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Good night Irene

Frayed Knot Aug 24 2011 08:21 PM

Currently slamming the Bahamas, she's expected at the Outer Banks by Saturday, the mid-Atlantic by Sunday, and it's looking increasingly like at last some parts of the NYC region and even New England is going to get a rare direct hit of maybe a Cat 2 by that point.

Ceetar Aug 24 2011 08:27 PM Re: Good night Irene

It'll be interesting. I might recommend not planning to go to the game Sunday. Wonder if they should try to preemptively play two Saturday. I'm worried about my in-laws basement. during the last rain storm it was already coming up through the cracks in the floor (I'm sure the Earthquake helped with that..) and a hurricane will be so much worse. This wouldn't be that bit a deal if my father in law (he's 74 with bad knees) wouldn't insist on spending all day wet-vac ing the flood.

MFS62 Aug 25 2011 07:23 AM Re: Good night Irene

Looks like the NY area could get the brunt of the storm. Make sure you have enough water, candles, batteries, canned food and portable radio. (beer optional) Have bags of ice that you could move from the freezer to the refrigerator if the power goes out. And, if you live near the coast, make sure you have gas in your car in case you have to leave quickly. Later

Frayed Knot Aug 25 2011 07:39 AM Re: Good night Irene

Looks like the NY area could get the brunt of the storm. Make sure you have enough [crossout]water[/crossout] beer, candles, batteries, canned food and portable radio ([crossout]beer[/crossout] water optional) Have bags of ice that you could move from the freezer to the refrigerator if the power goes out. And, if you live near the coast, make sure you have gas in your car in case you have to leave quickly. I fixed your typos.

soupcan Aug 25 2011 07:42 AM Re: Good night Irene

Not looking forward to it. These predicted high winds always play havoc in my town and 50% of the time a big tree comes down in my yard and takes out power lines. Oh, joy.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 25 2011 07:51 AM Re: Good night Irene

Really interfering with our vacay on the Del. shore. We're supposed to be camping there beginning Sunday, but Sunday a.m. is when the shit's supposed to hit there. Meantime, if we wait till the storm ends there we'll get killed on the drive down, so thinking about leaving Saturday and holing up in a hotel in Dover or something.

MFS62 Aug 25 2011 07:58 AM Re: Good night Irene

Frayed Knot wrote: Looks like the NY area could get the brunt of the storm. Make sure you have enough [crossout]water[/crossout] beer, candles, batteries, canned food and portable radio ([crossout]beer[/crossout] water optional) Have bags of ice that you could move from the freezer to the refrigerator if the power goes out. And, if you live near the coast, make sure you have gas in your car in case you have to leave quickly. I fixed your typos. I had it that way first. Then I realized if you had to drive in the storm, it would be better to do it sober. Beer would be the option if you could remain at home. But I appreciate your trying to bring some humor to what could be a nasty situation. Later

Ceetar Aug 25 2011 08:10 AM Re: Good night Irene

I think I'm just gonna go to the brewery and bunk up there. win-win right?

metirish Aug 25 2011 08:19 AM Re: Good night Irene

The weather men and women love this shit, I expect to see Jim Cantore hanging from a pole in 110mph winds come Sunday doing a report. Watched two reporst last night back to back, first in The Weather Channel, they had it tracked as hitting Long Island as maybe a C2 and southern NY, "some of you in the North East can expect the worst weather you have ever experienced there".....Whoa there buddy relax for fucks sake. FOX News at Ten right after had the track coming as a C1 for us in the City area with winds at 55-65 and the arse end of Long Island getting a good battering.

MFS62 Aug 25 2011 08:23 AM Re: Good night Irene

metirish wrote: I expect to see Jim Cantore hanging from a pole in 110mph winds come Sunday doing a report. I literally laughed out loud at that. They send that poor bastard into the worst of the worst, don't they? Later

Benjamin Grimm Aug 25 2011 08:26 AM Re: Good night Irene

I remember getting pounded by Hurricane Gloria back in 1985, when I still lived on Long Island. We were without power for something like five days. I remember my grandmother got power back before we did, and my sister and I moved in with her for a few days. I was watching from my grandmother's house when Darryl Strawberry hit that home run off the clock in St. Louis. (I'm glad that game was on Channel 9 and not Sportschannel.) It's times like this when I'm glad I now live a lot further inland. We may still get some very nasty weather here, but it won't be the full fury of the storm.

Ceetar Aug 25 2011 08:32 AM Re: Good night Irene

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I remember getting pounded by Hurricane Gloria back in 1985, when I still lived on Long Island. We were without power for something like five days. I remember my grandmother got power back before we did, and my sister and I moved in with her for a few days. I was watching from my grandmother's house when Darryl Strawberry hit that home run off the clock in St. Louis. (I'm glad that game was on Channel 9 and not Sportschannel.) It's times like this when I'm glad I now live a lot further inland. We may still get some very nasty weather here, but it won't be the full fury of the storm. The Mets won the World Series the next year. just saying. oooh, there was also an earthquake in October of that year. 4.0 in Ardsley NY, felt in NYC. I was three. I went outside during the eye of the storm and walked to the corner (one house over) while eating cheerios out of a little plastic cup with a red sliding lid.

Vic Sage Aug 25 2011 09:14 AM Re: Good night Irene

supposed to be driving down to Ocean City, NJ on Saturday afternoon, for a week at the beach. shit.

Ceetar Aug 25 2011 09:15 AM Re: Good night Irene

Vic Sage wrote: supposed to be driving down to Ocean City, NJ on Saturday afternoon, for a week at the beach. shit. at least you won't hit traffic.

seawolf17 Aug 25 2011 09:44 AM Re: Good night Irene

At 9 years old, Gloria was AWESOME to me. The huge tree right outside my bedroom window went down, but thankfully it went the other way.

Vic Sage Aug 25 2011 09:52 AM Re: Good night Irene

Ceetar wrote: Vic Sage wrote: supposed to be driving down to Ocean City, NJ on Saturday afternoon, for a week at the beach. shit. at least you won't hit traffic. always the optimist, eh Mr. C? what about the distinct possibility that traffic may hit ME?

Frayed Knot Aug 25 2011 09:56 AM Re: Good night Irene

metirish wrote: The weather men and women love this shit, I expect to see Jim Cantore hanging from a pole in 110mph winds come Sunday doing a report. Watched two reporst last night back to back, first in The Weather Channel, they had it tracked as hitting Long Island as maybe a C2 and southern NY, "some of you in the North East can expect the worst weather you have ever experienced there".....Whoa there buddy relax for fucks sake. FOX News at Ten right after had the track coming as a C1 for us in the City area with winds at 55-65 and the arse end of Long Island getting a good battering. At least with something like the Weather Channel you expect them to go ape-shit over this stuff because it's their sole reason for existence. It's the local stations that are the worst. Their basic message is to over-play any unusual snow/rain/heat/cold situation so they can say: STAY TUNED TO THIS STATION OR YOU'LL DIE!!!!

themetfairy Aug 25 2011 10:30 AM Re: Good night Irene

What I love are the weather guys standing on the beach and coming within inches of being blown away. One day someone is going to get seriously injured on one of these useless live remotes, and perhaps the stations will rethink the whole thing.

