Hurricane Irene

ShimmyMommy wrote:

conman wrote:

so i just spoke to my mother on Long Island to make sure she was prepared for the next few days and apparantly i was conceived after hurricane Gloria in sptember of '85..... she said "there was nothing else to do"

so i'm expecting a baby boom in the tri-state area about 9 months from now :P

that's what they expected after the huge blackout 8 years ago! Didn't hear too much about it 9 months later.... :think:

This just about happens after every major event in a large metroplitan city. Same thing happened in the the greater blackout in the summer of 1977 which I was in the middle of in Brooklyn. Along with the lovemaking people looted the hell out of the city....I excluded myself from ALL of that of course.

peace

neilybabes86 wrote:

http://www.stormpulse.com/atlantic

dude that looks really fucking scary for us

ZiggyStar wrote:

Is it only a cat 2?

True but that's just it's wind speed. Here on the east coast most of the damage will be done by the storm surge and flooding to low places such as NYC. A city that's let's say not as prepared or hurricane ready as we might be here in South Florida.

I hope everyone is ready like my sister in NJ....she should come down here to get away....:D Usually everyone else is focused on our demise with storms down here.

Peace

ZiggyStar wrote:

Is it only a cat 2?

Only? Philly, New York, Boston are not towns used to or ready for a major hurricane. with the winds and amount of major water ways surrounding these areas the water surge could have disasterous results. i live about 70 miles from the coast and my area has been issued a hurricane warning. they are talking one of the 3 biggest and most damaging storms EVER in the eastern United States. We are looking at days and possibly weeks without power and communications should this hit as bad as they are saying. over 55 MILLION people are going to be affected by this storm. 55 MILLION. think about that number.

be safe and smart everyone.

ZiggyStar wrote:

I didn't mean is it "only" a cat 2. I should have worded it as "is it still only a cat 2"? Last I'd seen it was a 3....then dropped to a 2....is it intensifying again or continuing to weaken?

it has weakened slightly ... by the time it hits the philly-ny area - i think they are forecasting tropical storm ...

ZiggyStar wrote:

I didn't mean is it "only" a cat 2. I should have worded it as "is it still only a cat 2"? Last I'd seen it was a 3....then dropped to a 2....is it intensifying again or continuing to weaken?

will strenghten back to a cat 3 over the warm waters around the North Carolina area then back down to a 2. will be a cat 2 through new jersey up into the new york area. hasn't been a storm this strong since like the 1930s or something in the philly/new york area. as i say above i live about 70 miles inland from the jersey coast and we have been issued a hurricane warning so you are talking 75 mph winds in the suburbs of philly. that's crazy.

http://www.weather.com/weather/hurrican ... 2011-08-20

all 5 family locations are in the impact zone.....this is just great

one of the bad things about loving to live around the ocean

polaris_x wrote:

ZiggyStar wrote:

I didn't mean is it "only" a cat 2. I should have worded it as "is it still only a cat 2"? Last I'd seen it was a 3....then dropped to a 2....is it intensifying again or continuing to weaken?

it has weakened slightly ... by the time it hits the philly-ny area - i think they are forecasting tropical storm ...

no way ....either a 1 or a 2

problem is we will experience 2 high tides....plus its a new moon ....= BIG STORM SURGES

Newch91 wrote:

10 inches of rain? That's a lot.

What about Hurricane Bob in 1991?

You were younger for Hurricane Bob than I was when Hurricane Gloria came.
Hurricane Bob was a pussy. I remember that one like it was yesterday. My bro is your age. We boarded up windows, prepared for the worst and it ended up being nothing more than a windy T-storm. Im hoping this weekend is the same.

Neilybabes - are they letting anyone into the Carolinas?? I know they arent letting people to the outerbanks, but wasnt sure about the mainlands... Im still trying to convince my mom to postpone her trip for a day...at least. She's still, at this point, determined to drive down on Saturday and stay overnight in SC. Im slightly concerned to say the least.

twisted thoughts wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

10 inches of rain? That's a lot.

What about Hurricane Bob in 1991?

You were younger for Hurricane Bob than I was when Hurricane Gloria came.
Hurricane Bob was a pussy. I remember that one like it was yesterday. My bro is your age. We boarded up windows, prepared for the worst and it ended up being nothing more than a windy T-storm. Im hoping this weekend is the same.

Neilybabes - are they letting anyone into the Carolinas?? I know they arent letting people to the outerbanks, but wasnt sure about the mainlands... Im still trying to convince my mom to postpone her trip for a day...at least. She's still, at this point, determined to drive down on Saturday and stay overnight in SC. Im slightly concerned to say the least.

True, but I just wanted to mention it.