Hurricane Irene

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Looked around the threads, and I cannot locate one on the current Hurricane Irene.

Watching the Weather Channel and listening to all the warning’s to evacuate from certain area’s, and prepare with emergency supplies for people who are staying put.
Is there anyone on these forums who is being told to evacuate, or are planning to?
What are you and your family members experiencing over on the East coast area’s?
Some news reports for preperations ask people to try to make hotel reservations. When I heard that, I thought of all the poor, who cannot afford even a cheap motel room.😦
My prayers go out for everyone’s safety these coming few day’s.
 
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hurricane tracking and news for Irene from MSNBC

DD is in N. Carolina and getting darn sick of hurricanes, she thought she would be safe in Durham but they get the rain and flooding anyhow no matter where it hits

can you all in the EAst please put out rainbarrels and save all that water and pipe it down to us in Texas? please? did not think I would live to see the day I would pray for a hurricane but it is the only thing strong enough to break through this high pressure system.

just heard thunder and sky is dark so we are praying
 
Ok, thanks Puzzle Annie for the FYI.
Yes, Texas definitely needs the blessing of rain.
 
Desertmesa said:
Looked around the threads, and I cannot locate one on the current Hurricane Irene.

Watching the Weather Channel and listening to all the warning’s to evacuate from certain area’s, and prepare with emergency supplies for people who are staying put.
Is there anyone on these forums who is being told to evacuate, or are planning to?
What are you and your family members experiencing over on the East coast area’s?
Some news reports for preperations ask people to try to make hotel reservations. When I heard that, I thought of all the poor, who cannot afford even a cheap motel room.😦
My prayers go out for everyone’s safety these coming few day’s.
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Hi thanks for posting this important message. I’m in the WV panhandle, 90 miles nw of DC. It looks like it will stay just east of us, but may get some rain bands considering it is a 500 mile wide storm. Cape Hatteras, NC (OBX) is in trouble and anyone there needs to get out there now. Okracoke just to the south is only accessible from ferry and will be under water. It is only 6ft. above sea level. I’ve been to OBX many times and it is the scariest place on earth during a storm. I would extend a warning up the whole coast on this one as it is expected to make it to NYC as a cat 2. Samson
 
puzzleannie said:
you need a link to a news story to post on this forum
msnbc.msn.com/
hurricane tracking and news for Irene from MSNBC

DD is in N. Carolina and getting darn sick of hurricanes, she thought she would be safe in Durham but they get the rain and flooding anyhow no matter where it hits

can you all in the EAst please put out rainbarrels and save all that water and pipe it down to us in Texas? please? did not think I would live to see the day I would pray for a hurricane but it is the only thing strong enough to break through this high pressure system.

just heard thunder and sky is dark so we are praying
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We’ll do that here in New York City, Puzzleannie. I’m getting the barrels ready. I have a friend who lives in Northern Louisiana who says not only has there been excessive heat from 103 to 109 degrees for two months, but the humidity is unbearable, like that in India. I have a few rain barrels for him too.
 
meltzerboy said:
We’ll do that here in New York City, Puzzleannie. I’m getting the barrels ready. I have a friend who lives in Northern Louisiana who says not only has there been excessive heat from 103 to 109 degrees for two months, but the humidity is unbearable, like that in India. I have a few rain barrels for him too.
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Hi Meltzerboy, please keep a close eye on this one. Take care.
 
Desertmesa said:
Looked around the threads, and I cannot locate one on the current Hurricane Irene.

Watching the Weather Channel and listening to all the warning’s to evacuate from certain area’s, and prepare with emergency supplies for people who are staying put.
Is there anyone on these forums who is being told to evacuate, or are planning to?
What are you and your family members experiencing over on the East coast area’s?
Some news reports for preperations ask people to try to make hotel reservations. When I heard that, I thought of all the poor, who cannot afford even a cheap motel room.😦
My prayers go out for everyone’s safety these coming few day’s.
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Hotels are not the only shelters available out there. Many people have relatives in safer, drier areas who will be glad to take them in, and organizations, like the Red Cross, set up temporary shelters for those in need. This is a good time to practice charity and look out for those who can’t do for themselves. This is a monster storm, let’s pray the damage is light.
 
Samson01 said:
Hi Meltzerboy, please keep a close eye on this one. Take care.
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Thank you, Samson01. I have some experience with hurricanes going way back to Hurricane Camile, a Category 5 monster, when I was a youth and driving through Biloxi, Mississippi one day before it destroyed the whole town.
 
