Hurricane Sandy.

There is a mylotter, cynthiann, who lives in Jamaica and was hit pretty hard. Here's the discussion www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2713820.aspx If you go to the second page she made some responses after the hurricane had passed. But at the beginning of the discussion she talks about what she's doing to get ready. I've never been in one but it's headed up the East coast and the weather map I saw showed it veering inland going right across all of Pa. and traveling north across Western Mass where I live. But we'll probably only get a lot of rain and it might be pretty windy. To find sites that help hurricane victims you have to do a search by the hurricane's name. Like search for How to help victims of Hurricane Sandy. That's the only way I know how to do it. And if you use the mylot search enough you might get rewarded (in case you didn't know). And welcome to mylot!

I lived through hurricane Andrew back in 92 and it was rough. People borded up their houses and the grocery stores were out of food and rink and gas stations went out of gas from people preparing. Yes it does make you want to move at times but sometimes you just can't. I also feel sorry for the poor people having to go through this and hope that they all are ok. My parents and a few other relatives that live in Florida had to deal with one a few yrs ago. I now live in the state of Missouri so i wasn't able to be there for them and it was hard on me and scary but luckily they all came out of it ok.

The more I read and hear about this storm on the news, the more I feel for the people who are unfortunate to be in the path of the storm. That has to be a rather bad situation. I've never lived through a hurricane myself, and actually hope to never be unfortunate to live through one. Still it is a pretty bad time for all. It's just rather...wow, there's really no other word to describe it. Awful would be another word. Every time I heard more about this storm, it just seems to get a bit worse. Hopefully anyone who is in the path makes it out okay, because that could be a potential nightmare situation. There have been tornadoes around here, but not hurricanes. Still to hear about it and actually be up close, is two different things and it's going to really horrifying once the final damage report comes out.

I am in Virginia and yeah, Sandy is headed this way wreaking havoc. I live about 50 miles south of Washington, D.C. and they have already shut down government offices, schools, and train service for Monday. I drove back from North Carolina after a visit today, and I was amazed at how many power/bucket trucks from the southern states like Alabama and Louisiana were on the road headed north. I also saw a convoy of tree removal trucks from Texas! I thought this is not a good sign. On the other hand, with all this help, we shouldn't be out of power for very long. (Yeah...right. We can surely dream and hope.) Oh yeah, apparently power outages are a given, so I guess, I better go finish charging up the cell and all those other things you do to prepare for an emergency. I've been through hurricanes before, including that horrendous derecho that hit this area in June. Wind gusts were worst than hurricanes. That one was BAD. However, move? Hmm... I could move to the midwest. Oops... wait... they have tornadoes. Out west? Earthquakes. (Been there. Done that.) Thanks for your concern, wrenfrost. During disasters and emergencies, there are a lot of organizations like the Red Cross who jump in and help. And like I said, power companies from other states are already headed to the east coast to help.

its a great thing and hurricane unleashes the wrath and its so hard to survive it anytime

I have been through two. One we had to evacuate for and the other was minor luckily none of our things were destroyed inn praying for all the people on the east coast.

I have watched it too. I don't know much how to help but my community and I always pray for them. And also the victims of other natural disasters. But if the person or people we have to help are nearby, my family always share food or clothing.

I saw this on cnn here in Mexico. They its a real big storm. lets hope everyone gets through it ok. These people are in my prayers.