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It was bound to happen, so why delay it. Here is your hurricane thread.
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Couldn't they have scheduled this for during the work week?
Is it wrong for me to smile and wonder if it is only going to hit Park Slope, because it is listed in the Park Slope section?
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It's stickied to the front page, we haven't been able to do a true global in this new format.
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I hear it is going to rain a lot, and be windy.
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Since moving here I've been hit by a tornado, several days of blizzard, an earthquake, and now a hurricane. All within a 12-month period. I'm starting to take it personally.
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http://www.nytimes.com/projects/hurricanes/?ref=us#!/2011/Irene
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stewart said:
Since moving here I've been hit by a tornado, several days of blizzard, an earthquake, and now a hurricane. All within a 12-month period. I'm starting to take it personally.Have you thought about moving indoors? It makes life much more pleasant.
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Clear your rain gutters and roll down your shades or close your shutters. Most importantly, please remember, all of the Chinese places, with the exception of No Pork Halal, will still deliver emergency PuPu Platter rations.
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Step 1 to remaining sane:
Realize that the radio, TV and internet all focus on the worst things that happen during such a storm. If you are prone to anxiety, turn these things off.
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Stock the liquor cabinet! Ours is only missing one thing and today I got caffeine and limes so I think we're ready to be stuck inside, hopefully due to just lots of rain.
Also, what does taping up the windows do? I was imagining it being something you do if they get knocked out, but I'm hearing it as a precautionary action. Tape vs. hurricane doesn't sound like a fair fight to me.
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From what I know, back in the day of 'plain glass windows' the tape would help control the shattered glass as the air pressure of a hurricane imploded your homes windows. I think nowadays, most of us have double pane windows made out of heftier material.
From a GOV site:
Take Protective Measures
Before a Hurricane
To prepare for a hurricane, you should take the following measures:* Make plans to secure your property. Permanent storm shutters offer the best protection for windows. A second option is to board up windows with 5/8” marine plywood, cut to fit and ready to install. Tape does not prevent windows from breaking.
* Install straps or additional clips to securely fasten your roof to the frame structure. This will reduce roof damage.
* Be sure trees and shrubs around your home are well trimmed.
* Clear loose and clogged rain gutters and downspouts.
* Determine how and where to secure your boat.
* Consider building a safe room.I NEED A SAFE ROOM STAT!!!
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OpossumQueen said:
Stock the liquor cabinet! Ours is only missing one thing and today I got caffeine and limes so I think we're ready to be stuck inside, hopefully due to just lots of rain.Also, what does taping up the windows do? I was imagining it being something you do if they get knocked out, but I'm hearing it as a precautionary action. Tape vs. hurricane doesn't sound like a fair fight to me.
Yep stocking the liquor cabinet is most important. Then comes batteries and candles. I also make sure all my phones are charged in case of a power outage.
The tape on windows helps to keep shards of glass from exploding in, the tape makes the glass fall instead of shoot in.
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If winds are as forecast, we can expect to shut down entire system for a period of time.
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FYI, Bloomberg is talking about no train/subway or bus service from Sat-Monday.
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I predict the NYC area will have less than 10 deaths.
Five of them will be Darwin inspired.
Between now and Monday:
1. To test out his new SUV, a guy will drive it through standing water he thinks is "pretty deep". It will be several feet deep; he will drown.
2. Mid storm, a man will become pissed off that his Direct TV has stopped working, and he can not view his porn on pay-per-view. He will climb on the the roof of his suburban house to "fix the dish". He will fall off the roof.
3. Someone will be hit by a falling branch while going to purchase more beer/liquor/weed/crack.
4. Someone's basement will seriously flood, causing the circuit breakers to blow. The owner will be electrocuted as they swim over to the fuse box to turn the power back on.
5. After losing power, someone will burn down their house by using candles they have positioned on top of newspapers.
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Mamacita said:
* Determine how and where to secure your boat.
* Consider building a safe room.[/quote]I NEED A SAFE ROOM STAT!!!
Right. Between now and Sunday I have to get a boat.
And apparently try living indoors. Didn't know you could do that.
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btw we are !@#$, i'll just have to wait till its all over and get calls from tenants about broken windows etc.. i thought about going to seal all the windows. but people like their windows.
Fight white guilt and injustice by smoking tax free guilt free Reservation Smokes or go gamble in a Native Casino.
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Dumb people who will live:
1. Despite being without power for only 2 hours, someone will decide to burn charcoal in their garage to cook a burger. They will be sick, but live.
2. Having lost power for 2 days, someone will decide to eat meat items from their freezer without cooking them first. They will be sick, but live.
