Hurricane Irene

[Sqwunk]

I'm traveling up to PSU on sunday morning, hoping the storm doesn't start until after I get there but it's going to be an interesting first night at college.

[Mathematics]

@ Naval center portsmouth in VA right next to water..pretty bad right now

i just drove through the hampton bridge tunnel to get back to vb. the water was so high that boats wouldnt be able to fit under the bridge

[Buffy]

i just drove through the hampton bridge tunnel to get back to vb. the water was so high that boats wouldnt be able to fit under the bridge

Dammit, I'm in VB, scared to look outside.

[*Shinzon*]

I just hope that JFK doesn't get flooded and planes can still flight out on monday. This weekend is such a cluster fuck for me, I've gotta fly out tomorrow and then come back monday morning for class in buffalo gdi. GO AWAY HURRICANE

[Mathematics]

Dammit, I'm in VB, scared to look outside.

yeah im seriously thinking about driving back to richmond tomorrow morning already. i wont be able to get to school till probably wednesday.

i remember hurricane bonnie took our power out for 2 weeks and that was only a cat.1 this is a cat.3? fuck man

[mightyg]

Here's a few tips for people who haven't experienced hurricanes.

If you live by the coast, or within 10 miles of it, get the fuck out of there.
If the government issues an evacuation order for your area, get out.
If the police come knocking telling you to evacuate, why aren't you out already, get out.
If you need to leave, do it early (days early). There will be traffic up the ass.
If there are a lot of trees wider than your waist next to your house, sleep in an inner room. Hurricanes don't care what your house is made out of, he/she will throw a tree at it and will destroy your 2nd floor bedroom.
Stock up on food and water, food should be things that are non perishable and ready to eat, you can and will lose your electric over/gas oven. one major gas line broken = your neighborhood without gas.
Buy a generator if you can, if the storm is bad enough it can knock out power for up to 3 weeks if you're unlucky. A/C and a working fridge are priceless and you will be the neighborhoods hero.
It might be tempting to go out and play in the rain if it's not as serious of a hurricane. don't do it. You will not hear that tree falling on top of you when it does.
Last but not least, keep your generators, space heaters, and other carbon monoxide creating machines outside. The US loses about as many people to housefires and monoxide poisonings after disasters than we do during them.

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[Mertron]

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thats what they get for building their house in a war zone

[Cantih]

To those about to get WHAMed
Good luck.

[Zetanio]

I lost a house to Katrina. My new house is made of concrete and fucking brawn. Come at me bitch.

On a sidenote, I really hope I'm not the second little piggie. Worse comes to worse I'll go play in the subway system and kill bums.

[Pabst]

So I got to experience a tornado last month, earthquake this past week. And now a hurricane.

Wtf is next? A volcano? A swarm of locusts? Cthulhu?

[Mathematics]

well im gonna drive back tomorrow morning. ready to sit in hours upon hours of traffic on the bridge. ill try to remember to take pics

[Furtwangler]

Cthulhu?

You shut your whore mouth. Right now.

[aduidarnenye]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphi...43W5_NL_sm.gif

More updated tracker.

Well, look at that. I live too far out to sea to be hit by the hurricane.

[Qalbert]

Couple more pies should keep you firmly planted to the ground.

fuck pie, cake for life

[Not Kuno]

Life is like a hurricane, here in NYC.

[blkswrdsmn]

My wife is freaking out about this watching the news all night last night. She even missed that gem of a show "Jersey Shore" to watch moron meteorologists blah-blah-blahing about the path, how fucked we are, o-m-g we are all going to die, etc.

I told her: listen, we know it is a Hurricane, we know it is coming, there is nothing new they can tell you now that they didn't 3 hours ago. We have to evacuate, mainly because we don't want our cars to be flooded. We live in an apartment building, which I would imagine won't be damaged. We will likely loose power for a time (hopefully not a week or more).

Of course when I mention she doesn't have to panic I get "I'M NOT FUCKING PANICKING, WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT, YOU AREN'T HELPING, WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING, CHANGE THE CHANNEL TO THE OTHER NEWS STATION!!!!!!!!"

Just fucking shoot me now. Fuck you news-people, fuck you in your heartless, fear-inducing, soul-less asses.

[Qalbert]

dying in the hurricane would still be better than watching Jersey Shore

[blkswrdsmn]

dying in the hurricane would still be better than watching Jersey Shore

Well put.

[Sho]

Here's a few tips for people who haven't experienced hurricanes.

If you live by the coast, or within 10 miles of it, get the fuck out of there.
If the government issues an evacuation order for your area, get out.
If the police come knocking telling you to evacuate, why aren't you out already, get out.
If you need to leave, do it early (days early). There will be traffic up the ass.
If there are a lot of trees wider than your waist next to your house, sleep in an inner room. Hurricanes don't care what your house is made out of, he/she will throw a tree at it and will destroy your 2nd floor bedroom.
Stock up on food and water, food should be things that are non perishable and ready to eat, you can and will lose your electric over/gas oven. one major gas line broken = your neighborhood without gas.
Buy a generator if you can, if the storm is bad enough it can knock out power for up to 3 weeks if you're unlucky. A/C and a working fridge are priceless and you will be the neighborhoods hero.
It might be tempting to go out and play in the rain if it's not as serious of a hurricane. don't do it. You will not hear that tree falling on top of you when it does.
Last but not least, keep your generators, space heaters, and other carbon monoxide creating machines outside. The US loses about as many people to housefires and monoxide poisonings after disasters than we do during them.

As a person who dealt with Hurricane Ike 3 years ago, this is amazing advice to anyone in the area. GET THE FUCK OUT.

[Trichocyst]

Well the path of the storm has already been pushed east of us, but my mom and sister booked a room for my family somewhere in Pennsylvania and I guess that's where I'll be til Monday. Ugh.