Irene...

[Ben E Lou]

UPDATE: I *think* this map will auto-update...

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The forecasts continue to move the expected track further up the coast, so I can't help but hope for that to continue. The 11am update is, um, a bit concerning...

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[JediKooter]

Hopefully the winds will push it back out further into the Atlantic very soon.

[Thomkal]

yeah seeing a lot of tracks having it right over or next to Myrtle Beach was not fun this morning. Lot of time before it gets here and likely the track will change significantly by then, hopefully for the betterment of all of us living along the coast.

[gstelmack]

Same weekend that Fran hit and brought hurricane force winds all the way into Raleigh...

[britrock88]

Katrina hit NO on my first day of college; Irene could hit just before the start of my last year of law school...

[chesapeake]

I'm headed to the Outer Banks of NC this Saturday on vacation. Or not...

[Blackadar]

Every time I hear "Irene", I think of Black Hawk Down.

At its current track, it looks like we'll be enjoying her over the weekend. Bitch, get here on a Wednesday instead!

[Thomkal]

Geez not only do I have to worry about a hurricane, we just had the first earthquake I've ever felt here in Myrtle Beach in 10+ years of living here. Not a big one of course but definitely noticeable for a few seconds.

As for the hurricane, each forecast seems to push it further and further away from the Myrtle Beach area and a more likely landfall in the Outer Banks. Let's hope it keeps pushing further east and misses them too. Right now one of our local weather guys was saying to expect winds in the 30-40 mph range with some rain and surge. I think I can live with that given the earlier predictions.

[Kodos]

CATEGORY 7!!1! :eek:

[GrantDawg]

Geez not only do I have to worry about a hurricane, we just had the first earthquake I've ever felt here in Myrtle Beach in 10+ years of living here. Not a big one of course but definitely noticeable for a few seconds.

As for the hurricane, each forecast seems to push it further and further away from the Myrtle Beach area and a more likely landfall in the Outer Banks. Let's hope it keeps pushing further east and misses them too. Right now one of our local weather guys was saying to expect winds in the 30-40 mph range with some rain and surge. I think I can live with that given the earlier predictions.


It needs to move east. Right now they predicting the path to hit NYC as a cat-1 on Sunday. That might be bad.

[Thomkal]

It needs to move east. Right now they predicting the path to hit NYC as a cat-1 on Sunday. That might be bad.

yeah I saw that-also seems like whenever we've had hurricanes just miss us like this one looks like its going to do, it swerves out over Long Island then up into New England. Last thing NYC needs is a hurricane after they are just recovering from earthquake related nerves.

[CraigSca]

Oh cool, it's headed for my house.

[EagleFan]

Jeez, what is going on this week. Haven't had a hurricane hit near here in a while. Of course, can't remember having an earthquake hear either...

[GrantDawg]

Look like the storm has slowed a bit, but has strengthened as predict. Now looking like a Sunday landfall in the Outerbanks, and coming through the NYC area on Monday.

[CraigSca]

I'll probably be standing in my front yard, doing my best Carlton Fisk impression by waving my hands and screaming, "Go left, go left!"

[JPhillips]

I hope the track moves east. The NYC hurricane flood maps are pretty ugly.

[Alan T]

I don't like any of the projections right now. If it goes on the east tracks I'm getting up to 8 inches of rain. If it goes west track, I get hurricane force winds and tropical storms.

Seems no matter what the track is, I'm right in the middle currently.

[JPhillips]

The current track has it passing very close to Newburgh. I can't tell you how happy I am that the three massive dead oaks on the side of the house were removed last month.

[GrantDawg]

The current track has it passing very close to Newburgh. I can't tell you how happy I am that the three massive dead oaks on the side of the house were removed last month.



Great timing!

[Toddzilla]

as long as this hurricane puts out that stupid fire in the Virginia swamp, I'll be happy.

[GrantDawg]

If it hits Long Island as a level 1, how bad will that be? I am not familiar at all with Long Island topography.

[Kodos]

Alright. Looks like it is heading directly for us in CT. Never really been in a hurricane before. First an earthquake, then a hurricane. Breaking new ground this week!

[wade moore]

So at what stage do I get to be snarky about the folks in the NE worried about a Cat 1 Hurricane/Trop Storm like the West Coasters do about Earthquakes or the folks in the NE do about snow?

[wade moore]

As for here..

The projections are getting worse and worse for the Hampton Roads area. Looks like I'm pretty likely to get at least Tropical Storm force winds if not hurricane force winds and lots and lots of rain.

[Alan T]

So at what stage do I get to be snarky about the folks in the NE worried about a Cat 1 Hurricane/Trop Storm like the West Coasters do about Earthquakes or the folks in the NE do about snow?


Dunno, I guess it depends at what point you want to sound like them? I live in New England and still complain about the snow myself. *shrug* Growing up in Georgia, I fully understand 2 inches of snow shuts Atlanta down more than 6 feet of snow would do to Buffalo.

No reason for people to be dicks to each other unless you really want to try to be one. I personally am hoping that everyone on the east coast get through it without damage or harm this weekend. (and yes, my family lived in Brunswick during Hurricane Hugo in 1989)

[wade moore]

Dunno, I guess it depends at what point you want to sound like them? I live in New England and still complain about the snow myself. *shrug* Growing up in Georgia, I fully understand 2 inches of snow shuts Atlanta down more than 6 feet of snow would do to Buffalo.

No reason for people to be dicks to each other unless you really want to try to be one. I personally am hoping that everyone on the east coast get through it without damage or harm this weekend. (and yes, my family lived in Brunswick during Hurricane Hugo in 1989)

Your response makes me think you didn't really get my post.

