Hurricane Sandy Menaces East Coast: Americans on Alert for Rain, Snow, Wind

66 million Americans are in path of "super storm" that may land in New Jersey Tuesday.

[arronlee]

A Perfect Storm by Hurricane Sandy.
For those people that are affected, please stay alert & vigilant.
It's not an ordinary wind & storm...

[kah]

I hope everyone is safe... especially the man i love the most... eventhough we're not talking, i am praying that he can go back here, safe and sound...

[acecool]

You have blessed yourself as well. Thank You!

[arronlee]

If US Navy pulled 21 ships out of the harbour to brace this Perfect Storm,
this is GOING TO BE SERIOUS.
No joke & be prepared to the max.

[fyyzflh]

im a muslim from singapore ..and all i have to say is my prayers are with all of you affected by Hurricane Sandy .
May God be with all of you .
and shelter all of you .
God bless . at times like this we should pray for each other instead of disagreeing despite of our race or religion.. in the end we are all just Humans ...

[Loriana]

These are the times I'm thankful that I live in England where hurricanes never happen. Stay safe everyone on the East Coast xo

[rosanaj]

Prayers for the people of the US ..

From Syria!

[CrazyGirl]

i live in Delaware i've never been more scared about a hurricane in my life. i hope everyone in my state makes it through this. i'm pray for you guys and my family as well.

[sierraeva]

Thank you guys for being supportive I'm writing this during the hurricane

[proudamerican]

I live in New Jersey...we're ready for you Sandy!! Even though there's still damage from Irene that happened 14 months ago, we're better prepared for this Hurricane. Stay safe my fellow New Jerseyans and everyone else along the east coast about to be slammed with this Frankenstorm!

[TheUnfriendlyGhost]

Wow, thanks man...I'm a New Jersian and I live near Seaside. We'll see what happens!

[MrExcellentastic]

These winds help to evaporate even more water vapor from the ocean, spiraling inward toward the center, feeding more showers and thunderstorms, and warming the upper atmosphere still more. The showers and thunderstorms where all of this energy is released are usually organized into bands (sometimes called "rainbands" or "feeder bands"), as well as into an "eyewall" encircling the center of the storm. The eyewall is where the strongest winds occur, which encircle the warmest air, in the eye of

[TheRobertgates]

I live in Alexandria Virginia like 15 min from Washington Dc. All government jobs, most retail jobs, all colleges and schools have cancelled everything for tomorrow and maybe for longer. I pray that this storm is not going to be so bad. :(

[DystruktoBoi]

I'm in upper NY, my local weather report keeps saying it should be raining right now, it's just cloudy so far.

[PolishPkerHW]

It's good to be confident, we're all creatures of this earth. We will just bounce back and be stronger, as America usually does. We are a resilient country. GOD BLESS AMERICA.

[MrExcellentastic]

Usually, the heat released in this way in tropical thunderstorms is carried away by wind shear, which blows the top off the thunderstorms. But when there is little wind shear, this heat can build up, causing low pressure to form. The low pressure causes wind to begin to spiral inward toward the center of the low.

[Redrum]

Thanks friend, only positive comment I've seen.

[MrExcellentastic]

Hurricanes are intense low pressure areas that form over warm ocean waters in the summer and early fall. Their source of energy is water vapor which is evaporated from the ocean surface.

Water vapor is the "fuel" for the hurricanes because it releases the "latent heat of condensation" when it condenses to form clouds and rain, warming the surrounding air. (This heat energy was absorbed by the water vapor when it was evaporated from the warm ocean surface, cooling the ocean in the process.)

[marianaparkhh]

When does it hit Philly? I know it's tmrow, but wut time?

[loiseichhorn]

omg i wish you the best america love from me in holland xxxx