hurricane floyd was worse. this was essentially a really bad rain storm with some wind. lots of flooding though, obviously.
couple tornado "warnings" that never materialized. power went out for a couple minutes then came back on.
looks like all the reports of the shore being washed away were overblown....your juggler's vaca is still set for friday
....looking forward to 24 hour coverage of 6 inch snowstorms later this year :roll: :thumbup: :wave:
yeah my feelings exactly. Least around here it wasn't too bad. I know a lot of people lost power, luckily i wasn't one of them (knock on wood). Bring on winter!!! NOT!
the local news media blows. they love this kind of shit.
last night i saw a reporter out on some street interview some dude and his girlfriend who were riding a motorcycle on their way home from the bar. this was around midnight. the reporter was appalled that they were out on the streets despite all the warnings. the guy goes "it's really not that bad at all. it was worse out in ambler. but this is really no big deal here..."---then the reporter kind of gets into an argument with him. she's like "well the mayor of philadephia disagrees with you, we've been covering this for 24 hours and it is only going to get worse! yada yada yada...."
yes but what if those dbags had to be rescued. it was fn stupid for those people to be out and there was no point to them being on the road other than macho bullshit - 'oh look at me im out in the storm like a dumbass'. also tell that to the family of the 20-year old woman who was killed driving in jersey when her car ran into a flooded area. it's real easy to point fingers after the fact when things don't turn out as bad as predicted but with the number of people in the path of this storm the evacuations and warnings were what was needed. IF things had hit at the worst case scenario you could have been looking at Katrina like problems in the Northeast. so instead of talking about overhype and complaining about the warnings I'd say just be thankful that it wasn't as bad for you as it could have been. and if you lived in vermont and upstate new york you would probably have a different attitude today. just because it was't bad for you doesn't mean it wasn't bad for some.
yeah my feelings exactly. Least around here it wasn't too bad. I know a lot of people lost power, luckily i wasn't one of them (knock on wood). Bring on winter!!! NOT!
the local news media blows. they love this kind of shit.
last night i saw a reporter out on some street interview some dude and his girlfriend who were riding a motorcycle on their way home from the bar. this was around midnight. the reporter was appalled that they were out on the streets despite all the warnings. the guy goes "it's really not that bad at all. it was worse out in ambler. but this is really no big deal here..."---then the reporter kind of gets into an argument with him. she's like "well the mayor of philadephia disagrees with you, we've been covering this for 24 hours and it is only going to get worse! yada yada yada...."
yes but what if those dbags had to be rescued. it was fn stupid for those people to be out and there was no point to them being on the road other than macho bullshit - 'oh look at me im out in the storm like a dumbass'. also tell that to the family of the 20-year old woman who was killed driving in jersey when her car ran into a flooded area. it's real easy to point fingers after the fact when things don't turn out as bad as predicted but with the number of people in the path of this storm the evacuations and warnings were what was needed. IF things had hit at the worst case scenario you could have been looking at Katrina like problems in the Northeast. so instead of talking about overhype and complaining about the warnings I'd say just be thankful that it wasn't as bad for you as it could have been. and if you lived in vermont and upstate new york you would probably have a different attitude today. just because it was't bad for you doesn't mean it wasn't bad for some.
nope not at all. there is no comparision between 6 inches of snow and a hurricane. a hurricane is a hell of a lot more dangerous, deadly and more descructive than snow. snow is an inconvenience mostly, especially in our region.
Still no power and the kid's first day of school tomorrow has now officially been cancelled...and his dentist's office is still without power so his 4:20PM appointment today appears to be a no go....he's gonna want hurricanes every week.
My street looks like a warzone. Trees and power lines down everywhere, both ends of the street are blocked off. Only way out is going down this side road that leads me miles away from anywhere I need to go. Huge Branches fell in my yard and the power has been out since 11am Sunday. Looks like its going to be a week before that comes back on. The traffic lights have no power so its a clusterfuck on the roads...and my basement flooded.
Solid weekend.
