Hurricane Irene [Now at Cat 3]

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

[NautiNurse]

Tropical Storm Irene has developed from Invest 97 in the Western Atlantic Ocean, east of the Leeward Islands.

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[dixie sass]

Isn’t there some legend about the Indian Rocks and no bad storms?

[brytlea]

I’ve been a little worried about the potential of homes that might have some damage from the quake and now a hurricane.

[fatima]

OMGod.

[NautiNurse]

Dixie!!! OMG—this is definitely Old Home week! {{{hugs}}}

[Interesting Times]

NHC track map just came out for their 11:00 update...the centerline of their forecast shows a landfall between Morehead City and Ocracoke...

That's almost exactly where Isabel made landfall in 2003. Fortunately, it had weakened to a CAT 1/2 storm by that point, after peaking (3 times) as a CAT 5.

[NautiNurse]

Don’t know about the legend of Indian Rocks. We have a lot of Indian burial grounds around here. Locals say it helps.

[DJ MacWoW]

Hubby is buying a generator today and getting several cans of fuel. It won’t take much to move the garden furniture. My rose garden, unfortunately, is on it’s own.

[fatima]

Fox showed them going out to sea.

[dirtboy]

The storm forecast track, if it holds, is an absolute nightmare scenario for the Jersey Shore - running the entire length of the coast. And most of the state will encounter gusts over hurricane force, which means massive power outages and roads blocked by downed trees.

I work in PA very close to Trenton, and I am planning to not be able to work on Monday due to power outages - we have a generator for our servers but not for our desktops.

[dirtboy]

The storm forecast track, if it holds, is an absolute nightmare scenario for the Jersey Shore - running the entire length of the coast. And most of the state will encounter gusts over hurricane force, which means massive power outages and roads blocked by downed trees.

I work in PA very close to Trenton, and I am planning to not be able to work on Monday due to power outages - we have a generator for our servers but not for our desktops.

[brytlea]

Sorry, did not ping you to post 519, and now realize I posted the link badly. Having one of those days (these storms give me a headache.
http://eatitanyway.com/cook-it/mango-honey-sherbet/

[abner]

Looks like we’ll have some fun though!

[NautiNurse]

Cheer! Cheer! The gang’s all here! Are you in storm prep mode?

[Gabz]

Howdy woman!!!!

[Interesting Times]

Will they pick up the Yankees for free?

They said that Queens could stay...

[Interesting Times]

Welcome to the FRN Reunion Hurricane Party. I’ll go make some margaritas.

[who knows what evil?]

Hi, Dixie!

[dfwgator]

They blew the Bronx away.

[Gabz]

It has been awhile since this gang was assembled, hasnt it!!!

[who knows what evil?]

Isn’t the east side of the storm the ‘windy’ side? If so, wouldn’t a track just inland up the coast present the most devastating scenario? East winds dragging the ocean onshore?