[Lincolnian]

Originally Posted by gtmo

I'm in Granby and trees are starting to come down in my neighborhood.

In North Granby. Power went out 15 minutes ago followed by exploding transformer sound 1 minute later.

[Poseidon3290]

I was down at the coast earlier, now I'm inland just a mile or two but at 450 ft elevation..

[RockNRollRocks]

Lincolnian, I hate that for ya... which is why we are charging up all our mobile devices now as we type.... I sure hope that CL&P gets things fixed quicker than they did LAST year!
I called them several times over a tree limb that's hanging over the power line on our street, even called the police dept. and NO ONE has done NADA about it either! Ugh....
btw, do you mind me asking... are you on a mobile phone typing this message or can you get online with a laptop when power's out?

[ctwhitechin]

So far so good in Glastonbury I am very surprised even several sites I look at seem to have it mellowing out after 8 pm with winds getting less by the hour? Is that possible?

Latest report is that sandy moving quicker to shore in s. Jersey, hence once it hits land it has to lose a little power....let's hope this stays this way.....I do feel really bad for those on the CT shore

[Cambium]

[RockNRollRocks]

Are you serious Ctwhite? That central Ct won't be slammed by Sandy?
Well, that's a great thing! Seeing as how much devastation that Hurricane Irene did to the area of central Connecticut last year.. I really don't think the locals can afford much more damage to their properties honestly.

Think too, how many people were out of work, last year, from that storm taking down so many power lines!

I really think we need to start considering getting the Underground Power Lines in many parts of Connecticut. Especially when you consider how many large heavy trees are in the county of Hartford!
They saw that Connecticut is one of the most wooded areas in the country!

Is this really true? No wonder we've got so many deers in our state....

[7 Wishes]

Turns out that "flicker" was a fluke and nothing since....

From what I'm seeing on TV, some things different than originally predicted, some good, some bad:

1) Moving into NJ a lot faster than expected, some predicting landfall as early as 4:30pm

2) But looks like a landfall right over Atlantic City, which is already mostly underwater. And stronger and strengthening, might even landfall as a minimal Cat 2.

3) But supposedly, did not completely "hybridize" and is mostly still just "hurricane", so (as someone else said they heard on TV) it might weaken faster than expected after that (combined with the speed).

[RockNRollRocks]

Wow, Cambium, that looks bad, that thing is huge! Like half the size of the East Coast! ugh.... oh, well, maybe it's good I didn't get my bills paid yet... lol... Crap!

[7express]

Wind picking up here in Trumbull. Don't think anything more then 35 or 40, but the trees are definitely wobbling around. We'll lose a couple probably if it gets above 50; hopefully it stays around 35-40.

[RockNRollRocks]

ATL city is mostly under water now??? Whoa.....