Hurricane!

[Damiano Machiavelli]

After the earthquake the second horseman of the apocalypse strikes the east coast. This one looks entertaining.

 

[Amsterhammer]

After the earthquake the second horseman of the apocalypse strikes the east coast. This one looks entertaining.

Yes, pestilence is expected next week....I'm not sure how far we should indulge ourselves in flippancy over something that will almost certainly cost lives and wreak enormous havoc over some of the most densely populated parts of the country!?

Just have a look at this link to see the full horror of what's going to happen this weekend.

http://www.weather.com/weather/hurr...cane-irene-major-northeast-threats_2011-08-23

My lady friend is at the Bluestock music festival in Hunter, NY this weekend, smack within the area most likely to be affected. I wish her, and all forum members in the affected area (I'm particularly thinking of NC here) the best of luck and I sincerely hope that everyone manages to stay safe!

 

[rickshaw]

Yes except....

After the earthquake the second horseman of the apocalypse strikes the east coast. This one looks entertaining.

the rest of the country always has to bail out NYC whenever it has a problem.

 

[krebs303]

 

[Alpe d'Huez]

Barely a category storm 1 right now. Mostly will just be a bunch of rain and wind. Bunch of NY wimps, I tell ya. Heck, we get this kind of rain and wind all the time on the left coast, only over here it's in winter, and cold.

 

[on3m@n@rmy]

Well, the worst of the storm is likely to be the storm surge caused by all the wind pushing water to higher ground. And the rain won't help. We been fortunate in the PNW by not having to deal with those kinds of things. So I wouldn't be callin 'em whimps... bad karma. What goes around comes around.

Nice radar krebs303

 

[Damiano Machiavelli]

There have been a few people killed by falling branches, but what gets me is the body count being inflated by people having heart attacks. I figure that someone who keels over while nailing plywood over his windows could have just as well keeled over while sitting on the can. Those people are not victims of the hurricane. They are victims of too many Grand Slam Breakfasts.

 

[fatandfast]

Barely a category storm 1 right now. Mostly will just be a bunch of rain and wind. Bunch of NY wimps, I tell ya. Heck, we get this kind of rain and wind all the time on the left coast, only over here it's in winter, and cold.

I was up from time to time all night, mostly rain about 11 or 12 inches. The NYC government fearing a Katrina like rescue mess stopped all mass transit. Didn't want to make rescues in tunnels and bridges of people carrying last minute purchases from Target.
2 big trees fell down near my place and from the looks of things the Chinese boring beetles did more than 50% of the work. Lots of bars stayed open all night worked as kind of fallout shelters for the non-scared hipster crowd. There is going to be flooding but it was not as bad as predicted
I precooked sauce and burgers so it looks like rigatoni is on the menu for a couple of days.
The company or persons responsible for the Netflix servers should be hired by NYC government to rework the 911 system.

New Yorkers better never go to Tahoe or Mammoth during a storm

 

[Black-Balled]

I went for a nice ride...20 mph into the wind and 38 back home (in the rain)
20mi west of DC.

 

[patterson_hood]

There have been a few people killed by falling branches, but what gets me is the body count being inflated by people having heart attacks. I figure that someone who keels over while nailing plywood over his windows could have just as well keeled over while sitting on the can. Those people are not victims of the hurricane. They are victims of too many Grand Slam Breakfasts.

This sounds excellent. What is it and where can I get one? Is it anything like the buffet breakfast I had at the Bellagio?

 

[Amsterhammer]

Unexpected after effects felt in Europe -

My lady friend lost power in the condo at the main lodge in Hunter, N.Y. late Saturday night, after Sunday's Bluestock music program had been crammed into two indoor venues on Saturday. They stayed without power until they left on Monday morning to head back south. After a journey that took eight hours instead of five, she arrived back home in Harford County, Maryland to find that she had no power there either.

Today, she found out that her local power had gone off on Sunday, and that it was unlikely to be re-connected before this Friday!

All of which not only threatens the contents of her rather large, American freezer in the garage, but also makes our daily Skype video calls impossible.

 

[Susan Westemeyer]

I filled my 82-year-old mom's freezer with baked goods and individually-portioned dinners for her when we were there earlier this month.

Now she can throw them all away.....

She's fine, my brother picked her up and took her to his house in the DC area -- his power never even went off.

Susan

 

[Amsterhammer]

I suppose that the only upside is that all the stuff in the bottom of the freezer that should have been thrown out ages ago, will now finally disappear - plus, she'll be able to clean the whole thing out. All her previous power outages have been a question of hours, not multiple days.

Life in the USA........

 

[Semper Fidelis]

I suppose that the only upside is that all the stuff in the bottom of the freezer that should have been thrown out ages ago, will now finally disappear - plus, she'll be able to clean the whole thing out. All her previous power outages have been a question of hours, not multiple days.

Life in the USA........

Yeah Hammer that all sucks tail no doubt.

Look at it this way. Your Friend could have evacuated from her family home and business to a family members house. During the storm everything that person had (home and business) was blown or washed away by a 30 foot storm surge and 150 mph winds. The place that they evacuated to 400 miles to the north of the coast was devastated and lost power also. When they get back to see the concrete where the house and business once was, they find out the electricity might come back sometime in 6 months. Meanwhile while where they just left,,, they find out their electricity will take about 2 months to return. Exact same scenario is duplicated in every family or household for miles along the coastal regions. 2005 August 29

Life in the USA……..

I feel horrible for all the folks on the east coast who are living without electricity and some who lost their homes. I hope they get help quick and their lives restored to normal as soon as possible.

 

[ImmaculateKadence]

Those people are not victims of the hurricane. They are victims of too many Grand Slam Breakfasts.

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