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Is New York About To Be Hit By A Perfect Storm?
While John Travolta will always love 'Sandy', New York City (and for that matter much of the Atlantic Coast) may well want to forget the name after the weekend. Tropical Storm Sandy is destined to roll into the mid-Atlantic and New England from Friday but has some extra-special surprises possible with it. As Wunderground notes, if Sandy gets caught up with a trough approaching the Eastern US and then that combines with the fact that Monday is a full moon - meaning astronomical tides will be at their peak, increasing storm surge concerns, we could see a replay for the 1991 'Perfect Storm' that wreaked so much personal and property damage. We hear California is nice this time of year?
(h/t Alex Gloy)
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Dear Sandy,
Please hit wall street and make your way to the FRB and pay the bernake a visit.
Thanks a bunch,
Camaro68ss
Time to bail out Manhattan with more taxpayer money. Whisper rumor is that Manhattan banks will receive 250 billion federal reserve notes for each 1/10th of an inch of rain that falls as a consequence of this weather event. The BLS is already making especially seasonal-ly adjustments to employment data based on projections of this future weather event.
Paul Krugman just wrote a letter to President Obama, Timmay Geithner & other high ranking government officials, requesting that U.S. Government Agencies seed these clouds and do anything and everything else in their power to enhance the destructive nature of this storm system, just prior to landfall, in an attempt to facilitate the most catastrophic damage possible, as a stimulative event.
#KrugmanHopes4ManyBrokenWindows
" Is New York About To Be Hit By A Perfect Storm? "
no..
They'll use the same directed energy beam that destroyed the Towers on 911 to divert the Hurricane..
Scroll forward to 1:22:01
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqbcsU0_RjU
This is not some sponatenous demonstration of weather. This is a coordinated terrorist attack! How long will it take our State Department to admit it?!
Krugturd will be happy, all the damage should boost GDP.
And the FED says there's minimal inflation...my ass! in 1991, the same storm costed 200 million...today....$1,000,000,000! That's like like a 500% increase!
That storm looks like it has a better chance of hitting Halifax, Reykjavic, or Cork than NYC.
Is there supposed to be some important meeting in the Northeast?
attention all ny-area ZHers...
for the love of pete! do NOT go boating with your precious this weekend! you've been warned ;)...
How does tungsten stand up to salt water?
Exactly... Sandy, please do pay a visit to 33 Liberty Street.
becomes salted gold on contact.
I hope they suffer mightly
It was that stupid ass Voodoo dancing video on YouTube where the starving drought stricken Appalachian natives were hoping to make rain so that there be 'nough branch water to keep the still a runnin' what with all them revenuers gouin' ta work in the aireo-porties feeling the women, chill-en and grandmas up before flightin' times.
If God meant man to be a feelin up innocent women and chillen, he'd a created Special Nasi Frisker Guys at Aireoporties.
May they all drown in their checking balances.
Time to invade the troposphere! It already threatens our oxygen supply!
Yep, and it ain't called Sandy
that was a very interesting vid, unbeliveable impossible implauseable but it passes the sherlook holmes test
The part that made me most dubious was actually the part about the hurricane. They imply there was something suspicious about no news coverage about a hurricane off the coast on 9/11 which wasn't getting any news play yet no hurricane in that position has ever circled back to hit the coast. Why would there be any coverage of a storm that had zero chance of hitting the coast? Still it raised interesting questions.
There was good surf that entire week - the day of 9/11 it was at least 6ft and glassy - typical hurricane swell.
It looks like that the hurricane will hit New York city, the flooding will be horrible.
Washing Wall St and the FRB out to sea could result in billions of dollars of improvements.
Dear Camaro68ss,
I'm what is known as a HAARP-assisted storm. Though my ultimate objective remains classified, I cannot guarantee a visit to the landmarks you mentioned above.
This message will be repeated until termination. Thank you and have a nice day,
Sandy
I just raped the + button. Too bad max is 1.
be nice if it hurt voter turnout in that liberal state..lol
Nothing - I repeat NOTHING - hurts voter turnout in NY.
It is impossible to hurt the dead and the non-existent.
I'm guessing that in all the fuss around the storm, some bags of votes for Obama will get accidentally misplaced, and then "discovered" on Weds November 7th.
If they are needed, of course.
Kind of like what happened in Bridgeport, CT when Malloy "won" the CT governor's election.
Bloomberg has outlawed waves over 16 feet.
edit: Dear Germans, your gold was lost in "the flood".
+1
"It just washed out and floated away!"
It's a kind of inverse boating accident.
I didn't know Tungsten could float.
Only in "perfect" storms, hyuk hyuk.
It appears that all roads storm tracks lead to Rome New York.
