Hurricane Irene

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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,081
    The Fixer wrote:
    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.
  • 81
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    pjhawks wrote:
    81 wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    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.
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  • 81
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    The Juggler wrote:
    81 wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    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?


    ...you're a soup bowl

    name calling is not allowed.....please self report. :P
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  • 81
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    pjhawks wrote:
    a hurricane is a hell of a lot more dangerous, deadly and more descructive than snow.

    no doubt....flying newspapers can put an eye out.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,081
    81 wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    a hurricane is a hell of a lot more dangerous, deadly and more descructive than snow.

    no doubt....flying newspapers can put an eye out.

    paper cuts are a bitch :lol:
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    pjhawks wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    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.

    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.
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  • pjhawks
    pjhawks Posts: 13,081
    The Juggler wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    The Fixer wrote:
    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.

    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.
  • 81
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    pjhawks wrote:
    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.\
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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,216
    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 ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    pjhawks wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    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.

    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. :lol:

    oh well...weather's beautiful now. thank's irene :thumbup:
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    81 wrote:
    pjhawks wrote:
    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:

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  • The Juggler
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    josevolution wrote:
    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.
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  • The Fixer
    The Fixer Posts: 12,837
    The Juggler wrote:

    oh well...weather's beautiful now. thank's irene :thumbup:

    Hopefully the heat and humidity are gone until next year. I can't stand that shit.

    Today was great
  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    The Juggler wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    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
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    josevolution wrote:
    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.
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  • rick1zoo2
    rick1zoo2 between a rock and a dumb place Posts: 12,632
    The Juggler wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:

    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.

    that's what the 'off' button is for.
  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    rick1zoo2 wrote:
    The Juggler wrote:
    rick1zoo2 wrote:

    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.
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  • neilybabes86
    neilybabes86 Posts: 16,057
    another one on the way...

    and another 7 after that

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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,599
    neilybabes86 wrote:
    another one on the way...

    and another 7 after that

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    i think you should freeze all the food you bought.
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  • Cliffy6745
    Cliffy6745 Posts: 34,068
    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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