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Post by Skyroniter on Aug 26, 2011 10:25:44 GMT -5
Supposed to hit tomorrow about 8am. Has shifted so that I'm now on the "bad side" of the storm. Not that there's a good one. No electricity is a given. For how long is the question. Hours? Days? Sigh...
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Post by mauto on Aug 26, 2011 12:23:39 GMT -5
Good luck and stay safe all on the East Coast.
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Post by mylungswereaching on Aug 26, 2011 15:44:59 GMT -5
All's I can hear around here are the hurricane zombies, "must get Milk, Bread," It's a RI tradition from the Blizzard of 78 that you must have 300 loaves of bread and 200 gallons of milk to survive any natural disaster.
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Post by Ratso on Aug 26, 2011 16:43:23 GMT -5
All us on the east coast are gonna die.
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Post by Skyroniter on Aug 26, 2011 18:08:48 GMT -5
All's I can hear around here are the hurricane zombies, "must get Milk, Bread," It's a RI tradition from the Blizzard of 78 that you must have 300 loaves of bread and 200 gallons of milk to survive any natural disaster. LOL... My cousin is in the bread business. He's in the dough now. The storm has lost strength. Might come in as a cat 2 or even a 1. Still can cause significant damage but I'll take it over previous projections. The biggest problem could be flooding to the east of me. There are some really low areas at risk. My local station says Direct TV is broadcasting their feed nationally during this storm. Anyone who cares to watch continuous weather for every freaking second is welcome to join my world.
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Post by mylungswereaching on Aug 26, 2011 19:20:47 GMT -5
Tell me what its like. I'm gonna get it a day or two later.
I've rigged up a system to my car to get some emergency power to keep my pumps going so my cellar doesn't flood if I lose power. I've spent the last couple of days setting up my drainage system and moving all the lawn chairs, trash cans, etc. inside.
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Post by Hellcat on Aug 26, 2011 23:01:38 GMT -5
The local news here is "all Irene, all the time." It's starting to get a little stupid. They actually put one of their reporters in a wind tunnel to show us what it's like to be caught in the high winds of a hurricane. Enough already! In a weird way I'll be glad once the damn thing hits here, just so I won't have to hear about it anymore.
I just hope the power doesn't go out.
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Post by mylungswereaching on Aug 26, 2011 23:11:39 GMT -5
From my experience with kids, you'll see a few people who are caught totally unprepared and the first thing they'll say is that no one told them there was a hurricane coming. How come it wasn't on TV.
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Post by mylungswereaching on Aug 27, 2011 13:11:49 GMT -5
The first edges of the storm is going through now. I expect the worst tonight. I wonder how sky's doing? He should be in the middle of it about now. Stay dry Sky!
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Post by Hellcat on Aug 27, 2011 23:20:02 GMT -5
The rain is really pounding us right now. Looks like my basement is going to flood for the second time in two weeks. I hope everyone in the path of this thing stays safe.
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Post by Truck Farmer on Aug 27, 2011 23:39:20 GMT -5
It looks like we've gotten through the worst of it here. Although it's being reported that about 1/2 the area is without power. Luckily we still have power at the hotel, because I would have to be here whether we had power or not.
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Post by spackle on Aug 28, 2011 7:43:27 GMT -5
Glad to hear you're okay, TF. I'm worried about sky... haven't heard from him since Friday night. Hopefully it's just because his power is out. As Hellcat said, everybody stay safe!
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Post by pablo on Aug 28, 2011 12:43:39 GMT -5
From about midnight on, the winds were fierce and the rain was coming down like bullets and I sat in my living room chair with the fan on and reading a magazine with a light on, waiting..........and waiting...............for the inevitable power outage that the news people guaranteed............and waiting..........and waiting..........for the unearthly WOMP of the giant tree that fell and crashed into the ceiling of the house , and, neither happened. I can't believe I had power all night and no trees smashed into the house or onto the car.
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Post by Mod City on Aug 28, 2011 13:11:37 GMT -5
Yeah, take care Sky and everyone out east. I know Sky worries about his master tapes when these things come through, hopefully all is well. And for the record, I understand a certain level of news coverage is needed and expected for events like this, but really, do I need the play-by-play guy and the color guy for the Twins/Tigers game (in Minnesota) dedicating 20 minutes to hurricane discussion? Any my local news? Maybe I'm just bitter because the coasts never give a rat's behind about serious weather events in the midwest
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Post by inlovewithcrow on Aug 28, 2011 15:14:03 GMT -5
Well, mod city, no tornado or even flood in, say, Iowa ever affected 20 million people; I say that as a native mid-westerner who saw a tornado and sandbagged through a big Mississippi flood. (Wait for a giant asteroid hit--that'll work!) Many people across the country have a loved one living along that coast and would want to know. But I did have to laugh at the tiny earthquake's coverage last week, being a former resident of the SF Bay Area--please, a 5.8?
I actually enjoyed watching the 'cane coverage, being in my rare on-line phase here and following TV streaming from Raleigh NC to someplace in MD and this morning from NYC. I thought, isn't this cool, that technology allows this? A google search, a couple clicks, picking ones that didn't make me sit through commercials, and there it was. I sat here comfortable and dry, eating my pretzels, playing some computer games, and stayed interested for hours...and very happy that I have no insurance forms to fill out or sewage to shovel out of my basement or crushed cars to replace.
I'm sure Sky is alive, as he doesn't fit into any of the fatality descriptions, but he may have no power and may be picking up debris, too, for himself or helping others. Again, I know from being in disasters that one tends to want to pitch in and help wherever and whoever needs it.
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