With so much sin to wash away it had to be big!
God is punishing us for electing another stinking Depublicrat.
What does Pat Robertson, or rather GOD, have to say about this storm?
I been lookin' for this excuse for a LONG time...
It's gonna be Awesome
sandy the slut was way hotter than sandy the saint.
hope nyc gets the slut.
I wanna get physical, physical.............
I remember a long ass car ride as a kid when that song was popular. Glad I wasn't armed.
pods
California is nice this time of the year. It starts drizzling here and people bring out the galoshes... lol.
Terrible weather out here i the Great People's Republic of Senseless Horseshit.
A sweater or fuzzy is mandatory if it an early tee time.
I think this is the first year I've seen a reasonable Fall season in the last few years. The trend has been summer --> longer summer --> one week of fall --> BAM, winter without rain --> few weeks of spring --> BAM, summer.
Sweaters are out though - damn I love sweaters.
This one will knock down a few trees and power lines, and that will allow Obama to declare an emergency and buy some more votes.
Krugman's erection will last more than 4 hours.
He's worse than than the Bernak
And he'll still break his nose when he runs into a wall. Thank you! I'm here all week! Enjoy the buffet! Tip your waitress, no matter how watered down your drink is!
wash it all away !
Here comes Ben's storm of liquidity!
You can say that again!
Here comes Ben's storm of liquidity!
Yeah!!!!
More built in excuses and a reason to close the market right when it was getting interesting!
Remember...all stocks can spike up without being halted just not spike down as we have seen over (cough GOOG) and over again and again and again.....
+1
All Big Banks and AIG's can be bailed out... again and again and again, as we have seen with TARP/QEInfinity. Just not fail. Yeah!!
I thought the Lord High Obama controls the sea and the air and...
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I think the mighty Obummer only controls the sea with the power to raise or lower them. The Bernank is the ruler of the air which he prints money out of.
The winds, seas and upticks all are the work of the Lord. Obama is naught but His good thane. As quick as the fool thinketh to take his fee out of the cheapings, the Lord putteth the same in again. Yeah, more. Seek not to understand, nor to read His tongue of naughts and ones, but to do His will. Put aside childish dreams of freedom, folkdom and openness. Obama and Romney are friends of His Bandish Back-up Bank, which is not an openly body, nor of the Banded Rikes of Wineland, but homely, true and of the Lord. His mains that be have looked kindly on them and bought them. This is the up-time, and 'tis time to buy. The Lord's work is being done by those whom He hath set to do it.
Krugman says this is bullish!
I got a front row seat....bring it
So do I.
Last one was a joke, but never discount these storms having lived through Andrew.
There's a lot of water towers and other shit that can blow of the roofs of NYC.
Damn fonz you better be careful..first zombies and now tropical storms...watch your back. Here in Indiana the worst thing we have to worry about is gay senators trying to play footsie in the neighboring toilet stall.
Please keep your senators out of my state or we will arrest them for foot tapping at the airport.
I may head into the city to see if I can pick Kito out of the crowd of people running around with their hair on fire, knowing full well it has nothing to do with the weather.
meanwhile, back at the /es market, a cup-and-handle is formed. get ready for 1416 and up.
I just replaced my roof, it'll be a good leak test
Indian Point meltdown, ...
Indian Point is about 30 miles up the Hudson.
going with the Perfect storm doom and gloom, this storm could cause wide spread rain, etc for a couple hundred mile radius.
All kidding aside, the eye of Fran went over my house in RTP as a CAT 1 storm. Damage across the area was substantial although my house was spared by a couple of feet.
Newsflash, hurricanes destroy paper and computers, but gold and silver remain in tact.
in tact? I've never met a brash or cocky bullion.
Some times I get space bar h a pp y. . .
Wall Street, particularly 200 West st., Nothing a good Biblical Flood can't clean up?
That stuff's all in hurricane zone C. Lowest threat of significant damage to the banksters' offices.
Santa Monica is going to be beautiful this weekend in the 80s with a nice breeze! Come on over
Just more sand for NY's vagina.
Release the Kracken! On the FRNYB please...
A storm would be very Black Monday like - just different continent...
Sorry Tyler this one's going to pass well offshore. There will only be a "perfect storm" far out in the Atlantic.
I don't think so sailor
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/144711.shtml?5-daynl
Why am I all of a sudden rooting for the gubamnit?
A million(s) dead. Bullish?
Rally TIME!
Not going to happen. I am not feeling it, the storm is moving North-East cutting across Cuba and the Atlantic water temperatures are not high enough to sustain this storm.
My 1st thought too. But IF the size increases to say a 4 or 5, by the time it gets here, could still be big.
