Hurricane Irene....

MARKO · August 22, 2011, 02:25:15 PM

I wanted to ask everyone to pray that Hurricane Irene somehow pushes out to sea, as it stands now it is a direct hit to where i live on Saturday At Cat3. My wife and I are leaving tomorrow for the north... i pray we come back to find everything in one place and no one hurt.

Marko

MARKO · August 26, 2011, 08:27:55 AM

Well its been an interesting last few days..... i live three blocks from the beach on Oak Island NC. My wife and i had plans to be with friends for a small holiday of three days up in Delaware & Cape May NJ, so we set out on Tuesday. We were about to approach the Chesapeake bridge and tunnel when i received a call from Rick Moyer asking me if we were ok and that a earthquake had hit VA near our location on the road....WOW. (THANKS FOR CALLING RICK!) Then off to cape May where we were told we had to evacuate because a cat two storm was approaching. No one is prepared in the mid-Atlantic and northeast all the gas stations ran out of gas and extreme traffic and very pissed off people. My wife and I and two friends along with their pets were able to leave at 9pm Thursday evening and make our way through a white knuckled ride up to the Pocono Mountains in PA arriving at 4AM very tired but grateful to be safe.... life is good. five states in two days this is one trip we will not forget and the storm still has not arrived yet.... will keep everyone posted. Are there any other forum members in the path of this storm? Be well everyone and god bless.
Marko

Jobydrone · August 26, 2011, 08:38:01 AM

The Poconos is going to be hit tomorrow with a cat 2 hurricane according to today's news. You gotta go west, not north, to avoid Irene. Philly is supposed to be hammered tomorrow early afternoon/evening, I'm leaving work early today to prepare the house, get everything inside or battened down, and do some last minute shopping. Good luck everyone, stay safe.

Rico · August 26, 2011, 08:57:23 AM

Marko - do you miss New Jersey now? ;)

Stay safe everyone!

billybob476 · August 26, 2011, 08:59:40 AM

NJ is still getting hit at Cat 2 strength I believe. Looks like it'll be a mere tropical storm by the time it gets up around here. Stay safe all.

Rico · August 26, 2011, 09:01:07 AM

Joe - a tropical storm in Canada just sounds weird. :)

billybob476 · August 26, 2011, 09:01:52 AM

sub tropical storm? :)

MARKO · August 26, 2011, 09:04:30 AM

Quote from: Rico on August 26, 2011, 08:57:23 AM
Marko - do you miss New Jersey now? ;)

Stay safe everyone!

Rico..... High taxes....cold weather, snow, traffic and now Hurricanes, no Rico i never missed NJ! :)

MARKO · August 26, 2011, 09:05:55 AM

On a serious note all my friends who live in the wildwoods where we evacuated will lose everything in the flooding, they are one foot above sea level and this will be catastrophic!

Rico · August 26, 2011, 09:06:23 AM

Quote from: billybob476 on August 26, 2011, 09:01:52 AM
sub tropical storm? :)

Aye, oh a sub tropical storm, eh! ;)

billybob476 · August 26, 2011, 09:23:41 AM

Quote from: MARKO on August 26, 2011, 09:05:55 AM
On a serious note all my friends who live in the wildwoods where we evacuated will lose everything in the flooding, they are one foot above sea level and this will be catastrophic!

That's really awful. I hope people come through all right.

Rico · August 26, 2011, 09:26:00 AM

I always have to ask, but do you guys in the path of this who live near the coast have flood insurance?

spaltor · August 26, 2011, 10:11:12 AM

Looks like the path of Irene will being it directly over midtown, possibly as a category 2 storm. I spent the last days convincing my CEO that we really shouldn't be asking people to come into the office over the weekend, and he finally agreed. (But I still have to answer email remotely - ugh!)

My town in NJ has been told to prepare for evacuation. We're about 10 miles from the shore, and 3 from the bay. But in a very hilly area and well above sea level. A nearby town, however, has been evacuated, and people are starting to arrive at my house. What a disaster it will be if we get evacuated as well. :/ Hopefully all will be well by Monday.

turtlesrock · August 26, 2011, 02:08:38 PM

everyone stay safe over there!

spaltor · August 26, 2011, 06:38:38 PM

We've just been downgraded a little bit. The local "traffic and weather" channel says that Irene will either be a "high end tropical storm or a minimal hurricane" by the time it reaches NJ. That's very different from "a category 2 hurricane directly over the Empire State Building" that they were telling us about last night. Ugh.

Finally convinced my CEO not to have anyone come to the office tomorrow. That took much more than I thought it would. But it does mean that he wants me to check email and voicemail remotely all day long. I'm beginning to hope that I lose power. ;)