NOAA's phony hurricane

[Unified Serenity]

I just came across this site:

NOAA Phony hurricane (http://stevengoddard.wordpress.com/2011/08/27/noaas-phony-hurricane-coming-on-shore-with-33-mph-winds/)

snippet:

"NOAA’s Phony “Hurricane” Coming On Shore With 33 MPH Winds
Posted on August 27, 2011 by stevengoddard
NOAA claims the winds are 85 MPH, but none of the Weather Underground stations in the area report higher than 33 MPH winds. By definition, this is not a hurricane – and is just barely a tropical storm.

SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT…1200 UTC…INFORMATION
———————————————-
LOCATION…34.7N 76.5W
ABOUT 5 MI…10 KM NNE OF CAPE LOOKOUT NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 60 MI…100 KM SW OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS…85 MPH…140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT…NNE OR 15 DEGREES AT 14 MPH…22 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE…952 MB…28.11 INCHES

________________________________________________________________

My comments:

This storm is about fear porn and how gullible the American's are. Floridians would not have moved off their front porch for a cat 1 or 2 storm, and this one isn't even sustaining 85mph winds. Sure, wind can cause damage even at 40mph, but evacuations? Talking about millions in trouble? Here's a pic from NC outer banks:

http://stevengoddard.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/screenhunter_212-aug-27-06-34.gif?w=268&h=297

I got this cam to work, nice sunny day in NC outer banks.
outer banks cam (http://shuttersonthebanks.com/beachcam.php)


New Jersey webcam
(http://www.nj.com/shore/pointpleasantcam/)

This is hype for the most part. Now, my mother in law is inland in NC and has some pretty heavy rain, and is a bit concerned. But, a storm which can be bad and have negative consequences is still not a hurricane.

[Aurelius]

it doesn't look so rosy now ..

[cloud9]

I know there are already a few threads about Irene hurricane; all I can say is that I live in Long Island where the eye of the hurricane is supposed to pass, right in the middle of the island.
So far, everybody here is really calm, at least in my neighborhood nobody has put boards on the windows, nobody is picking up toys or items from their backyards that can be dangerous if carried by high speed winds, etc.

I am really surprised because as I said in another thread, I have never been in a hurricane situation before and I thought that everybody was going to be frantic or at least been busy preparing for the event but that's not the case. I've asked around and they tell me that they have been through this before, no worries...

In any case I'll be reporting during or after the event depending on the case. I went to the Earth Cam web site (thanks Dutchsince) and all I see is people on the street as in any rainy day. This is really the calm before the storm.

[meredith]

I'm just north of DC and so far, this has been a lot of rain, some wind, but definitely not a Category 1 hurricane. We still have the night ahead of us and I don't want to downplay the risks, but it seems to me that this is not the storm they are making it appear to be. Tornadoes? Maybe. Flooding? Almost certainly. But wideswept damage with casualties? Not likely.

[Unified Serenity]

I think people misunderstand when those of us who are downplaying the "Hurricane" situation that we are not downplaying that there will be rain and some wind, but it's nothing like a catagory 3 or higher hurricane. People die everyday in storms and for those who do suffer I don't think it matters if it was a thunderstorm, rain storm, or a catagory 5 hurricane.

My whole problem with this storm is that I get the feeling that something else is going on, but the magicians are saying, "Hey, over here, there is a big massive hurricane and everyone needs to freak out and evacuate" to the tune of millions leaving their homes, spending money they don't have to splurge on trips out of town etc. If you think you need to leave then leave, but please don't do it because you think this is a major storm of the century hurricane.

[Unified Serenity]

it doesn't look so rosy now ..

Looks like some rain, not quite like this:

http://www.mthurricane.com/Hurricane_Katrina/Hurricane_Katrina_Index_02.jpg

Or this:

http://www.mthurricane.com/Hurricane_Katrina/Hurricane_Katrina_Index.jpg

See, I agree it's a storm, just not the storm of the century.

[fifi]

Is this a smoke screen for some big coming event? I have never seen a hurricane "hyped up" so much in the mainstream media. They are talking about curfew at 7pm in New York. Anything moving there that they don't want people to see?

[Oldyella]

It might be a way they are covering the sky with cloud, instead of using Chemtrails !!!

[astrid]

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I don't know this guy,

but what he is saying fits in with this thread.

