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Post by swarm on Aug 28, 2011 8:06:02 GMT -5
Damn. Hope everyone is ok out there.
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Post by Mr. Hyde on Aug 28, 2011 8:17:35 GMT -5
This was a pretty big one. Thankfully for me and mine, we live in a pretty flood-proof zone and never lost power. I hope that as many people as possible were also so lucky to escape relatively unscathed.
Honestly, I think the general climate over the United States has changed. The east coast has gotten several Tornadoes this summer, which rarely happens much. We've also gotten much harder winters, much more rain, and we've seen (as far as I'm concerned) an increase in tropical systems pulling more towards us. The rest of the country, even typically cold places, experienced extreme heat this summer.
These weather changes have been happening gradually for years, and I'm preparing for more of the same next year, unfortunately.
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Post by Tournament Master on Aug 28, 2011 10:39:37 GMT -5
Doing ok here by me in Jersey. Never got as bad as I thought it could. We didnt lose power and only issue is some water in the basement.
Mother Nature is definitely f-ing with us for f-ing with Mother Nature in the past.
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Post by neilybob on Aug 28, 2011 10:45:55 GMT -5
By the time it hit NYC at 9 am. It was downgraded to a tropical storm.
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Post by todd on Aug 28, 2011 11:31:52 GMT -5
The rain stopped here a few hours ago but has been replaced by the strongest wind of the storm so far. Road conditions are terrible between the floods, downed trees and misc debris. Radio reports that 35,000 people are without power in this area
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Post by Sickman on Aug 28, 2011 12:28:23 GMT -5
Having lived in FL for years, I know the 'fun' of hurricanes all too well. I hope everything stays safe throughout the storm and everything's all right. I echo this. As far as mother nature is concerned. The universe is cyclical and these kind of things are going to happen. It seems to us like things are happening more than usual but we have no way of knowing what happened in the 1800's, 1700's, 500 years ago or whenever. All we can do is look back on our past and think that things are getting worse, or seemingly. Point is, whatever happens is going to happen. And as Rob said...not a damn thing we can do about it. |
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Post by chewey on Aug 28, 2011 22:14:23 GMT -5
There was a really awesome photo someone took of the hurricane as it reached the Virginia shore that was going viral this afternoon. Unfortunately I didn't have the foresight to save the photo before the guy changed his privacy settings... but it had the left half of the beach completely calm as day, while the dark clouds were approaching shore. I'll have to see if I can find it on the web tomorrow.
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Post by Vegas on Aug 29, 2011 0:09:12 GMT -5
I hope everyone on the East Coast impacted by Irene is recovering OK.
Thankfully living here in Nevada means I don't have to worry about hurricanes, but we do have to worry abut earthquakes (Nevada is the 4th most seismic state.)
Tomorrow is the first day of the school year for me and this year I am only teaching Geography again. Irene will be the first thing we discuss.
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Post by Tournament Master on Aug 29, 2011 10:57:13 GMT -5
While I was fine, many of the streets nearby me are under a ton of water and stuff is blocked off everywhere. Looks like it will take a while to get back to normal.
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Post by tystates on Aug 29, 2011 12:16:02 GMT -5
Sumie Sakai is in Jersey and she got back from the convention Saturday and had to get her cat and leave the apartment. They stayed with Angel Orsini.
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