Be safe everyone, and please prepare as advised and don't put it off until the last minute.
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quote:Originally posted by TPM:
Be safe everyone, and please prepare as advised and don't put it off until the last minute.
This is supposed to be a direct hit on the Jersey Shore and be very bad. I know friends are down there boarding up and sand bagging this weekend.quote:Originally posted by soulslam55:
When they say it will be worse than Irene (2011) that's something. Some of my neighbors here in North Jersey are still not squared away from last year. I only lost 1/2 a basement so I guess I was lucky.
The waiting is the worst. School's are pretty much closed until Wednesday. State of emergency.
quote:Originally posted by RJM:
watching the Old England Patriots win 45-7.
quote:Originally posted by fanofgame:
I just dont get people who dont leave when evacuated.Then rescue workers have to risk their lives to save them.If the experts say leave,leave.Even if they are being extremely cautious.I have always found that to be stupid.
I was at my parents house in Hyannisport when Hurricane Bob (1991) ripped right through with it being the eye. We were advised to leave. No one left. We put the plexiglass storm windows over the regular windows. Every boat in the marina was destroyed except the one that was lifted over a fifteen foot sea wall. There wasn't a tree left on the street. No one was injured. We had a tree fall on the porch. We lost some roof shingles. Another tree fell on my rental car. Some bonehead took a walk on the jetty. He was found by the Coast Guard after the storm clinging to a bouy a mile out.quote:Originally posted by fanofgame:
I just dont get people who dont leave when evacuated.Then rescue workers have to risk their lives to save them. If the experts say leave,leave. Even if they are being extremely cautious.I have always found that to be stupid.
We don't have hurricanes of the magnitude the south deals with. It's just a tropical storm with winds 60-80 mph. The news makes a big deal out of it because the northeast isn't accustomed to this kind of weather and we're the center of the universe in the media's eyes.quote:Originally posted by TPM:
RJM,
Never second guess mother nature.
Stay safe.
quote:Originally posted by RJM:We don't have hurricanes of the magnitude the south deals with. It's just a tropical storm with winds 60-80 mph. The news makes a big deal out of it because the northeast isn't accustomed to this kind of weather and we're the center of the universe in the media's eyes.quote:Originally posted by TPM:
RJM,
Never second guess mother nature.
Stay safe.
quote:Originally posted by RJM:
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The decision to leave is a calculation based on the history of the area and whether or not you think it's possible for the sea to get to your house. We had a week without electricity.
Toold. I lived in California for twenty years in LA, SF and SD. I was in a concrete parking garage when the SF earthquake hit. I never ran so fast in my life. I was in a couple of 6.0+ in LA at the beach where the ground is sandy and unstable.quote:Originally posted by Tooldforthis:
It's funny, not in a joking way but I've lived most of my life in the San Francisco Bay Area and many earthquakes including 1958 and 1989 and just have dealt with it never really in that much fear, yet, the thought of a hurricane scares the h*ll out of me. I keep reading RJM"s post and am amazed how he seems to be taking it in stride. God bless you guys on the east coast and stay safe.
The Boston media completely overplayed the hurricane. Listening to them you would have thought the world was coming to an end. I had Ch 4 on all day. At one point I looked up and realized they were on the beach in front of my house. The disaster they were describing was not what was occurring. After a few hours I realized they were showing the same handful of incidences repeatedly. At what the local media called the most dangerous peak of the storm I walked to McDonald's for an ice cream. I wasn't the only one there. Like I've stated twice, you have to know the history of storms in your area and where the waters flows.quote:Originally posted by twotex:
RJM, I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. Not being impacted by a hurricane is great. Good for you. I have no idea if the national media is over hyping the impact of Sandy on Boston because I haven't seen television since the power went out on Monday. At this moment I'm sitting in my car charging various electronic devices.
I am enjoying the full moon out, which really stands out in the complete darkness being experienced by 90 percent of the people in my town.
Come on down to Connecticut and you can see more than fallen trees. Bring some of the firewood from those fallen trees, because folks down this way will need to start burning wood to keep warm as the temperature starts dropping. Fortunately Irene donated 3 trees to me last year (including the tree that hit the house) so I've got plenty of firewood to last for a while.
Bring some water, too, since the flood water may have contaminated the drinking water. For those of us who have water wells, we need the water to flush our toilets since we don't have running water while the power is out. Thanks to the "hype" my bathtub is full of water so we can flush once a day. Cool, huh?
I lived on the Texas Gulf coast for 30 years, rode out a hurricane and a tropical storm. I was in Houston for a tropical storm in 2001. The devastation was horrific. I volunteered in the clean up efforts and spoke to a homeowner who did not evacuate because there wasn't much "hype". Just a tropical storm, no big deal. Strangers led them through chest high water to safety in the middle of the night. And flood water ain't swimming pool water. I can't convey how traumatized these people were. Many people lost their lives in that storm. I will never forget it, and I will never take a tropical storm lightly. I will prepare for it.
I'm glad our neighbors up I 95 weren't impacted, but the people whose lives have been devastated deserve the attention - and help- now. And I don't mean me. Not having power is a mere inconvenience.
quote:Listening to them you would have thought the world was coming to an end.