Efan said:

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.

Cool, cool. I definitely didn't mean to single you out, though. Just the general vibe that a lot of people aren't taking this storm seriously because its hurricane rating is being downgraded, or because its just another storm, or they've been through it before, or whatever. New Orleans flooded and hasn't fully recovered more than five years later. All it takes to make that happen is rain.

Cerebus would not be pleased if any of the people posting on this thread floated away.

Oh it's definitely serious but the reaction here in NC has actually been pleasant as far as evacuations go. For all I know, WE'RE not part of the evacuation zones because the worst of it would be right on the coast but still some areas within the coast including Wilmington and the Snow Hills areas could have potential for damage than we do.

[Edited 8/26/11 12:00pm]

Timmy84 said:

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.

Yeah, well, Cerebus is an Eagle Scout. Its in his nature to be prepared.

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

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.

Yeah, well, Cerebus is an Eagle Scout. Its in his nature to be prepared.

Cerebus said:

Efan said:

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.

Cool, cool. I definitely didn't mean to single you out, though. Just the general vibe that a lot of people aren't taking this storm seriously because its hurricane rating is being downgraded, or because its just another storm, or they've been through it before, or whatever. New Orleans flooded and hasn't fully recovered more than five years later. All it takes to make that happen is rain.

Cerebus would not be pleased if any of the people posting on this thread floated away.

Yeah, I'll do my best to be prepared and not float away. I joke around, but that...well, that's mostly because I'm an idiot. But on Sunday, I'm really going to try to be a prepared idiot.

^ Were you prepared when Isabel hit New York?

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

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.

Yeah, well, Cerebus is an Eagle Scout. Its in his nature to be prepared.

Michael is an Eagle Scout too

Been looking at all the different radars and satalite images for Wilmington on Weather Underground. Its certainly going to rain.

Timmy84 said:

^ Were you prepared when Isabel hit New York?

I didn't live here then.

Efan said:

Timmy84 said:

^ Were you prepared when Isabel hit New York?

I didn't live here then.

Oh OK.

Cerebus said:

Been looking at all the different radars and satalite images for Wilmington on Weather Underground. Its certainly going to rain.

I think that's all NC is concerned about at this point - THE RAIN. We got a High Wind Watch but they're more concerned about flash flooding especially west of the Outer Banks.

Machaela said:

Michael is an Eagle Scout too

Genesia said:

Efan said:

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

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

Hellooooooo

Timmy84 said:

Cerebus said:

Been looking at all the different radars and satalite images for Wilmington on Weather Underground. Its certainly going to rain.

I think that's all NC is concerned about at this point - THE RAIN. We got a High Wind Watch but they're more concerned about flash flooding especially west of the Outer Banks.

The forecast for today, tonight and tomorrow is..

Hurricane Irene

100% Chance of Precipitation

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

I think that's all NC is concerned about at this point - THE RAIN. We got a High Wind Watch but they're more concerned about flash flooding especially west of the Outer Banks.

The forecast for today, tonight and tomorrow is..

Hurricane Irene

100% Chance of Precipitation

The Weather Channel said 80%.

You can never tell what is on their MINDS!

The three videos are on this page.

Waves from Hurricane Irene sweep eight off Florida jetty

By Liz Goodwin | The Lookout

As Hurricane Irene makes it way toward North Carolina, where it's expected to make landfall early Saturday morning, video footage of the storm is beginning to surface.

The storm weakened to a Category 2 as it reached Florida's waters, the Associated Press reported, but it could pick up steam again.

The video below appears to show the first injuries from the storm, as eight people were swept off a jetty near West Palm Beach by giant waves. According to the Palm Beach Post, one of the eight is in a... condition. The waves crashed over people in Boynton Beach, Florida, who ventured out to a jetty to watch the storm.

Orlando WESH 2 News meteorologist Dan Billow was also hit by a rogue wave while trying to report on erosion caused by the storm. "It almost took me out of here," he says.

This video below shows Irene blasting the Bahamas. According to CBS, there have been no reports of major injuries from the storm yet, which passed the islands this morning. But up to 90 percent of homes on two sparsely populated islands, called Acklins and Crooked, are severely damaged. Winds were up to 120 miles per hour.

Cerebus said:

The three videos are on this page.