Ashie62 Aug 25 2011 10:32 AM Re: Good night Irene

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Really interfering with our vacay on the Del. shore. We're supposed to be camping there beginning Sunday, but Sunday a.m. is when the shit's supposed to hit there. Meantime, if we wait till the storm ends there we'll get killed on the drive down, so thinking about leaving Saturday and holing up in a hotel in Dover or something. I am in Cape May not far from you. A hotel will work..

dgwphotography Aug 25 2011 11:52 AM Re: Good night Irene

MFS62 wrote: metirish wrote: I expect to see Jim Cantore hanging from a pole in 110mph winds come Sunday doing a report. I literally laughed out loud at that. They send that poor bastard into the worst of the worst, don't they? Later Yeah - he's just been moved from Rhode Island to NYC - just saying... I remember Gloria in 85 - we lost power for a few days, tree and powerlines down everywhere... It could have been worse - the storm started breaking up right as the eye came over my hometown.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 25 2011 12:26 PM Re: Good night Irene

What town did you live in? We were also in the path of the eye (in Smithtown). I remember we were listening to WBLI on the radio and they kept warning us not to go outside when the eye passed over us, because the storm could kick up again very suddenly.

Ceetar Aug 25 2011 12:34 PM Re: Good night Irene

Benjamin Grimm wrote: What town did you live in? We were also in the path of the eye (in Smithtown). I remember we were listening to WBLI on the radio and they kept warning us not to go outside when the eye passed over us, because the storm could kick up again very suddenly. must've been a big eye. passed over Valley Stream as well.

seawolf17 Aug 25 2011 12:36 PM Re: Good night Irene

We were in Commack; we went outside during the eye. A totally otherworldly experience, because it was incredibly silent.

themetfairy Aug 25 2011 12:53 PM Re: Good night Irene

I missed Gloria - I was living in Boston at the time. By the time the storm made it up there, it had pretty much petered out. Some parts of the area lost power, but we were fine - I specifically remember going out to the movies that night after the storm had passed. My parents were still in Dix Hills at the time, though, and I know they lost power for a while.

seawolf17 Aug 25 2011 12:56 PM Re: Good night Irene

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Benjamin Grimm Aug 25 2011 01:18 PM Re: Good night Irene

Wikipedia article on Hurricane Gloria

Frayed Knot Aug 25 2011 01:31 PM Re: Good night Irene

I was going to get around to posting a 'Goodnight Irene' video but hadn't yet decided on who or which version. So I'll counter with this one instead: [youtube:31t4qnt4]Obfci1CIqq8[/youtube:31t4qnt4]

TransMonk Aug 25 2011 01:33 PM Re: Good night Irene

I remember my grandparents who lived in Milford, CT at the time going through a little bit of Gloria. The only hurricane I've witnessed was Isabel in Virginia in 2003. I was in a hotel without power when she hit and was on tour headed towards the Carolinas, so I spent a good couple of days watching people dig themselves out of the devastation. Bad news.

Ceetar Aug 25 2011 01:46 PM Re: Good night Irene

Okay, so photography advice for photographing a hurricane? :-D

TransMonk Aug 25 2011 02:01 PM Re: Good night Irene

1. Shoot it from space.

metirish Aug 25 2011 02:04 PM Re: Good night Irene

2. You'll be needing an array of stuff from here, remember no orders fulfilled on Saturday's until late at night http://www.bhphotovideo.com/buy/Rain-Ca ... 4291074220

seawolf17 Aug 25 2011 02:16 PM Re: Good night Irene

3. Seriously? Get inside the house, you idiot. You're going to get hit by a tree.

metirish Aug 25 2011 02:17 PM Re: Good night Irene

He's 276 lbs , he'll be fine.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 25 2011 02:25 PM Re: Good night Irene

We were worried about the tree.

Ceetar Aug 25 2011 02:27 PM Re: Good night Irene

metirish wrote: He's 276 lbs , he'll be fine. 254. but who's counting ;-) I never professed to be sane.

dgwphotography Aug 25 2011 02:47 PM Re: Good night Irene

Benjamin Grimm wrote: What town did you live in? We were also in the path of the eye (in Smithtown). I remember we were listening to WBLI on the radio and they kept warning us not to go outside when the eye passed over us, because the storm could kick up again very suddenly. Same town I'm still in - Milford, CT

dgwphotography Aug 25 2011 02:48 PM Re: Good night Irene

Ceetar wrote: Okay, so photography advice for photographing a hurricane? :-D Duck and cover...

dgwphotography Aug 25 2011 02:49 PM Re: Good night Irene

TransMonk wrote: I remember my grandparents who lived in Milford, CT at the time going through a little bit of Gloria.. What are the odds? Mets Guy used to live in Milford, I was born, raised, and will probably die here, and your grandparents lived here...

TransMonk Aug 25 2011 02:53 PM Re: Good night Irene

dgwphotography wrote: TransMonk wrote: I remember my grandparents who lived in Milford, CT at the time going through a little bit of Gloria.. What are the odds? Mets Guy used to live in Milford, I was born, raised, and will probably die here, and your grandparents lived here... Ha! It's where I visited during the summers of 1985, 1986 and 1987 and where my Mets fandom was born. Small world.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 25 2011 02:55 PM Re: Good night Irene

The night Gloria arrived I was in a car loaded with strangers bound for Albany, I'd picked up on a college ride board. I remember fierce rain but we outran it. Looks more and more like we'll be waiting to depart until Monday. Stupid vacation-altering hurricane.

Ashie62 Aug 25 2011 03:26 PM Re: Good night Irene

Remember listening to the Scorpions "Hurricane" during Gloria. This is my first summer living at the shore so lifer Ashie1 is calling the shots on or until Christie says flee.

