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| 26 August 2011
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Posted on 08/26/2011 9:40:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
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To: Severa
Yes, it still burning and we’ve been having problems with the smoke as well.
They estimate that spots of it it are burning more than a foot deep in the peat.
521
posted on
08/26/2011 7:22:17 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: bvw
TWC is covering this pretty good. They are looking at a 72hr event. Lots of local coverage and expert analysis.
522
posted on
08/26/2011 7:22:58 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: zzeeman
This storm is big as the outer bands are pushing all the way to the Smokies.
523
posted on
08/26/2011 7:25:05 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: Miss Didi
.. mass transit shuts down = no one gets to work = skyscrapers are empty = wind damage to high floors causes no casualties . . .
yes, i guess there are people living in the things .. nevermind .. some attempts are better than others
stay safe
524
posted on
08/26/2011 7:26:24 PM PDT
by
tomkat
(1775)
To: eyedigress
525
posted on
08/26/2011 7:27:48 PM PDT
by
Ingtar
(Together we go broke (from a Pookie18 post))
To: zzeeman
Eye-opening precip map. Wowser! Thanks for posting it.
526
posted on
08/26/2011 7:28:32 PM PDT
by
NautiNurse
(TSA Tit for Tat--Yukari Mihamae--thank you!)
To: Ingtar
527
posted on
08/26/2011 7:28:39 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: Ingtar
Where is Jim Cantore? Last I heard, lower Manhattan.
528
posted on
08/26/2011 7:29:13 PM PDT
by
Gabz
(Democrats for Voldemort.)
To: tomkat
Where I fear for Manhattan is the wind. If this storm stays together and pushes 100MPH gusts downtown, that will be funnel hell.
529
posted on
08/26/2011 7:31:15 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: eyedigress
Yes, it is massive. The real story is much more about the water than the wind. A storm of this heft is going to drive a strong surge along its path and will drop double digit QPF along a large swatch of the EC (on to some very saturated ground). Won't take much in the way of sustained winds (even if reduced to TS levels) to topple many timbers. Folks need to understand that the TS level winds are going to be impacting many areas along the path for up to 20+ hours!
530
posted on
08/26/2011 7:32:53 PM PDT
by
zzeeman
("We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality.")
To: tomkat
People live in tall buildings, too.
531
posted on
08/26/2011 7:33:00 PM PDT
by
Miss Didi
("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
To: little jeremiah
Bleach can evaporate from a closed container with no air in it?
532
posted on
08/26/2011 7:36:09 PM PDT
by
Principle Over Politics
(Even the hapless Joe Biden would harm the country less than 0bozo. Impeach NOW)
mea culpa, mea maxima culpa !
sheeeez...
533
posted on
08/26/2011 7:36:12 PM PDT
by
tomkat
(1775)
To: zzeeman
QPF values are very high. 10-12. If the storm tracks west of the city, LI sound will have a major surge. If it tracks over the city the wind and debris will reek havoc on the skyscrapers and high-rises.
534
posted on
08/26/2011 7:37:56 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: bvw
However looks to me like Irene is making a turn to a direct run for the Grand Banks and this may be its closest approach to the east coast except for eastern Newfoundland.
Nope. It's wobbling, and also pretty much all the guidance has it turning back to the left.
This has as much chance of not making landfall in the US as I do of becoming Director of the Institute for Creation Research.
To: Strategerist
536
posted on
08/26/2011 7:40:43 PM PDT
by
bvw
To: zzeeman
Remember that a QPF 14 was met in Nashville, May 2010, and TN has a propensity for rain.
537
posted on
08/26/2011 7:41:17 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
To: Abigail Adams
Last I heard my friend is still going with her daughter. they were to fly out from Jax tomorrow—Sat- into NYC.
I didn’t call tonight cause I just couldn’t hear about it if they were still going. It would just make me angry.
I will call them in the morning and stay on the phone long enough to ask if they are going and then get off the phone before I say something to end our friendship..ha. the broadway shows are cancelled I heard, so maybe they will stay home.
I just think its not only risky and stupid, but more so, as one of the news people said...selfish.
To: NautiNurse
539
posted on
08/26/2011 7:43:07 PM PDT
by
PghBaldy
(War Powers Res: http://avalon.law.yale.edu/20th_century/warpower.asp)
To: Strategerist
Landfall may be limited to the Outer Banks. There is a HP in the Mid-Atlantic arguing with the storm right now. Landfall should occur at LI.
540
posted on
08/26/2011 7:45:10 PM PDT
by
eyedigress
((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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