Forecasters say this will be the biggest wind event in the North East Since

[malaise]

Sandy - 1,500 miles of coastline on watch. Seriously the Con is bad luck.

[soothsayer]

1. Oof, let's hope not

[jpak]

2. I remember Hurricane Donna as a kid in Maine

Lots of wind and rain

[malaise]

4. South and North Carolina will also have to contend with the tides associated with the

full moon - should hit them around midnight as a Cat 1 or very lose to it. But there are tornado worries for New York and Pennsylvania

[jpak]

19. Feeder band tornadoes

Unpredictable but usually short lived.

During Katrina I had to shut off my weather radio because they were everywhere and the warnings were too confusing

[Zoonart]

3. I was out of power for 6 days after Sandy.

I am in the Lower Hudson Valley of NYS and have been prepping all afternoon.
Getting more gas for the generator, cooking meals that can be eaten cold. I will be filling my bathtub for flush water and running the
extension cords. Not my first rodeo, but damn.

2020

[malaise]

5. Buy rock salt

Eggs stay fresh in rock salt

[Zoonart]

6. wow. great tip.

Thanks, Mal.

[underpants]

7. Hold it. What?

I’ve heard about salting meat but eggs?

I’ve got 60 lbs of rock salt in the garage. I’ve been using it as weights (lifting) during the pandemic.

[malaise]

9. Before refrigeration, our grandparents used to buy eggs cheap in summer

for all the Christmas baking - this is how they did it
How to Store Fresh Eggs
We store several dozen eggs each year, so require two coolers.
Put a layer of salt in the bottom of the cooler. Coat each egg with grease, then bury it in the salt. Add more salt, and more eggs day by day . . .
. . . until you have enough, or until your cooler is full.

[underpants]

26. Okay. I'm running this by my wife.

She’s a prepper supreme. No not guns but everything else

[Blue_true]

38. I understand the chemistry. But I had never heard of that until you mentioned it.

Coming from Florida, my parents never had an issue getting fresh eggs when I was young, family and friends always had hens laying eggs.

I believe that the grease and rock salt prevents oxygen and/or moisture of bacteria from reaching the eggs in sufficient quantity to cause spoilage, so the eggs stay pretty (but not perfectly) fresh for a long time, even without refrigeration (although I would guess that your grandparents kept the coolers in a cool, dry place).

[malaise]

40. Years ago we had a thread on DU with all the ways our grandparents and

great grandparents preserved all sorts of things. We even found a book on line with a lot of great stuff.

Your explanation makes sense

[marble falls]

23. Unwashed until use farm eggs last longer than storebought at room temperature.

[malaise]

25. Always

That's what they sell in local markets

[marble falls]

35. Well that's just another reason I envy you! I have to go far our of my way to get farm fresh ...

anything. And you've got Mangoes in your backyard!

[malaise]

39. This morning, one of our walking group brought a bag full of Bombay mangoes and passion fruit

straight from their yard. Bombay mangoes are divine.

[marble falls]

43. I live in the semi desert. We get tomatos in the spring and late Summer, beans, squash ...

Some greens.

[LaMouffette]

8. Whenever I see a weather map now . . .

I think back to "Sharpie-Gate." What a long, strange trip it's been.

[Totally Tunsie]

10. LOL - I was expecting your post title to read:

"Forecasters say this will be the biggest wind event in the North East Since...
tRump During His First Campaign"

[malaise]

11. You win the thread

[Totally Tunsie]

17. Thanks, malaise!

I always appreciate your humor!

[marble falls]

12. Don't worry Malaise, he's got the semi tractors loaded with skids of paper towels, fired up ...

and ready to go.

And he's got plenty of masks .....

FEMA Sends Faulty Protective Gear to Nursing Homes ...
[Search domain www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/health/coronavirus-nursing-homes-PPE.html] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/24/health/coronavirus-nursing-homes-PPE.html
Jul 24, 2020The controversy over inadequate protective equipment has come to embody what critics describe as a haphazard federal effort to protect the 1.5 million Americans who live in nursing homes.

States receive masks with dry rot, broken ventilators
[Search domain nypost.com/2020/04/04/states-receive-masks-with-dry-rot-broken-ventilators/] https://nypost.com/2020/04/04/states-receive-masks-with-dry-rot-broken-ventilators/
Apr 4, 2020Nearly 6,000 medical masks sent to Alabama had dry rot and a 2010 expiration date. More than 150 ventilators sent to Los Angeles were broken and had to be repaired.