Fman99 Aug 25 2011 07:17 PM Re: Good night Irene

Fwife and I flew down to Florida the day a hurricane hit, Hurricane Jeanne in 2004. They were still reeling from the earlier Charley and Ivan both of which had punched Florida in the neck already that season. I remember, my wife and I were considering bagging the flight and driving to Niagara Falls or something instead. We were going and staying with my father in law, who lives north east of Orlando and maybe 40 miles or so inland. He told us not to worry about it, come down and ride out the storm, so we did. They closed the airport a few hours after we landed. We drove from the airport to the grocery store, where we bought milk, bread and a LOT of beer, and came back to my father in law's house to put his storm shutters on. Then he and I sat on their porch and watched it rain, drinking beers, for about 10 hours. The power went out, my wife was stuck talking to her perpetually depressed and bitter step mother (also named Jeanne, ironically), while I got lit up with her dad on the porch. His house is L-shaped, and the porch was inset in the L, so we were protected on three sides by the house and garage, and could just sit on the porch and watch it happen. It was like having a 25' large TV tuned in to the Weather Channel. The power went out but we had enough ice for the beer. The step monster spent the whole time in the house, drinking Pepsi, eating baby cereal and shrimp cocktails with a shit-ton of cocktail sauce. She's an odd duck, let it be known. She talked my wife's ear off, I heard not a bit of it. I drank till I was faced, and meandered off to the guest room to sleep it off. I told Fwife in my last barely conscious moments that her stepmother existed in a world filled with pain and cocktail sauce. The entire rest of that week the whole state of Florida was deserted. This thing scared off the tourists, we had EPCOT, Cocoa Beach, Kennedy Space Center, basically to ourselves the whole week.

Rockin' Doc Aug 25 2011 07:42 PM Re: Good night Irene Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 26 2011 05:03 AM

These periodic storms are a sober reminder of why the local NHL franchise is named the Hurricanes. Since moving to North Carolina in the fall of 1985 I have endured the increasingly more violent storms of Hurricane Gloria in 1985, Hurricane Hugo* in 1989, Hurricane Fran in 1996, and the devastating tag team tandem of Hurricanes Dennis/Floyd in 1999. I pray that Irene will not escalate the level of violent destruction. I have a full tank on my generator, 7 gallons of gas, several gallons of water in the fridges, a well stocked pantry and bar, matches, candles, and an assortment of batteries. I'm about as ready as I can be for Irene's likely visit. *I can't believe I initially forgot Hurricane Hugo, which cut a path of destruction as far inland as Charlotte. Hugo actually bypassed us for the most part and headed inland downing trees and power lines in it's wake. To add to the devastation, Hugo spawned multiple tornadoes as it traversed eastward across North and South Carolina.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 25 2011 08:09 PM Re: Good night Irene

Be safe, Doc. I've never felt safer about my choice of residence within the five boroughs (stone's throw from Pelham, but inland, with the whole of LI as a buffer). I'll say this about Gloria-- it was AWESOME to watch from a UWS apartment building as a 7-year-old.

metsmarathon Aug 25 2011 09:06 PM Re: Good night Irene

i remember being 7 and in jersey city, and greatly underimpressed.

MFS62 Aug 25 2011 09:37 PM Re: Good night Irene

dgwphotography wrote: Mets Guy used to live in Milford, I was born, raised, and will probably die here, and your grandparents lived here... My daughter has lived in Milford for less than a year. It seems pretty flat to me, and she's about 15 minutes walking distance from the beach. How badly does it flood there? Later

dgwphotography Aug 26 2011 03:02 AM Re: Good night Irene

MFS62 wrote: dgwphotography wrote: Mets Guy used to live in Milford, I was born, raised, and will probably die here, and your grandparents lived here... My daughter has lived in Milford for less than a year. It seems pretty flat to me, and she's about 15 minutes walking distance from the beach. How badly does it flood there? Later MFS62 - what beach?

Kong76 Aug 26 2011 04:09 AM Re: Good night Irene

metirish wrote: I expect to see Jim Cantore hanging from a pole in 110mph winds come Sunday doing a report. BBBwwahahaha ... spitting coffee on screen over here, boss.

MFS62 Aug 26 2011 07:37 AM Re: Good night Irene

dgwphotography wrote: dgwphotography wrote: Mets Guy used to live in Milford, I was born, raised, and will probably die here, and your grandparents lived here... My daughter has lived in Milford for less than a year. It seems pretty flat to me, and she's about 15 minutes walking distance from the beach. How badly does it flood there? Later MFS62 - what beach? I dunno. Its a small beach with no name. we just get off at exit 40 and head for the water. Guess that didn't help much, did it? Later

soupcan Aug 26 2011 07:51 AM Re: Good night Irene

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Be safe, Doc. I've never felt safer about my choice of residence within the five boroughs (stone's throw from Pelham, but inland, with the whole of LI as a buffer). I'll say this about Gloria-- it was AWESOME to watch from a UWS apartment building as a 7-year-old. Yup. I'm thinking that safest place in this area this weekend will be Manhattan. All the buildings can take 110 mph winds and turn them into strong breezes. Wish I could say the same about my neighbor's 50' pine trees that are about 40' from my house.

Elster88 Aug 26 2011 07:58 AM Re: Good night Irene

Leaving for my North Carolina vacation spot in a few hours. I am feeling a strange mixture of slight excitement and increasing nervousness. Strangely exhilarated one might say.

Ceetar Aug 26 2011 08:02 AM Re: Good night Irene

Elster88 wrote: Leaving for my North Carolina vacation spot in a few hours. I am feeling a strange mixture of slight excitement and increasing nervousness. Strangely exhilarated one might say. You'll probably have some thrilling views out the airplane window.

Elster88 Aug 26 2011 08:04 AM Re: Good night Irene

Driving actually. Should be fun.

Ceetar Aug 26 2011 08:07 AM Re: Good night Irene

Elster88 wrote: Driving actually. Should be fun. If it's bumper to bumper in the other direction, and you're the only car on the road...turn around.

Frayed Knot Aug 26 2011 10:08 AM Re: Good night Irene

[u:1nb15ebr]WHERE[/u:1nb15ebr] in NC you're going is going to mean a wholeheckuva lot - both in the final destination and in the route to get there. Obviously the further inland you get the better.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 26 2011 10:13 AM Re: Good night Irene

Campsite we're supposed to go to is closed -- likely through Monday for cleanup. Heading to Harpers Ferry, W. Va. instead. yeehaw.

Edgy DC Aug 26 2011 10:20 AM Re: Good night Irene

Bring a coupla wetsuits. Inclement weather isn't historically kind to Harper's Ferry.

themetfairy Aug 26 2011 10:23 AM Re: Good night Irene

Hurricane Preparedness We're entering the heart of hurricane season. Any day now, you're going to turn on the TV and see a weatherperson pointing to some radar blob out in the Atlantic and making two basic meteorological points: * There is no need to panic. * We could all be killed.

Benjamin Grimm Aug 26 2011 10:23 AM Re: Good night Irene

Go to Texas instead. It hasn't rained there since around 1980.

Kong76 Aug 26 2011 10:40 AM Re: Good night Irene

'Storm of the Century' just doesn't like so much only 12 years into the century! Sick of hearing about Irene already.

