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hope it loses its intensity

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I predict a non-event.

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Be interesting to see how it affects the election. It's emerged Romney wanted to close FEMA and give the money to the states and Obama has a chance to look like a President but if it causes a lot of damage then who knows.

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I wouldn't want to be a weather man over there if this does turn out to be a non event because according to the NY taxi driver on sky news this morning they will get tarred and feathered unless it's at least a cat4-5 :D

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They'll probably be happy not to be in Italy where I imagine they would go to jail for the money lost in shutting down the city. :erm:

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Has it risen above "British Summer" intensity yet? ;)

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Hope this does turn out to be a big non event as the potential damage and loss of life doesn't bear thinking about my thoughts are with the yanks for the next couple of days hope they get by without anything major. As for the election if it does do a lot of damage obama will make or break his presidency on how he responds to it and how he gets the numerous federal agencys to respond another new orleans and he is sunk.

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Not for the 14 people on the HMS Bounty (2 still missing)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/20124128

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It's not a non-event but it may not be as bad as it could have been as the storm is now moving faster...

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i've been fishing in worse ;)

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OK, it's a bit worse than a non-event.............................

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I've updated the thread title given the seriousness of the storm, and also in a slightly geeky way because it's not a tropical storm any more, it can't be classed as a hurricane. Technically it's a post-tropical cyclone, but I've decided to go with the headline writers on this one.

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Thankfully my niece and her son have survived.They lost power but they are intact.I just hope the death toll doesn't prove to be higher.:erm:

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This Storm formed 10 days ago and hit Cuba, killing 40 or more people - In the US the Death toll is currently around 16, 50 homes are on fire in Queens, New York and one woman in Canada has been killed by flying Debris.

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Not looking like much of a non event...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20133158

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With the election a week away....will they have to suspend the vote? Will Obama get the blame?

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A sensationalist damp squid.

After shovelling out mud and less pleasant stuff from a friend's place in Devon, and seeing on her ground floor walls exactly how far the water rose into her house, I will be diplomatic and congratulate the State of New York for their forward-planning.

Can I go home now? :D

To balance my comments: a good friend in WPB Florida was in fear of his life a few years back. The year before 'Catrina' I think. He 'hunkered down' and still breates in and out :) My neice and partner sheltered in their hotel bathroom during Catrina's rage. They still breathe in and out too.

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"Damp squid"?

Not sure I agree, Caff, what with nearly 6 million homes being without power (half a million in Manhattan alone), a million people being ordered to evacuate their homes (375,000 in Lower Manhattan), 15 dead, and schools, businesses, and public transport being shut down in multiple states, 14,000 flights cancelled, and a large tanker being washed up on a street in Staten Island......

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When one sees New York road tunnels and subways flooded I don't think you can say it was a nothing event Caff.At the present time 17 people have died.

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Some eery looking photos

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20138994

Hardly looks like a damp squib.

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All that salty water's going to cause major problems of corrosion in any electrical and other metal equipment and plant exposed to it I'd have thought.

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A damp squid would be a very happy creature. Indeed, a dry squid would be a very dead creature.

I suspect she meant "damp squib" ... as in a firework that won't fire. :D

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There is a squid involved?!

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Anyway damp squid makes sense, it's not important because the squid is already damp? You see?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...KVY-_i2c#t=65s

Any news on G-BOAD Concorde?

It was sat on a fixed barge uncovered on the coast, hoping its not been written off by the damage, the space shuttle got damaged and that was under cover.

With those big delta wings things like kite and if it gets written off its in replaceable.

Those 17 that died is a tragedy, but I don't understand how? Other than them being stupid surely?

There was enough warning and even the government officials were tellin people get out staying would be stupid.

Pictures coming in slowly now of the devastation and it doesn't look good at all the tunnels are all flooded
And as said salt water won't do anything any good.

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My niece says her power supplier can't get them up and running until the 5th Nov.Seems like it might be quite serious.:erm:

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20121635

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Yes a big one, apparently Godzilla is making an appearance later to do battle:D

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I don;t think being hit by flying debris or falling trees is particularly indicative of levels of intelligence....



The deaths include (from the BBC website)

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:D
"squid" or "squib" - I've been getting the term wrong for years!

Anyhow - it still doesn't seem to me to be of the rank of 'super-storm'.

I'll await updates.

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Looks dreadful on the TV today. What a mess to clean up & restore back to normal.

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Troll much? :rolleyes:

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Actually no.Caff is not a troll.They are a regular CF member who has a right to their opinion. :)

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Thanks for that explanation. :tu:

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Fair enough.... on this occasion it's still trolling. ;)

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I thought a squib was a type of explosive.

