dJJ said:

paintedlady said:

As ready as I'll ever be. Emergency kits are stocked... and so is the pantry.

Good to hear. Hope you'll be fine.

TY I hear this one is gonna be bad, but they tend to lose steam once they reach Massachusetts... I hope this is the case with this storm.

I'll do my best to stay safe. I hope no nutjobs try to surf or go boating in this mess.

I ain't ready for SH*T.

I had plans to drive up to Boston this weekend, and now I'm busy making contingency plans. My f*cking hotel was prepaid/no changes ("why on earth would I change my plans?") so now I have to get on the phone and fight for a refund if this monster damned storm hits us they way the predict.

IRENE

My soon-to-be-ex-home lies a mere 5-ft above sea level. If this Category 2 storm rolls in, it's gonna be underwater.

The kids can stay w/ me at my parents' place 'til it dries out.

paintedlady said:

dJJ said:

Good to hear. Hope you'll be fine.

TY I hear this one is gonna be bad, but they tend to lose steam once they reach Massachusetts... I hope this is the case with this storm.

I'll do my best to stay safe. I hope no nutjobs try to surf or go boating in this mess.

Are you kidding?

The beaches are gonna be FULL of surfers taking advantage of the big waves!!!

Nope. Not prepared one bit, and planning to be outside most of the day on Saturday, probably getting drenched.

sextonseven said:

Serious said:

All ladies are only concerned about you, of course, what else did you think !

That is because of my reputation as being the perfect platonic friend for the ladies.

And stay safe everyone

I'm not sayin'... I'm just sayin'.... (whatever the hell that means )

Video available right here.

Hurricane Irene Looks 'Terrifying' From Space, Astronaut Says

Hurricane Irene is bearing down on the U.S. East Coast and has turned into a frightening storm, according to an astronaut on the International Space Station.

NASA astronaut Mike Fossum said that Hurricane Irene, like all hurricanes, looks "terrifying from above," and its evolution into a major storm this week has been unmistakable from orbit.

"We saw a big change in the structure of the storm over the several days that we've watched her, especially yesterday," Fossum told SPACE.com today (Aug. 25) during a video interview from space.

Hurricane Irene is currently a Category 3 storm with winds of 115 mph (185 kph) that is battering the Bahamas. Space station astronauts and satellites have kept a constant watch on the growing storm.

The storm is expected to hit the North Carolina coast on Saturday (Aug. 27) and follow the coastline north, where it may make landfall on Long Island, posing a threat to New York City, according to OurAmazingPlanet, a sister site of SPACE.com.

Fossum, a native of Texas who has seen many hurricanes from the ground and space, said that two days ago the eye of Hurricane Irene wasn't as stable as it appears now. The storm has grown more organized and uniform as this week wore on, he added.

"There's kind of a dome shape to the whole thing, with the eye fully formed," Fossum said. "Yesterday you could see the eye wall and down into the eye itself. You know that is a powerful storm, and those are never good news when they're headed your way. So our prayers and thoughts are with the people in its path."

Fossum is one of six astronauts living aboard the International Space Station and is in the middle of a six-month spaceflight. His crewmate Ron Garan, also of NASA, has been posting photos of Irene from orbit each day as the space station has been flying over the huge storm.

NASA is also broadcasting live views of Hurricane Irene from the space station when the orbiting lab sails over the storm.

You can follow SPACE.com Managing Editor Tariq Malik on Twitter @tariqjmalik. Follow SPACE.com for the latest in space science and exploration news on Twitter @Spacedotcom and on Facebook.

Blame johnart and his love of blow jobs.

Genesia said:

Blame johnart and his love of blow jobs.

Genesia would be a great name for a storm...if wind was made of whorishness and rain was made of vodka.

johnart said:

Genesia said:

Blame johnart and his love of blow jobs.

Genesia would be a great name for a storm...if wind was made of whorishness and rain was made of vodka.

Genesia said:

johnart said:

Genesia would be a great name for a storm...if wind was made of whorishness and rain was made of vodka.

Vooodka rain

Vooodka raa-aaaa-aaa-aaiiin yeah

I only wanna drink you

I only wanna drink you

.... you get the picture.

sextonseven said:

Cerebus said:

Vooodka rain

Vooodka raa-aaaa-aaa-aaiiin yeah

I only wanna drink you

I only wanna drink you

.... you get the picture.

