Yeah... the news where I live (15 miles inland from the CT shore) is that we are about to be hit hard. Schools are closing, evacuations are occurring in towns on the shore, and people are going nutty at the gas stations and grocery stores.

I moved all of the outdoor fixtures inside and we'll prepare to brace the high winds. The trees still have half their leaves, so I am hopeful that they will shed the leaves rather than be uprooted.

The scary part of this storm is that it is a hybrid, so cold water doesn't reduce its strength. Oh, and that it is 800 miles wide.

The largest problem with this storm is that people who don't study weather are trying to interpret radar screenshots as what this storm will be.

For CT at least, rain isn't a big part. We are going to be hit with an 11 foot storm surge on our coastline and 50-80mph sustained winds and 100+mph gusts.

They are predicting that almost the entire state will lose power between this afternoon and Tuesday morning.

8 million people without power.

CT got wrecked hard with wind, but most towns along I91 seemed to avoid the damage. I have no idea why, but my town got lucky and my house had very little damage other than a few shingles lost.

The city where I work took a beating.

One of my parents best friend's sister's house was hit by the surge, it overloaded a circuit breaker and sparked an electrical fire. The family escaped, but the fire department couldn't put out the fire because they couldn't get trucks close enough to the house.

Remember, CT got a lot of wind, and very little rain. So once it lit up, it was only a matter of time before the fire spread and the entire house was razed to the ground.

Friends in Jersey had their home and two cars flooded. The cars were moved to "safe" zones. Insurance has already stated they will not cover the car damage. I don't know the circumstances about the insurance, but without the trains running, they can't get to work.