Thread: Barb and East coasters-Irene

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They were demonstrating a portable Propane Generator on the Today Show this morning.
If I ever get one, it will be propane because gas was almost impossible to find locally after Ike.

Looks like Irene is gonna keep her "dirty side", the East side, offshore and that's good news.

stay safe mello.

Barb-you getting any rain yet??.

Now that the weather forecasters have wet themselves and salivated with a blood lust, it appears that Hurricane Irene may be, for the most part, a big but fairly windy rainstorm. The 'so called' eyewall has collapsed, the winds are barely mid cat 1 at 85 mph (The Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale) and weakening more as it moves inland.

With that said, I do hope that holds and that it wont intensify - we sure don't need the predicted 4-10 inches more rain on top of the 3-4 that we had a few days ago that has saturated the ground. Also, I hope everyone stays safe.

Originally Posted by IC2

Now that the weather forecasters have wet themselves and salivated with a blood lust.....

Dave,
I had to smile with your intro - we had one of those overly dramatic weather ladies here in the KC area, and during the spring thunderstorm/tornado season she would convince the station management to interrupt programming (like Final Four games) to "warn" the public of doom anytime there was a bank of dark clouds approaching, often continuing to broadcast her "emergency" for an hour or more. Our favorite was when she advised, "Everyone needs to run to your basement right now with your bicycle helmets on until I give you the 'All Clear'!!!", and there were only isolated points of heavy rain and some thunder/lightning.

As you said, I hope Irene continues to diminish and remains a windy rain storm for the right coast.

You folks stay safe..

Just been watching FOX news,,Its 8.50am,and we are about to go out for the morning..You guys and gal(s)up there stay safe...Has anyone seen/heard from old coyote??Isnt he in Goldsboro,NC?or am I thinkin of someone else??Prayers for all up there..

You guys might be right about the news making more of this than it is.Got to wait until it hits NYC to see if it is going to flood some of those areas.Still waiting for Barb to check in if she can.

hope everyone is o.k

I am guessing no Barb because of no power.That might be the story all up and down the eastern shore line.

How is it in your part of the state,Gary??waterlogged??Havent seen much on tv about it,but I hear there are about 14 dead..Our prayers go out to the people up the east coast..Hope its over soon..

Glad it just degraded to a tropical storm rather than hurricane. Still some problems for folks, but not near as bad as it might have been.

we didn't end up getting any more than heavy rain and some wind where I am outside of DC, but Barb is closer to the water so hopefully all is well.

Sat. morning while heading West on 80/90 thru Indiana there were lines of power company trucks heading East I guess to help with damages

I am west of the storm with no effects