:shurg:

[gstelmack]

Dunno, I guess it depends at what point you want to sound like them? I live in New England and still complain about the snow myself. *shrug* Growing up in Georgia, I fully understand 2 inches of snow shuts Atlanta down more than 6 feet of snow would do to Buffalo.

It's not the two inches of snow that kills the South, it's the quarter to half inch of ice under it that does us in. But everyone else just sees "an inch of snow".

[Bisbo]

Leaving Hatteras now....

[Mizzou B-ball fan]

Your response makes me think you didn't really get my post.

:shurg:

:lol:

[wade moore]

Leaving Hatteras now....

Wise choice.

What I'm seeing from a weather forecaster that I really trust way more than others, this could be a historic storm for OBX.

[dacman]

Souf Cackalacky looks to be spared now.

[DaddyTorgo]

I'm supposed to connect through BWI on Saturday morning at like 8am - am I going to be fucked? What's the prognosis for down there around that time?

Ah good - looks to be fine - hopefully.

[Ben E Lou]

Souf Cackalacky looks to be spared now.Most of the Lowcountry is under a Tropical Storm Watch, so we should basically be fine here, other than some coastal flooding. Downtown Charleston floods during a good thunderstorm, so we're used to that. Basically the forecast looks like a longer-lasting version of what we might see multiple times in the same week (in shorter bursts) all summer long: thunderstorms and 25-35 mph winds. This is a wide storm, though. I would imagine the area up by Myrtle Beach will get hammered pretty hard.

[Ben E Lou]

Yeah, just checked the Myrtle Beach Forecast. Friday night and Saturday don't look so good...



<table class="dataTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="wHover"><td class="full">Friday Night
Tropical storm conditions possible. Showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph...increasing to north 40 to 50 mph with gusts up to 60 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.

</td> </tr> <tr class="wHover"> <td>http://icons-ecast.wxug.com/i/c/a/rain.gif</td> <td class="full"> Saturday
Tropical storm conditions possible. Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms...mainly in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s. North winds 45 to 55 mph with gusts up to 65 mph...becoming northwest and...diminishing to 35 to 45 mph with gusts up to 50 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain 90 percent.
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[King of New York]

If it hits Long Island as a level 1, how bad will that be? I am not familiar at all with Long Island topography.

Low, flat, crowded (except for the easternmost part)--and the only way off is through NYC. If a big category 4 or 5 hurricane were to score a direct hit on the western two thirds of the island, it might be a Katrina-like situation. Cat. 1 would take out beach homes, but not too much else, I think.

[Kodos]

What I'm seeing from a weather forecaster that I really trust way more than others, this could be a historic storm for OBX.

You have favorite weather forecasters? How OLD are you?

[GrantDawg]

Low, flat, crowded (except for the easternmost part)--and the only way off is through NYC. If a big category 4 or 5 hurricane were to score a direct hit on the western two thirds of the island, it might be a Katrina-like situation. Cat. 1 would take out beach homes, but not too much else, I think.


Thanks.

[DanGarion]

Wise choice.

What I'm seeing from a weather forecaster that I really trust way more than others, this could be a historic storm for OBX.
I hope Dawson, Joey, and Pacey are ok.

[Thomkal]

Yeah, just checked the Myrtle Beach Forecast. Friday night and Saturday don't look so good...

I actually haven't checked the local forecast today, yesterday the forecast was calling for winds in the 20-40 mph range, so I'd be surprised if we got the higher winds you mentioned Ben. We finally decided not to put our storm shutters up and just ride it out. (we are about 5-10 mins from the ocean) Quite a difference from the earlier forecasts when we were putting up all the shutters, packing up the more essential/important things and getting the hell out of here. Went to the store today and got storm supplies in case we lose power. But yeah we we should see more of her "fury" than down your way Ben.

Good luck and stay safe to all those more directly in Irene's path.

[Thomkal]

I hope Dawson, Joey, and Pacey are ok.

Well I don't know about the other two but I think Pacey is just on the "Fringe" of it. (sorry couldn't resist)

[Ben E Lou]

I actually haven't checked the local forecast today, yesterday the forecast was calling for winds in the 20-40 mph range, so I'd be surprised if we got the higher winds you mentioned Ben. We finally decided not to put our storm shutters up and just ride it out. (we are about 5-10 mins from the ocean) Quite a difference from the earlier forecasts when we were putting up all the shutters, packing up the more essential/important things and getting the hell out of here. Went to the store today and got storm supplies in case we lose power. But yeah we we should see more of her "fury" than down your way Ben.

Good luck and stay safe to all those more directly in Irene's path.

The 5pm update moved the track a bit to the west. I see they updated your forecast, too. (They haven't done ours yet.)

<table class="dataTable" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr class="wHover"><td>http://icons-ecast.wxug.com/i/c/a/nt_rain.gif</td> <td class="full"> Friday Night
Tropical storm conditions expected. Showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall after midnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph. Gusts up to 60 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.

</td> </tr> <tr class="wHover"> <td>http://icons-ecast.wxug.com/i/c/a/rain.gif</td> <td class="full"> Saturday
Tropical storm conditions expected. Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms...mainly in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 40 to 50 mph. Gusts up to 65 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 90 percent.
» ZIP Code Detail (http://classic.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=29572&hourly=1&yday=238&weekday=Saturday)
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[McLovin]

Starting to pass by me now[Palm Beach,Fl]. Strong wind, heavy rain on and off for the next 24 hours. Getting a lot of power surges.

[JediKooter]

Welp, I hope my dads roof holds up if it hits Rhode Island. He's been having problems with the roof to his house for the last year and just made a bunch of repairs to it.

[Thomkal]

The 5pm update moved the track a bit to the west. I see they updated your forecast, too. (They haven't done ours yet.)