It's good to see more and more of these channels popping up...

[Unified Serenity]

check this out and notice what looks like HAARP activity if you scroll to the right and see the blue images of radar popping up:

IRENE influenced by HAARP (http://radar.weather.gov/Conus/full_loop.php)

[Unified Serenity]

I just read this on facebook and thought it was funny:

EMERGENCY ALERT !!! As Hurricane Irene batters the East Coast, federal disaster officials have warned that Internet outages could force people to interact with other people for the first time in years. Residents are bracing themselves for the horror of awkward silences & unwanted eye contact. FEMA has advised: “Be prepared. Write down possible topics to talk about in advance. Sports, the weather. Remember, a conversation is basically a series of Facebook updates strung together.”

[Rog]

I just read this on facebook and thought it was funny:

EMERGENCY ALERT !!! As Hurricane Irene batters the East Coast, federal disaster officials have warned that Internet outages could force people to interact with other people for the first time in years. Residents are bracing themselves for the horror of awkward silences & unwanted eye contact. FEMA has advised: “Be prepared. Write down possible topics to talk about in advance. Sports, the weather. Remember, a conversation is basically a series of Facebook updates strung together.”

lol, good stuff.

I wanted to point something out to people here. Yet another extreme reaction happening in my area. I just saw on the news before that they definitely are or may shut down the power in lower Manhattan. Drumroll...because the salt from the ocean rain is bad for the wires.... .... . . . REALLY? Maybe I'm far more out of my mind that I've caught on to, but did the universe invent inclement weather yesterday?

See it this way, there's a lot of open-ended speculation and hypotheticals on this forum because it makes us proud of our brains :cool:, but generally, to find your way to a forum like this in a world like this means you have good instincts about things. And no one's really providing an argument against anybody about this whole thing being really fishy. No pun intended... unless we're being covertly invaded by fish-people...again?

Anyway, this seemed like a really sly off-hand move that provides A MASSIVE strategic hole for ANYBODY trying to pull ANYTHING off. Lower Manhattan ain't the blue hills of Kansas afterall. It just reminds me a lot of building 7. "Hey everybody look at these two huge landmarks going bye-bye, never-mind that other extremely important and relevant building that blew up, wait what's that? Oh our mistake, that building that WILL blow up."

[astrid]

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Where are the 80mph winds? (9:40pm local)
http://www.wunderground.com/US/Region/US/2xWindSpeed.html

[modwiz]

And another thing. This monster storm only gets update every 5-6 hours on the weather channel. I have followed the weather channel and hurricanes for years and updates are frequent and timely, usually. So, these infrequent updates are a big red flag. So althought it is supposedly a hurricane with 80 mile an hour winds just 2 hours ago my time, here is the wind gusts, that is gusts now and not sustained winds that are always lower, right now, 1:30 AM EDT

http://image.weather.com/images/maps/boat-n-beach/us_wind_cur_600x405.jpg

The link:http://www.weather.com/maps/maptype/currentweatherusnational/uscurrentwindsgusts_large.html?clip=undefined&region=undefined&collection=localwxforecast&presname=undefined

For those of us with our heads out of our a$$es there is this cute remark:

"Hurricane Irene made landfall near Cape Lookout, North Carolina, just before 8 a.m. EDT as an 85 mile per hour, category 1 hurricane.
Irene is still a category 1 hurricane with winds of 80 miles per hour, as of 11 p.m. Eastern Time Saturday.
These hurricane-force winds are in a relatively small area about 125 miles east of the center, even though Irene has a very large wind field."

For the first time that I know of a hurricane has it highest winds in a small area 125 miles out at sea. They are having too much fun feeding the sleepwalkers hot steaming bullpoo and watching them eat it right up and use it for talking points when we try and show them discrepancies. I am at a place with supposedly awake people and the only person who can hear me is an astrologer. Everyone else is in la-la-land speaking gibberish as replies to me. I will save my breath.

In this forum we find kindred spirits but we are quite alone out in the stupid.

[modwiz]

Is this a smoke screen for some big coming event? I have never seen a hurricane "hyped up" so much in the mainstream media. They are talking about curfew at 7pm in New York. Anything moving there that they don't want people to see?

