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In reply to the discussion: Weekend Economists Batten Down the Hatches October 26-28, 2012 [View all]xchrom
(108,903 posts)25. Widespread U.S. Power Outages Possible When Storm Arrives
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-26/widespread-power-outages-likely-as-sandy-slams-into-east.html
The superstorm expected to develop from Tropical Storm Sandy probably will cut power to millions of people for a week, ground airplanes and may bring a tidal surge and rain that combine to flood coastal areas.
The system, dubbed Frankenstorm by the National Weather Service, will grow out of Sandy and two other storms rushing eastward across the U.S., said Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. As many as 43 people were killed when Sandy crossed the Caribbean at hurricane strength, the Associated Press reported. Sandy weakened to tropical-storm force today.
The National Guard and Air Force put as many as 45,000 personnel in seven states on alert for possible duty in response to the storm, according to George Little, a spokesman for the Defense Department in Washington.
Because of the large size of the system and the slow motion, its going to be a long-lasting event, two to three days of impacts for a lot of people, said James Franklin, branch chief at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The kinds of things we are looking at ultimately would be wind damage, widespread power outages, heavy rainfall, inland flooding and again, somebody is going to get a significant surge event out of this.
The superstorm expected to develop from Tropical Storm Sandy probably will cut power to millions of people for a week, ground airplanes and may bring a tidal surge and rain that combine to flood coastal areas.
The system, dubbed Frankenstorm by the National Weather Service, will grow out of Sandy and two other storms rushing eastward across the U.S., said Tom Kines, a senior meteorologist at AccuWeather Inc. in State College, Pennsylvania. As many as 43 people were killed when Sandy crossed the Caribbean at hurricane strength, the Associated Press reported. Sandy weakened to tropical-storm force today.
The National Guard and Air Force put as many as 45,000 personnel in seven states on alert for possible duty in response to the storm, according to George Little, a spokesman for the Defense Department in Washington.
Because of the large size of the system and the slow motion, its going to be a long-lasting event, two to three days of impacts for a lot of people, said James Franklin, branch chief at the National Hurricane Center in Miami. The kinds of things we are looking at ultimately would be wind damage, widespread power outages, heavy rainfall, inland flooding and again, somebody is going to get a significant surge event out of this.
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