Prayers for my fellow East-Coasters

[mznb1u]

Hang in there and be safe!  Looks like it is going to be a helluva storm.  We are already experiencing high, gusty winds in Michigan and we are pretty far from the action.

  Tim

[flippa]

It has been real windy with large gusts, but not much rain in the Boston, MA area. 

I have been working in my home office.  I am surrounded by woods and have been listening to trees & limbs fall all day long.  At least half a dozen have come down right in back of my property.  Thankfully I had several very large Oak trees removed over the past few years; they were huge & could have fallen on my house or garage in such a storm.  I am keeping my eye on a few big ones that are out on my street.  Hopefully they stay intact and do not take out our power lines.

Hope you guys down south of us stay safe.

[jholmgren]

Here in York, PA it's raining sideways - wind gusts are really picking up as the afternoon progresses. 

One short brownout this afternoon, no power loss yet.  We should be all set - I have everything short of a generator.  Bottled water, portable stove, laterns canned food. Everything battery powered is fully charged. 

Hatches battened down, chin strap buckled.   

[90grad]

Well, the Lord certainly watched over us.  We live in the woods and even though there were 50+ mph winds, we lost no trees.  Power never even flickered.  I pray for those in other areas who are struggling with water, power, etc.  All the prayers to you guys.

[jholmgren]

We kept power here in south-central PA as well.  So far it looks like minimal damage in my area, our main office in downtown Baltimore stayed 'on the grid' as well. 

It was a long night as we enacted our DR plan, I'm operating on about 2 (non-consecutive) hours of sleep, but in the end it was worth it to find the small 'gotchas' in our plan and be able to work through them. 

I know there are a few IT folks on this site - hopefully your infrastructure was not badly affected.   DR planning is a major PITA, but it is a big weight off your shoulders when you actually get into an emergency situation and you can pull out a document and go step-by-step down your task list in front of your executives and C-level bosses without scrambling like crazy.

Jim

[tkaz]

Lost power at 4pm yesterday, still down.  8" limb missed my Nova by about a foot last night, I heard it fall and spent the night figuring it was through the car.  Next door neighbor lost a large oak across the front yard again missing everything.  Overall lucky

[halehouse]

I'm not far from Tom (tkaz) and we actually fared pretty well. We have woods and many large trees up the hill behind our house. While the winds got strong, I don't even see any branches down in the immediate neighborhood. The lights dimmed a couple of times, but that's about it. I thought the storm was going to be a lot worse than it seemed.

[TomFromJersey]

Fared through everything well here in Central New Jersey. There were some brown outs last night but nothing substantial. Our shore area was absolutely devastated though.
   TFJ

[jholmgren]

Dan - it really has been an odd storm.  It seems to have really pounded the NJ coast (Atlantic City is under 3-5 feet of water) and it really thumped NYC.  It  is also dumping upwards of 3 feet of snow into West Virginia.  

Meanwhile PA/MD/VA which are in the center of the storm seem to have had only heavy rain and moderate wind gusts.   I've seen worse during occasional thunderstorms here in PA.   I think those of use in the northeast that were not badly affected were really very fortunate and my thoughts go out to those of you on the eastern coasts.

[Jim]

Glad to hear everyone is doing well in the wake of "Sandy" ! ! !