Huge storm coming! Anyone one have any driving advice besides " dont do it."

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  1. dirtyjerz

    dirtyjerz glowing beard pouty kid

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    I live right over the bridge in deepwater and people are going crazy here. I used to live in elsinboro and friends there are getting there duck boats ready by the backdoor.
     
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  3. mamamullins

    mamamullins Medium Load Member

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    OK SO WE HAVE ONE SCOTCH, ONE BOURBON, AND ONE BEER!!!

    I'LL BRING THE BOURBON!!:biggrin_2551:
     
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  4. MNdriver

    MNdriver Road Train Member

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  5. MTownZ

    MTownZ Medium Load Member

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    Well I just saw that the mountains of southern va, northwestern nc, and wv are forecasted to get 1-2 feet of snow by Tuesday. Ill be going through there Monday morning. FML.
     
  6. KMac

    KMac Road Train Member

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    Speaking of being from Delaware...
     
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  7. CondoCruiser

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    I think the storm is being over played. It has 75 mph winds gusting to 90 and a cold front is moving across the east coast which will keep it from going inland as much. As soon as that cold air hits it will lose it's steam. If you look at the satellite it is mainly green which shows it's weak. The cold front blowing thru has stronger rains. :)

    They show it making a drastic turn NNW which is only an educated guess. The current track now is northeast which is what I think it will stay on. If you look at the big world map there is a bigger storm off to the east sucking things in including that little itty bitty hurricane/soon to be tropical storm.

    I think all you will see is some down trees and power outages. It will start getting rough about Monday afternoon. If you get stuck in it try to park on the northwest side of a building as a wind break or park behind other trucks. You don't want to be wide out in the open. Just to be on the safe side stock up on food and necessities. You always do that for winter anyways.

    Stay off the lobster boats and you'll be fine! :)
     
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  8. Hellraiser78

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    Bring extra water and food out with you. Call your shipper or delivery to make sure they will be open for business. Listen to the local news for the locality you will be traveling. Be very careful, and remember everything goes against the driver now.
     
  9. Cranky Yankee

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    again it is what direction the wind is from NW the water will pile up on long island. East it will push all of Long Island Sound right into NYC

    maybe the gangs over at rikers will be washed away
     
  10. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    only someone in Tenn would tell all the east coasters it will be ok :biggrin_25525:
    the barrier islands of the atlantic seaboard are nothing more then sand dunes pushed around by the oceans pleasures
    man made jettys is the only reason the inlets like Barnegat light NJ , Ocean City MD, Hatteras NC are not 5 miles from where they were 50 years ago
    even as newly back as the 1950's hardly anyone lived year round on these barrier islands because the weather makes it not prudent
    now people think they have a right to be there defying mother nature

    I will be starting my ark next week
     
  11. Cranky Yankee

    Cranky Yankee Cranky old ######

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    be manly drink it neat out of the bottle
     
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