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2011-08-26 -Signs, Portents, and the Weather-

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Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 ...My mother in law is in Emerald Isle, NC - they've been told to get the hell out; she has decided she's staying. My wife is pretty upset right now but there's not much we can do except keep an eye on things.

Mike

Posted by Mike Kozlowski 2011-08-26 05:45|| 2011-08-26 05:45|| Front Page Top

#2 If obumble would fly to London, Irene would turn right and head out to sea.

Martha's Vineyard is gonna get clobbered.

Posted by Bobby 2011-08-26 05:55|| 2011-08-26 05:55|| Front Page Top

#3 @Bobby

Thanks but No Thanks.

Is Obama an anagram of Jonah?

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2011-08-26 06:13|| 2011-08-26 06:13|| Front Page Top

#4 Praying for your family, Mike, and everyone else out there.

Posted by ryuge 2011-08-26 11:47|| 2011-08-26 11:47|| Front Page Top

#5 Local weather says right now it should be downgraded to a tropical storm by the time it gets up here. Track is into western NE, big time rain to the west of that, 40-50 MPH gusts to the east and significant but not inundating rain. They stress that this subject to change. Should still be an interesting Sunday.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 12:09|| 2011-08-26 12:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Some jackhole on ms.nbc was interviewing the Gov of NC, asked her if she was kinda excited about putting people to work on the cleanup, help with the whole unemployment thing.

Gotta run, to her credit she (Bev ____,) said that is not the way to create jobs. I propose that these events cause unemployment to increase, hiring a few hands to clean up does not equal perm business going under.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-08-26 12:37|| 2011-08-26 12:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Not looking good for NYC...

New York City is bracing for impact as Hurricane Irene slowly makes its way up the East Coast and will likely gain in strength. Parts of South Carolina are beginning to feel the effects of Irene and the hurricane is expected to reach North Carolina late Friday night. The forecast for NYC is for Irene to hit New York as a Category 1 storm on Sunday, packing 90-mph winds, but could potentially reach the area as a Category 2. At the very least, the city is expected to get pummeled with heavy rains that could lead to flooding and a shutdown of the entire transportation system.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 12:41|| 2011-08-26 12:41|| Front Page Top

#8 The first bands are hitting here on Tybee island. it's coming down in sheets

Posted by Beavis 2011-08-26 12:50|| 2011-08-26 12:50|| Front Page Top

#9 Heh. Look who asked the question. The Great Plagiarist himself...

Mike Barnicle, of MSNBC's "Morning Joe": We don't have much time left here but is there potentially a rather dark, downside to the storm and that after the storm passed, after it's over there might be employment in reconstruction and things like that?

Gov. Beverly Perdue (D-NC): "I hadn't thought of that but obviously there will be some employment as people rebuild and prepare. This morning they said there's at least 27,000 or 28,000 structures that have an opportunity to be hit by the storm. So, we'll know by Saturday or Sunday. But all of us want jobs, but this isn't a way to get them quite frankly."

So, Mike, by your reasoning New Orleans ought to be thanking Bush for cranking up the Halliburton Hurricane Machine and sending Katrina their way, right?
Oh, wait...

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 13:57|| 2011-08-26 13:57|| Front Page Top

#10 at 2pm EDT, the hurricane had weakened both in peak wind and lowest barometric pressure; there is almost no chance that it will be a cat 2 when it hits NY, however a cat 1 that is as big as Irene is capable of pushing a 12 foot storm surge into NY and Newark harbors; there are several underground rail stations (both in the MTC and NJ transit) that could be inundated

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-08-26 15:22|| 2011-08-26 15:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Well, Barry's bailing...

President leaving the Vineyard tonight

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 16:27|| 2011-08-26 16:27|| Front Page Top

#12 Meanwhile, in New York City...

Transit officials will start shutting down subways, buses and commuter trains at noon Saturday and the city ordered mandatory evacuations of some 300,000 people in low-lying areas as Hurricane Irene took aim at New York. The orders apply to low-lying areas in all five boroughs - including Coney Island, Battery Park City, Broad Channel and the Rockaways - and shelters were set to open Friday afternoon. The evacuations came as the MTA prepared to start shutting down mass transit, including Access-A-Ride -- at noon Saturday. Bridges, the New York State Thruway and other major highways are also set to be shut down if winds exceed 60 mph.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 16:44|| 2011-08-26 16:44|| Front Page Top

#13 at 500 pm EDT, Irene has not strengthened -- the 100 mph peak winds was unexpectedly low the minimum barometric pressure would be consistent with about a 130 mph peak

this will be discussed for years; was it more dry air than normal mixing it; was it some issue with the alignment of the storm and upper tropospheric winds who knows

anyway, wind damage may be less than originally feared

however, damage from storm surge and excess rain will still probably be above $10 B

Posted by Lord Garth 2011-08-26 16:55|| 2011-08-26 16:55|| Front Page Top

#14 tu3031, that is the sound bite I heard.

Again no time about the jobs, has to do with those who were being paid anyways (already have jobs) and volunteer labor.

Posted by swksvolFF 2011-08-26 17:09|| 2011-08-26 17:09|| Front Page Top

#15 Here in central Virginia, we're expecting tropical storm force winds and heavy rain, but nothing worse unless it tracks to the west. I used it as an excuse to bring in the deck chairs & umbrella for the season (I really won't need them again anyway).

Hopefully we'll keep power - I remember 5 days without after Isabel. :-(

Fingers crossed for those closer to the coast....

Posted by Barbara 2011-08-26 17:33|| 2011-08-26 17:33|| Front Page Top

#16 Went into Walgreens to buy a transistor radio the other night in case the power goes. When I asked the kid if they had any, he looked at me like I had ten heads.
But they had some.

Posted by tu3031 2011-08-26 18:19|| 2011-08-26 18:19|| Front Page Top

#17 DREXLEY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS = "Here comes Irene [not Eileen]...

Many major Sports events are cancelled, or else are on the verge of being cancelled, just as the storm is repor weakening.

IIRC CNN PM [last Nite] > Pert said that many well-known of historic areas in NYC = lower Manhattan, e.g. undergound Subway System + below-sea-level Airport, could STILL be flooded out even iff Irene weakens to a CATEGORICALLY TWO, OR STRONG CATEGORY ONE, STORM???

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-26 21:04|| 2011-08-26 21:04|| Front Page Top

#18 CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > POSTER Thread = WALL STREET TO BE EVAC [evacuated] EVEN UNDER CATEGORY 2, MTA [Mass Transit Sys] TO BE SHUT DOWN ON 12 NOON SATURDAY [even iff Category 1].

* CNN + FOX NEWS > Irene is weakening.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-08-26 22:11|| 2011-08-26 22:11|| Front Page Top

#19 Thanks for the tune cootie, JoeM. That stupid song was in my head all day yesterday, and now it's back. Crikey.

Posted by RandomJD 2011-08-26 23:14|| 2011-08-26 23:14|| Front Page Top

#20 just to help, it was Dexys Midnight Runners

Posted by Frank G 2011-08-26 23:15|| 2011-08-26 23:15|| Front Page Top

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