October 29th Sandy Makes Landfall

Its now 5:30 PM and news has it that Sandy has made landfall. Reading Facebook, the NJ Shore has been hit hard. Atlantic City has lost some of its Boardwalk and in Ocean City the ocean and the bay have met.

FRANKENSTORM

There are now power outages being reported at this time. The storm has just really started and some loony tune says that the "homosexual agenda"  is to blame for hurricane Sandy. I am not going to say anything. The political blame game can wait.

42nd and Chestnut 6:32 PM

This May Survive

At this time 7:15 PM the rain has mostly stopped. There are on and off again gusts but not a consistent blowing that I would expect in a hurricane or a FRANKENSTORM. It did beat up the shore areas due to rain and the high tides. Already there are folks making fun of the storm for the hype while others say that the other half is coming. Here is one person who is not buying the hype

I think it swung north actually. all we're getting is pretty much a run of the mill rainstorm

 At this time I can only speak for conditions in West Philly between 42nd Street and 44th Street bordered by Market and Spruce. Conditions are stable though fire engines and trees are blowing. I went to the Weather Underground just now at 8pm. This is the one of the peak hours of the rain and wind. Here is a chart for
today

2 PM	5 PM	8 PM	11 PM
Temperature / Dew Point (°F):
52 / 52	54 / 52	59 / 52	57 / 52
Humidity (%):
100%	91%	78%	80%
Pressure (in):
28.79	28.34	28.13	28.26
Wind (mph):
42 mph NNE (20°)	46 mph NNE (24°)	48 mph NNE (27°)	\37 mph East (87°)

As you can see from the chart. The max winds are less then 45 MPH. Not enough for a

Catastrophic storm that would widespread damage. This of course does not lessen the impact on those who live near the ocean creeks, or rivers. It now 9:25 PM things have settled down. We are getting only gusts that are about 30-40 MPH and there is little if no rain. I think we are going to make it with power intact. It will remain to be seen but I think we are past the half way point here in the 4200 Block of Chestnut Street. I hope all my friends and others are safe. We still need to be careful.
More good news from outside the FRANKENSTORM bubble, Paul McCartney said in an interview that will be in Al Jazeera English that  Yoko Ono did not break up the Beatles.

In an interview to be published next month on Al Jazeera English with the veteran British journalist David Frost – (and previewed by the British media this past weekend) — Sir Paul claims Ono was not the reason The Beatles came apart in the early 1970s. “She certainly didn’t break the group up, the group was breaking up,” he tells Frost.

Chillin at 9:45

There don't you feel better. I know I do. Let's hear it for those Bitts I have the day off and I did not lose power at all as of 10pm tonite. It will be nice to sleep in and have coffee with friend or even by myself. The routine has been broken and that is real nice. I had no control and I just let it be. Well,  until tomorrow have a sweet evening and meet me sometime.