye of the hurricane came directly over Camp Siegfried and Adolf Hitler street in Long Island. The powerful storm occurred 38 days after Camp Siegfried was the center of the largest Nazi rally outside of Germany.”And as WND reported earlier this year, Koenig drew similar parallels with Hurricane Isaac and the 2012 Republican National Convention. The day Isaac formed as a tropical storm in August, the Republican platform committee voted to add a “two-state” position pertaining to Israel for formal convention approval.“This is the second straight Republican convention postponed due to a major hurricane,” Koenig pointed out at the time. “And this is the third straight Republican convention that became secondary news due to a hurricane. Bush was pressuring Israel during the times of the 2004 and 2008 conventions [as well].”Koenig links the disruption of three previous conventions to Republican pressure and support of dividing the land of Israel to pave the way for the creation of a Palestinian state.
In fact, in his book “Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel,”
Koenig points out that nine of the 10 costliest insurance events in
U.S. history followed dramatic calls by U.S. officials for Israel to
make land concessions in bids for peace with its neighbors. He points
out with startling detail how six of the seven costliest hurricanes in
U.S. history followed such events. He points out how three of the four
largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history also followed such
developments.Now Hurricane Sandy is poised off America’s Atlantic coast and
threatens to become one of the worst storms in decades. The hurricane
has been dubbed “Frankenstorm” by some outlets because it’s expected to
reach the coast close to Halloween and forecast models show – like the
Perfect Storm of 1991 – the tropical cyclone could combine with winter
weather to morph into a so-called “super storm.”Reuters reports governors in states along the U.S. East Coast have
declared emergencies, with officials urging residents to stock up on
food, water and batteries, and the U.S. Navy has ordered all ships in
the Norfolk, Va., area, out to sea to ride out the approaching storm.“We’re expecting a large, large storm,” Louis Uccellini, director of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for
Environmental Prediction, told Reuters. “The circulation of this storm
as it approaches the coast could cover about the eastern third of the
United States.”
The pre-Halloween hurricane is already affecting the presidential race, too, prompting both Mitt Romney and Vice President Joe Biden to cancel scheduled appearances in Virginia Beach. And with early voting already underway in some states, the storm could even affect vote totals.But how does “Frankenstorm” tie into America’s stance on Israel?“Both political parties have now accepted, specifically, a two-state solution to peace in the Mideast, dividing Israel’s land between Israel and a Palestinian state,” Koenig told WND. “And now this hurricane story is going to disrupt political campaigning and possibly affect voter turnout for both parties.“There has been a lot of behind-the-scenes pressure on Israel by the Obama administration, to not act on Iran prior to the election,” Koenig continued, “but the most succinct correlation is that both parties have officially endorsed the two-state solution.”Koenig also pointed to Romney’s statements at the last presidential debate, when the Republican declared, “Are Israel and the Palestinians closer to reaching a peace agreement? No, they haven’t had talks in two years. We have not seen the progress we need to have.”Koenig, however, warned that making “progress” on the land-for-peace talks, which would see Israel surrender land to a Palestinian state, is exactly what could be prompting these catastrophic weather “acts of God.”“From a biblical perspective, the land isn’t to be divided, parceled out or negotiated away … period,” Koenig said. “That’s the land God gave to Israel.“People say they want peace,” he continued, “but it all comes down to this: No earthly leader has the right to partition Israel, because that was God’s gift to Abraham and his descendants.”At the time of Hurricane Isaac, WND editor and CEO Joseph Farah wrote a commentary suggesting natural disasters are more often than the world realizes – or admits – messages from God.“He’s trying to get your attention. Are you paying heed? What will it take? Will your world have to be turned upside down before you recognize what’s happening? Would even that be enough?” Farah asked.
“I don’t know what to expect from this hurricane on its way toward the East Coast. It could be devastating for some or nothing at all,” he continued. “Nevertheless, it’s always a good time to get right with God.”
Get Bill Koenig’s “Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel.”
'DON'T BE STUPID'
Officials ordered people in coastal towns and low-lying areas to evacuate, often telling them they would put emergency workers' lives at risk if they stayed."Don't be stupid, get out, and go to higher, safer ground," New Jersey Governor Chris Christie told a news conference.Forecasters said Sandy was a rare, hybrid "super storm" created by an Arctic jet stream wrapping itself around a tropical storm, possibly causing up to 12 inches of rain in some areas, as well as up to 3 feet (1 meter) of snowfall in the Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to Kentucky.At 8 a.m. (1200 GMT), the NHC said Sandy was centered about 265 miles southeast of Atlantic City and about 310 miles south-southeast of New York City.Worried residents in the hurricane's path packed stores, searching for generators, flashlights, batteries, food and other supplies in anticipation of power outages. Nearly 284,000 residential properties valued at $88 billion are at risk for damage, risk analysts at CoreLogic said.Transportation systems shut down in anticipation. Airlines canceled flights, bridges and tunnels closed, and national passenger rail operator Amtrak suspended nearly all service on the East Coast. The U.S. government told non-emergency workers in Washington, D.C., to stay home.
