What an over-blown pile of rubbish.

According to ABC and NBC it's back up to a hurricane.

Being Neighborly; A good idea in storms like this is to hopefully know which neighbors you have that are elderly or have babies. Not everyone has the capacity to be prepared. If you know of these people who live close to you, remember they may need to do a few things you could help with, like heat baby formula, have a warm meal etc. if you happen to have a generator to help them with these staples it goes a long way if we all look out for those people.

In many cases relatives cannot go out to help all family members and it never hurts to be nice. Just saying.

Being prepared is hardly rubbish PC401. We see just 50MPH winds cause a lot of damage around here all the time and this will be 70MPH gust for about 48 hours for our state no matter the track. Not to mention the rain. Havn't had a storm yet where my neighborhood does not lose power evertime in high winds and allways for day or so. Again, never hurts to be prepared.

It's going to be a weak Hurricane until it hits land monday afternoon sometime. RI isn't going to see 70mph gusts for 48 hours, that is just absurd. http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/174821.shtml?gm_track#contents

Bunch of fear mongers is all. Business as usual folks, nothing to see here.

PC401 sounds like a Chaffee staff member.
Same link shows 50% probability of TS force sustained winds.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/153841.shtml?tswind120#contents
Yes, gusts of 70+ for more than 48 hours is inaccurate, but wind damage and power outages are likely, and to no regr allia b's point, it doesn't hurt to be prepared. I'd rather spend a few hours getting prepared (did yesterday) than spend a few hours commenting on blogs that this is all overblown garbage and be wrong.

Hurricanes, nor easters and Tropical storms are no surprise in these parts. you should always be prepared, not days before a storm. This storm isn't going to even be in the top 10 RI has ever seen. Now, it may be a big storm in general, but not for RI. Fear mongers.

Wish things were different, but high wind+loads of rain+high tide+full moon = not good. If you drove over White Church bridge in Barrington around 745a today, the river was about 8" shy of the top of the seawall abutting the grass in the back of the church - unusually high, even without the storm surge. Check to see how much of your neighborhood is in flood plain, and read anything you can about the Hurricane of '38 - absolutely devastating. If you decide to mosey out to stock up, may be too late - flashlights, batteries, water disappearing today very quickly from every store in Seekonk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxdmw4tJJ1Y

I love chidish people. Some nice person is offering ideas to be prepared ( thank you for being a good neighbor :) ) and instead of saying thanks for caring you speak down to this person. Nice job pc401 for you atempt to encourage people to not give a crap about others. While your entitles to your own opinion that doesn't mean you need to be rude to do it. You should be so proud of the human you are! Note my sarcasim!

RELAX Folks, get your bread and milk and batteries, and you'll be ok! Have a good book to read? Board games? Maybe can get to know your family again! :)

What PC401 is forgetting is that this particular storm has no precedent, other than the Perfect Storm from 91, and that stayed out to sea for the most part. So this is a different animal, so quite naturally there is skepticism. I would prepare as if it is a Cat 2 or 3, as the energy in this system (<950MB) is incredibly high for a northeast hurricane. If anything, I think the fact that there are no hurricane watches or warnings is a bad idea as it does not underscore the seriousness. Check out Fred Campagna's website at rightweather.com.

I just saw someone lifting their dock's float into its winter "tied up" storage position. THIS IS A VERY BAD IDEA in advance of a storm.

As the tides are coming in higher during the storm, the waves will also be high. This rocks the "tied up" dock up and down as the tide is rising with the strong possibility for those lines or chains to snap as the tied up float rocks with the waves.

If it breaks one or two of the four lines, you can damage the float and the ramp to the float (very expensive). Let it ride out the storm.

You have a high tide tomorrow at around 8 am to let it down again.

I've deleted a comment for being off-topic. Please try to keep the discussion centered on the storm prep and response - You'll still have plenty of time to talk politics at a future date, I'm sure.

I restocked the pantry with can goods water and toiletries . Fresh fuel for the Generator. Thinking beyond this event to the next. Be it a hurricane, blizzard,or man made disaster it only makes sense to be prepared. I also put a little extra away for people like PC401 who don't have the good sense to prepare.

We're taking a Shower tonight. You never know. BTW: We HAVE a generator. NOT Big but we have one.

BTW: I lived in Island Park 30+ years ago. Went through a huricane and the blizzard of '78. . We evacuated up to the Founders Brook Motel for the hurricane. We stayed for the Blizzard. Moved out 30 days later. Now we live at 220 feet above Sea Level.

I just love when people back peddle like PC401, Make up your mind and stick with it.

I've deleted another comment for being off-topic and about politics. If you want to comment about that, please do so on a more appropriate article.

Please folks, stay on topic. We'd like to spend our time providing you with the latest news and information on this hurricane and how it will impact our area. Having to police the comments on these articles takes time away from such measures. Thanks!
- Samantha Turner, North Kingstown Patch Editor

Should I leave all my windows open, so my house doesnt blow over? or will my roof blow off?

Cassy, go into Google Earth and when you move the mouse over your yard or any area, the height above sea level shows, at the bottom where it says "elev". BUT when I just checked mine, it says my yard is 2' higher than my neighbor when in fact she is about 2-3' lower and I dont think I am quite as high as it says I am, so take that for what its worth. But it should give you an idea.

Easy information about Woonie. You can find surrounding town info also http://www.topix.com/information/woonsocket-ri

First, don't feed the troll (PC401) poor guy only has one source of attention and if we keep feeding him, he'll keep coming back.

Second, all the cynics that I see 'crying' on facebook about how this was overblown, hype, etc. Really? Grow up. You'd be the first people to complain if it was under-reported too.

Lastly, I'm not sure why, but I'm finding a lot of people that are complaining about this being hyped feel like they won some sort of prize, like 'AH HAH!!! I've uncovered a mass conspiracy to keep people safe, I knew it!!"

Ok, I'm done ranting now... crap, does that make be as bad as one of the hype-sters?

Plenty of RI had damage, much of town is out of power, trees are down. Was it the worst storm to hit Newport? No. But other parts of RI have plenty of damage and I think we got off lucky. Count your blessings.

I've deleted a comment from PC401. Frankly, I don't really care if you think the whole storm coverage was overblown - You can wait a couple days to chat about it. Right now, there are people and businesses in South County that have lost everything even though they prepared. To paraphrase an old analogy, let's not dance on the grave here.

Feel real Bad for the owner of the Wharf Tavern; lot of damage there. But have to give the guy kudo's for still carrying on yet again after he lost the Gristmill to the fire. Talk about an optimistic guy. He is a real small business owner who takes care of his employee's and lets nothing get him down or make him give up. Again Kudo's guy, a real American businessman. ;-}