Global warming Nor'easter kills seven, cuts power to 300,000
Leroy N. Soetoro
(CNN) -- Authorities have linked seven deaths to the nor'easter
affecting the Eastern Seaboard, and more than 300,000 customers remained
without power Monday in the Northeast after rain and fierce winds.
Hurricane-force winds over the weekend toppled trees, taking power lines
with them. Five of the weekend's deaths were caused by falling trees,
authorities said.
Two people died in New Jersey; authorities from Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Connecticut, West Virginia and New York each said they had
one storm-related death.
Heavy rain also caused flooding across the region.
Flood warnings were in effect from northern Virginia to southern New
Hampshire, the National Weather Service said.
The city of Alexandria, along the Potomac River across from Washington,
distributed nearly 800 sandbags to those in low-lying areas that
typically are first to see high water. A coffee shop there experienced
minor flooding, said Alexandria official Rich Baier.
Some coastal areas have received more than 6 inches of rain since
Saturday, according to the National Weather Service.
Con Edison said that more than 86,000 customers were without power
Monday in New York City and Westchester County, New York, while the Long
Island Power Authority said that 64,437 customers were in the dark. In
New Jersey, about 100,000 were without power. Flooding caused 2,000
customers in New Jersey to lose their gas service, PSEG said.
Connecticut Light and Power said that about 56,000 customers also had no
power Monday. And in Pennsylvania, utility companies had restored power
to a majority of residents, but the outage still affected more than
5,000.
"The ground is so wet from all the snow we've had this winter, it's
helping the trees to topple over as well as our utility poles," said
Long Island Power Authority President and CEO Kevin Law. "The conditions
are still too terrible to get crews out there."
Some customers probably will go without power for a few days, Law said.
The outages were due mostly to power lines downed by Saturday's winds,
which knocked over trees and utility polls. Wind speeds reached 75 mph
at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport -- as strong as a
Category 1 hurricane -- and 72 mph in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
In Connecticut, the lingering effects of wind and rain from the weekend
were apparent just by looking at the streets, according to J.P.
McNamara, an iReporter in Fairfield, along the coast.
"The beach area of Fairfield experienced high tides that flooded streets
with ... water and sand on Saturday night," McNamara said Monday. "Many
roads are still blocked off because of fallen trees and limbs, and it
seems that this occurrence is widespread."
James Durosier, an iReporter from Rahway, New Jersey, said the storm's
aftermath reminded him of a scene from an action movie.
"The way the whole scene looked was just incredible," Durosier said
Sunday of the damage in the area. "Power lines were hanging, street
signs knocked down, and it was very quiet."
Brian DeNicola of Sayreville, New Jersey, said he has opened his home to
three friends who don't have any power or hot water to shower. He said
he lost electricity for about an hour Saturday evening and had to use a
vacuum to relieve his basement of flooding.
DeNicola said he's eager for spring's arrival Saturday.
"Oh, thank God, it's almost here," he said. "We're ready. We've had it
with this stuff."
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Kickin' Ass and Takin' Names
<leroys...@usurper.org> wrote:
>http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/weather/03/15/severe.weather/
>
>(CNN) -- Authorities have linked seven deaths to the nor'easter
>affecting the Eastern Seaboard,
Listen carefully.
A "nor'easter" is a storm that blows out of the NE.
Circulation around a low pressure area is COUNTERCLOCKWISE in the
Northern Hemisphere.
The USofA is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
Thus, a nor'easter is the result of a strong low pressure area that
causes the wind to blow out of the NE as the storm passes.
If you are smart enough -- which I doubt -- you will review the tracks
of the storms -- all nor'easters -- that dumped several feet of snow
on the Mid-Atlantic and NE states earlier, and, this storm that
brought rain.
The moisture associate with all three of these storms originated in
the WARM waters of the Gulf of Mexico:
http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/show/?file=../../regions/gulfmexico/sst/noaa/2010/img/100310.069.0755.n19.jpg
And the waters of the Gulf are warm because -- Al Gore is right.
Damn but you GW deniers are stupid, stupid, stupid. Don't understand
basic weather and climatology.
Did you finish the sixth grade, or, did you drop out to sell crack and
pimp out your sister???
hal
<PopUl...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>Listen carefully.
>
>A "nor'easter" is a storm that blows out of the NE.
>
>Circulation around a low pressure area is COUNTERCLOCKWISE in the
>Northern Hemisphere.
>
>The USofA is located in the Northern Hemisphere.
>
>Thus, a nor'easter is the result of a strong low pressure area that
>causes the wind to blow out of the NE as the storm passes.
>
>If you are smart enough -- which I doubt -- you will review the tracks
>of the storms -- all nor'easters -- that dumped several feet of snow
>on the Mid-Atlantic and NE states earlier, and, this storm that
>brought rain.
>
>The moisture associate with all three of these storms originated in
>the WARM waters of the Gulf of Mexico:
>http://marine.rutgers.edu/mrs/sat_data/show/?file=../../regions/gulfmexico/sst/noaa/2010/img/100310.069.0755.n19.jpg
>
>And the waters of the Gulf are warm because -- Al Gore is right.
>
>Damn but you GW deniers are stupid, stupid, stupid. Don't understand
>basic weather and climatology.
>
>Did you finish the sixth grade, or, did you drop out to sell crack and
>pimp out your sister???
>
to admit that these severe storms are due to global warming though.
Harold Burton
"Leroy N. Soetoro" <leroys...@usurper.org> wrote:
I.e. warmer temperatures. According to the idiot Leroy N. Soetoro
global warming (see the subject line) was responsible for this
destruction, but warmer temperatures are supposed to ease the problem.
Gotta love the "warmers" and their stupidity.
snicker.
Harold Burton
Mr.B1ack <b...@barrk.net> wrote:
> If it's warm, it's proof of GW.
>
> If it's cold, it's proof of GW.
>
> If it's tepid, it's proof of GW.
>
> If it's dry, it's proof of GW.
>
> If it's rainy, it's proof of GW.
>
> If it's sunny, it's proof of GW.
>
> If it's cloudy, it's proof of GW.
>
> If there's snow, it's proof of GW.
>
> If there's no snow, it's proof of GW.
Pretty much . . . according to the "warmers" :-)
Patriot Games
And let's not forget my personal fav:
Not enough hurricanes - GW.
Too many hurricanes - GW.
How many hurricanes is the right number?
Warmers: We don't know....
;)