That's pathetic.

Cerebus said:

Vooodka rain

Vooodka raa-aaaa-aaa-aaiiin yeah

I only wanna drink you

I only wanna drink you

.... you get the picture.

idiot

Genesia said:

Cerebus said:

Vooodka rain

Vooodka raa-aaaa-aaa-aaiiin yeah

I only wanna drink you

I only wanna drink you

.... you get the picture.

That's pathetic.

Muah!

johnart said:

Cerebus said:

Vooodka rain

Vooodka raa-aaaa-aaa-aaiiin yeah

I only wanna drink you

I only wanna drink you

.... you get the picture.

idiot

johnart said:

idiot

And you, too. Three way

P'shh. Don't even front like both of you wouldn't be outside wearin' goggles, lookin' up with your mouths open.

Cerebus said:

P'shh. Don't even front like both of you wouldn't be outside wearin' goggles, lookin' up with your mouths open.

P'shh

I already do that.

And sometimes it ain't even rainin'.

johnart said:

Cerebus said:

P'shh. Don't even front like both of you wouldn't be outside wearin' goggles, lookin' up with your mouths open.

P'shh

I already do that.

And sometimes it ain't even rainin'.

...... uhhh .....

Shouldn't NASA be focusing on why they've failed to go to the moon since 1969?

Not preparing no plans to. I can't morally allow myself to loot if I've stockpiled everything I need already. And where's the fun in that?

No but seriously, I feel like I have enough as is. I'll bust out the propane-fueled range to cook if need be. Got lanterns. Some batteries and water and I'm set. Otherwise the neighbors are cool and I just mowed their soon to be flooded yard.

[Edited 8/25/11 16:36pm]

Timmy84 said:

Shouldn't NASA be focusing on why they've failed to go to the moon since 1969?

NASA focuses on a lot of stuff. And what else are you going to look at when you're orbiting Earth in a space station?

However, no, there is no need to go back to the moon unless we're going to build something there. The question is why haven't we gone anyplace further out since 1969?

Yeah I already got food and shelter, plus I live inland so no worries for me. If I was living in the coastal area, I'd be prepared though, for damn sure.

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

Shouldn't NASA be focusing on why they've failed to go to the moon since 1969?

NASA focuses on a lot of stuff. And what else are you going to look at when you're orbiting Earth in a space station?

However, no, there is no need to go back to the moon unless we're going to build something there. The question is why haven't we gone anyplace further out since 1969?

That's a better question.

Timmy84 said:

Cerebus said:

NASA focuses on a lot of stuff. And what else are you going to look at when you're orbiting Earth in a space station?

However, no, there is no need to go back to the moon unless we're going to build something there. The question is why haven't we gone anyplace further out since 1969?

That's a better question.

I dream of such things... hypothetically, anyway.

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

That's a better question.

I dream of such things... hypothetically, anyway.

Hell I wonder the same sometimes, like what else is out there?

Timmy84 said:

Cerebus said:

I dream of such things... hypothetically, anyway.

Hell I wonder the same sometimes, like what else is out there?

And even if its only what we think is out there, isn't there somebody that wants to see it with their own eyes, up close and in person? Somebody who wants to walk on it? If I'd been smart enough to be an astronaut and such a program existed, I would volunteer in a heartbeat. Because its very likely with the technology we have now that you wouldn't be the same when you returned (if you did). But I would still have jumped at the chance to go.

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

Hell I wonder the same sometimes, like what else is out there?

And even if its only what we think is out there, isn't there somebody that wants to see it with their own eyes, up close and in person? Somebody who wants to walk on it? If I'd been smart enough to be an astronaut and such a program existed, I would volunteer in a heartbeat. Because its very likely with the technology we have now that you wouldn't be the same when you returned (if you did). But I would still have jumped at the chance to go.

True.

‎11 pm update

STORM SURGE...ALONG THE EASTERN COAST OF THE UNITED STATES...AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 5 TO 10 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL IN THE HURRICANE WARNING AREA INCLUDING THE ALBEMARLE AND PAMLICO SOUNDS. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE-THREATENING WAVES.

STORM TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 10 INCHES WITH ISOLATED MAXIMUM AMOUNTS OF 15 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA.