Hurricane Matthew!!

[cosmo1]

Generally by the time it reaches New England it has lost much of it's steam; however, as Sleeve pointed out, there have been major hurricanes that have made direct hits with resulting devastation.

None in your lifetime.

Maybe tropical storms, but no real hurricanes.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

None in your lifetime.

Maybe tropical storms, but no real hurricanes.

I recall going through a real hurricane as a kid growing up in RI.

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

Grew up on the Texas coast. Got some nasty ones, but nothing like what Florida faces.

 

[UnconTROLLed]

None in your lifetime.

Maybe tropical storms, but no real hurricanes.

Hurricane Bob, Hurricane Gloria, Hurricane Donna (1960) all struck New England as Category 2 hurricanes. heh I'm on a roll ..

 

[bleedinbrown58]

Hurricane Bob, Hurricane Gloria, Hurricane Donna (1960) all struck New England as Category 2 hurricanes. heh I'm on a roll ..

Yup...I remember Hurricane Gloria back when I was a kid.

 

[cosmo1]

Hurricane Bob, Hurricane Gloria, Hurricane Donna (1960) all struck New England as Category 2 hurricanes. heh I'm on a roll ..

I think Dave would have been grown for Bob and Gloria, and at very most an infant for Donna.

 

[UpstateNYUPSer(Ret)]

I think Dave would have been grown for Bob and Gloria, and at very most an infant for Donna.

1/16/1961

 

[UnconTROLLed]

I think Dave would have been grown for Bob and Gloria, and at very most an infant for Donna.

The clock is ticking for New England, anyway. There will be a time when a disaster much worse than Katrina happens up this way.

 

[Tired Driver]

How is a hurricane different in the southeast as compared to the northeast?

The hurricanes that make landfall in the southeast are high in the Cat scale. Warm water is what fuels hurricanes.

 

[MyTripisCut]

The hurricanes that make landfall in the southeast are high in the Cat scale. Warm water is what fuels hurricanes.

So when a cat 2 hits New England it weaker than a cat 2 in the southeast? Doesn't make any sense. A cat 2 is a cat 2.

 

[moreluck]

So when a cat 2 hits New England it weaker than a cat 2 in the southeast? Doesn't make any sense. A cat 2 is a cat 2.

Maybe a Cat 2, being a range, it would be bottom of the range in New England and top of the range in the southeast.

 

[no more than 9]

Generally by the time it reaches New England it has lost much of it's steam; however, as Sleeve pointed out, there have been major hurricanes that have made direct hits with resulting devastation.

Well it poured all day Sunday in Maine.

 

[JL 0513]

The clock is ticking for New England, anyway. There will be a time when a disaster much worse than Katrina happens up this way.

More damaging than Katrina? Possible but very unlikely. We have many homes up here built in the 1700's and 1800's still in nice condition. No catastrophic weather events in modern recorded history. New England is fortunate not get devastating storms. Cat 2 hurricanes is about the biggest.

 

[scooby0048]

The clock is ticking for New England, anyway. There will be a time when a disaster much worse than Katrina happens up this way.

It's already started. My hometown had a tornado in 2011 and I remember in 79 another tornado that decimated the air museum that was like an F4 or 5. Sadly, I have a feeling you are right about having a worse disaster.

 

[Tired Driver]

Hurricane Matthew's aftermath for my area. Center started on Monday. It was like Christmas with no helpers. A lot of 11 hour days and ring a lot of packages back. Trees are down everywhere and a lot of flooded roads. My house and neighborhood has been out of power since Saturday. They hope to have power restored by this Saturday. The backside of the storm is what caused all of the damage. Winds were a constant 65mph for about 6 hours.

 

[Faceplanted]

So.... rumor has it some of the local ba are siding with ups saying even though on Thursday we were pulled off the road we are not entitled to our 8hr guarenteee. I understand friday was an act of god, and we are entitled too to nothing but being sent home on Thursday? Are we not entitled to our guarantee?

Can somebody point us to the
right direction in the contract?

Some body went in and changed out pay codes. How is this ok?

 

[Faceplanted]

It would also be great to know if any locals and which ones paid the 8hr guarantee cutting a work day short due to the storm

 

[rod]

So.... rumor has it some of the local ba are siding with ups saying even though on Thursday we were pulled off the road we are not entitled to our 8hr guarenteee. I understand friday was an act of god, and we are entitled too to nothing but being sent home on Thursday? Are we not entitled to our guarantee?

Can somebody point us to the
right direction in the contract?

Some body went in and changed out pay codes. How is this ok?

This falls under the heading "you can't win". Half the posters on her were complaining that UPS wouldn't let them off early enough to prepare for Mathew----Now when they do you still want 8 hours pay? This is one of the rare instances I will side with the company on the 8 hour pay thing.

 

[Faceplanted]

This falls under the heading "you can't win". Half the posters on her were complaining that UPS wouldn't let them off early enough to prepare for Mathew----Now when they do you still want 8 hours pay? This is one of the rare instances I will side with the company on the 8 hour pay thing.

It's about what the contract says. If they truly did care they would have just told us to stay home like most businesses and schools did. Since they told us to come in I was under the impression that once a full time employee reports to work he is entitled to 8hr. Friday we were off all day, this ovvvuosuly falls under an act of God due to the storm.

That like saying you played with your children's friends who were sick, and you got sick at noon and had to go home for the day. We won't pay your 8hr guarantee because you played with your kids friends.

 

[rod]

It's about what the contract says. If they truly did care they would have just told us to stay home like most businesses and schools did. Since they told us to come in I was under the impression that once a full time employee reports to work he is entitled to 8hr. Friday we were off all day, this ovvvuosuly falls under an act of God due to the storm.

That like saying you played with your children's friends who were sick, and you got sick at noon and had to go home for the day. We won't pay your 8hr guarantee because you played with your kids friends.

You have a valid point. Once again there are two sides to every story.