Hurricane Irene

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this can't be good............ <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/thumbsdown.gif

[Xplantdad]

Everyone in the storms path,,,stay safe!

[MrsBillyBobcat]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Everyone in the storms path,,,stay safe! </div></div>

What he said!

[77Z28]

X3!! Selfishly I am thankful it has missed us in Savannah, GA. I pray for those in NC and further north that are not so lucky.

[77Z28]

X3!! Selfishly I am thankful it has missed us in Savannah, GA. I pray for those in NC and further north that are not so lucky.

[RAIIIT/A]

Best of luck..

[Salvatore]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Everyone in the storms path,,,stay safe! </div></div>Does NOT look good Bruce!

[SS427]

Make sure you guys report in after the storm so we know everyone is ok!

[nova7579]

I feel sorry for the guys who paid money for the Charlotte Auto Fair this weekend!!!!!
Brian

[Salvatore]

Corvette Carlisle may get hit hard also. They are at least 120 miles west from me so that may help.

[72-SS-L48]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Corvette Carlisle may get hit hard also. They are at least 120 miles west from me so that may help. </div></div>

Sam,

I just got back from Corvettes @ Carlisle. Turn-out was low and lots of vacant room for Corvette parking. I heard from several vendors I deal with that attendance was low also.

I'm in Allentown now, seems we are in for it. We are not that far away from each other, so I would brace for it. So much for asking to go for a ride in your Z sometime soon..... <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

-Dave

[GTO_DON]

Sammy, Time to break out your Amphicar!!!

[Salvatore]

Wonder if BBBenny is going to get hit up on the mountain? Donnie in NE Philadelphia will probably get it worse than us here in Souderton. The Schutzbank family in NY may get it worse than all of us here in Pa.

[John]

I am in Newport News, Virginia

.... and it looks like Sat. Noon until Sunday noon will be the worst of it for us.

...So far so good.... Hope Irene takes a RIGhT TURN.

I look on the weather channel at the &quot;Water Vapor Map&quot;... and it shows where the heat and water are coming from... kinda gives you a bigger picture of what is happening...
Here is the link.... check it out...

...... click here... ( if the map is NOT moving... click on &quot;Weather in Motion&quot; at the bottom left )

http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/satelliteusnational/uswatervaporsatellite_large_animated.html

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[mmcporter]

we're bracing ourselves up here in the North.....gonna be an interesting weekend....

[Smokey]

My sister-in-law lives on a Navel base somewhere in VA....She got a call a few hours ago that they are have an emergency evacuation there. She has been here for 3 weeks now with her 2 kids...and was planning on going home tomorrow. She's stuck her for a few more days from the sounds of it from what base is telling her.

[72-SS-L48]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: [email protected]</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Wonder if BBBenny is going to get hit up on the mountain? Donnie in NE Philadelphia will probably get it worse than us here in Souderton. The Schutzbank family in NY may get it worse than all of us here in Pa. </div></div>

Just watched the news. Apparently, the storm is on a bee-line to NYC. Hope it changes path.

Dave

[Jeff H]

Well, this week was my first vacation days all year and I was at the beach in Beach Haven NJ. We got the earthquake which shook our house a good 4-6&quot; side to side so that was interesting. But the hurricane came in faster than they expected so we left yesterday afternoon since I still wanted to pull my boat out of the Delaware River which they are now predicting to come up 20-22 feet where I keep my boat. They always say that the flooding kills more people than the wind from a hurricane so don't take any risks with water covered roads and if you're in a low lying area in the northeast, head for higher ground. We've had some record amount of rain the past 2 weeks and the ground is already saturated so 8-12&quot; of rain has no place to go. Everyone stay safe!

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Irene 5am 27Aug11

[Dog427435]

It’s the calm before the storm here now – hope the guy’s at Carlisle fare better then years past!


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[JRSully]

I live in the northern center of Long Island, generator and supplies standing by, will be fun to watch. Everybody be safe out there

[Tommy Nolen]

We had planned to drive our '62 Corvette from Richmond to Carlisle yesterday, then looking at the forecast decided it might be best if we put it in the trailer and just drove it around after we got there. Yesterday I decided I'd better just keep my butt at home. Bummer <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif

[bergy]

We're in Lancaster - 30 or so miles east of Carlisle. I took one of our cars out for a drive in the country this morning. It was cloudy, but nice. It's been raining pretty hard since about 1:00 PM though. Friday was great at Carlisle - nice day and pretty well attended.

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Irene 1430E 27Aug11

[Verne_Frantz]

We're about 30mi inland (west) of Asbury Park. The storm is just above us now and it's barely drizzling. We never woke up to any high winds last night but I did wake up to lakefront property. There's about 7 acres of flood plain behind us. Our second lot is completely under water and right now the water line is about 1-2in below the floor of my storage shed. The water is expected to rise more due to the runoff, so I expect I'll have a lot of parts drying and salvage once it goes back down. Thank goodness we didn't lose power because the sump pump is running constantly and it's keeping up. Without it, we'd have 4' of water in the basement.
It could have been a lot worse........
Verne <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif

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[Xplantdad]

Stay safe Verne!!

