Only areas likely to flood are being evacced in NYC. They want to avoid having to rescue people who have been trapped by floods. The biggest threats up here will be flooding and power outage. Oh, and the Metro is shutting down Saturday at noon through at least Monday morning, so people need to get prepared for that.
After living in NC during Fran and Floyd, I am jaded on weak ass hurricanes. But I still know that I need to prepare for prolonged power outages.
I wish I could be hit by a hurricane >.< ! This is going to be the hottest week in the summer here in Arizona, so any rain that could cool me down will be great.
How can you be Superior if you are not tested and battle hardened by weather?
We don't need to wait and hope for bad shit to happen to harden ourselves. We build dykes so we could set up more challenging shit than having to deal with pussy-ass water dripping about everywhere.
Isn't your country mostly below sea level, though? Or am I being confused again.
The problems they are worried about is the subway filling up with water, and then Manhattan flooding. Though, in all honesty that subway could use a good rinse.
WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, Irene has been downgraded to a category 2.
Well, yeah, it's supposed to make landfall as a 2 - IIRC - and then pretty rapidly drop down to Cat 1 and travel north. There's a chance it'll be a tropical storm when it hits NYC, but it may still be a proper hurricane.
But I was just talking about this with Nuri, the closest thing I've got to a hurricane expert. NYC is not a place that was ever built with hurricanes or tropical storms in mind. That's why this is an item of concern.
WELL WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT, Irene has been downgraded to a category 2.
Well, yeah, it's supposed to make landfall as a 2 - IIRC - and then pretty rapidly drop down to Cat 1 and travel north. There's a chance it'll be a tropical storm when it hits NYC, but it may still be a proper hurricane.
But I was just talking about this with Nuri, the closest thing I've got to a hurricane expert. NYC is not a place that was ever built with hurricanes or tropical storms in mind. That's why this is an item of concern.
That's more or less the Idea. Really though outside of NC/VA there is likely going to be minimal damage that's not floods. Wind damage isn't going to be a big deal somewhere like NYC, unless it's still more than a tropical storm. If it's more than a tropical storm, it may have strong enough winds and currents to stop or reverse the Hudson, which would cause bad flooding. Otherwise basements, boardwalk and docks are the only thing that are going to significant damage. DC on the other hand will be hit by a stronger storm, is actually at sea level, and has meh infrastructure. It MAY have significant flooding issues. Oh yeah, may as well mention I'm talking as some one whose lived through several hurricanes. Omnom: yes, but really these days the only people who die from hurricanes tend to be either wrong place, wrong time, stupid or a combination thereof. Hurricanes are incredibly predictable and provided something wholly unexpected doesn't happen and you follow local instructions for preparedness and evacuation, you're good.
DC on the other hand will be hit by a stronger storm, is actually at sea level, and has meh infrastructure.
Actually, current projections put the actual hurricane well east of DC itself. We're still gonna get the tropical storm nonsense, but not the full on hurricane.
Actually, current projections put the actual hurricane well east of DC itself. We're still gonna get the tropical storm nonsense, but not the full on hurricane.
Yeah? Shows how closely I'm watching this storm. Last I heard it was still going to hit the DC area.
My loltastic room mate strikes again. I told her yesterday that we needed to clean up the back porch otherwise stuff was going to get blown everywhere. Her idea of clean was flip the plastic chairs over. ... >_<
So I stacked the chairs on top of each other and laid them on the ground. I cleaned of the table, which involved clearing several beer containers, candles, lighter fluid, and the ash tray. Took the glass top off the table and laid it on the ground. Laid the large garbage can on it's side and found a nook for the smaller recycling bin. And I did nothing about the fucking dozens of cigarette butts strewn everywhere.
Comments
After living in NC during Fran and Floyd, I am jaded on weak ass hurricanes. But I still know that I need to prepare for prolonged power outages.
This is the scariest storm I have ever seen.
It's a decent idea. Buy shit you may need incase you need that shit. Return that shit if you don't need it.
I've also heard of people buying huge TVs for the Super Bowl and bringing them back that Monday.
But I was just talking about this with Nuri, the closest thing I've got to a hurricane expert. NYC is not a place that was ever built with hurricanes or tropical storms in mind. That's why this is an item of concern.
Omnom: yes, but really these days the only people who die from hurricanes tend to be either wrong place, wrong time, stupid or a combination thereof. Hurricanes are incredibly predictable and provided something wholly unexpected doesn't happen and you follow local instructions for preparedness and evacuation, you're good.
So I stacked the chairs on top of each other and laid them on the ground. I cleaned of the table, which involved clearing several beer containers, candles, lighter fluid, and the ash tray. Took the glass top off the table and laid it on the ground. Laid the large garbage can on it's side and found a nook for the smaller recycling bin. And I did nothing about the fucking dozens of cigarette butts strewn everywhere.