Utilities from the Carolinas to Maine reported late Sunday that a combined 14,000 customers were already without power.The second-largest oil refinery on the East Coast, Phillips 66's 238,000 barrel per day (bpd) Bayway plant in Linden, New Jersey, was shutting down and three other plants cut output as the storm affected operations at two-thirds of the region's plants.Oil prices slipped on Monday, with Brent near $109 a barrel. "With refineries cutting runs, we're likely to see a build-up in crude stocks which could be driving bearish prices at the moment," said Michael Creed, an economist at National Australia Bank in Melbourne.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg ordered the
evacuation of some 375,000 people from low-lying areas of the city, from
upscale parts of lower Manhattan to waterfront housing projects in the
outer boroughs.While Sandy's 85 mph winds were not overwhelming for a
hurricane, its exceptional size means the winds will last as long as two
days."This is not a
typical storm," Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett said. "It could very
well be historic in nature and in scope."(Additional
reporting by John McCrank, Edith Honan, Caroline Humer, Paul Thomasch
and Janet McGurty in New York; Barbara Goldberg in New Jersey; Gene
Cherry in North Carolina; Dave Warner in Philadelphia; Tom Hals in
Milford, Delaware; Mary Ellen Clark and Ebong Udoma in Connecticut; Matt
Spetalnick in Washington; Editing by Andrew Osborn and Eric Beech)
A state-by-state look at the East Coast superstorm
By | Associated Press – 2 hrs 18 mins ago OCT 29,12
Hurricane
Sandy is churning off the East Coast and is expected to join up with
two other weather systems to create a huge and problematic storm
affecting 50 million people. Here's a snapshot of what is happening or
expected, state by state.
The
storm lashed barrier islands off North Carolina and rendered several
homes and businesses nearly inaccessible. About 90 miles off the coast, a
tall ship carrying 17 people was in distress; the Coast Guard was monitoring.
NORTH CAROLINA WEATHER
SOUTH CAROLINA WEATHER
The number of power outages increased quickly in a state where utilities' response to past weather-related failures has become a political issue. Connecticut Light & Power says hundreds of customers are without power. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy asked a task force to ensure fuel suppliers are fully stocked. Many residents along Long Island Sound heeded warnings and evacuated.
CONNECTICUT WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/CT/
DELAWARE
Hundreds of people fled to shelters as rough surf pounded the coast. Water covered some roads.
DELAWARE WEATHER
http://www.wunderground.com/US/DE/
KENTUCKY
Snow is expected in mountainous areas.
KENTUCKY WEATHER
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weatherbystate/kentucky
MAINE
Officials predict coastal flooding and beach erosion, and utility crews have been brought in from Canada to handle anticipated power failures.
MAINE WEATHER
Baltimore is opening six shelters; several city intersections are closed because of flooding threats. Early voting, which began Saturday and was to run through Thursday, was canceled for Monday.
MARYLAND WEATHER
http://www.weather.com/outlook/weatherbystate/maryland
MASSACHUSETTS
Utilities brought in crews from as far away as Texas and the Midwest to cope with anticipated power failures.
Most schools and colleges have canceled classes. The Boston transit
authority said it would continue to operate as long it was safe.
MASSACHUSETTS WEATHER
Gov. John Lynch put 100 National Guard soldiers on active duty to help with preparations. Two shelters are being set up, and some schools have closed.
NEW HAMPSHIRE WEATHER
Sandy's center is expected to make landfall in New Jersey late Monday. By daybreak, thousands of homes and businesses were without electricity. Thousands of people evacuated low-lying areas, and many inland towns hit by flooding from storm Irene last year issued evacuation orders.
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NEW YORK
Many residents left low-lying flood evacuation zones, and the subway system shut down Sunday night. A storm surge of 11 feet is possible, the highest of all coastal areas being hit by Sandy. The New York Stock Exchange and other U.S. financial markets shut down for at least the day. Thousands of flights were canceled at the city's major airports.
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OHIO
Residents of low-lying areas and along Lake Erie were told to watch for flooding; utilities are anticipating high winds that could blow down trees and poles. Snow is forecast in some areas.
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PENNSYLVANIA
Many schools closed. Philadelphia shut down its mass transit system, and hundreds of flights were canceled at the city's airport. Dozens of people took shelter at evacuation centers. Thousands of members of the National Guard have been told to be ready for deployment.
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RHODE ISLAND
Several communities have ordered mandatory evacuations and many schools closed for the day. Big waves are expected to cause flooding along Narragansett Bay, which bisects the state. Authorities told people to be prepared for long periods without power.
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TENNESSEE
Snow is expected in higher elevations, where a freeze warning has been issued. High winds are expected in many areas.
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VIRGINIA
About 2,000 customers lacked power, and a utility said as many as 1 million could ultimately lose electricity. Many residents of Chincoteague Island, popular with tourists, shrugged off the idea of evacuation.
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VERMONT
Gov. Peter Shumlin declared a state of emergency to provide access to National Guard troops in a state still recovering from the devastating effects of the remnants of Hurricane Irene. Culverts and storm drainage basins in some spots have been cleared of debris.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.
The capital area's transit system shut down rail service for the first time since 2003, and the Smithsonian Institution closed for the day.
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WEST VIRGINIA
As
much as 2 to 3 feet of snow was forecast in mountainous areas, and
flooding was possible in some areas. Several shelters were put on
standby, and power crews were mobilized to handle potential failures.
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Could 'Frankenstorm' be a sign from God?
