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Hurricane Matthew

Chad Ochoseis Oct 04 2016 09:30 PM

Currently hitting Haiti and not sounding pleasant. Good thoughts to Haitians, who have already been through more than enough. I'm in Charleston on business - fortunately, I'm flying up to Newark tonight, and then driving back to Cleveland. Sounds like they're planning to evacuate the Carolina coast. Stay safe, all, particularly Rockin' Doc.

Fman99 Oct 05 2016 01:21 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Called Fmom in Fort Lauderdale to ensure she is properly hunkered down.

Mets Guy in Michigan Oct 05 2016 01:23 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

My family near West Palm have these huge metal shutters that cover all the windows. Brother in law is an EMT and they're getting an emergency shelter ready.

Ceetar Oct 05 2016 02:48 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

The jokes I was making with my friend Matt last week seem somewhat tasteless today. Looks like the 120hr projections have it hitting LI Sunday night. Might get messy up here too. (And might impact a possible monday night baseball game)

themetfairy Oct 05 2016 03:05 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Mr. G on WPIX 11 seems hopeful that Matthew is going to take more of a southern/western track than originally thought. He'll have a better idea tomorrow, but at this point it's looking a bit better for the Tri-State Area than originally thought.

themetfairy Oct 05 2016 03:19 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Sheena Parveen on NBC 10 in Philly confirms that the latest models indicate that Matthew looks like it will make a westward turn at the Carolinas.

MFS62 Oct 05 2016 03:23 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Stay safe, everyone. Later

Frayed Knot Oct 06 2016 11:14 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

"I'm not going to evacuate because I want to stay back and protect my property" And how exactly are you going to do that Einstein? Yeah, good thing you were there otherwise the storm might have knocked down some buildings or something.

Nymr83 Oct 07 2016 02:18 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

do people really still watch the TV news for weather reports when more information is available instantly on the internet?

themetfairy Oct 07 2016 02:27 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

I do. I watch the NYC and Philly news for weather reports to get the analysis. I live between markets and the tv reports give me a much better idea about what to expect.

Nymr83 Oct 07 2016 04:41 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

You can follow the storm LIVE on Twitter with 90's rapper Vanilla Ice, who is setting a very bad example for fellow Floridians and riding out the storm in his beach house

Rockin' Doc Oct 07 2016 08:57 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Nymr83 wrote: You can follow the storm LIVE on Twitter with 90's rapper Vanilla Ice, who is setting a very bad example for fellow Floridians and riding out the storm in his beach house Well, Vanilla Ice never struck me as being the sharpest knife in the drawer. This just enforces my perception.

metsmarathon Oct 07 2016 01:37 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

are we actually, truly birthering hurricanes now? is that what we've become? are you fucking kidding me?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 07 2016 02:12 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Occassionally I leave my little portable tuned to 710 after the previous night's Mets game and at lunchtime make the mistake of encountering Rush Limbaugh. That there's morons out there believing there's a conspiracy behind the hurricane would require only a small step from the point at which that douchetard leads listeners. His theory is that connections between the National Weather Service and the US Department of Commerce result in a biased and agenda-driven perspective on NWS as a proponent of Global Warming Bullshitting, and the fact that a deadly hurricane hasn't arrived in 10 years but warnings of them have is seeming evidence that GW doesn't exist, but that Obama wants you to believe it does. The Mets btw need to stop their brand from intermingling with the buffoons who populate their flagship station. Another recent day I heard their local morning morons segue seamlessly from "cankle" jokes about HRC to Wayne Randazzo's morning Mets call-in.

Ceetar Oct 07 2016 02:14 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

metsmarathon wrote: are we actually, truly birthering hurricanes now? is that what we've become? are you fucking kidding me? everything's a political statement. Actually I don't think "the government secretly manipulates the weather" is a new one, if that's what you mean. I actually watched some 'news/weather' on the television at Mazda yesterday. News12 NJ. was.. bad. I mean, I have a low bar for these things but they would be literally better off hiring people out of Rutgers to do it for credit and get better results. One lady was literally reading NJ transit notices off her phone for the camera.

metsmarathon Oct 07 2016 02:26 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

no, not that the government is controlling and/or causing the weather, but that the NWS is fudging the data to make the storm seem bigger and scarier and more powerful than it really is, specifically so that they can bolster the obama administration's claims that global warming is really real, and drive a stake through the heart of american industry and economy.

Nymr83 Oct 07 2016 03:27 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

In Florida, animal rescue place was forced to bring all the animals inside...

Edgy MD Oct 07 2016 03:51 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

I'm getting information first-hand from Haiti that isn't yet public. This storm is real and its power has not been exaggerated. I don't know when the Mets' deal with WOR expires, but as a two-time defending playoff team, now with better TV ratings than the Yankees, if they don't have the juice to find a better home now, then when? Or, alternatively, WOR can wake up and change their programming to something not insane.

d'Kong76 Oct 07 2016 04:45 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

2016 was the 3rd year (hard to believe it's been 3 years) of a 5-year deal.

Edgy MD Oct 07 2016 05:02 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

If they can buy themselves out of a deal with Michael Cuddyer, they can buy themselves out of a deal with Mike Huckabee.

d'Kong76 Oct 07 2016 05:11 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

So long as the signal reaches me I really don't care who is providing it.