IF things had hit at the worst case scenario you could have been looking at Katrina like problems in the Northeast.
the Northeast is a soup bowl?
nope but this impacted 55-65 million people with huge amounts of water-ways impacted including 5 major cities. Just because it didn't turn out to be as bad as possible doesn't diminish what it could have been. If the storm had hit at a 75+ mile per hour winds and over a foot of rain you would be talking about minimum the loss of power to millions upon millions of people and travel basically shut down throughout the east coast (as it was for 2 days already) for days upon days. i would suggest you take a look at New York city and Long Island on a map to see what a historic storm surge would have done there, luckily it wasn't so bad. and as diminished as the storm was it still looks like over a million people lost power even with the reduced strength of the storm. so yea with those numbers a stronger storm could have had those same like implications.
nope not at all. there is no comparision between 6 inches of snow and a hurricane. a hurricane is a hell of a lot more dangerous, deadly and more descructive than snow. snow is an inconvenience mostly, especially in our region.
we got a tropical storm dude...or a "hybrid noreaster" dependong what weather guy you were listening to
nope not at all. there is no comparision between 6 inches of snow and a hurricane. a hurricane is a hell of a lot more dangerous, deadly and more descructive than snow. snow is an inconvenience mostly, especially in our region.
we got a tropical storm dude...or a "hybrid noreaster" dependong what weather guy you were listening to
well Irene did cancal 2 phils games and what 10 games throughout the northeast, cancelled over 7,000 flights, wiped out train travel in the northeast corridor, and closed casino's for 2 days. id say Irene is the winner.
IF things had hit at the worst case scenario you could have been looking at Katrina like problems in the Northeast.
the Northeast is a soup bowl?
nope but this impacted 55-65 million people with huge amounts of water-ways impacted including 5 major cities. Just because it didn't turn out to be as bad as possible doesn't diminish what it could have been. If the storm had hit at a 75+ mile per hour winds and over a foot of rain you would be talking about minimum the loss of power to millions upon millions of people and travel basically shut down throughout the east coast (as it was for 2 days already) for days upon days. i would suggest you take a look at New York city and Long Island on a map to see what a historic storm surge would have done there, luckily it wasn't so bad. and as diminished as the storm was it still looks like over a million people lost power even with the reduced strength of the storm. so yea with those numbers a stronger storm could have had those same like implications.
point was, the major issue with NO was that it is a soup bowl. it's located below sea level, so it doesn't drain out like say the east coast.
yeah, you would have some short term flooding and some short term power outtage, but that's not that big of deal. heck, out last big storm this summer resulted in 900K people not having power for up to a week.
well Irene did cancal 2 phils games and what 10 games throughout the northeast, cancelled over 7,000 flights, wiped out train travel in the northeast corridor, and closed casino's for 2 days. id say Irene is the winner.
it cancelled 2 phils games because people freaked out. they could have easily played those 2 games yesterday just like the yankees did. games get rained out all the time dude.
those other things got cancelled for the same reasons--people freaked out by the media overhyping everything.
i'm not saying this wasn't a big storm. it certainly was. it just wasn't the end of the world. i have relatives near or on the water in annapolis, rehobeth, and long island and they feel it was overblown too.
read the howard kurz article i posted. that guy' is always spot on when it comes to analyzing the media.
well Irene did cancal 2 phils games and what 10 games throughout the northeast, cancelled over 7,000 flights, wiped out train travel in the northeast corridor, and closed casino's for 2 days. id say Irene is the winner.
it cancelled 2 phils games because people freaked out. they could have easily played those 2 games yesterday just like the yankees did. games get rained out all the time dude.
those other things got cancelled for the same reasons--people freaked out by the media overhyping everything.
i'm not saying this wasn't a big storm. it certainly was. it just wasn't the end of the world. i have relatives near or on the water in annapolis, rehobeth, and long island and they feel it was overblown too.
read the howard kurz article i posted. that guy' is always spot on when it comes to analyzing the media.
i agree the media coverage is nauseating, too long winded and over-the-top but the precautions and evacuations were the right things to do. no harm was done by having people taken out of the danger zones. would have been way worse leaving people in those places and having the storm be more dangerous than it ended up being. not sure how anyone can dispute that.
i agree the media coverage is nauseating, too long winded and over-the-top but the precautions and evacuations were the right things to do. no harm was done by having people taken out of the danger zones. would have been way worse leaving people in those places and having the storm be more dangerous than it ended up being. not sure how anyone can dispute that.
