Southend woman braced for 'Frankenstorm' (From Southend Standard)
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Southend woman braced for 'Frankenstorm' as Hurricane Sandy set to hit USA
6:04pm Monday 29th October 2012 in Echo News By David Trayner
East River on the Manhattan side in New York as Hurricane Sandy brings 11ft high storm swell to America's east coast
A FORMER Southend woman is bracing herself as 1,000-mile wide Hurricane Sandy hits her new home in America.
Nicci Hartland, whose family still lives in Southend, is taking refuge in her third floor flat in Newark, New Jersey, as 85mph winds and 11ft waves bash America’s East Coast.
Nicci said: “I’m pretty nervous because I’ve been in three or four of these storms before but they normally just head up the coast. This one is heading straight for us.
“We know we are going to have a lot more damage and flooding.”
The former Eastwood School pupil, who moved to the States 17 years ago, said the wind and rain had been “relentless” for the past 24 hours, people had stocked up on non-perishable food and only emergency vehicles are allowed on the roads.
Comments(32)
DogsMessInLeigh
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9:09pm Mon 29 Oct 12
DogsMessInLeigh
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9:12pm Mon 29 Oct 12
(yes its called an apartment and not flat as the story writer wrote)
Basildon.lad.21
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9:12pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Olivia2847 wrote:I agree. This is totally pointless to be reporting this. Whats next, Man from Westcliff who moved to Las Vegas in 1980 goes to the casino and wins $20?
Dog bites US postman - how many ex Southend people live in New York? The Pipe and Slippers Gazette scores with another scoop again .....
asbo industries inc
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9:20pm Mon 29 Oct 12
emcee
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9:23pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Lastlaugh...
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10:09pm Mon 29 Oct 12
emcee wrote:Sometimes?
You cannot help but laugh at how ridiculous the Echo makes itself look sometimes.
Major Incident
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10:19pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Anyone from Southend who emigrated to Australia in the 1950's got a non-story for the desperate Echo?
x2k
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11:03pm Mon 29 Oct 12
Olivia2847
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12:14am Tue 30 Oct 12
Basildon.lad.21 wrote:Where was that? I must have missed it - silly me .....
Olivia2847 wrote:I agree. This is totally pointless to be reporting this. Whats next, Man from Westcliff who moved to Las Vegas in 1980 goes to the casino and wins $20?
Dog bites US postman - how many ex Southend people live in New York? The Pipe and Slippers Gazette scores with another scoop again .....
Olivia2847
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12:15am Tue 30 Oct 12
Olivia2847 wrote:Strenuous - surely !
Basildon.lad.21 wrote:Where was that? I must have missed it - silly me .....
Olivia2847 wrote:I agree. This is totally pointless to be reporting this. Whats next, Man from Westcliff who moved to Las Vegas in 1980 goes to the casino and wins $20?
Dog bites US postman - how many ex Southend people live in New York? The Pipe and Slippers Gazette scores with another scoop again .....
Shoebury_Cyclist
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8:58am Tue 30 Oct 12
niccihart
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11:43am Tue 30 Oct 12
APR
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12:00pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Fox news for example, being available to everyone.
Rochford Rob
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1:36pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Any car crashes in Newark (Delaware) they can regale us with?
perini
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3:39pm Tue 30 Oct 12
jofowler
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3:54pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Eric Whim
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4:14pm Tue 30 Oct 12
They still haven't cleared up the mess that Katrina made of Louisiana and New Orleans but there's not enough rich, white voters down there to worry about
asbo industries inc
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4:20pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Eric Whim wrote:rich and white and voting for obama? shurely shome mishtake
are they having a bit of weather in New York?
They still haven't cleared up the mess that Katrina made of Louisiana and New Orleans but there's not enough rich, white voters down there to worry about
muffindamule
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4:22pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Rochford Rob
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4:28pm Tue 30 Oct 12
jofowler wrote:I have actually. They live in Lower Manhattan on Gold Street.
how would you feel if you had family out there and was experiencing the hurricane.