<TABLE class=dataTable cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TBODY><TR class=wHover><TD>http://icons-ecast.wxug.com/i/c/a/nt_rain.gif</TD><TD class=full>Friday Night
Tropical storm conditions expected. Showers and thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall after midnight. Locally heavy rainfall possible after midnight. Lows in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 40 to 50 mph. Gusts up to 60 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 90 percent.




</TD></TR><TR class=wHover><TD>http://icons-ecast.wxug.com/i/c/a/rain.gif</TD><TD class=full>Saturday
Tropical storm conditions expected. Mostly cloudy. Showers and thunderstorms...mainly in the morning. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s. Northwest winds 40 to 50 mph. Gusts up to 65 mph in the morning. Chance of rain 90 percent.
» ZIP Code Detail (http://classic.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=29572&hourly=1&yday=238&weekday=Saturday)



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Thanks Ben for that-I just saw the local forecast a few minutes ago-glad this is the first time seeing it and hearing the track started moving back west to include northeastern Horry County again. :( Local guys are saying it's stop moving west thankfully-so its going to be a bit rougher than I expected when I woke up this morning. Well this should be "fun".

[JPhillips]

Local NYC news is talking about possible evacuations of @250,000 in flood prone areas.

[CraigSca]

Based on the current projections, it looks like the eye might be passing directly over Delaware. I'm fascinated, because I've never seen the eye of a hurricane before, but I'm obviously concerned because, though I don't live near the coast, things could still get pretty bad here. Here's hoping that she dissipates over land faster than expected.

Prayers for everyone in her path this weekend.

[Matthean]

It's amazing to see sustained winds of 115 mph and wind gusts of 140 mph and it's only a category 3.

[Eaglesfan27]

Been through Katrina and Gustav and now my house in NJ is under a mandatory evacuation for Irene :(

[gkb]

Been through Katrina and Gustav and now my house in NJ is under a mandatory evacuation for Irene :(

I'm so out of touch. I had no idea you had moved. I feel like I've let you down by not stalking you better here at FOFC. I'll do better!

[Eaglesfan27]

I'm so out of touch. I had no idea you had moved. I feel like I've let you down by not stalking you better here at FOFC. I'll do better!

LOL. Yeah, I took a great job in NJ. Working very hard, but making a lot more money and working my way up the administrative chain for a fairly large hospital. Speaking of which, I had one of the best days of my professional life today as I kicked major butt in a JCAHO survey, but my plans to celebrate are now detoured by my hurricane preparations..

[Lathum]

Been through Katrina and Gustav and now my house in NJ is under a mandatory evacuation for Irene :(

Jeez, stay safe bud. EF is also probably under one, I know we have a few FOFcers in that area. Stay safe.

[King of New York]

Wise choice.

What I'm seeing from a weather forecaster that I really trust way more than others, this could be a historic storm for OBX.

Evan Stewart?

If not, I might have to fight you :mad:

[Landshark44]

i live on the beach. we are getting evacuated tomorrow, the whole island has 24 hours to clear out....

[Eaglesfan27]

Stay safe, ls. I will be driving into ac in the morning to go to work.

[mauchow]

My brother in law has to fly jets out of the navy base in VA for the next day.

[Logan]

Heard there's an evacuation of Atlantic City planned for 6am tomorrow.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Okay, here's the deal: If you're in the path of this bitch, stay safe. Do what you have to do to accomplish that. Inconvenience beats the hell out of dying & none of you get paid like Jim Cantore to ride out a storm.

[Wolfpack]

I'm actually "riding out" the storm on my own. My wife took the kids to Charlotte because she didn't want to have to worry about the stress of being here when it passes through (my oldest daughter is very anxiety-prone and makes much of small things, so the combined stress levels of all involved should improve if they aren't here--even if here isn't really going to get much other than some strong winds and rain).

They just put out the 11 PM advisory and it looks like Irene in the near term will be ramping up a bit, but the forecaster mentions that it may weaken a little before landfall, which is currently projected just west of Morehead City. Bogue Banks is absolutely going to get crushed by this one. None of the other Outer Banks will be doing too well, either, as all of them from Bogue Banks northward will be on the east side of the storm during Irene's passing. There will be some heavy damage, a lot of overwash, and I wouldn't be surprised to see another inlet cut somewhere like what happened with Isabelle several years ago (albeit temporarily as the Army CoE will fill it back in because all the folks with their nice beach homes will still try hard to believe that the Outer Banks are a permanent geographic fixture and not the gigantic sand bars that they actually are).

Around here, we'll be on the periphery of whatever nastiness will be dealt out. Some high winds (maybe pushing towards tropical storm force sustained) and some heavy rain for a few hours Saturday afternoon. If Irene came ashore down towards Wilmington/Myrtle Beach (or if I lived somewhere on the east side of I-95), I'd be a lot more worried about things. As it is, should have a fair number of downed branches to pick up afterwards.

[Ironhead]

The good news - the most recent tracking from an hour ago has the storm pushing further out towards the Jersey coast. For a while the tracking was pushing further inland.

The bad news - the new projected tracking passes within feet of my house. I'm ready to bolt if need be.

[wade moore]

You have favorite weather forecasters? How OLD are you?

Er, yeah... I don't see how that's a sign of being "old". He's not a TV guy, but a guy that has a website and in every major storm for the last year (snow or otherwise) has been way more accurate and further ahead than weather.com, accuweather, or any of the TV guys.

I hope Dawson, Joey, and Pacey are ok.

Silly West Coaster, they were in Wilmington, not OBX. ;)

[wade moore]

Evan Stewart?

If not, I might have to fight you :mad:

I don't know who Evan Stewart is.

This is the guy from wxrisk.com

He writes.. umm.. VERY poorly... but his information and forecasts are amazing. He's had this storm nailed since Monday.

