Hurricane Irene [Now at Cat 3]

NHC/NOAA ^ | 20 August 2011 | NHC/NOAA

[Gabz]

I just heard that the Cape May Lewes Ferry is ceasing operations at the end of the day and will not resume until at least Monday.

[fatima]

Next door neighbor down there is headed to his place and he is going to check on our’s.How are they going to get everyone over those 2 bridges.Also can you see the Garden State Parkway.Wonder if we will still have our little shore place after this is over.

[tomkat]

FReeper blam just posted this: MAP OF THE DAY: New York City Hurricane Evacuation Zones

[fatima]

We’er not there.We have vacation renters for 2 weeks there.They just called to say they are packing up and will bring everything in.

[onemiddleamerican]

Ocean City, MD: Everybody out, nobody in (except for emergency personnel), beginning at midnight tonight; and no alcohol sales, either.

[tomkat]

Well, 'just' at 3pm  

[fatima]

It’s gonna get bad Gabz.

[Romulus]

The afternoon before Camille, my father took us to the lakefront at New Orleans to check it all out. Very impressive — the wind blowing strong enough to hold us kids up as we leaned into it. We were on the good side of that storm, of course. My grandmother had been at her beach house in Waveland, but scooted back to New Orleans. The MS house was knocked cockeyed, but put back together eventually. After Katrina, not a stick of it remained.

We could use some rain as well, but I think I’ll opt for this hot dry high pressure system for another month. Maybe it’ll shove some tropical weather your way.

[mware]

I kid you not. If that graph is correct the last hurricane drawing is directly over where I live.

[numberonepal]

St Pete Beach

[NautiNurse]

A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the coast of South Carolina
from Edisto Beach northward to Little River Inlet.

A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the coast of North Carolina from
Little River Inlet northward to the Virginia border... including the
Pamlico...Albemarle...and Currituck sounds

A Hurricane Watch has been issued for the East Coast of the United States
from the Virginia/North Carolina border northward to Sandy Hook New
Jersey...including Delaware Bay...and the Chesapeake Bay south of Smith
Point.

A Tropical Storm watch has been issued for the Chesapeake Bay from
Smith Point northward and the tidal Potomac.

Located ~575 miles S of Cape Hatteras
Moving NNW at 14 mph
Max sustained winds 115 mph, 950mb

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[cll]

Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly.
While the nearer waters roll,
While the tempest still is high!
Hide me, O my Savior, hide—

Till the storm of life is past;
Safe into the haven guide,
O receive my soul at last!
Other refuge have I none—
Hangs my helpless soul on Thee.

Leave, ah, leave me not alone;
Still support and comfort me!
All my trust on Thee is stayed—
All my help from Thee I bring.
Cover my defenseless head
With the shadow of Thy wing.

Thou, O Christ, art all I want,
More than all in Thee I find.
Raise the fallen, cheer the faint,
Heal the sick and lead the blind.
Just and holy is Thy name—
I am all unrighteousness;
False and full of sin I am;
Thou art full of truth and grace.

Plenteous grace with Thee is found,
Grace to cover all my sin;
Let the healing streams abound;
Make and keep me pure within.
Thou of life the fountain art—
Freely let me take of Thee;
Spring Thou up within my heart;
Rise to all eternity.

—Charles Wesley, 1707-1788

[blam]

Here:

MAP OF THE DAY: New York City Hurricane Evacuation Zones

And here:

Hurricane Irene New York: Top 5 Dangers of a Hurricane in the City

[tomkat]

Excellent pic !  but dialup FReepers nationwide are cursing you as I type this  

[shield]

Thanks for the update. I have been checking this PM..but wasn’t clear on where Irene would be hitting...your update did that for me.

[fatima]

I was just thinking the same thing.It’s right over our place.:(

[JrsyJack]

St Pete Beach

Thank God you didn't move to New Jersey.../s

[mware]

Are you in Atlantic, Burlington, or Camden County????

Atlantic County,Hammonton, NJ for me.

[Guenevere]

Like old home week :)

[numberonepal]

Thank God you didn't move to New Jersey

Hell no, too many Yankees and the water's cold.