'When we put pressure on Israel to divide their land, we have record-setting events'
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 WND. “Hurricane Katrina, 9/11 – we have experienced over 90 record-setting, all-time events as we have acted against Israel. And the greater the pressure on Israel to ‘cooperate,’ the greater the catastrophe.”Some of Koenig’s examples are startling.“Hurricane Sandy is expected to come ashore in the Northeast on the 21st anniversary of the ‘Perfect Storm,’” Koenig related. “That record-setting storm devastated the New England coast as President George H.W. Bush co-sponsored the Madrid Conference from Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 1991.”At the Conference, Bush broke from President Reagan’s more pro-Israel policies in the attempt to forge an Arab-Israeli “peace” plan that included recognizing a Palestinian “right” to biblically Jewish lands. But while Bush was in Spain advocating a division of Israel, the “Perfect Storm” – so named for the ferociously destructive way in which a cold nor’easter combined with Hurricane Grace – was lashing the U.S. seaboard at home.“The Perfect Storm sent 30-foot ocean waves into Bush’s Kennebunkport home as he was calling on Israel to give up the West Bank (Judea, Samaria and East Jerusalem),” Koenig told WND. “The Madrid ‘land for peace’ Conference began the Israeli-Palestinian peace process that Mitt Romney advocated in the debates, even as yet another ‘perfect storm’ is brewing offshore.”The original Perfect Storm formed on Oct. 28, 1991, and dissipated on Nov. 4 – correlating almost perfectly with dates of the Madrid Conference. The storm was blamed for 13 deaths and over $200 million in damages, including those to Bush’s vacation home.Similarly, Hurricane Katrina, the deadliest and costliest hurricane in U.S. history, hit Aug. 29, 2005; the storm began the day President George W. Bush congratulated Israel for evacuating Gaza and called on the Israelis and Palestinians to move onto his two-state plan.Koenig also pointed to the 1938 “Long Island Express,” the most powerful, deadliest and costliest hurricane in recent New England history, a storm that killed more than 600 people and resulted in property damage that in today’s dollars approaches nearly $5 billion.
by “Leading up to the 1938 event, there was tremendous persecution of the Jewish people, a build-up to the Holocaust,” Koenig related. ” According to author John McTernan, the eye of the hurricane came directly over Camp Siegfried and Adolf Hitler street in Long Island. The powerful storm occurred 38 days after Camp Siegfried was the center of the largest Nazi rally outside of Germany.”And as WND reported earlier this year, Koenig drew similar parallels with Hurricane Isaac and the 2012 Republican National Convention. The day Isaac formed as a tropical storm in August, the Republican platform committee voted to add a “two-state” position pertaining to Israel for formal convention approval.“This is the second straight Republican convention postponed due to a major hurricane,” Koenig pointed out at the time. “And this is the third straight Republican convention that became secondary news due to a hurricane. Bush was pressuring Israel during the times of the 2004 and 2008 conventions [as well].”Koenig links the disruption of three previous conventions to Republican pressure and support of dividing the land of Israel to pave the way for the creation of a Palestinian state.
In fact, in his book “Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel,”
Koenig points out that nine of the 10 costliest insurance events in
U.S. history followed dramatic calls by U.S. officials for Israel to
make land concessions in bids for peace with its neighbors. He points
out with startling detail how six of the seven costliest hurricanes in
U.S. history followed such events. He points out how three of the four
largest tornado outbreaks in U.S. history also followed such
developments.Now Hurricane Sandy is poised off America’s Atlantic coast and
threatens to become one of the worst storms in decades. The hurricane
has been dubbed “Frankenstorm” by some outlets because it’s expected to
reach the coast close to Halloween and forecast models show – like the
Perfect Storm of 1991 – the tropical cyclone could combine with winter
weather to morph into a so-called “super storm.”Reuters reports governors in states along the U.S. East Coast have
declared emergencies, with officials urging residents to stock up on
food, water and batteries, and the U.S. Navy has ordered all ships in
the Norfolk, Va., area, out to sea to ride out the approaching storm.“We’re expecting a large, large storm,” Louis Uccellini, director of
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Center for
Environmental Prediction, told Reuters. “The circulation of this storm
as it approaches the coast could cover about the eastern third of the
United States.”The pre-Halloween hurricane is already affecting the presidential race, too, prompting both Mitt Romney and Vice President Joe Biden to cancel scheduled appearances in Virginia Beach. And with early voting already underway in some states, the storm could even affect vote totals.But how does “Frankenstorm” tie into America’s stance on Israel?“Both political parties have now accepted, specifically, a two-state solution to peace in the Mideast, dividing Israel’s land between Israel and a Palestinian state,” Koenig told WND. “And now this hurricane story is going to disrupt political campaigning and possibly affect voter turnout for both parties.“There has been a lot of behind-the-scenes pressure on Israel by the Obama administration, to not act on Iran prior to the election,” Koenig continued, “but the most succinct correlation is that both parties have officially endorsed the two-state solution.”Koenig also pointed to Romney’s statements at the last presidential debate, when the Republican declared, “Are Israel and the Palestinians closer to reaching a peace agreement? No, they haven’t had talks in two years. We have not seen the progress we need to have.”Koenig, however, warned that making “progress” on the land-for-peace talks, which would see Israel surrender land to a Palestinian state, is exactly what could be prompting these catastrophic weather “acts of God.”“From a biblical perspective, the land isn’t to be divided, parceled out or negotiated away … period,” Koenig said. “That’s the land God gave to Israel.“People say they want peace,” he continued, “but it all comes down to this: No earthly leader has the right to partition Israel, because that was God’s gift to Abraham and his descendants.”At the time of Hurricane Isaac, WND editor and CEO Joseph Farah wrote a commentary suggesting natural disasters are more often than the world realizes – or admits – messages from God.“He’s trying to get your attention. Are you paying heed? What will it take? Will your world have to be turned upside down before you recognize what’s happening? Would even that be enough?” Farah asked.
