With this hurricane threatening the east coast wanted to start a thread to track this as travel could get pretty ugly. Any travel waivers been issued yet?

These are always good threads. I am watching carefully myself due to pending travel back to D.C. I'm heading back Fri. afternoon, which should be in advance of any Joaquin-related impact, but I understand there's a "pre-tropical" disturbance that could yield heavy rain Friday and into Sat.

We were bone dry in Aug and Sept and now preparing for potentially significant flooding and tidal surges. Wild.

Just had our quarterly state-wide emergency notifications for various first responders & volunteers held on "activation drills" so the major systems are in place, if & only if.

NYC OEM just (a hour ago) issued, via "Notify NYC" of an (fairly "early") alert on Hurricane Joaquin, the SMS asked that Evacuation Plan be reviewed/updated ... and the full text alert being detailed & specific, should the storm arrive ... continuing to monitor, holding multiple daily calls with NWC & NHC, actively engaged with partner agencies at all levels and the private sector on preparation (yada, yada)

Free mobile apps are available for download (iOS & Androids) and for those within NYC - residents & visitors alike - should know their updated "Zone" designation ... used to a 3 zones classification is now 6 zones, we being in zone 5, not too worried. Nearest fire house is 3.5 blocks away & last year during different storms, they had their rubber inflatables on top of their appartus while responding to calls ... Check your zone --- >>> link

Interestingly, LGA would be in trouble quick & be under water - getting to it a challenge, whereas JFK should at least be accessible (ground-based employees were stationed & housed at nearby hotels, blocks of rooms held with standing arrangements with some of the carriers & services)

By this weekend, it seemed that the grounds would be saturated with rainwater & flooding itself a major challenge - even without the damaging wind ... Let the runs for the gasoline, milk/eggs & bread and water at the supermarkets begin soon.

I sure hope it's not a bad one, I don't think the NJT tunnels under the Hudson can take another battering...and I need those tunnels to work so I can get to EWR...

I am supposed to go to DC this weekend for a concert Saturday night. Also planned to visit my Dad in Arlington National Cemetery and catch up with some cousins.

Unfortunately, even if Joaquin stays off the coast, it sounds as if there is likely to be flooding in the area so it probably makes sense to skip this trip. Plus, my cousins now need to be more concerned with preparations and securing their property - this is a serious storm.

I am flying back and forth from Dulles to JFK on Saturday so I am keenly watching the weather.

I (am scheduled to) fly in to DCA Friday afternoon, out Sunday. Anyone from the area have an idea of how badly the area floods?
Planning to use Metro for the stay.

whats everyones opinion for transatlantic flights out of EWR Sunday? UAL has yet to offer any travel advisories.

Make an educated & informed guess, yours is as good as mine, as otherwise - we would run UA or other carrier's command center for ops.
If your plans are flexible & you can fly out a day earlier - before everyone else scrambled, I would consider that a wise move if in a similar situation - with or without waivers, depending on how important it is for reaching your destination abroad.
It's now a Cat-4 hurricane with further strengthening over next 24 years & coming up the east coast - the threats & damages from urban/flash flooding and heavy rain will do enough to cause major headaches ... reaching EWR could be a challenge by itself unless one has a Humvee on standby. NJ Transit & rails haven't been reliable in previous storms and I don't see good reasons to be confident of their crisis management - even MTA/NYC Transit somewhat admitted that they aren't quite recovered & prepared for the next big one, i.e. Lower Manhattan stations below ground level ...

DCA does not typically experience flooding issues, but it is hard against the river, so any storm surge and/or tidal issues could be impactful. I'm supposed to be running in a 5K race on Hains Point on Sat. AM. I'll bet that floods, for sure.

Have any airlines posted waivers yet? In surprised I haven't seen any with the state of emergency in place.

The track projections now have Joaquin going further out to sea.

WN to / from NAS for travel 10/2 & 10/3

B6 to / from BDA, BWI CHS, CLT, RDU, RIC, IAD, DCA for travel 10/2 & 10/3

Darn, almost booked my DCA ticket on B6; that would have saved me some $$.

Well, this was never a problem here but could be a problem as it hits landfall somewhere in Europe.