Posted on 08/26/2011 9:40:24 AM PDT by NautiNurse
Approximately 65 million people are likely to be directly impacted by Hurricane Irene as the storm takes aim at the densely populated Eastern Seaboard. Evacuations are underway for high flood risk areas.
Mass transit cancellations, schedule changes and road/bridge closures are occurring throughout the storm warning areas. Please check with local news and Emergency Management Operations to determine the recommendations for your immediate area.
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Radar Images & Loops (interactive maps short/long range) Southeast
Northeast (Cape Hatteras to NE)
Satellite Images Still Images/Loops (both Flash & Java)
Buoy Data: Florida
Southeast US
Northeast US
Local News Coverage: WWAY 3 Wilmington NC
WRAL Raleigh NC
WETC Wilmington NC
WAVY Portsmouth VA w/Live Stream coverage link
WTVR Richmond VA
WUSA Washington DC
WBAL Baltimore MD
CBS Local Baltimore
WPVI Philadelphia
WTXF My Fox Philly
WABC NYC
WTNH New Haven CT
WHDH Boston
Oh, and there’s plenty of bottled water in the stores around here. I’m not too worried about the water though; last time we had a hurricane we didn’t loose water service.
They are shutting down the subways because of the litigous attitudes of modern NYers. When we were kids, if people got in trouble, they blamed themselves, not the subway or the local government.
If she’s on the Upper West Side, I predict that she will be FINE. If she was living in Brighton Beach, I’d worry. Just tell her to stay away from the windows.
I’ve sat out several hurricanes and blizzards in NYC. The worst, actually, was the 1992 nor’easter that really shook Manhattan. But we all survived. Your daughter will, too!
Good luck; don’t worry; keep in touch, please?
My guess is that IT is going over his yard very carefully, securing every branch on every tree with multiple steel cables. The last time one of these hurricane things blew through town, one of the trees came into his house to get out of the rain.
Nor’easters are like little hurricanes, but snow instead of rain.
Mrs. Thrawl just waited 30 minutes in line to get gas at Wawa in SE PA. Walmart in Kennett Sq. was almost out of D cell batteries on Wednesday. Supermarket was packed last night. Bread was scarce.
My boss has generators at his home and here in the office...so there will be no off day for me!
Actually, I am off on Monday. Guess I’ll have to go out, fill up my gas tank, get water, ice and stock up on wine.
I do not have regular TV. Does anyone have any live links to watch live on the computer?
Watches for CT:
Hurricane (all coastline counties):
Fairfield County, CT
Middlesex County, CT
New Haven County, CT
New London County, CT
Tropical Storm (all inland counties):
Hartford County, CT
Litchfield County, CT
Tolland County, CT
Windham County, CT
Flood (all of ct):
Fairfield County, CT
Hartford County, CT
Litchfield County, CT
Middlesex County, CT
New Haven County, CT
New London County, CT
Tolland County, CT
Windham County, CT
The idea that I am getting is: if the eye hits Manhattan, as predicted, it will be different from previous storms that have gone through (Carol, Donna, and the 1938 storm, included)
NN put links on the first page.
Batten down yer hatches girl!
Stand by for more directions!
Hugzzzzzz
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At the tippy top of this thread there are links to 13 different television station websites. At least one of them has streaming coverage. (hint: it’s the one that says, “w/Live Stream coverage link”)
Justin.tv
foxnews.com
cnn.com
search for your local stations they usually have something going live during severe weather.
p.s. It's been my experience with local disasters that the stations will stream live as needed to inform their listeners away from TV's. You will just have to check them out.
“how stong a wind the Wasgington Monument can take”
I don’t know much about the “crack” from the other day (I think it’s just near the top), but barring that, I’d think it can stand quite alot. It is after all of dense stones, and is a very thin needle that just doesn’t have much surface area to strike, so there is less force than say on a similarly tall, average business building of any contstruction. Further, I’m sure the area has been hit with major storms a few times (although that can add to fatigue), and it has not failed. The quake perhaps might mean the top falls off - but I doubt that if it’s not all the way through.
That’s what really sucks about this hurricane business, unlike with snow, there really isn’t any way to get off work, unless one’s employer is some small business totally reliant on grid power.
My employer isn’t reliant on it either; it’s a large plant with its own backup power source, so, no matter how much disaster has hit my house, by Monday it’s back to work for me too!
UGH, dang you Al Gore!!!!!!!!!
In SE PA that is what they are yammering about the most. No power, no power, no power.
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