Hurricane Sandy - "Perfect Storm"

[Minnie_the_Minx]

1987 it is then

There was a big storm in 1990 as well by the way. It's the one where Gordon Kaye got whacked on the head

 

[Greebo]

So have you figured it out yet?

See the post above yours.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

See the post above yours.

Yep, seen it. I even gave you a like. I hope you feel privileged for making me break my liking strike

 

[Greebo]

That's three times in this thread you've called me "sweetie". People will talk, you know.

The regulars will have worked out that in my arrogant opinion you're a knobhead.

 

[Greebo]

Yep, seen it. I even gave you a like. I hope you feel privileged for making me break my liking strike

Sorry, would you prefer to unlike it now that I've seen it and resume the strike?

 

[keybored]

The regulars will have worked out that in my arrogant opinion you're a knobhead.

There is no need to be upset

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Times Square is still packed with tourists 40 minutes before Subways shut down for Hurricane #Sandy. pic.twitter.com/32RhE7J2

That'll please the taxi drivers

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Sorry, would you prefer to unlike it now that I've seen it and resume the strike?

I'll let you have it, but don't tell anyone

 

[Greebo]

There is no need to be upset

Me, upset? Trust me, sweetie, I'm too busy spitting feathers about something else far more important than you.

 

[Greebo]

I'll let you have it, but don't tell anyone

Your secret's safe with me, and anyone reading.

 

[Miss Caphat]

Coastal though? Or higher ground?

coastal (very coastal) hence 'northern coast' I don't live right on the ocean, but family members do. I live about 5 miles away.

we'll be fine though. hurricanes always die down a bit before they get up here, especially since we're shielded by Cape Cod to the south of us. we will get flooding though, high waves and power outages. school has been cancelled for tomorrow.

 

[Greebo]

coastal (very coastal) hence 'northern coast' I don't live right on the ocean, but family members do. I live about 5 miles away.<snip>

Well, here's hoping that all of you will be as safe and dry as possible, with minimal loss.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

coastal (very coastal) hence 'northern coast' I don't live right on the ocean, but family members do. I live about 5 miles away.

we'll be fine though. hurricanes always die down a bit before they get up here, especially since we're shielded by Cape Cod to the south of us. we will get flooding though, high waves and power outages. school has been cancelled for tomorrow.

Are there any webcams near you that you could go and wave at whilst taking photos?

 

[Treacle Toes]

coastal (very coastal) hence 'northern coast' I don't live right on the ocean, but family members do. I live about 5 miles away.

we'll be fine though. hurricanes always die down a bit before they get up here, especially since we're shielded by Cape Cod to the south of us. we will get flooding though, high waves and power outages. school has been cancelled for tomorrow.

Are you in MA?

 

[Miss Caphat]

Are there any webcams near you that you could go and wave at whilst taking photos?

http://www.northshorepavilion.com/surfcam/index.html
here's one, but sadly I am in for the night (and I'd have to drive there). and as you can see, not much is happening yet. I took a drive to another beach but no action there either. High tide is in a few hours. storm is supposed to hit about 2 am (7 am London time)

 

[Miss Caphat]

Are you in MA?

yes.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

here's one, but sadly I am in for the night (and I'd have to drive there). and as you can see, not much is happening yet. I took a drive to another beach but no action there either. High tide is in a few hours. storm is supposed to hit about 2 am (7 am London time)

Well good luck. Did you get your beers?

 

[Miss Caphat]

Well good luck. Did you get your beers?

yes, and did my laundry and searched all over for a clip-on book light to no avail.

did you see the cam? I forgot to paste it, but it's there now.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

yes, and did my laundry and searched all over for a clip-on book light to no avail.

did you see the cam? I forgot to paste it, but it's there now.

Yes, not much happening

I see there's a place called Billerica in MA. There's a Billericay in Essex.

None of these webcams are any good at night

http://www.the-webcam-network.com/Massachusetts-USA/Salisbury-Beach/3032662.html

 

[Treacle Toes]

yes.

Have someone close to me living in Brockton at the moment. No idea who they will fair with this.

 

[Miss Caphat]

Yes, not much happening

I see there's a place called Billerica in MA. There's a Billericay in Essex.

None of these webcams are any good at night

http://www.the-webcam-network.com/Massachusetts-USA/Salisbury-Beach/3032662.html

the one I posted is at this place at the beach with a very big floodlight, so that's probably the best one.
Billerica's kind of a shit hole I grew up in a town right next to it.

 

[Miss Caphat]

Have someone close to me living in Brockton at the moment. No idea who they will fair with this.

Oh, I see.
I'm sure they'll be fine. It's not really going to be that bad up here.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

the one I posted is at this place at the beach with a very big floodlight, so that's probably the best one.
Billerica's kind of a shit hole I grew up in a town right next to it.

Funnily enough, Billericay's also a shithole

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Having google mapped your Billerica, it's a lot more spacious than our Billericay

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

and look what I found! I knew there had to be a connection

Billerica (

/bɪlˈrɪkə/) is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 40,243 according to the 2010 census.[1] It is the only town named Billerica in the United States and borrows its name from the town of Billericay in Essex, England.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

oh dear, it gets worse

In the early 1630s, a Praying Indian village named Shawsheen was at the current site of Billerica.[2]

In 1638, Massachusetts Bay Governor John Winthrop and Lt. Governor Thomas Dudley were granted land along the Concord River in the wilderness which was called Shawshin by the local Native Americans. (Today, Shawshin is commonly spelled Shawsheen; see Shawsheen River.) Most of the settlement was to take place under the supervision of Cambridge; however, financial difficulties in the colony prevented this from taking place, and the issue of settling Shawshin continued to be deferred. Finally, in 1652, roughly a dozen families from Cambridge and Charlestown Village, later Woburn, had begun to occupy Shawshin as well.[3]

Wishing to replace the foreign-sounding Shawshin with a name more familiar, the settlers chose the name Billerica, likely due to the fact that the majority of the families living in the settlement were originally from the town of Billericay in Essex, England. The town was incorporated as Billerica in 1655, on the same day as nearby Chelmsford and Groton. The oldest remaining homestead in the town is the Manning Manse,

 

[Miss Caphat]

oh dear, it gets worse

well, that's pretty much the way things went here. It's all either Native American names or ones borrowed from the UK.

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

well, that's pretty much the way things went here. It's all either Native American names or ones borrowed from the UK.

Yes. but Essex!

 

[Miss Caphat]

Yes. but Essex!

ah, I see. Is it not in Essex today?

 

[twistedAM]

Yes. but Essex!

Ever thought about why they call the region New England?