As we know the scum like to have more than one goal acheived at a time. One very definite goal was to get people out shopping. Clearing shelves of things they didn't need to stock up on or use. I am sure many generators were sold at top dollar to people who had to use credit cards they shouldn't have used but softened their resolve because of a "State of Emergency". And since they used the card for a big item they probably picked up a few other things on credit. The approach of a relatively weak hurricane had people acting thoughtfully, then Governors declared states of emergency and people hit the stores en masse. The moribund economy needed a retail hit and this was a choreographed kabuki theater pulled off by government and media, working hand in hand, to feed their buddies in retail. These people sicken me but the suckers don't help my nausea either.

[Nervana]

Sorry to be such a conspiracy theorist, but it might be easier to rig up NY and other areas with TNT if everyone is out of town. Are we are celebrating the 10 year anniversary of a political hit job with a big bang? Gotta keep that war on terror a top priority and prove it is a real enemy of the people.

[Carmody]

Is this a smoke screen for some big coming event? I have never seen a hurricane "hyped up" so much in the mainstream media. They are talking about curfew at 7pm in New York. Anything moving there that they don't want people to see?

possibly a cover for Libya,Tripoli, NATO.

[modwiz]

Here is a real time map from the weather underground. Click on any station to get the local conditions there. The wind speeds being recorded at these sites will amaze. You will click on many to find anything above 20 MPH and you will find many single digits in areas the weather channel map is reporting 40+ MPH winds.

http://www.wunderground.com/wundermap/?sat=1

I think it is interesting that the gusts are going higher as the pressure rises in the storm and it weakens. I guess somebody caught our expose post and are trying to fake it better.

[bitworm]

I've noticed sometimes where the eyewall hits, the sensors fail or give readings off the charts.

Here's some buoy data from the buoy near the eyewall right now:


Current date and time: Sun Aug 28 07:36:37 UTC 2011

DAY/ ID Latit Longit Temp Dewp Wind Gust MaxGst Press PTend SeaT Wvht WvPd FULLID
HOUR (-degrees-) (---C---) (-----knots------) (millibars) (C) (m) (s)