[Verne_Frantz]

Janet and I took a walk downtown. Peddie Lake has breached the damn and the little stream which would normally be about 10ft below the road was level with the lake. (this would be the stream that flows around the back of my property on the other side of the flood plain). The firehouse was flooded so the equipment was moved to higher ground. One idiot decided his car could float. The lake water is normally about 6ft below the stone wall around the parking lot. The police station is flooded along with the moving company behind it. The boro pumping station is also underwater so we'll be boiling our water for a while.
The water in the yard is actually starting to recede. One more inch and my parts shed would have been flooded.

I'll try to post a slide show of some photos
Verne
http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/V...mview=slideshow (http://s83.photobucket.com/albums/j320/VerneFrantz/VLFPrivate/Irene2011%20Hightstown%20NJ/?albumview=slideshow)

[WILMASBOYL78]

It's just about finished here....few rain drops...no damage in our neighborhood <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif Karen and Ia re going out for a ride to survey the town...stay tuned.

wilma

[njsteve]

Never lost any power. Had the generator all set up and extension cords all pre-routed around the house, just in case.

Yesterday, we cleared the backyard of possible projectiles: trampoline, chairs, lawn darts, etc. I decided to leave the rope hammock hooked up between the two biggest trees in the yard. A little voice inside just said just &quot;Leave it there.&quot;


Glad I listened. The smaller of the two trees that the hammock was attached to, was blown over in the storm. The military grade climbing rope I used to hang the hammock with, slowly stretched and allowed the 40 foot tall, triple-trunk tree to spin slightly, steering it away from a direct hit on my daughters bedroom window. Instead, it landed gently on the bottom of the &quot;V&quot; portion of the roof, twenty feet away from her window.

Sometimes it's good to listen to those voices! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif

[SS427]

The only voices I ever hear are saying, &quot;I told you so!!!&quot;

Glad you listened to yours Steve and your daughter was safe!

[WILMASBOYL78]

Went out for a cruise...here are some photos....wilma

http://s1235.photobucket.com/albums/ff433/WILMASBOYL78/Hurricane%20Irene/?albumview=slideshow

[RPOLS3]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: nova7579</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I feel sorry for the guys who paid money for the Charlotte Auto Fair this weekend!!!!!
Brian </div></div>

I was actually in Charlotte on Friday for work, amazingly there was no trace of the Hurricane located just to the east, just sunny and 95 degrees there. Flew in and out the same day with no issues.

Jake

[John]

... It is sunny here today.... and a few limbs down.... My home did alright.... cars were stored in dry metal building and were safe.

Here is some recent photos of N.C. Hatteras Island
http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/201...hurricane-irene (http://photoblog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/08/28/7504260-2500-residents-on-hatteras-island-nc-cut-off-by-damage-from-hurricane-irene)

Now the cleanup.....

[x Baldwin Motion]

starting my third day with no power at home. thankfully nobody has been hurt. used the generator to power the pool cleaner. after 8 hours and a truck load of debris I took a swim.

[Xplantdad]

I'm glad that all is okay Chris!

[x Baldwin Motion]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm glad that all is okay Chris! </div></div>

Day 4. (not to be confused with day 2)

I'll hopefully have some photos when I can get powered up. Even the camera is dead now. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/bs.gif

[Jim Mulvey]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Xplantdad</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm glad that all is okay Chris! </div></div>

Day 4. (not to be confused with day 2)

I'll hopefully have some photos when I can get powered up. Even the camera is dead now. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/bs.gif </div></div>

No power at my house either Chris. At least it was not on when I left for work this morning. Sold my house in the village last year and now live off Noyac Road. My old house never lost power! Generator is working well though.

[WILMASBOYL78]

This is unbelievable...


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eu9djEpUUwk&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player

Windham, NY

wilma

[Xplantdad]

Wow! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/shocked.gif

[x Baldwin Motion]

gladly back up and online.

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[MrsBillyBobcat]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: x Baldwin Motion</div><div class="ubbcode-body">

Day 4. (not to be confused with day 2)

</div></div>

Glad to hear you got your power back Chris <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif, and glad to see you kept your sense of humor! <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/wink.gif

[Verne_Frantz]

We've always seen hawks flying around, but since all the flooding, our little buddy has taken up roost in the back yard looking for meals for the last 4 days.
It's kinda like there are 10 restaurants in town but you never know which one will have food on any given day so you have to travel around.....then suddenly the other places are all flooded out and there is only one place open that has all the food.! Just sit and wait for it to be served!! (and we've seen him eating every day). You can walk up to 5ft of him before he finally moves away.
Verne <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif

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[KevinW]

Verne, that is a goshawk, have one living in our woods too. Chases the crows around and sits on my pool fence. <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/smile.gif Wish it would take the adult rabbits, but I guess they are too big <<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/frown.gif

Lost power on sat, did not get it back until wed, but no damage, just couple of small tree limbs.

[WILMASBOYL78]

Here's some photos we took yesterday in Windham, NY...the mountain top golf course was really hit hard. The town was under water..National Guard are on duty...serious damage to the local community. We delivered supplies to the local church and the Red Cross...it looks like a war zone!

wilma



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