Page 2 of 2
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:20 pm
by plasma1896

never seen a guy shit in his pants on live tv
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:30 pm
by dakshdar
Rode out Isabel when I lived in Norfolk in '03. That was a Cat 5 that I think hit Hampton Roads (Newport News, Norfolk, Va Beach area) head on. No power for 6 days, work/research (at NASA Langley) was closed for a week. I drove around the day after the storm, almost no traffic lights were functioning, it was pretty chaotic. I think I spent half the time during day at the mall/movie theater downtown (they had power because they're lines were underground) in Norfolk. Weirdest was going to bed at 8:30 each night. Only light I had was a propane lantern.
Here's a shot of what the water level looking like at the Air Force Base/NASA Base where I was working:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurri ... _water.jpg
Good luck everyone out there.
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:33 pm
by shel311
Cnasty wrote:ajalves wrote:still remember having 3 of these hit us in a 5 weeks span about 7 years ago.....pretty directly too
That was madness.
Gotta love our drunken drive through your apartment complex trying to avoid down power lines and trees and all that good stuff. That was a genius move there that we made.

Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:36 pm
by dakshdar
nick wrote:
Parts of Manhattan are built on landfill??? what the fuckkk
What's the one thing they aren't making any more of? Land. Unless you're in Dubai, where they like doing shit like making islands.
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 3:47 pm
by Hoos
dakshdar wrote:Rode out Isabel when I lived in Norfolk in '03. That was a Cat 5 that I think hit Hampton Roads (Newport News, Norfolk, Va Beach area) head on. No power for 6 days, work/research (at NASA Langley) was closed for a week. I drove around the day after the storm, almost no traffic lights were functioning, it was pretty chaotic. I think I spent half the time during day at the mall/movie theater downtown (they had power because they're lines were underground) in Norfolk. Weirdest was going to bed at 8:30 each night. Only light I had was a propane lantern.
Here's a shot of what the water level looking like at the Air Force Base/NASA Base where I was working:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hurri ... _water.jpg
Good luck everyone out there.
Yup, that one sucked. I went 7 days without power.
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 4:32 pm
by buckeye76
My brother is stationed in Norfolk. Yesterday they got the ship out to sea. His wife and daughter evacuated yesterday inland aways from what I was told.
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:22 pm
by Dcane7
Yeah I talked to my parents earlier today and they were on their way to an aunts in the western part of the state lol. My mom wanted to stay but my dad said they were getting outta dodge lol. I'm on the peninsula.
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Fri Aug 26, 2011 5:24 pm
by plasma1896
be safe all you guys in that path
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:57 pm
by NCSUholmey
been overcast and raining for almost the last 24 hours here, power blinked a couple times but nothing major. It dropping to a CAT 1 helped keep damage lower than what they thought a few days ago
Re: Hurricane Irene
Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2011 2:57 am
by plasma1896
Played around with live weather at 3am est
maryland- heavy rain and 31 mph winds
navy - heavy fog and 21 mph winds
army- down pour and 18 mph winds