Machaela said:

‎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.

Are you in its path? I know you are on elevated land right? Be safe.

Yup. I think the worst that will happen will be a surge similar to the one that happened last December. Thankfully the house it not oceanfront.

Damn first an earthquake now a hurricane. NY can't catch a break.

paintedlady said:

Machaela said:

‎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.

Are you in its path? I know you are on elevated land right? Be safe.

No we are far inland ~ winds and rains usually

We have friends that live on both sunds though so

TY

SHOCKADELICA1 said:

Damn first an earthquake now a hurricane. NY can't catch a break.

you mean aftershock, NY didnt get hit with an earthquake, it was far from NYC, in Brooklyn it measured a 2.2, which was the ripple effect from the center. Had we here in NYC got hit with the 5.9 that measured, then there would have been some damage done, because of large buildings and construction sites. As for the Hurricane we will get hit, but it still uncertain, it wont be known till saturday when it first hits land, if it hits land and spins off and hugs the coast, NYC could see major flooding in downtown NYC areas for the first time since 1821, if it stays on land the Hurricane will weaken fast and break up, it still will be at least a category 1 though either way.

I think the northeast will likely get flooded. How badly is the real question.

[Edited 8/25/11 23:42pm]

Machaela said:

paintedlady said:

Are you in its path? I know you are on elevated land right? Be safe.

No we are far inland ~ winds and rains usually

We have friends that live on both sunds though so

TY

Oh OK. But I feel ya. Hope people on the coastal NC region stay safe!

Just so you know, when it hits the coastal NC region, the category would drop to 2 mainly due to a trough and like ld said, it'll be Cat 1 when it hits NY. But it's still worrisome because flooding comes with a hurricane. In any case, just be careful.

it seems to have sped up

Stay safe yall

Machaela said:

paintedlady said:

Are you in its path? I know you are on elevated land right? Be safe.

No we are far inland ~ winds and rains usually

We have friends that live on both sunds though so

TY

They are reporting a 6 - 11 foot surge now ... if that pans out both our friends homes may be seriously damamged

Machaela said:

They are reporting a 6 - 11 foot surge now ... if that pans out both our friends homes may be seriously damamged

It's a comin':

http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/g...h-vis.html

Machaela said:

They are reporting a 6 - 11 foot surge now ... if that pans out both our friends homes may be seriously damamged

It's downgraded to a Category 2 but it's still dangerous due to potential wind surges and heavy rain.

NC activates bilingual and hard of hearing hotline numbers: English / Spanish call 1-888-835-9966. Hard of hearing call 1-877-877-1765 (TTY)

I hope everyone will stay safe

The New York City subway is shutting down tomorrow (Saturday) at noon!

I was able to book a new 1-way ticket out of New York tomorrow morning at 8am, but it has two connections and is an hour farther driving once I land.

jone70 said:

The New York City subway is shutting down tomorrow (Saturday) at noon!

It is? Shoot, I did not know that. Maybe I need to take this more seriously.

I wish people would take it a little more seriously. I mean, you can see it. You can watch it from space. You can get forecasts of what its expected to do. Here in California, there is no earthquake prediction system. Maybe that's why so many people don't pay attention to what could happen if a big one hits. But for you guys, you KNOW you're going to get these storms and you can watch what's happening. Yet every year something (many things) bad happens simply because people weren't prepared. Ya know, I'm not preachin' or anything. I love free will and all that. But wouldn't y'all feel better about being prepared and having nothing happen than having something happen and not be prepared?

Anyway, like I've said a million times, y'all can keep your hurricanes and tornadoes. I'm stickin' with our invisible earthquakes.

Efan said:

jone70 said:

The New York City subway is shutting down tomorrow (Saturday) at noon!

It is? Shoot, I did not know that. Maybe I need to take this more seriously.

So not what I was expecting that video to be.

Cerebus said:

So not what I was expecting that video to be.

I don't know why not. That's my standard advice for everything.

Genesia said:

Cerebus said:

So not what I was expecting that video to be.

