Hurricane Sandy - Major Storm from VA to ME

[hikerboy57]

maybe the mayans were right?earthquake on the west coast, hurricane on the east coast. im keeping a close watch for raining frogs.
i have noticed an unusual amount of red tail hawks out today during the day.didnt see too many other birds, even the seabirds seem to have holed up somewhere.
weird indeed

[Wise Old Owl]

oh stop with the Mayans... please...

[ATBuddy]

Supposed to get 2+ feet of snow in Dolly Sods. Who's going?

[hikerboy57]

oh stop with the Mayans... please...

was it the incas?

[kayak karl]

cape may to barnegat are already reporting outages.

[Sarcasm the elf]

maybe the mayans were right?earthquake on the west coast, hurricane on the east coast. im keeping a close watch for raining frogs.
i have noticed an unusual amount of red tail hawks out today during the day.didnt see too many other birds, even the seabirds seem to have holed up somewhere.
weird indeed

Birds are always fun after a hurricane, my girlfriend's sister is an ornithologist and she loves to go out after a hurricane and see how many tropical species got pushed up to new England by the storm.

[HikerMom58]

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Just saw this posted on Facebook from Newfound Gap -GSMNP

[OutdoorsMan]

[Sarcasm the elf]

I intend to ride out this hurricane Gangnam Style!

[Mags]

Consider it a gift from those of us in Florida tired of hearing about fall hiking and snow camping while it's still Hurricane Season here.
Stock up folks, you can always use the stuff later for hiking.

Being serious, makes me realize how much weather is worse on the East Coast vs the West in general (high country can be bad..but that does no actually shut down a major metro area for days, or even weeks on end. :O).

Hurricanes, blizzards and flooding. Yowch...


The wild fires are bad here but are (somewhat) localized. Even the blizzards out here are not as bad as the ones back East IMO.

I worry about friends and family back East.


Hunker down, be safe and try to ride this out friends. I am checking the news out here in CO.....

[Iceaxe]

It was 77 degrees today here in Cali. Our weather is so seriously boring.
I am not kidding and not poking fun.. it is seriously boring having sunshine and blue skies all the time.

What is it they say: "those who know the storm, tire of the calm." something like that.

When I was on the AT it seemed like it rained every other day and more often than not there was lightning.

Here in the peoples republic of Cali the only time we see a flash of lightning is when someone rams his pickup truck into a power pole on the way home from the bar.

Still, we do get earthquakes and sometimes they can be big ones.

I think y'all out there in the East have it way worse with the hurricanes and tornados all the time than we do with the occasional large quake every other decade.

Actually i really miss the rain. Used to actually think we had a lot of rain out here.. until i hiked the AT.

It was quite strange to return on the plane and realize how brown and dry the west really is.

Stay safe out there everybody.

PS. both my sisters and their families live near Doylestown PA and I will be thinking of them and all of you out there during all this.

[Papa D]

I hate it too - I am sure this is going to impact a lot of people I feel for others that are not doing the required work.... I am not a prepper but we have plans in place and I am sure we will be OK.

I can't help being a "prepper" - what my wife refers to as "sports and rec" are the shelves in my basement with backpacking and climbing stuff. What is ALSO there are several military grade boxes with canned food, dehydrated food, about 10 gallons of camping fuel, batteries, headlamps and flashlights, my backpacking stoves, first aid kit, am/fm weather radio, a few bottles of booze, etc. I also have 3 @ 5-gallon carboys of water and about 15 gallons of gasoline in cans. I'm NOT a survivalist type (if the world comes to an end, the world comes to an end) but I am equipped to stay at home for a couple of months or travel a few hundred miles in the Subaru unsupported by others - - I think that's smart and I would guess that most backpackers are pretty much similarly equipped.

[jakedatc]

Yea Mags.. it just drives folks to do funny things.. like Winter NH48... Grid (48k in each month)... 100mph club (for Observatory folks)

enjoy your land of milk and honey :P

[Sarcasm the elf]

Yea Mags.. it just drives folks to do funny things.. like Winter NH48... Grid (48k in each month)... 100mph club (for Observatory folks)

enjoy your land of milk and honey :P

Coors light ain't no milk and honey

[Mags]

Yea Mags.. it just drives folks to do funny things.. like Winter NH48... Grid (48k in each month)... 100mph club (for Observatory folks)

enjoy your land of milk and honey :P

I do! The outdoor oppurtunities are much better here for sure IMO.



Being serious...remember, I grew up in RI. Got stuck there in 2005 when Logan was closed down due to too much snow AFTER the blizzard. No where to put all that snow from the runways...

Mom was happy anyway! Also made me realize how bad the weather is where I grew up compared to here. Egads!

ps 48k? 48000' wow..the mtns got bigger since I moved. :-P

re: Coors

To heck with Coors!
http://www.beerdrinkersguidetocolora.../breweries.php

In ten minutes walking there is Avery's and in five minutes there is Wild Woods.Even more in 10 minutes biking distance.

[Rick500]

Was planning on hitting the AT around Grayson Highlands late in the week... I guess we'll see how it plays out.

[Sarcasm the elf]

Was planning on hitting the AT around Grayson Highlands late in the week... I guess we'll see how it plays out.

Bring raingear.

[Rick500]

Won't have to worry about lack of water anyway.

If it's going to be miserable, I'll change destinations.

[kayak karl]

following the center: it hits shore at my ex-wife#1's house, down the road to my son's place, then to delaware shore my place and then to valley forge to see my dad. my sister in in petaluma having conniption fits

tied the kayak high to the tree.

they just closed all state parks and camp grounds.

[Mountain Mike]

At least you have an escape plan!