I know that hurricanes are destructive and in the last ten years I have endured at least six including Hurricane Katrina. If you prepare in all ways including prayer you will survive. Hurricanes are God’s way of cleaning out the estuaries! Our prayers are with you
 
meltzerboy said:
Thank you, Samson01. I have some experience with hurricanes going way back to Hurricane Camile, a Category 5 monster, when I was a youth and driving through Biloxi, Mississippi one day before it destroyed the whole town.
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I drove across I-10 about eight months after Camille and it was awful. I heard from some who were there about bodies hanging in the trees. You could see the stairs going up from the road to what used to be a house. It was devastating. May God protect those in the path of Irene.
 
mary_bobo said:
I drove across I-10 about eight months after Camille and it was awful. I heard from some who were there about bodies hanging in the trees. You could see the stairs going up from the road to what used to be a house. It was devastating. May God protect those in the path of Irene.
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Just checked the intensity of Atlantic hurricanes: Camille ranks second only to the “Labor Day” hurricane of 1935. Katrina is number three. But ANY hurricane can be dangerous and we must take precautions and provide shelter for others if we can. And pray.
 
The Prez just declared 16 county’s in NC for 75% public assistance for preparations of Hurricane Irene. My wife was put on standby at work…you can prob guess who she works for. Though they have tried to get their act together since Katrina, their budget is shot this year as the Prez has been declaring every pothole in the US, mostly for public asst., not individual. This going to be ugly. It is going to come down to neighbor helping neighbor.
 
Samson01 said:
Hi thanks for posting this important message. I’m in the WV panhandle, 90 miles nw of DC. It looks like it will stay just east of us, but may get some rain bands considering it is a 500 mile wide storm. Cape Hatteras, NC (OBX) is in trouble and anyone there needs to get out there now. Okracoke just to the south is only accessible from ferry and will be under water. It is only 6ft. above sea level. I’ve been to OBX many times and it is the scariest place on earth during a storm. I would extend a warning up the whole coast on this one as it is expected to make it to NYC as a cat 2. Samson
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Did not know it is 500 miles wide. You wrote some good facts about why this storm is quite dangerous in it’s potential for many east coast areas. Thanks.
Is there any other news resource for us to gather info on basic cable besides the Weather Channel?
 
As some one who lives on the gulf coast and is ‘use’ to hurricane my advance is never to mess with mother nature. If you worry about your safety in your home then pack up you, your pets, supplies and hit the road heading west. It’s a nice time to visit say Kansas. I bet churches and people will be opening up centers for people to stay at. Happens all the time.

Get plenty of water, sunscreen, canned goods and make sure you have a manual can opener. Have your cell phones charged and be ready to text everyone as phone service will be overloaded and make sure all your family knows where you are and if you get a chance talk to your neighbors and find out who is staying so if and emergency happens you are not looking for people in empty houses.

If you decided to stay be ready with batteries and to be sacared out of you wits. I went through Ike in 08 and I thought with every wind breeze the window was going to break, though none did. Very hard for me to sleep through. Also don’t be surprised by the eye. When it passes it will be an erie calm and then round two will hit.

Also be prepared after the storm for no power. You are not going to want to be a burden to emergency services so stay off the roads and have books and puzzles to keep yourself entertained. And gas your car up!
 
My FIL has a place on the outer banks at Kitty Hawk. He has already sent an email asking for prayers. This is definitely one that folks need to clear out of the way for. I would like to think the disaster response will be well-organized at this time. I know that for use, Ike went like clockwork after the lessons we learned from Rita. FEMA has really been hammering local agencies to insure a first class response to this type of event. Hopefully the local agencies in N.C. and the rest of the coast have done their homework too and will be there during this time of need.
 
Here is an update from New York:

Hurricane Irene on path toward New York City and Long Island
Last Updated: 8:19 AM, August 26, 2011

First an earthquake – now a hurricane!

Hurricane Irene is barreling toward the New York area, and will likely wallop the city with winds of up to 50 mph and 4 to 8 inches of rain this weekend.

Weather watchers nudged her track a bit farther east yesterday afternoon, predicting that Irene’s eye – the center of the storm – will pass over Montauk, bringing winds between 90 and 110 mph.

Heavy rainfall is expected to start after midnight Saturday night and last until Sunday evening.

Read more: nypost.com/p/news/national/irene_becomes_major_hurricane_as_T09PLRDmLThEFZj7D9Q5NO#ixzz1W99OGLXt

Read more: nypost.com/p/news/national/irene_becomes_major_hurricane_as_T09PLRDmLThEFZj7D9Q5NO#ixzz1W99D5nNB
 
I hope all you guys are- and stay- safe. Sitting here in Scotland bemoaning the fact that we haven’t had a summer to speak of- well this makes me count my blessings
 
Samson01 said:
The Prez just declared 16 county’s in NC for 75% public assistance for preparations of Hurricane Irene. My wife was put on standby at work…you can prob guess who she works for. Though they have tried to get their act together since Katrina, their budget is shot this year as the Prez has been declaring every pothole in the US, mostly for public asst., not individual. This going to be ugly. It is going to come down to neighbor helping neighbor.
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This has been my experience, bad storms make close neighbors.

My prayers for all in the path.
 
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