Hurricane Irene!

by skeeter1 47 Replies latest social current

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    As of now, it still looks as if North Carolina is in trouble.

  • leavingwt
  • botchtowersociety
    botchtowersociety

    Come on Irene,
    I swear at this moment you mean everything,
    With your windy mess my thoughts I confess verge on dirty
    Ah come on Irene!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oc-P8oDuS0Q

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    Irene keeps moving to the East. This is good news for Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

  • sd-7
    sd-7

    I hope it doesn't screw up my area like Isabel did years ago. We lost power for a good week or so. I don't have nearly the resources to withstand that kind of scenario now.

    I'm hoping that it won't become a bad SyFy channel movie, "Hurricane DIErene in 3D". Please fly off to sea, please...

    "[Irene], listen to me. Don't do this!"

    --sd-7

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    Folks on the east coast should keep their eyes on this one.

  • shamus100
    shamus100

    I've wondered if this is the one that will hit New York city. :0

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    The 11 AM forecast was just released.

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    Dr. Jeff Masters:

    Today, we have a hurricane over the Bahamas--Hurricane Irene--that threatens to be the Northeast's most dangerous storm since the 1938 hurricane. We've all been watching the computer models, which have been steadily moving their forecast tracks for Irene more to the east--first into Florida, then Georgia, then South Carolina, then North Carolina, then offshore of North Carolina--and it seemed that this storm would do what so many many storms have done in the past, brush the Outer Banks of North Carolina, then head out to sea. Irene will not do that. Irene will likely hit Eastern North Carolina, but the storm is going northwards after that, and may deliver an extremely destructive blow to the mid-Atlantic and New England states. I am most concerned about the storm surge danger to North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and the rest of the New England coast. Irene is capable of inundating portions of the coast under 10 - 15 feet of water, to the highest storm surge depths ever recorded. I strongly recommend that all residents of the mid-Atlantic and New England coast familiarize themselves with their storm surge risk. The best source of that information is the National Hurricane Center's Interactive Storm Surge Risk Map, which allows one to pick a particular Category hurricane and zoom in to see the height above ground level a worst-case storm surge may go. If you prefer static images, use wunderground's Storm Surge Inundation Maps. If these tools indicate you may be at risk, consult your local or state emergency management office to determine if you are in a hurricane evacuation zone. Mass evacuations of low-lying areas along the entire coast of New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia are at least 40% likely to be ordered by Saturday. The threat to the coasts of New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine is less certain, but evacuations may be ordered in those states, as well. Irene is an extremely dangerous storm for an area that has no experience with hurricanes, and I strongly urge you to evacuate from the coast if an evacuation is ordered by local officials. My area of greatest concern is the coast from Ocean City, Maryland, to Atlantic City, New Jersey. It is possible that this stretch of coast will receive a direct hit from a slow-moving Category 2 hurricane hitting during the highest tide of the month, bringing a 10 - 15 foot storm surge.

    http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1899

  • leavingwt
    leavingwt

    "Flooded runways at New York's La Guardia Airport after the November 25, 1950 Nor'easter breached the dikes guarding the airport. Sustained easterly winds of up to 62 mph hit the airport, pushing a large storm surge up Long Island Sound. The storm's central pressure bottomed out at 978 mb. Image credit: Queens Borough Public Library, Long Island Division."

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