Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaias

[musicman691]

Can't say it hasn't been interesting. First this covid-19 stuff and now this storm coming up the US east coast. Looks like NJ is going to get hit hard with the storm appearing to track further west into Pennsylvania. Which means those of us in NJ will be on the side more prone to tornadoes if I'm right. I'm in Trenton and watching this thing like a hawk.


Had to cancel my long awaited dental appointment for tomorrow. Can't believe they're still seeing patients on Tuesday as when I talked to them this morning. This appointment was supposed to happen in February and between dislocating my left knee & covid-19 things got put off. Now scheduled for September 28.


Waiting to see if NJ governor will call a state of emergency for the storm - hasn't yet. Went to get gas in my Jeep Wrangler so if we need to boogie the three of us (me, wife & cat) can get out. Hopefully not.


Hopefully the power will stay up with the new substation that was put in to service in January. The ups's around here are having a heck of a time keeping up with the brownouts happening already. Like one of the fellows that came out to fix our chimney a few years back said: every time a mouse farts the power goes out around here.


So if anyone needs/wants my help please understand that I've got more important things to tend to. See you on the other side of this mess.

[musicman691]

Update:
Made it through okay for the most part. A lot of wind and rain but mostly as separate events. A lot of tree deadfall. Sat on the front porch with the wife watching the storm. Scary like you wouldn't believe. No tornadoes but straight line winds. Couple of power blinks but I'd had everything shut down and unplugged before things got too severe. Governor did put out a state of emergency at 5AM; wouldn't have known about it if I wasn't on Twitter yesterday morning before things got nasty.

[albee1952]

I'm further up the coast in CT and we had trees and lines down all over. Power was out here for a bit over 24 hours Hope you made it thru unscathed!

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by albee1952

I'm further up the coast in CT and we had trees and lines down all over. Power was out here for a bit over 24 hours Hope you made it thru unscathed!

Personally unscathed. Trees - not so much. Wife and I spent almost 3 hours cleaning up the deadfall this afternoon. House and music space intact. Nerves are another matter.

[DonaldM]

Glad everyone is okay! 2020 is one for the books.

Pandemic - check
Earthquakes -check
Plague of locusts - check
Plague of frogs - check
Riots - check
Tornadoes - check
Wildfires - check
Hurricanes - check


When the Mississippi turns blood red...time will be up!

[musicman691]

Originally Posted by DonaldM

Glad everyone is okay! 2020 is one for the books.

Pandemic - check
Earthquakes -check
Plague of locusts - check
Plague of frogs - check
Riots - check
Tornadoes - check
Wildfires - check
Hurricanes - check


When the Mississippi turns blood red...time will be up!

Plague of frogs? - Where's that one?

[zoff]

Originally Posted by DonaldM

Glad everyone is okay! 2020 is one for the books.

Pandemic - check
Earthquakes -check
Plague of locusts - check
Plague of frogs - check
Riots - check
Tornadoes - check
Wildfires - check
Hurricanes - check

When the Mississippi turns blood red...time will be up!

You can add humongous explosions (Lebanon) to the list.