Hurricane Irene - Will it affect you?

I am in Richmond Va area and so far all they have said was heavy rain and strong winds. I hope they are right.
The hospital did call me today and asked if I had the recommended emergency supplies.

Earthquakes, Hurricanes... What next, a UFO invasion?

It's very possible.

I live in Hampton Roads, so we are about 20 minutes away from Virginia Beach.

We are also considering evacuating tomorrow to a place like Raleigh.

Hello,
I live on the North Shore of Long Island, if I see any water coming my way I will be moving for sure. I am far enough away so I do not expect to get hit by anything except rain and wind.

Best of luck to all...I worked a summer in OC Maryland. There isn't much protection from the ocean there.

Hurricane Irene - Will it affect you?
I sure hope not!
I live in KY and when Katrina came through she nearly shut our the state down.
Downed trees, caused power outages and basically created havoc across KY.

That was the first time in my life a hurricane visited KY since I've been alive.

Once is enough as far as I'm concerned.

To everyone in Irene's path, May the power to be, protect you and keep your families safe.

Have a Great Day!
Michael

Does anyone know if this may hit jersey city NJ? I go THERE NEXT WEEK!!!!

Steve

We had a beach trip planned for tomorrow but we had to change the date to Sunday. Damn hurricane. lol

Was supposed to be in Darlington tommorrow....but that's going to wait till Monday.

We are gonna take it on the nose here in Virginia. Kind of selfish but I was supposed to head to Myrtle with the family on Saturday. Now we are just praying it self implodes, which it won't.

...brushed the coast here

Stay safe everyone. I've been in some really high winds, but have never had the experience of a hurricane. I think I can live with that. Out here in the West, (NW) ice is what brings the trees down. One good ice storm can keep road crews out for weeks clearing trees.

Jim - I've been out to Thom's neck of the woods and as long as you don't go downhill into that awful sewer of a city and go North or East instead there is some awesome scenery - even some rockhound fun out there. If I had my way I'd visit him for a couple of weeks every autumn just to see those beautiful colored forests. Um....he can keep winter, but those autumns are just outrageous beautiful. The small towns have that colonial architecture going on, too, all with a lot of lush greenery and large shady trees - very quaint and aesthetic, especially at the VT border there.

There's one town that has statues of people here and there all posed as if they were doing something. They draw your eye because they are in 1800's attire - but you have to look a couple of times before you realize they are statues.

Thank God, we are not affected...Be safe everyone

I'm in Queens New York our main Concern here is loosing power and flooding..
We are getting ready now...

I thought Florida was on the radar but we were lucky.

Steve -- Allergies mixed with humidity is what prompted me to move West in the first place. I like it out here in the desert areas where I don't know I"m allergic to anything.

NYC is a zoo. Nothing but a big smelly crowded zoo. I was there once when I was 18 and you couldn't pay me to go back. I was in NY for around 9 months and never even went near it. The rest of the state, when you get out of the major towns is beautiful. Jim - the next time you get the chance to take a trip there in the autumn, do it. Just when the colors are at their peak, when the air is just turning from the heat of summer to the crispness of early fall.

Thom - at least you can always be sure that your house isn't going to be completely inundated in a flood (other than maybe some basement leakage). Living on that hill isn't a bad place to be when these storms hit. - I do hope you don't lose any more trees, though. That's just sad.

It looked to be weakening, but I think now that its hit the gulf stream is reforming to be one bad MF.

They talking about VA but nothing much is being mentioned about the surrounding areas. Thats weird....

Usually it is dc metro...which consists of DC, md, and, va.

I am not sure what this means.....the warnings reach norfolk va and thats it... then they seem to just say, philly, ny, and, boston afterthat.

They say in norfolk there will be 21 hours of tropical force winds...good grief!!!!

18 hours for providence!

I hope all of you fare well with the coming hurricane. Remember - even if the winds die down - if you live near the coast - beware of the deadly surges.

I live on a Peninsula on the West Coast - big worry here is possible Tsunami.

Not much advanced warning if the earthquake close. No where to run - no where to hide.

If you've got advanced warning and are advised to evacuate...do it.

Here in Richmond Va we currently have moderate rain and high winds. ALso under a tornado watch.

She affected me! 8-(

Apparently ALL flights saturday sunday, and monday, detroit to ewk for delta have been CANCELLED!!!!!! I can't know more for 2 more HOURS!

Steve

Might as well get some good music going.
PS: Still rain and gusty winds....down the street a tree has been uprooted and knocked over.

Ha Thom, I can go with Riders on the Storm, but not The End. I have not endured as much as I have the past couple of years to let the world end anytime soon.

Well we suppose to get lots of rain, wind 30-60mph, and, power outages.

I can live with that. I'll be sleep when it gets real windy tonight.

Jim, at 3:30 EST we currently are experiencing high winds and heavy rainfall. From what I understand it is expected to last through the night,at least.

At 5:30 PM EST we are are having the same as before,high winds and heavy rainfall,with intermittent power loss ATM. Has taken me about 30 minutes to get rebooted to post this since every 5 minutes we lose power just long enough to shut everything down.
One of my daughters has reported that they dont have power.They live about 5 miles from us.

The only warnings I'm getting are for 40mph winds, and maybe some rain. No evacuation necessary.

My brother lives in VA, my niece lives in North Carolina, so I figure they already evacuated. Calling now isn't going to do a thing...all I can do is pray for their safety.

