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New York Subways Are Shut Down as Hurricane Irene Nears
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/28/nyregion/new-yorkers-warned-of-possible-electrical-shutdown.html?hp=&pagewanted=all ^ | Aug 27 2011 | James Barron

Posted on 08/27/2011 4:30:34 PM PDT by equaviator

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To: Fresh Wind; animal172

Every cloud has a silver lining.

This storm could flush the subway of litter and urine.


61 posted on 08/27/2011 10:27:50 PM PDT by UCANSEE2
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To: Almondjoy

Flash mobs were originally fun, spontaneous events. I got caught in a zombie flash mob in San Francisco once. It was hilarious. There was also a big pillow fight flash mob where 150 people showed up in pajamas and started beating on each other with feather pillows. All in fun until the pillows broke and feathers clogged up the city drainage system. What’s happening now with these “rob mobs” is something entirely different.


62 posted on 08/27/2011 10:34:21 PM PDT by ponygirl (Okay, so you're not a racist. Who are you going to vote for in 2012 to prove you're not an idiot?)
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To: ScreamingFist
Heh. In Oklahoma we call 80 mph winds a thunderstorm. My pity level for the east coasters is negative 5. Send some rain this way.....sissies.

Actually, that would be my term for someone who talks tough on a message board about weather. I'll just bet you were out playing golf the last time there were 80mph winds. Suuuuuure you were.

63 posted on 08/27/2011 11:42:22 PM PDT by Darkwolf377 (``Stupidity is also a gift of God, but one mustn't misuse it``-Pope John Paul II)
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To: equaviator; All

Does anyone have information on conditions in Chincoteague, VA like how much tidal surge, or wind damage?


64 posted on 08/27/2011 11:44:30 PM PDT by gleeaikin
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To: gleeaikin

It’s much funner watching the Saturday night fights on all the threads.


65 posted on 08/27/2011 11:47:39 PM PDT by eyedigress ((Old storm chaser from the west)?)
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To: holyscroller
Doesn’t shutting down the subways leave people no option but to stand upstairs IN the storm hoping for a bus to come along?

Do you REALLY want to be in an underground subway tunnel in a potential flooding situation? Everybody with any sense is staying home or had relocated to higher ground by noon.

66 posted on 08/28/2011 12:27:55 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (When you've only heard lies your entire life, the truth sounds insane.)
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To: ponygirl
my favorite "conservative" flash mob: Food court Hallelujah

Not sure what the concern is for the subways... Might be some flooding in a station or two, but safe transport during the raging storm above. Why state they are closed (hype-ing the sotrm?), when with an observer (presuming he/she is awake) at the front of every train to monitor presence of water, they could just shut down sections as needed.

67 posted on 08/28/2011 12:38:21 AM PDT by C210N (0bama, Making the US safe for Global Marxism)
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To: conservaterian

It’s starting to pour in Portland


68 posted on 08/28/2011 1:03:25 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: tobyhill

You never want a serious crisis to go to waste ...


69 posted on 08/28/2011 4:04:40 AM PDT by sushiman
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To: equaviator

http://www.theonion.com/video/breaking-news-series-of-concentric-circles-emanati,14204/?mobile=true?utm_souce=popbox


70 posted on 08/28/2011 4:28:43 AM PDT by AbolishCSEU (Percentage of Income in CS is inversely proportionate to Mother's parenting of children)
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To: equaviator

Dudicane (central-eastern LI)


71 posted on 08/28/2011 4:38:14 AM PDT by Vaquero ("an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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To: equaviator

I am appalled by some of the comments on this thread! I live in Jacksonville, NC, which as the crow flies is only about 15-20 miles inland from the coast. We are south of where Irene made landfall and our portion of the coast does not jut out as far as Cape Lookout, but it started raining Friday evening and continued to rain until about 6:00 pm on Saturday. At times the rain was some of the hardest I have seen in my over 60 years of life. It is estimated that our county got 12 inches of rain during that period and some areas got as much as 15 inches. There is widespread flooding on the coast, but the recent severe drought allowed the inland areas to absorb much of that extra water. In contrast, the ground in the Northeast is more saturated.

The wind continued to blow all Saturday afternoon with occasional gusts of up to 70 miles per hour long after the eye of the storm had passed over. Several tornadoes were reported in the state as well. There is always the possibility that any hurricane can spawn tornadoes. I saw video of one house that was completely demolished by a tornado which is cetainly a significant event in the lives of the family that lived there. Our power went out at 9 am and, thankfully, came back on about 7:30 pm, but people who live in the Outer Banks will be without power well into next week or longer.

