Here Comes Irene

[Crazy Horse]

Today
Windy. A few showers around early. Then a steady rain during the afternoon hours. A few rumbles of thunder possible. Humid. High 83F. Winds ENE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
Tonight
Tropical storm conditions likely. Very windy... showers and thundershowers early... overcast after midnight with rain likely. It will be heavy at times. Low 74F. ENE winds at 25 to 35 mph, increasing to 40 to 60 mph. Rainfall around 2 inches
Tomorrow
Hurricane conditions likely. Very windy with rain, heavy at times. High 78F. NNE winds at 60 to 80 mph, increasing to 80 to 100 mph. Rainfall expected to exceed 2 inches

I need to really plan now, should I fill the bath tub with water or beer.  Damn decisions

[SherryBaby]

We faced Hurricane Bob with him not so worried, but this one has him in a most unusual mind set.

I lived through Hurricane Bob too, only this Bob had a beard and a drinking problem.  (snort!)

The Sox have scheduled a double header at Fenway to avoid missing a game on Sunday, yay!  (hey, one must have priorities!)

Be safe everyone!  

[Crazy Horse]

CH, Make sure you get more beer.  I remember from last year that this is your plan.    I hope you get to keep back some of that shrimp, and aren't forced to do a large boil.

Within my close circle of friends, we bought 500lbs yesterday, so it will be a large boil.  Just checked the freezer and have 50lbs of sausage

Crap, I've typed too muchwasting time, gotta go get more beer.

[IassaFTots]

Today
Windy. A few showers around early. Then a steady rain during the afternoon hours. A few rumbles of thunder possible. Humid. High 83F. Winds ENE at 15 to 25 mph. Chance of rain 70%. Rainfall around a quarter of an inch.
Tonight
Tropical storm conditions likely. Very windy... showers and thundershowers early... overcast after midnight with rain likely. It will be heavy at times. Low 74F. ENE winds at 25 to 35 mph, increasing to 40 to 60 mph. Rainfall around 2 inches
Tomorrow
Hurricane conditions likely. Very windy with rain, heavy at times. High 78F. NNE winds at 60 to 80 mph, increasing to 80 to 100 mph. Rainfall expected to exceed 2 inches

I need to really plan now, should I fill the bath tub with water or beer.  Damn decisions

Fill it with Ice and Beer.  At the proper ratio, when the beer is gone you will have a tub of water.  

[Crazy Horse]

Fill it with Ice and Beer.  At the proper ratio, when the beer is gone you will have a tub of water.  

"You're a G#$damn genius tots"........

[compaqxp]

I need to really plan now, should I fill the bath tub with water or beer.  Damn decisions

I think we both know the answer to that. 

[IassaFTots]

"You're a G#$damn genius tots"........

BTDT a time or two in my life.   

[Gina]

Good News! 

Obama: All signs show that Irene will be 'historic' storm

We all know that what he says comes true!

[debk]

CH - was wondering about you a couple of hours ago when I was watching the Weather Channel....you are in direct hit area, yes?  Please be safe. .... and make sure there is enough beer in the tub. 


Last night at work, I talked to a semi-elderly lady in VA Beach. She's a couple of blocks from the water she said. I asked her if she was leaving and she said no, that she was old and so was her dog so they were going to stay put. Said her son and his family live in DC and she would just be driving into the storm if she left.    I asked her if she had adequate insurance and she said she called her agt and he said she was in a "low flood plain" ....she said that meant she should be ok. I thought a "low flood plain" meant that it would flood even worse.  Wished her safety through the storm and that I would say a prayer...told her if she heard Irene was headed straight for her to grab the dog and drive to Durham or further west!


Heard about 1 on Fox that Obama is cutting his vacation short because of Irene. Yeah...O's camp is going to try and make it look like he's "on the job" and getting back to DC because of impending national disaster. Hah! They're leaving because the people who own the place where he's staying need to start boarding everything up and putting everything up to protect it from the storm, not be entertaining the "Royal Family". 

[Happy Fun Ball]

This storm has been weakening over the past 6-9 hours, and there's a reasonable chance that it will be a category 1 by the time it hits land.

[Odin's Hand]

Keep the storm photos rollin' in if, and when, you get them.

[vesta111]

Keep the storm photos rollin' in if, and when, you get them.

