So 120 rolls of toilet paper isn't over-reacting?

 

lol! you'll need 'em eventually.

I think most people are over reacting to this.

 

 

Guess you've never been through anything like this before then. Kinda silly to say this, when this and other hurricanes spawn many many areas of isolated, devestating destruction within cities and towns.:dozey:

Guess you've never been through anything like this before then. Kinda silly to say this, when this and other hurricanes spawn many many areas of isolated, devestating destruction within cities and towns.:dozey:

 

THIS ISNT KATRINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll rain! Oh my God! How ever will we make it? Some people might lose power for a day, possibly two. Oh no, what's this? Wind too???? I think we should make out our wills and say goodbye to everybody we love. Look if it were something big then I would be sensitive to what's happened with past hurricanes. But guess what, this ISNT anything big.

it's kind of unsettling to see the direct path of the hurricane heading directly where I live :|

 

This. :|

 

Well, it will be my first hurricane. :cheesy:

Ok well like, there was this one lady in the store who had bought 120 rolls of toilet paper. - over reacting

 

My grandmother seems to think we won't have power for 3-4 days. over reacting

 

1985-Hurricane Gloria struck Long Island as a category 2 storm... left the island without power for 2 weeks. Minimum. Not much damage in the city... but still... living in the dark for two weeks... not over reacting lol

 

Eh, you guys will be fine. We deal with this stuff all the time in the South, and this hurricane isn't enough to cause serious damage. Once it hits land there will be enough friction to slow it down a bit.

 

I survived Hurricane Andrew in Miami back in '92. Granted this isn't a storm of that magnitude... but it is over 400 miles wide. Heavy rains and flooding will occur.... it could be just as devastating as if the winds were stronger..... hurricanes aren't all about the wind. And if it slows it down, that just means it will take even longer for the 400 mi. wide storm to pass and dump all of that rain on already heavily saturated grounds. We had rain literally for like 24hrs a few weeks back.

 

There is no such thing as overreacting to hurricanes and storms. You should have a storm kit and extra water for an emergency. Long Island is sea level. I was in East Hampton a few years ago, and traveled around Long Island, and did not see any highre ground to go to. I would evaculate now and avoid the rush.

 

:thumbsup: couldn't agree more... once you experience one, a bad one at that.. you never take them lightly.

 

 

THIS ISNT KATRINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll rain! Oh my God! How ever will we make it? Some people might lose power for a day, possibly two. Oh no, what's this? Wind too???? I think we should make out our wills and say goodbye to everybody we love. Look if it were something big then I would be sensitive to what's happened with past hurricanes. But guess what, this ISNT anything big.

 

Um. Yeah... what exactly did NO in with Katrina??? Oh yeaaaah..... the levees broke! Too much water! Overflowing dams and levees.... yes.... WATER!!!

 

Granted.. its not as strong as Katrina... but it IS bigger in size mile wise. Heavy rains. This is what all the hoopla is about. Flooding and surges up against the inlets and barrier islands we have here in the metro area. Including Manhattan. As the storm passes.... the backside of the storm will push all the water the first half of the storm surged in.... causing the island (mainly downtown NYC) will/could be under water.

 

Tunnels and subways completely underwater..... imagine the damage? :o

 

 

---- I've got all my supplies, however I only have 4 rolls of toilet paper. :laugh3:

Though I agree it's better safe than sorry, during any storm, bringing up Katrina or Andrew is kinda ridiculous. Those were MAJOR hurricanes, Irene is not. Irene is set to hit the North at cat 1 maybe even a tropical storm. Will there be flooding, probably. Is it a safe bet to buy flashlights and extra food, in case lights go out? of course. But it is NOT the "Monster Storm" the media keeps scaring NY with. Again though, better safe than sorry!!

I feel very happy because my house is at the top of a hill, so we'd have to have about 30 feet of water before it got to be a problem.

 

And yay for New Jersey's huge hills, if there's a gigantic flood I could easily walk to an even larger hill across the street lol.

^ :lol:

I think most people are over reacting to this.

 

I think you're overreacting about, according to you, people overreacting.

 

THIS ISNT KATRINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Of course it isn't, it's Irene silly.

Though I agree it's better safe than sorry, during any storm, bringing up Katrina or Andrew is kinda ridiculous. Those were MAJOR hurricanes, Irene is not. Irene is set to hit the North at cat 1 maybe even a tropical storm. Will there be flooding, probably. Is it a safe bet to buy flashlights and extra food, in case lights go out? of course. But it is NOT the "Monster Storm" the media keeps scaring NY with. Again though, better safe than sorry!!

 

I completely agree with this, I'd rather be safe than sorry.

