Hurricane Irene marks 1st big US threat in years

[Christopher]

Stay safe people and good luck.

http://news.yahoo.com/hurricane-irene-marks-1st-big-us-threat-years-071828290.html

 

[maggie]

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[Audioslave FTW =]]

Latest news.

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[sol]

Hurricane Irene has makings of an historic storm

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/08/24/national/main20097004.shtml
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There can be no denying it now: Hurricane Irene has historic potential.CBS News Hurricane Consultant David Bernard, who's also a meteorologist for CBS station WFOR-TV in Miami, says it's time to start comparing it to the big ones that raked the East Coast, like Hurricane Carol in 1954, a Category 3 storm that ran over Long Island into New England and brought massive storm surge, as well as Hurricane Bob in 1991, one of the costliest hurricanes in New England history.

Based on the current storm track projections, Bernard says there are two scenarios shaping up: Bad and worse.The bad scenario cuts the hurricane across Long Island and into New England as a large and strong Category 2 storm.

This scenario brings tremendous storm surge on the back bays of Long Island and from the ocean. Massive power disruption and tremendous wind damage will result.Stay or go? Officials debate Hurricane Irene
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National Hurricane Center storm tracker

The worst scenario has the hurricane hug the coast all the way to New York City. This would bring tremendous storm surge and wind damage affecting everything from Maryland, right up to the Hudson Valley and across New England.The "out to sea" option, where most hurricanes build steam heading north but ultimately fade out into the Atlantic, is fading fast.

The economic implications of a massive storm surge, heavy rains, and winds that could top 100 mph, are profound, especially in an area so densely populated, and largely unused to big storms.Although some projections say Hurricane Irene could grow to a category 4 on its way north, the storm will likely not maintain Category 3 strength as it encounters relatively cooler water.

However, because it will be accelerating and the pressure field is so large, it could have Category 3-like effects if and when it makes landfall in the Northeast. The official forecast keeps it as a strong 2 at landfall in the Northeast.​

 

[wutda!*&!]

NYC, here she comes.........

 

[TheRyno]

I'm watching PIX 11 now (a nyc station) and they're battening down the hatches. They're forecasting 88 mph winds, a storm surge of 3 feet, they've shut down the transit system (and buses), most businesses/stores are closed and the latest woman on the street shows in pretty deserted for Manhattan....

They are advising people who live on the ground floor to go to a shelter......pretty wild.

From the size of it we might get some weather here.....

 

[amranKay]

they were doing another man in the street in Jersey (?) and right in the middle he cut out and the screen went blank....kind of like you see in the movies when some disaster is about to strike......

 

[Tiffany!]

what's hilarious is the people in parts of new jersey ignoring the mandatory evacuation....

These are the ones the EMTs have to risk their lives rescuing!!

 

[diatonicform]

Normally bustling New York City turns eerily quiet ahead of storm …

New York's Union Square sits empty on Saturday ahead of Hurricane Irene's anticipated landfall

 

[Pompal 09.]

10 Dead

 

[Wizzel]

Where?

 

[Holly]

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...shes-unusually-quiet-new-york/article2144810/

Hurricane Irene lashes unusually quiet New York

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[SMARTi3 - H0W U DURRiN!!!]

Irene did more damage to media credibility than anything else

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Hurricane Hype
Irenes wrath: Media&authorities seen as crying wolf

Credibility Hurricane Hype
Irene's wrath: Media&authorities seen as crying wolf, Wow .

Wow, right now I would not want to be one of the many TV news anchors who have spent the past 16 or so hours hyping up this storm. They are all trying to cover up their sensationalism of the storm... Sadness in their voices as they look for a way to save face now that the storm is gone and virtually no damage is done.

They were warned of Mass destruction, widespread power loss for up to 15 days, houses destroyed by wind and major flooding. (ok there is flooding but not widespread, the usual floodplains have flooded as they do in heavy rain)
"Buy batteries, buy gas, flashlights, generators, non perishable food, water, radios, etc..." They were told. Well it worked, most gas stations in a ten mile radius are out of gas.

Batteries are scarce or non existent. Store shelves are wiped out, no bread, milk or eggs anywhere. BJ's wholesale club yesterday and the customer service rep said their sales are off the charts; the other BJ's did $400,000 in sales on Friday. Almost half a million dollars in sales on groceries and other non-major purchases in twelve hours!

Wow, the next consumer spending report is gonna make the economy look great. It is starting to look like 'Irene" is nothing more than a rainstorm on steroids being used as a way to boost consumer spending thus giving the appearance the economy is getting better. Last winter the winds were stronger with 17'' of snow dumped upon NYC.

During that storm the news would break into regular programming every hour or half hour or so. Some pay comcast $1200. a year to have hi-def cable tv in their homes so viewing choices are down to about 30 channels, half of them are in espanol though, and coverage of the storms will be different than all you who can afford 700 channels you never watch.

Anyway, for the past 17 hours there has been nothing but news on, all building up this storm, now the next 17 hours they will try to redeem themselves, offering various reasons why they said what they did a few hours ago.

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[sledge250672]

LOL I was just checking on the Pix 11 site to see what the aftermath of Irene was and found these stats of people without power, you have to fricken laugh at the Mahattan one.....

Staten Island has 20,084 customers without power.
Brooklyn has 10,665 customers without power.
Queens has 30,067 customers without power.
Manhattan has 1 customers without power.
Bronx has 5,625 customers without power.
Westchester has 28,577 customers without power.

ONE person without power in Manhattan LMAO that's too funny.........

 

[ksr]

It is an massive storm though and last I heard it's been downgraded to a tropical storm rather than a hurricane. I'm feeling the effects of the wind way up here.....

I just checked the online weather network radar and it appears that the eye might hit ottawa ...unless it takes a hard right turn east.....the edge might even hit toronto.....it's certainly going to nail Montreal....

 

[Mommy to 4 boys :)]

It was a farce :tongue:. They scared you guys for no reason.

 

[woodsman77780]

I hear it has now been downgraded to a 'Toronto Summer'.

 

[Murzy]

LOL I bet it would have shocked your ass to see salmon jumping up your wall heheheh (kind of like that movie Tornado or whatever it was called about storm chasers and in one scene she says "we have cows" lol)