Hurricane Irene

[The Douche]

Is headed right for me. Its supposed to reach us by late saturday/early sunday. They're saying it will still be a category 2 storm by the time we are hit. I live about 20 minutes from the beach, and all the beach towns are having mandatory evacuations. A lot of eastern european come to the beaches during the summer to work and they were all bussed out of town yesterday and the town governments told all the tourists and summer renters to go back home, today they started telling residents to leave, my friends are saying they've been waking up to letters posted on their doors saying they must evacuate.

Hopefully I'll get to participate in some sweet looting.

[Obs]

Good luck, man. Hope your shit isn't too fucked up when you get back home.

[The Douche]

Good luck, man. Hope your shit isn't too fucked up when you get back home.

I'm not leaving, I live far enough from the beach that there shouldn't be any major flooding. I'm just expecting some power outages.

[NoOneIsIllegal]

make total looting

[xub3rn00dlex]

I live 5 minutes from the beach, and am not moving my ass anywhere as well. Nothing much to loot here really, but I think I'll take advantage of the free groceries from around the corner!

[Dzerzhinsky's Ghost]

Yeah, I live far away from the beach for it not to effect me to severly (10 min is good right?) but I have no idea what the fuck I'm really supposed to do in terms preperation. Except, me and my roommate have stocked up on necessary essentials; booze, tobacco, lunchables, candy, cannabis, etc.

Come on Irene, swear (well he means) at this moment you mean everything, with you in that dress my thoughts I confess verge on dirty, ah come on Irene.

[Blackscare]

I'm a little disappointed, aa day or two ago they said that it would hit us (LI) as a cat 2 or 3, now they're saying it's going to be a 1. I was hoping to get off of work, which I still might. Knowing my boss, though, he's not going to stop us working unless there's a good chance the roof will blow off.

[Aspiring Humanist]

It's going to hit my area in NY sunday. I think theres just gonna be heavy rain over here and some wind
It's like a b-list film in the Northeast, an earthquake the other day then a hurricane

[The Douche]

At work today we decided to close on saturday and sunday, and tonight when we close up we're gonna tape up the windows and throw down some sand bags.

Apparently they've begun evacuating some of the lower-laying areas here in my town.

My parent's live in the carolinas and they said the storm just started down there.

Luckily I've got some water and dry food, and some ammo. I still need more cigarettes though.

[Dzerzhinsky's Ghost]

Luckily I've got some water and dry food, and some ammo. I still need more cigarettes though.

See, we debated on whether or not we should buy ammo yesterday but then decided it'd be to over the top and that we had enough as is.

[The Douche]

See, we debated on whether or not we should buy ammo yesterday but then decided it'd be to over the top and that we had enough as is.

Shit, you can never have enough ammo.:cool:

[Rusty Shackleford]

Blackwater/Xe's gonna be in town, of course you need ammo.

[Fawkes]

I'm about 2 1/2 miles from the East River in Brooklyn, so should be alright. My bedroom is in the fuckin basement though :( Classes start for me on monday, wouldn't be surprised if they got cancelled though :laugh: Apparently MTA is preparing to possibly shut down the whole mass transit system (weeeaaaak).


My uncle lives out on Fire Island and, as an EMT and firefighter, is apparently planning on staying. I love adventure and everything, but that's honestly one of the stupidest things I've ever heard. For anyone unfamiliar with it, Fire Island is an incredibly narrow (maybe 3/4 of a mile at the widest) barrier island protecting Long Island from the Atlantic. Past hurricanes have literally created and destroyed inlets in the island. His house is 4 feet above sea level :blink: And the only way to get off the island is by boat or by driving down the ocean beach for 20 minutes.... Seems kind of dumb given that the only people he would potentially be "saving" would be other emergency workers that stayed.

[The Douche]

Blackwater/Xe's gonna be in town, of course you need ammo.

I'm more concerned with the under-trained and over zealous national guardsmen.

My unit will probably be activated, but if they call me to come out (I live 45 minutes from my unit) I'm gonna tell them to fuck themselves, I'm not risking my ass driving in this shit once its here, and I'm not leaving my house or girlfriend alone.

But the unit in my town is comprised of bumbling morons and their armory is a block from me here at work and I've seen them running around in humvees all day.

[Fawkes]

But the unit in my town is comprised of bumbling morons and their armory is a block from me here at work and I've seen them running around in humvees all day.

I'm just imagining of a bunch of drunk guys with M16s speeding up and down the streets hanging out the windows of their humvees holding American flags and shouting "HOO AH!"

[Rusty Shackleford]

I'm just imagining of a bunch of drunk guys with M16s speeding up and down the streets hanging out the windows of their humvees holding American flags and shouting "HOO AH!"
cocounts or whatever flying around cracking the windows. driver furiously trying to avoid hitting flying journalists and weathermen.

