I was wondering if any of you were hit by Hurricane Sandy or tropical storm depending of where you live? Some parts of New Jersey and New York were flooded really bad and I was hoping our members who live there and other people are ok.

In my case I live at the very end of the storm trajectory (Quebec St Laurent valley), meaning it will dissipate over us at the end of the week. However due to a cold front combined with how huge the storm is, we started feeling its effects Sunday and will do so until tomorrow night. Nothing bad happened here so far, though (wind gusts peaked at 60 mph tonight, the ferry area went very close to being flooded and we barely got any rain), although today I was concerned about how much the cold fronts would inflate the storm effects. Now rain has started but the cold front pushed most of the heavy rain to the west and the winds are already slowly starting to weaken, so unless they pick up again tomorrow afternoon, I doubt there will be any signifiant damage. Irene last year and the March 8-9th snowstorm were far scarier over here than Sandy is (last year power went out for 2 hours and Juju lost it for a day, in addition to his street getting flooded), but I saw pics and videos of the storm in New York and I feel bad for anyone affected.

Any of you got hit bad?

Our location always feels the cold and the rain but nothing hazardous

Yeah, my district's main street is next to a river where I live, so whenever there's a huge storm some basements get flooded. Last year was especially bad with Irene, several people got flooded, there was water until the yellow line of the street at one point and half the people got the phone and TV cut. Fortunately, I was at the other side of the road, so it would need a monster hurricane like there is in the southern states to get me. But it never happen in QC.

By tomorrow, the storm is projected to pass directly over where I live and stay for a while. It'll just be a "tropical" storm , though, by then. All the schools in our area have been canceled (I imagine all the schools in the county and possibly all of Western New York).

Nothing here at all. I'm on the east coast but far enough south that it hasn't affected me.

Yeah, I live about 90 miles south-east of Buffalo and it looks rather normal outside and about the snow, I said the same thing, almost. I was hoping for a bunch of snow because then there would be something to do after the storm (like sledding and whatnot). With rain, all you have is mud and puddles :[

haha, that is true I've never done that, but my brother loves it! We have Alfred University and Alfred State campus on either side, here. The A-State kids are more from rural areas around here and the AU kids come from everywhere. Guess which ones will be having fun in the mud?

Our location always feels the cold and the rain but nothing hazardous

Actually over here when Sandy hit it became much warmer than normal for this time of the year. During night it's supposed to be around 30F, yet last night it was like 50F.

As of now it's still kinda windy here but less than last night (although more than last afternoon). There were barely any damage apparently because most trees had no leaves, meaning it was much harder for the wind to push them.

Quote from: Xeda112358 on October 30, 2012, 12:30:43 pm

With rain, all you have is mud and puddles :[

   

well if you live a redneck town like me you take a pickup truck or anything with wheels for that matter, find a field  and go mudding!

Or if your street is flooded you can street-surf