Hurricane Irene - Page 2

AGDee · #1 08-26-2011, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I heard from a GCer in NYC that MTA is shutting down all trains and buses. Crazy.

They are also closing all of the airports in NYC at noon and have issued some mandatory evacuations.

Stay safe all!

*winter* · #2 08-26-2011, 10:28 PM

That's me right now! I'm not in the direct path, but people I care about are! They are making it sound like the Armegeddon.

SWTXBelle · #3 08-26-2011, 10:38 PM

LEARN FROM US,PEOPLE - In Texas we had hurricane Rita, right after Katrina. Everyone waited, then decided to evacuate. MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAMS. People spent hours stuck on the freeways, and then the storm was no big deal. Fast forward to Ike - 3 yrs. ago. People got the evacuation order and decided to stay put. People DIED. People were swept out into the Gulf, and some of them were never found. Just google Hurricane Ike Galveston images to see the destruction. Far better to evacuate and it turn out to be no big deal than to be WRONG and DEAD. Please - if you are told to evacuate, do. Ask your loved ones to do it. Hurricanes don't play.

shirley1929 · #4 08-26-2011, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

LEARN FROM US,PEOPLE - In Texas we had hurricane Rita, right after Katrina. Everyone waited, then decided to evacuate. MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAMS. People spent hours stuck on the freeways, and then the storm was no big deal. Fast forward to Ike - 3 yrs. ago. People got the evacuation order and decided to stay put. People DIED. People were swept out into the Gulf, and some of them were never found. Just google Hurricane Ike Galveston images to see the destruction. Far better to evacuate and it turn out to be no big deal than to be WRONG and DEAD. Please - if you are told to evacuate, do. Ask your loved ones to do it. Hurricanes don't play.

All this. Growing up in and around the Gulf coast, there's a mixture of feelings about hurricane warnings. Unfortunately the little buggers are unpredictable, so when you get warning after warning that ends up being not much of anything, you can have a tendency to quit listening. And then Katrina or Ike happen.

I think Tropical Storm Allison (2001, maybe?) is a good example of what could easily happen up the East Coast - particularly the northern part. Not much wind (if Irene gets torn up on the outer banks of NC), but the damn storm sat on Houston for a couple of days and just dumped rain on SE TX, flooding everything. Yes, wind is damaging, but water can be far more so.

Good luck and play it safe East Coast folks.

ASTalumna06 · #5 08-26-2011, 11:06 PM

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Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

LEARN FROM US,PEOPLE - In Texas we had hurricane Rita, right after Katrina. Everyone waited, then decided to evacuate. MASSIVE TRAFFIC JAMS. People spent hours stuck on the freeways, and then the storm was no big deal. Fast forward to Ike - 3 yrs. ago. People got the evacuation order and decided to stay put. People DIED. People were swept out into the Gulf, and some of them were never found. Just google Hurricane Ike Galveston images to see the destruction. Far better to evacuate and it turn out to be no big deal than to be WRONG and DEAD. Please - if you are told to evacuate, do. Ask your loved ones to do it. Hurricanes don't play.

As NC Gov. Beverly Perdue said earlier today, "We can rebuild houses. Family cannot be replaced."

pomplemousse12 · #6 08-27-2011, 12:16 AM

My new favorite quote is from NJ Gov. Christie, "If you're still on the beach, GET OFF NOW. 4 and a half hours is long enough to work on your tan." iLaughed

ASTalumna06 · #7 08-27-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by pomplemousse12

My new favorite quote is from NJ Gov. Christie, "If you're still on the beach, GET OFF NOW. 4 and a half hours is long enough to work on your tan." iLaughed

Oh no.. it was "Get the HELL off the beach in Asbury Park and get out. You're done. It's 4:30, you've maximized your tan. Get. off. the. beach." LOL

I love him.

pomplemousse12 · #8 08-27-2011, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

Oh no.. it was "Get the HELL off the beach in Asbury Park and get out. You're done. It's 4:30, you've maximized your tan. Get. off. the. beach." LOL

I love him.

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.

ASTalumna06 · #9 08-27-2011, 03:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pomplemousse12

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..

HannahXO · #10 08-27-2011, 01:18 AM

We're in the middle of recruitment, and not directly in the storm's path, but we're expected to get flooding/power outages....should be interesting!

XAntoftheSkyX · #11 08-27-2011, 01:20 AM

I ain't even scared. And I live about 2 miles from the coast.

dreamseeker · #12 08-27-2011, 03:26 AM

i'm scared. and i'm nowhere near the coast. lol.

The Tradition · #13 08-27-2011, 03:57 AM

Here in Florida we were all worried it was going to hit us, and then when it turned more to the east we were happy. Now that I've realized the overall situation is going to be much worse I'd rather Florida take the brunt of it because we're used to this kind of stuff and have less of a population than the entire east coast.

Good luck ladies and gentlemen.

Munchkin03 · #14 08-27-2011, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by The Tradition

Here in Florida we were all worried it was going to hit us, and then when it turned more to the east we were happy. Now that I've realized the overall situation is going to be much worse I'd rather Florida take the brunt of it because we're used to this kind of stuff and have less of a population than the entire east coast.

Good luck ladies and gentlemen.

I grew up in Florida (the Panhandle) and that's the way we always felt about New Orleans--we'd all have much rather received a direct hit than to have NOLA take one, for all the reasons we saw 6 years ago this weekend.

It's amazing to me how many meterologists are in my social circle! "Oh, it will be nothing." NYC can barely handle a rainstorm without some subways flooding out. We rarely have sustained winds over 25 MPH--6-10" of rain and sustained 50-60 hour winds in buildings not equipped to handle this? I hope it scares the shit out of some of these know-it-alls.

lovespink88 · #15 08-27-2011, 12:01 PM

Watching all the coverage. It sounds like there has been one fatality so far in North Carolina.

ETA: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/27/tro...html?hpt=hp_t1 This link mentions that a man had a heart attack while boarding up his house, but I thought I had heard a man was hit by a branch?

ETAA: MSNBC just had a graphic at the bottom that said 2 dead and one missing. I'm assuming one is the link above, here's a link to the second: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44297053/ns/weather/.