Rockin' Doc Aug 26 2011 10:44 AM Re: Good night Irene

Elster88 wrote: Leaving for my North Carolina vacation spot in a few hours. I am feeling a strange mixture of slight excitement and increasing nervousness. Strangely exhilarated one might say. If your vacation site is anywhere near the coast line, you should probably check with them to be sure they are still open to tourists. Much of the North Carolina coastline has been evacuated. Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island are under a manditory evacuation order for all tourists and residents as has Dare County, NC. The Emerald Isles have been evacuated from Fort Macon above Atlantic Beach down through Hammock Beach State Park. Virtually all of the North Carolina coastline is closed to incoming traffic (particularly for non-residents) until after the storm passes through sometime late tomorrow afternoon/evening. If your destination is west of I-95 then you should be fine other than heavy rains and some wind gusts. Best of luck and above all else, be safe.

Chad Ochoseis Aug 26 2011 11:44 AM Re: Good night Irene

MTA shutting down on Saturday at noon. No word on NJ Transit or PATH.

metirish Aug 26 2011 12:41 PM Re: Good night Irene

Chad Ochoseis wrote: MTA shutting down on Saturday at noon. No word on NJ Transit or PATH. Just saw on News , NJ Transit shuts down at noon too. Garden State Parkway closing too.

themetfairy Aug 26 2011 12:42 PM Re: Good night Irene

When is the Garden State Parkway closing?

metsmarathon Aug 26 2011 01:02 PM Re: Good night Irene

on the parkway, southbound lanes below 98 shut down tonight at 8pm

metirish Aug 26 2011 01:15 PM Re: Good night Irene

I have a tree service company coming to the house at 5 to do something with the damned tree in the backyard....pay now or pay later.

themetfairy Aug 26 2011 01:32 PM Re: Good night Irene

metsmarathon wrote: on the parkway, southbound lanes below 98 shut down tonight at 8pm Thanks mm - I should still be able to get my son to college and get back home tomorrow....

Chad Ochoseis Aug 26 2011 01:35 PM Re: Good night Irene

If the storm hits your area and you and D-Dad can only get as far as north Jersey, you know where to find me. Or if you don't, you can get in touch now and I'll let you know.

themetfairy Aug 26 2011 01:58 PM Re: Good night Irene

Chad Ochoseis wrote: If the storm hits your area and you and D-Dad can only get as far as north Jersey, you know where to find me. Or if you don't, you can get in touch now and I'll let you know. Thanks Chad. But we're going to need to get home one way or another. MK has band camp tomorrow, and we need to be home for him tomorrow night. BTW, NJ Transit is shutting down tomorrow at noon....

dgwphotography Aug 26 2011 06:00 PM Re: Good night Irene

MFS62 wrote: MFS62 wrote: Mets Guy used to live in Milford, I was born, raised, and will probably die here, and your grandparents lived here... My daughter has lived in Milford for less than a year. It seems pretty flat to me, and she's about 15 minutes walking distance from the beach. How badly does it flood there? Later MFS62 - what beach? I dunno. Its a small beach with no name. we just get off at exit 40 and head for the water. Guess that didn't help much, did it? Later Small little beach without a name on it? Sounds like she's in Woodmont, new the West Haven line...

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 26 2011 11:05 PM Re: Good night Irene

themetfairy wrote: Chad Ochoseis wrote: If the storm hits your area and you and D-Dad can only get as far as north Jersey, you know where to find me. Or if you don't, you can get in touch now and I'll let you know. Thanks Chad. But we're going to need to get home one way or another. MK has band camp tomorrow, and we need to be home for him tomorrow night. BTW, NJ Transit is shutting down tomorrow at noon.... What Chad said. We're camping out at Mom's place in Scotch Plains, with gifted rum and a ridiculous array of appropriately tropical mixers.

Ceetar Aug 26 2011 11:16 PM Re: Good night Irene

Went to the in-laws on Long Island tonight, drove back late. except for traffic on the GWB, very very light traffic (and no tolls...whee, 30mph through the toll booth) Decided to hit the grocery store because we only had cat food through Monday. Pathmark used t obe 24 hours, now it closes at 1. Most people got the panicking out of the way earlier and it won't be crowded at 12:50? wrong.

Rockin' Doc Aug 27 2011 04:56 AM Re: Good night Irene

I awoke at 5:10 AM to the sound of wind rushing through the trees outside. At 5:35 AM the alarm system on the house beeped as the power went out and the battery back up system kicked in. I got up and with a battery powered lantern gave the house a brief, cursory run through. All seemed dry and well, though the cat seemed a little nervous and was rather clingy. I went back to bed, but could not sleep. So I laid there and listened to the howling wind and driving rain. At 6:25 AM there alarm system once again beeped, this time as the power kicked back on. The eye of the storm is just off shore near Atlantic Beach, NC and should make landfall within the next hour or so.

themetfairy Aug 27 2011 05:00 AM Re: Good night Irene

Stay safe Doc!

G-Fafif Aug 27 2011 05:35 AM Re: Good night Irene

This is fucking ominous. It was fucking ominous before Belle in '76 and before Gloria in '85 -- and I suppose before the various hurricanes that downgraded before reaching the Metropolitan Area and became little more than rainy, windy nuisances here on Long Island. This, though, is way more ominous. I live a little more than a mile north of the mandatory evacuation line in Nassau County, which I take was chosen as an outer limit to be on the relatively safe side. Somebody hand Irene a road map so she knows to not cross Merrick Road...or Sunrise Highway at the very most.

Ceetar Aug 27 2011 07:20 AM Re: Good night Irene

G-Fafif wrote: This is fucking ominous. It was fucking ominous before Belle in '76 and before Gloria in '85 -- and I suppose before the various hurricanes that downgraded before reaching the Metropolitan Area and became little more than rainy, windy nuisances here on Long Island. This, though, is way more ominous. I live a little more than a mile north of the mandatory evacuation line in Nassau County, which I take was chosen as an outer limit to be on the relatively safe side. Somebody hand Irene a road map so she knows to not cross Merrick Road...or Sunrise Highway at the very most. my in-laws live a two blocks north of Sunrise, two blocks south of Merrick. I think it's probably less of an issue in Nassau than Suffolk. There is still a _lot_ of land south of there.

Ashie62 Aug 27 2011 08:22 AM Re: Good night Irene

Raining in Cape May and I am in Lancaster PA for the weekend..Safety to all...

Frayed Knot Aug 27 2011 08:23 AM Re: Good night Irene

I think the noon shut-off for all city mass-transit looks a bit overly-cautious considering that it probably won't even be raining at that point (or barely so) and that even the leading edge of the rough stuff will be a number of hours away (like maybe ten or twelve). I know it's a Saturday but there are still going to be a number of people expected to work today and a lot of them depend on the system.

Edgy DC Aug 27 2011 08:23 AM Re: Good night Irene

It's the barrier islands and peninsulas that have kept Long Island safe all these years. Far Rockaway, Broad Channel, Long Beach, Jones Beach, Fire Island --- property owners there are the ones who should be worried. Other than that, you'll see flooded basements in Bay Shore and Freeport, but the rest of youse Islanders, don't try to lift any trees off of downed wires and you'll be OK. So say I, anyhow.