There's pages of this stuff. He couldn't be this incompetent accidentally. He's going to pull off an Al Capone-ish ending - sitting around a pool in his "Home State" of Florida.

[malaise]

20. He really should resign

The king of all the low life MAGAts.

[marble falls]

24. Even if he was my favorite daughter's son, if he worked for me, I'd fire him.

[dixiegrrrrl]

27. It's not by accident.

The news for the past week has been talking about trump and Kush thought that the virus would only hit blue states, so they decided not to do anything helpful.
Seriously.
Kush was put in charge...of course...of the virus management, he actually got a bunch of his friends together and they all sat around and made plans on paper, and Kush ordered about 30-50 million in supplies from...get this...UAE
which were shipped to Saudi Arabia and then to WH...I dunno why.. or even what was actually shipped,
and UAE wanted its money for them but WH accounting said no because the paperwork wasn't correct

ANNNND
then that was the end of it. End of plan, end of doing anything.
I think Kush/trump were doing something sketchy about that shipment.

I have not heard anything yet about where the stealing all the PPE supplies from the states, and Canada came in.

But the thinking is that since a few brand new medical supply companies were opened, with a lot of inventory, for sale to the states.....

[marble falls]

33. And its blatent. Its like he thinks he was elected to swipe as much as he can for himself ...

like some sort of supermarket sweep gameshow. "Get ready Donald J. Trump of NY, NY ... and GO, You have eight years!"

He's mad because he can't steal for four more years.

[malaise]

41. That is murder most foul

These are monsters - imagine he wants to be reelected and thinks he deserves to win.

[ooky]

13. In Eastern NC

Current forecast is 78 mph wind gusts for my yard at 5:00 AM tomorrow morning. Been getting ready all day today.

[malaise]

21. Stay safe

bring those potted plants indoors and stay safe

[dixiegrrrrl]

47. That's a Cat. 1 in hurricane language.

Except Trop. storm winds tend to be straight, not circular.

Doesn't seem quite right that the same storm can hit me down here and be called a hurricane, but then hit you days later, at higher wind speed, and be called a storm.

In my hometown area, in the Pac. NW, huge windstorms happen a few times a year, usually from Nov. thru March.
Wind gusts of over a 100 are common.
thy don't get half the attention that even mild hurricanes get down here.

[ooky]

48. Cat. 1 and Tropical storms

are common here. We've been here 30 years and sat through so many I've lost count. It's rare we've gotten 100 mph winds. I've felt my two story house shake at 100 so I wouldn't want to see it push up much more over that.

[ecstatic]

14. I can't believe we're already in hurricane season. nt

[malaise]

16. It's really early this year

We're at I already and it's just August. The good news is at worst this will be Cat 1 - tornadoes should do more damage than the storm's wind. Coastal water should be the problem here.

[ooky]

30. It's moving through fast too, which is very good news.

We are expecting about 4 hours of the strongest winds and then it's out of here.

Our more recent hurricanes have been all day and multi-day grinders, so this seems like a luxury.

[malaise]

32. It picked up speed again

always good news

[OneBlueDotBama]

15. Pretty well a bust...

here in the Charleston, SC area. Rain all day, some wind, now gone. Great for those who feared it would hit tonight at high tide, @ 8:00 PM. Worried about Myrtle Beach area when she comes completely onshore.

The folks here have suffered enough from storms & flooding in the past few years. Few shelter beds available due to Covid.

[malaise]

18. Yep the worst will be late tonight - early tomorrow but even with high tide

it will be at most a Cat 1 - coastal flooding is the issue for South and North Carolina.

[OneBlueDotBama]

28. Farther north of Charleson SC, YES

The fear here in Charleston & the barrier island we inhabit just south of Charleston was storm surge, this evening's 8:00 PM full moon high tide, combined with the winds pushing everything upstream. The storm sped up and passed us before tonight's 8:00 PM high tide. We have one huge rain band that may sweep into our area, so downtown may flood, downtown Charleston has been flooding since forever, that's common. What's not common is rivers reversing due to storm surge and many of the areas of the SC low country having no place for the rain to drain.

