Below there are some links to where you can find the official info on Hurricane Henri, and some unofficial links that I like.
But first, De Blasio has noticed there is a hurricane taking aim at NYC. Nothing like waiting till the last minute. De Blasio declares NYC state of emergency over Hurricane Henri
I wonder how many city trains and vehicles have been moved to high ground. Have any sandbags been emplaced to combat the expected storm surge. The New York coast is expecting storm surge in the range of 3 to 5 feet, which is probably too high to fight with sandbags, though that will be right on the coast. Inland will be less. Nothing like the 15 feet, or more, Miami saw during Hurricane Andrew. Though a lot of it will depend on when high tide is, relative to when Henri makes landfall.
But de Blasio said the storm would “not affect” his pro-vaccination concert, scheduled for tonight in Central Park.
Hizzoner advised concertgoers to “go home right after,” however.
Becasue the show must go on, or something.
And I'm surprised that they are only calling for rainfall of 3 to 6 inches from a hurricane. That is the levels you see from just a bad storm in Florida. I've been in tropical storms that dumped more than 12 inches of rain in a 24 hour period. That is a lot of water.
If you want to follow along, the official site is the National Hurricane Center They have predictions, and status, and watch and warning areas and all that. Personally I perfer Mike's Weather Page, since it includes most of the stuff from the NHC (or links to the NHC) and some stuff they don't. And if you like the satellite images, those can be found at National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's GOES Image Viewer. The standard view for Henri is pretty good, and they offer all of the filters (Dvorak, etc.) There are a lot a acronyms. It is the .gov after all! Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Program (GOES) is run by NASA, but the data is all about weather.
I have also found that it is most helpful to find a local TV station, that is close enough to be nervous, but not in the direct path of the eye, and view their web footage. Some station in New Jersy, perhaps, will have gone to all Henri, all the time, because that is really the only news that matters to people that close to a Hurricane. There is The Weather Channel, but I haven't liked their coverage in a very long time.
Tonight is a full moon. Which means that the high tides will be higher than normal. This won't help things when the storm surge hits, if it hits during high tide.
ReplyDeleteMade my last minute storm preps today. Set up my "portable" generator, cleaned gutters and downspouts, brought in the porch furniture, filled a brand new 20 lb propane tank, filled buckets of water for flushing toilets (when the generator is off), topped off my truck fuel tank, and restocked on beer and wine. Just before the storm hits, I will round up my chickens and confine them to the coop, take down the flags, and bring in the bird feeders. Ready for the worst and hoping for the best.
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In my experience, tropical storms have been the worst rain events. One TS we had, Fay in '08 or '09, dropped more rain than we had in our two 2004 cat III hurricanes and another hurricane that just skimmed us combined. Parts of town had 24" of rain.
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