A Tropical Storm Heading up the East Coast

[pastafreak]

...of the US...and it looks huge. Just heard about this from my brother....wonder if we'll be getting any of the wind and rain coming this way?

http://www.nypost.com...eqQkHaZ8PBuQdIcO2MBKI

[boxtops]

We've been hearing about this for a few days on the UK News, it says the east coast of the US is stockpiling sandbags and food.

[DTCwordfan]

Yes, but it's a TS not a hurricane, as long as it doesn't become jammed, as T-Storm Alison did in SE Texas in 01

[boxtops]

http://www.google.com...a4d7fb3a3667289c47901

[pastafreak]

That's what I get for not listening to the news the past few days. It looks like a monster. My brother expects to be without power for a while....hope not.

[pastafreak]

In spite of being a TS-it's still expected to be quite powerful.
This seems quite late in the season for storms of this sort.

[Zacs-Master]

From the BBC website:

Sandy weakened as a tropical storm but quickly regained strength with maximum sustained winds of 75mph (120km/h).

It is now a category-one hurricane and expected to hit the US late on Monday.

[tiggerblue10]

Just read on the news that there is a tsunami off the west coast of Canada.

[bibblebub]

An animation of the radar pictures shows that storm to be slowly heading north not east so unlikely to have much effect over here in the UK.