G-Fafif Aug 27 2011 08:24 AM Re: Good night Irene

Ceetar wrote: G-Fafif wrote: This is fucking ominous. It was fucking ominous before Belle in '76 and before Gloria in '85 -- and I suppose before the various hurricanes that downgraded before reaching the Metropolitan Area and became little more than rainy, windy nuisances here on Long Island. This, though, is way more ominous. I live a little more than a mile north of the mandatory evacuation line in Nassau County, which I take was chosen as an outer limit to be on the relatively safe side. Somebody hand Irene a road map so she knows to not cross Merrick Road...or Sunrise Highway at the very most. my in-laws live a two blocks north of Sunrise, two blocks south of Merrick. I think it's probably less of an issue in Nassau than Suffolk. There is still a _lot_ of land south of there. West of RVC, I assume. I'm on the other side, where Merrick is south of Sunrise. The county emergency map says they evacuate what they're evacuating in the event of a Category 4 storm, which this (blessedly) isn't. Better safe, et al.

G-Fafif Aug 27 2011 08:26 AM Re: Good night Irene

One of those tropical "rain bands" (we're all meteorologists now) has arrived in beautiful Baldwin. Gauging by Saturday morning parking lot population at the Pathmark, less of a rush than there is for your typical blizzard. But this thing's been hyped for days.

G-Fafif Aug 27 2011 08:29 AM Re: Good night Irene

Edgy DC wrote: It's the barrier islands and peninsulas that have kept Long Island safe all these years. Far Rockaway, Broad Channel, Long Beach, Jones Beach, Fire Island --- property owners there are the ones who should be worried. Other than that, you'll see flooded basements in Bay Shore and Freeport, but the rest of youse Islanders, don't try to lift any trees off of downed wires and you'll be OK. So say I, anyhow. It's the electricity and wind damage that's uppermost here (pointing to my mind, if I can find it). We live on the top floor of a co-op/converted school whose roof features cell phone towers that I sincerely hope are securely fastened. They've withstood everything for seven years. But they haven't encountered this. We've had two weird power outages this summer, the second of them just the other day when a nearby utility pole took a dive, so at least LIPA has practice at responding (and responding well).

Ceetar Aug 27 2011 08:32 AM Re: Good night Irene

G-Fafif wrote: One of those tropical "rain bands" (we're all meteorologists now) has arrived in beautiful Baldwin. Gauging by Saturday morning parking lot population at the Pathmark, less of a rush than there is for your typical blizzard. But this thing's been hyped for days. started drizzling over here in North Jersey too. At least up 17 in Ramsey. the Home Depot and Pathmarks we drove by were mob scenes. IHOP too.

metirish Aug 27 2011 09:15 AM Re: Good night Irene Edited 1 time(s), most recently on Aug 27 2011 10:37 AM

Frayed Knot wrote: I think the noon shut-off for all city mass-transit looks a bit overly-cautious considering that it probably won't even be raining at that point (or barely so) and that even the leading edge of the rough stuff will be a number of hours away (like maybe ten or twelve). I know it's a Saturday but there are still going to be a number of people expected to work today and a lot of them depend on the system. yeah, and now I see they are saying the system "might not" be up and running for Monday....might not = won't be.....I guess their argument is that it takes them eight hours to shut down the entire system , thinking of the safety of their employees too.

Edgy DC Aug 27 2011 09:36 AM Re: Good night Irene

I understand better safe than sorry, but my problem is, that if you do a Category 4 evacuation for a Category 1 storm, when a Category 4 does come through, folks will ignore warnings, remembering the wolf-crying of 2011.

Ashie62 Aug 27 2011 09:45 AM Re: Good night Irene

Time will tell I guess..

MFS62 Aug 27 2011 10:54 AM Re: Good night Irene

I've read: Cat 1-2 : Expect electricity out 0-3 days Cat 3-5 : Expect electricity out 3-14 days. If you're looking for something to pass the time while you're waiting for the storm, the Sci-Fi Channel is showing "Mongolian Death Worm" this afternoon. It's part of one of their Weirdass Monster Marathon Days. You don't want to miss that. Later

Vic Sage Aug 27 2011 01:19 PM Re: Good night Irene

post-Katrina, all municipalities overreact, and the media has always sold fear for a living. Now THAT is a perfect storm... of pointless hysteria, that has made a fortune for bottled water and flashlight and battery manufacturers and distributors, in the face of a category 1 hurricane. I'm sure there will be the typical coastal damage resulting from big storms, and my heart goes out to people living there, but its the inevitable downside of living on the coast, or on a fault-line, or on the side of a mountain. If you live on the side of an active volcano, you're a Pompeiian waiting to happen. Not that i believe for a second this is that scenario, but i'm just saying. The price you pay for oceanfront property isn't just in the purchase price. As for our vacation, we were supposed to leave for Ocean City today, but obviously that's not happening. We're going to call the realtor Monday morning to see if the property is habitable (ie., has electricity and hasn't floated away), and then head down asap. luckily, our lease will be prorated, but it sucks to lose vacation time. Not as much as it will suck for those who may lose a HOUSE or suffer other significant property damage, so i have to keep it in perspective. Otherwise, i'll be like me 14-year old daughter whose only concern is that we may lose power tomorrow night and she won't be able to see the Video Music Awards. Still, it sucks.

Vic Sage Aug 27 2011 01:27 PM Re: Good night Irene

excerpt from God's Song by Randy Newman: The Christians and the Jews were having a jamboree The Buddhists and the Hindus joined on satellite TV They picked their four greatest priests And they began to speak They said, "Lord, a plague is on the world Lord, no man is free The temples that we built to you Have tumbled into the sea Lord, if you won't take care of us Won't you please, please let us be?" And the Lord said And the Lord said I burn down your cities - how blind you must be I take from you your children and you say how blessed are we You all must be crazy to put your faith in me That's why I love mankind You really need me That's why I love mankind

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 27 2011 01:33 PM Re: Good night Irene

metirish wrote: Frayed Knot wrote: I think the noon shut-off for all city mass-transit looks a bit overly-cautious considering that it probably won't even be raining at that point (or barely so) and that even the leading edge of the rough stuff will be a number of hours away (like maybe ten or twelve). I know it's a Saturday but there are still going to be a number of people expected to work today and a lot of them depend on the system. yeah, and now I see they are saying the system "might not" be up and running for Monday....might not = won't be.....I guess their argument is that it takes them eight hours to shut down the entire system , thinking of the safety of their employees too. Due to potential flooding, they've got to relocate a LOT of trains and buses that are normally stored in low-lying areas (as opposed to just leaving them/digging them out after the fact). It makes the shutdown a lot more tedious, lengthy work than it would normally be.

