How seriously are you preparing for the impending storm; especially East coast folks?

[Dejele]

Everyone is all abuzz on Twitter...PA and NJ are under states of alert...so do you have your candles, flashlights at the ready? Are you stockpiling food for a up to a week or do you say much ado about nothing?

[Johnson]

I'm in upstate new york, the storm is supposed to hit us aswell. I don't really care.

[savannah]

I'm in Georgia.

My son flew his girlfriend from Maryland down here this morning.

At least she will be out of harms way ( she is a sweetie!).

[S]

I am out west and live with in a block of a major fault line. They keep telling us not if, but when. I don't worry, cause nothing I can do to stop it. We are over due. I hope people prepare and hunker down and let us know they are o.k. back there as soon as they got power back on I hope people take this storm seriously.

[power]

Here in MD we are under a state of emergency. If you look on a map you can see our state is just about split by the Chesepeake Bay yet I don't worry much. It's very calm outside right now. I just don't feel anything is going to happen. Maybe I should go next door & see if my neighbors dogs are acting strangely.

[Leroy]

Although we here in the mid- western part of S. Carolina will feel no more affect than we are now, which is some stiff breezes, I fear for my son who lives on the Jersey shore about 65 miles south of NYC. My daughter lives along the shore of the Long Island Sound in Connecticutt. I'll be keeping close watch and in touch with them. It'll be interesting to see if the Federal and state governments have learned anything from their failures of the past.

[Shortstuff13]

I take every Tropical Storm Watch & Warning seriously. I'm close to the east coast, so I do what is necessary to do, to prepare. I keep plenty of food, flashlights/water (jugs/bottles) battery operated lamps, etc. on hand, for such occasions. We are getting a lot of rain & it's windy. I'm most concerned for the states that are going to really feel the wicked wrath of Sandy. I hope everyone up the eastern coastline is safe & that no one gets hurt or worse. I worry about family members, who are in the direct path of this storm. I spoke to them today & they are all prepared for what is to come. I hear that the state of Ohio, near the capitol, has snow predicted in that area. (3-6 inches)

[Bert Weidemeier]

Here in NJ, there is a state of emergency and there is mandatory evacuation by the shore in southern NJ, but not here. The worst should be Monday evening and Monday night.

There is nothing left on the shelves in the supermarkets, and Lowes and Home Depot have been picked clean.

[Tony]

The wood burning stove is already loaded and waiting for a match. There is also a pile of nice smelling cedar logs waiting to make the house toasty warm. I hope it snows so deep we can't dig out.

[Bob]

My sister lives alone in NJ. I'm very concerned. If she doesn't get a crank charger for her cell phone, how will she call me and send texts to me!?..