Kicking about ideas of where to go if this does turn out worse then we believe.

The safest place in my area 10 miles from home is the old SAC Base that left years ago.  They turned the base hospital into a comunity college and it has been rumored that with the construction can handle a
missile attack. 

Kind of worried about my Mom, she will not leave her home and if she could, by the size of the sucker would have to go to Ohio or further west.  Nothing like an 89 year old woman driving hell bent west in a bad storm.

I am wondering what my neighbors are doing, we keep to ourselves but have noticed that we are not the only ones to take in Awnings and stow lawn furniture under our decks.

Ah well, we Yankees have faced some storms in the past and coped well,---- some one up thread mentioned worry about Hampton Roads in VA.    Gloria came through one year in the early 1980 and the police with speakers on their cars ordered an evacuation of our area, Newport News.

After the storm passed the result was little damage to the area but the Hookers that worked the city shelters made a killing.  So much drugs were sold at the shelters that it was a dry town for a couple of weeks.

Biggest problem in my area is that we get these big time scares that has everyone running about pissing their pants-----Nothing huge ever happens.    So we now have past experiences to lull us into, well the storm may take a few shingles, or we may have a day or two of no power, big deal.

We will have no idea of what to do if the BEAST does hit, no evacuation routes that we know of, we have a frigging lot of trees that are too near the side roads to come down, people that will not leave the danger zones as to do so means they must leave their Pets.

Sure is going to be interesting if the storm does hit us hard.  I wonder where I will be living next week if we loose the house ???   

[longview]

I'm house sitting for a family who is vacationing in a beach house where the storm may hit.  Hope they are okay and hope they can fly out tomorrow and get home.  They couldn't exchange their tickets for an earlier flight from what I was told early this a.m.

Prayer for everyone here's safety.

[debk]

I'm house sitting for a family who is vacationing in a beach house where the storm may hit.  Hope they are okay and hope they can fly out tomorrow and get home.  They couldn't exchange their tickets for an earlier flight from what I was told early this a.m.

Prayer for everyone here's safety.

If they are in a mandatory evac area, the airlines may fly extra planes in. I had to evac out of Key West when Wilma was coming, and Delta flew in a couple of extra planes to get everyone out that wanted out. Bad thing was the price of the ticket...cost me $990!!!!! to get from Key West to Knoxville. Delta didn't give a price break even though it was a mandatory evac for tourists AND residents. 

[thundley4]

Quote
Obama: All signs show that Irene will be 'historic' storm

Good News! 

We all know that what he says comes true!

God this thing may obliterate the east coast.  I'm only saying that because Obama's presidency has been called "Historic".

[Crazy Horse]

This bitch Irene is kicking my ass.  I hate night storms.  Though I do have beer

[vesta111]

This bitch Irene is kicking my ass.  I hate night storms.  Though I do have beer

Not me, some beer ,and a big bottle of RUM.  If the storm takes us out then I will go as my ancestors did, full of Rum and ready to fight.

Strange Morning up here, sun is shining, sky is clear but there is not one bird singing or crowing, trees are lifeless not a twitch of a leaf.  Usually before  a Nor'easter the Gulls fly inland hollering and giving each other directions, or orders, what ever the damn things do.  Where he heck are the gulls, the song birds???

This is Saturday and few cars on the road, the quiet is unnerving, even my pet birds are quiet , spooky.

The squirrels that make a racket are some where else but the chipmonks for some reason are running about the deck perhaps looking for a high and dry hidie hole.

This quiet reminds me of the time in the late 50'ies when we had a big Blow came through and I had to sit in the cellar of grandparents house alone in the dark next to the coal furnice.    Pepe came and got me and took me outside when the eye of the storm went over.  Just like this, sun out, blue sky , deadly quiet.

Then back in the cellar as the tail came whipping in, worse then the head.  Strange the things a little kid remembers decades after the fact.

This may be nothing but a bad storm and little harm done,  batten down the hatches and ride the sucker out.








 

[IassaFTots]

This bitch Irene is kicking my ass.  I hate night storms.  Though I do have beer

How we doing now CH?

[NHSparky]

I need to really plan now, should I fill the bath tub with water or beer.  Damn decisions

Go with the beer.  You can always bathe in the rain.

[Janice]

Hurricane Irene: Obama warns of ‘historic’ storm ...

