Ahah you're probably right, I was trying to type it from memory. What made it funnier was that my boyfriend's family and I were just talking about the Jersey Shore and tanning.

I think he's a good representation of New Jersey, personally, but since I do not currently reside there all the time, I don't know much.

Everyone here is pushing for him to run for President. Maybe in 2016...

Aaaaaand it just started to rain..

I'm texting my mom every hour or so. Trying not to jam up the lines too much, but with her being in a Philly suburb and in a small valley I'm a bit concerned. Same for my friends in Delaware and sisters from Jersey. Stay safe, everyone.

Why was a surfer surfing in Florida? Rest in peace but goodness gracious.

Rest in peace to the little boy who died in Newport News, VA.

Raining pretty hard here in Philly at 8:15 PM, but apparently the worst is yet to come in about 4-5 hours. Stay safe everyone!

The storm has passed here. It basically came and went in spurts containing strong winds and rain.

Not much damage in my area.....not really much of a storm. So glad I decided to go to the AGD meeting this afternoon instead of sitting at home scared of the (anti)storm.

In Boston they've closed the MBTA all day tomorrow (Mass Bay Transit Authority.... busses and trains in metro boston). I guess it's only going to be a tropical storm by the time it gets here, but the Red Sox game was a soaker this afternoon with 2 lengthy rain delays....

And the second game has a relay with 3 outs before they can call it.

my face when Irene will be a bad nor'easter when it hits here

http://i53.tinypic.com/1zx8ej6.jpg

The storm seems to be weakening, but that can't be much comfort for those of you in the NE who are listening to the rain come down in SHEETS.

Florida girl here who truly understands the whole "this is really not fun" aspect of hurricanes. Hope everyone is safe.

And you might think "Hey, the storm has passed. Cool beans", but if you are without electricity for a few days . . . not so cool beans. Longest here after Ike was two weeks. TWO WEEKS IN THE SUMMER WITH NO A/C. Yuck.

I'm just outside of Philly. All day we had steady rain but no big deal. However all that changed about an hour ago. The rain is very heavy and the wind is now very strong...I can hear it and feel it against my house. I haven't lost my electricity yet but the lights flickered a couple times so it will probably go out soon. I will probably have a mess of water in my basement too. That's my update as of 10:18pm.

That's awful. The longest I've gone is a few days even after the worst storm. I can't imagine 2 weeks and in the summer time. I would probably have to go somewhere else for fear of heat exhaustion or something. I get hot quickly and sweat heavily without the AC.

there is a tornado watch in effect now for all the state of jersey and philly.

We woke up to no electricity. Our backyard is a mess.. fallen branches and leaves everywhere.

It's hard to tell from my phone where the storm is right now. Can anyone give me an update?

Someone? Please?