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― shorn_blond.avi (dayo), Thursday, 2 September 2010 12:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Hurricane Irene is predicted to arrive in the general NYC/northeast area some time late on Saturday, early on Sunday.
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:16 (twelve years ago) link
Oh good, I'll just be getting back from the Long Island highland games. With any luck.
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:18 (twelve years ago) link
maybe you'll find yourself in a remake of I Know Where I'm Going!
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:19 (twelve years ago) link
Ooh maybe that means the waves will be good at the beach on Sat afternoon.
― ((*)) ((*)) ((*)) (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:20 (twelve years ago) link
We escaped another one!
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:21 (twelve years ago) link
I called to tell my parents, who just moved to Florida, about the earthquake and my Mom was yelling in the background - "There's a hurricane coming why hasn't she called us?!" Uh cause I'm more likely to get hit by the hurrican than you are at this point? :(
― ((*)) ((*)) ((*)) (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:23 (twelve years ago) link
dont come to maine you bitch
― Earthquake in my vagina (Latham Green), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:39 (twelve years ago) link
Jeez, what on Earth did I do to you Mr. Green?
;p
― ((*)) ((*)) ((*)) (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
I mean t the hurciciane - you are welcome in Maine anytime
― Earthquake in my vagina (Latham Green), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:40 (twelve years ago) link
I love Maine.
― ((*)) ((*)) ((*)) (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
a pug gentleman lives in my hood so there's that for socializin
― Earthquake in my vagina (Latham Green), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:42 (twelve years ago) link
lol @ "pug gentleman"
― ((*)) ((*)) ((*)) (ENBB), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 19:43 (twelve years ago) link
shit bahamas are gonna get creamed by this :/
― karen d. foreskin (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 20:36 (twelve years ago) link
maybe you'll find yourself in a remake of I Know Where I'm Going! ― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius)
<3 u for this, because you know how enormously happy that would make me.
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Tuesday, 23 August 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
threat for Northeast upgraded:
http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/article/hurricane-irene-major-northeast-threats_2011-08-23
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 13:54 (twelve years ago) link
good tracking website
http://www.stormpulse.com/atlantic
― Peanut Butter... in my chocolate? (brownie), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
love how this storm stops immediately at the Canadian border!
― karma's ruthless invisible (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/hurricane-scenarios-run-from-bad-to-worse-2011-08-24?link=home_carousel
no hurricanes can get through customs
― Earthquake in my vagina (Latham Green), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
The author of that artcile needs to learn to distinguish between Spielberg films and Michael Bay films.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 15:24 (twelve years ago) link
Looking up at the hurricane vs. running away from a CGI building collapsing in said hurricane.
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
Ned otm.
― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 15:27 (twelve years ago) link
The ironically named Irene...
― Indefensible ad vaginem attacks (Michael White), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 15:28 (twelve years ago) link
oh yeah.
― Zingling Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 15:30 (twelve years ago) link
I dont want a hurriance in Maine. I already have no roof
― Earthquake in my vagina (Latham Green), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 17:22 (twelve years ago) link
Just slow down and there won't be any hurriance.
― Indefensible ad vaginem attacks (Michael White), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 17:33 (twelve years ago) link
I think I have astraphobia
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 19:54 (twelve years ago) link
hooooooo boy
this shit is gonna hit me pretty much dead on...kinda freaking out
― karen d. foreskin (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:18 (twelve years ago) link
So... like... real talk... should we be trying to find a reason to get the f outta Brooklyn this weekend or no?
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:24 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:26 (twelve years ago) link
I'll be fine as long as the power is on.
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:35 (twelve years ago) link
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...
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
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
― karen d. foreskin (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:45 (twelve years ago) link
Cat 1 is the tamest out of 5 right?
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:53 (twelve years ago) link
yes, put an extra case of beer in the fridge just to be safe.
― Kerm, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:56 (twelve years ago) link
yeah
― frogsb (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:57 (twelve years ago) link
1 bottle Stoli Vanil
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
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
― frogsb (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 20:58 (twelve years ago) link
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?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:01 (twelve years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
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
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:02 (twelve years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:03 (twelve years ago) link
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).
― Daniel, Esq., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:04 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:06 (twelve years ago) link
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, 24 August 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
floridians don't get to make fun of anyone for anything iirc
― iatee, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:07 (twelve years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
― 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 was hearing that the land was too dry to allow any rain to do anything other than run off it. Is it being kept in one place likely to mean anything remotely positive at any point, actually having any effect on aquifers or anything? Or just gradually go stangnant.
― Stevo, Sunday, 20 August 2023 08:58 (eight months ago) link
old hat for us Floridians by now, never gets less annoying.
wondering how close the intensity forecast will be to what actually happens.
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 August 2023 13:19 (eight months ago) link
Hopefully be be thus:
actual intensity < fellas, it's too rough to feed ya < fellas, it's been good to know ya
― henry s, Monday, 28 August 2023 13:41 (eight months ago) link
The water is frighteningly hot. I worry about anyone in this thing's direct path.