“I don’t know what to expect from this hurricane on its way toward the East Coast. It could be devastating for some or nothing at all,” he continued. “Nevertheless, it’s always a good time to get right with God.”
Get Bill Koenig’s “Eye to Eye: Facing the Consequences of Dividing Israel.”
Hurricane Sandy hits travel, cargo operations; costs unclear
By Karen Jacobs and Lynn Adler and Nick Zieminski | Reuters – 1 hr 1 min ago 3:16PM OCT 29,12
(Reuters)
- Transportation ground to a halt along the Northeast coast on Monday,
stranding local rail commuters, cruise passengers and air travelers from
as far away as Europe and Asia, as Hurricane Sandy prompted closure of air, ship, rail and even highway service.The transport woes also hit cargo operations, adding another dimension to the storm's economic toll.New Jersey's Garden State Parkway,
which has been ranked among the busiest U.S. toll roads, was closed
Monday in both directions along its southern 63 miles because of
flooding.Massive cargo container operations in New York and New
Jersey shut down very early Monday, and will stay closed indefinitely,
the port authority said, stranding millions of dollars worth of goods
arriving for the holiday season.The cost of the cargo disruptions probably won't be
large, said Arthur Hatfield, managing director of equity Research at
Raymond James in Memphis, Tenn. While cargo gets backed up it eventually
gets delivered. "Nothing disappears," he said."The only time we've ever seen a storm that had a
lasting or immediate impact on logistics and or freight volumes was
Katrina," he added. Sandy is a Category 1 hurricane, he noted. "You've
got to remember Katrina was a Category 5 and the storm surge was
something they'd never seen."CSX Corp the nation's second-largest publicly owned
railroad company, shut its network between Richmond, Va., and Albany,
N.Y., early Monday. The closure included Boston and extended as far west
as Brunswick, Md.Norfolk Southern Corp
said rail traffic from Virginia through New England could be affected
by flooding and high winds, and told customers to expect delays of at
least 72 hours.Some freight companies said they would keep working
where it was possible. "We're going to be doing operations as long as we
possibly can, as far as pickup and delivery goes," said Chris Stanley,
spokesman for FedEx Corp, the second-largest package delivery company in
the U.S. "If we are able to safely move, we will."United Parcel Service Inc
began rerouting packages and airplanes over the weekend. On Monday it
suspended delivery in Delaware, Maryland and Washington, D.C., but
dispatched delivery trucks in Manhattan, Connecticut, Westchester
County, Nassau County and Suffolk County.In New Jersey,
UPS sent out about half of its drivers Monday, and most drivers
continued working in New England. Operations were normal in Pittsburgh,
central Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Virginia, except along the
coast. UPS said it was planning for significant snow in some areas.It's "too soon to put any dollars around impacts or to
look at any specific sectors," said Susan Rosenberg, a spokeswoman for
UPS.Airlines canceled more than 11,500 flights for Sunday,
Monday and Tuesday, including more than 6,800 so far Monday alone,
Flight-tracking service FlightAware said.The tracking
service said it expected that figure to grow as the storm hits later
Monday. Philadelphia's airport was the hardest hit, with 1,220
cancellations on Monday. The service said the three New York area airports had each canceled about 1,000 flights for Monday.New York and Washington, D.C., area airports remained open even though flights have been canceled.The Federal
Aviation Authority said Monday that air traffic control towers were
closed at regional airports: Hartford-Brainard and Groton-New London in
Connecticut; Northeast Philadelphia in Pennsylvania; Atlantic City and
Trenton, New Jersey; and New Castle, Delaware.United Continental Holdings, the world's largest air
carrier, canceled 3,700 flights for Sunday through Wednesday, or about
16 percent of total flights scheduled during that period, because of the
storm, a spokesman said on Monday.
Delta Air Lines said it canceled approximately 2,100 flights from Sunday night through Tuesday morning.