[Easy Mac]

Er, yeah... I don't see how that's a sign of being "old". He's not a TV guy, but a guy that has a website and in every major storm for the last year (snow or otherwise) has been way more accurate and further ahead than weather.com, accuweather, or any of the TV guys.



Silly West Coaster, they were in Wilmington, not OBX. ;)

What about Jett Jackson?

[wade moore]

What about Jett Jackson?

I have no idea who that is.

I don't know weather guys. I just know that this dude is way more accurate than any TV guy I've seen, TWC, or Accuweather.

[Kodos]

Er, yeah... I don't see how that's a sign of being "old". He's not a TV guy, but a guy that has a website and in every major storm for the last year (snow or otherwise) has been way more accurate and further ahead than weather.com, accuweather, or any of the TV guys.



Silly West Coaster, they were in Wilmington, not OBX. ;)

In my experience, only old people watch the weather closely enough to have a favorite forecaster.

[Ksyrup]

We've got a guy who used to do weather in Lexington and is now in the Ashland/WVa area, I believe, who runs a site called kentuckyweathercenter.com. It's awesome. He updates it every day, gives not just that day's outlook but overal long-term trends/forecasting, etc. During winter the blog is fun as hell, as we try to figure out if we're gonna get snow. Of course, I've been following weather for years going back to when I was in Florida and it was part of my job to care about whether hurricanes were going to hit. Was involved in a bunch of litigation involving insurer hurricane forecasting models.

[JPhillips]

Right now the forecast is for 12-15 hours of tropical force winds and 5-10 inches of rain where I live. The only thing I'm really worried about is long term power outages. Tree trimming near power lines is nearly non-existent around here. Next week is going to be rough.

[GrantDawg]

I'm so out of touch. I had no idea you had moved. I feel like I've let you down by not stalking you better here at FOFC. I'll do better!


With you. I missed that move.

[spleen1015]

A big implementation here at work got postponed because half of the team is in NJ.

Thanks, Irene. Now I have to work Labor Day weekend.

[spleen1015]

Dola,

I hope you east coasters stay safe through this.

[Ben E Lou]

First reported power outage in the Lowcountry.

Power out on Folly as Irene starts to affect coast | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment (http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2011/aug/26/power-out-folly/)

[Ben E Lou]

As the forecast relates to the area in and around Charleston, it basically has been completely unchanged for ~36 hours. The Charleston County School System gave no hint that they might be considering a closing, then at 9:30 last night they decide to close. They said it was based on the 8pm forecast..which was no different from the 5pm forecast...which was no different from the 2pm forecast... Awesome. I agree with their primary reasoning:

1. strong possibility of flooding downtown
2. quite a few school bus routes have to cross Charleston's elevated bridges. Several of those are likely to need to be closed for at least part of the day. But again, the wind speed forecast hasn't changed a bit. This call could easily have been made Thursday morning.

Even better, there's Berkeley County. Part of Berkeley County extends almost all the way to the coast, to basically an island that cannot be accessed apart from one of two huge bridges. Same issue as Charleston County--those suckers will likely need to shut down later today.

So Berkeley County decides to wait unti 8am this morning to decide to do a half-day.

[Thomkal]

Right now the forecast is for 12-15 hours of tropical force winds and 5-10 inches of rain where I live. The only thing I'm really worried about is long term power outages. Tree trimming near power lines is nearly non-existent around here. Next week is going to be rough.

Hey keep an eye on my two brothers who live in the Newburgh area, will ya? And oh yeah stay safe yourself too. :D

[Thomkal]

yeah downtown Charleston basically floods if someone sneezes, and all those high bridges, made little sense to delay a decision on the schools till last night-better safe than sorry and school officials should have known better.

[Thomkal]

We are getting our first Irene related rain showers here in Myrtle Beach. Thankfully I had just finished the yard cleanup and preparations for the storm so that worked out nicely.

[DanGarion]

Er, yeah... I don't see how that's a sign of being "old". He's not a TV guy, but a guy that has a website and in every major storm for the last year (snow or otherwise) has been way more accurate and further ahead than weather.com, accuweather, or any of the TV guys.



Silly West Coaster, they were in Wilmington, not OBX. ;)
Well Kevin Williamson was from OBX, that's why his production company is named Outerbanks... ;)

[EagleFan]

We're on the non-mandatory side of the cutoff. We have floods here with a normal storm so I am moving everything to high ground today and may pack the family in the car and drive for a day to see where we end up.

This has been one strange week, that's for sure.

[DanGarion]

I have no idea who that is.

I don't know weather guys. I just know that this dude is way more accurate than any TV guy I've seen, TWC, or Accuweather.

But he doesn't look as good as Jackie Johnson...

http://i.imgur.com/MjkLY.jpg

[EagleFan]

Stay safe everyone!

[JPhillips]

Hey keep an eye on my two brothers who live in the Newburgh area, will ya? And oh yeah stay safe yourself too. :D

Where are they?

[wade moore]

In my experience, only old people watch the weather closely enough to have a favorite forecaster.

I guess it mostly comes from it being critical in my job to know about major whether events and how it may impact navy base closures, etc.

I work for an application that does time and attendance, so many time it is super critical for me to be on top of major weather events and who, what, when, where, and how it may have an impact.

[MacroGuru]

Stay safe guys, our engineers were to fly to Delaware this weekend and that has now been cancelled.

[Ben E Lou]

First rain/wind effects at my house (8ish miles from the coast). Winds gusting to 30mph.

[Lathum]

Weird, the town I used to live in just had a CNN reporter on the boardwalk and there is a mandatory evacuation. I remember the last time a hurricane hit NJ, probaqbly about 25 years ago.

I hope everyone stays safe and is smart enought to take the threats seriously.

[Ksyrup]

Ha!

