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Post by AlanC on Aug 25, 2011 12:42:07 GMT -5
I think you will need to unbolt the DirectTV dish right before the strong winds. It will warp and twist it. Don't get hurt getting up on the roof but it will be toast if you get hurricane force winds. Anyway, good luck. Hurricanes suck...er blow.
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Post by patrick on Aug 25, 2011 15:18:51 GMT -5
With regard to freezers and refrigerators: if you fill plastic bottles with water and put them in to freeze or cool down now while you have power, that will prolong the amount of time you have before the contents go bad, especially if the frozen water lines the freezer walls with the food on the interior.
It also means you would have clean water, in case there's a problem with water.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 25, 2011 15:29:53 GMT -5
With regard to freezers and refrigerators: if you fill plastic bottles with water and put them in to freeze or cool down now while you have power, that will prolong the amount of time you have before the contents go bad, especially if the frozen water lines the freezer walls with the food on the interior. It also means you would have clean water, in case there's a problem with water. I have frozen water in the freezer. I leave some in there to take golfing anyway. The freezer and fridge should be OK until I get the generator hooked up to it but the storm is going to hit in the middle of the night so it will have to wait 'til morning if the power goes out which is almost certain. On the up side, sorta, I don't have to worry about picking Mary up from work. She goes in at 3 and is there for the duration. "Hold until relieved" as they said in "The Longest Day". They expect the roads to be closed if not blocked by fallen trees and power lines. Not a big surprise really.
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Post by Resolve on Aug 25, 2011 17:39:17 GMT -5
Sounds all very scary...and that "sit and watch/wait" must just be so nerve-wracking!
Keep us posted as you can!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 25, 2011 17:50:35 GMT -5
Well as of the current projected path, it's going to hit my town as a cat 2. I live right on the water (just over the bridge on the inland side where they film that Jersey Shore show). I've already spoken to my sister that if it stays on this path, me and the dogs will probably go to her place, which is a few miles more inland. Should be an adventure.
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 26, 2011 15:29:47 GMT -5
Easy to see why New Yorkers are worried. Looks like a good chunk of lower Manhattan could go underwater, depending on the strength of the surge combined with torrential rain. This is an interactive map based on NASA data showing effects of sea-level rise around the globe. To see what would happen to NYC in case of a storm surge, navigate to N. America (upper right on the screen) and keep zooming in. To see effects of various levels, change the setting at upper left. (For extra fun, check out the New York region at +60 meters of rise.) flood.firetree.net/?ll=43.3251,-101.6015&z=13&m=7 And ... hurricam: www.washingtonpost.com/live/video-2
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Post by sekhmet on Aug 26, 2011 15:32:44 GMT -5
*roar* billiam!!
Good to hear about Mike and Tamara, Don.
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Post by millring on Aug 26, 2011 16:24:43 GMT -5
You guys on the eastern seaboard take good care of yourselves. Hurricanes suck. We had a tornado about 50 miles sw of us on Saturday. It blew in off Lake Huron and devastated one of the prettiest towns around. Blew down the entire centre of town and killed one person, injured many. I've seen photos and caught up with Michael Crocker. He has some damage to his house, but he and Tamara are OK. Interesting (and good news). Real old-timers to the AG forum might remember Crocker as "Mooh".
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 26, 2011 17:16:34 GMT -5
We've just heard they're going to lower the level of the lake we're on in Camden ME. The road is only about three feet above the water line, and it will be high tide when the lady comes through.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 26, 2011 17:28:33 GMT -5
We've just heard they're going to lower the level of the lake we're on in Camden ME. The road is only about three feet above the water line, and it will be high tide when the lady comes through. The 5pm update started lowering the threat level a little. They have it as Cat 1 when it gets here now and maybe moving a little east after it hits N.C. Still lots of rain coming. Do lakes in Maine have tides? BTW, I have a niece who lives in Camden. Wish I could remember which one.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Aug 26, 2011 18:31:26 GMT -5
You guys on the eastern seaboard take good care of yourselves. Hurricanes suck. We had a tornado about 50 miles sw of us on Saturday. It blew in off Lake Huron and devastated one of the prettiest towns around. Blew down the entire centre of town and killed one person, injured many. I've seen photos and caught up with Michael Crocker. He has some damage to his house, but he and Tamara are OK. Is that Goderich you are referring to? If so, a friend sent me a link to the terrible photos. Wow! My friend's parents summer at a cabin on Barrow Bay and they pass through Goderich on their way to visit. I've been through there once myself.