Transportation consultant George Hamlin estimated that Sandy could cost the airline industry hundreds of millions of dollars. On top of lost flight revenue, airlines likely will have to pay their crews extra if they are stranded away from home base."If you cancel a day or two's flights, it may take some people days to get to where they want to go," he said.New York suspended service on mass-transit systems for New York, Long Island, Staten Island and Metro-North. PATH train service between New York and New Jersey also was suspended.Amtrak canceled service along the Northeast corridor for Monday, and nearly all service along the Eastern seaboard, through Tuesday.Carnival Corp canceled two departures, from Chesapeake Bay and Norfolk, Va., because of the storm and shifted departures of other cruise ships.Hotel reservations desks hummed with calls from thousands of stranded travelers, seeking to either cancel or find accommodation around major cities in the Northeast.Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc - which operates hotels such as Westin, Sheraton - and Marriott International Inc hotel groups received numerous calls about New York reservations."A lot of people are cancelling," a reservations employee said, but said others are coming because the hotels have power generators."People are really just frightened of the storm ... they're frightened of water levels and they're frightened of losing power and they want to be somewhere where they're safe," the employee said.A reservations worker for Marriott said her work day had been "really crazy" with all the calls for cancellations and last-minute reservations, including calls from corporations booking blocks of rooms for their employees.Corporate representatives for Starwood and Marriott were not immediately available for comment Sunday.(Additional reporting by Sinead Carew, Caroline Humer and Michael Erman in New York; Writing by Alwyn Scott; Editing by Patricia Kranz and Tim Dobbyn)
SANDY PUMMELS EAST COAST - SWAMPS NEW YORK - 10:35PM OCT 29,12
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NEW YORK/REHOBOTH BEACH, Delaware
(Reuters) - Sandy, one of the biggest storms ever to hit the United
States, roared ashore with fierce winds and heavy rain on Monday near
the gambling resort of Atlantic City, New Jersey, after forcing
evacuations, shutting down transportation and interrupting the
presidential campaign.High winds and flooding racked
hundreds of miles (km) of Atlantic coastline while heavy snows were
forecast farther inland at higher elevations as the center of the storm
marched westward.
Delta Air Lines said it canceled approximately 2,100 flights from Sunday night through Tuesday morning.
Transportation consultant George Hamlin estimated that Sandy could cost the airline industry hundreds of millions of dollars. On top of lost flight revenue, airlines likely will have to pay their crews extra if they are stranded away from home base."If you cancel a day or two's flights, it may take some people days to get to where they want to go," he said.New York suspended service on mass-transit systems for New York, Long Island, Staten Island and Metro-North. PATH train service between New York and New Jersey also was suspended.Amtrak canceled service along the Northeast corridor for Monday, and nearly all service along the Eastern seaboard, through Tuesday.Carnival Corp canceled two departures, from Chesapeake Bay and Norfolk, Va., because of the storm and shifted departures of other cruise ships.Hotel reservations desks hummed with calls from thousands of stranded travelers, seeking to either cancel or find accommodation around major cities in the Northeast.Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc - which operates hotels such as Westin, Sheraton - and Marriott International Inc hotel groups received numerous calls about New York reservations."A lot of people are cancelling," a reservations employee said, but said others are coming because the hotels have power generators."People are really just frightened of the storm ... they're frightened of water levels and they're frightened of losing power and they want to be somewhere where they're safe," the employee said.A reservations worker for Marriott said her work day had been "really crazy" with all the calls for cancellations and last-minute reservations, including calls from corporations booking blocks of rooms for their employees.Corporate representatives for Starwood and Marriott were not immediately available for comment Sunday.(Additional reporting by Sinead Carew, Caroline Humer and Michael Erman in New York; Writing by Alwyn Scott; Editing by Patricia Kranz and Tim Dobbyn)
Federal government offices in Washington closed on Tuesday
Reuters – 22 mins ago 3:58PM OCT 29,12
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal government offices
in Washington, D.C., will be closed to the public on Tuesday, as
Hurricane Sandy threatens to cause extensive damage to the area.
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced that non-emergency employees will be granted administrative leave on Tuesday, and emergency employees are generally expected to report to their work sites.(Reporting By Karey Wutkowski; Editing by Mohammad Zargham) SANDY PUMMELS EAST COAST - SWAMPS NEW YORK - 10:35PM OCT 29,12
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Massive storm Sandy crashes ashore in New Jersey
By Greg Roumeliotis and Tom Hals | Reuters – 1 hr 42 mins ago 9:35PM OCT 29,12
More than 3 million customers already were left without power by
early evening and more than a million people were subject to evacuation
orders. Many communities were swamped by flood waters.The National Hurricane Center said Sandy came ashore as a
"post-tropical cyclone," meaning it still packed hurricane-force winds
but lost the characteristics of a tropical storm. It had sustained winds
of 80 miles per hour, well above the threshold for hurricane intensity.The storm's target area includes big population centers such as New York City, Washington, Baltimore and Philadelphia.Trees were downed across the region, untethered pieces of
scaffolding rolled down the ghostly streets of New York City, falling
debris closed a major bridge in Boston and floodwater inundated side
streets in the resort town of Dewey Beach, Delaware, leaving just the
tops of mailboxes in view.In Fairfield, a Connecticut coastal town and major commuter point
into Manhattan, police cruisers blocked the main road leading to the
beaches and yellow police tape cordoned off side entrances. Beach
pavilions were boarded up with plywood, and gusts of wind rocked parked
cars."People are definitely not taking this seriously enough," police
officer Tiffany Barrett, 38, said. "Our worst fear is something like
Katrina and we can't get to people."U.S. stock markets were closed for the first time since the attacks
of September 11, 2001, and will remain shut on Tuesday. The federal
government in Washington was closed and schools were shut up and down
the East Coast.One disaster forecasting company predicted economic losses could ultimately reach $20 billion, only half insured.
Governors up and down the East Coast declared states of emergency. Maryland's Martin O'Malley warned there was no question Sandy would kill people in its way.