Ceetar Oct 07 2016 05:20 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

You could probably argue that the 'fan'base they reach on WOR is more ripe for the picking than the more insular WFAN. Well, is it really a ClearChannel vs Viacom thing?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Oct 07 2016 07:07 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Ceetar wrote: You could probably argue that the 'fan'base they reach on WOR is more ripe for the picking than the more insular WFAN. Well, is it really a ClearChannel vs Viacom thing? It would seem to be a cosy relationship from a marketing standpoint, as Mets shit is all over Clear Channel in NY (710 and Klassik Rawk Q104.3 to name 2 I hear). But yes it's highly disappointing to be on shitty radio

d'Kong76 Oct 07 2016 07:26 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

We'll have to stop raining on Matt's thread with some kind of split thing. What alternatives are left... 770AM I guess? The Yanks were on 880AM but left for 660AM and they're owned by the same company. I don't think 1010AM has any interest in discontinuing being all news all the time. Is WBBR a 50,000 watt signal? It's Bloomberg, but they pretty much stick to business news.

Rockin' Doc Oct 08 2016 03:55 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Son and his fiance just arrived from Wilmington. At this point, Matthew is only projected to be a Cat. 1 Hurricane along the NC coast, but the eye is projected to hit Wilmington. Has been raining here since 2:00 PM yesterday afternoon. We are roughly 90 miles from the closes part of the coast. We have generator and 8 gallons of gas, so I can run the refrigerator, freezer, and some lamps should power go out. My house didn't flood during Hurricane Floyd ("500 year flood") so I'm not concerned about that. Luckily have natural gas water heater and stove top, so we can shower and cook without problems. Hopefully, it won't be too bad.

MFS62 Oct 08 2016 04:14 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: Ceetar wrote: You could probably argue that the 'fan'base they reach on WOR is more ripe for the picking than the more insular WFAN. Well, is it really a ClearChannel vs Viacom thing? It would seem to be a cosy relationship from a marketing standpoint, as Mets shit is all over Clear Channel in NY (710 and Klassik Rawk Q104.3 to name 2 I hear). But yes it's highly disappointing to be on shitty radio And I still can't get it clearly (even on my car radio) when I get north of Westchester County Airport, which is about 40 miles south of my house. Later

MFS62 Oct 08 2016 04:23 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

metsmarathon wrote: no, not that the government is controlling and/or causing the weather, but that the NWS is fudging the data to make the storm seem bigger and scarier and more powerful than it really is, specifically so that they can bolster the obama administration's claims that global warming is really real, and drive a stake through the heart of american industry and economy. Well, then if it is politically motivated and not a real threat, then the Republican governors of those Southern States should stick up for their principles and not accept FEMA aid. You know, that agency that is paid for by citizens who actually pay their taxes. Later

Edgy MD Oct 08 2016 07:07 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

It isn't state governors floating this notion.

MFS62 Oct 08 2016 08:04 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

I didn't say it was. Later

Rockin' Doc Oct 08 2016 10:17 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Not concerned about wind damage at this point. It is the water and flooding that is the real problem. Large sections of I-95 are closed in South Carolina and southern North Carolina. Many local roads are under water and the rain continues to poor down. Not expected to stop until 8 or 9 AM tomorrow morning. At least the power has remained, though there are isolated pockets of outages in our area. Along the southern coast where my son now lives, there has been much higher winds and far greater amounts of rain. Massive power outages along the southern coastal area. Glad my son and his fiance decided to come to a visit this morning.

Nymr83 Oct 09 2016 01:39 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

MFS62 wrote: Well, then if it is politically motivated and not a real threat, then the Republican governors of those Southern States should stick up for their principles and not accept FEMA aid. You know, that agency that is paid for by citizens who actually pay their taxes. Later that is an absurd argument - unless the federal government is going to stop taxing the citizens of those states as well.

d'Kong76 Oct 09 2016 02:37 AM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Glad you're holding up down there, Rockin' Doc.

MFS62 Oct 09 2016 02:37 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Nymr83 wrote: MFS62 wrote: Well, then if it is politically motivated and not a real threat, then the Republican governors of those Southern States should stick up for their principles and not accept FEMA aid. You know, that agency that is paid for by citizens who actually pay their taxes. Later that is an absurd argument - unless the federal government is going to stop taxing the citizens of those states as well. No. It was an allusion to Trump. Later

Rockin' Doc Oct 09 2016 08:54 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

The rain stopped sometime overnight. Now the waiting begins, as the flood waters rise as the heavy widespread rains drain into the rivers and flow down stream. Hurricane Floyd in 1999 rewrote the flood maps with what was termed "the 500 year flood-stage". Projections for the flooding to come in the next few days is that the flooding from Matthew should be very close to the record levels seen in the wake of Floyd. Kinston and Fayetteville, NC are projected to break the records flood levels set following Floyd. Fortunately, my home and office were both spared during Floyd and are not threatened by the floodwaters. Unfortunately, many of my friends are not expected to be as fortunate.

Edgy MD Oct 09 2016 11:21 PM Re: Hurricane Matthew

Glad to hear you're well. Stay dry and I hope your neighbors do well also.