NYC and Irene

Actually, the Brooklyn shore line, Coney Island, etc, as well as the Rockaways will be worst off.

And the Jersey Shore and Eastern Long Island never come out of these storms very well.

Don't worry, FEMA will be there to help.

Joe,

I know y’all don’t get major hurricanes often so get yourself and family prepared.
http://www.cfnews13.com/weather/hurricane-center-checklist

Hope all goes well for you and all our brethren who may be affected.

And to add to the predicted misery it is now raining hard here and more is expected today. So the ground, which is already quite moist, will not absorb much of Irene's rainfall.
And all of Northern NJ's reservoirs are near capacity and nearby residents are asking that they begin drawing down the levels before Irene hits. These areas have had 4 floods in the past 18 months.
The Port Authority is make preparations with its tenant and terminal operators to minimize damage and falling/flying empty containers. Storm surge at Port Newark & greater NY Harbor might be a disaster in itself.
High winds means power lines down and no electricity for many.
Hunker down.

What will the cast of Jersey Shore do now I wonder?

Chuck

Interestingly enough, Texas ground wouldn't absorb the water either due to the fact that we haven't had rain in oh, 8 months and all of our ponds, lakes, creeks, and even rivers are dry. The ground temp a foot down is nearing 90° and is as hard as I've ever seen it.

Consider yourself blessed with water and rain and the floods are not nearly as bad as the droughts.

Chuck,

I was wondering about Jersey.
Not a good track as of now....we'll see how all this plays out..

Agree w/ Kris

I'll take too much rain over no rain any day.

On a side note, watching the news this morning on the evacuations from North Carolina. I think it was a NBC news feed. Showed a bridge with a long line of cars evacuating and two guys doing a GPS survey of some sort on the bridge. Hats off to the surveyors that are sticking around getting those few extra shots when a hurricane is bearing down on you.

Dennis

I saw that same shot. I wondered what they were doing, but was glad to see them "getting that last shot".

Andy

I wonder who will get blamed for steering the hurricane (and blowing up levees if there is flooding) this time around.

Maybe since it is hitting close to D.C., the response times will be better? Probably not, more red tape to get through now than back in 2006.

Fill in the blank "...Doesn't Care About Black People"

Kris

I have seen the ground not take water before, but last Saturday I worked till it got to be 110°F and I packed up and came in and about an hour later there was a 60mh wind came thru and brought about 4hrs of rain, hail and a real long hard straight down rain and no water left my yard. It sucked it all in.

The only thing wrong that day was when the wind passed it took two sheets of tin off my shed and the electricity was out from 3pm till 9pm.

> What will the cast of Jersey Shore do now I wonder?

I don't watch it, but aren't they over in Florence Italy?

You're up on it more than me evidently. 🙂

NYC and Irene: Latest Word

They are shutting down the subways.......the ENTIRE system, which is unprecedented. Although flooding is always a concern, an additional fear is the effect of winds over 40 miles per hour on the elevated lines. Bus service is also going to be shut down, all of this to happen at noon tomorrow.

They are also enforcing evacuation of almost 300,000 people living in the Rockaways, Coney Island, Battery Park City and other low-lying areas. Should winds reach 60 MPH, the MTA will close all bridges in the metro area.

NJ Transit, the Long Island Railroad, MetroNorth (and presumably PATH trains) will also cease operation, as will the lower half of the Garden State Parkway, from Cape May (Exit 1) to Exit 98. The collection of tolls on the Parkway stopped at 8 AM this morning. No traffic will be allowed into Atlantic City after 6 PM tonight, and casinos and hotels will close at noon tomorrow. Cape May, Ocean and Atlantic counties are on evacuation notice.

In Nassau County, officials said if the storm remains on its current course, there will be a mandatory evacuation of residents on its south shore barrier islands.

The last full-fledged hurricane to strike the metro New York area dead-on was Hurricane Gloria, which lashed Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island in 1985 with winds reaching 100 MPH. There was not a large amount of rain (3 to 4 inches) but the winds caused major damage throughout the area.

Since then, most hurricanes headed this way were downgraded to tropical storms by the time they got to the metro area. Hurricane Floyd in 1999 followed a similar path, but lost power and downgraded by the time it hit the NY area (60 MPH winds). Still, there was between 10 and 13 inches of rain and major flooding damage in areas north and west of the City.

NYC and Irene: Latest Word

Cowboy,

Did they secure the crains on the high rises?...seems like there is a crane on every building in nyc
at this point Milford CT is gonna take a direct hit....some say its gonna be a repeat of 1938 hurricane...lord I hope not.