Hurricane Irene

[psychoangel691]

we haven't had internet pretty much all day. it was on this morning then was out by like 11ish. posting from my phone lol.

[icontrolyourworld]

It's hot in new mexico

[MrGiggles]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

Pretty much exactly what I expected, gg statistics, eff you overhyping news reportards

idk dude my neighborhood is a pretty big mess, power lines and trees everywhere. Forests around here are very old, with a lot of weak or dead trees just waiting for an excuse to ruin someone's day.

Hour #20 without power. Our house looks like a sacrificial altar with all the candles. Trying to keep boredom away with books and blunts. Estimated time until power is restored: six days. Kill me now.

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by Oni-Paranoia

It wasn't too much hype. There were double-digit deaths involved. What was predicted for us was from foreshadowing what we already witnessed more down south probably over actual statistics. Whatever the reason, the hurricane did damage, be thankful you didn't drive somewhere and have a tree land on your car.

In other news, Boston streets (Chelsea, Everett etc...) were covered in branches. Entire commuter system was offline today (which sucks).

Yes but the branches, etc are to be expected. I did my own stat-crunching and it was pretty darn close to what actually happened. It's just common sense not to go driving near areas with trees during this type of storm, but it's not like we needed to stock up on all sorts of supplies (like so many here in NYC and Jersey did).

Yeah, it's a "prepare for the worst" type of thing, but still. The rational outcomes don't justify the high risk aversions, which stemmed from ignorance.

[robertsona]

like half my town lost power but i didn't!!

i'm in baltimore either way tho so Itz All Good

[Crimson_Shuffler]

i live in North Carolina and it wasnt that bad but i live in the middle.

[A2P]

Originally Posted by robertsona

like half my town lost power but i didn't!!

i'm in baltimore either way tho so Itz All Good

but your location clearly says you're in emma watson...

8)

[Tyson ultima]

Right now a bit annoyed my house is one of the only ones that doesn't have power and my phone broke kinda. at a friends

[Nurotasama]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

but it's not like we needed to stock up on all sorts of supplies (like so many here in NYC and Jersey did).

I cannot figure out why people bought out all of the stores of their bottled water for the hurricane. For one, do you really need 12L of drinking water for a cat1/2? And for the second... can't you just get water from the faucet before the storm anyway?

[awein999]

I didn't lose power at all. But most people in this area lost it at like noon and don't have it back. My friend contacted me and asked if he could hang at my place cause he didn't have power. So we chilled and went old school mario party 1 and made bets for lolz.

[MrGiggles]

Originally Posted by Nurotasama

I cannot figure out why people bought out all of the stores of their bottled water for the hurricane. For one, do you really need 12L of drinking water for a cat1/2? And for the second... can't you just get water from the faucet before the storm anyway?

lots of houses let you get water from the tap even after the power goes out. Depends on what your water source is. People are just kinda impressionable.

[psychoangel691]

Originally Posted by Nurotasama

I cannot figure out why people bought out all of the stores of their bottled water for the hurricane. For one, do you really need 12L of drinking water for a cat1/2? And for the second... can't you just get water from the faucet before the storm anyway?

If the power goes out we can't get water from the tap. Plus they don't recommend drinking water from the tap after a storm hits because of possible contamination. I don't drink from the tap anyway, the water at my mom's house doesn't smell good to me. No idea what it is. So me buying bottled water before the storm was normal anyway lol. Did buy a little extra in case we couldn't get anywhere for a while. Which there's actually flooding and trees down like all around our area.


Damn watch some of the videos in this article http://news.yahoo.com/york-dodges-ir...010851568.html There's a whole bunch showing the damage from all over the east coast. Some of it is sick.

[ELRayford]

Bottledwaterfags see below:

http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/27/news...es/pepsi_coke/

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0304-04.htm

[robertsona]

i think i may be literaly the only person in my town with power and i have no idea why. praise the lord

[icontrolyourworld]

[robertsona]

that exact same joke was used already for the earthquake where at least it was sort of accurate (tip: that sort of joke isn't funny when people actually died)

i mean irene wasn't devastating or anything but there was definite damage

[MrGiggles]

Originally Posted by robertsona

i think i may be literaly the only person in my town with power and i have no idea why. praise the lord

>68% of nc lost power last I heard. Including me. I hate you.

Driving around the roads look like a battlezone

[Ninty64]

Lol! That made my day Icy.

Edit: Oh, and also, Tropical Depression #12 anyone? =|

[yo man im awesome]

Just got my power back on today, I expected it to be much later before LIPA would actually bother to do something.

[Patricoo]

Just got my power back last night at 9:00. We got a foot in our basement, killing a fridge and our heater. (Maybe our hot water boiler too.) Laugh all you want about hype but this kinda thing doesn't usually happen here in Philadelphian suburbia. If these storms weren't a once-in-a-fifty-year occurring instance, I'd be laughing it off probably and live in a place with a better designed basement. But since I don't, I spent one sleepless night fighting to make sure the pumps kept working and bailing, then the next moving stuff and trying to keep our generator from breaking down.

I can't go "lawl hype" because for me the hurricane did to us what they told us, plus it killed 40 people. Its all on your luck sometimes.