One of those Olivant cryptic messages, hmmmmm. Ya got me.

SO Philly, abandoning Margate? Wise move. My son-in-law owns the True Value store on Margate. They are boarding up Sunday. I'm in EHT on high ground , but I should be alright. We survived Irene OK, but ground water made my sump pump come on. My daughter and grandkids will be camping out at my house starting tomorrow. They live in Linwood; not on the barrier island, but in the lowlands.

Thursday I bought water and vodka. I'm making ice. Full tank of gas, lots of batteries, cash. This morning at 7am Shop Rite was full of folks; water, bread, ice. Who eats all that bread? French toast, right SC?

Mother Nature is one nasty bitch. I think she's pissed about all that carbon dioxide we're spitting into the ozone, or it's just the cycle of nature. Maybe its Obama's fault.

Good Luck everyone in the Northeast. Hey Geoff you're gonna take this one on the chin. Stand tough GF.

Marycas.please stay tough cause this one might be the one we didnt get last year! My house is a summer home that i own but had to go down to take all the outside furniture in. shut off the water,and clean the fridge out! As far as Olivant is concerned the our should have been are???

Are you guys all prepared and are you home? Snug as a bug in a rug? Is it rainy or windy or stormy at all yet?

Be safe.


TIS

im back home in south philly and you can feel the dampness in the air as theres a slight wind and around 60 degrees!

Went to three stores today, and nobody had D batteries. My husband went to buy some lumber to build a shelter for the chicken coop, and he said that people were sweeping flashlights off the shelves and into their carriages. How many do they think they'll need??? What are you going to do - carry six at a time??

My daughter works in the wireless kiosk at our local Costco. She was late for work because she couldn't find a parking space. She said the lines in the store were ridiculous.

I have plenty of Dewars and lots off water/ gona order a couple of pizzas in the afternoon and put them on the side so i have something to pick on of course after i have my raviolis and meatballs. Also have lots of homemade wine!

I don't get the people in the frozen food aisle. Power goes out, not only can't you heat it up, but it might even go bad anyway.

Walmart had no D batteries, either, for my radio, but my iPhone should suffice for local radio. I don't think they ever had 6v lantern batteries, but I should be good for a couple days there. Picked up 2 water bottles for my water cooler (I have 3 at a time, two were empty). Picked up a couple buckets just in case, and stuff to barricade the downstairs door in case water tries to come in (it did a couple years ago when I wasn't home, cuz the drain was clogged. I adjusted for that). Got some canned goods, BREAD (lol, American Cheese sandwiches!). Not milk, wtf? Been making ice. Plenty of booze. Old iPhone's charged via the new UPS battery backup (so that works). Cordless razor all charged up. New car charger in the car. Greenhouse canopy removed, and brought into the garage with everything else that could blow away. Grill moved to the side of the house, wedged behind a tree. Got the Steve Jobs book for $12 pre-owned on Amazon; 600 pages will last me a few months lol.

Anything I missed I'll run out for tomorrow like everyone else. But there shouldn't be anything important. Just that damn tree I'm worried mostly about!

Nothing yet, no wind, even some clear skies. I'll be going to church at 10:30. I'll pray for all your asses. I can do that in church, it's Ok....I think.

Correction: Wind is picking up (7:05 am)

All the computer models are coming into agreement about where the storm will make landfall. That spot appears to be near Toms River, New Jersey (no kidding, that's where Geoff is).

The Jersey shore is gonna take a particularly hard hit. This could be bigger than the infamous nor'easter of 1962 when the shore was decimated. Local tv is showing pictures of the area and the sea is really churning already.

My area (about 40 miles north) will be getting less rain but the winds should be pretty bad. It's already pretty breezy.

Stay safe all my friends!

The National Hurricane Center has just released a statement warning of "LIFE THREATENING" storm surges in NYC and Long Island.

Right now 57 and overcast. Winds at 15mph and no rain yet

NY Governor Cuomo is closing the City's subways as of 7:00 p.m. tonight. This VERY RARELY happens! City buses will stop running as of 9:00 p.m.

I hope the prediction of only 2-4" of rain for NYC is true. I can deal with the wind and power failures. I don't want to deal with water in my basement.

We're supposed to get slammed too. I have plenty of D batteries and a few 6 volt batteries. Flashlights and candles are fine for me; I always pass on the generators (and they are, of course, sold out everywhere).

Geoff is right about the frozen food. Stock up on that, which can be cooked on a gas grill. I'm getting ice ready too. I have a large cooler and a cambro that can stay cold for 5 days.

Like Lou, my concern is mostly on the rain. I escaped fine on the last storm, but my neighbor had $100,000 damage to his basement. I checked all the gutters and downpouts.

This is going to be crazy.

on top of all the booze that i stocked up on, i just threw together a huge batch of meatballs and now i'm starting a batch of marinara. once everything is done, you only have to heat it up as we have a gas stove and a grill so thats not much of a concern. when everyone else is eating shit, i will have a nice home cooked meal that will require very little effort to serve.

The current predicted track looks like Atlantic City is the bullseye.

We filled up jugs and pots with water, just in case flooding taints the drinking water. We also have extra ice in case things need to go in the cooler. I washed out empty quarts of half and half and used them and empty plastic containers to make big blocks of ice that will last if we lose power. We went everywhere to find D batteries, but no luck. My husband went out this morning and got bags of dirt in case we need to barricade our garage door from water as we did during Hurricane Floyd.

One year my company gave out flashlights that you crank to recharge, so we have a couple of those in addition to two regular ones and tons of candles.

My daughter, who goes to school in Manhattan, happened to be home this weekend. Her school is closed tomorrow, so we don't have to worry about getting her back. My other daughter commutes to school, and her college is closed Monday and Tuesday. This is going to be quite the weather event.

It started raining around 3 and its a cold rain! The winds are not to bad yet. One thing I did do is start drinking so if I lose power I probably won't give a shit!! Just kidding

7:09 pm. Just for reference, I'm 7 miles as the sea gull flies from the ocean; southwest of Atlantic City. It's been raining since 1 pm, moderate wind. Local weather is saying tomorrow am 65-75 mph wind, rain 5-10 inches. Atlantic City flood record is 9 ft above normal, they are predicting 9.5. Bad combination of Full Moon, High Tides, 8am/8pm Monday. Could exceed Nor'easter of 1962 as far as damage.

A.C. casinos shut down at 3pm. There are many low-lying areas in A.C. Roads will be flooded.

Just finished dinner. Daughter and grandkids are here. We're ready; batteries, water, food, ice, coolers, etc.

That's not good for my house in margate. I did just order 2 pizzas cause I don't mind eating cold or leftover pizza just in case. Stay safe Marycas and good luck!

In Margate the streets get flooded for a lot less

DC and Philly have also suspended service of their public transit systems, and DC has closed all government offices (both local & federal) tomorrow.

So has Philly, there will be no high speed lines, subway service , patco, or Amtrak service and bus service, from 1230 am Monday to Tuesday when conditions get better. All schools and colleges are closed till Wednesday

NY City subway shut down. The whole area is basically in shut down mode. Ride out the storm.

Why does he need a name card? (It's for Joe's benefit, right?)

Greetings from Massachusetts. Everywhere from Boston to Cape Cod is shut down or closed in preparation for the storm. I can hear the wind howling outside my window.

Really weird right now! Its not raining at all! Probably the calm before the storm!

getting hit hard in illinois

There'll be no trading on the Stock Exchange tomorrow.

local schools & businesses are closed tomorrow. My Son still has to go to work in the morning. We've had very little wind today just alot of rain so far.