OT: Positive Thoughts and Prayers For Our East Coast Members

[Altec Best]

Thank You all ! We are in the path of the eye.I'm only about 40 miles from the coast at it's closest point but 75 miles from Atlantic City which right now is supposed to be land falling point for the eye..
During Irene we lost power for about 16 hours and this is supposed to be a lot worse..PSE&G has already said if you lose power this time it could be 7-10 days before restoration.I've never seen a Hurricane come up the coast and make a 90 degree left turn almost as though it has our name on it... None to happy about it but it is what it is.. If I loose power I won't be able to help folks with their accounts obviously, so please keep that in mind.

And Thanks again everyone and you Tom for starting the thread !

[gvasale]

Come on wind... Do your best. Life is an adventure. I made it through the "Blizzard of 78" and was up hill of the flood through central New England in 1955, which was the last big water event in my area. Army Corp of Engineers built two dams a little more than 5 miles away to prevent similar damage in the future. Vermont & IRC parts of NH got hit badly last year. Tornado last year a few towns away & then in Springfield Ma show we can get hammered in this part of the country too.

The generator is here, and gas for 1/2 day if needed. Plenty of candles & batteries for the radio. Food in the fridge, wood to burn if needed. Only one bottle of Scotch, however & no beer.

[gearfreak]

Only one bottle of Scotch, however & no beer.

...better start bartering with that fire wood!

Plenty of Whiskey here, but running dangerously low on Congac. :-(

[bowtie427ss]

Do you believe in the boogieman? The Hurricane Simulation

[Earl K]

Do you believe in the boogieman? The Hurricane Simulation

Well, that's sort of spooky now, isn't it ?

Stay Safe ! to all those in the path of this monster .

<> EarlK

[bowtie427ss]

Well, that's sort of spooky now, isn't it ?

Stay Safe ! to all those in the path of this monster .

<> EarlK

Having lived most of my adult life with hurricane awareness, i'll tell you right up front that this whole scenario has been very spooky.

Meteorologists with no previous precedent to guide them all reaching the same conclusions and generating extremely similar forecast models with no audible/visible conjecture among them? ....... historic first.

Sandy maintained a steady 75mph sustained wind speed for over 72 hours with out so much as 5mph deviation................... historic first.

A tropical system that gets weaker over warm water and stronger over cold water............. historic first.

A tropical system that takes a 90 degree turn westward with the precision of a bus turning at an intersection................ historic first.

[gvasale]

Power out at 3:45. Scotch will be out soon. Only 1/2 hour battery life on the laptop till I fire up the generator. Ah, Adventure...

[DrRick]

I know this is a really late response to this thread. I was without broadband service for so long that I'm just now getting back to speed.
I'm only a mile or two from the Ocean. The path predicted for Sandy, right up to an hour or so before she made landfall, looked like it went directly over my house!
I bought gas for the generator, tested it and then started getting about 20 pairs of mostly Altecs and 4 pairs of Tannoys to the second floor of my house.
The wind got to the point wherein the glass in the garage doors sounded like it exploded. Then stuff started getting sucked out side through the the small windows.
Lot of Altec horns and drivers in the garage as well as my A&'s and one pair of my Velenchias.
All I could do was to cover them with tarps and hope for the best.
In the end, the only damage to my audio gear was the destruction of the 12" Ortophon RMG-309 arm on my table which was quite close to where a window met a large tree branch.

Anyone got a 12" arm for sale or trade?

I'm glad that no one here was injured.

Peace,
Rick