National Weather Service thinks #HurricaneIrene (http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23HurricaneIrene) has potential to be so insane they're changing name to #HurricaneNancyGrace (http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=%23HurricaneNancyGrace)

[Ben E Lou]

Just another Saturday afternoon in Morehead City?

http://icons-ecast.wxug.com/i/c/a/rain.gif Saturday
Hurricane conditions expected. Showers with isolated thunderstorms. Locally heavy rainfall possible. Highs in the lower 80s. Northeast winds 85 to 105 mph with gusts up to 130 mph... becoming northwest 80 to 100 mph with gusts up to 120 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.
» ZIP Code Detail (http://classic.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=28557&hourly=1&yday=238&weekday=Saturday)

[GrantDawg]

Ha!

National Weather Service thinks #HurricaneIrene (http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23HurricaneIrene) has potential to be so insane they're changing name to #HurricaneNancyGrace (http://twitter.com/#%21/search?q=%23HurricaneNancyGrace)


Winnah!

[Thomkal]

Where are they?

One in Newburgh, other in Marlboro. I'm from the "better" side of the river, Wappingers Falls. :D

[JPhillips]

I had no idea. We currently live in New Windsor, but if my wife and I decide to stay in the area we'll look in the Marlboro area.

And I hope your brother lives in Newburgh town rather than Newburgh city.

edit: If I see them blow by I'll try and catch them!

[Thomkal]

I had no idea. We currently live in New Windsor, but if my wife and I decide to stay in the area we'll look in the Marlboro area.

And I hope your brother lives in Newburgh town rather than Newburgh city.

edit: If I see them blow by I'll try and catch them!


That's all I ask JPhillips! :D Stay safe!

[CAsterling]

[QUOTE=Blackadar;2516483]Every time I hear "Irene", I think of Black Hawk Down. QUOTE]

+1
I was beginning to think I was the only one who thought that - every time I mention Black Hawk Down I get blank looks:(

[Ben E Lou]

...and all those high bridges...Unconfirmed FB rumor that all of the major Charleston bridges are closing at 3pm, through the night.

[Ksyrup]

Whatever you do, if it's bad, for Godsake don't go into your local grocery store and berate/yell at the workers because the store is out of milk and bread. I got that one the morning after Andrew at the store I was working at during summer break.

[Thomkal]

Unconfirmed FB rumor that all of the major Charleston bridges are closing at 3pm, through the night.

Did this happen Ben? I've been on a few, especially the newest one, and none should be open if you are getting 40-50 mph winds on them.

[Ben E Lou]

Did this happen Ben? I've been on a few, especially the newest one, and none should be open if you are getting 40-50 mph winds on them.Not yet. An official word got posted that if they get to 40 mph, they're shutting down. We're definitely not there yet at my house, and evidently not in the harbor, either.

[JediKooter]

Well everybody, batten down the hatches. I hope the storm loses its punch before it reaches anyone, but, please be careful and make sure you have at least a couple of escape routes if you need them. Put those important papers and pictures in some ziploc bags (I recommend double or triple bagging them). All in all, just be safe and be careful and I hope everything turns out for the better.

[PilotMan]

You guys are free to head to Cincinnati. We are going to have sunny skies and cool temps the next few days. Have fun with all of this while I follow along. BTW, I have not had to, and wont, fly in this one, but I have had to in some TrpclStms in Florida and Texas.

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[General Mike]

Weird, the town I used to live in just had a CNN reporter on the boardwalk and there is a mandatory evacuation. I remember the last time a hurricane hit NJ, probaqbly about 25 years ago.

I hope everyone stays safe and is smart enought to take the threats seriously.

Try '99. Floyd killed Bound Brook and Manville in Central NJ and I expect more of the same.

[Lathum]

Floyd was a tropical storm by the time it hit NJ, but regardless, the amount of damage can be epic either way.

[EagleFan]

Hope all in the carolinas are safe. We went west in pa to ride this out. Hope we still have a home when we try to return on Monday... but at least we will have been safer by going here.

[tarcone]

My house is available. It will be 85, sunny with low humidity all weekend. You can come watch my daughters play in a soccer tourney.

Good luck to all. I hope the storm shifts way east. Stay safe.

[cougarfreak]

Hope everyone who is in the path of this thing stays safe. Hunker down.

[Thomkal]

Well off to bed for me, hoping we have power in the morning. Pretty steady rain and wind gusts here in Myrtle Beach. Good luck to everybody else yet to be "introduced" to Irene.

[Ironhead]

Starting to strongly debate whether we should head further inland. I am concerned with how long it could be before we get back home though. Most of my neighbors are sticking it out. My biggest concern right now is flooding. I am just not sure what to expect.

[Thomkal]

Starting to strongly debate whether we should head further inland. I am concerned with how long it could be before we get back home though. Most of my neighbors are sticking it out. My biggest concern right now is flooding. I am just not sure what to expect.

Well would you rather stay and then try to escape from a flooding house? Having to wait a long time to get back to your house when it means you are all safe and sound is a good exchange I'd think.

[Thomkal]

Well off to bed for me, hoping we have power in the morning. Pretty steady rain and wind gusts here in Myrtle Beach. Good luck to everybody else yet to be "introduced" to Irene.

Yeah we have power! :) Haven't been out to look yet, but looks like we weathered the storm fine-just the usual branches, pine cones, leaves all over the place. Still gusting here, but the rain may be over for us.

[Thomkal]

just did a check of house and yard-branches, pine cones, leaves, and pine straw all over the place-and one small hedge tree down, but otherwise ok here. We live on a man-made lake that was low before the storm and now is full and close to overflowing.

[wade moore]

Just heavy rain and some wind right now - but the wind is really starting to pick up.

My house is pretty safe. We're not in a flooding area and in a new, mostly clear-cut neighborhood. Power would be our biggest concern.

