hurricane coming...

The ironically named Irene...

oh yeah.

I dont want a hurriance in Maine. I already have no roof

Just slow down and there won't be any hurriance.

I think I have astraphobia

hooooooo boy

this shit is gonna hit me pretty much dead on...kinda freaking out

So... like... real talk... should we be trying to find a reason to get the f outta Brooklyn this weekend or no?

Only if you're concerned about spending 1-2 days inside while it rains outside? Is it really going to be any more serious than that? Haven't read up on the whole news/fear-mongering campaign yet.

I'll be fine as long as the power is on.

I'm happy to spend up to 7 days inside while it rains! Just wonder if I'm underestimating things. Apparently my block is in a C-Zone on the NYC hurricane evacuation scale, whatever the hell that means. West Side Highway is a Zone A so I guess C is not too bad...

Oh hmm I see, that's mostly about storm surge flooding. I live like 5 miles inland so I am in no zone at all. I would def recommend getting things out of your basement, I guess? Or raising them up. I feel like basements could flood, because that is what basements do.

laurel i'm not sure you know what "fear-mongering" means

anyway yeah from the looks of things it seems like NYC is gonna get hit with irene as a cat 1 - some pretty legit flooding, widespread loss of power, not sure what kind of wind damage would occur in a city liket that. my apartment in connecticut is surrounded by trees so i may go into campus for a couple days if that's what they recommend

Cat 1 is the tamest out of 5 right?

yes, put an extra case of beer in the fridge just to be safe.

yeah

1 bottle Stoli Vanil

they're saying there's like a 30% chance this could reach category 5 which is nuts but it won't be that strong when it gets to new england. cat 5 is like, devastates everything in its path

if californians got to make fun of nyers and washingtonians for freaking out over a 2 second earthquake, do floridians get to make fun of the same ppl for freaking out over this hurricane?

btw if you live further north than DC i wouldn't worry about this thing, by the time it reaches ny it should prob be just a very bad thunderstorm

Maybe I'm not taking this storm thing seriously enough? But I'm assuming p much it will be windy and rainy. Your basement might flood (or your apartment, if it's in a basement). Other than these things, don't plan any picnics or bike rides? I don't get any tv reception or watch news so I'm just assuming they're talking about how Tropical Storm Irene could flatten lower Manhattan or whatever.

xxxp

hurricanes are pretty unpredictable and they're pretty easy to prepare for

also the higher up you are, the safer you & your things are, so if you live an apt don't freak out

also don't park your car near any trees

obv. don't "freak out," but this is a serious hurricane.

i'm saying this as a floridian whose seen hurricane katrina and wilma (both of which passed through/very near coral gables, where we live) and andrew (when i lived on kendall and 142nd; not the worst-hit area, obv., but an area hit very badly).

Well I mean if tree branches start coming through the glass windows, there's gonna be some clean-up, obviously. But we don't have storm shutters and like everyone else, I live in a rental, so I only have what my LL provided us with.

Also I'm scheduled to perform outdoors all day Saturday for a highland games on Long Island that's supposed to be held in a semi-wooded park. Would be willing to take bets on whether this goes ahead.

lol sarge come on...if this hits nyc as a category 2 it's gonna be a pretty big fuckin deal

if californians got to make fun of nyers and washingtonians for freaking out over a 2 second earthquake, do floridians get to make fun of the same ppl for freaking out over this hurricane?

floridians don't get to make fun of anyone for anything iirc

if you have a car and can leave it in a parking garage over the weekend, i'd make plans to do that

also if you don't have shutters you could, like, put masking tape across your windows -- or if you can get any access to plywood, that works

lol sarge come on...if this hits nyc as a category 2 it's gonna be a pretty big fuckin deal

― frogsb (k3vin k.), Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:07 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

oh i'm sure we'll hear all about it

i totally cannot tell who is being lol fearmongering and who is serious itt

I wonder if I can find somewhere interesting to go watch the storm from. I like strong weather.

I wish I had a porch.

mother earth tryin to kick us off this bitch

lol hoos

can anyone blame her for trying to wipe out DC?

rly lookin fwd to rick warren makin implications about earthquakes followed by hurricanes hitting dc tho

i totally cannot tell who is being lol fearmongering and who is serious itt

― Kerm, Wednesday, August 24, 2011 5:11 PM (3 minutes ago)

your boy is worried about trees falling on his car/apartment, j0rdan is being all lol florida jaded, laurel seems to be trying to get herself killed

trees aren't gonna fall on your carpartment

I dunno I don't think this is gonna be that bad

^^^remember that post, it might be fun to repost after thousands of people die

there's like a 1% chance that a tree or heavy tree branch falls on your car

this would have to be like cat 4 for something to fall into your apartment and do any damage

Wall Street under water, 20 years ahead of schedule, is fine by me

I'm hoping the subways flood and we can't go to work on Monday, tbh.

this would have to be like cat 4 for something to fall into your apartment and do any damage

Supposedly it's not an apples-to-apples thing w/r/t how much a category (n) will do in NYC. According to the gov't:

Due to regional geography, hurricanes in New York City — though infrequent — can do more damage than hurricanes of similar strength in the southern United States.

trailer parks and barely bothering to rebuild is a hedge against more frequent storms down here

Hipsturricane Irene Moves Toward Brooklyn

Looks more like Sunday afternoon for NYC now.

I'm hoping the subways flood and we can't go to work on Monday, tbh.

This would likely make the remaining 3 days of my work week HELL, so no thanks.

i had had plans to go to citi field sunday!
god does not want me to see the mets, i guess
good lookin out, god

2004-2006 we lost a few days of class on this, the first week of school, thanks to goddamn hurricanes. They're ok as long as you don't lose power.

p sure there's cannibalism, brother-on-brother murder & summary execution of looters all scheduled for city field next week, jc

I'm sayin git now - GET OUT OF NYC!

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/nationnow/2011/08/hurricane-irene-poised-to-slam-new-york-city-and-beyond.html

doing fine here in Winter Park, FL. we didn't get much other than rain and 25-30 mph winds (fortunately).

unfortunately for the folks at St Bernardus

Also fine here, apparently I'm Neanderthal's neighbor!

you guys need to FAP immediately

Oh word, Vinnie!

I kinda get eyerolly at Floridian friends of mine who have lived here for decades, see a massive hurricane that is ten days away from any landfall and currently not projected to impact us, and immediately start yelling OMG BUCKLE UP FLORIDIANS, WE'RE FUCKED. And yet...Lee is here and friends of mine are already msging me, bugging out

Like when a hurricane actually arrives here, you'll be stressed enough, which I know from experience. Why do you want to feel that same terror prior, no good horror films in theaters?

I just got in from talking to one of my next door neighbors. She's panicing, too.