Harford County Monitoring Hurricane Sandy
Forecasts say the storm may hit the mid-Atlantic or New England early next week.
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Harford County officials are closely monitoring the trajectory of Hurricane Sandy, which was churning in the Caribbean Thursday morning and could impact the mid-Atlantic region early next week.
The storm—currently a hurricane after strengthening Wednesday—may make landfall in Florida Friday, forecasts said. The same forecasts indicated the storm is tracking to strike between the mid-Atlantic and New England Monday or Tuesday.
Harford County hasn't felt the tropical storm season in 2012 as much as it did in 2011, but officials countywide are preparing for the first big storm of the season.
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Harford County Emergency Operations officials are set to join a weather service conference call Thursday afternoon along with other state and local agencies to get the latest weather information and formulate a plan.
"We are definitely gearing up," Linda Ploener, manager of emergency planning, said Thursday morning.
She explained that the county emergency operations center has already laid some groundwork behind the scenes in preparation for the storm.
"We’ll have a pretty good feel for how our plan of attack is going to go by tomorrow," Ploener said.
Havre de Grace Mayor Wayne Dougherty told Patch Thursday morning that his staff will be giving him a briefing on the city's preparations Friday morning.
Baltimore Gas and Electric is also monitoring Sandy's progress and preparing in to handle any power outages the storm may cause.
Huricane Irene threatened the mid-Atlantic region in August of last year, before Tropical Storm Lee dumped heavy rain in the northeast, sending the Susquehanna River to near-record crests as the storm runoff headed downstream toward Havre de Grace.
Havre de Grace was left with a major cleanup and pricey dredging project. The Bay was injected with harmful sediment.
Port Deposit was hit the hardest during the Susquehanna River flooding.
This year, though, has been relatively quiet along the Upper Chesapeake Bay.
Tropical Storm Tony is also spinning in the Atlantic Thursday morning, but the storm is weakening and should not impact the United States.
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Jessica
11:58 am on Thursday, October 25, 2012
I am not mentally prepared to spend another 10+ hours pumping out my basement . . . . ugh
B TAYLOR
12:51 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
BGE IS "PREPARING" JUST WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? DOES IT MEAN PREPARED AS IN IRENE WHEN WE WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR 7 DAYS? PREPARING AND BEING PREPARED ARE TWO ENTIRELY DIFFERENT THINGS.
muse
8:19 am on Friday, October 26, 2012
Agreed - i had no power for 6 days, my food went bad, i had to pay for a hotel room so i could shower. Funny enough, there was not a twig down anywhere in my neighborhood.
Debbi
12:51 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
And our daughter is getting married Sunday, 11/4....in a planned outdoor ceremony. Who would have ever imagined we might be affected by a hurricane or Perfect Storm? I am praying Sandy goes out to sea.
Terry
3:18 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Let's hope BG&E doesn't drop the ball on this storm..............
Rich Gardiner
3:59 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
Gearing up for anyone of the fire departments in Harford County means anything and everything from prepping for staffing needs to ensuring a fire stations's self sustainability for at least 24-48 hours.
There is alot left between now and the beginning of next week. This storm, like all other tropic anomalies, sits out in the warm water and wobbles back and forth. Its path could take a variety of directions. In the event of a worse case scenario the fire departments are planning now. If nothing else this is a good exercise for planning our readiness.
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Rich
Love the kids
4:25 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
I just hope I don't have to leave my house this time due to evacuation. I can't afford staying in a motel. I have dogs and a disabled son so we can't go to evac centers :(
I have a generator so I am prepared in that way at least.
James P. Miller
8:53 pm on Thursday, October 25, 2012
I wonder when the power will be cut off in Havre de Grace?
Karen
8:12 am on Friday, October 26, 2012
I do not look forward to being without power for possibly days. BGE should trim back and or take down as many trees as they can over the weekend. Hopefully this storm will head out to sea and spare us all the drama.
Hannah
6:27 pm on Friday, October 26, 2012
im scared the power is going to go out.... and im in school and they might make us make up days we miss, if we do miss any days o.o
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