Simviation Forum - Hurricane Irene

Reply #45 - Aug 28^th, 2011 at 10:22am

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alrot wrote on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 8:36am:

I'm watching FOX NEWS ......

Wel... that is your first mistake. Grin

alrot wrote on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 8:36am:

"what is wrong with these people?"

They are FOX News. Grin

Raining here solidly since 5 PM ish yesterday ....... light to moderate gusty wind.... and the storm is still down in the NY area. Watching the river next to my house closely.

best,

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Reply #46 - Aug 28^th, 2011 at 11:29am

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I think Irene sucked all the heat and humidity out of the Florida panhandle. Its feels wonderful outside! Even had a slight chill in the air this morning!

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Reply #47 - Aug 28^th, 2011 at 2:57pm

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Well, the storm spent the night scrubbing the area with gusty winds and relentless rain; my place is none the worse for wear, but when I took a walk this morning I saw a little minor wind damage here and there, and there's still some blocks east of here that are under a few feet of water.

A nice fresh wind out of the west, and tomorrow's going to be a lovely day.

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Reply #48 - Aug 28^th, 2011 at 4:35pm

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JBaymore wrote on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 10:22am:

alrot wrote on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 8:36am:

I'm watching FOX NEWS ......

Wel... that is your first mistake. Grin

alrot wrote on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 8:36am:

"what is wrong with these people?"

They are FOX News. Grin

Raining here solidly since 5 PM ish yesterday ....... light to moderate gusty wind.... and the storm is still down in the NY area. Watching the river next to my house closely.

best,

...................john

Let's assume it blew over with a kind of anti climax?

I hear some people will be pulling out a lot of nails they wish they hadn't nailed in ...

.. still .. ignore warnings is what folk have done who now lie in graveyards around the world ... Better safe than sorry ...

Glad it didn't turn out as bad as it could have ..

Think Global. It's the world we live in.

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Reply #49 - Aug 28^th, 2011 at 10:11pm

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Electricity just got back up for me. This was a fairly uneventful hurricane, just a couple of days without power and some power lines and trees down. It wasn't particularly powerful for a hurricane, but it was very sustained...20 hours of steady 55-75mph winds. There was definitely an upside to having no power for 2 days....no cellphones, no TV, no computers=an excellent chance for some family bonding time.

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Reply #50 - Aug 28^th, 2011 at 11:08pm

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Earthquake, hurricane ...

America will rebuild!

A bad day at golf is better than a good day at work.

Jim

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Reply #51 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 9:49am

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ApplePie wrote on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 10:11pm:

Electricity just got back up for me. This was a fairly uneventful hurricane, just a couple of days without power and some power lines and trees down. It wasn't particularly powerful for a hurricane, but it was very sustained...20 hours of steady 55-75mph winds. There was definitely an upside to having no power for 2 days....no cellphones, no TV, no computers=an excellent chance for some family bonding time.

I used my inverters when the commercial power went out (I lost a lot of things when I lost my home a couple years ago but managed to keep some things in storage); commercial power was back on within four hours, anyway. It rained here but not nearly as much as west and north of me. There were gusts but the wind didn't hit the hardest until last night, although most of the weak branches had already been downed by the earlier gusts (as I told patchz, some branches knocked on the door but I didn't answer right soon).
Currently, the sun is shining bright and I'm preparing to wade out into the mud.

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Reply #52 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 11:47am

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Man. I cant even see my gate from the house! It's that foggy. And Getting colder every day Shocked

. Hasn't been this cold for years Shocked

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Wonder whats wrong with the climate.
21/12/2012 is just around the corner Cheesy

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But Well for all of ya.

Renè

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Arguing with a pilot is like wrestling with a pig in the mud, after a while you begin to think the pig likes it.

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Reply #53 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 12:02pm

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H wrote on Aug 29^th, 2011 at 9:49am:

ApplePie wrote on Aug 28^th, 2011 at 10:11pm:

Electricity just got back up for me. This was a fairly uneventful hurricane, just a couple of days without power and some power lines and trees down. It wasn't particularly powerful for a hurricane, but it was very sustained...20 hours of steady 55-75mph winds. There was definitely an upside to having no power for 2 days....no cellphones, no TV, no computers=an excellent chance for some family bonding time.

I used my inverters when the commercial power went out (I lost a lot of things when I lost my home a couple years ago but managed to keep some things in storage); commercial power was back on within four hours, anyway. It rained here but not nearly as much as west and north of me. There were gusts but the wind didn't hit the hardest until last night, although most of the weak branches had already been downed by the earlier gusts (as I told patchz, some branches knocked on the door but I didn't answer right soon).
Currently, the sun is shining bright and I'm preparing to wade out into the mud.

He didn't answer the door cause he thought it was me. Roll Eyes

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Reply #54 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 9:11pm

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A bad day at golf is better than a good day at work.

Jim

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Reply #55 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 9:17pm

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August 29, 2011: from Yahoo news:

MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) — The full measure of Hurricane Irene's fury came into focus Monday as the death toll jumped to 38, New England towns battled epic floods and millions faced the dispiriting prospect of several days without electricity.

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Reply #56 - Aug 29^th, 2011 at 9:41pm

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"Epic floods"? What a bunch of wimps. Call John Kewwy and Bawney Fwank for a bailout.

This was a non-event. The worst thing that happened was a round of PGA Tour golf was rained out and I had to watch the second tier event.

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