They live on the 66th floor so they are probably worried about the flood.
Mind you, his Beemer in the basement garage wil probably be a goner.
He's from Rayleigh, Essex - will that do?
LisaCx
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5:29pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Rochford Rob
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7:40pm Tue 30 Oct 12
I'm please for you LisaCx. By the way, has the Rhode Island Courier any stories in it about car crashes or christmas dinner overdoses in Southend?
Naah, I thought not.
Is Rhode Island Airport noisy by the way? Probably not else we'd had read of it here by now.
Shoebury_Cyclist
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11:14pm Tue 30 Oct 12
APR wrote:You watch Fox 'news'? That explains a lot.
Maybe the Echo hasn't caught on to the fact that we all have access to International news nowadays ?
Fox news for example, being available to everyone.
emcee
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11:28pm Tue 30 Oct 12
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:I saw a bit of the Fox News last night/early hours and the anchors seemed very disappointed as reporters and weather experts were saying the worst was now over, flood waters were dropping and winds were not quite so strong. All the anchors wanted to do was try and get as much sensationalism out of it as possible by coming back with "...but it is still dangerous?" or "...but flood waters are still high?" and "....but winds were still strong and damage could still occur?"
APR wrote:You watch Fox 'news'? That explains a lot.
Maybe the Echo hasn't caught on to the fact that we all have access to International news nowadays ?
Fox news for example, being available to everyone.
It was so laughable as you watched outside reporters and camera people positioning themselves to show the most "dramatic" backdrop they could (a flapping sign or swaying traffic light) when it was so obviously a situation that was getting a lot calmer.
Aint it just the truth
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9:51pm Wed 31 Oct 12
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:That's a bit rich coming from someone who reads the Huffington comic.
APR wrote: Maybe the Echo hasn't caught on to the fact that we all have access to International news nowadays ? Fox news for example, being available to everyone.You watch Fox 'news'? That explains a lot.
Shoebury_Cyclist
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11:24pm Wed 31 Oct 12
Aint it just the truth wrote:Fox 'news' is the only 'news' station that won a court case granting it the right to lie.
Shoebury_Cyclist wrote:That's a bit rich coming from someone who reads the Huffington comic.
APR wrote: Maybe the Echo hasn't caught on to the fact that we all have access to International news nowadays ? Fox news for example, being available to everyone.You watch Fox 'news'? That explains a lot.
Aint it just the truth
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12:42am Thu 1 Nov 12
Shoebury_Cyclist
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7:31pm Thu 1 Nov 12
Aint it just the truth wrote:What makes you think I don't? For online news Huffington is leagues ahead of the Daily Heil, the Sun, even the BBC.
I never denied that Asbo is to the right of Atilla the Hun or that his favourite TV news is tabloid trash - I've been telling him that for a long time. I just pointed out that the Huffington Post is about as far up the food chain as the Sun and the Daily Mail. If you people really want to know the truth why don't you read the better broadsheets and journals like Private Eye, Nature, New Scientist etc? But then maybe you don't really want to know the truth.
As for broadsheets only two are worth reading these days, the Guardian and the Independent.
I've been reading Private Eye for thirty years.
Aint it just the truth
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10:36pm Thu 1 Nov 12
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I think what you really mean is you only read the papers that support your biased ideas. That's not quite the same as wanting to know the truth is it?
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As for the Huffington, these are from todays front page ... the truth about ouija boards; naked footballers cause outrage; Amy's wedding dress stolen; Corden's pink swimsuit; not to mention special sections for Cheryl Cole, Harry Styles, TOWIE etc etc etc...
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I rest my case.
Gridlock2
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4:41pm Fri 2 Nov 12
APR
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11:46pm Sat 3 Nov 12
It's the only way to see what is happening around the world.
For instance, on Saturday the lead story on BBC TV and Radio news, was about the NY Marathon being cancelled. Real earth shattering news.
Olivia2847 says...
6:43pm Mon 29 Oct 12