<p>Was on conference call this morning w folks from Europe & South America and tried to quantify what this storm will mean to the global economy in the context of the investment we were discussing. While it’s too early to assess, I think this will make high risk investments less interesting, as there will be need to re-invest in our infrastructure.</p>
<p>07Dad, I just spoke with my son in Lewiston, which is about 30 miles northwest of P’land and he said it was a bit windy and drizzly. His college did not close today. I don’t think it is going to get too horrible in Maine.</p>
<p>deb922-Just traded texts with my sister who lives just a bit south of Allentown. She said nothing much in her area. Light rain.<br>
I am in SW CT and the wind is howling and we lost one tree (thankfully avoiding the house and power lines) so far. I don’t think power will hold out much longer. Getting lots of photos of the NJ shore area, Ocean County and there is lots of flooding already and it isn’t even high tide or full impact yet.</p>
<p>Bhmamma, thank you! That was very helpful.</p>
<p>Son is back at his apartment now and has supplies of water and food. His main risks are loss of water and power. Worst case - I go and pick him up tomorrow morning. I have to check with my mother tonight to see how she is doing.</p>
<p>There are some pretty strong gusts in my area from time to time followed by periods of calm. We had a network link go out (we apparently have multiple network links to multiple places and they appear to be independent) and some equipment rebooted but power does not seem to be an issue.</p>
<p>We’d been told last night that our offices were open, then called this AM saying they’re closed. Not that I would have gone in anyway . . . But I’m at home, enjoying the power for as long as it lasts. Wind is picking up.</p>
<p>Haven’t heard from D in NYC yet; hoping she’s safe!</p>
<p>Thanks emilybee–</p>
<p>My S lives in Brooklyn in a basement apartment and had only moved in on October 9. Luckily he had a friend near Portland were he could go. As a Texan, this is all new to me and him.</p>
<p>Well - the lights are now flickering. CL&P has said the number of outages has increased by 4x in the last hour.</p>
<p>We’re hoping the NW corner of the state doesn’t totally lose power. Ours just got switched off for the second time.</p>
<p>Still nothing crazy here at Binghamton, but it took nearly an hour to actually get on a bus off campus with everybody trying to get home. </p>
<p>Any advice for what I can do with windows? My apartment has nine windows in the living room alone. I’ve closed all of the storm windows but I don’t know what else to do other than hope for the best. We’re on the second floor and not too many trees nearby so hopefully we’ll be okay.</p>
<p>07DAD, it has been a perfectly normal gray, drizzly day in the Portland area so far. The breezes are just beginning to pick up a bit.</p>
<p>Believe it or not, my H and S managed to miss the train this morning. [facepalm] At least they actually got up: I slept through my 4AM alarm, having been up dipping truffles until 1AM, and dragged myself groggily out of bed at 5 to find them gone. He took the bus instead. (Same terminal) He also left wearing nice slacks and a nice jacket, with no raincoat. (It’s only a hurricane, after all!) And no phone and no laptop. So he is incommunicado. At least I know he has $50 cash, because I gave it to him last night. I’m hoping he gets on the rescheduled 1PM train out of Boston, and will meet it just in case. Meanwhile, at some point within the last few hours the French consulate put up a notice on their website saying that they were closing this afternoon, and would be contacting people with visa appointments to reschedule. The impenetrable facade of the bureaucracy cracks! We have not heard from them. I hope this means that they were actually open this morning and S had his 10AM appointment. </p>
<p>As a friend of mine likes to say, “And they wonder why I wake up screaming!”</p>
<p>The wind has really picked up in the last hour, west of Boston, and it is starting to rain pretty hard. Some people in my town have had their power go out, and come back on.</p>
<p>I saw on tv that you should put an X of tape 9like duct tape) across each window. It doesn’t keep that from breaking, but it keeps the glass from coming in your house or something.</p>
<p>Julie, please don’t worry about your windows. The winds are not going to be strong enough where you are to break them.</p>
<p>Son said that the wind is pretty noisy in Boston now. He is ten stories up in a forty story building.</p>
<p>bethievt–actually, putting the X on the windows is no longer suggested. It’s better to have the window shatter vs blow in in one piece or large pieces. </p>
<p>hyperJulie–if you have heavy drapes or blankets you can hang over the windows, that will help keep flying glass contained but other than that, stay away from the windows, sit in the bathroom or other room with no windows and ride it out. Put games, books, flashlights, etc. in that room now so when it does hit you can just go in there. Good luck.</p>
<p>emilybee - How strong wind should be to break windows? They are now saying the storm picked up speed and coming in sooner.</p>
<p>Yikes–picking up speed but also winds increasing–now at 90 mph sustained winds–that’s a big difference from the 75 mph they were yesterday. Expected landfall is just south of the southern NJ shore early evening. Stay SAFE!!</p>
<p>Just lost power for 10 minutes. We are starting to get the “freight train” wind sound.</p>
<p>Something just thumped the roof pretty good, probably a tree branch.</p>
<p>Rain has really picked up in Boston.</p>
<p>Winds are getting stronger up here - they are more steady.</p>
<p>I’m hearing of power outages from people working from home.</p>