[malaise]

29. Stay safe

[OneBlueDotBama]

31. Sun is semi shining....

I do worry about the folks in Georgetown, Myrtle Beach and everywhere north in the storm's path.

NWS... from 5:30

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Charleston SC
532 PM EDT Mon Aug 3 2020

.SYNOPSIS...
Isaias will move north into the upper South Carolina or lower
North Carolina coast late tonight. A stationary front will stall
out across the Southeast U.S mid to late week.

&&

.NEAR TERM /UNTIL 6 AM TUESDAY MORNING/...
Late this afternoon: The center of Isaias has progressed north-
northeastward and is now in the outer portions of our South
Carolina waters. There has been a very sharp gradient for
rainfall, with areas across southeast Georgia being almost
totally dry. The edge of the rain has basically been the
Charleston Tri-County region. Currently, radar shows that a very
intense band near the west and northwest edge of the center
that is attempting to rotate into the Charleston County coast
and potentially into the Downtown Charleston area. It is this
band that could cause flooding issues around the area as we head
into high tide. Departures at the Charleston Harbor tide gauge
have been quite variable so it is unclear what the tide level
will peak at. We are starting to see some minor flooding issues
in the Downtown Charleston area and this will only worsen if the
band gets in there. Winds for land areas away from the
immediate coast will only see Tropical Storm force gusts. The
Tropical Storm Warning has been dropped for the Georgia coast,
but remains for the South Carolina coast. We also dropped the
warning for Dorchester County and the Wind Advisory further
inland. The Flash Flood Watch has been trimmed to now only
include Charleston and Berkeley counties, accounting for where
the rain has fallen so far today and where the offshore band
could still impact.

The good news is that Isaias will continue to accelerate and
the shield of precipitation will move out of the area by late
this evening. Conditions through the rest of the night should be
quiet and mostly rain free.

[malaise]

34. That's great news

It was also much less than expected in Florida

[ProfessorGAC]

22. Just Saw That On CNN

65mph winds in Philadelphia, 70+ in NYC, 60mph in DC & Baltimore.
For up to 2 days, with 4-10 inches of rain.
It's going to collide with the cold front we have in the Midwest right now.
Cold, heavy air hitting warmer very moist air, already cycloning.
Could be brutal.

[Baclava]

36. Up to a hurricane again, 75mph, new advisory, snap crackle pop, watch out for falling tree limbs!

[spanone]

37. my mom used to live in Morehead City, NC

Every year once or twice she’d head inland
to Nashville
Miss her🙁

[malaise]

42. I can imagine

I was sharing some of my mom's recipes with a sibling and we both made the same comment about her beautiful penmanship.
I kept all her letters to me so I still have those.

[spanone]

46. My mom had really good penmanship too.

...🖌📫

[Baclava]

44. Looks like landfall will be near Myrtle Beach, SC as a Cat 1, pretty soon, up to 85mph

NNE @ 18mph, its zooming along now

[malaise]

45. Amazing how quickly it's moving now

it slowed down from 23mph to 9mph and now it's moving quickly again 16mph.

[Baclava]

49. Gonna be hundreds of thousands with no power, in the dark, a long night in the heat, miserable

150,000 with power out already in SC, NC

Crews wont go out to fix until the wind stops, tomorrow if you are lucky

[Sogo]

50. When I clicked on your thread title, I honestly expected to see a picture

of Trump at a rally.

[Totally Tunsie]

51. Good news for us in RI.

Storm is forecast to go the WEST of us, which is unusual, and will be at its worse during low tide.

I'm sure glad my son and his family just moved from the Charleston area! Even though they're in far-away Sweden, at least they're dry.

[malaise]

52. Well he won't face hurricanes in Sweden

Glad it's not coming your way

[Baclava]

53. Tornado warnings up all over NE, one killed in tornado in NC last night, home obliterated

People forget even Cat 1s can spawn tornado outbreaks, worse in the middle of the night with no poweer

[malaise]

54. That was my worry

Sad

[Baclava]

55. Update: At least 2 dead, 2 children missing after tornado touches down

https://www.wavy.com/news/local-news/isaias-live-updates-tornado-warnings-power-outages-as-tropical-storm-heads-into-hampton-roads/

[malaise]

56. Damn and that's in the middle of this pandemic