Hurricane Irene....

Bryancd · August 26, 2011, 08:03:51 PM

Be safe! My family up in Greenwich, CT and Bedford, NY are hunkered down. I used to work in Battery Park City at World Financial Center, hope it doesn't submerge!

Bromptonboy · August 27, 2011, 05:17:33 AM

I am in Quebec now with my family, but have to head back home to Philadelphia on Sunday - we will be there in the evening - so hopefully the worst will have passed....and our house won't be flooded.

stonut · August 27, 2011, 06:22:35 AM

Well after speaking to Phil on Heytell and my friends on Twitter, I would just like to say I hope everyone comes through ok and you all stay safe

Rico · August 28, 2011, 05:15:51 AM

Hope everyone "weathered" this storm ok so far. Mother Nature likes to teach us all who is the boss sometimes. Here's a pic from the Maryland area. Be safe all!

Poodyglitz · August 28, 2011, 09:08:36 AM

We made it through fine here. Watching "The Rocketeer" on SyFy. Looking forward to today's podcast.

Dangelus · August 28, 2011, 09:17:23 AM

Good to know! :)

WillEagle · August 28, 2011, 10:15:49 AM

Been watching about this on the news. Hope everyone is safe.

Bromptonboy · August 29, 2011, 03:34:00 AM

It took us 17 hours of driving to get back from Quebec to Philadelphia. All the north -south roads from Albany, NY seemed to be closed. I87 was closed - and that is a major thoroughfare. What a nightmare. The house had weathered the storm, and we didn't even loose power - which is a miracle.
@Rico - I actually do have flood insurance of a sort. When we finished our basement, we got a rider to protect the basement in the event of flooding. This is a rider on our regular policy. We live about 5 miles from the Delaware River - but are in no danger of flooding where we are located.

spaltor · August 29, 2011, 07:06:10 AM

My town was not evacuated, but some nearby ones were. And we wound up with 8 people and 4 animals in the house during the storm. But there was no damage, and only a few fallen branches. I don't even see any flooding. However, my power is out at home, and may stay that way for a while. The radio says that power restoration "may take weeks." But at least we have hot water. And although trains aren't running, I can get to work on the bus, and charge my phone here. ;)

Poodyglitz · August 29, 2011, 07:21:12 AM

Quote from: spaltor on August 29, 2011, 07:06:10 AM
My town was not evacuated, but some nearby ones were. And we wound up with 8 people and 4 animals in the house during the storm. But there was no damage, and only a few fallen branches. I don't even see any flooding. However, my power is out at home, and may stay that way for a while. The radio says that power restoration "may take weeks." But at least we have hot water. And although trains aren't running, I can get to work on the bus, and charge my phone here. ;)

Glad to hear there's no damage. Hope you're power comes back sooner than anticipated.

Just spoke to New Jersey water department who said that my town is in a "boil drinking water" situation. The water pressure is up and down. Would sure like to take a shower.

My daughter's flight back to California was cancelled early Saturday morning (she was supposed to leave at 6:30 am). She missed a retreat for the weekend. She flies out early tomorrow morning.

Bromptonboy · August 29, 2011, 07:30:21 AM

Quote from: Darmok on August 29, 2011, 07:21:12 AM
Quote from: spaltor on August 29, 2011, 07:06:10 AM
My town was not evacuated, but some nearby ones were. And we wound up with 8 people and 4 animals in the house during the storm. But there was no damage, and only a few fallen branches. I don't even see any flooding. However, my power is out at home, and may stay that way for a while. The radio says that power restoration "may take weeks." But at least we have hot water. And although trains aren't running, I can get to work on the bus, and charge my phone here. ;)

Glad to hear there's no damage. Hope you're power comes back sooner than anticipated.

Just spoke to New Jersey water department who said that my town is in a "boil drinking water" situation. The water pressure is up and down. Would sure like to take a shower.

My daughter's flight back to California was cancelled early Saturday morning (she was supposed to leave at 6:30 am). She missed a retreat for the weekend. She flies out early tomorrow morning.

Friend of mine in Somerset is still without power.

Rico · August 29, 2011, 08:39:57 AM

Power outages are a lot easier to handle than a flooded home or basement. I still remember when the big power outage happened in the midwest area back in 2003 I think it was. We were out for a week. Not fun, but you can manage.

billybob476 · August 29, 2011, 09:05:08 AM

Yeah back in '98 we had a really bad ice storm in Montreal. No power for quite a few days in the dead of winter. It was quite the experience. You'd be amazed how many stupid people were trying to heat their homes by putting their BBQ in the middle of the living rooms! Needless to say there were quite a few house fires and cases of carbon monoxide poisoning.

Bryancd · August 29, 2011, 09:12:09 AM

All of the power lines here in Phoenix are underground so when we do have our big storms the power system isn't effected. We do loose power on occasion due to transformers popping from excessive use during the really HOT days, although this year we haven't had any outages.

Poodyglitz · August 29, 2011, 11:27:55 AM

Quote from: billybob476 on August 29, 2011, 09:05:08 AM
Yeah back in '98 we had a really bad ice storm in Montreal. No power for quite a few days in the dead of winter. It was quite the experience. You'd be amazed how many stupid people were trying to heat their homes by putting their BBQ in the middle of the living rooms! Needless to say there were quite a few house fires and cases of carbon monoxide poisoning.

I'd heard about that. The loss of life and property was really sad.

When I drove the family up there for Jazz Fest in 1999, it was eerie seeing the tops of the trees gone as we made our approach.

I miss Montreal. Wish I could live there again.

Hurricane Irene....

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