'Irene'

[Morgan's Cloud]

Well , it looks like she's going to be the first biggie (maybe) of the 2011 season for you East Coasters , particularly Florida. So far , our models have her showing as (also) possibly impacting a lot of the east coast as she travels northward.

For us out here in the boonies it looks like the Bermuda High will keep us safe from her. That's not helping our drought though , but we don't want a hurricane to help alleviate that situation.

Use the next few days wisely to make all of your preps just in case !

[gcarter]

Hopefully, the trend continues and the models shows it moving further and further to the east..........
May not be good for the Carolinas though.

[Tidbart]

Frankly, we could use a good hurricane in central Florida. I love em.

B

[f_inscreenname]

Looks like it's going to push a storm serge up the Chesapeake Bay. Be prepared to some flooding. Sunday don't look like it's going to be any fun for us.

[hardcrab]

Looks like it's going to push a storm serge up the Chesapeake Bay. Be prepared to some flooding. Sunday don't look like it's going to be any fun for us.

Well, HOLY CRAP ! .... Irene may be a cat 3 or 4.

Last Friday at 6:30 pm, a tornado touched down a few miles from my house ( Magothy Bridge Rd ) , knocked out the power for 15 hours. Now we got the hurricane supposedly / possibly gonna make a run up the bay.
I thought that was enough reason to go buy a generator. While I'm in the store (in Annapolis) A 5.9 EARTQUAKE HIT ! the walls were shakin', the hardware on the wall racks were clanging , stuff was getting upset on the counters. An all-time record for Maryland.

I'll say it again ....... HOLY CRAP !

[Ghost]

Go Nature! Beat DC!

[mike o]

Frankly, we could use a good hurricane in central Florida. I love em.

B

I guess your going to have come back and visit the old homestead....

[Donzi_Dude]

Greeting from the beach at nagsheads. Surfs up baby!



Still tippin' !

[gcarter]

This storm looks like a WIMP!!!!!
Barely a hurricane!
You North Easterners shouldn't think for a minute that something significant's coming your way,
Cause it AIN'T!!!!!

[mattyboy]

rain bands moving in now 3pm 40 miles nw of NYC. we have had an extremely wet Aug. lake is up almost to it's banks now before this rain moves thru today and tom. If we get any wind trees coming down will be the problem, I have a 8 foot round 200 foot oak got blasted last friday by lightning it has me un-nerved the yard is very wet.

just heard from the down state of emergency as of 9pm tonite til further notice
they want everyone off the roads and will issue tickets.

went and took the battery out of the boat and took the spare bilge pump have it plumbed up and ready to go if the power goes out.

[Greg Guimond]

I'm with you on the tree issue Matty, I have half a dozen 100 footers that surround the house. Any one of them goes and it would be impossible to miss a direct hit to the dwelling.

[Greg Guimond]

I spent the day in and around NY Harbor yesterday.........all the big stuff was heading North on the Hudson

[MOP]

Between last night and today spent about 10 hours moving or putting away yard stuff and putting ropes over the boats canvas. They have evacuated within two blocks of us, we are 13 feet above sea level about 1/4 mile from the bay. I have a decent escape route if it gets bad or they tell us to leave, if the water gets close I have a ton of stuff to ferry to high ground about 1/8 mile away. Two yard tractors, three mowers, chipper, two snow blowers one brandy new, three vehicles and yes without doubt my 22. If the water does make it to the house that will be a real bad dream, we will have to move a lot from the basement up but hopefully not past the first floor. Once all the goodies are moved to high ground I will come back and see what else can be saved, no flood insurance offered in our area going to have to do whatever. Bonnie is praying it don't get that bad, honest me too!

[silverghost]

Sheets & buckets of rain here in the Philly Suburban Area as of 6:45PM Sat.

No wind at all~~~Yet.

South Jersey is getting hammered now by the surf on the barrier islands of Atlantic City , Ocean City, to Cape May.

Lots of flooding everywhere.
I am at 200 feet above sea level here in PA so all should be ok.
My street & driveway are now like rivers.

[Ghost]

Solid rain since noon. Wind just jumped up here in the last few minutes. 24 steady, gusts to 43, with perhaps a long way to go tonight, depending on the track.