Ok, East Coast, get ready. This is the first of my running weblog on Hurricane Bill.
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I'm not sure what's bigger on this one, the storm or the hype. But currently weighing in at Category 4 (major) Hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 135 miles per hour, this one might warrant a little excitement.
Ryan Miller
We'd be happy with something like this. East Coast ghost of Hurricanes Past.
For days, I've been getting emails from dudes who just can't contain themselves. They're monitoring the storm, checking back for every new advisory, and making plans to be at the optimal spot. There's also a healthy fear of closeouts. These straight-on groundswells that move so far across the ocean have a way of walling up. Not to mention that New England isn't out of the woods in regard to local weather, if not a very small probability of a direct hit.
Thus far, not even the Caribbean is seeing swell. Everyone in Barbados I've spoken with just keeps talking about how glassy its been. But it's coming. Florida should see the precursors by tomorrow morning.
iPhones are so convenient.
BillBlog Photo #1. Wednesday. The woman in the bottom left said she's not going out until its overhead.
I just went up to the beach and my little part of New Jersey is barely a foot with a light sea breeze.
Just for the sake of argument, I went across the board to see what the different sites are predicting for Long Island on Sunday.
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Jon Coen
Jon is from New Jersey and continues to reside there with his wife and dog—which means occasional empty barrels and the occasional session in the snow.The state isn't as dirty as people might think, but he'll let them keep believing that.
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