Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Windy conditions could be more problematic due to trees and limbs damaged by Sandy.
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- Olga Enger
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Tuesday, November 6, 2012
As we clean up after Sandy, Rhode Islanders might need to prepare for another storm expected to arrive on Wednesday. According to the National Weather Service, a significant coastal storm is expected to impact Southern New England and the coastal waters on Wednesday. The storm's track and timing are still uncertain. Potential impacts from this coastal storm could include:
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Do you know what to do in an emergency? Here are five tips with Sandy possibly on the way.
You've heard all the "no-duh" tips before about preparing for a disaster - keep water and non-perishable food on hand, have a flashlight with extra batteries. The federal government is hoping you will get down to details to make a plan for, not the unthinkable, but the inevitable: wild fires, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods or even terrorism and pandemics. To get the word out FEMA, the Federal Emergency Management Authority, has built an extensive website to help citizens plan and prepare. Ready.gov offers instructions on how to ready your family, your home, your car and even your business for an emergency. Here are five things Patch found that can help you get ready: 1. Build a tailor made kit You're smart enough to build a kit with food …
Experts say Hurricane Sandy could be the worst storm to hit the Northeast in 100 years.
Weather, government and media folks have dubbed Hurricane Sandy a “Frankenstorm” due to the convergence of extreme weather factors. Forecasters began buzzing days ago, when one of the world's three top computer-model weather simulations showed Sandy getting mixed up with a storm from the Midwest, a high-pressure system out of Greenland and a dip in the jet stream—turning it into a combination cyclone/nor'easter and pushing it toward land. As Andrew Freedman, of Climate Central wrote Monday, "Think if a hurricane and Nor'easter mated, possibly spawning a very rare and powerful hybrid storm, slamming into the Boston-to-Washington corridor early next week, with rain, inland snow, damaging winds, and potential storm surge flooding." But …
Friday, October 26, 2012
If storm takes more northern track, significant impacts possible to New England.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
The latest track of Hurricane Sandy has the storm pushing farther west according to this morning’s meteorologist reports. The National Hurricane Center has the center of the storm going either into Southern New Jersey or Delaware. This is a constantly changing storm and a more northern track, which is possible, would bring more significant impacts into New England. According to WHDH Meteorologist Chris Lambert, the current likely scenario would bring wind and rain Monday afternoon through Tuesday with wind gusts of 40-60 mph, mostly onshore, strongest at coast with up to 5 inches of rain expected throughout the storm’s duration. Power outages are likely, along with beach erosion and coastal flooding during high tides. Lambert says it’s …
From the Red Cross: Residents should take basic precautions to weather the storm.
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Friday, October 26, 2012
Release courtesy the American Red Cross on Thursday night. With all eyes watching Hurricane Sandy’s progress toward the east coast of the U.S., the American Red Cross is taking steps to prepare for the storm’s possible impact in Rhode Island. “We are reaching out to volunteers to determine their availability, checking our supplies, verifying potential shelter information and reaching out to local communities to check on their preparations and concerns,” said American Red Cross spokesperson Paul Shipman. “We are preparing now so we can be ready if needed.” Shipman is also reminding the public that now is a good time to begin any preparations at home to help ease the disruption that could be caused by the storm. “Unfortunately, many of us …
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Susan Rivera Russo, a former resident of Matunuck, criticizes its treatment from the town and the CRMC.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
To the editor, It took them – the Coastal Resources Management Council and the Town of South Kingstown – almost 40 years to "decide" on how to preserve Matunuck from disaster and oblivion. The resolution was to build a wall and have it built by October. Granted, as of this writing, there are six days left in the month to execute "their" plans, which is more like trying to work a miracle. It appears that the only thing to be "executed” will be Matunuck. Shame on you, Mr. Alfred. Shame on you, present and past members of the South Kingstown Town Council. Shame on you, CRMC. But once again, what do any of you care??? You do 'not' lose your home, your job or your business. You lose "nothing." There is just so much that people can take, …
John LaCroix is critical of the efforts by South Kingstown and the CRMC to protect the coast of Matunuck.
To the editor, After a year of debate, legal action, Coastal Resources Management Council decisions and hope, Matunuck is as she has been for many years – left to the whim of Mother Nature’s wrath. The wall, promised to be built in October, has not been built. The telephone poles still stand where they were in August, and businesses and oceanfront homeowners still can’t protect their property from erosion. I can only say to the Town of South Kingstown and the CRMC, “Good job, Brownie.” The failure to protect Matunuck from this coming large storm is a failure of government at a local and state level. John LaCroix, Matunuck Beach Road, Matunuck, RI
The exact path remains a mystery, but forecast models indicate Hurricane Sandy won't just swing out to sea as she heads north.
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Thursday, October 25, 2012
Is your Halloween costume waterproof? "There is a consensus forming in weather forecast models that hurricane Sandy is unlikely to go out to sea," according to The Washington Post. It gets worse. The Washington Post goes on to report that Sandy will more likely merge with a cold front and transition into a "powerhouse, possibly historic" storm that forecasters expect to make landfall anywhere from the Mid-Atlantic states to northern New England or Canada. Chris Lambert on the WHDH weather blog reports that it will still be a few days until forecasters can say where Sandy -- or her "hybrid" remnants -- will make landfall, but the pieces of the puzzle are falling into place that would bring a powerful storm to the the Boston area on Monday …
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