metirish Aug 27 2011 01:46 PM Re: Good night Irene

The fucking tree guy that I spoke to twice failed to show up at all the bollox, right now that tree is my biggest worry, wife and son are actually gone to a birthday party, not Kases btw.

metirish Aug 27 2011 01:51 PM Re: Good night Irene

Bloomberg still doesn't like taking questions.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 27 2011 01:55 PM Re: Good night Irene Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Aug 27 2011 01:58 PM

I understand better safe than sorry, but my problem is, that if you do a Category 4 evacuation for a Category 1 storm, when a Category 4 does come through, folks will ignore warnings, remembering the wolf-crying of 2011. The real shame is that any successful evacuation tends to produce more deaf ears for the next round; we're people, and the sad fact is that people are much more effectively motivated by fear and horror than by placidity. post-Katrina, all municipalities overreact, and the media has always sold fear for a living. Now THAT is a perfect storm... of pointless hysteria, that has made a fortune for bottled water and flashlight and battery manufacturers and distributors, in the face of a category 1 hurricane. A point to make, amidst the hysteria/decrying thereof: a slow Category 1/bad tropical storm in New York City-- presuming that's what we get-- is a MUCH bigger deal than a Cat 3-Cat 4 that slams, say, Miami. It's complicated... but, put briefly, NYC (transit system most definitely inclusive) is not equipped to handle large-scale, storm-surge-borne flooding. Even if immediate loss of life/limb is minimal, just a couple of inches of water in this burg in a short time mean hundreds of millions in economic impact... and significant public health impact, as well. Add tropical storm winds for up to 6-8 hours, and it's a dangerous cocktail. In short, measuring potential hurricane damage by Saffir-Simpson is like handing out MVPs based exclusively on batting average. And really, for the people who are kvetching about overreaction: if more "realistic" preparation means a potential couple of hundred extra lives lost due to "sticking it out" shoreside, or electrified ponding throughout Lower Manhattan, or mid-to-long-term water system contamination... is it worth the savings? Bloomberg still doesn't like taking questions. He really doesn't, does he?

metirish Aug 27 2011 01:56 PM Re: Good night Irene

Nope, asked about security issues like looting he gave a big sigh and said" this is NY, we don't have those problems".

Ceetar Aug 27 2011 01:59 PM Re: Good night Irene

metirish wrote: Nope, asked about security issues like looting he gave a big sigh and said" this is NY, we don't have those problems". Probably true for the most part. The looting during the blackout was nothing compared to stuff we've seen elsewhere recently right?

Edgy DC Aug 27 2011 02:00 PM Re: Good night Irene

Well, I don't mean to be among the kvetchers.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 27 2011 02:00 PM Re: Good night Irene

As hubristic as that came off, the little Breslin in me liked it. And why SHOULD he answer questions? He knows what you're thinking, and what you want out of a modern New York. He's already ANSWERED your questions, preemptively, and he'll get you where you want to go, life-wise, whether you like it or not. The real question is, why haven't you ingrates begged him for a fourth term yet?

metirish Aug 27 2011 02:03 PM Re: Good night Irene

Ceetar wrote: metirish wrote: Nope, asked about security issues like looting he gave a big sigh and said" this is NY, we don't have those problems". Probably true for the most part. The looting during the blackout was nothing compared to stuff we've seen elsewhere recently right? only looting I forsee is our own JCL in Brooklyn

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 27 2011 02:07 PM Re: Good night Irene

Edgy DC wrote: Well, I don't mean to be among the kvetchers. Yeah, I know. I've just been hearing/reading so many stupidly bitchy things coming from otherwise smart, discerning people (and worse from the not-so-discerning) that seem to imply that this is some sort of boondoggle, and it's gotten frustrating refraining from, y'know, shaking people until they stop. Along with schools and sanitation and roads, this is why we pay taxes, y'know?

metirish Aug 27 2011 02:21 PM Re: Good night Irene

Gov. Coumo leaves me cold with the way he talks about assets , "deploying the assets(troops) as things change, the MTA assets yybbb

Ceetar Aug 27 2011 03:21 PM Re: Good night Irene

speaking of evacuating, our own Justin Turner is tweeting pictures from the sand at Long Beach.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 27 2011 03:36 PM Re: Good night Irene

Helpful guy-- doing his part to solve the potential logjam at second base next year.

Ashie62 Aug 27 2011 03:39 PM Re: Good night Irene

Hilarious!

Willets Point Aug 27 2011 06:59 PM Re: Good night Irene

Benjamin Grimm Aug 28 2011 06:08 AM Re: Good night Irene

So how's it going for everyone so far? It's gone well for me. No wind damage, no power failure.

sharpie Aug 28 2011 06:48 AM Re: Good night Irene

Some basement flooding but so far not too bad.

metirish Aug 28 2011 07:05 AM Re: Good night Irene

Benjamin Grimm wrote: So how's it going for everyone so far? It's gone well for me. No wind damage, no power failure. same here, worst coming in the next tree hours they say.

metirish Aug 28 2011 07:13 AM Re: Good night Irene

Watching CBS News, official landfall in NYC was at 9AM according to the National Hurricane Center, good news as it were, downgraded to a tropical storm and moving now at 26mph. "Eye of the storm is now passing over the city"

metirish Aug 28 2011 08:06 AM Re: Good night Irene

Marty Markowitz is kind of annoying with his funny man act every time I see him in front of a camera.

G-Fafif Aug 28 2011 08:19 AM Re: Good night Irene

metirish wrote: Marty Markowitz is kind of annoying with his funny man act every time I see him in front of a camera. Fascinating to watch elected officials who are always urging you to live or at least spend money in your jurisdictions applaud people for bolting it, as Markowitz and others did in the aftermath of the evacuations. Much mess all around us but we came out OK thus far, residual winds (and whatever impact they might have on power) notwithstanding.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Aug 28 2011 08:31 AM Re: Good night Irene

hey guys. We left yesterday for vacay (relocated to Harpers Ferry) after a panicy morning. Our concern was mainly the adequateness of the drainage at pur property for rain so I endured a surreal scene buying sandbags at a Chinese building supply joint under the BQE yesterday. These guys were loading hoppers witha front end loader, bagging sand and forklifting pallets to people as fast as they could sell it. Wound up with 10 bags that'll be stacked up at our front abd back doors all week. Sounds like it will be a great victory for supermarkets and chinese building supply joints. The supers do even better when they get power outages: you panic buy, then all the stuff goes bad so you load up again.