28/07 44014 36.6 -74.8 240 39 G 51 240 51 985.3 8.9 19.7 4.5 8 * 44014
28/06 44014 36.6 -74.8 44.8 230 39 G 49 210 51 982.4 9.2 20.2 5.0 8 * 44014
28/03 44014 36.6 -74.8 24.4 24.3 200 39 G 45 190 51 973.2 3.0 22.7 5.5 11 * 44014
28/02 44014 36.6 -74.8 23.9 23.9 000 0 G 0 180 0 970.6 -1.0 23.4 6.0 10 * 44014
28/01 44014 36.6 -74.8 23.7 23.7 000 0 G 0 160 47 969.8 -4.1 23.7 6.0 11 * 44014
28/00 44014 36.6 -74.8 24.2 23.1 160 41 G 51 150 56 970.2 -5.7 24.1 7.0 12 * 44014
27/23 44014 36.6 -74.8 24.0 22.9 150 41 G 56 150 56 971.6 -7.4 24.5 7.0 11 * 44014
27/22 44014 36.6 -74.8 25.3 23.2 150 41 G 54 140 54 973.9 -7.9 24.9 7.0 13 * 44014
27/21 44014 36.6 -74.8 25.6 24.3 140 41 G 51 130 52 975.9 -8.3 25.3 6.5 13 * 44014
27/20 44014 36.6 -74.8 25.2 22.4 130 39 G 45 130 47 979.0 -7.5 25.5 7.0 13 * 44014
27/19 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.0 24.6 120 39 G 52 120 52 981.8 -7.1 25.7 7.0 13 * 44014
27/18 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.7 23.6 120 37 G 47 120 51 984.2 -6.2 25.9 7.0 12 * 44014
27/17 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.3 24.7 120 37 G 45 120 51 986.5 -6.6 26.0 6.5 9 * 44014
27/16 44014 36.6 -74.8 25.6 24.8 110 37 G 49 110 52 988.9 -6.5 26.1 6.5 13 * 44014
27/15 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.4 24.8 100 37 G 45 100 49 990.4 -6.9 26.2 6.0 9 * 44014
27/14 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.9 24.2 100 35 G 43 090 45 993.1 -5.5 26.3 5.5 10 * 44014
27/13 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.6 24.2 100 33 G 41 100 41 995.4 -4.2 26.5 6.0 11 * 44014
27/12 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.6 24.2 100 29 G 35 110 39 997.3 -3.5 26.5 5.0 9 44014
27/11 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.0 25.1 100 27 G 33 120 43 998.6 -4.3 26.6 5.0 11 44014
27/09 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.9 24.1 090 29 G 37 100 43 1000.8 -5.3 26.8 4.0 10 * 44014
27/08 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.0 24.8 100 21 G 29 100 45 1002.9 -4.9 26.8 4.0 9 44014
27/07 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.2 24.2 080 23 G 27 090 31 1004.4 -4.3 26.8 4.0 9 44014
27/06 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.2 25.0 090 21 G 29 080 29 1006.1 -3.5 26.8 3.5 9 44014
27/05 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.1 25.4 070 21 G 25 070 27 1007.8 -3.3 26.8 3.5 10 44014
27/04 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.9 24.8 080 19 G 23 070 29 1008.7 -2.5 26.9 3.0 10 44014
27/03 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.7 25.1 080 21 G 31 080 31 1009.6 -1.5 27.0 3.0 8 44014
27/02 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.0 25.6 080 16 G 19 090 21 1011.1 -0.7 27.0 3.0 10 44014
27/01 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.1 25.5 100 12 G 16 110 16 1011.2 -1.0 27.1 3.0 11 44014
27/00 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.3 25.3 110 12 G 16 120 17 1011.1 -1.5 27.2 2.5 10 44014
26/23 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.4 25.5 110 14 G 17 110 17 1011.8 -1.6 27.3 2.5 11 44014
26/22 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.3 25.5 100 12 G 14 110 21 1012.2 -1.9 27.3 2.5 11 44014
26/21 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.3 25.4 100 14 G 16 100 17 1012.6 -2.2 27.4 2.0 12 44014
26/20 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.1 25.4 100 12 G 12 100 14 1013.4 -2.2 27.4 2.0 12 44014
26/19 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.2 25.1 090 10 G 12 110 14 1014.1 -1.8 27.4 2.0 12 44014
26/18 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.2 25.1 100 10 G 14 110 14 1014.8 -1.3 27.4 2.0 13 44014
26/17 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.2 24.6 110 10 G 12 110 14 1015.6 -0.3 27.3 2.0 11 44014
26/16 44014 36.6 -74.8 27.1 23.8 090 8 G 10 100 10 1015.9 0.0 27.2 2.5 12 44014
26/15 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.9 22.3 080 8 G 8 090 10 1016.1 0.3 27.0 2.0 13 44014
26/14 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.6 23.0 090 6 G 6 110 8 1015.9 0.0 26.9 2.0 13 44014
26/13 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.0 22.9 100 6 G 8 130 16 1016.0 0.7 26.8 1.5 13 44014
26/12 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.3 24.2 130 8 G 16 150 16 1015.8 0.7 26.8 1.5 12 44014
26/11 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.8 25.1 130 4 G 6 130 6 1015.7 0.5 26.8 1.5 13 44014
26/10 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.9 24.8 160 4 G 6 160 10 1015.3 0.5 26.9 1.5 11 44014
26/09 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.8 25.3 160 8 G 10 160 10 1015.1 -0.5 26.9 1.5 10 44014
26/08 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.8 25.2 170 6 G 8 170 10 1015.2 -0.7 26.9 1.5 14 44014
26/08 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.8 25.2 170 6 G 8 170 10 1015.2 26.9 1.5 14 44014
26/07 44014 36.6 -74.8 26.9 25.1 170 10 G 12 170 14 1014.8 -1.6 27.0 1.0 13 44014

Put in lat/long coords here and it will give you data from the nearest buoy or ship:
http://coolwx.com/buoydata/radsearch.php

[astrid]

nHkidrUDxu8


From hurricane to tornado, they are trying it all on with this one...

http://www.intellicast.com

[ktlight]

All of this movement of people and protection against Irene mean expending cash. Is this an aspect what Obama wants?

[bitworm]

All of this movement of people and protection against Irene mean expending cash. Is this an aspect what Obama wants?