This goes to prove how powerful mother nature is.

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I know that this storm was terribly inconvenient for the US.

However, does anyone remember that before it hit the good old US of A that it has actually killed 60 odd people and damaged at least 17,000 homes In Cuba and Haiti ?

I know they're poor and insignificant, so who cares ?

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Also they are not American and thus it's less likely to be a story. People relate to people from similar cultures and experiences, it's just the way it is. It's also not new, death occurs on a massive scale daily in Africa and beyond and we don't cover that too much either.

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didnt you post its an non event?

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No, I predicted a non- event, which so often happens.

I also posted that I had got it wrong, I take it you didn't see that one.

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ah and no. i tuned out after reading the off topic crap.

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It seems even a lot of Republicans are talking in hushed tones of global warming now and that these freak weather patterns are becoming more common place.

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Link please.

On the personal side, family in upstate New York are all fine - thankfully, have some damage to properties but we are sending crews up to sort that out. No tenants injured,which is the main thing. :) Was going to post in happy thread but saw this, so linked two together .

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thank you,will read it later

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Just read it. I guess you put what ever spin fits your agenda :erm:
Headline.
"Bloomberg and Cuomo agree -----sign of climate change."


Off topic:- sorry did you notice poll article at side.

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Seriously? - when the article states Why would he be a chair of a group committed slowing climate change if he didn't believe in it?

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Blame the lack of reporting of events in Cuba and Haiti on our media not the American people who're now suffering.

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The Climate is for ever changing, what we do about the effects it brings & so called man made emissions are two different things.


energy.cr.usgs.gov/coal_poster/cretcoals/global.html

epa.gov/climatechange/science/causes.html

nature.com/nature/journal/v484/n7392/full/nature10929.html

dailymail.co.uk/.../Tree-ring-study-proves-climate-WARMER-

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Nah,don't you know that Americans must be mocked and made fun of at all times? ;) Always funny to see people's inferiority complex towards the US in full swing.

Let's hope Haiti,Cuba and the US can sort this mess as quickly as possible.

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I wouldn't call a hurricane a freak weather system.

There are several every year and have been since records began.

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The power and location of the storm is what is a 'freak' occurrence. The east coast doesn't usually experience storms of that size, part of the reason it's so damaging.

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ive just come across this.

according to the link/info above it is a hurricane :confused:

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RUN!!!!! A shark in a man's front yard in New Jersey....

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:LOL:

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It was classed as a hurricane but it didn't have the wind speed (74mph) to maintain the status of hurricane when it made landfall

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wasnt it peaking at 90mph on land?

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I always thought America was full of 'sharks'... lol

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My bro-in-law's garden in NJ - trees have fallen over and taken out the power lines. No phone or electricity.

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...5&d=1351708680
http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/at...6&d=1351708842

He had been stuck in Pennsylvania for two days due to the weather.

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The most amazing thing about this entire storm is that New York and other counties, nearly everything is coming back to normal - the subway is 80% back to normal. and they were totally flooded.

Just think in the UK it would take months for services to be back to normal and it been less than a week. I was watching Sky news this morning, and l could not believe that l was watching the same thing.

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I don't think its that high, they were only opening a few tunnels today and many are still full of water and also the stations pretty damaged by the salt water.

They are no where near, almost back to normal.

The shark in the garden photo is totally photoshopped! Not realy at all.

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Looks like the storm has helped Obama and brought climate change back to the fore of an election where it hasn't figured at all: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-1...ted-boost.html

I suspect climate change won't be treated as dismissively in future Republican campaigns whatever happens Tuesday.

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A bit of levity....

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/...2012/11/48.jpg

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:D It'd be funnier if it didn't ring so true... ;)


Meantime back in the US where Arfur reckons all is almost back to normal:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20189083

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I reckon the storm was engineered by Obama's aides - so close to an election it's bound to serve his cause. ;)

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Yup. Things are looking better for him at the moment (although they were never that dire really), his advantage is that he really does look and act like a President when he needs too.

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Just for Arfur, this is how close to 'back to normal' they are: :rolleyes:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-20199672

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My in-laws just got back from NY today (Queen Mary 2) it was the last boat out last Sunday. They said that at the hotel they stayed in gave them a hurricane list of items they should buy, food, water, torch, batteries & the like, this was Friday. The ship was told to depart at 4.30pm (scheduled for 6pm) if not it was staying. Winds of 80mph+ & seas to match.

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My bro-in-law is in mid-state NJ, and they only got petrol delivered yesterday (and that ran out after four hours - he queued for over an hour to fill his tank).

A lot of the shops are still shut (no power and/or stocks).