WATER RISING
Sandy made landfall just south of Atlantic City, about 120 miles southwest of Manhattan. Casinos in Atlantic City had already shut down.Television images showed water rising to historic heights in lower Manhattan, raising the possibility of flooding in the city's subway system.New York electric utility Con Edison said it expected "record-size outages," with nearly 35,000 customers in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn likely to be impacted. The company is facing both falling trees knocking down power lines from above and flood waters swamping underground systems from below."In the olden days, you would have had lots of fatalities. We're not through this yet. ... It may be as bad of (a) storm as we've ever seen, but I would expect the damage to be relatively minor," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told a Monday evening news conference.
New York City evacuated neighbors of a 90-story super luxury apartment building under construction after its crane partially collapsed in high winds, prompting fears the entire rig could crash to the ground.
Meteorologists say Sandy is a rare, hybrid "super storm" created by an Arctic jet stream wrapping itself around a tropical storm.The combination of those two storms would have been bad enough, but meteorologists said there was a third storm at play - a system coming down from Canada that would effectively trap the hurricane-nor'easter combo and hold it in place.While Sandy does not have the intensity of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005, it has been gathering strength. It killed 66 people in the Caribbean last week before pounding U.S. coastal areas as it moved north.An AccuWeather meteorologist said Sandy "is unfolding as the Northeast's Katrina," and others said Sandy could be the largest storm to hit the mainland in U.S. history.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN INTERRUPTED
The storm interrupted the U.S. presidential campaign with eight days to go before the election, as President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney canceled events. Both men acted cautiously to avoid coming across as overtly political while millions of people are imperiled by the storm.As runways, roads, bridges and tunnels were progressively shut down by the storm on Monday, it became difficult if not impossible to get from Washington to New York City along what is normally one of the most heavily traveled corridors in the United States.Several feet of water flooded streets in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Police knocked on doors, reminding people there was a mandatory evacuation. While the police took names, they allowed residents to stay at their own risk.Off North Carolina, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members who abandoned the replica tall ship HMS Bounty, using helicopters to lift them from life rafts. The Coast Guard later recovered the body of an "unresponsive" 42-year-old woman while continuing to search for the 63-year-old captain of the ship, which sank in 18-foot seas.Besides rain, the storms could cause up to 3 feet (1 meter) of snowfall in the Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to Kentucky. Some people in that part of the country did not have to go to work because of the storm and used the time to vote.At the Berkeley County Courthouse in Martinsburg, West Virginia, early voting for the November 6 elections was going ahead despite the bad weather, with hundreds of people casting ballots."More (people) came out today than what I anticipated but a lot of people are off work," Bonnie Woodfall, chief deputy for voter registration, said after fielding a flurry of calls about whether the polls should stay open. "It's neat."
On the small New York island neighborhood of City Island, which juts into Long Island Sound east of the Bronx, many residents were ignoring a mandatory evacuation order. The narrow island, known for its seafood joints and maritime-themed antique shops, is home to an isolated, working-class community of New Yorkers who say they're used to big storms and flooding.Joe Connelly, 52, a trucker from the Bronx, was leaving the City Island Marina after checking on his two motor boats. He said he watched the water from the first storm-driven high tide swamp a nearby dock."We were concerned that the whole dock was going to float away and out to sea," he said. "It had about four feet to go before that happened."(Additional reporting by Greg Roumeliotis, Edith Honan, Janet McGurty, Scott DiSavino and Martinne Geller in New York, Barbara Goldberg in New Jersey, Mary Ellen Clark and Lynnley Browning in Connecticut, Daniel Lovering in Boston, Ian Simpson in West Virginia, Susan Heavey in Washington, Jane Sutton in Miami; Writing by Paul Thomasch and Ben Berkowitz; Editing by Will Dunham)
Governors up and down the East Coast declared states of emergency. Maryland's Martin O'Malley warned there was no question Sandy would kill people in its way.
WATER RISING
Sandy made landfall just south of Atlantic City, about 120 miles southwest of Manhattan. Casinos in Atlantic City had already shut down.Television images showed water rising to historic heights in lower Manhattan, raising the possibility of flooding in the city's subway system.New York electric utility Con Edison said it expected "record-size outages," with nearly 35,000 customers in lower Manhattan and Brooklyn likely to be impacted. The company is facing both falling trees knocking down power lines from above and flood waters swamping underground systems from below."In the olden days, you would have had lots of fatalities. We're not through this yet. ... It may be as bad of (a) storm as we've ever seen, but I would expect the damage to be relatively minor," New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg told a Monday evening news conference.
New York City evacuated neighbors of a 90-story super luxury apartment building under construction after its crane partially collapsed in high winds, prompting fears the entire rig could crash to the ground.
Meteorologists say Sandy is a rare, hybrid "super storm" created by an Arctic jet stream wrapping itself around a tropical storm.The combination of those two storms would have been bad enough, but meteorologists said there was a third storm at play - a system coming down from Canada that would effectively trap the hurricane-nor'easter combo and hold it in place.While Sandy does not have the intensity of Hurricane Katrina, which devastated New Orleans in 2005, it has been gathering strength. It killed 66 people in the Caribbean last week before pounding U.S. coastal areas as it moved north.An AccuWeather meteorologist said Sandy "is unfolding as the Northeast's Katrina," and others said Sandy could be the largest storm to hit the mainland in U.S. history.