[Wolfpack]

Thus far, about as expected here. Some rain, a fair amount of wind. Pressure is still dropping as the storm hasn't quite reached due east of here, but it shouldn't worsen over what it is now.

However, areas east of I-95 are getting a lot of rain and, of course, the coast and the Outer Banks are getting all the heavy winds on top of that. This will definitely be a rough couple of days for the Northeast upcoming.

[Neon_Chaos]

Stay safe.

From someone who lives in a country that gets battered by almost 20 typhoons each year... being over-prepared for a typhoon is always, always better than being underprepared.

If it isn't as bad as they say it could be, then good.

[JonInMiddleGA]

If it isn't as bad as they say it could be, then good.

You speak wisely.

[General Mike]

It started to rain here (Central NJ) a couple hours ago. The ground is saturated from all the rain already this month, and the rivers are at the tipping point.

[Eaglesfan27]

Multiple tornados here. In my basement now without power.

[CraigSca]

Surprised we still have power here in New Castle, Delaware. Have had a number of flickering light moments, but so far still good. Wind and rain picking up.

[DaddyTorgo]

Multiple tornados here. In my basement now without power.

Jeebus

[Eaglesfan27]

Tornados have passed for now and surprisingly power is back up.

[EagleFan]

Multiple tornados here. In my basement now without power.

Stay safe 27, thoughts headed your way.

[cthomer5000]

Tornados have passed for now and surprisingly power is back up.

where are you in NJ? So far nothing but rain here.

[Edward64]

Yup, stay safe everyone. Post your pictures when it calms down.

[Eaglesfan27]

where are you in NJ? So far nothing but rain here.

Galloway, NJ.

[sabotai]

Beach erosion in Atlantic City

[JetsIn06]

So, blahhh.

My basement is flooded. We kept it at bay until 3:30AM or so, and then BAM. Water started pouring in. We had a shopvac and a pump, so THANK GOD the power didn't go out. But now there's about an inch of water covering my entire basement floor.

It's gonna be a shitty week, but glad that so far there's no damage anywhere else and we have power.

[Eaglesfan27]

Woke up shocked to find I have power. A few trees down in my yard, but no damage. Very thankful we don't have more damage.

[Kodos]

Few downed branches so far.

[Kodos]

Oh... and no power since 3 am

[Lathum]

So, blahhh.

My basement is flooded. We kept it at bay until 3:30AM or so, and then BAM. Water started pouring in. We had a shopvac and a pump, so THANK GOD the power didn't go out. But now there's about an inch of water covering my entire basement floor.

It's gonna be a shitty week, but glad that so far there's no damage anywhere else and we have power.

Same thing happened to my parents in Freehold. They stayed up all night keeping a shop vac going and 2 sump pumps. Not really happy about that since my Dad is 80 and had heart surgery in May.

They also lost their inground pool. Liner completely flooded with about 10,000 leaves.

all in all could have been worse, my sisters boyfriend had 2 cars destroyed by a falling tree.

[Ironhead]

My town appears to have escaped fairly unscathed. I think there is some flooding down closer by the bay and ocean but other than that no downed trees and no flooding in the streets. Feeling rather lucky considering that the hurricane was supposed to make landfall in my town for most of the tracking.

[Ironhead]

dola

Scariest part was the tornado watches at the very beginning around 9-10 PM last night. Apparently there were actual tornadoes sighted to the west of us and out by LBI.

[jeff061]

Only effect I noticed is my current office is shut down on Monday. Which means I actually get a full weekend!

[Eaglesfan27]

dola

Scariest part was the tornado watches at the very beginning around 9-10 PM last night. Apparently there were actual tornadoes sighted to the west of us and out by LBI.


Same here. We were down in the basement and it was scary. Only other scary thing was watching a huge tree that is in my backyard sway back and forth over my skylights.

[jeff061]

Hmm, I'm now experiencing some brownouts. Effects being my UPS is working as I hoped and washing my clothes is a pain in the ass.

I have not yet experienced the total anarchy I had come to expect from the news.

[EagleFan]

27 or Landshark happen to know what the roads are like? Wondering if they may be good enough to come back today.

Heard from our neighbor. Sounds like the only question may be if there is any water damage. The water got up quite a bit but she doesn't think it would have gotten to the level of the house but isn't positive for us (just that it didn't get into her house).

[OldGiants]

Central Va hit hard by winds; rain not so much. 360,000 still without power; as many more in Tidewater.

We had a dozen power blips, then it went it off at 6PM and came back at 8. All our lines are underground and that was the longest hurricane outage we've ever had. Clean-up was nothing but raking and toting one branch. My neighbor had a tree come down and clip his garage. He's 3-for-3 in hurricanes always knocking a tree onto house in this century.

Traffic lights are out all over, so I don't think we'll venture out far this afternoon.

[JPhillips]

Looks like things are over here. I didn't see Thomkal's brothers fly past. The yard looks like a rice paddy and the basement has about an inch of water with more leaking through the walls, but we kept power and didn't lose any trees.

[Eaglesfan27]

27 or Landshark happen to know what the roads are like? Wondering if they may be good enough to come back today.

Heard from our neighbor. Sounds like the only question may be if there is any water damage. The water got up quite a bit but she doesn't think it would have gotten to the level of the house but isn't positive for us (just that it didn't get into her house).

I can tell you in a few hours. I'm about to venture out to the store.

[CleBrownsfan]

Except for a few pain in the arse problems I'm glad everyone made it out safely.

[Alan T]

Power just came back on here. Was out for about 3 hours or so.

My garage is flooded but thankfully the basement survived (I had put in new drainage yesterday to try to deter the water around the side of the house and it seemed to work). My back yard is pretty much a swimming pool now though. Some parts of it have 2-3 inches of standing water on top of the grass.

[Alan T]

Just noticed that my neighbor's fence was literally obliterated. I mean part of it looks like it was flipped inside out.