Last Cane got sheared by NC and VA.
But if i had to wager, not gonna happen.
I was about to write "clip Cape Hatteras" but, since that happened last year I thought the odds slim happening this year also.
Hitting Manhatten would be awesome!!! Especially since they cancelled the direct flight from my city to La Guardia and we have no direct flight to Atlantic City! WTF!
Since I can no longer go to Flushing to enjoy the hot pot; fuck 'em!
Nice. Maybe it'll help wash all the candy wrappers and assorted parade litter into the Hudson after the weekend.
Perhaps the best place to follow Sandy (next to ZH of course): http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/show.html
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The Northeast U.S. scenario
If Sandy makes landfall farther to the north near Maine and Nova Scotia, heavy rains will be the main threat, since the cold waters will weaken the storm significantly before landfall. The trees have fewer leaves farther to the north, which will reduce the amount of tree damage and power failures compared to a more southerly track. However, given that ocean temperatures along the Northeast U.S. coast are about 5°F above average, there will be an unusually large amount of water vapor available to make heavy rain. If the trough of low pressure approaching the East Coast taps into the large reservoir of cold air over Canada and pulls down a significant amount of Arctic air, the potential exists for the unusually moist air from Sandy to collide with this cold air from Canada and unleash the heaviest October rains ever recorded in the Northeast U.S., Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick. This Northeast U.S. scenario would probably cause damages near $100 million dollars.
The mid-Atlantic U.S. scenario
Landfall Monday along the mid-Atlantic coast on Monday, as predicted by the ECMWF and NOGAPS models, would likely be a billion-dollar disaster. In this scenario, Sandy would be able to bring sustained winds near hurricane force over a wide stretch of heavily populated coast, causing massive power outages, as trees still in leaf fall and take out power lines. Sandy is expected to have tropical storm-force winds that extend out more than 300 miles from the center, which will drive a much larger storm surge than its winds would ordinarily suggest. The full moon is on Monday, which means astronomical tides will be at their peak for the month, increasing potential storm surge flooding. Fresh water flooding from heavy rains would also be a huge concern. Given the ECMWF's consistent handling of Sandy, I believe this mid-Atlantic scenario has a higher probability of occurring than the Northeast U.S. scenario. However, it is likely that the models are overdoing the strength of Sandy at landfall. The models have trouble handling the transition from tropical storm to extratropical storm in these type of situations, and I expect that the 940 mb central pressure of Sandy predicted at landfall Monday in Delaware by the ECMWF model is substantially overdone.
Jeff Masters
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Jeff Masters is a moron who probably thinks Global Warming is responsible for this
The above might just be the most retarded post ever at ZH...
Masters does not believe Sandy is due to AGW.....
But he believes in AGW, which makes him a moron
I would say that him having a Ph.D. in (hurricane related) would make him emminently more qualified to have valid understanding of AGW than you....
You may opine that he is a moron, that is your right, however you only put your ignorance on display when you do....
The wonders of corporate media driven false equivalency wrt climate and everything else as well:
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/10/25-3
Billion dollar disaster? Why I think he means a billion dollar opportunity!
Won't someone think of the poor glaziers?
Whatever happened to weatherman Joe Bistardi who was the one that called hurricane Katrena early on as a hurricane of the century to hit New Orleans. Believe he was associated with weather center in Pennsylvania. Some weathermen are like stock analysts---they waffle, are inprecise and usually wrong
Never mind. Just googled Joe Bistardi. Apparently has his own firm now called Weatherbell serving clients on weather impact. However he has become quite controversial claiming CO2 does not cause global warming. Oh well
I'm dreading going to HD here in S Florida this afternoon.
Already got snowbirds ringing off the hook worried about the hyped storm.
Do not need the extra business.Piss off Sandy , and go north young lady.
Flush that toliet.
Cali is NOT nice this time of year, do not even think of coming here, there are gangbangers everywhere, the traffic is always really bad, there are no jobs, no one speaks english, not to mention the earthquakes, floods, fires, mudslides, riots, crime, radiation, corruption, police state, and finally, you can't find a decent pizza. Stay. The. Fuck. Away.
That should be in the Official Travel brochure!
Ant of ya'll remember the humongous billboard used to be on the Oregon border saying something like
"If You're from California, Go Home"
LOL
There was one in southern Washington, too, that said something like "Thanks For Visiting. Now Go Back Home!"
"KLAAAAAANG!" (Hits Max Fischer Civis Mundi over head w/shovel)
"Here's JOOOHHHNNNYYYY! Mother? Stop it Mother! Go away? Huh? Ok, mother, ok........
I feel both insulted and honored by your comment 0. Oddly, it don't matter.