There's always gonna be opportunists in the wake of natural disasters because people in large numbers tend to freak out easily. Where I live, if a snowstorm is coming, everyone runs to the store and buys bread, water, milk and toilet paper. They also get kerosene and wait in line for 2 hrs at the gas station to fill up their cars, even though they are scared to drive on the roads if they see snnowflakes.

I think what Obama wants, as well as the various governors is to not get caught in a situation like Katrina where it took days to get FEMA working down there and people dying for lack of basic necessities. Not the year before elections. The more people they can get out of the cities, the less they may end up having to rescue; promotes the image of being proactive.

[Teakai]

Hi guys - found that weather underground has live cams so you can check the weather live for yourself: http://www.wunderground.com/webcams/ Their wind is registering very differently from what the NY times is registering on its tracker: http://www.nytimes.com/projects/hurricanes/index.html At least that was during the day not quite sure how it is now.

I've been looking at the Times Square camera in NY from one of the mainstream sites, but I can no longer open that window, so being the suspicious type I'm wondering if it has been deliberately shut down. Here's the link to that if anyone is interested: http://www.facebook.com/l/TAQCYJ70l/www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/ (Thanks Astrid :) )

[phillipbbg]

Apart from it being a severe storm it has given the authorities to test there emergency response strategies and to run a full simulation LIVE.... they will have learnt which pockets of resistance to expect in future events and will modify there plans of how to deal with them.

Firstly on a positive side its great to weed out any miscommunication issues between emergency response groups/law enforcement/Government etc and this will prove valuable should they need to evacuate large populations to UNDERGROUND shelters or ships to move them to other locations.... etc

On the negative side...YES they are using this event to identify problems and disobedience issue presented by the general population, just watch the enforcement powers being beefed up to force people out in the future.... Then of course there is the issue of them knowing what is coming....

So we can look at this many ways....

[toothpick]

Great thread Serenity.
I was just wondering how many millions will be spent by people scared by this, media storm, parden the pun.
Maybe a little boost to the economy, when no one can afford to spend what little money they have left, in these lean times.
I wonder how the main stream media are going to show the after results of this monster storm.
Will they exagerate what is really happening.
It will be interesting to see, thats for sure.

toothpick

[Maia Gabrial]

Isn't it suspicious that suddenly the news medias have COME ALIVE with this Hurricane Irene thing? One thing they like to do is overdramatize the news. Make it seem worse than it is....
Unfortunately, there will be people manipulated by all this....For their sakes, I hope they wake up to the deceptions already....

[Unified Serenity]

Great thread Serenity.
I was just wondering how many millions will be spent by people scared by this, media storm, parden the pun.
Maybe a little boost to the economy, when no one can afford to spend what little money they have left, in these lean times.
I wonder how the main stream media are going to show the after results of this monster storm.
Will they exagerate what is really happening.
It will be interesting to see, thats for sure.

toothpick


Thanks Toothpick,

Oh, they will pull out every sad story of anything that looks destroyed, anyone who as been hurt or killed. This fear porn is just making me sick. Yes, it's a storm. Yes, there is rain! Yes, some people die from car accidents in rain or downed power lines, but my God, do you really think this deserves constant coverage. Oh my Goddess, I am now being shown a blown over lifeguard stand! Oh the horror. OMG, there is a wet road! RUNNNNNNNN for your lives.

[Coaxial]

Hurricane Bulletin
Date: August 25, 2011
From: Camden & Gloucester County Emergency Management Services
Subject: Hurricane Threat

