Hurricane Irene Live Thread

To: penelopesire

No, you didn’t imply that. I was just saying that some I know will take a quick recovery as a sign of media failure, not you.

We’re all praying for anyone in the hurricane’s path.

1,361 posted on 08/27/2011 4:05:23 PM PDT by Kenny

Wonder how folks around Turkey Point & Woody’s in Northeast are faring.

1,362 posted on 08/27/2011 4:05:38 PM PDT by Domestic Church (AMDG...)

1,363 posted on 08/27/2011 4:06:01 PM PDT by penelopesire (Let The Congressional Hearings Begin!)

Try duct tape over the stopper if it drains out again.

1,364 posted on 08/27/2011 4:07:44 PM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)

Well maybe this cut and paste of the loving expression from my ping list can clarify:

Hurricane Irene Live Thread
08/27/2011 3:25:49 PM PDT · 1,308 of 1,361
tomkat to bvw
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“Great Friend You!” too.

1,365 posted on 08/27/2011 4:08:07 PM PDT by bvw

Where is Jersey are they?

1,366 posted on 08/27/2011 4:09:40 PM PDT by bvw

To: lainie; mojitojoe

Thank you so much for the independent confirmation. Now I fully expect mojitojoe to retract his baseless claim that the NHC was lying about the barometric pressure.

Actually, I doubt he will. He doesn't strike me as having enough character to admit he was wrong and was flinging baseless accusations with nothing to back them up.

1,367 posted on 08/27/2011 4:09:44 PM PDT by dirtboy

1,368 posted on 08/27/2011 4:11:27 PM PDT by Raycpa

To: Domestic Church

Little east of that, but so far, so good. Highest wind gust 30 mph, 1.75 inches of rain. We did get a 911 reverse call saying those in flood prone areas were advised to evacuate and that the high school in North East was going to open tonight as a “shelter of last resort”. They could not guarantee electricity at the school. But our lights haven’t even flickered.

1,369 posted on 08/27/2011 4:11:46 PM PDT by Abby4116

His claim wasn’t baseless, he had legitimate reasons, as he described in a post to which I replied “GREAT”. Stop making a President out of an Obama (or mountain out of molehill).

1,370 posted on 08/27/2011 4:12:02 PM PDT by bvw

To: Severa; Miss Didi; penelopesire; RedMDer; NautiNurse

Dover Air Force Base (Delaware) DE Radar

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/ridge/radar.php?rid=dox&product=N0Z&overlay=11101111&loop=yes

Irene Surge Probabilities
For the 77 hours from 05 PM EDT Sat Aug 27 to 10 PM EDT Tue Aug 30

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/psurgegraphics_at4.shtml?gm

1,371 posted on 08/27/2011 4:13:51 PM PDT by STARWISE (The overlords are in place .. we are a nation under siege .. pray, go Galt & hunker down)

...Irene re-emerges over the Atlantic Ocean...water levels rising
in the Virginia Tidewater region...

Summary of 700 PM EDT...2300 UTC...information

location...36.5n 75.8w
about 35 mi...55 km se of Norfolk Virginia
about 315 mi...510 km SSW of New York City
maximum sustained winds...80 mph...130 km/h
present movement...NNE or 20 degrees at 16 mph...26 km/h
minimum central pressure...950 mb...28.05 inches

watches and warnings

changes in watches and warnings with this advisory...

the Hurricane Warning has been discontinued south of Surf City North
Carolina.

Summary of watches and warnings in effect...

a Hurricane Warning is in effect for...
* Surf City North Carolina northward to Sagamore Beach
Massachusetts...including the Pamlico...Albemarle...and Currituck
sounds...Delaware Bay...Chesapeake Bay south of Drum Point...New
York City...Long Island...Long Island Sound...coastal Connecticut
and Rhode Island...Block Island...Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket

Discussion and 48-hour outlook

at 700 PM EDT...2300 UTC...the center of Hurricane Irene was located
near latitude 36.5 north...longitude 75.8 west. Irene is moving
toward the north-northeast near 16 mph...26 km/h...and this motion
accompanied by a gradual increase in forward speed is expected
during the next day or so. On the forecast track...the center of
Irene will move near or over the mid-Atlantic coast tonight...and
move over southern New England on Sunday. Irene is forecast to move
into eastern Canada Sunday night.

Maximum sustained winds remain near 80 mph...130 km/h...with higher
gusts. Irene is forecast to remain a hurricane as it moves near or
over the mid-Atlantic coast and approaches New England. The
hurricane is forecast to weaken after landfall in New England and
become a Post-tropical cyclone Sunday night or early Monday.

Irene is a large tropical cyclone. Hurricane-force winds extend
outward up to 85 miles...140 km...from the center...and
tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 290 miles...465 km.
A NOAA C-man station east of the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay
recently reported a sustained wind of 61 mph...with a gust to 68
mph. Tropical storm conditions are gradually spreading northward
over southeastern Virginia...and over the southern and central
portions of the Delmarva Peninsula.

A storm surge height of about 4.6 feet has been observed at Oregon
Inlet North Carolina...and a storm surge height of about 4 feet has
occurred so far at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay.

