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Hurricane Irene Live Thread
NHC NOAA ^ | 26 August 2011 | NHC/NOAA

Posted on 08/26/2011 9:40:24 AM PDT by 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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KEYWORDS: hurricane; hurricaneirene; irene; livethread; storm; tropical
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To: NautiNurse

For your listening enjoyment...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91OIaPRrDts

Wind is picking up here (Mount Airy, Maryland.) Animals have not moved into the barns yet so we’re OK for now...we watch the critters and panic when they do.


901 posted on 08/27/2011 9:20:42 AM PDT by mrs. a (It's a short life but a merry one...)
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To: NoGrayZone

Thanks for your local update. Hope you are prepared for 24 hours of lousy weather. Stay safe, dry and check in when you can.


902 posted on 08/27/2011 9:20:45 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Drink good coffee. You can sleep when you are dead.)
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To: americanophile

I’ll thank you for at least having a reasonably gracious reply, unlike others.

As for earthquakes - of course no one reports endlessly on them beforehand - they are completely unpredictable and come out of nowhere.

Droughts - that’s not “imminent danger” so I guess there’s not overly much news. We’ve had droughts around here and no one covers them but the locals - although it’s never endless news even then. Just mentions at the 11 news.

Perhaps there is overhype (I know there is even locally every time some snow might come - of course, recently, we DID get whopper record snowfalls, but that’s not the norm), but it just seemed callous the way you all dismissed it with mocking terms about “just 60mph” and “just wind and rain”. That’s not just complaining about the media, that’s dismissing the storm altogether.

There was plenty of news about Katrina BEFORE it hit - it was predictable AND dangerous.

Look at the coverage now in NC and tell me 60mph continuously isn’t nasty. Are you telling me your 60mph in LA (my brother has lived there 30 years, and he never mentions this) is really that continuous and rainy at the same time? How much serious damage has it caused? I’m surprised I haven’t heard about it on the news at least. Yes, we get 60 mph here and there, and definitely had our wind storms which have knocked down some of my parents’ trees each time over 20 years, but we haven’t had many constant pummelings that can do much worse.

Bottom line, I know there is overhype from media, but that doesn’t make the storm automatically a “minute steak” as it seemed here.

Personally I don’t think our own area is going to get too much, but we have our concerns (50/50) and nearby we have people who could be in very deep problems with their floodplain geography and so on (NJ and Eastern Shore of MD. e.g.).


903 posted on 08/27/2011 9:20:58 AM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
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To: NautiNurse; abner; Gabz; mware; fatima; Biggirl; Betis70; Bigg Red
Rain coming down HARD now in NW Connecticut. This rain is just from the outer-outer bands of Irene (per radar).

Godspeed to all of my good FRiends south of CT currently enduring the wrath of Irene, and for all FReepers in Irene's path...

904 posted on 08/27/2011 9:24:07 AM PDT by nutmeg
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To: the OlLine Rebel

You are right on: The geography is the real problem between NC and NY:
1. Areas of narrowing channels will have water forced back inland as Irene approaches, which will flood areas that usually see water draining out of them.
2. Low-lying marshlands are all over the place... many of them fairly isolated; if water washes out one power pole, road, or bridge, that could cut off people for days. Never mind the flooding.
3. Barrier islands will get hit on both sides: the east (ocean) side on approach, the west (intercoastal) side as the “pushed-in” water is released and pushed back out. It’s hard to imagine a storm surge on the non-ocean side, but it’s going to happen.
4. Trees will be down everywhere due to soft ground yielding to high winds.


905 posted on 08/27/2011 9:30:04 AM PDT by alancarp (Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
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To: nutmeg

Take care nutmeg,(((((Hugs))))


906 posted on 08/27/2011 9:31:07 AM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today:))
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To: jersey117

We have large windows backed up to woods. Not much we can do. Have plastic and duct tape just in case. Our neighbor put up some plywood on his back windows, which are smaller. I would have been more concerned about his solid vinyl fence taking flight! It gives when I try and mow the grass close to it.


907 posted on 08/27/2011 9:33:54 AM PDT by janipa
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To: mrs. a

Animals are a much better indicator than all the media hype!


908 posted on 08/27/2011 9:34:13 AM PDT by SouthTexas (You cannot bargain with the devil, shut the government down.)
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To: mrs. a
LOL! That's a timely tune.

Mt. Airy is a lovely location. All best wishes that you, your family and the animals weather the storm without a hitch.

909 posted on 08/27/2011 9:39:56 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Drink good coffee. You can sleep when you are dead.)
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To: alancarp

I just noticed a shift in the models. As Irene is sitting in the middle of the Pamlico Sound, looks like the re-emergence into the Atlantic may occur further north — between the VA/NC line and Currituck.