Those of us who are out of the way of the storm wish you and your family well

Death toll up to 7 last I heard a couple of hours ago. The hurricane has weakened to a Category 1, which is fortunate because it is such a massive storm (500 miles across), that a higher rating would be a devastating storm indeed.

We have very strong wind and rain. We still have power and don't live on the coast, so all we worry about is trees falling (our house is surrounded by them). I was worried about one falling on our cars, but mine is probably safe now as a squirrel ate through the gas line yesterday and I had to leave it at the shop to get it fixed. Few months ago they got the transmission line. (The bloody squirrels here are also a natural disaster).

Will do Floyd! That's on my list of things to do right after heal and try to get the wolves off my back.
Its 10-PM EST And I think the worst is over. They say we were in the eye of the storm for about 1-2 hours,but damn, the eye is 100 miles wide.
The wind is still blowing extremely hard and the power keeps going off and on for us, but its on now and thats a blessing.Everyone else I know has no power. The rain has gone from sheets to a normal looking rain, most of the time, if you know what I mean.
This is probably my last storm report for the night.Take Care everyone.

Just want to say I evacuated to Roanoke, Virginia, which is 250 miles away from my home.

I hope everyone is alright.

I've been seeing the reports on hurricane Irene up here in Manitoba. We have just gone through a devastating spring of flooding which is still impacting many areas of the province. Best wishes to all dealing with this natural threat. Stay safe.

90mph isn't that bad. That little star shaped valley I lived in in Colorado got winds that high pretty often. 50 - 60 was usual in the spring. The rig I drove got sandblasted on the side that was parked away from the house. We had one deadly windstorm - it was 125 with some odd gusts here and there and some people died in that one -- but we didn't get the water that the hurricanes bring. One of the signs of spring was people being out nailing their roofs back down.

Gee Steve - enjoy the break, guy. I'm pretty sure a 90 mph wind hitting your plane wouldn't have been all that much fun.

lost power a few more times during the night,but not for any major lengths of time.
Woke up to a beautiful sunny day.

prayers go out to everyone on the east coast

I am glad everybody here has dodged the bullet. Thanks for keeping us informed.

Also relieved as my half-sister in north central NC has reported in as safe and my Aunt who is in her 90s and lives right on the NC coastline was taken about 3 hours inland for a few days so she is safe.

Very good it petered out a lot - could have been a lot worse. It's not over but it doesn't look as bad as it was anticipated -- of course now the floods...

Stay safe!

(Just say NO to surfing, Kowabunga!)

I live in Ireland, so you'd think it wouldn't right?

Wrong! After every hurricane in the States we always get the tail end of it here a few days later. However it's really just wet and windy weather (which we get most of the time anyway) so not half as bad as it is in the States

DELTA says they hope to have flights running by noon tomorrow, at least to new jersey.

Steve

Down in Georgia Irene passed us right by without incident. This was my first near-encounter with a hurricane & though it didn't disrupt anything for me it certainly pushed me to figure out what I would need to do to be prepared in the event of a hurricane. I did worry about my friends up in Virginia where we used to live but thankfully it sounds like Irene mellowed down, at least from what it could have been.

Australians are thinking of you all. We've had our thrashing of the elements many times recently and can empathise. Stay safe and hold our blessings.
Janny

its affecting a good part of us i think in north america. the wind and rain is crazy

Holy cow - who would have thought after hearing everyone checking in from Virginia and other southern states that NY would be the state getting hammered.

You really are lucky to be where you are, Thom. I remember a heavy rain there and seeing the depth of the water running down the street past your house. I remember going out on the road that goes past the road you turn on to the springs toward that restaurant with the awesome scallops and seeing the houses inundated with water at the bottom of the hill.

From what I have heard - I live in a flood zone now. Very level valley with peaks all around. Down the street they took out a road to make a drainage ditch. I'm hoping that I don't end up swimming this winter. I hate water when it's cold outside. But I do have a few things that float at least. Maybe I won't stay here that long after all.

BTW -- anyone heard hide or hair of Tina? She got hit pretty bad in one of these things a couple years back. I'm wondering if she's okay. I can't remember exactly where she lives but I know it's real close to coastal water.

35 years, Kurt - we're getting old. People were still talking about it ten years later when I moved to CO.

I had heard something about a fault line out here somewhere but have been too busy to look it up - thanks for the info. Do you know any details? Like how long it is - does it hook up to one of the other fault lines in CA? As many faults as there are along waterways out here you'd think they might have checked that out before putting a dam on it. There's one that runs down the Columbia gorge in Central Washington, too. Not sure how long it is but at least the area is only slightly populated out that way. Reno's one of the larger metro areas in NV. There are only about 2 "metro" areas out in this state - one's Vegas with over a half million people and the other is Reno with about 203,000 people. That's not too big for a "metro" area - but it's a lot of people to get caught in a dam burst. And of course it's hard to say how many considering tourists.

The Truckee river flows from the NW side of Lake Tahoe through Reno - and up into Pyramid lake. I wonder if it's a long enough fracture - if it could actually start draining both lakes in a severe enough quake. The New Madrid down on the Mississippi made the Mississippi run backwards for awhile when it hit. That path from Pyramid lake would be a straight shot to Reno, too, if that lake wanted to dump into that river for a few minutes. Not sure how long it would take to dump enough water from either end to inundate the town, though. I'm sure if a quake hit hard enough to cause the dam to crumble, the water wouldn't be the only thing Reno has to worry about.