3. A motorcycle rider will crash in the storm, but live.
4. For some reason, storms make people buy incredible amounts of milk. Not wanting the milk to go bad, someone will drink all of the milk and vomit.
5. Someone will decide that all of the banks will be destroyed and tell all of the people in line for the teller that they are stupid for not withdrawing all of their money. One of the people in line will mug him after he leaves the bank.
6. Someone will get locked in their Safe Room.
7. Someone will annoy their housemate/relative so much by talking about the "end of the world" that their mouth is duct taped shut by said roommate/relative.
8. In the process of installing plywood to their homes, several people will "nail gun" or "screw gun" their hand.
9. A TV reporter will be hit by a flying object while looking into the camera and loudly exclaiming "the storm has made it really windy out!"
10. At this very moment, a guy who not watched the news in 2 weeks has taken tomorrow off to spend the weekend sailing to Delaware. He will leave tomorrow morning and be incredibly rescued by the Coast Guard on Sunday.
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Ah, tape for break. That sounds, um, fun to do.
I'm making sure all of our towels are clean and dry in preparation for the deluge the might seep under one of our door but hoping I'll only need them to dry the dog off after I drag him out in it.
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Saw neighbors tying down strollers. I hope Starbucks isn't boarded up.
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And now to inject some reason into the hysteria:
New York has been hit by major hurricanes in the past and although there has been significant damage to costal areas, in the last 200 years only 4 hurricanes have resulted in a significant loss of life in this region
The last major hurricane to hit the NYC areas directly was Hurricane Gloria which made landfall for the first time in the Carolinas and then made its second landfall on Long Island. Gloria was a fast moving storm which arrived at low tide resulting in less flooding than would normally be found in a Cat 3 storm. Central Park received only 88.4 milimeters of rain (about 3.5 inches)during the storm.
Bottom line is its best to prepare, hunker down and watch the new slim Al Roker get picked up by gale-force winds as he covers the hurricane in NC.
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2. Mid storm, a man will become pissed off that his Direct TV has stopped working, and he can not view his porn on pay-per-view. He will climb on the the roof of his suburban house to "fix the dish". He will fall off the roof.
At least I'll go out with dignity.
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Boygabriel said:
At least I'll go out with dignity.Despite the weather, he should wear a bathrobe and slippers. This will make him look like a lonely, pathetic Hugh Hefner.
or a Big Lebowski fan
homeowner » Bottom line is its best to prepare, hunker down and watch the new slim Al Roker get picked up by gale-force winds as he covers the hurricane in NC.
I hope his MD didn't tell him that losing weight would be good for him. Don't MDs know that advice should be individualized?
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I am seriously considering taking my camera out in the storm and just taking random photos.
My friend and I are going to have a "Hurricane Pizza Party." Hopefully a local bar will be open so I can rescue forlorn lasses.
"Half a mile from the county fair and the rain came pouring down
Me and Billy standing there with a silver half-a-crown." -
IRENE vs. KFC: A Photo-Journal of a Man, His Son, a Hurricane, and an Abandoned KFC
http://www.geoffreyarthurdrewyor.com/
thia guy seems like a bit of an idiot. I know the KFC, though. It's on 4th Ave near Atlantic Terminal.
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But that KFC is not abandoned, it's open, hum.. maybe he works there. Seems dumb and pointless. (maybe I'm being cranky)
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as of a couple days ago, it seems to be all shuttered.
but there's no doubt that it's absolutely dumb and pointless. a friend of mine sent it to me and i'm going to need to ask him what this is all about.
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Ok, so even though I live in a high enough place where I'm nowhere near an evacuation zone my mother has now started urging me to take the dog and go up to her place in Morningside Heights for the weekend. She does have a lot more food stashed, as well as a back yard area where I could take the dog out without braving the full street as long as the winds aren't outrageous.
I do fear she has maybe confused a hurricane with a full Zombie Attack since she also pointed out that up there family members have cars if we need to get out of the city.
Even if we get no hurricane the shutting down of the MTA could shut the city down. So, question to absolute strangers, do I take the hound, fetus, and significant other up to Manhattan to spend the weekend there?
It should be noted that normally I would be all "Yay, a storm, how thrilling". But in my current enceinte state I am far more cautious than I would be otherwise.
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I think I would have to know your mother before I offered an answer.
Does she need you near her, OR does she think you would benefit from being with her?
These are two completely different motivations.
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Whynot,
I think it's mostly the latter. Especially with the MTA shutting down she doesn't want us trapped in Brooklyn come what may. Her general belief is that this appears to be an active storm and it's best to have family close, especially when one of those family members is a master at finding food sales, and therefore has tons of food (her significant other).
