Located ~15 miles SSE of Atlantic City NJ, and 115 miles SSW of NYC
Max sustained winds 75 mph 958mb
Moving NNE at 18 mph
Hurricane force winds extend outward 125 miles
Tropical storm force winds extend up to 320 miles from the storm center.
Pouring rain in Central NH, no wind yet.
thanks for update NN. Haven’t been able to sleep much. Not that this storm impacts me directly but just worried about so many of you out there.
I haven’t had TV on once. Dont have cable/dish , but from what many of you said, perhaps that is a blessing with the juggling balance between important coverage & mania.
Keep looking at all the maps & data (which I have no clue how to apply to forecasting)
Looking forward to sunrise & some updates from FReepers who still have the ability to communicate.
I always worry about the pets and the livestock in various areas. Seeing pix of dogs chained to a doghouse on a very short chain is heartbreaking. Big floods & they have no chance.
Prayers continue for you all in safety as you clean up & dig out in many cases.
Irene should just be pulling just NE ACY about now, about 4 more hours until she gets to NY-LI. Rain fairly light but steady here, light wind, intermittent gusts here and there.
Stay safe all!!!
Here in Annapolis, it's still a little misty, not quite strong enough to be a drizzle. Still getting modest gusts of wind, but mostly just breezy.
My generator is still cranking, my sump pump is still pumping, my basement is still dry, and nearly half of Anne Arundel County, and about one-third of BGE’s Maryland customers are without electricity from the grid this morning.
I haven't looked around too closely, but a quick glance from the upper deck and from front windows reveals no obvious damage of any sort.
Thank You, God.
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Central PA Irene periphery update 28aug 0700:
Tho this mess keeps rotating counterclockwise and feeding continuous rainclouds over the Susqhehanna Valley, it's also continuing to move slowly north.
The WunderMap has made it look like we should have been getting moderate rain since about 1800 yesterday.
But apart from a light off/on sprinkle and ~15-20mph breezes out here in the country this morning, it appears to have been relatively precipitation free overnight.
The actual effect re rain seems to be that it's been falling all along, but turns to humidity on the way down and then just hangs there like a tropical sweatsuit clinging to everything !
All the AGWbs aside, the bullet that this area has so far dodged re Irene will likely circle back around in a few months and shoot us in the ass with mountains of snow .. lol
There's still today to get thru of course .. the downpour threat won't pass til this evening, and the wind acts like it would love to gust up and scatter limbs all over.
Y'all will hear nary a peep from me about having gotten all the soakables up off the 'garden level' floor and shopvacs on standby to aid the sumps.
Awoke at 0600 to find power still on and 'net still up, both of which were even more welcome than finding no interior ponding ! Not having gotten the brunt of it that many of you are having to cope with, I'm looking at it as a general preparedness exercise for SHTF season next year.
My thoughts to all of you who've suffered propery damage and 'cane stress throughout, and best wishes for your cleanup exertions.
And that goes double to those of you still in the path of this thing.
Nurse, thanks again for your yeoman's efforts here !
Disruptors notwithstanding, this thread has been a comfort and a welcome/helpful distraction for many members, and prolly a fair number of lurkers too.
Checking in from St Mary’s County, MD....We still have power, cable (Metrocast) and internet (Verizon DSL) I know we’re among the lucky ones, see a lot of Facebook updates from friends who have suffered damage to houses/vehicles from downed tree limbs. Gonna get some coffee and start making phone calls to check on friends, see if they need any help.
And here comes Jose, tagging along just like a kid brother.