[spleen1015]

With that much water in your backyard, I would still be worried about my basement.

[Thomkal]

Looks like things are over here. I didn't see Thomkal's brothers fly past. The yard looks like a rice paddy and the basement has about an inch of water with more leaking through the walls, but we kept power and didn't lose any trees.

And I'm very glad you didn't see my brothers. ;) Haven't spoken to them yet, but assuming they are okay as they have not called us or my other brothers. Glad you made it through relatively unscathed. Is looking like you guys got about 6 inches or so of rain there?

[Alan T]

With that much water in your backyard, I would still be worried about my basement.


I definitely am still worried. I keep going down to check every hour or so, but thus far it looks like all of the water is being diverted by the drainage I installed at the foundation.

[JPhillips]

And I'm very glad you didn't see my brothers. ;) Haven't spoken to them yet, but assuming they are okay as they have not called us or my other brothers. Glad you made it through relatively unscathed. Is looking like you guys got about 6 inches or so of rain there?

That's about what I'd guess. The rivers around here are schedule for some record breaking crests over the next few days.

[Eaglesfan27]

27 or Landshark happen to know what the roads are like? Wondering if they may be good enough to come back today.

Heard from our neighbor. Sounds like the only question may be if there is any water damage. The water got up quite a bit but she doesn't think it would have gotten to the level of the house but isn't positive for us (just that it didn't get into her house).

With the exception of one road closed near consumers square, the roads are all fine.

[JPhillips]

I went out earlier and after three road closures I turned around and came home. Every time I came to a place where the road crossed water, the road was closed.

[cthomer5000]

Bit of water in the basement and 15 hours without electricity... but otherwise pretty good here in North Plainfield, NJ.

[jeff061]

That's what I get for mocking the weather gods. No power for 7 hours and electric comopany says be prepared for days. Thankfully ill be heading to a hotel for work, hopefully my place doesn't blow up when things come back on.

[EagleFan]

Back home. Live near consumer square but luckily the road was closed in the opposite direction of where Iwas headed (that would have sucked to make it that far back home without an issue and then be blockaded less than a mile from the house).

[Kodos]

No power here since 3 in the morning.

My wife's grandfather has a cottage on Long Island sound. Went to check on it tonight. The front was smashed into the living room. The rock wall in front of the water was completely gone. A foot of sand covers the road. Bad stuff. Worst since Hurricane Gloria. :(

The good news is our house was unscathed.

[MacroGuru]

Ping TK!

[wade moore]

I've been without power since 1:00 PM on Saturday. I have power now since I'm at work, but some rumors say it could be a week or two before everyone in our area has power.

[Logan]

My parents in central Jersey are still without power.

[stevew]

I've been without power since 1:00 PM on Saturday. I have power now since I'm at work, but some rumors say it could be a week or two before everyone in our area has power.

Fuck....that sucks. I remember about 4 days of no power after Isabel, and that was a good enough impetus for me to move. The building across the street was without power for maybe another week, since they weren't on a main line(they were sistered off of my building and it broke) Hopefully you aren't broken anywhere between you and a main line.

[wade moore]

Fuck....that sucks. I remember about 4 days of no power after Isabel, and that was a good enough impetus for me to move. The building across the street was without power for maybe another week, since they weren't on a main line(they were sistered off of my building and it broke) Hopefully you aren't broken anywhere between you and a main line.

To be honest, it's not THAT bad. In Isabel I was on a well so I had no water. That was awful. I at least have water now, I can make do without electricity for a couple of weeks if I have to.

Helps that I can come nto work and get on the internet ;).

[jeff061]

Heard this morning it may be another week until my power's back up. This is one of the few times I'm grateful I more or less live in hotels.

[JediKooter]

Dad is in Rhode Island and they still don't have power in his neighborhood. Went out Saturday I think? Cell phones work but his house phone doesn't. He's in Wakefield.

[Kodos]

Still no power. No reason to think it will be back soon. This sucks.

[SirFozzie]

same here. MA has 500,000 without power. We're on a well too at the house, so this is a MAJOR pita.

[jeff061]

So despite being lucky enough to be put up in a hotel room, my client's office was closed today and just got word it would be closed tomorrow. I personally don't recall having one of my offices out right closed, to the point where they won't let you in the building.

So I'm chilling down here outside NYC with no work, this client doesn't allow remote access from contractors.

[stevew]

same here. MA has 500,000 without power. We're on a well too at the house, so this is a MAJOR pita.

That's like my worst nightmare. At some point I want to figure out how to set my house up so that I can power the well via generator.

[Lathum]

That's like my worst nightmare. At some point I want to figure out how to set my house up so that I can power the well via generator.

My Father in Law is putting in a natural gas generator for this purpose.

[Eaglesfan27]

My Father in Law is putting in a natural gas generator for this purpose.

I had one in Louisiana and loved it. With a well here in NJ, I will seriously consider a generator if I lose power a lot during this next year.

[wade moore]

That's like my worst nightmare. At some point I want to figure out how to set my house up so that I can power the well via generator.

Yeah, I was on a well during Isabel - miserable. That's why I think this is more tolerable for me - I have no power, but at least I have water - and hot water at that!

[OldGiants]

Several co-workers have kerosene generators, but power is out at the kerosene station and so they can't pump any fuel and their generators would run out last night.

They generator salesmen don't tell you about that part.

[SirFozzie]

we are now at 48 hours without power.. and ya we have a small generator.. but WR only run it for a couple things.. fridge etc.. and we can only run it for q couple hours at a time

[wade moore]

we are now at 48 hours without power.. and ya we have a small generator.. but WR only run it for a couple things.. fridge etc.. and we can only run it for q couple hours at a time

I'm just short of 72 hours so far (hit that at 1:00 today) and no generator.

