leviramsey Posted August 25, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2011 Looks like a decent chance of catching a hurricane this weekend * We've added an "EXTREME" threat level category from eastern North Carolina to southern New England. According to Hurricane Expert, Dr. Rick Knabb and Sr. Meteorologist, Stu Ostro, "this is a particularly threatening situation and it's best for people to be on alert." * Computer models are currently trending toward a forecast solution of rare potency for portions of the Northeast. * Irene has the potential to be a serious and multi-hazard threat for the major metropolitan areas of the Northeast along and east of the I-95 corridor. This includes Philadelphia, New York City, Hartford, and Boston. * This hurricane has the potential to produce flooding rains, high winds, downed trees (on houses, cars, power lines) and widespread power outages. Significant impacts along the immediate coast include high waves, surge and beach erosion. The severity of the impacts will be determined by Irene's exact path and intensity, which remain uncertain at this time. * For North Carolina, odds are increasing that the main impact will be confined to the Outer Banks and elsewhere in extreme eastern NC * Timing: Irene will make its closest approach to the Carolinas late Friday night through Saturday. Northeast U.S. impacts would be this weekend into early Monday of next week. * We remain several days away from Irene's direct impacts along the US East Coast and critical uncertainties remain. Stay tuned to The Weather Channel and right here on weather.com for further updates. Cold front + hurricane = something close to a perfect storm Looks like a weekend of watching Jim Cantore and Stephanie Abrams for me... Tryin' to reason with hurricane season... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 An earthquake and a hurricane all in a week, it's all kicking off for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chindie Posted August 25, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2011 It's the coming of the Apocalypse. Soon cats will sleep with dogs and Obama will reveal himself to be the Anti-Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarethRDR Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 19 today, go me!! Happy birthday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 25, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 25, 2011 I'm about to start 2 whole weeks where I'm not on-call. It'll be like a holiday. I won't know what to do with myself of an evening. I'll probably just sit in and waste them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 I won't know what to do with myself get yourself a fleshlight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BOF Posted August 25, 2011 Moderator Share Posted August 25, 2011 It's, eh, an option I suppose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CarewsEyebrowDesigner Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 another option is estimating your vocabulary size. 30,300 for me, which is above average for my age, so i'm happy enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Gulp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ingram85 Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Good luck maqroll, keep us updated on your safety Oh and if you wake up tomorrow and your house is on the outskirts of emerald city, bring us all back a nice gift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjmooney Posted August 25, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2011 another option is estimating your vocabulary size. 30,300 for me, which is above average for my age, so i'm happy enough.37,700. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maqroll Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Good luck maqroll, keep us updated on your safety Oh and if you wake up tomorrow and your house is on the outskirts of emerald city, bring us all back a nice gift. Flying monkeys for everyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaajax Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 19 today, go me!! Happy birthday! I hope he enjoyed the Marilyn Monroe bot I assembled for him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVFC_Hitz Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Good luck maqroll, keep us updated on your safety Oh and if you wake up tomorrow and your house is on the outskirts of emerald city, bring us all back a nice gift. Flying monkeys for everyone Can I have an unmarked spoon? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 25, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 25, 2011 another option is estimating your vocabulary size. 30,300 for me, which is above average for my age, so i'm happy enough. 33,100 for me... about average for someone who scored c. 700 on the verbal SAT and is my age. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted August 25, 2011 Share Posted August 25, 2011 Gulp... Was finishing up the rest of my summer in America and of course I do not fly back until Monday, so I get to experience what many are calling the storm of a lifetime for the east coast...**** off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 26, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2011 40-foot waves... long-lasting power & communications outages... probably one for history Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSufferingVilla Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'll be honest here, most people in work today were going on about how they hope the storm **** off to sea and doesn't affect us. They are all full of shit, My apartment is about 20ft from the East River and built on reclaimed land, my office is in Downtown Manhattan and at severe risk of flooding, I've had to cancel a bunch of weekend plans and stocked up on water and some other goods. Unlike the people who pretend they don't want the shit to go down. I really **** hope it does, I want to see half the city flooded, devastation up and down the East coast, blackouts, water shortages, flooded subways, abandoned cars, roofs blown off, people boating in the middle of the street. I want this **** to hit NJ as category 3 ravage it and move into NYC at cat 2. Maybe I'm alone but I know I'm not. Whenever a major incident or disaster happens we put on this veneer of horror and shock but inside we are all thirsting for more. CARNAGE BABY! CARNAGE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockStockVilla Posted August 26, 2011 Share Posted August 26, 2011 I'll be honest here, most people in work today were going on about how they hope the storm **** off to sea and doesn't affect us. They are all full of shit, My apartment is about 20ft from the East River and built on reclaimed land, my office is in Downtown Manhattan and at severe risk of flooding, I've had to cancel a bunch of weekend plans and stocked up on water and some other goods. Unlike the people who pretend they don't want the shit to go down. I really **** hope it does, I want to see half the city flooded, devastation up and down the East coast, blackouts, water shortages, flooded subways, abandoned cars, roofs blown off, people boating in the middle of the street. I want this **** to hit NJ as category 3 ravage it and move into NYC at cat 2. Maybe I'm alone but I know I'm not. Whenever a major incident or disaster happens we put on this veneer of horror and shock but inside we are all thirsting for more. CARNAGE BABY! CARNAGE! All I can imagine is the that film The Day After Tomorrow, minus the super blizzard and every single person dying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leviramsey Posted August 26, 2011 VT Supporter Share Posted August 26, 2011 This. It's almost surely not going to kill people en masse... you, me, maqroll et al aren't likely to get killed in this, but when the storm passes, we'll have been through something borderline Biblical, something to tell people, "Well, I went through Irene". It's a bond born of shared experience (which is probably second only to family... it's why the bond of sports fandom is so strong*). It's **** awesome, in every sense of the word. *: Semi-related: The Weather Channel is in full pre-game mode Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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