When it rains........it pours

[Tig]

Very well. I should have qualified that I was talking specifically to piebaldpython about the destruction that was supposed to be visited upon Philadelphia. Generally speaking, I think it was less serious than most local media outlets would have led us to believe. I suppose quoting his post would have helped clarify that.

Aw, you didn't do or say anything wrong, Eric. I think most media people are pretty stupid, and fill in the blanks with hype. Simply poor journalism. Then the average citizen gets fired up with fear and over reacts.

Luckily, Philly didn't get the brunt of the storm, so the fears were worst then the results. North Carolina knocking the winds down and the eastward path helped.
Now if it came more from the East, up the Delaware... well, let's hope it never does!

 

[piebaldpython]

I feel like this storm was a little overhyped, don't you? There was discussion on the radio today about how it was evident that the storm was going to be a little more mild than originally thought, yet people continued to overreact. I mean, it's surely better than being underprepared, but I think the weather-as-news thing grabbed hold of this storm and made it into more of an issue than it probably needed to be.

I think any fault was mine in my earlier reply. Sorry about that Eric. Hmmmmmmm.....OK......I would say overhyped in the area of the WIND. As though the media said 50-70 MPH wind gust as if COWS were going to be flying through the air like in TWISTER.

Also, overhyped in what was going to happen at the Jersey Shore. Oh yeah, they had some damage, some houses got flooded but the EXPECTATION was that they were going to get their butts handed to them, which they surely didn't. The media can't be faulted for the Jersey Shore's good fortune. I think inland areas got it much worse than the Shore. Some areas of Delaware are still without power since Saturday night, as are parts of Virginia.

 

[stingx]

Lot's of people still not so fortunate. 400,000 in NJ still without power because the flooding is preventing the workers from getting to the source of the problems.

 

[piebaldpython]

Plus those poor folks in the Catskills and Vermont who got swamped with 8-10 inches of rain. Floods all over the place. Nice, bucolic rivers now resemble the scariest of rapids. Heck, even close to me, the Trenton train station is still under water and no train service from NYC to Philly.

 

[Eric]

Here are some pictures from Sunday morning around here. They're not earth-shattering, but even if you don't know the area I feel like you can tell that there's a bit more water than usual.

Henry Ave. bridge, looking down at Lincoln Dr.

Strawberry Mansion bridge, facing south over the Schuylkill. Note the boat houses underwater.

Ridge Ave. at the entrance to Wissahickon park / Forbidden Dr. The fence / railing is bent and ripped down in the middle.

 

[marnold]

There's no way I'd be standing on the bridge in the last picture. That water is way to high and too active. Just a matter of time before it is bridge-bye-bye.

 

[piebaldpython]

Nice pics Eric......I can roughly identify them. lol The guy on the bridge looks like he's waiting in the Splash Zone at one of those Disney or Great Adventure type rides.

I work right near the Delaware River ( in Northern Liberties/Old City section of Philly. Went down to the River yesterday at lunch for a look-see............and damn, the river was only a foot or so away from the walk-way.

 

[Spudman]

I just think it's amazing that the sky was full of that much water in the first place. Awesome.

 

[R_of_G]

I just think it's amazing that the sky was full of that much water in the first place. Awesome.

+1

 

[stingx]

For some reason, this picture really affected me...