I think she is also more protective of my current state. I don't find her generally to be an alarmist. That said, we haven't seen each other in a while and she did also mention it would be nice to spend a weekend together.
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Of the five of her kids, three of them live up in that area anyway, one of them will not come up since that one's girlfriend hates us, and then there's me.
My own significant other thinks she and I are over reacting, but he'll go along with it without question.
I'm more stressed about the MTA shutting down and how that could strand us. You might not have any idea whether or not the MTA is actually shutting down tomorrow at noon or whether that is just NJTransit.
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Assuming that the dog does not find her annoying, then I say you should go to Upper Manhattan.
When the MTA does a planned shut down (like this one), it is relatively easy for it to resume services.
When they have trains stuck with people in them, and in flooded tunnels, it tends to be more of a pain to get things started again.
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The dog LOVES her and he is the only dog she loves. The significant other likes her just fine and would probably be lured up on the idea of her cooking alone. Thank you for your help Whynot.
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Well if its anywhere near as bad as people are claiming it might be, the dog will probably cross his/her legs, look at you like you're crazy and go all "You can't seriously expect me to go out there" when you open the door to the backyard.
Given that, it really just comes down to whether this is going to be more of a cool sleepover or a chance to size up which relatives you need to take out life insurance on. If its the former, then go. If its the latter, go food shopping in BK and stay home.
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tateinbk, for your mom's peace of mind, my vote is to go to Upper Manhattan. Best case scenario, it's just a bad storm and you get to spend time with family; worst case scenario, it's a full on hurricane and all communications/power are knocked out and you have no way of getting in touch with your family...
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Yeah, the folks with cars might also come in handy should you have some sort of pregnancy emergency with no trains cabs are going to be hard to come by.
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It would partially be a fun sleepover. I have a feeling all 16lbs of dog is going to refuse to go outside with a "no no, it's cool, I'll go inside" look. So I'm thinking we're going to get some wee pads as a form of hurricane preparation. Oddly enough he's also gone voluntarily in the shower before (ah, rescue dogs) so hopefully he would pick that habit up over the rugs.
Yeah, tjaded, that is looking like that will be my outlook as well. It just proves, you can be 30 years old, live on your own since 18, and have a family on the way, and still the "safe" place to be is home.
Her last argument is that if the power goes out, the outer boroughs are always on the bottom of the list to restore power to.
I'm still a bit worried about my sig.nif.oth's family who live in Zone B and include a 99 year old. The only reason to stay here would be to provide them with a safe place to be if needed. Rumor has it they won't go anywhere anyway though.
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If you do not go, and something even really small happens in Brooklyn (like we lose power for 4 hours), you may risk hearing about it for the rest of your life:
"We didn't lose power in Manhattan, and I told you to come to Manhattan and you could have DIED without power for 4 hours."
So, I would consider having listen to that over and over for the rest of my life be the biggest risk of not going, NOT anything that happens from actually losing power.
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Go home with mom, have home cooking, support each other, and if anything goes wrong, just borrow the car to help your significant others family. Just because MTA is down doesn't mean all the highways are closed.
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Ideas on where is the best place to pick up some towels/batteries/heavy-duty flashlights? that will actually have these items in stock? Target is always a hot mess and out of everything.
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The Daily News is running a map of who should be worried:
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2011/08/irene-nyc-map-what-zone-are-you-in-0
The area around Prospect Park is "no zone" which I imagine translates to "stop calling us".
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Stupid jokes Question: What do hurricanes and divorces have in common??
Answer: Somebody always loses their house.Question: How do hurricanes see?
Answer: With one eye!Question: Whatever happened to the cow that was lifted into the air by the tornado?
Answer: Udder disaster!Question: Why did the woman go outdoors with her purse open?
Answer: Because she expected some change in the weather.Question: What do you call it when it rains chickens and ducks?
Answer: Foul (fowl) weather.For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor. -
Mama, Tarzian is completely out of flashlights.
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Q: What do a divorce in Arkansas, a tornado in Kansas, and a hurricane in Florida have in common?
A: Somebody's fixin' to lose them a trailer.When Bush was President, he toured parts of Missouri that were devastated by a
recent tornado. There was one awkward moment, when the President looked at the tornado damage and said, 'Don't worry, we're going to get whoever did this.'For better or worse, the change on Nostrand is going to make the change on Franklin look minor. -
booklaw said:
Mama, Tarzian is completely out of flashlights.Pincnik or whatever they are called are completely out of all flashlights and all batteries. FYI
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Run on duct tape @ Tarzian
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Saturday’s farmers market at Grand Army Plaza: Are they going to have it like usual, or partly, or not at all?
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Associated is a hell hole of people right now.
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