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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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?
floridians don't get to make fun of anyone for anything iirc
― iatee, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:07 (thirteen 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 (thirteen 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 totally cannot tell who is being lol fearmongering and who is serious itt
― Kerm, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I wonder if I can find somewhere interesting to go watch the storm from. I like strong weather.
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:11 (thirteen years ago) link
I wish I had a porch.
mother earth tryin to kick us off this bitch
― *steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
lol hoos
― markers, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
can anyone blame her for trying to wipe out DC?
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:14 (thirteen years ago) link
rly lookin fwd to rick warren makin implications about earthquakes followed by hurricanes hitting dc tho
― *steens furiHOOSly* (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
― 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
― frogsb (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
trees aren't gonna fall on your carpartment
― iatee, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:18 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― iatee, Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― J0rdan S., Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
Wall Street under water, 20 years ahead of schedule, is fine by me
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:20 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm hoping the subways flood and we can't go to work on Monday, tbh.
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:21 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― Axolotl with an Atlatl (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:24 (thirteen years ago) link
trailer parks and barely bothering to rebuild is a hedge against more frequent storms down here
― Kanye Borst (Kerm), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Hipsturricane Irene Moves Toward Brooklyn
― Captain Lorazepam (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 24 August 2011 21:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Looks more like Sunday afternoon for NYC now.
This would likely make the remaining 3 days of my work week HELL, so no thanks.
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 August 2011 11:16 (thirteen years ago) link
i had had plans to go to citi field sunday!god does not want me to see the mets, i guessgood lookin out, god
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 25 August 2011 11:56 (thirteen years ago) link
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.
― a 'catch-all', almost humorous, 'Jeez' quality (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 25 August 2011 11:58 (thirteen years ago) link
p sure there's cannibalism, brother-on-brother murder & summary execution of looters all scheduled for city field next week, jc
― (Chris Isaak Cover) (schlump), Thursday, 25 August 2011 12:08 (thirteen years ago) link
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
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 August 2011 13:35 (thirteen years ago) link
The ironically named Irene...
I dunt git it
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 August 2011 13:38 (thirteen years ago) link
mmm this is really fucking up my weekend plans. have to make a decision based on the % chance that metro north will be fucked up Monday morning.
― iatee, Thursday, 25 August 2011 13:39 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm saying it now - GET OUT OF THE METRO!
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 August 2011 13:43 (thirteen years ago) link
Okay okay I'll make a safety/supplies list.
** I was going to post the old noize borad thread about what a noizer would need to survive the end times, but I've been looking for 10 minutes and I can't find it. :((( **
― arch midwestern housewife named (Laurel), Thursday, 25 August 2011 13:51 (thirteen years ago) link
lol @ this from that latimes article -- 1st & earthquake yards to go
Monica Carrera1st and earthquake...now a hurracaine....:/
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 25 August 2011 13:57 (thirteen years ago) link
Irene (or Eirene) is the Greek goddess of peace
― Indefensible ad vaginem attacks (Michael White), Thursday, 25 August 2011 14:01 (thirteen years ago) link
Im sayin git now -GOODNIGHT IRENE
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 August 2011 14:07 (thirteen years ago) link
I hope Tuesday's NY Post headline will be IRENE DONE
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 August 2011 14:11 (thirteen years ago) link
IRENE'D OVER
― elmo argonaut, Thursday, 25 August 2011 14:19 (thirteen years ago) link
I hope it peters our completely before if hits the rustic shores of Maine but I fear there will be turtle blood on my back deck
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 August 2011 14:21 (thirteen years ago) link
So NYC people this might be helpful?
http://www.nyc.gov/html/oem/downloads/pdf/hurricane_map_english.pdf
I don't want to scare anyone. I feel like it's mostly going to be like a bad thunderstorm but just in case?
― your mom the burrito (ENBB), Thursday, 25 August 2011 14:49 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmabwQ8omFc
― Zingling Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:03 (thirteen years ago) link
never link to that clip again
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:04 (thirteen years ago) link
According to FEMA, my house is not in a flood zone, but it's pretty damn close. If I get out of this unscathed I'm going to bake a cake.
― kkvgz, Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:13 (thirteen years ago) link
I get after tihs bitch pisses through town there will be another one right after - just like Jerry said
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:30 (thirteen years ago) link
in puerto rico today http://cdn1.sbnation.com/fan_shot_images/212036/HiPkB.jpg
― carstens, Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:53 (thirteen years ago) link
what the
― Captain Lorazepam (rip van wanko), Thursday, 25 August 2011 15:55 (thirteen years ago) link
i hate it when sharks just cruise along in the fast lane
― Kanye Borst (Kerm), Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:12 (thirteen years ago) link
what the shit
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:38 (thirteen years ago) link
three sharkpoolers inside
― incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 25 August 2011 16:50 (thirteen years ago) link
Cannot complete either of two lame jokes, the one involving Jets vs. Sharks the other involving waterskiing Fonzie
― Zingling Baby (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 25 August 2011 17:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Peurto Rico in spanish means "Sharks swim in our highways"
― The Golden Vagina Shines for You and Your Lucky Day (Latham Green), Thursday, 25 August 2011 17:11 (thirteen years ago) link