Waves from Hurricane Irene sweep eight off Florida jetty

By Liz Goodwin | The Lookout

As Hurricane Irene makes it way toward North Carolina, where it's expected to make landfall early Saturday morning, video footage of the storm is beginning to surface.

The storm weakened to a Category 2 as it reached Florida's waters, the Associated Press reported, but it could pick up steam again.

The video below appears to show the first injuries from the storm, as eight people were swept off a jetty near West Palm Beach by giant waves. According to the Palm Beach Post, one of the eight is in a... condition. The waves crashed over people in Boynton Beach, Florida, who ventured out to a jetty to watch the storm.

Orlando WESH 2 News meteorologist Dan Billow was also hit by a rogue wave while trying to report on erosion caused by the storm. "It almost took me out of here," he says.

This video below shows Irene blasting the Bahamas. According to CBS, there have been no reports of major injuries from the storm yet, which passed the islands this morning. But up to 90 percent of homes on two sparsely populated islands, called Acklins and Crooked, are severely damaged. Winds were up to 120 miles per hour.

I heard that when looking at the Weather Channel. Why were they even on the jetty?

Timmy84 said:

Cerebus said:

The forecast for today, tonight and tomorrow is..

Hurricane Irene

100% Chance of Precipitation

The Weather Channel said 80%.

You can never tell what is on their MINDS!

Timmy84 said:

I heard that when looking at the Weather Channel. Why were they even on the jetty?

It was manmade and surrounded by hand rails. Looked more like a pier to me. Still not any kind of good reason to be out there when a hurrican is anywhere in the vicinity. But its not like they were just out on some random rock, or whatever.

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

The Weather Channel said 80%.

You can never tell what is on their MINDS!

That's why I use Weather Underground. Nobody "owns" it. If you go there, look up some East Coast cities and check out the satellite and radar images there is very little doubt that there is a 100% "chance" of rain. Parts of NY have issued MANDATORY evacuation orders.

I see... who knows if they're accurate themselves lol I've grown to have an antitrust on "informative sites" especially concerning the weather nowadays.

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

I heard that when looking at the Weather Channel. Why were they even on the jetty?

It was manmade and surrounded by hand rails. Looked more like a pier to me. Still not any kind of good reason to be out there when a hurrican is anywhere in the vicinity. But its not like they were just out on some random rock, or whatever.

They shouldn't have been on though - bottom line.

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.

Timmy84 said:

Cerebus said:

That's why I use Weather Underground. Nobody "owns" it. If you go there, look up some East Coast cities and check out the satellite and radar images there is very little doubt that there is a 100% "chance" of rain. Parts of NY have issued MANDATORY evacuation orders.

I see... who knows if they're accurate themselves lol I've grown to have an antitrust on "informative sites" especially concerning the weather nowadays.

I'm a weather junkie. They're right. All you have to do is read the images.

Timmy84 said:

Cerebus said:

It was manmade and surrounded by hand rails. Looked more like a pier to me. Still not any kind of good reason to be out there when a hurrican is anywhere in the vicinity. But its not like they were just out on some random rock, or whatever.

They shouldn't have been on though - bottom line.

No argument here!

dJJ said:

Genesia said:

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

I had no idea they were filming. [img:$uid]http://i57.photobucket.com/albums/g216/rebecca8273/emoticon/eusa_shifty.gif[/img:$uid]

Cerebus said:

Timmy84 said:

They shouldn't have been on though - bottom line.

No argument here!

Efan said:

Cerebus said:

Cerebus would not be pleased if any of the people posting on this thread floated away.

Yeah, I'll do my best to be prepared and not float away. I joke around, but that...well, that's mostly because I'm an idiot. But on Sunday, I'm really going to try to be a prepared idiot.

Well, just make sure you have enough food, candles (+ matches to lit them!), water, bateries, radio on batteries to follow the news if electricity goes down. And prepared for a flooding, so get everything uphigh and/or sack breakers in front of doors/windows when you'r on the ground floor.

Just to prevent as much damage as possible.

And keep us posted on how you'r all doing, allright?!

Cerebus said:

Efan said:

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.

Cool, cool. I definitely didn't mean to single you out, though. Just the general vibe that a lot of people aren't taking this storm seriously because its hurricane rating is being downgraded, or because its just another storm, or they've been through it before, or whatever. New Orleans flooded and hasn't fully recovered more than five years later. All it takes to make that happen is rain.

Cerebus would not be pleased if any of the people posting on this thread floated away.

