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I just moved to the area and yeah I'm worried. If I knew how NYSEG responds to power outages and how quickly things get back online, then maybe not so much. But it is a hurricane. Sure it may only tropical storm once it gets here, but I was in Fran and Eduardo several years ago. Didn't really want to go through one again!
Absolutely not. The media is over-hyping this storm to a degree I have never seen in Rochester. We're going to get some stiff winds upwards of 40mph and some heavy rain, but this by no means is going to affect us on the scale that the media is making everyone think. This is just the Rochester media showing how bored they are and suckling off the tit of something that will make barely a dent in our daily lives. It's sickening.
No, we'll get some wind and some rain. Some power outages in a few places but nothing major. People have been buying into the media hype with wegmans being sold out of water. Pathetic.
When I see my friends in NYC having to be evacuated it's kinda hard to worry here.
Absolutely not. The media is over-hyping this storm to a degree I have never seen in Rochester. We're going to get some stiff winds upwards of 40mph and some heavy rain, but this by no means is going to affect us on the scale that the media is making everyone think. This is just the Rochester media showing how bored they are and suckling off the tit of something that will make barely a dent in our daily lives. It's sickening.
Well, I dont have cable so I don't have access to the local news channels. My info is coming from the Weather Channel's website. I'm basing my worries off of past storms, the unpredictability of Mother Nature, being in 2 hurricanes, and that my house is surrounded by trees.
Rochester is too far inland for this storm to be anything more than an annoying inconvenience here. Yeah it'll be nasty out over the next couple of days, we might have some branches fall and there could be some isolated flooding. I usually work from home anyways so I'm basically planning to stay inside with some coffee and watch the trees blow in the wind.
I lived through Hurricane Fran in Raleigh, NC in 1996....now THAT was a disaster. It struck the coast of NC as a major category 3 hurricane and was still a Cat 2 when it went over Raleigh. Spun dozens of tornadoes, widespread flooding (8 feet of water in the major Crabtree Valley shopping mall) and an INSANE amount of downed trees...we lost every tree in our backyard.
Sandy will be absolutely nothing like that when it passes over Rochester.
We live in the mid-Atlantic and are getting pounded right now..... They still haven't cxl'd schools here for tomorrow yet ( I am sure they will soon) , but my point is that there is NO reason why achools should be closing already in Rochester for this storm. It will no longer be a hurricane when it reaches the area.
I hope everyone is safe of course, but our relatives and the media there are turning this into a huge,megamonster storm there and we are 70 miles from where Sandy came ashore in Jersey and we aren't even playing it up like our friends are doing on FB and emails back there.
I agree....this storm is mostly media hype. They like to do that. First major winter storm will probably get another cutesy nickname too (remember the past few years we've had "Snowpocalypse" and "snowmageddon".) It's all for the ratings. The storm is gonna be a pretty serious issue for the Jersey Shore (watch out Snooki!) and little more than a crappy weather day everywhere else.
Well, I've already lost power for a few hours this evening. Road closures around me....not flooded so I don't know why they were closed. Power came back on a little while ago, but it's been flickering like mad. You could actually hear the electricity earlier when it went out. Creepy!
I think the main reason schools are being closed is because of the large amount of walkers we have in the surrounding districts, especially the RCSD. There is no reason for any district in the mid-Atlantic to not be closed yet due to the same concerns.
Anyways, I went to Durand tonight with my buddy who wanted to try some surfing. I'd say the waves were 3-4' maybe a few select rollers hitting 6-7' at the very most. This insane 20' estimate they've been tossing around in the media is embarrassing when you consider what the ocean side communities are facing. I highly doubt anything we're going to see is going to top 10' at the very most.
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