I have lived in Eastern NC since 1957 and have been through many hurricanes, several of which were had stronger winds than Irene, but I do not remember one that was such a large, slow moving rain event. One meteorologist who has been at the same TV station for at least 30 years kept saying the same thing as we were listening to him over the radio since the power was out. There were not that many deaths because, unlike the people of New Orleans, the people of NC know how to prepare for hurricanes and local and state governments order MANDATORY evacuations of low lying areas. The high rise bridges which lead to the beach are closed when wind gusts reach 45 mph, so the people know that they stay on the beach at their own risk and that no one will come to rescue them until after the storm passes.

I know that the media frequently hype things and desire to do all they can to give Obama another excuse for his abject failure as POTUS, but I would caution the freepers not to make light of the unusual weather event we in NC have just experienced! We believe that when she gets finished with the east coast of the US, Irene will prove to be one for the record books!


72 posted on 08/28/2011 5:07:48 AM PDT by srmorton (Deut. 30 19: "..I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing;therefore choose life..")
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To: Darkwolf377

“I’ll just bet you were out playing golf the last time there were 80mph winds. Suuuuuure you were.”

The PGA Barclays Tournament (men) was played in NJ yesterday, yet the entire state has been declared a disaster/emergency area.

My deepest sympathy to the player who lost his ball on the 11th hole.


73 posted on 08/28/2011 5:34:55 AM PDT by equaviator ("There's a (datum) plane on the horizon coming in...see it?")
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To: srmorton
We believe that when she gets finished with the east coast of the US, Irene will prove to be one for the record books!
Having just watched the various news channels this morning, I do believe you are wrong.
Irene hit the NY area like a soggy pillow with winds not even at hurricane strength. Damage is minimal.
Nevertheless, the talking heads keep screeching like it was still was a Cat 3. In fact, during one report, a jogger went by. LOL ...
74 posted on 08/28/2011 5:35:54 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven; All
Just reported on Fox and Friends by Julie Banderas, who is in Battery Park

HUDSON RIVER OVERFLOWS

75 posted on 08/28/2011 5:41:11 AM PDT by Kaslin (Acronym for OBAMA: One Big Ass Mistake America)
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To: Kaslin

We’re all going to dieeeeeeee.


76 posted on 08/28/2011 5:43:16 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: oh8eleven
I could well be wrong, but it is much too early to make a final determination about that. Hurricanes are “rated” in our part of the country as memorable not by their category but by how much damage they cause. This is a HUGE slow-moving storm with LOTS of rain associated with it. A tropical storm that lingers on the coast for hours can cause damage. Most hurricanes hit quickly and then are gone. Irene took more than 12 hours to completely make it out of the state.

A case in point - in August 1999, Hurricane Dennis (a category 2) never even made landfall but lingered off the coast as a tropical storm for almost a week causing a tremendous amount of rain. Two weeks later, Hurricane Floyd, which was forecast as a category four, was much weaker when it actually hit land, but Dennis and Floyd together eventually led to the worst flooding this state had seen in over 100 years and,according to geologists, exceeded 500 year flood levels. Entire inland communities were underwater for days. Floyd was responsible for 57 deaths and $4.9 billion dollars in damage.

77 posted on 08/28/2011 6:01:02 AM PDT by srmorton (Deut. 30 19: "..I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing;therefore choose life..")
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To: srmorton
I could well be wrong
That's what I said. BTW, I was born and raised in the NYC area ... been through hurricanes and even delivered newspapers during Donna (1960).
I've also spent boo-koo time in the Carolinas, including J'ville.
Was last there 2005 and was appalled by the suburban sprawl.
78 posted on 08/28/2011 6:10:33 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: DJlaysitup

No, but when Irene came through here in North Carolina yesterday, there were 40+ mph wind gusts here in Durham and we’re close to 200 miles from the storm track. The entire eastern third of the state was under tropical storm conditions for almost the entire day. Irene is not an exceptional hurricane for sheer strength, but she’s one big mama.

It’s easy to pooh-pooh Irene because the MSM is making it sound like Katrina II: Electric Boogaloo. It’s not. But today in NYC and on Long Island is probably going to suck pretty hard, unless you like being in the middle of a tropical storm and having low-lying areas flooded. It’s carrying the storm surge of a stronger hurricane due to its immense size, and dropped over 17” of rain in eastern NC yesterday.

}:-)4


79 posted on 08/28/2011 6:16:21 AM PDT by Moose4 ("Oderint dum metuant" -- "Let them hate, as long as they fear." (Lucius Accius, c. 130 BC))
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To: equaviator

Oh my God its windy and rainy! Save us Obama!
PS Schlep Pilips is a twit!


80 posted on 08/28/2011 6:29:12 AM PDT by Leep
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