Hurricane Irene Live Thread

NHC NOAA ^ | 26 August 2011 | NHC/NOAA

[NautiNurse]

Approximately 65 million people are likely to be directly impacted by Hurricane Irene as the storm takes aim at the densely populated Eastern Seaboard. Evacuations are underway for high flood risk areas.

Mass transit cancellations, schedule changes and road/bridge closures are occurring throughout the storm warning areas. Please check with local news and Emergency Management Operations to determine the recommendations for your immediate area.

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WTVR Richmond VA
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WBAL Baltimore MD
CBS Local Baltimore
WPVI Philadelphia
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WHDH Boston

[NautiNurse]

Tornado Warning
2011-08-27 22:36:00 EDT until
2011-08-27 23:00:00 EDT

1036 PM EDT Sat Aug 27 2011

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
southeastern Bucks County in southeast Pennsylvania...
southeastern Montgomery County in southeast Pennsylvania...
northeastern Philadelphia County in southeast Pennsylvania...
northwestern Burlington County in southern New Jersey...

* until 1100 PM EDT

* at 1035 PM EDT...National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a
severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado near Columbus...
or 12 miles south of Trenton...moving northwest at 35 mph.

[Mmogamer]

Maryland
http://www.pepco.com/home/emergency/maps/stormcenter/

Conn

http://www.cl-p.com/outage/outagemap.aspx

[abner]

An ez-up is a portable 10’x10’ tent. Party is now breaking up. Major downturn in turnout but we had a blast. Now Irene is starting to intrude with wind and rain...

[LostInBayport]

he's Grade D comedy with the disaster movie clips

I give him an F...for those of us enduring or awaiting this, it is thoughtless to run that stuff. But that's Geraldo.

[NautiNurse]

Have you checked the links at the top of the thread for local news?

[Miss Didi]

Showing “The Perfect Storm”...what the heck???

[Mmogamer]

Maryland
http://www.pepco.com/home/emergency/maps/stormcenter/

Delaware

http://www.delmarva.com/home/emergency/maps/stormcenter/default.aspx

[Miss Didi]

Geraldo reminds us once again that he, Geraldo the Great, lives on the water.

[NautiNurse]

Glad you had a fun pre-hurricane party!

[MissyMa]

I was just getting ready for bed and put it on WBZ1030 AM, Boston. They have a talk show host doing call in’s and he’s getting tons of calls from folks in North Carolina, Maryland, New Jersey, etc. They are calling in saying they are without power so they put on the radio to see if they can get updates and most can only get WBZ and no local coverage so they are asking the host to give them updates and he is. So weird though. Does anyone know why they couldn’t get local coverage? I’m guessing it’s because the local stations are off the air and without power obviously, but it’s something I never thought of before. Most people in storms without electricity turn to the radio for info, but what good does it do if they local stations are down as well.

Very weird

[Severa]

Still here - somehow. Don’t ask how. Lots of power flickers and have seen a few transformers go POOF. Kids are still awake, don’t foresee much sleep here tonight...

[tomkat]

Hopefully it'll drown the looters or wash some of 'em out to sea !

[randita]

Holy cow. Atlantic City beach erosion.

[Abby4116]

Thanks Gabz. I said attending on it. Doesn't sound real good does it? Wonder when we will be allowed to go down there?

Getting water in the bilco doors here tonight - wet rug downstairs and can't do anything about it. And we've pumped excess water out of the pool 4 times today. And the worst is coming yet.

[patton]

I checked WAVY TV-10 (Norfolk), and 511va.org (VDOT road closures - how I found out the tunnels were closed)

Other than that, I have been flipping around from TWC, FNC, and Fox 5 DC - the latter two of which, I am inclined to block on my cable service...

[STARWISE]

What do they do for the skycraper windows to
secure them? That is a fearsome thought ..
those windows bursting and falling down below.

Just flipped to Weather Channel, and Bryan Norcross
just finished giving tips. He’ll be on periodically
thru the night.

His tip was to take zip lock bags and fill them 2/3
full of water, seal tight, and jam them into the
freezer. Will help for afterward for food preservation
and for the melted water.

I’ll never forget him during Hurricane Andrew. His calm
voice, solid information and guidance thru it all for
hours .. he was our rock, as we anticipated what turned out to be 150++ mph winds (likely 180+ at the home I evacuated). I was so grateful, as I was freaking out, until we finally lost power at 4am.

Video of him and colleagues in ‘the bunker’ during Andrew

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma3r-zhny3k

[NautiNurse]

Pilot Online has some local road closures, reports. Hope it helps!

[randita]

Water up to boardwalk level in Wildwood, NJ around 8 PM.

[P.O.E.]

Good news. Hang in there...

[Severa]

It depends on location and how close they are to TV stations, maybe? For instance, I live near NAS Patuxent River but the TV stations that we get here are based out of Washington DC (hour and a half drive from here) or Baltimore (two hour drive from here) so we don’t get mentioned much on their newscasts.