[The Douche]

I'm just imagining of a bunch of drunk guys with M16s speeding up and down the streets hanging out the windows of their humvees holding American flags and shouting "HOO AH!"

Not an inaccurate portrayal of some/many national guard units.:lol:

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

Seriously...a category 2? You folks are scared of that? I remember biking to a friends house in the eye of a Cat three because I was bored. Pshha. Growing up in Miami was the shit.

[Dzerzhinsky's Ghost]

I'm just imagining of a bunch of drunk guys with M16s speeding up and down the streets hanging out the windows of their humvees holding American flags and shouting "HOO AH!"

Note to self: inform the roommates that we and our al-qaeda looking asses should stay the fuck inside.

[Fawkes]

Seriously...a category 2? You folks are scared of that? I remember biking to a friends house in the eye of a Cat three because I was bored. Pshha. Growing up in Miami was the shit.

Beat dat mofo! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Island_Express)

But yeah, you also lived in Florida. Try living in a low-lying city of 8 million with the country's largest underground transportation network and no hurricane experience.

Not gonna lie, I'm kind of pumped for this just cause of the adventure of it, but that kind of gets dampened when I remember that this could end up killing people. I don't know about other areas of the east coast, but I don't think I'm being overly dramatic in recognizing the possibility of people around here dying from this. I mean, even a 6 foot storm surge could pull my uncle's house (and him) into the middle of the Atlantic. Not to mention what that would do to the coastal areas of NYC, particularly Staten Island and the Rockaways/surrounding areas in Queens.

Or we could get really paranoid and Day After Tomorrow-style and imagine a subway train stalling in a tunnel underneath the East River and then flooding :ninja:. That's maybe a bit too 2012 though ;)

[Blackscare]

Seriously...a category 2? You folks are scared of that? I remember biking to a friends house in the eye of a Cat three because I was bored. Pshha. Growing up in Miami was the shit.


Being from florida, this has been my natural reaction to all the hullabaloo (yea I went there) here on LI about this storm. But you have to realize that around here, there's a lot less general preparation than in FL. Many buildings are not up to standards for even "small" hurricanes (even though all new buildings or additions are supposed to be done according to building codes from Miami-Dade, there are a lot of old buildings and newer ones not built to code).

The electrical grid where I live is extremely weak, what would take an afternoon to fix down in florida could take a week up here. Also, we're the second to last stop on the train out east, and less densely populated than literally anywhere else on Long Island. We'll see what kind of priority we're placed on in terms of getting shit working again. :lol:

Also, the trees out here are not evolved to withstand this kind of shit, like palms and the like are in florida. Trees here break where trees in florida would bend. Also, I was talking to a guy at the gas station earlier today and he brought up a good point; the way this thing is projected to hit, Fawkes' area is going to get the western edge (typically heavier rain) while we will be hit by the eastern edge (typically heavier wind). The direction that the wind will be coming from is not the same direction as heavy wind usually comes around here from noreasters. If you look at a lot of trees around here, you'll notice that they are tilted all in the same direction from previous storms. Their roots are extended in such a way as to reinforce them against wind from that direction. I have a feeling we're going to have a lot of uprooted trees and general mayhem.

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

Beat dat mofo! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Long_Island_Express)

But yeah, you also lived in Florida. Try living in a low-lying city of 8 million with the country's largest underground transportation network and no hurricane experience.

Not gonna lie, I'm kind of pumped for this just cause of the adventure of it, but that kind of gets dampened when I remember that this could end up killing people. I don't know about other areas of the east coast, but I don't think I'm being overly dramatic in recognizing the possibility of people around here dying from this. I mean, even a 6 foot storm surge could pull my uncle's house (and him) into the middle of the Atlantic. Not to mention what that would do to the coastal areas of NYC, particularly Staten Island and the Rockaways/surrounding areas in Queens.

Or we could get really paranoid and Day After Tomorrow-style and imagine a subway train stalling in a tunnel underneath the East River and then flooding :ninja:. That's maybe a bit too 2012 though ;)

I wouldn't really expect it to be all that bad. Cat 2's will do damage, but if you prepare, there should be no problem. The only thing that I would really worry about (unless Irene flips out and gets a ridiculous storm surge) is the possibility of tornadoes. But that depends on the internal dynamics of the storm too.

Anyway, I win. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew)

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

Being from florida, this has been my natural reaction to all the hullabaloo (yea I went there) here on LI about this storm. But you have to realize that around here, there's a lot less general preparation than in FL. Many buildings are not up to standards for even "small" hurricanes (even though all new buildings or additions are supposed to be done according to building codes from Miami-Dade, there are a lot of old buildings and newer ones not built to code).

