You would think this the first hurricane in history of man. It’s like out on the west coast, actual heat alerts for the desert-it’s summer, it’s desert, of course it’s hot.
If I remember correctly, Donna, in 1960, was at least as powerful, if not more so, but there were no mass evacuations, and the transit system wasn’t shut down.
The mini Emperor is showing all those New Yorkers who criticized his non respond to the blizzard what happens when he’s angered.
The buses and subways could have been running for the last 5 hours.
the arrogance and flippancy of some freepers about this storm is disgraceful. sure, it’s “only” a 75-90mph storm... STRIKING NEAR-DIRECT BLOWS on up to four major population centers. oh right, liberals live there, so we don’t care... (rolls eyes)
Who’s Irene?
Can’t be too careful.
We in D.C. are at this very moment struggling to survive in the drizzle of Irene. My venetian blinds ripple and belly in the leaf-rustling breezes. The twentysomethings in the house across the street are having a boistrous beer bust. Perhaps that qualifies as “mass hysteria”?
If it keeps up, I suppose we’ll all have to start indulging in human sacrifice and training our dogs and cats to “live together”.
What it’s gonna be like when Irene makes it to the Big Apple I can’t imagine. Either way, it looks like certain “urban youth” flash-mobbers will be having a fine old time looting the evacuated neighborhoods.
Here in suburban Maryland it has rained all day. That water has to go somewhere. In congested cities - flooding has to be the biggest concern.
The huge area encompassed by this weather system (to include Tropical Storm and Hurricane strength winds) - is not anything to be taken lightly.
Anyone else looking at weather maps like this one: http://www.intellicast.com/Storm/Hurricane/AtlanticSatellite.aspx?animate=true
It looks like the top of Irene ran into another system that’s shearing the edges and maybe disturbing the center.
He's hoping that the hurricane is bad enough that the President will successfully push Congress into taking on more debt in the name of "Hurricane Relief". All of the Dems/Socialists want this to be another Katrina so they can hit up the Federal Gov't for more $$$.
Obama was so hoping to add one more item to his list of reasons the economy sucks. The laugh is on him.
Tell me about it, I live in NYC and I can’t believe what the hell I am witnessing. I haven’t seen such BS hype since Kim Kardashians wedding. I have been in REAL hurricanes and tornadoes when I did land surveys in the ‘80s, the kind that will lift you exactly 90 degrees horizontal to the ground like a cartoon when you hold onto a tree, and this DICK is shutting down the entire city as if a nuclear holocaust is coming for a Cat 1? 30 -40 mph winds with rain? WTF? Well that is what is coming. I think we had 30 mph winds a few weeks ago which made the streets messy with leaves and newspapers and made puppys and kittens uncomfortable..You know what this is? Another primo example of how liberals and Rinos go on bizarre power trips. They pedagog to the masses, condescend to the little people so they can play Stalin and when reality hits they look like complete a-holes which the media pays no attention to longer than a day.
Saul Alinsky would be pleased.
“apocalyptic standstill” L0L!
I wonder if looters sacked all of the undamaged, vacant homes. Wouldn’t that be something? Looting caused by mass evacuation alone.
I heard that if the tropical storm gets too bad, Mass. & NY might have to postpone gay weddings.
Fuhgedaboudit New Yawk! It came ashore in VA Beach/Norfolk with 33 mph winds (sustained) with gusts a little higher. Sure there are flooded streets and felled trees, but that happens around here with every heavy rain.