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN INTERRUPTED
The storm interrupted the U.S. presidential campaign with eight days to go before the election, as President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney canceled events. Both men acted cautiously to avoid coming across as overtly political while millions of people are imperiled by the storm.As runways, roads, bridges and tunnels were progressively shut down by the storm on Monday, it became difficult if not impossible to get from Washington to New York City along what is normally one of the most heavily traveled corridors in the United States.Several feet of water flooded streets in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware. Police knocked on doors, reminding people there was a mandatory evacuation. While the police took names, they allowed residents to stay at their own risk.Off North Carolina, the U.S. Coast Guard rescued 14 of the 16 crew members who abandoned the replica tall ship HMS Bounty, using helicopters to lift them from life rafts. The Coast Guard later recovered the body of an "unresponsive" 42-year-old woman while continuing to search for the 63-year-old captain of the ship, which sank in 18-foot seas.Besides rain, the storms could cause up to 3 feet (1 meter) of snowfall in the Appalachian Mountains from West Virginia to Kentucky. Some people in that part of the country did not have to go to work because of the storm and used the time to vote.At the Berkeley County Courthouse in Martinsburg, West Virginia, early voting for the November 6 elections was going ahead despite the bad weather, with hundreds of people casting ballots."More (people) came out today than what I anticipated but a lot of people are off work," Bonnie Woodfall, chief deputy for voter registration, said after fielding a flurry of calls about whether the polls should stay open. "It's neat."
On the small New York island neighborhood of City Island, which juts into Long Island Sound east of the Bronx, many residents were ignoring a mandatory evacuation order. The narrow island, known for its seafood joints and maritime-themed antique shops, is home to an isolated, working-class community of New Yorkers who say they're used to big storms and flooding.Joe Connelly, 52, a trucker from the Bronx, was leaving the City Island Marina after checking on his two motor boats. He said he watched the water from the first storm-driven high tide swamp a nearby dock."We were concerned that the whole dock was going to float away and out to sea," he said. "It had about four feet to go before that happened."(Additional reporting by Greg Roumeliotis, Edith Honan, Janet McGurty, Scott DiSavino and Martinne Geller in New York, Barbara Goldberg in New Jersey, Mary Ellen Clark and Lynnley Browning in Connecticut, Daniel Lovering in Boston, Ian Simpson in West Virginia, Susan Heavey in Washington, Jane Sutton in Miami; Writing by Paul Thomasch and Ben Berkowitz; Editing by Will Dunham)
New Yorkers initially calm in face of Sandy, then worries set in
By Michelle Conlin | Reuters – 3 hrs ago 7:38PM OCT 29,12
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As Hurricane Sandy
aimed straight for them, promising to hammer the place they live with
lashing winds and extensive flooding, New Yorkers seemed to be all about
nonchalance on Monday morning - an attitude that didn't last into the
afternoon.Throughout Manhattan and Brooklyn, few store owners had even bothered to board up their buildings. There was little taping of windows or buying of sump pumps.Many New Yorkers, who watched last year's Hurricane Irene
taper away without taking a big toll on the city, seemed unfazed by
predictions of major damage that even the most conservative of
meteorologists have been making.At most, many bought flashlights, lugged home bags of bottled water and stocked their shelves with food. Others took pride in snubbing Sandy altogether."You want to know what I have in my fridge?" said Chris
Conway, a 41-year-old who lives in the Chelsea area of Manhattan, not
far from the Hudson River. "Four different kinds of Tabasco and one jar
of A-1 steak sauce."Further south, though, the mood was more serious.
Outside the Goldman Sachs headquarters building in Manhattan's Battery
Park City, part of a low-lying area of the island evacuated on Sunday
night, workers were blocking the entrance with sandbags piled up five
feet high. A few employees, wearing Friday casual-style clothes, were
coming and going through the revolving door. There were no residents to
be seen.A Duane Reade drug store, across the street from the
landmark Trinity Church, was still well stocked - except for beer and
sandwiches, which had been picked over. The same was true at delis
throughout the city. In Jackson Heights, Queens, the shelves were stripped of bottled water at Met Foods.Outside the shuttered New York Stock Exchange,
which was barricaded with some sandbags, Anne Ngo and Evy Suwono were
out for a stroll but found little drama. "It's a bit of a letdown,
actually," said Ngo.Outside the evacuation zone, the mood was de rigueur.
For many working parents, facing school closures and an absence of many
nannies because all subways and buses have stopped running, it felt like
a holiday as they watched their kids get dirty in the playground.
From the once Bohemian enclave of Greenwich Village, all the way north to the Upper West Side of Manhattan, people were walking their dogs and chatting on their cell phones. Many could be found sipping espressos in the cafes abundant in the city.At many restaurants and delis there were no lines but the bars were slammed.
DOGS SILENCED
In Brooklyn, the streets were atypically quiet. The normally noisy, braggadocio borough fell silent. Even the dogs had stopped barking. Gusts of wind trashed the leaves and cans skittered down the street.
All morning, Brooklyn felt bipolar. Down near the seashore, in neighborhoods like Red Hook, the streets were flooding. Grocery store shelves had been picked clean. The canyon-like streets were empty since the neighborhood had been evacuated the night before.But up the slope, in neighborhoods like Boerum Hill, there was little sign of worry. The bars and restaurants were bustling. Bicyclists pedaled across the empty avenues. People in workout gear were huffing and puffing down the sidewalks for their daily jogs.