Put no troth in waning or waxing moons, storms, black Mondays or heavenly tokens. Instead, put thy full troth in the Lord and His mains that be. This is an utterly bullish time. He that buyeth what's beloved of Him shall be spared. Buy His cheapings till the Kingdom come. There is a reckoning for all things, though no man understand it and it be spoken in naughts and ones, His tongue. These are the up-times, so take heart! The Lord will spare New York, if only for His street and His mains thereat. Furthermore, its indwellers have every rake to dance and sing His name, as His Bandish Back-up Bank is found there!
Oh for Christ's fucking sakes! Not ANOTHER loonie! Please, No! NO! NOOOOOOOOOOO!
Many blue states might enter election day black-and-blue from Sandy's wrath.
Please, God! Serve justice on the filthy scum that has raped the US economy for 200 years. Ten feet of water covering Manhatten would make me the happiest man on earth. And, I'm not a terrorist, muslim, or lunatic. I'm praying......
---We hear California is nice this time of year?
Knock that shit off, California is overdue for a large earthquake, don't jinx it!
... whereupon everything east of the San Andreas fault will slide into the Atlantic ocean, dude.
What California needs is drilling. Lots and lots of oil drilling, onshore and off.
Nobody likes a resource extraction colony with a big head.
Whatever you do don't watch this movie http://www.whyintheworldaretheyspraying.com/ Just can't be true, right?
Sandy, the fireworks are hailin' over Little Eden tonight.....
"We hear California is nice this time of year?"
That is definitely not the case. This stuff is not reported by the MSM but I have it on good authority that there are freaks, liberals, the 47% and zombies wandering the streets through a fog of chemtrails looking for illuminati.
Look elsewhere for your places to bunker down.
sincerely, the Galactic empire of light
Oooooh. Astrologically, with a Mars/Jupiter opposition during a full moon and Lunar Node conjunct Mercury, Sandy the Saint/Slut/Astrologer predicts communications chaos and an event that wreaks of "political/military cover". Hummm....
You know way too much....
Monday's full moon in taurus (values, monies) when set for NY time 3:49pm shows an 8th house sun/saturn opp. moon 2nd, with a watery pisces ascendant. . .
quickie analysis says restrictions on that which is valued/monies, including unexpected losses/betrayals, varied amongst the individuals of course, but overall, NY has some sneaky shit outed. . .
fingers crossed, eh Sandy. . . ~.~
Speaking of New York, any word on Donald Trump's "Bombshell News" about Obama that he was supposed to release yesterday?
A nothingburger....
And to think that asshat was considered a potential contender for the GOP....
A 5 large donation to charity of Barry's choice if he'll release his academic records. If he's running low on cash to repay that 15 large loan from BofA he might release the grades at midnight, Nov. 5th.
What's the difference between the last Perfect Storm and this one?
This one's in an election year.
Heckuva job, Sandy.
George Clooney is unavailable for the sequel?
Yo, here come the FEMA trucks!
not to even mention
that there is a little black spot on the sun today ....
http://www.spaceweather.com/
CHANCE OF FLARES: NOAA forecasters estimate a 60% chance of M-class solar flares and a 10% chance of X-flares during the next 24 hours. The most likely source of any eruption is big sunspot AR1598.
Maybe Bloomberg will just declare Storms "illegal" in the NYC area?
It seems to be his solution for everything else. I'm sure it'll work...like...totally.
I hear California is radioactive this time of year
C'mon grow a pair! Clean up your AO, get some food avoid the panic rush and RELAX!
Catastrophic direct hit on NYC...bring out ur dead! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbn8NqDIz3Y&feature=player_embedded
Re Is NY about to be hit by a Pefect Storm ?
If so, the inmates of that famous State Penitentiary just north of NYC will be Sing Sing... Singin' In The Rain...
I hope Jamie Dimon's house in the Hamptons ends up becoming a lake.
somebody's got to say it. "...You're headed right for the middle of the monster."
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/an-VBkM4tnmnhbbnn/the_perfect_storm_2000_trying_to_reach_andrea_gail/
I hope whoever did that map is not an Italian citizen.
There's only one way to protect ourselves from this hurricane. Extend the Bush taxcuts.
Now we get to watch all the reporters cover all the idiots getting 6 gallons of bread and 42 loaves of milk for french toast and DWS reruns.
Ya think Fukushima fish are toxic...
Wait until New Yorkers are fish chum.
All that German gold in those vaults way below street level - I mean, terrrible things could happen. Gold floats you know.
I wish everyone would stop HAARPING about this storm constantly....
We hear California is nice this time of year?
Not if you have a waterfront home potentially in the path of Sandy...
wicked
a direct hit on the Bernak would be nice