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On 10/28/2012 10:47 AM, wrote:
On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 05:13:46 -0400, T. Keating
wrote:

On Sun, 28 Oct 2012 00:48:25 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 27 Oct 2012 18:07:45 -0400, bob wrote:

yeah it's headed our way. i'm about 70 miles inland from the jersey
shore. boat's out for the winter but it's on blocks so we'll see what
happens. hope everyone does well!

You should be OK that far inland. We don't even put up the shutters
for a Cat 1

While it may be just a cat 1, (a very large cat 1, HF winds 105 miles from center )..
Trees and other infrastructure aren't perpared for it. Thusly, many millions will be left
without power.. perhaps several weeks.

That is true. The people up north do not have houses that were built
to any particular wind code.
They didn't even put nuts on the J bolts on top of block walls the
last time I saw them building houses (late 70s)
The walls were just sitting there, assuming that all loads would be
down.
The roof trusses had 2 16d nails holding them to the top plate and
there might only be 20 common nails per sheet holding the roof
sheathing down. Shingles get 4 nails.

I expect we will see siding blown off, shingles gone, carports and
sheds destroyed and some total roof failures.
The most noticeable thing will be the trees tho. That is always the
first thing that goes and they have lots of old growth trees up there.

We are expecting hurricaine force winds and rain to continue for 36 hours...