Author Topic: Hurricane Irene (Read 22615 times)

Quadrochosis · « **Reply #245 on:** August 28, 2011, 12:28:12 AM »

Quote from: tjanuranus on August 27, 2011, 11:47:54 PM

The wife and I took off to Hershey pa for a weekend get away. I decided I would rather be in the jacuzzi with my wife than be without power in the middle of a hurricane.

did steve jobs pay for your vacation?

cramx3 · « **Reply #246 on:** August 28, 2011, 01:10:39 AM »

Just had the power lost and then back on quickly twice.

ReaPsTA · « **Reply #247 on:** August 28, 2011, 01:48:45 AM »

My power's hanging in there. Thank god.

Edan the Man · « **Reply #248 on:** August 28, 2011, 01:51:33 AM »

Power has been out for a few hours now here. No idea yet, but there was many warnings before the storm got here that power could be lost for days. Hope it doesn't come to that

As for the storm, the rain seems to have let up a bit, the wind is still strong though. I think the worst has passed
by this point.

millahh · « **Reply #249 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:25:59 AM »

Tornado warnings are up here. Definitely windy and rainy...really reminds me of a blizzard in a way. It's weird knowing that all the things that sound like distant trucks are actually the wind.

PuffyPat · « **Reply #250 on:** August 28, 2011, 02:29:15 AM »

4:30am in CT, and power is still good, it's definitely rainy, but we've had a lot more wind than this before, so the worst isn't even close to being here.

millahh · « **Reply #251 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:12:00 AM »

Ok, we're both awake and the wife is hungover...so I'm making sausages at 5 AM in a hurricane.

Winds 25-35, with occasional gusts higher, and lots of rain. There are points when it's eerily quiet, though...and that's when I hear this faint mechanical hum in the distance, that sounds like a train idling. It freaks me out a bit.

No damage that I can see outside, but we're still 4-5 hours from the worst of it.

Fuzzboy · « **Reply #252 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:18:41 AM »

I've had to live without power for quite a few days, thanks to hurricanes (Wilma comes to mind). It actually becomes quite nice (in a peaceful way, I suppose) after a while. Plus, for a guy that's used to the countryside, it's nice to see the stars at night for once.

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #253 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:21:18 AM »

Here in RI, we're still hours away from it, too. But, my wife took our dog outside about 45 minutes ago and there were some massive gusts of wind. I made her come back inside because I was afraid some branches would fall on her..... first time I've ever been truly frightened by a hurricane - and, it's not even HERE yet!!!!

edit..

I only live a few blocks from Narragansett Bay and it's supposedly hitting at high tide. This is going to be scary.

millahh · « **Reply #254 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:34:03 AM »

SE, are you high enough to avoid flooding?

In addition to the weather outside, there's the windstorm inside...that chicken chili earlier is catching up with me.

ZBomber · « **Reply #255 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:40:24 AM »

Woke up around 4:30 to heavy rain pouring on my air conditioner... haven't been able to get back to sleep. Might as well be up now while I still have power, I guess!

Still got a few more hours before it starts kicking up.

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #256 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:40:43 AM »

Yeah, the house where I live isn't "right" on the water, but my town (Bristol) is a coastal town, which means the streets flood easily. Luckily, my place is very high and I don't think water will flood inside (maybe the basement).

Oh and....

at the "windstorm inside" comment. haha!

tjanuranus · « **Reply #257 on:** August 28, 2011, 05:35:45 AM »

Quote from: Quadrochosis on August 28, 2011, 12:28:12 AM

Quote from: tjanuranus on August 27, 2011, 11:47:54 PM
The wife and I took off to Hershey pa for a weekend get away. I decided I would rather be in the jacuzzi with my wife than be without power in the middle of a hurricane.

did steve jobs pay for your vacation?

I guess you could say that. Made some nice money with apple stock And chased out a few weeks ago.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #258 on:** August 28, 2011, 05:46:55 AM »

Winds are in the 20's right now and its raining at a good clip. The trenches on both sides of the streets are flowing very fast. Hope the power doesn't go out. The worst is yet to come.

JustJen · « **Reply #259 on:** August 28, 2011, 06:12:35 AM »

Just woke up. Its raining a steady non-voilent bit. The wind is blowing a bit but nothing like our regular spring thunderstorms. Radar shows this is about as bad as it's gonna get for me.

I am disappointed. I wanted a storm at least as strong as normal storms are here -- they never hurt anyone or anything. Oh well.

Tropical Depression Ten is next -- the Canadian Farmer's Almanac predicted Irene becoming only thundershowers and gales by the time it hit Nova Scotia, but says TD Ten will be a hurricane still when it gets there around Sept 3 - 7. I think they're a little early but look forward to seeing how accurate it is.

edit -- isolated gusts occasionally make me wonder if I spoke too soon.

(Binghamton, NY area)

JustJen · « **Reply #260 on:** August 28, 2011, 06:14:38 AM »

Quote from: millahh on August 28, 2011, 03:12:00 AM

Ok, we're both awake and the wife is hungover...so I'm making sausages at 5 AM in a hurricane.

Winds 25-35, with occasional gusts higher, and lots of rain. There are points when it's eerily quiet, though...and that's when I hear this faint mechanical hum in the distance, that sounds like a train idling. It freaks me out a bit.