The electrical grid where I live is extremely weak, what would take an afternoon to fix down in florida could take a week up here. Also, we're the second to last stop on the train out east, and less densely populated than literally anywhere else on Long Island. We'll see what kind of priority we're placed on in terms of getting shit working again. :lol:

Also, the trees out here are not evolved to withstand this kind of shit, like palms and the like are in florida. Trees here break where trees in florida would bend. Also, I was talking to a guy at the gas station earlier today and he brought up a good point; the way this thing is projected to hit, Fawkes' area is going to get the western edge (typically heavier rain) while we will be hit by the eastern edge (typically heavier wind). The direction that the wind will be coming from is not the same direction as heavy wind usually comes around here from noreasters. If you look at a lot of trees around here, you'll notice that they are tilted all in the same direction from previous storms. Their roots are extended in such a way as to reinforce them against wind from that direction. I have a feeling we're going to have a lot of uprooted trees and general mayhem.

I hadn't thought about the trees and whatnot, that will be a problem. Though honestly, I don't see a Cat 2 doing much damage if people just prepare. The biggest problems with these things is when people (typically the government) flip their shit because something out of the ordinary is happening and thus screw up their response times.

[Blackscare]

Not to mention what that would do to the coastal areas of NYC, particularly Staten Island and the Rockaways/surrounding areas in Queens.

Or we could get really paranoid and Day After Tomorrow-style and imagine a subway train stalling in a tunnel underneath the East River and then flooding :ninja:. That's maybe a bit too 2012 though ;)
Every cloud does have it's silver lining, as they say.


Also, NYC infrastructure is woefully under maintained, I'm not calling it here but I wouldn't be too surprised to see a bridge collapse if the storm was pretty severe.



Anyway, to all the floridians scoffing at this I have one thing to say: come up here for a good noreaster, I dare you. :mad:

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

Every cloud does have it's silver lining, as they say.


Also, NYC infrastructure is woefully under maintained, I'm not calling it here but I wouldn't be too surprised to see a bridge collapse if the storm was pretty severe.



Anyway, to all the floridians scoffing at this I have one thing to say: come up here for a good noreaster, I dare you. :mad:

Lol. I like snow. And I was scoffing when our school was closed for a week in January due to a couple inches of snow. I'm an equal opportunity scoffer.

[Blackscare]

I scoff at your pathetic attempts to convince me of your scoffing credentials.

[Fawkes]

I wouldn't really expect it to be all that bad. Cat 2's will do damage, but if you prepare, there should be no problem. The only thing that I would really worry about (unless Irene flips out and gets a ridiculous storm surge) is the possibility of tornadoes. But that depends on the internal dynamics of the storm too.

Anyway, I win. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Andrew)

I'm not expecting it to be that bad, I just think it has the definite possibility of being bad. The governor already told the MTA to shut down all service starting noon tomorrow and low-lying hospitals and nursing homes are already being evacuated, so that definitely lessens the likelihood of anything fatal, but I'd still be pretty worried if I lived by the water. Plus, the possibility of massive power outages poses a big threat to some people, but at least it's not July. I mean, yeah, if people are adequately prepared than fatalities/major damage is less likely, but that's part of what worries me, the fact that we never have hurricanes here so a lot of people won't be prepared.

We actually had a tornado through my neighborhood a year ago, that was intense. Ripped down all the trees and actually caused some parked cars to move.


Sorry, I win. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11) (yeah, I went there)

[Fawkes]

South: 2 inches of snow = bring out the bulldozers

[Iraultzaile Ezkerreko]

I'm not expecting it to be that bad, I just think it has the definite possibility of being bad. The governor already told the MTA to shut down all service starting noon tomorrow and low-lying hospitals and nursing homes are already being evacuated, so that definitely lessens the likelihood of anything fatal, but I'd still be pretty worried if I lived by the water. Plus, the possibility of massive power outages poses a big threat to some people, but at least it's not July. I mean, yeah, if people are adequately prepared than fatalities/major damage is less likely, but that's part of what worries me, the fact that we never have hurricanes here so a lot of people won't be prepared.

We actually had a tornado through my neighborhood a year ago, that was intense. Ripped down all the trees and actually caused some parked cars to move.


Sorry, I win. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9/11) (yeah, I went there)

Godwin's Law should be expanded to include 9/11. That is just unfair. :(

[The Douche]

The wind is not my primary concern. The town I live in is essentially a swamp. I have friends who live at the beach, a beach which was actually created by a hurricane in 1933. The flooding is what worries me.

[Die Neue Zeit]

Keep safe, cmoney and other affected posters!

[coda]

I'm in ny too. a state of emergency was already called in my area effective immediately. I'm staying put.. just need to procure some tunes and a battery operated radio in case the elec goes out. Doubt finding that at this point.... even all the shelves were emptied out of water.

[Mythbuster]

Yah it is headed for me as well.

Stay safe everyone! Don't forget to have extra water in case power outage.