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. 
