Hurricane Irene
Just saw the new info on Irene and the path itself looks to dead center Southport, NC (about 30 mins southeast of Wilmington, NC). The cone itself covers most of the SC & all of te NC coast.
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Eilleen, yeah, I've been watching this one for a while. I have a PS consult on Thursday so I'm going to be bummed out if I have to postpone. I agree with you. A Cat 3 is Okay to ride out, so maybe you will be just sitting tight. Making the decision is always rough. If you wait too long the traffic is insane. Good luck, I'll be watching for your posts.
-Jenny
Hope everyone hangs on tight! Good idea on making sure everything's all stocked up. I'm pretty far inland, so it seems like it won't be so bad for us if Irene stays on track. Hugo was really rough on us when it came through. That storm was just bad all the way around.
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on 8/27/11 6:11 am, edited 8/27/11 6:16 am
on 8/27/11 6:11 am, edited 8/27/11 6:16 am
I bugged out of NYC last night. I didn't wait for saturday morning for Bloobmerg to announce evacuation orders before getting the **** out, especially considering they were going to shut down mass transit at noon on Saturday. Imagine millions of people with 2 hours to get the heck out of dodge before the trains shut down. That's not my idea of a party.
I can't beleive how dumb some people in the big apple are by staying put. Especially since most residents live in apartment buildings over 6 storeys tall. Power goes out and you don't have WATER either. If you're on the 20th floor and the elevator dies and you have to get to ground level to ge****er, what are you gonna do, especially if you're elderly
My apartment is one block from one of the evac zones, but it's an old building and if a strong wind hits my windows will be blown in. If the **** hits the fan, flooding, power outages, bridges closed, Manhattan Island could very well could turn into a Katrina-like scenario where we had hundreds of thousands of people with no water or food and all access points in or out flooded or blocked. Considering you're not exactly allowed to pack heat in the big apple, you can't hole up somewhere with several rounds of buckshot prepared for any looter who wants your canned beans.
So we're at the in-laws now, upstate, well stocked with supplies and enough firearms and ammo for a small army.
Stay safe everyone!
I can't beleive how dumb some people in the big apple are by staying put. Especially since most residents live in apartment buildings over 6 storeys tall. Power goes out and you don't have WATER either. If you're on the 20th floor and the elevator dies and you have to get to ground level to ge****er, what are you gonna do, especially if you're elderly
My apartment is one block from one of the evac zones, but it's an old building and if a strong wind hits my windows will be blown in. If the **** hits the fan, flooding, power outages, bridges closed, Manhattan Island could very well could turn into a Katrina-like scenario where we had hundreds of thousands of people with no water or food and all access points in or out flooded or blocked. Considering you're not exactly allowed to pack heat in the big apple, you can't hole up somewhere with several rounds of buckshot prepared for any looter who wants your canned beans.
So we're at the in-laws now, upstate, well stocked with supplies and enough firearms and ammo for a small army.
Stay safe everyone!