"We always run 4.5 miles, no matter what," said one runner who had just finished a workout with his two roommates. "There were a lot of us out here today."At Building on Bond, a hipster haven in the area, the only difference from a regular, non-Sandy day was a limited menu. Employees had taken car services to work. A barista put out a tip can with the label: "Hurricane Relief Fund.""We don't close," said Grace Hahn, owner of the deli Apple Gourmet. The only thing Hahn was close to running out of was Kombucha, the health drink with fermented mushrooms that has become the elixir to many of Brooklyn's yogis and vegans.
FLOAT AWAY
On the small island neighborhood of City Island in the Bronx, many people were blowing off the mandatory evacuation order issued by New York City officials. The narrow island, known for its seafood joints and maritime-themed knicknack shops, is home to an isolated, working-class community of New Yorkers who say they know big storms. Residents said they'd rather stay to look after their houses than leave and then be unable to get back when they wanted.Joe Connelly, 52, who had just checked on his two motor boats at the City Island Marina, said he had watched a nearby dock get swamped. "We were concerned that the whole dock was going to float away and out to sea," he said.Around noon, across the boroughs, the wind started to pick up. At the Bedouin Tent restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, they had used cardboard to cover the windows. By 1 p.m., the wind was getting so strong that people who live on the top floors of brownstones could hear tree branches knocking at their windows.At about 2 p.m., Hanson Place, an apartment building across the street from Brooklyn's new Barclays Center sports and entertainment complex, the windows started to shake. "I'm actually scared," said a resident of the 23rd floor. By mid afternoon, the wind had ripped the scaffolding off the building and residents on high floors started to evacuate. Nearby on Atlantic Avenue, a huge tree had snapped at its base.In lower Manhattan, people were getting robo calls from electricity provider Consolidated Edison Inc, with word it might have to shut the power off.Those who had departed for their weekend places in the Hamptons, the playground of Manhattan's rich, said the swells were starting to create flooding. A crane at the building of a luxury high-rise tower on 57th street in Manhattan collapsed.By mid-afternoon, even the most hard-core were rattled. People were starting to get it. Sandy was no joke. Like the storm itself, the mood was shifting.(Additional reporting by Emily Flitter, Luciana Lopez and Greg Roumeliotis; Editing by Martin Howell and Sandra Maler)
From the once Bohemian enclave of Greenwich Village, all the way north to the Upper West Side of Manhattan, people were walking their dogs and chatting on their cell phones. Many could be found sipping espressos in the cafes abundant in the city.At many restaurants and delis there were no lines but the bars were slammed.
DOGS SILENCED
In Brooklyn, the streets were atypically quiet. The normally noisy, braggadocio borough fell silent. Even the dogs had stopped barking. Gusts of wind trashed the leaves and cans skittered down the street.
All morning, Brooklyn felt bipolar. Down near the seashore, in neighborhoods like Red Hook, the streets were flooding. Grocery store shelves had been picked clean. The canyon-like streets were empty since the neighborhood had been evacuated the night before.But up the slope, in neighborhoods like Boerum Hill, there was little sign of worry. The bars and restaurants were bustling. Bicyclists pedaled across the empty avenues. People in workout gear were huffing and puffing down the sidewalks for their daily jogs.
"We always run 4.5 miles, no matter what," said one runner who had just finished a workout with his two roommates. "There were a lot of us out here today."At Building on Bond, a hipster haven in the area, the only difference from a regular, non-Sandy day was a limited menu. Employees had taken car services to work. A barista put out a tip can with the label: "Hurricane Relief Fund.""We don't close," said Grace Hahn, owner of the deli Apple Gourmet. The only thing Hahn was close to running out of was Kombucha, the health drink with fermented mushrooms that has become the elixir to many of Brooklyn's yogis and vegans.
FLOAT AWAY
On the small island neighborhood of City Island in the Bronx, many people were blowing off the mandatory evacuation order issued by New York City officials. The narrow island, known for its seafood joints and maritime-themed knicknack shops, is home to an isolated, working-class community of New Yorkers who say they know big storms. Residents said they'd rather stay to look after their houses than leave and then be unable to get back when they wanted.Joe Connelly, 52, who had just checked on his two motor boats at the City Island Marina, said he had watched a nearby dock get swamped. "We were concerned that the whole dock was going to float away and out to sea," he said.Around noon, across the boroughs, the wind started to pick up. At the Bedouin Tent restaurant on Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn, they had used cardboard to cover the windows. By 1 p.m., the wind was getting so strong that people who live on the top floors of brownstones could hear tree branches knocking at their windows.At about 2 p.m., Hanson Place, an apartment building across the street from Brooklyn's new Barclays Center sports and entertainment complex, the windows started to shake. "I'm actually scared," said a resident of the 23rd floor. By mid afternoon, the wind had ripped the scaffolding off the building and residents on high floors started to evacuate. Nearby on Atlantic Avenue, a huge tree had snapped at its base.In lower Manhattan, people were getting robo calls from electricity provider Consolidated Edison Inc, with word it might have to shut the power off.Those who had departed for their weekend places in the Hamptons, the playground of Manhattan's rich, said the swells were starting to create flooding. A crane at the building of a luxury high-rise tower on 57th street in Manhattan collapsed.By mid-afternoon, even the most hard-core were rattled. People were starting to get it. Sandy was no joke. Like the storm itself, the mood was shifting.(Additional reporting by Emily Flitter, Luciana Lopez and Greg Roumeliotis; Editing by Martin Howell and Sandra Maler)