The hardest part is probably sleeping with the really bad sounding generator that runs all-night next door.

[Kodos]

Picture of my wife's grandfather's cottage on Long Island Sound. The stone wall in front used to be two or three feet higher.

[Kodos]

2nd picture. The rocks in the sandbox used to be the wall.

[SirFozzie]

And power has been restored. Woo!

[wade moore]

I just got a tease message..

VM from the power company saying "work has been completed in your area".

After utilizing txt and facebook - power is NOT back on in the neighborhood.

[King of New York]

I just got a tease message..

VM from the power company saying "work has been completed in your area".

After utilizing txt and facebook - power is NOT back on in the neighborhood.

Sorry to hear that, Wade--I got power back last night.

I heard some guy from Dominion Power saying that, on their website, you can see where the work crews have been assigned for each day--maybe that can help you to see whether you are next in line?

[wade moore]

I just got a tease message..

VM from the power company saying "work has been completed in your area".

After utilizing txt and facebook - power is NOT back on in the neighborhood.

And just got the same thing - recorded message, no power.

Sorry to hear that, Wade--I got power back last night.

I heard some guy from Dominion Power saying that, on their website, you can see where the work crews have been assigned for each day--maybe that can help you to see whether you are next in line?

Yeah, I've seen that page. I suppose it's useful if you know exactly where the source of your outage is, but I do not. There are multiple roads somewhat close to us that have multiple downed power polls. I have no idea which ones actually impact our neighborhood, and apparently Dominion doesn't either.


Honestly, it's not a HUGE deal to me. I'm more interested in the process than freaking out about not having power. The most bothersome part at this point is the crappy generator next door keeping my wife up all night.

[wade moore]

Heh..

Rumor on our neighborhood's facebook page is that they may be out of Transformers and work is going to be delayed a day or two from what was planned to get more sent this way.

Following all of this is oddly entertaining for me. Especially the people going crazy on facebook.

[Kodos]

According to CL&P's site, 98% of my town is still without power. Yay.

[cuervo72]

Heh..

Rumor on our neighborhood's facebook page is that they may be out of Transformers

The good news is that plenty of Gobots are available!

[wade moore]

The good news is that plenty of Gobots are available!

:thumbsup:

[sterlingice]

The good news is that plenty of Gobots are available!

Gold :D

SI

[OldGiants]

Here in Chesterfield County many folks are having the same "work has been completed" message and not having any juice.

Funniest hard luck story happened to a co-worker. She made it through the storm without losing any power. Then yesterday before lunch, her daughter called and said, "The guy up the street decided to cut down a tree that was leaning. It fell on the power line, pulled it down and now we're out."

Last night she got the "work has been completed message" but there was no power. She walked out to the road and saw the line still down in the middle of the street.

[wade moore]

After 103 hours without power, we got power last night at about 8:30. Finallya nights sleep without generators keeping me up! ;)

[stevew]

Here in Chesterfield County many folks are having the same "work has been completed" message and not having any juice.

Funniest hard luck story happened to a co-worker. She made it through the storm without losing any power. Then yesterday before lunch, her daughter called and said, "The guy up the street decided to cut down a tree that was leaning. It fell on the power line, pulled it down and now we're out."

Last night she got the "work has been completed message" but there was no power. She walked out to the road and saw the line still down in the middle of the street.

Deserves a spot on the Punch in the face list.

[stevew]

After 103 hours without power, we got power last night at about 8:30. Finallya nights sleep without generators keeping me up! ;)

Much like you'd poison a loud barking dog, I think it's in your best interest to sneak next door and sabatogue that generator in the near future.

(I kid about poisoning the dog, of course)

[Kodos]

Top Ten Benefits From Hurricane Irene

10. Grandpa's cottage on the Sound is now one step closer to having a screened-in porch.

9. Morning commute through town flies by without any stoplights.

8. So far, visiting in-laws haven't watched a single episode of Little House On The Prairie.

7. Great opportunity to expand repetoire on gas grill - Hey kids, who wants char-broiled Pop Tarts!

6. Those annoying crickets are drowned out by neighbor's generator at night.

5. Been putting off defrosting the freezer? Cross it off the list!

4. No longer mind when my Coke from McDonald's is mostly ice.

3. Goodbye sky-high electric bills!

2. Haven't run into any gamekillers yet in the latest edition of Madden!

1. No need to waste time waiting for the shower to warm up in the morning--Just jump in!

[wade moore]

Much like you'd poison a loud barking dog, I think it's in your best interest to sneak next door and sabatogue that generator in the near future.

(I kid about poisoning the dog, of course)

Don't think I didn't consider it...

[Thomkal]

After 103 hours without power, we got power last night at about 8:30. Finallya nights sleep without generators keeping me up! ;)

And there was much rejoicing! :) glad you finally got it back

[Kodos]

Dear god. Supposedly, the estimate for us to get power back is September 7th. Most of my coworkers already have power, or never lost it.

[sterlingice]

That's a bummer. Happened to my parents after Ike- they were without power for over 2 weeks. Unfortunately, if most of your neighbors are on, that's even worse for you, not better.

It's a stupid pet peeve of mine but it always annoys me when people are like "why did they get power before me". The power company did not single you out but since only 6 people on your street are out while an entire city block of 50 across town are out, I hope they go get the 50.

I'm sure it's like anything else where if Inverse_Time_of_Repair_Area1 * Number_Impacted_Area1 > Inverse_Time_of_Repair_Area2 * Number_Impacted_Area2, then they'll go fix Area1 because they're trying to do the most good for the most number of people. Or, from a more cynical point of view, the more people they fix more quickly means less complaining at them.

SI

[Kodos]

Yep. It all makes sense. But sucks if you're in a low-priority area.

[Kodos]

Woooooooooooot! We have power!!!!!