 

It's kind of funny though because I was reading up on how to be safe and whatnot during a hurricane and my parents were laughing at me. :disappointed:

Good to be prepared.

Here, we just had a tornado two days ago, really messed up an area just north of here, smashed up some houses, one person got killed.

Seems to me that I recall reading in a National Geo article something about over a hundred tornadoes inside a given hurricane in Florida - will this one do the same? Something else to consider, besides the flooding storm surge..

Power outages are annoying but expected (recalling how Rocky the squirrel shorted across some contacts at a substation and took down half the country's electrical grid a few years back), but it's the other stuff that's good to be really prepared for..

Hang on to your hats!!:cowboy::fingersx:

So 120 rolls of toilet paper isn't over-reacting?

 

Maybe she had a coupon for it

Stay safe, everyone! :hug:

THIS ISNT KATRINA!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It'll rain! Oh my God! How ever will we make it? Some people might lose power for a day, possibly two. Oh no, what's this? Wind too???? I think we should make out our wills and say goodbye to everybody we love. Look if it were something big then I would be sensitive to what's happened with past hurricanes. But guess what, this ISNT anything big.

 

 

Nobody was comparing this to Katrina and to even imply this is ridiculous. I live in Florida and have gone thru many storms, "Charley" came right thru Orlando with 90/100 mile an hour winds and knocked out power for 3 weeks in and around Orlando, with 20 something inches of rain, so all the LOW lying areas of Central Florida lost their homes from the flood damage, and the ones that were not lost, took 2 years to get back on their feet, so Yeah Your right, not a huge hurricane, but for those people who get this WILL be affected one way or another.

Good to be prepared.

Here, we just had a tornado two days ago, really messed up an area just north of here, smashed up some houses, one person got killed.

Seems to me that I recall reading in a National Geo article something about over a hundred tornadoes inside a given hurricane in Florida - will this one do the same? Something else to consider, besides the flooding storm surge..

Power outages are annoying but expected (recalling how Rocky the squirrel shorted across some contacts at a substation and took down half the country's electrical grid a few years back), but it's the other stuff that's good to be really prepared for..

Hang on to your hats!!:cowboy::fingersx:

 

 

 

Good points..... Hurricanes/Tropical storms don't have to be a cat.5 in order for folks to just fluff them off, try going 3 weeks with no power in the heart of Orlando Florida with barely a Catagory 1 moving thru, :stunned: now that was not fun:(

Nobody was comparing this to Katrina and to even imply this is ridiculous. I live in Florida and have gone thru many storms, "Charley" came right thru Orlando with 90/100 mile an hour winds and knocked out power for 3 weeks in and around Orlando, with 20 something inches of rain, so all the LOW lying areas of Central Florida lost their homes from the flood damage, and the ones that were not lost, took 2 years to get back on their feet, so Yeah Your right, not a huge hurricane, but for those people who get this WILL be affected one way or another.

 

Hurricane Charley: LEVEL 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hurricane Irene: LEVEL 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It's ridiculous to compare those two. That's like saying I lived through Hiroshima and being afraid to open a microwave.

Calm down with the exclamation marks, Jack. :|

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Calm down with the exclamation marks, Jack. :|

 

I just think people are seriously over reacting to this but I don't think many people agree so I'll just drop it. :(

Hurricane Charley: LEVEL 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hurricane Irene: LEVEL 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It's ridiculous to compare those two. That's like saying I lived through Hiroshima and being afraid to open a microwave.

 

 

 

Ummmm, Charley it hit the edge of Captiva as a 4, but quickly went to a 1 when it hit land, they had a lot of damage to the Island of Sanibal and Captiva, but as a Cat 1 when it reached my home in Cent. Florida we went without power for 3 weeks, right in the heart of Orlando, so my point was trying to inform you that even tho Irene isn't a MAJOR hurricane, many many people and areas will be affected, and should be prepared, and not just fluff it off, as you said, "It's just alittle wind and Rain, don't over-react", that's all I was pointing out Jack.

Hurricane Charley: LEVEL 4!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hurricane Irene: LEVEL 2!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

It's ridiculous to compare those two. That's like saying I lived through Hiroshima and being afraid to open a microwave.

 

Hurricane Gloria: CATEGORY 2

My grandparents are in NC right where the hurricane hit land, they said it's pretty bad for a cat 2

 

Lots of wind and rain, but they didn't have any damage (yet, they're still at the back end of the hurricane)

I give up. Ok, in case any of you are interested I'm building an ark out back of my house, so you know, just in case you wanna come along. That's my last post in this thread though.

Irene has been downgraded to a Cat 1 , ya'll.

it doesn't matter what category it is, it can still do a lot of damage. hope it doesn't do very much.