i don't think anyone disputed that.
but to keep hyping it like they did on sunday morning (go see speedy's thread) was a joke.\
I have been living in my house now for 18yrs and we have never lost power for more than 8hrs and now i'm going on 36hrs i'd say this storm was pretty substantial ....
well Irene did cancal 2 phils games and what 10 games throughout the northeast, cancelled over 7,000 flights, wiped out train travel in the northeast corridor, and closed casino's for 2 days. id say Irene is the winner.
it cancelled 2 phils games because people freaked out. they could have easily played those 2 games yesterday just like the yankees did. games get rained out all the time dude.
those other things got cancelled for the same reasons--people freaked out by the media overhyping everything.
i'm not saying this wasn't a big storm. it certainly was. it just wasn't the end of the world. i have relatives near or on the water in annapolis, rehobeth, and long island and they feel it was overblown too.
read the howard kurz article i posted. that guy' is always spot on when it comes to analyzing the media.
i agree the media coverage is nauseating, too long winded and over-the-top but the precautions and evacuations were the right things to do. no harm was done by having people taken out of the danger zones. would have been way worse leaving people in those places and having the storm be more dangerous than it ended up being. not sure how anyone can dispute that.
case in point: there was an armed gunman on the loose after shooting a cop in doylestown saturday night. huuuuuuuge story...but the local news barely mentioned it.
i agree the media coverage is nauseating, too long winded and over-the-top but the precautions and evacuations were the right things to do. no harm was done by having people taken out of the danger zones. would have been way worse leaving people in those places and having the storm be more dangerous than it ended up being. not sure how anyone can dispute that.
i don't think anyone disputed that.
but to keep hyping it like they did on sunday morning (go see speedy's thread) was a joke.\
our locals stations here didn't stop until last night. almost 12 hours after the stupid thing ended. i'm not even kidding. yes, we get it--stay away from floods and down power lines...but come on! :roll:
I have been living in my house now for 18yrs and we have never lost power for more than 8hrs and now i'm going on 36hrs i'd say this storm was pretty substantial ....
my parents went about 20 hours without power. just came on this afternoon. that's happened to them before...the storm was definitely substantial. that's not the point though.
I have been living in my house now for 18yrs and we have never lost power for more than 8hrs and now i'm going on 36hrs i'd say this storm was pretty substantial ....
my parents went about 20 hours without power. just came on this afternoon. that's happened to them before...the storm was definitely substantial. that's not the point though.
not sure what your point is anymore. It was a storm that affected people across a very large area. Some were affected worse than others. In some areas the storm didn't quite match what was forecasted - I don't think anyone expected the forecast to be 100% accurate
I have been living in my house now for 18yrs and we have never lost power for more than 8hrs and now i'm going on 36hrs i'd say this storm was pretty substantial ....
my parents went about 20 hours without power. just came on this afternoon. that's happened to them before...the storm was definitely substantial. that's not the point though.
not sure what your point is anymore. It was a storm that affected people across a very large area. Some were affected worse than others. In some areas the storm didn't quite match what was forecasted - I don't think anyone expected the forecast to be 100% accurate
just don't think it warranted round the clock coverage on every station for 48 hours.
my parents went about 20 hours without power. just came on this afternoon. that's happened to them before...the storm was definitely substantial. that's not the point though.
not sure what your point is anymore. It was a storm that affected people across a very large area. Some were affected worse than others. In some areas the storm didn't quite match what was forecasted - I don't think anyone expected the forecast to be 100% accurate
just don't think it warranted round the clock coverage on every station for 48 hours.
not sure what your point is anymore. It was a storm that affected people across a very large area. Some were affected worse than others. In some areas the storm didn't quite match what was forecasted - I don't think anyone expected the forecast to be 100% accurate
just don't think it warranted round the clock coverage on every station for 48 hours.
that's what the 'off' button is for.
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. right right right. thank you.
Better to be over prepared than under prepared. A lot of the issues with Katrina came from poor planning. If you don't like it, don't watch, but if it hit the way it could have and they weren't preparing people for the worst, people would be bitching even worse.