Scientist mocks: Phony 'Hurricane' Coming On Shore With 33 MPH Winds -

NOAA claims the winds are 85 MPH, but none of the Weather Underground stations in the area report higher than 33 MPH winds. By definition, this is not a hurricane – and is just barely a tropical storm.

Forecaster: 'Hype over Hurricane Irene overblown'

Our internal modeling uses genetic algorithms to emphasize the weaknesses of storms. Remember that storms are energy.  Just like people, they all have their own personalities. From the get-go, Irene was not a power storm. Her goal was to become wide, not internally powerful. Personified further, the storm became too big too quickly and it cannot master its own strength.

I have personally witnessed and lived through cat 4 and 5 hurricanes over the years when I lived in the greater antille isles. When they get sustained winds above 100 miles an hour... they get my full attention. Im in Florida now and until then, I just grab an easy chair and a nice adult beverage and set myself up somewhere (maybe just outside my front door) where I can watch the 'effects'. A bit like a sporting event I suppose.

[debk]

Fox is reporting 200,000 without power in NC.

1 dead.

[Scoobie]

Hurricane Irene: Obama warns of ‘historic’ storm ...

Scientist mocks: Phony 'Hurricane' Coming On Shore With 33 MPH Winds -

Forecaster: 'Hype over Hurricane Irene overblown'

I have personally witnessed and lived through cat 4 and 5 hurricanes over the years when I lived in the greater antille isles. When they get sustained winds above 100 miles an hour... they get my full attention. Im in Florida now and until then, I just grab an easy chair and a nice adult beverage and set myself up somewhere (maybe just outside my front door) where I can watch the 'effects'. A bit like a sporting event I suppose.

(from North Carolina)

Riiiiight.
While I may agree (to some extent) that there is usually some degree of sensationalism in the reporting methods from some media outlets, I can not even begin to comprehend how anyone can be ignorant and nonchalant about the damage this hurricane is going to cause, not to mention the potential for the loss of life.

[Crazy Horse]

This is the worst storm I've ever seen.  My yard is ****ed, my electric meter was ripped off the wall.  Finding a path to go anywhere is a best guess.  Trees and lines down everywhere.  Twelve feederlines into town, eleven down.

Four people dead.  Eleven feet of water up the river this morning.  Winds still above 40

[IassaFTots]

This is the worst storm I've ever seen.  My yard is ****ed, my electric meter was ripped off the wall.  Finding a path to go anywhere is a best guess.  Trees and lines down everywhere.  Twelve feederlines into town, eleven down.

Four people dead.  Eleven feet of water up the river this morning.  Winds still above 40

I am sorry for your loss, but glad to see you are still around CH.  At least you made it through.  How is your house?  How is your beer?

[JohnnyReb]

This is the worst storm I've ever seen.  My yard is ****ed, my electric meter was ripped off the wall.  Finding a path to go anywhere is a best guess.  Trees and lines down everywhere.  Twelve feederlines into town, eleven down.

Four people dead.  Eleven feet of water up the river this morning.  Winds still above 40

Helps on the way...somewhere.

Hurricane Hugo came thru here in 1989 with 110+mph sustained winds. I was without power for 3 weeks. If it hadn't been for a favor I did for a powerline crew from Georgia I would have been without power for another week or two.

Anyway, after that, people in S.C. were always the first volunteers and clean up crews to arrive in disaster areas. Andrew went thru Homestead Florida a couple of years later and a lot of folks from around here went down to help out. I went to the Keys a few months later and everywhere I went when they saw my S.C. tag they were thanking the people from S.C.. I had done nothing but the folks that did go had made a real good impression on those south Florida folks. Every since Hugo, church volunteers, individual volunteers and for hire contractors from around here have gone to natural disaster areas. Hugo brought out the best in people and the leason seemed to have stuck.

The local Red Cross kitchen fellows had just gotten back from a flood area somewhere and they were packing back up last night and have already left for somewhere. The tree trimming, clean up crews and powerline contractors have been pulling out all day. Haven't had a chance to talk to any of them about what area they're going to but they're on their way somewhere. They will be coming in right behind the storm. I was told that the guy that lives next door to my farm and runs a tree trimmig, disaster clean up and minor powerline construction business left 2 days ago. He had already been called and went up north to wait out the storm so they could go to work right away.