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 27, 2011 9:14:17 GMT -5
I really sympathize with gov officials like Bloomberg, who was just on TV urging people not to underestimate Irene just because it's "only" a category 1 'cane. If this one doesn't live up to expectations/fears, the next time, people will be less likely to take warnings seriously. That's what happened with Katrina: the folks were so used to hurricane warnings that they became complaisant. We've just heard they're going to lower the level of the lake we're on in Camden ME. The road is only about three feet above the water line, and it will be high tide when the lady comes through. The 5pm update started lowering the threat level a little. They have it as Cat 1 when it gets here now and maybe moving a little east after it hits N.C. Still lots of rain coming. Do lakes in Maine have tides? BTW, I have a niece who lives in Camden. Wish I could remember which one. Yep, all bodies of water have tides, though the smaller the lake, the less noticeable. Also, high winds can affect water levels on a big lake by pushing the water toward one end or the other. Our lake, Megunticook, is a big one. Not sure what the tidal difference is, but I've noticed that the locals here are the sort who don't believe in taking chances in general. I'm guessing that the 'cane will further degrade as it heads north, especially if it takes a westward turn. Water and heat are the fueld of hurricanes, and they tend to peter out pretty quickly if denied either one. By the time it reaches Maine it could be just a bad storm. But you just never know which tack something like this will take.
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Post by RickW on Aug 27, 2011 10:12:22 GMT -5
Yes, it's the storm surge from the wind. It can stack the water up pretty good. We have a few spots hear on the coast where they built too low and close to the water, and when we get a big wind storm coming in coinciding with a high tide, the water can go hundreds of yards inland. The tide is just setting the starting level higher, so a lake would have the same problems, though it won't necessarily have the run up room the ocean has.
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 27, 2011 11:07:47 GMT -5
It's damn near criminal how everyone in a position to do anything ignored the threat to New Orleans for years before Katrina struck. Everyone knew it was just a matter of time before a strong 'cane hit N.O., it was just a matter of when, and everyone knew it would be a disaster of historic proportions. But they just kept kicking the can down the road, for example in terms of heavying up the levies and enforcing stricter construction codes. That kind of thing would have been costly, and a hard political sell, and the politicians just weren't willing to even try. The result was untold human suffering.
Compare and contrast with the current New Madrid earthquake threat to the Midwest.
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Post by Dan McLaughlin on Aug 27, 2011 11:31:31 GMT -5
I used to stay on Lake Megunticook every summer for 3 or 4 weeks from 1985 until 2003 - on Little Island. My ex and her sister and brother still own it but don't get out to it much any more. I sure miss that place.
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Post by Chesapeake on Aug 27, 2011 11:59:43 GMT -5
I used to stay on Lake Megunticook every summer for 3 or 4 weeks from 1985 until 2003 - on Little Island. My ex and her sister and brother still own it but don't get out to it much any more. I sure miss that place. Not too shabby.
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Post by kenlarsson on Aug 27, 2011 12:05:21 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2011 12:19:59 GMT -5
However nice that would be, if that's the case, I'm in deep doo doo. We have a voluntary evacuation. Most of my neighbors are staying, I'm still undecided. We can go to my sisters, but she's only a few miles inland, but it could make the difference. If I go there, the road leading into my development might be flooded and we might not get back home for some time. And I have to bring the dogs with me... Tough call
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Post by Supertramp78 on Aug 27, 2011 12:30:29 GMT -5
I know this might come off as being in bad taste but just once I would like to see some weather reporter who is standing out in gale force winds and torential sideways rains screaming into a soaked mic about how the weather is and how dangerous it is where he is...be wacked by a flying piece of debris. Just once. If that happend then it just MIGHT put an end to that stupid requirement that the guy reporting the weather actually be standing out in the weather.
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Post by brucemacneill on Aug 27, 2011 14:05:08 GMT -5
I know this might come off as being in bad taste but just once I would like to see some weather reporter who is standing out in gale force winds and torential sideways rains screaming into a soaked mic about how the weather is and how dangerous it is where he is...be wacked by a flying piece of debris. Just once. If that happend then it just MIGHT put an end to that stupid requirement that the guy reporting the weather actually be standing out in the weather. Please let it be Geraldo. Just lost the first tree but it's out at the property line and not near the house. Need to get through another 12 to 14 hours of this I think.
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