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yes but what if those dbags had to be rescued. it was fn stupid for those people to be out and there was no point to them being on the road other than macho bullshit - 'oh look at me im out in the storm like a dumbass'. also tell that to the family of the 20-year old woman who was killed driving in jersey when her car ran into a flooded area. it's real easy to point fingers after the fact when things don't turn out as bad as predicted but with the number of people in the path of this storm the evacuations and warnings were what was needed. IF things had hit at the worst case scenario you could have been looking at Katrina like problems in the Northeast. so instead of talking about overhype and complaining about the warnings I'd say just be thankful that it wasn't as bad for you as it could have been. and if you lived in vermont and upstate new york you would probably have a different attitude today. just because it was't bad for you doesn't mean it wasn't bad for some.
you freak out over 6 inches of snow don't you?
nope not at all. there is no comparision between 6 inches of snow and a hurricane. a hurricane is a hell of a lot more dangerous, deadly and more descructive than snow. snow is an inconvenience mostly, especially in our region.
Solid weekend.
the Northeast is a soup bowl?
nope but this impacted 55-65 million people with huge amounts of water-ways impacted including 5 major cities. Just because it didn't turn out to be as bad as possible doesn't diminish what it could have been. If the storm had hit at a 75+ mile per hour winds and over a foot of rain you would be talking about minimum the loss of power to millions upon millions of people and travel basically shut down throughout the east coast (as it was for 2 days already) for days upon days. i would suggest you take a look at New York city and Long Island on a map to see what a historic storm surge would have done there, luckily it wasn't so bad. and as diminished as the storm was it still looks like over a million people lost power even with the reduced strength of the storm. so yea with those numbers a stronger storm could have had those same like implications.
we got a tropical storm dude...or a "hybrid noreaster" dependong what weather guy you were listening to
...you're a soup bowl
who won...Irene or the earthquake??
well Irene did cancal 2 phils games and what 10 games throughout the northeast, cancelled over 7,000 flights, wiped out train travel in the northeast corridor, and closed casino's for 2 days. id say Irene is the winner.
point was, the major issue with NO was that it is a soup bowl. it's located below sea level, so it doesn't drain out like say the east coast.
yeah, you would have some short term flooding and some short term power outtage, but that's not that big of deal. heck, out last big storm this summer resulted in 900K people not having power for up to a week.
name calling is not allowed.....please self report. :P
no doubt....flying newspapers can put an eye out.
paper cuts are a bitch
it cancelled 2 phils games because people freaked out. they could have easily played those 2 games yesterday just like the yankees did. games get rained out all the time dude.
those other things got cancelled for the same reasons--people freaked out by the media overhyping everything.
i'm not saying this wasn't a big storm. it certainly was. it just wasn't the end of the world. i have relatives near or on the water in annapolis, rehobeth, and long island and they feel it was overblown too.
read the howard kurz article i posted. that guy' is always spot on when it comes to analyzing the media.
i agree the media coverage is nauseating, too long winded and over-the-top but the precautions and evacuations were the right things to do. no harm was done by having people taken out of the danger zones. would have been way worse leaving people in those places and having the storm be more dangerous than it ended up being. not sure how anyone can dispute that.
i don't think anyone disputed that.
but to keep hyping it like they did on sunday morning (go see speedy's thread) was a joke.\
just read the article.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2 ... print.html
case in point: there was an armed gunman on the loose after shooting a cop in doylestown saturday night. huuuuuuuge story...but the local news barely mentioned it.
oh well...weather's beautiful now. thank's irene :thumbup:
our locals stations here didn't stop until last night. almost 12 hours after the stupid thing ended. i'm not even kidding. yes, we get it--stay away from floods and down power lines...but come on! :roll:
all about ratings.
my parents went about 20 hours without power. just came on this afternoon. that's happened to them before...the storm was definitely substantial. that's not the point though.
Hopefully the heat and humidity are gone until next year. I can't stand that shit.
Today was great
not sure what your point is anymore. It was a storm that affected people across a very large area. Some were affected worse than others. In some areas the storm didn't quite match what was forecasted - I don't think anyone expected the forecast to be 100% accurate
just don't think it warranted round the clock coverage on every station for 48 hours.
that's what the 'off' button is for.
ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooh. right right right. thank you.
and another 7 after that
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i think you should freeze all the food you bought.