No damage that I can see outside, but we're still 4-5 hours from the worst of it.

You know tornados are common in hurricanes... when that gets close, just go into tornado mode. With your webcam. Thanks.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #261 on:** August 28, 2011, 07:35:28 AM »

the storm was also a bit... underwhelming here. It's been raining for like 12+ hours, and I'm sure some people got fucked with flooding, but the wind never seemed to really pick up a ton. We never lost power, and my dad's going to open his store, if not at the normal time of noon maybe just a little bit later.

obscure · « **Reply #262 on:** August 28, 2011, 07:43:05 AM »

Keep safe guys

lordxizor · « **Reply #263 on:** August 28, 2011, 08:04:37 AM »

Lights have flickered a couple times here in NH and it's hardly even raining and just a little breezy. I'm not feeling very confident in the power grid up here. I expect to be without power for a while after it hits later this afternoon. Hopefully it's not too long. I've stocked up on water and ice, but I only have a few beers left!

millahh · « **Reply #264 on:** August 28, 2011, 08:13:02 AM »

It's suddenly dry here. The eye passed right over us about 45 minutes ago, and now the rain has stopped and the winds have reduced. Don't see any damage outside, and we only had some leakage around our front window. Never lost power, and I would be quite surprised if we lost it now.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #265 on:** August 28, 2011, 08:16:23 AM »

Quote from: lordxizor on August 28, 2011, 08:04:37 AM

Lights have flickered a couple times here in NH and it's hardly even raining and just a little breezy. I'm not feeling very confident in the power grid up here. I expect to be without power for a while after it hits later this afternoon. Hopefully it's not too long. I've stocked up on water and ice, but I only have a few beers left!

I've lived in NH for 34 years & I'll bet the power goes out. lox, don't you live in Keene? Since it's a larger town you might be in better standing then smaller towns like mine in Raymond.

jasc15 · « **Reply #266 on:** August 28, 2011, 08:46:07 AM »

I expected to wake up in the middle of the worst of it, not that it would be over with. No power interruption, and there doesn't seem to be much flooding around Little Ferry, NJ even though we are at quite a low elevation.

axeman90210 · « **Reply #267 on:** August 28, 2011, 08:53:27 AM »

I went out for a quick drive with my dad to pick up the newspaper and check on my grandmother's house and took a few photos along the way Here's the link to the whole album, but I'm posting a couple below. Most of the shots are of a park by my house that usually has a very small, mild mannered brook running through it, but is prone to some flooding

the water coming through right under the bridge

yeah, there's a whole playground under there

more underwater playground

it's a small rectangular park that's well below the surrounding streets. The side of the road we were on is the high ground, this other side of the street wasn't so lucky

Var · « **Reply #268 on:** August 28, 2011, 09:48:18 AM »

Wow.

Supposedly, there's a flash flood warning for Albany county, but I haven't really seen anything bad. Just some really bad gusts occasionally and constant rain. It's not even that heavy of a rain. Just constant.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #269 on:** August 28, 2011, 09:55:57 AM »

Power out here but I fired up the generator and we still have internet and cable. WOOT!!

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #270 on:** August 28, 2011, 09:58:08 AM »

Irene toppled a tree in my lawn. The fucking whore.

Dimitrius · « **Reply #271 on:** August 28, 2011, 09:59:09 AM »

Quote from: ClairvoyantCat on August 28, 2011, 09:58:08 AM

Irene toppled a tree in my lawn. The fucking whore.

Pics or it didn't happen!

mrjazzguitar · « **Reply #272 on:** August 28, 2011, 11:28:28 AM »

nothing more than a little rain storm here in the north Bronx. The 1/4 pound Chihuahua statue on our front steps didn't even budge.

PuffyPat · « **Reply #273 on:** August 28, 2011, 12:17:40 PM »

Other than a few power surges early in the morning, high winds and heavy rain nothing really happened. My house is undamaged, and the power is still on. WOO!

millahh · « **Reply #274 on:** August 28, 2011, 12:22:34 PM »

Turns out a couple of big trees came down about a block from us. Amazingly, the biggest fell down in the narrow driveway between two houses, barely scratching either of them.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #275 on:** August 28, 2011, 12:23:49 PM »

Power is back on!!

SnakeEyes · « **Reply #276 on:** August 28, 2011, 12:41:27 PM »

A bunch of trees fell over into the street. One huge tree fell into a parking space that I almost parked in last night, but didn't because a car was there (it's my usual space), so I had to park down the street. That person parking there saved my car.

ZBomber · « **Reply #277 on:** August 28, 2011, 12:42:24 PM »

My house didn't get hit bad at all. Lots of heavy rain and wind, but nothing damaging. Cellar only flooded a tiny little bit, should be easy to absorb whatever came in. And didn't lose power!

But I drove about 5-10 minutes down the road to check up on my grandmother, and there are trees down everywhere. So I guess I got lucky.

antigoon · « **Reply #278 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:04:00 PM »

Yo. Powers been out since 7am here, huge trees are down EVERYWHERE. One fell straight arcross our street about 75 ft from the house

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #279 on:** August 28, 2011, 03:09:21 PM »

New York, I welcome you to a British summer.

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Author Topic: Hurricane Irene (Read 22615 times)