Hurricane Irene

[Boyiee]

Ok I'm a firefighter in toms river and just got back from the firehouse after doing some standby. Here is what we heard through our sources so far over this thing.

There was a tornado sighting near great adventure, and 2-3 in barnegat moving towards chatsworth. atlantic county supposedly had 2-3 as well. At least 5 confirmed/sightings I believe, but all fizzled out and werent much of anything anyway. This was all prior to midnight. there are over 7000 people in toms river alone without power, and JCP&L stated before the storm that if you do lose power expect 24-72hrs without it. There are basically no traffic lights working in most areas, no street lights, nothing. The roads are full of branches, trees, power lines, telephone poles, etc. It is scary as shit driving down the road, completely black with shit all over the roads even during the calmer parts of the storm. We are nowhere near the worst of it.

Supposedly most of 35, at least from ortley to wake has been covered by the bay, and the bay was inching towards the ocean. Good chance of them meeting at some point when the storm picks up (wildwood surge is evidence of this). The barrier island is pretty much going to be underwater. That was several hours ago when 35 disappeared. The worst of it is no where even close yet, winds picking up, still a cat1 so good change of 75-80 sustained winds with gusts of 100 to come. The tail end after the eye should be the worst part.

Expect more tornado watches, expect actual touchdowns. Bunker down, its going to get worse for NJ. I am NOT looking forward to work at 9am in lakewood. Going to be a fucking mess with all of the trees in that shithole.

[dejet]

We are starting to get really hammered now around here too. Powers been going in and out with lightning strikes(or transformers getting hit) at least one tree down on my street. My net is down too, using my phone as a hotspots(thank you root haha)

[DrClout]

Long Island is quiet as hell right now. Just another rain shower here

[dejet]

Where are you? Right by queens is getting hit hard. Rain seems to have stopped but still strong winds.
Mid bands I would guess.

[Mertron]

yep, another tornado warning

[BadKarma]

Where are you? Right by queens is getting hit hard. Rain seems to have stopped but still strong winds.
Mid bands I would guess.

Queens isnt gonna get buttfucked till 8am today.....joy.

[Eanae]

Wait, how are people in CT without power already? Barely anything out there worth making a fuss over in Waterbury at the moment.

[Cleverness]

Had some rain and stuff here in Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn so far, nothing ridiculous yet though. Still got power + net. When is this thing supposed to get here again?

[Cail]

Wait, how are people in CT without power already? Barely anything out there worth making a fuss over in Waterbury at the moment.

It's up to 20,000+ now

[Cail]

Had some rain and stuff here in Bed-Stuy in Brooklyn so far, nothing ridiculous yet though. Still got power + net. When is this thing supposed to get here again?

Should be picking up any time now. the center of the storm should be there around 8ish am

[Eanae]

TIL light rain can knock 20,000 peoples power out...

[Ace-o-fire]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/0..._n_938423.html

[Cail]

TIL light rain can knock 20,000 peoples power out...

Thats why i love wallingford. we got our own power station + our elec. company does a kick ass job

Edit: Just got a huge blast of wind when i was letting my dog out. She came running to the door to gtfo of it

[Chun Liroy]

Ok I'm a firefighter in toms river and just got back from the firehouse after doing some standby. Here is what we heard through our sources so far over this thing.

There was a tornado sighting near great adventure, and 2-3 in barnegat moving towards chatsworth. atlantic county supposedly had 2-3 as well. At least 5 confirmed/sightings I believe, but all fizzled out and werent much of anything anyway. This was all prior to midnight. there are over 7000 people in toms river alone without power, and JCP&L stated before the storm that if you do lose power expect 24-72hrs without it. There are basically no traffic lights working in most areas, no street lights, nothing. The roads are full of branches, trees, power lines, telephone poles, etc. It is scary as shit driving down the road, completely black with shit all over the roads even during the calmer parts of the storm. We are nowhere near the worst of it.

Supposedly most of 35, at least from ortley to wake has been covered by the bay, and the bay was inching towards the ocean. Good chance of them meeting at some point when the storm picks up (wildwood surge is evidence of this). The barrier island is pretty much going to be underwater. That was several hours ago when 35 disappeared. The worst of it is no where even close yet, winds picking up, still a cat1 so good change of 75-80 sustained winds with gusts of 100 to come. The tail end after the eye should be the worst part.

Expect more tornado watches, expect actual touchdowns. Bunker down, its going to get worse for NJ. I am NOT looking forward to work at 9am in lakewood. Going to be a fucking mess with all of the trees in that shithole.

I had no idea you were a firefighter in Toms River. My house is off a vaughn, hearing this bad news does suck. Driving down 37 must be creepy as fuck in the darkness.

[Cail]

Tornado Warning for Queens, NYC until 415

Edit: 60mph wind gusts in nyc

[Cail]

NBC local news just reported if we get 90mph winds here in CT, theyre gonna shut down 2 of the reactors @ one of the nuclear plants here

Edit: Another tornado warning, this time on long island til 515

[Olo401]

FINALLY starting to get some good wind-driven craziness here in Rhode Island.. up until now it was just a lotta rain.

[Cail]

Over 115k in CT without power and its still 100+ miles away...gonna go up considerably...I got my scanner for 3 towns around here, TONS of branches/trees/wires down

[Bregor]

lull in storm, took dog for walk

he pooped, great success

rofl

Shit's over in DC, not much flooding or huge damage, just a lot of people without power. The roads this morning were fine. So I'm at work. Fuck this noise.

[Cail]

CT Governor is holding a press conference atm. 200k+ no power, Merrit/Wilbur Cross Pkwy completely closed, tractor-trailer trucks banned from roads indefinitely, and at least 1 fatality from storm, fire @ a home