O/T Batten Down the Hatches

[kkkkandp]

Governor Christie declared that all barrier islands in New Jersey as well as Atlantic City are supposed to be evacuated by 4:00 PM today. My wife and I went down Friday night to close up our shore house (Long Beach Island) for the season and prep for Sandy. I don't think we are going to be anywhere near as lucky with Sandy as we were with Irene. We put all of the furniture on the first floor up on tables and benches in case the water gets into the house, but if the water level is on the high side of the 4 - 8 feet storm surge they are predicting, it won't matter. It'll all be trash anyway. Last model I saw had landfall on Monday almost directly over us. It is making me sick to my stomach all of the money we've invested in upgrading the house is now going to be like throwing it out the window. We were actually quite surprised at how little people were preparing for this storm. Only one place we saw was doing any boarding of windows, although the folks at one of the candy shops said they put a bunch of their candy on the second floor. For everyone else it was as if it was any other October weekend! Weird. I guess they weren't listening to the news!

And because this storm is cutting such a wide swath, we have identical issues with our house up north. I'm too old to deal with all this shit! : (

[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by kkkkandp

Governor Christie declared that all barrier islands in New Jersey as well as Atlantic City are supposed to be evacuated by 4:00 PM today. My wife and I went down Friday night to close up our shore house (Long Beach Island) for the season and prep for Sandy. I don't think we are going to be anywhere near as lucky with Sandy as we were with Irene. We put all of the furniture on the first floor up on tables and benches in case the water gets into the house, but if the water level is on the high side of the 4 - 8 feet storm surge they are predicting, it won't matter. It'll all be trash anyway. Last model I saw had landfall on Monday almost directly over us. It is making me sick to my stomach all of the money we've invested in upgrading the house is now going to be like throwing it out the window. We were actually quite surprised at how little people were preparing for this storm. Only one place we saw was doing any boarding of windows, although the folks at one of the candy shops said they put a bunch of their candy on the second floor. For everyone else it was as if it was any other October weekend! Weird. I guess they weren't listening to the news!

And because this storm is cutting such a wide swath, we have identical issues with our house up north. I'm too old to deal with all this shit! : (

Sorry Kevin that you have to go through all this. I have a house on Long Island and feel the same way- who needs this aggravation. Good luck with the storm.

[bbcarddan]

I`m in Mass and have moved my classic car to a safer location "I HOPE"! Plus making all the other preparations.

However this one thing could be "THE" most important safety precaution! Use a sniping service so you don`t lose an auction when the power goes out!

[kkkkandp]

However this one thing could be "THE" most important safety precaution! Use a sniping service so you don`t lose an auction when the power goes out!

Classic car; classic quote!

[mrvster]

Kevin.....

I hear ya.....im a stones throw away.....everyone was down the beach yesterday trying to catch some stripers in long beach island....luckily i got out thurs and crushed "em...

one good thing is think they will cancel jury duty for me monday

im right on the waterfront front and shitting a pickle

Barry...

Big ups to BRooklyn

Thanks Clayton, Chris, and all the rest texting/calling me....

YOU GUYS ROCK!!

[Ladder7]

Times like these give us the rare time to converse, at length to those that are closest to us. On the positive side, The waves at OBX are sensational.

[kdixon]

My wife and I were in Jamaica and left the day before Sandy hit so we were lucky.

[Big Six]

Just west of bridgeport...really hoping to avoid damage this year...Irene and Alfred kicked my a$$ last year and don't want to go through that again...Be safe everyone!!!

[martin neal]

Just drove down to Gloucester, Virginia from Charlottesville to check on my new boat, a 35 foot Cal Cruiser pilothouse (sailboat). I just sold a large part of my collection to a fellow board member and purchased this boat Thursday morning. On Thursday afternoon I was informed that I could not get insurance until the hurricane has passed by, even with USBOAT with whom the previous owner had her insurance with. So now, I am in McDonald's (free wifi) anxiously and hopefully waiting for the tide to drop (low tide around 2 pm. ) enough for me to make it to the marina. Right now there is over a foot and a half of water on the road and by high tide tonight, I imagine that most of those homes along the road will have two to three feet of water rearranging their furniture. Growing up on the outer banks of North Carolina, I have been thru a lot of nor'easters and hurricanes and this one feels a little different. There is a lot of water in front of this storm and and with the nearly nfull moon, this storm could be very destructive.

If the boat doesn't get destroyed, I will be sailing (moving) from here to St. Thomas on November 10th. I plan on being there for Christmas. Yee-Haw!!

Go Heels! 43-35 over N.C. State

[z28jd]

Johnny, that water right in your front yard has a pretty bad name, and some stories to go along with it. Don't want to give away your exact location, so we will leave it as an inside story

As for Kevin, they say if you put a Taylor Shaffer OJ on your front door, it will scare away any storm. Just go ahead and do that so you can sleep great and not worry about your house.

As for me, I live on 4.9 acres in west/central Jersey, approx 5.0 acres of it is covered with trees so good luck with that for me

Originally Posted by mrvster

Kevin.....

I hear ya.....im a stones throw away.....everyone was down the beach yesterday trying to catch some stripers in long beach island....luckily i got out thurs and crushed "em...

one good thing is think they will cancel jury duty for me monday

im right on the waterfront front and shitting a pickle

Barry...

Big ups to BRooklyn

Thanks Clayton, Chris, and all the rest texting/calling me....

YOU GUYS ROCK!!

[mrvster]

There you are!!!stopped by grandpa's the other day to say hi.....dude....im worried

call me if you can....

I'm putting my waders on.....

[mrvster]

all boat activity cancelled for a while

[AndyG09]

Stay safe, friends. Johnny V, keep those circus freaks dry!

Best,

Andy