Thread: Irene is coming to the East coast ~ anyone else in it's path?

just to the west of boston right here. i'm actually looking forward to a relaxing weekend inside, catch up on some netflix and books. just hope nothing happens to my car!

I'm in the tropical storm warning area just SW of DC, but after having sat through dozens of 'canes on the Outer Banks of NC it's only fun until the power goes off.

Then you're sitting in the dark wondering if the next thing that blows off your neighbor's house is going to come right through yours - while a storm the size of Texas roars just outside those walls, that until now, seemed pretty safe.

If the last time your house was hit with 100mph+ winds and 10 inches of rain fell in 6 hours and you made out ok... you'll probably be ok. If you haven't been there and still want to roll the dice... good luck.

I can tell you this much - when it hits you won't be reading a book or watching Netflix - you'll be wondering where those adult diapers are.

I live in a brick and concrete apartment building designated as a nuclear shelter due to the thickness of the walls, but that says nothing of the windows. West 172nd Street, New York, NY 10032 - Google Maps

tonycraigo you are probably 110% correct, I'm going to be soiling myself and praying from the basement of my house. the book and netflix are my wishful thinking. thanks for the reality check though and good luck to you!

Originally Posted by jmbbabson

tonycraigo you are probably 110% correct, I'm going to be soiling myself and praying from the basement of my house. the book and netflix are my wishful thinking. thanks for the reality check though and good luck to you!

No one in the path of this thing is safe, but I'm fairly confident my location will be spared the worst of the damage. I'm keeping in close contact with my friends on Hatteras, but I know what they'll be going through by first light tomorrow morning. If I still lived there I'd be going through it with them. The structures there are designed to stand up to cats 2/3, but at 4s only fools shelter in place.

Still, with this storm soundside flooding will be the killer 'cause she's coming right up Pamlico Sound and I fully expect she'll kill.

The tracking data suggests a cat1 at landfall for NY and at first glance that doesn't sound that bad until you realize a cat1 is 75-90 mph winds... and that's sustained winds... gusts to 120 are the norm. Then you'll wonder where all that water is coming from because when you look out the window it's all going sideways!

Anyway... if you're under the gun for Irene's strike, take care. This one will likely set the pucker factor standard for those that have never experienced this level of mother natures wrath.

Originally Posted by tonycraigo

This one will likely set the pucker factor standard for those that have never experienced this level of mother natures wrath.

Awaiting calibration of pucker, standby.

Wishing those of you in Irene's path all the best. You are in our thoughts & prayers.
Make sure you have some emergency lighting and keep those straights dry.
We'll hear from you on the other side of the storm.

I'm not a twit, but the father of a friend is a meteorologist and this is his Twitter feed: https://mobile.twitter.com/#!/WeathermanDC . If memory serves correctly he works for NOAA. He hasnt steered me wrong on snow storms for my ski bum alter ego.

Here's a thread on my fishing forum we've dedicated to Irene: Hurricane Irene

The early posts were.. well... early... and now we're getting into the meat of the storm on Hatteras. I'll be in contact with my dear freinds "Captain Jim and Sharin" through the day. They live 100' from Pamlico Sound in Frisco, NC in a sturdy dwelling on 12 feet of pressure treated stilts (if you've ever been there you know the drill).

Ya'll are welcome to follow along, register and join in if you like... we're a friendly bunch...

Buxton's reading 50 sustained and gusts to 70 out of the E.SE at this posting.... nothing out of the ordinary for the moment.

The offshore bouy out of Hatteras is at 35 feet. A bit sporty... oops... Diamond Shoals bouy just went down... which indicates she's been destroyed... again... Maybe just dragged under. National Data Buoy Center

Diamond Shoals is a bit like the surface of Venus. They don't call it the 'Graveyard Of The Atlantic' for nothin'...

Outer Banks Trivia: Diamond Shoals tower was actually a structure - like an offshore oil platform - that the US Coast Guard (Hatteras) used to man. The guys would live out there on long swing shifts and relay data by radio back to Coast Guard Group Hatteras. It lived for decades and another of my very dear friends and neighbors used to BE one of those guys that manned it in his youth.

When I was fishing for a living out of Hatteras the tower used to be a real hot spot, but she hadn't been manned for a long time and was very rusty. She either still stands or she doesn't... haven't talked to Leon in a while.

In those days the data didn't go down due to a little storm.

Anyway... here ends the trivia lesson.



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Just wishing all the guys in the path of Irene all the best and hoping that everyone stays safe with minimal damage.
We know about natural disasters after the past 12 months here in Australia and wouldn't wish it on anyone else.
We are thinking of you