Agreed. A hurricane is a hurricane is a hurricane, and having been through one myself, I can tell you that even when they catagorized a 2 they are no.joke. I've just seen video footage of some people in Florida who were a little too curious for their own good and just got swept off of a jetty into the ocean just by watching the approaching storm that hasn't even hit US shores yet. One can't imagine how incredibly destructive the wind velocity alone can be, let alone the downpours, the flooding etc.

I was in Hurricane Andrew in 93(?) in Miami. While I lived in Miami Beach where everything went relatively unscathed, we still had no bread, batteries, ice, canned goods or Pampers on the shelves. We were without electricty and had to boil/ bleach our bath & tap water for a month, (I hadn't seen so many people sitting on their porches with transistor radios since the Disco seventies). Because of the damage some miles away in south Miami where scores of homes were destroyed and thousands were displaced , that area pretty much went from affluent suburban enclave and descended into post-apocalyptic style madness; complete with rats ravaging the ruins, otherwise normally sane people looting and attacking each other and refugee like conditions with some much chaos that the city was placed under martial law by military rule...honey, things were so nuts we had the armed forces patrolling the city, we were under curfew and I kid you not when I say no matter where you lived, guns were drawn by 8pm.

Even in what appears to be the smallest of storms, hurricanes at any level are a traumatic experience. I do hope people will proceed with mindful caution as evacuation orders are issued.

Ottensen said:

Cerebus said:

Cool, cool. I definitely didn't mean to single you out, though. Just the general vibe that a lot of people aren't taking this storm seriously because its hurricane rating is being downgraded, or because its just another storm, or they've been through it before, or whatever. New Orleans flooded and hasn't fully recovered more than five years later. All it takes to make that happen is rain.

Cerebus would not be pleased if any of the people posting on this thread floated away.

Agreed. A hurricane is a hurricane is a hurricane, and having been through one myself, I can tell you that even when they catagorized a 2 they are no.joke. I've just seen video footage of some people in Florida who were a little too curious for their own good and just got swept off of a jetty into the ocean just by watching the approaching storm that hasn't even hit US shores yet. One can't imagine how incredibly destructive the wind velocity alone can be, let alone the downpours, the flooding etc.

I was in Hurricane Andrew in 93(?) in Miami. While I lived in Miami Beach where everything went relatively unscathed, we still had no bread, batteries, ice, canned goods or Pampers on the shelves. We were without electricty and had to boil/ bleach our bath & tap water for a month, (I hadn't seen so many people sitting on their porches with transistor radios since the Disco seventies). Because of the damage some miles away in south Miami where scores of homes were destroyed and thousands were displaced , that area pretty much went from affluent suburban enclave and descended into post-apocalyptic style madness; complete with rats ravaging the ruins, otherwise normally sane people looting and attacking each other and refugee like conditions with some much chaos that the city was placed under martial law by military rule...honey, things were so nuts we had the armed forces patrolling the city, we were under curfew and I kid you not when I say no matter where you lived, guns were drawn by 8pm.

Even in what appears to be the smallest of storms, hurricanes at any level are a traumatic experience. I do hope people will proceed with mindful caution as evacuation orders are issued.

I remember that storm very well. It didn't affect us that badly but I couldn't stop reading about the damage of it in Miami.

jone70 said:

Efan said:

Governor's orders:

System Shutdown to Begin at Noon Tomorrow

Hurricane Warning
August 26, 2011

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo this morning directed MTA officials to begin immediately implementing a hurricane plan designed to protect the safety of New Yorkers before, during and after the expected impacts of Hurricane Irene, with latest forecasts showing dangerous conditions reaching the area as early as Saturday evening. Customers are advised to leave plenty of time for travel. Don't take unnecessary chances and don't wait until the last minute to make sure that your family is safe and secure.

• The MTA will begin an incremental suspension of its subway, bus, and Long Island Rail Road, and Metro-North Railroad service beginning approximately eight hours prior to sustained 39 mph winds reaching the area. Subway and bus lines will begin shutting down after 12 noon tomorrow.
• There will be no scheduled pickups after 12 noon on Saturday but Access-A-Ride will be working with OEM providing vehicles for the evacuation for disabled residents. There will be no Access-A-Ride service on Sunday, August 28 or Monday morning, August 29.
• If you don't have to travel tomorrow we strongly suggest staying home.

Monitor MTA.info for updates.

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.