From there, they’re guessing it stays JUST off-shore at the DELMARVA, and hits Atlantic City. New York-to-W. Long Island? We’ll see about that later, but arrival is expected Sunday morning, 8-9ish.


910 posted on 08/27/2011 9:40:16 AM PDT by alancarp (Liberals are all for shared pain... until they're included in the pain group.)
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To: Tribune7; NautiNurse
Lots of folk walking the beaches off North Carolina:

Looks as if Philly/NYC will get lots of rain, but not much of the hurricane winds. All to the good, but lots of flooding to come. Stay safe!

911 posted on 08/27/2011 9:40:16 AM PDT by brityank (The more I learn about the Constitution, the more I realise this Government is UNconstitutional !!)
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To: fatima
Take care nutmeg,(((((Hugs))))

Same to you, fatima. :-)

{{{hugs}}}

912 posted on 08/27/2011 9:41:17 AM PDT by nutmeg
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To: nutmeg

I hope you and zelig are nestled in for the long storm. Thanks for your local update. Check in with us when you can.


913 posted on 08/27/2011 9:41:59 AM PDT by NautiNurse (Drink good coffee. You can sleep when you are dead.)
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To: jersey117

I have wondered - why don’t people secure the trees near their house, with heavy wire, and deep spikes, when high winds are predicted?


914 posted on 08/27/2011 9:41:59 AM PDT by yorkie
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To: maica

Good idea, did that last night...also just made a ton of coffee. :)


915 posted on 08/27/2011 9:41:59 AM PDT by Miss Didi ("After all...tomorrow is another day." Scarlett O'Hara, Gone with the Wind)
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To: NautiNurse

Northwest New Jersey checking in:

Rain.

Plants, deck chairs, umbrella safely stored in the shed.

Enough bulk water to fill a pool.

Extra propane tank filled.

Wife will be grinding coffee this morning; will use French press if power fails.

I need to charge up the laptop, keep cell phones charged, as well as the batteries for electronic cigarettes.

Food: Lot of pretzels, soda, canned soup.

I have no fear of flooding - we’re 900 feet above sea level. However, the ground here is totally saturated, and the wind will topple trees, I’m sure. It’ll be coming out of the north / northeast, which will blow them away from the house.

In short, I’m looking at some inconvenience, but nothing that would threaten life and limb (other than those trees).

Be safe, everyone!


916 posted on 08/27/2011 9:43:51 AM PDT by Peter W. Kessler (Dirt is for racing... asphalt is for getting there.)
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To: SouthTexas

Dogs know.

BTW recommended reading: “The Eye of Edna”, and E.B. White essay, from 1954, in which he comments on the radio hype of the storm.


917 posted on 08/27/2011 9:44:15 AM PDT by stanne
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To: maica
Obama’s crew have declared emergency areas before the storm even left the Bahamas. They are doing everything humanly possible, propaganda-wise, to make him smell like a rose.

If Bush had done that in 2005, the media and the Left would have screamed bloody murder. Nauti-nurse and anyone who followed the Katrina live threads knows that it was Clinton’s former head of FEMA who advised Gov Blanco not to request Federal participation for one very bad extra day. And that was done specifically so that President Bush could not be seen to be “in charge.”

Two or three days before Katrina made landfall, I remember hearing something on CBS or ABC radio network news. President Bush was begging Nagin and the LA governor (Landrieu?) to declare a state of emergency -- or perhaps it was that Bush was urging that New Orleans be evacuated. I think they even broadcast a clip of him saying so.

But at that point, both Dems were denying the situation could ever get out of hand.

918 posted on 08/27/2011 9:44:29 AM PDT by Tea Party Hobbit (The RINOs lack all conviction, and the Dems are full of passionate intensity)
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To: NautiNurse

As Hurricane Irene batters the East Coast, federal disaster officials have warned that Internet outages could force people to interact with other people for the first time in years. Residents are bracing themselves for the horror of awkward silences & unwanted eye contact. FEMA has advised: “Be prepared. Write down possible topics to talk about in advance. Sports, the weather. Remember, a conversation is basically a series of Facebook updates strung together.”


919 posted on 08/27/2011 9:44:57 AM PDT by Gabz (Democrats for Voldemort.)
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To: NautiNurse

(CT) Governor Considers Implementing Full Ban On Non-Emergency Vehicles

http://www.courant.com/news/weather/hc-hurricane-irene-0828-20110827,0,3472165.story


920 posted on 08/27/2011 9:46:07 AM PDT by Raycpa
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