Latest forecasts are still conflicted on Hurricane Sandy's exact track, said Weatherbug Meteorologist Andrew Rosenthal.
"One scenario merges Sandy with a Midwest upper-level low pressure, tracking it sharply into the Mid-Atlantic. Most others merge it with the same upper-level disturbance off Cape Cod early next week, flinging it back to the southern New England Coast and New York City area," Rosenthal wrote for the Weatherbug Hurricane Center at 5 a.m. Oct. 26.
"Regardless, all interests along the East Coast should pay particularly close attention to the progress of this hurricane during the next several days."
The National Weather Service issued a hazardous weather statement this morning.
"There is increasing confidence that the tri-state area will feel the impacts of a dangerous coastal storm late this weekend into early next week," the NWS stated. "This includes the potential for heavy rainfall and (result in) significant urban, small stream and river flooding, high winds causing widespread downing of trees and power lines and significant shoreline impacts from coastal flooding and beach erosion."
The impact and storm-related damages will depend on the exact track of the storm, which is not known yet, the NWS stated.
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-10-25/u-s-east-from-washington-to-nyc-at-risk-from-hurricane-sandy.html We will track the storm development at www.tarrytownnyweather.com
Weeks in some CT towns! Make sure everyone remembers their pets, medicines, elderly neighbors, new babies/small children, dead tree limbs to trim, storing water for each person for a week, non-perishable foods, batteries, gassed up generators and cars, (gas stations ran out of gas if they had the power to pump!) could be cold so if you have wood stoves stock up on wood (got one in December). Solar phone chargers work great! We got a bunch after last year. Remember DO NOT RUN KEROSENE HEATERS INDOORS-YOU WILL DIE! Get hand warmers and toe warmers for you and your pipes. I used them on exposed water pipes-nothing froze, but no guarantees. Good luck all!
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