I've never known anyone to live in the Big Bend aka the Armpit of Florida though.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 August 2023 13:43 (eight months ago) link
this annoying dude is canesplaining to me at work right now. I'm like...I just told you I lived in FL, what part of that made you think I need to be explained hurricanes like I'm a 3 year old
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 August 2023 14:10 (eight months ago) link
tempted to pretend I'm scared and tell him I'm logging off for the week so I can evacuate
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Monday, 28 August 2023 14:11 (eight months ago) link
We just moved to central FL a couple months ago (hi Floridians!) so this is the first hurricane we've had a watch for so far. Obv knew it was inevitable living here but we're not on the coast and everyone we've talked to here seems to downplay hurricanes. Still a bit anxious tho
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 10:19 (eight months ago) link
No, never downplay hurricanes.
I think you can rest easier with this one, though.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 11:49 (eight months ago) link
part of the reason assholes people downplay hurricanes is that they don't actually pay attention to what their local meteorologists are saying. they either ignore the cone and think they're being given GPS directions for the exact street the hurricane will come down and get mad when it wobbles slightly at the 11th hour. or they're like one of my friends, who is a nice guy but a bit of a dim bulb about some things, where he'll see a storm is projected to be a Category 3 at 130 mph, thinks they're saying everybody in FL is going to get 130 mph, and then when we get 40 mph winds because we're inland will say the storm was 'overhyped'. even though that's what the meteorologists were always saying was what we were going to get if they'd paid attention.
stay safe and welcome to Central Florida! agree with Alfred can probably rest easier on this one, but never downplay, always prepare for the worst and hope for the best. they get less nerve-racking after a while (though the right storm can be nerve-racking no matter how many times you've been through it!).
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 13:32 (eight months ago) link
as usual, i'm expecting to not even lose power or internet, which means no hooky from work, though I could always pretend.
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 13:37 (eight months ago) link
Yeah, this comes down to people never watching local news. I do, in part because it's the most accurate place to learn about weather condidtions.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 13:41 (eight months ago) link
I get more aggravated at not being able to find shit in the grocery stores and empty gas stations due to hoarders
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 13:42 (eight months ago) link
Thanks guys. I should mention our friends/family are usually downplaying hurricanes to put us at ease (and entice us to stay here long term, which we aren't sure yet). I know at least the family we live with take it seriously
― Vinnie, Tuesday, 29 August 2023 14:57 (eight months ago) link
oh for sure, I can understand that. if it puts yours at further ease, I've lived here 42 years and have been through a double digit number of canes and am still kicking.
being in low-lying areas is usually the biggest concern (i.e. 'you don't evacuate wind, you evacuate water' etc)
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 15:02 (eight months ago) link
Looks like the cone shrunk again as of the 11 a.m. advisory. Tampa/St. Pete area looks increasingly good.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 29 August 2023 15:13 (eight months ago) link
we are blessed in the bay area
― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 29 August 2023 16:03 (eight months ago) link
My aunt (lives in Jensen Beach) is on her way to Australia, and it sounds like she got out just in time!
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 11:45 (eight months ago) link
going to be about 20-30 mph winds here all day and rain. I'll take it.
think they did a fantastic job with the forecast this go around. amazes me how accurate hurricane forecasting has gotten over the last thirty years even.
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 13:26 (eight months ago) link
Seconded. In Florida one becomes an amateur meteorologist, and one thing I noticed different about Idalia coverage is the emphasis on storm surge within and outside the cone. Seems like forecasters at the state and federal level learned from Ian. They even got the intensification correct, a notoriously erratic thing.
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 13:37 (eight months ago) link
daaaamn
CHECK OUT the misty EYE of Hurricane #Idalia from just inside the inner eyewall rainbands. The winds calmed for a solid 30 seconds before returning full force from the opposite direction. pic.twitter.com/jlUsnTiJ0m— Josh Griffith ⚡ (@JoshGriffithWX) August 30, 2023
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 13:42 (eight months ago) link
are y'all OK? the PBS Newshour is looking pretty scary today
― out-of-print LaserDisc edition (sleeve), Thursday, 31 August 2023 01:53 (eight months ago) link
Yeah, roll call?
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 31 August 2023 01:56 (eight months ago) link
doing fine here in Winter Park, FL. we didn't get much other than rain and 25-30 mph winds (fortunately).
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Thursday, 31 August 2023 02:07 (eight months ago) link
unfortunately for the folks at St Bernardus
― actual veggie mexican pizza received (Sufjan Grafton), Thursday, 31 August 2023 02:47 (eight months ago) link
Also fine here, apparently I'm Neanderthal's neighbor!
― Vinnie, Thursday, 31 August 2023 09:27 (eight months ago) link
you guys need to FAP immediately
― the dreaded dependent claus (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 31 August 2023 10:15 (eight months ago) link
Oh word, Vinnie!
― I can't turn a fart into a question (Neanderthal), Thursday, 31 August 2023 13:13 (eight months ago) link
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?
― Make the chats AI (Neanderthal), Thursday, 7 September 2023 21:47 (seven months ago) link
I just got in from talking to one of my next door neighbors. She's panicing, too.
― Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo, Thursday, 7 September 2023 22:42 (seven months ago) link