G-Fafif Aug 28 2011 08:34 AM Re: Good night Irene

For those who enjoy reporters who overwhelm their coverage with themselves, meet Erin Colton of News 12 Long Island. She actually went more apocalyptic (sliding away in the flood, berating local residents, et al) in later live remotes, but this one is pretty good, what with the old "tie me to the boardwalk to show how windy it is!" bit.

themetfairy Aug 28 2011 08:43 AM Re: Good night Irene

The winds aren't over yet, but we seem to be reasonably unscathed. The lights flickered but not for long. We had some water coming through the basesment window (the idiot contractor opened it during our basement work and never properly re-sealed it), but D-Dad fixed the problem, so we don't have flooding. We have power, water and FiOS. Apparently there are a lot of impassable roads in the township, but the Diamond-Knight household is holding up so far.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Aug 28 2011 08:52 AM Re: Good night Irene

Water-Power-Gas-FiOS. Check, check, check... and check. Minimal garage flooding. The cars, though? Thanks to terrible drainage on my mom's street, like a juvenile delinquent or the Byrds, we ain't goin' nowhere.

metirish Aug 28 2011 08:58 AM Re: Good night Irene

G-Fafif wrote: For those who enjoy reporters who overwhelm their coverage with themselves, meet Erin Colton of News 12 Long Island. She actually went more apocalyptic (sliding away in the flood, berating local residents, et al) in later live remotes, but this one is pretty good, what with the old "tie me to the boardwalk to show how windy it is!" bit. OMFG , hilarious

seawolf17 Aug 28 2011 11:38 AM Re: Good night Irene

Lots of sound and fury signifying nothing here on the tony North Shore of central Suffolk. One downed branch.

themetfairy Aug 28 2011 01:13 PM Re: Good night Irene

I was taking pictures of some of the local street flooding when some teenagers decided to bike through the water - On the other side one of the boys complained to his friends about how cold the water was. I'm not sure what he was expecting....

smg58 Aug 28 2011 01:34 PM Re: Good night Irene

themetfairy wrote: On the other side one of the boys complained to his friends about how cold the water was. I'm not sure what he was expecting.... If that's the only thing he has to complain about, things must be pretty good. We have some big branches in the backyard that will take some effort to dispose of, but otherwise we weathered it just fine.

metirish Aug 28 2011 01:50 PM Re: Good night Irene

Local TV stations really milking this, still wall to wall coverage.

Fman99 Aug 28 2011 02:05 PM Re: Good night Irene

Up here in the 'Cuse we just got a rainy, windy day. It did put a bit of a damper on the 5k race I ran this morning, got wet I did. On the other hand it made for some fine napping weather for Fgirl and I.

themetfairy Aug 28 2011 03:10 PM Re: Good night Irene

I walk through this underpass every time I take the train home from the City. I wonder how long it will be before it's navigable again -

Ashie62 Aug 28 2011 03:51 PM Re: Good night Irene

Can't go back to Atlantic City til Tuesday..should be interesting. I live 100 yards from the beach..

metirish Aug 28 2011 04:30 PM Re: Good night Irene

Hope all will be ok Ashie. Meanwhile the winds right now are worse than at any time during the storm.

Willets Point Aug 28 2011 05:12 PM Re: Good night Irene

The storm passes, the sun sets, let's take it out with the original by Hudie Leadbetter. [youtube:3a83hds8]Rs3mj1E8LSU[/youtube:3a83hds8]

themetfairy Aug 28 2011 07:23 PM Re: Good night Irene

There are two power lines in my neighborhood. We have power, but our next door neighbors don't. PSE&G isn't promising them restoration until next Sunday!

Rockin' Doc Aug 28 2011 09:24 PM Re: Good night Irene

I hope that all fared well in the storm and no one suffered too much property damage. Shortly after my post early yesterday morning, our power went out again. We didn't regain power until around noon today. Some areas of town are still without power. I was able to fire up my generator to at least keep the refrigerators, the freezer, and lights running so it wasn't too bad. I spent roughly 6 hours today picking up tree limbs and debris. Luckily, Irene turned out to be pretty overrated (at least in our area) and far less damaging than many storms of the past 20 years. Irene turned out to be little more than a nuisance (loss of electricity, cable, and internet for roughly 30 hours) to us. Unfortunately, many people along the coast weren't as fortunate. Still, when compared to Hugo, Fran, Isabel, and Floyd this storm caused far less damage and loss of life. I'm glad that Irene turned at to be less severe than initially feared.

metsmarathon Aug 29 2011 08:14 AM Re: Good night Irene

i'm hoping to have power back when i get home tonight... according to jcp&l estimates, there's about 4000 people in my town without power. happily, daycare had power and was open. sadly, the same could be said of work. boo.

Ceetar Aug 29 2011 10:44 AM Re: Good night Irene

I love flood pictures. saw this one on Twitter, it's the Somerset Patriots stadium. Part of a dock near point lookout.

Ashie62 Aug 29 2011 01:55 PM Re: Good night Irene

I am not allowed back to Atlantic City tonight. South Jersey is a mess.

Ceetar Aug 29 2011 06:10 PM Re: Good night Irene

route 23 in Wayne, NJ

Chad Ochoseis Aug 29 2011 06:51 PM Re: Good night Irene

That's about ten minutes away from my office. I'm glad I worked from home today.

themetfairy Aug 29 2011 07:00 PM Re: Good night Irene

My neighbors have their lights back :)

Ceetar Aug 29 2011 08:37 PM Re: Good night Irene

Chad Ochoseis wrote: That's about ten minutes away from my office. I'm glad I worked from home today. 5 from mine. I was off today, but I may have to do some fun meandering tomorrow to get in. Saw somewhere that the rivers are peaking tomorrow morning.

Frayed Knot Aug 29 2011 08:50 PM Re: Good night Irene

Sounds like Vermont, of all places, got as much of the ass-kicking as anywhere. On the other hand I'm not sure any of our Nutmeggers have checked in today either.

dgwphotography Aug 30 2011 05:01 AM Re: Good night Irene

Frayed Knot wrote: Sounds like Vermont, of all places, got as much of the ass-kicking as anywhere. On the other hand I'm not sure any of our Nutmeggers have checked in today either. I'd say that we were fortunate, but that would be a massive understatement. The Milford coast got hammered - We never lost power, and the only damage I have is the assorted branches and leaves that I have to clean up in my yard. Many people here were not as fortunate - there are trees down everywhere, and about 2/3 of the city doesn't have power.

metirish Aug 30 2011 06:18 AM Re: Good night Irene

Seeing the utter devastation in Vermont as FK noted and other areas I feel really fortunate, while the weather nuts were salivating over the sea surges it's the rivers that are wreaking havoc.

Frayed Knot Aug 30 2011 06:37 AM Re: Good night Irene

You know that Cantore not being at the site of maximum destruction pisses the hell out of him.

themetfairy Aug 30 2011 06:39 AM Re: Good night Irene

I'm without train service - the tracks on this part of the Northeast Corridor are still flooded.

metirish Aug 30 2011 06:40 AM Re: Good night Irene

I meant to add, yesterday the local CBS station had anchor Christine Johnson do a whole 90 minute newscast from a boat in a flooded part of NJ, there she was riding around with some residents , it was bizarre , but it seemed after the devastation didn't materialize in NYC they were scrambling for something and anything to keep the show going.

