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Sandy is only beating on my door, but my connection keeps crapping out. Stupid wireless...

I'm hoping I don't lose power, but with how it floods around here, then I doubt that even the underground lines are safe. That and some tree will fall on the lines down the road and knock out power anyway.

 

I'm wishing the both of you the best and anyone else that will be affect by the cyclone... Keep safe and I hope you'll ride it out without any hassles!!

 

I'll be honest, with the news talking about shelters, it's certainly not helping matters! The governor's urging everyone to stay inside.

 

Is there an estimate with how long it will last? The more it remains on land, the faster it loses it's power.

 

Due to it mingling with a cold front, it will cause the storm to stall for a couple days. Basically, this week is going to suck.

And on that note, I'm going to bed.

 

Ugh... not fun.

It would be handy if there was a way to send some of the warm weather your way to counter the cold front and calm down the storm.

Sleep well, hopefully things will improve in the morning.

 

Checking in as well. So far, so good, here in Gettysburg. The street lights went out once, but then they came back on. Saw some flickers over the course of the evening, but power is holding for me, as well. Oddly, I am able to pick up 98 Rock from Baltimore on my radio—I've never been able to get that station in clear otherwise. The news says that the heaviest rainfall has passed, but it's still windy and rainy. Still got winds to deal with, as well as more rain and snow tomorrow. Plus, after the storm has moved on, there will be lingering showers and such. As HanSolo29 said, we're not seeing the sun until Friday.

May as well hole up inside and eat this trick-or-treat candy that would otherwise go to waste...

 

I'm glad to hear you both are holding up. That's odd about the radio station, something about the weather must be amplifying the signal. The news of rain and snow doesn't sound like a good combination, that might hinder the emergency crews during and after the storm.

Keep us posted if you can and keep safe.

 

Crazy gusts here, too. I can hear the wind just roaring through the trees outside, and whipping them around like they were made of plastic. Every time a gust blows through, it sounds like something is slamming into the wall outside. Made the lights flicker off and on, but things are still holding together. Lots of flooding around, too. I saw an image of what used to be an intersection out east of Gettysburg. And I know from experience that the Gettysburg area is flood-prone.

The eye is to crawl along the Mason-Dixon line. Should be fun.

 

Hang in there and stay safe!

 

I hope you are going well. Hopefully the news about new films has brightened your spirits too.

 

Argh about the power. Glad you don't have to work tomorrow, I would have thought they would allow people to remain home during the storm.

The more I read and hear about this news, I am becoming more and more excited about the Disney/LucasFilm announcement. We are getting a new trilogy but with possible further films every 2-3 years after that.

EDIT: I should probably post up my Disney portraits/artworks soon too.

 

I made it through and kept power. However, now with all this Disney/Lucasfilm news... I have a headache. I am not happy. Not happy at all. I hope it doesn't screw over my plans to get into Topps. I just got my foot in the door, I don't need Disney to slam it shut and break my foot!

 

From what I've heard, business will continue as normal though the landscape is changing... it will be hard to say what will happen in a few years time. We need more news but that will come in time.

I am kinda hoping for a Junction Point/LucasArts collaboration... an Indiana Jones title after Epic Mickey 2?

 

Yeah, if they screw over the 501st, then there will be some hell to pay. However, it appears that for all intents and purposes, Lucasfilm is to continue to act as a separate corporate entity, so fans may be safe, there. If Lucasfilm is cool with it, Disney will just have to suck it up. Else, the whole of the fandom will find them. And an angry nerd mob is a dangerous thing.

 

I don't think Disney would want to pull apart what had made LucasFilm successful all these years and their fan relations / fan base though I do wonder what will happen to the other companies in the long term that have the licence like Dark Horse and Hasbro. I'm sure further information will be released when they are ready to.

 

Well, Disney acknowledged that the toys were the biggest draw, so I really doubt that they'll drop Hasbro. Hasbro is a big money-maker for them.

 

I have mixed feeling about this whole Disney Buy LucasFilm. I am just going to ride it out and see where they take it. I don't think that Disney will Screw over the 501st or RL. we raise a LOT of money that goes to charity, it would look really bad on there part if they did that.