I don't know why not. That's my standard advice for everything.

Sokath, his eyes opened

Genesia said:

Efan said:

It is? Shoot, I did not know that. Maybe I need to take this more seriously.

I was worried you were going to give me this quote!

Cerebus said:

I wish people would take it a little more seriously. I mean, you can see it. You can watch it from space. You can get forecasts of what its expected to do. Here in California, there is no earthquake prediction system. Maybe that's why so many people don't pay attention to what could happen if a big one hits. But for you guys, you KNOW you're going to get these storms and you can watch what's happening. Yet every year something (many things) bad happens simply because people weren't prepared. Ya know, I'm not preachin' or anything. I love free will and all that. But wouldn't y'all feel better about being prepared and having nothing happen than having something happen and not be prepared?

Anyway, like I've said a million times, y'all can keep your hurricanes and tornadoes. I'm stickin' with our invisible earthquakes.

Honestly, I was just kidding with my line. I'm taking it as seriously as I feel I need to. I'm not in an area of Manhattan where I need to evacuate or anything, and I plan to have water and some extra food on hand in case I need them. I don't really have a "go bag"--but as things progress tomorrow, I may get one together if it looks like I need to. Cell phone will be charged. That's about all I can do, really.

Efan said:

Genesia said:

I was worried you were going to give me this quote!

Oh, no - I couldn't do that. johnart would be jealous.

Cerebus said:

I wish people would take it a little more seriously. I mean, you can see it. You can watch it from space. You can get forecasts of what its expected to do. Here in California, there is no earthquake prediction system. Maybe that's why so many people don't pay attention to what could happen if a big one hits. But for you guys, you KNOW you're going to get these storms and you can watch what's happening. Yet every year something (many things) bad happens simply because people weren't prepared. Ya know, I'm not preachin' or anything. I love free will and all that. But wouldn't y'all feel better about being prepared and having nothing happen than having something happen and not be prepared?

Anyway, like I've said a million times, y'all can keep your hurricanes and tornadoes. I'm stickin' with our invisible earthquakes.

We've had so many potentially threatening hurricanes come near us but for some reason except for heavy rain and some wind surges, we've escaped any more damage than other areas. True you have to be prepared but I think as long as it stays northeastward like it's been doing, the worst we would get is flooding in the highway. I'm already prepared for an outage tomorrow (because I don't have my computer on when any storm approaches). And not that I don't take it seriously, I just think that some people just go overboard over what could happen and not what WILL happen. I guess most said "better be safe than sorry" and it's not like we're gonna be that affected. Most of the hurricane will be at the coast, we'll get affected by rain and some wind and shit but that's it. It was like that when Hurricane Earl came last year. Same with Isabel a few years before that and remember that storm was also something of concern in the east coast too. Irene is not as significant though it's powerful. No one's denying hurricanes are strong but since Katrina people are always expecting or fearing the worst. That's how they make their news stories. It's not at all truthful though infomative for safety reasons.

Efan said:

jone70 said:

The New York City subway is shutting down tomorrow (Saturday) at noon!

It is? Shoot, I did not know that. Maybe I need to take this more seriously.

Governor's orders:

You're in Harlem, right? I doubt that is in an evacuation zone so unless you live in a highrise or a garden apartment you'll probably be okay. Just make sure you have bottled water (you can even freeze Brita-filtered water or whatever in other containers, then you can use them as ice as well as melt for fresh water), flashlights, batteries, charge up your cell phone/laptop, and non perishable food. I also read that you can clean/disinfect your bathtub (w/bleach) and fill it up all the way to use that water for toilet flushing, teethbrushing, etc. If you have a balcony, I would definitely move everything on it inside. Maybe take get $100-200 in cash (small denominations) in case ATMs/credit card systems/electricity goes out.

If I hadn't already booked this trip I would be sticking it out in the UWS. I can't decide if they are overreacting or the sh*t is going to really hit the fan. I called my renter's insurance company this morning to see if they cover hurricane damage.