Rainfall amounts of 10 to 14 inches have already occurred over a
large portion of eastern North Carolina...with the highest amount
of 14.00 inches reported at Bunyan North Carolina thus far.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 950 mb...28.05 inches.

Hazards affecting land

wind...tropical-storm-force winds will spread northward along the
mid-Atlantic coast this evening with hurricane conditions expected
tonight. Tropical storm conditions are expected to reach southern
New England late this evening with hurricane conditions expected by
Sunday morning. Winds affecting the upper floors of high-rise
buildings will be significantly stronger than those near
ground-level.

Storm surge...an extremely dangerous storm tide will raise water
levels by as much as 5 to 9 feet above ground level in the
Hurricane Warning area in North Carolina...including the Albemarle
and Pamlico sounds. Storm surge will raise water levels by as much
as 4 to 8 feet above ground level within the Hurricane Warning area
from the North Carolina/Virginia border northward to Cape Cod
including southern portions of the Chesapeake Bay and its
tributaries. Near the coast...the surge will be accompanied by
large...destructive...and life-threatening waves. Higher than
normal astronomical tides are occurring this weekend. Coastal and
river flooding will be highest in areas where the peak surge occurs
around the time of high tide. Storm tide and surge values are very
location-specific...and users are urged to consult products issued
by their local National Weather Service offices.

1,372 posted on 08/27/2011 4:14:22 PM PDT by Raycpa

put your patio/deck furniture in the pool! We did and it is a perfect way to keep it from blowing all over.

One more thing about putting your pool furniture in the pool--it will be sparkling clean when it comes out!

Very glad you checked in with us as you await the storm. We look forward to local updates when you have a chance.

1,373 posted on 08/27/2011 4:15:43 PM PDT by NautiNurse (Drink good coffee. You can sleep when you are dead.)

Well they just came home from Mass and want to watch a movie.Mary was at the hospital Monday with false labor.She was not dilated then.She brought baby clothes in case she has the baby.I kid you not.(((((Hugs))))

1,374 posted on 08/27/2011 4:15:54 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today:))

My 9 year old said, “OK, NOW I’m worried!”

1,375 posted on 08/27/2011 4:15:54 PM PDT by Jim Noble (To live peacefully with credit-based consumption and fiat money, men would have to be angels.)

I am reading on one of the meteorologists’ forums that Irene is still traveling over water that is warm (gulf coast current?), and the eye is now off shore.

But, I just try to read everything I can, and then make up my own mind.

When I was a young’s, I had to ride out a hurricane that made it all the way up to Maine, on a relatively small sailboat. We had run all the way up into a small inland harbor trying to get safe, and I have never forgotten the experience.

I doubt the winds were much stronger than Irene’s.

That said, the huge size of this storm, and the slowness of it’s movement make it somewhat unusual. I do hope you nay-sayers are correct, and this is going to turn out to be a whole bunch of nothing.

But, what if you are wrong, and someone takes you as a guru, fails to evacuate, only to find out that they are in big puppy trouble?

1,376 posted on 08/27/2011 4:16:49 PM PDT by jacquej

Please see my post #1123...

My friend ( in her forties!) that flew to NYC this morning with her 21 yr old dtr has the same attitude as your daughter.

I hope we get posts from NYC as to how it is going up there...although that’s the home of Fox news and I am sure Whoreraldo will let us know what’s going on..that is after he yammers on about his boat, his collection of miltary gifts he’s protecting..yeesh.

My thoughts are with your daughter.

1,377 posted on 08/27/2011 4:17:13 PM PDT by Recovering Ex-hippie (where is the Great Santini when we need him??)

I call bullcrap. The poster in question showed the claim of the NHC lying about the pressure was baseless. Sometimes you have to admit you were wrong, and this is one of those cases. The NHC has no reason to lie about the barometric pressure of a storm over land where civilians with barometers can measure the pressure and report it themselves.

I am no particular fan of government, but I know a BS conspiracy theory when I see one.

1,378 posted on 08/27/2011 4:18:16 PM PDT by dirtboy

Hurricane Donna was a storm that took a similar path but she actually first made landfall in Florida and traveled all the way up the coast.

Hurricanes forming in the Cape Verde Islands and barreling across the Atlantic have a long time and a lot of water to strengthen. If they get into the warmer and shallower Gulf they will typically strengthen as well.

Luckily Irene hooked north into cooler water. Hatteras seems to catch everything that brushes by and yes there is some flood danger, but not any more than you’d get from a slow moving TD. I will say this, it is a delicate balance between urging vigilance and fomenting hysteria. I think the media wanted something juicy on which to report, nanny staters wanted to be able to swoop in with FEMA trailers and debit cards and pat themselves on the back over how well they managed this “crisis” and some of those in its path wanted to be able to talk about how they “survived” Hurricane Irene.

Perhaps we Floridians are just jaded. Get back to us when you have an Andrew on your hands :-)

1,379 posted on 08/27/2011 4:18:31 PM PDT by GatorGirl (Herman Cain 2012)

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1,380 posted on 08/27/2011 4:19:15 PM PDT by Mmogamer (I refudiate the lamestream media, leftists and their prevaricutions.)

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