Just in case you were wondering, it might be illegal for you to photograph and post your ‘secret’ ballot on social media, depending on your state of residence. A friend asked, and I looked it up, via TPM.
New Jersey
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Oct 12
Going Local on #sandy
There are a handful of local blogs who are killing it on Hurricane-Sandy-Frankenstorm coverage.
- PhillyWeather.net
- SeverNJWX (they have a website but the Facebook/Twitter stream is better)
- EPAWA (Eastern Pa Weather Authority, website and Facebook).
Also don’t miss these:
- See Hurricane Sandy through the eyes of Instagram with instacane.
- Check out Google’s Crisis Map for Sandy.
- Also, this live wind map is a thing of beauty.
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Oct 12
Here is the story of the snor’eastercane…
Jalopnik linked to this in the WSJ:
Odds are increasing that a hybrid “snor’eastercane” could make landfall near Greater New York early next week, with wide-ranging impacts affecting nearly the entire East Coast.
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Current worst case scenarios going into the weekend have a strengthening Tropical Storm Sandy emerging from the Caribbean and merging — or “phasing”, in weather terminology — with an intensely potent Arctic cold front coming down from the Great Lakes. The combined storm would then veer back northwestward toward Greater New York, pushed against the atmospheric grain by anomalously strong “blocking” high pressure centered over far eastern Canada.
Such a storm could bring several inches of snow to upstate New York and parts of New Jersey, tropical storm force winds from Virginia to Maine, and the potential for significant coastal flooding from New York City to New England. In short, we could have quite a mess on our hands.
The Perfect Storm of literary, meteorological and cinema fame occurred 21 years ago, on Halloween. PhillyWeather.net put up a short piece yesterday detailing the possible scenarios.
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Jan 12
Can you watch the 2012 Mummers Parade Online?
This year, the answer is YES. Also, read what I wrote in 2005 on the origins of mummering.