Frayed Knot Aug 30 2011 06:45 AM Re: Good night Irene

There was some news-chick a few years back doing her report from a rain-soaked area while being rowed in a row-boat in order to demonstrate how flooded things were. Unfortunately for her (and her station - MSNBC I think) some locals walked by the boat just as they were filming revealing the water to be barely more than ankle-deep.

themetfairy Aug 30 2011 06:56 AM Re: Good night Irene

Frayed Knot wrote: There was some news-chick a few years back doing her report from a rain-soaked area while being rowed in a row-boat in order to demonstrate how flooded things were. Unfortunately for her (and her station - MSNBC I think) some locals walked by the boat just as they were filming revealing the water to be barely more than ankle-deep. I remember that - classic!

metirish Aug 30 2011 06:57 AM Re: Good night Irene

Frayed Knot wrote: There was some news-chick a few years back doing her report from a rain-soaked area while being rowed in a row-boat in order to demonstrate how flooded things were. Unfortunately for her (and her station - MSNBC I think) some locals walked by the boat just as they were filming revealing the water to be barely more than ankle-deep. LOL.....Johnson was in a row boat too. I took a picture with my phone Did anyone else see the FOX reporter in Ocean City I think that was doing his report from the boardwalk and getting covered in a horrible gunky sea foam? I had a picture of him too but seemed to have deleted it.

themetfairy Aug 30 2011 06:58 AM Re: Good night Irene

metirish wrote: Did anyone else see the FOX reporter in Ocean City I think that was doing his report from the boardwalk and getting covered in a horrible gunky sea foam? I had a picture of him too but seemed to have deleted it. I think that this is it. Damn - we were just down there a few weeks ago....

metirish Aug 30 2011 07:01 AM Re: Good night Irene

Ha ha, that's him , the NY FOX studio anchors(the horrible Kelly and your one) kept egging him on, basically laughing at him....

Edgy DC Aug 30 2011 07:41 AM Re: Good night Irene

My wife, walking the dog in some green space in Takoma Park, saw some kids gathered around something small. She went over and saw that it was a baby squirrel, not even really with it's eyes opened. We have a wildlife rescue place in the MD suburbs we've taken birds who've fallen out of their nests, so she scooped up the varmint and drove up there. She got there and the place was teeming with rescued baby squirrels, knocked from their nests when their trees or branches were sent asunder by Irene, and then scooped up by the merciful and relocated to the wildlife sanctuary. The staff was harried, taking in these foundlings and fielding calls from... people asking about baby squirrels. "No, ma'am, you should bring it to us, making a pet of it won't work." "Do you get that question a lot?" my wife asked, after the staffer hung up. "Yeah, the truth is that they need a community, and will adapt to being around people if they're infants, but then they hit puberty and start looking for a mate and go nuts. It's not pretty."

Ceetar Aug 30 2011 07:51 AM Re: Good night Irene

95 minutes to go 12 miles to work today. bleargh. I wanted to take lunch to go take pictures of flooding around here, but no way i have time for that now.

Edgy DC Aug 30 2011 07:54 AM Re: Good night Irene

Things looking rough up at the Old Mole Estate:

metirish Aug 30 2011 08:04 AM Re: Good night Irene

Is that really Old Mole's property?

seawolf17 Aug 30 2011 08:12 AM Re: Good night Irene

He's been oddly quiet on facebook. (Though he's active on WWF.)

RealityChuck Aug 30 2011 10:10 AM Re: Good night Irene

No damage and minimal leakage (though we did discover that our fuse box leaks water when it rains) But the power went out Sunday at 7:15 and is still out. It was a small triumph when I discovered that a box of Klondike Bars in my freezer were still frozen. I brought them to work.

TheOldMole Aug 30 2011 10:22 AM Re: Good night Irene

Still no power -- I'm in town at the bookstore with wifi. No loss of life, and the art work in the house is undamaged.

Edgy DC Aug 30 2011 11:24 AM Re: Good night Irene

Thankful for your safety. Hope you get a generous settlement, and that the sculpture wasn't terribly damaged. How's the Quarryman's Museum?

TheOldMole Aug 30 2011 03:15 PM Re: Good night Irene

Ok, electricity back, internet back, after three days. No damage to Opus 40!or the museum, and, incredibly, no damage to the art inside the house. We lost 44 trees, and the roof of our house. Other damage to the house we'll have to wait the contractor's report, which we'll get tomorrow. But whole villages up here were swept away. The devastation was incredible.

themetfairy Aug 30 2011 03:22 PM Re: Good night Irene

Wow - incredible! I'm glad that you fared as well as you did Mole. The house is replaceable - you're not!

Ceetar Aug 30 2011 04:18 PM Re: Good night Irene

yikes, 44 trees! That's rough. At least everyone's okay. Wondering why the NJ Transit trains aren't running yet?

Ashie62 Aug 30 2011 06:48 PM Re: Good night Irene

About a mile down from the Boonton sign is the Reservoir Tavern and a mile more is Ashies hometown of Parsippany now fighting out of Atlantic City by way of Morristown lol.

Rockin' Doc Aug 30 2011 08:42 PM Re: Good night Irene

Sorry to see and read of the destruction to your home, mole. I'm glad to hear that everyone escaped unharmed.

soupcan Aug 31 2011 11:36 AM Re: Good night Irene

We are in Day 4 of no power and are being told that we may not be back up until Saturday. We have the generator running basics - refrigerator, tv, hot water heater, etc. - but still, this is starting to get old fast.

metirish Aug 31 2011 12:05 PM Re: Good night Irene

That sucks Soup, any internet connection? Mole, sorry for all that you are dealing with up there.

soupcan Aug 31 2011 12:39 PM Re: Good night Irene

Nope - no interwebs from home. I can acess it s l o w l y on my phone and iPad via 3G but that's kinda tedious. The wife wants to start screaming at elected officials and I say more power to her, but personally I think that's just wasted breath.

Rockin' Doc Aug 31 2011 07:10 PM Re: Good night Irene

My sister is still without power in Williamsburg, VA. I told her the city officials were taking the whole colonial thing a little too far.

soupcan Aug 31 2011 08:04 PM Re: Good night Irene

And I'm back in the 21st century. Yay.

MFS62 Aug 31 2011 09:22 PM Re: Good night Irene

Got home and the Mrs told me power was restored at 8:32PM (Eastern time). It had gone out 7:15 AM on Sunday. We took water in the family room and garage, trees down in back yard. The neighbor across the street had a tree fall on part of his house and deck. I have a lot of reading/ catching up to do. Hope you are all well. See you in other threads. Later

MFS62 Sep 05 2011 09:18 AM Re: Good night Irene

Finally finished cutting up the trees that fell in the back yard (large parts of the 50+ foot poplars we have on the border to our back yard). One of these days I have to get a chain saw. Later