Here I am! Rock You Like A Hurricane!
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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. -
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.' -
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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Saturday is our trash pick-up day. I can't find any obvious signs of cancellation, but does anyone know for sure?
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The NYTs write this, now I don't know what to about AC units and taping windows:
6. Personal safety: Residents riding out the storm should not tape windows; it does more harm than good, federal officials say. Removing window air-conditioning units can be more dangerous than leaving them in place, Mayor Bloomberg says. The safer option: take shelter in interior rooms.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/08/26/hurricane-irene-what-you-need-to-know/?hp
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sandcastler said:
Saturday’s farmers market at Grand Army Plaza: Are they going to have it like usual, or partly, or not at all?I was wondering that, too.
All greenmarkets totally closed all weekend.
http://www.grownyc.org/greenmarket
Storm advisory: Saturday 8/27 and Sunday 8/28 all Greenmarkets will be CLOSED, and all GrowNYC events and activities are cancelled.
The Union Square Greenmarket on Monday 8/29 may be closed or open late, depending on the severity of the storm and cleanup. We will update this page as we learn more.
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Ok, my wonderful brother came all the way out to help me get the dog uptown, I took out the A/C and shut all the windows and turned up the fridge and freezer.
Should I unplug things before I leave the apartment?
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if anyone who lives in ph or close by its pretty high in evaluation vs rest of brooklyn.
tateinbk think about this, if you're in mahattan its a island!! you're stuck there, they are going to close the bridges etc...
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remember folks when law and order breaks down
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Tate, I'd probably shut down and unplug electronics like computers.
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Unplug the tv and computer, but not the fridge.
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definitely unplug all electronics if the power goes out. supposedly when the power comes back on, the surge will fry everything.
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Does AW know that Brooklyn is also on an island?
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