Warning to all New Jersey residents of a possible hurricane threat. The path of impending hurricane Irene is still unclear and may be a threat to our state. Although meteorologists are predicting landfall somewhere to the South of North Carolina, state emergency preparedness officials are making two basic but important points:
(1) There is no need to panic.
(2) We could all be killed.
Hurricane season is an exciting time to be in South Carolina. If you're new to the area, you're probably wondering what you need to do to prepare for the possibility that we'll get hit by "the big one." Based on experience, we recommend that you follow this simple three-step hurricane preparedness plan:
STEP 1. Buy enough food, beer, and bottled water to last your family for at least three days.
STEP 2. Put these supplies into your car.
STEP 3. Drive to Nebraska and remain there until Halloween.
Unfortunately, statistics show that most people will not follow this sensible plan. Most people will foolishly stay in New Jersey.
We'll start with one of the most important hurricane preparedness items:
HOMEOWNERS' INSURANCE: If you own a home, you must have hurricane insurance. Fortunately, this insurance is cheap and easy to get, as long as your home meets two basic requirements:
(1) It is reasonably well-built, and
(2) It is located in Nebraska.
Unfortunately, if your home is located in New Jersey, or any other area that might actually be hit by a hurricane, most insurance companies would prefer not to sell you hurricane insurance, because then they might be required to pay YOU money, and that is certainly not why they got into the insurance business in the first place. So you'll have to scrounge around for an insurance company, which will charge you an annual premium roughly equal to the replacement value of your house. At any moment, this company can drop you like used dental floss. Since Hurricane George, I have had an estimated 27 different home-insurance companies. This week, I'm covered by the Bubba and Big Stan Insurance Company, under a policy which states that, in addition to my premium, Bubba and Big Stan are entitled, on demand, to my kidneys.
SHUTTERS: Your house should have hurricane shutters on all the windows, all the doors, and -- if it's a major hurricane -- all the toilets. There are several types of shutters, with advantages and disadvantages:
Plywood shutters: The advantage is that, because you make them yourself, they're cheap. The disadvantage is that, because you make them yourself, they will fall off.
Sheet-metal shutters: The advantage is that these work well, once you get them all up. The disadvantage is that once you get them all up, your hands will be useless bleeding stumps, and it will be December.
Roll-down shutters: The advantages are that they're very easy to use, and will definitely protect your house. The disadvantage is that you will have to sell your house to pay for them.
Hurricane-proof windows: These are the newest wrinkle in hurricane protection: They look like ordinary windows, but they can withstand hurricane winds! You can be sure of this, because the salesman says so. He lives in Nebraska.
Hurricane Proofing Your Property: As the hurricane approaches, check your yard for movable objects like barbecue grills, planters, patio furniture, visiting relatives, etc.. You should, as a precaution, throw these items into your swimming pool (if you don't have a swimming pool, you should have one built immediately). Otherwise, the hurricane winds will turn these objects into deadly missiles.
EVACUATION ROUTE: If you live in a low-lying area, you should have an evacuation route planned out. (To determine whether you live in a low-lying area, look at your driver's license; if it says "New Jersey," you live in a low-lying area.) The purpose of having an evacuation route is to avoid being trapped in your home when a major storm hits. Instead, you will be trapped in a gigantic traffic jam several miles from your home, along with two hundred thousand other evacuees. So, as a bonus, you will not be lonely.
HURRICANE SUPPLIES: If you don't evacuate, you will need a mess of supplies. Do not buy them now! New Jersey tradition requires that you wait until the last possible minute, then go to the supermarket and get into vicious fights with strangers over who gets the last can of SPAM.
In addition to food and water, you will need the following supplies:
23 flashlights and at least $167 worth of batteries that turn out, when the power goes off, to be the wrong size for the flashlights.
Bleach. (We don't know what the bleach is for. NOBODY knows what the bleach is for, but it's traditional, so GET some!)
A 55-gallon drum of underarm deodorant.
A big knife that you can strap to your leg. (This will be useless in a hurricane, but it looks cool.)
A large quantity of raw chicken, to placate the alligators. (Ask anybody who went through Hugo. After the hurricane, there WILL be irate alligators.)
$35,000 in cash or diamonds so that, after the hurricane passes, you can buy a generator from a man with no discernible teeth.
Of course these are just basic precautions. As the hurricane draws near, it is vitally important that you keep abreast of the situation by turning on your television and watching TV reporters in rain slickers stand right next to the ocean and tell you over and over how vitally important it is for everybody to stay away from the ocean.
Good luck, and remember: It's great living in Paradise. :wacko:

[Rog]

I tried to post this last night from a wifi spot in the middle of my town because my power was out all of yesterday. It turned into a long post and after being distracted by some random guy who was weirdly a little pushy about what I was doing I went to post and I guess the forum needed me to log back in, but it managed to axe my post with no way to get it back. I blame IPad and the spook-feeling stranger :p.

Irregardless of that I was trying to relate that in my very strong yet humble opinion I and others in my immediate area took on major and unnecessary flooding. To make a quicker post than I did last night my point revolves around humans being better liars than drain pipes.

During almost any moderate to heavy rain which leaves no damage done to the area the storm drain at the bottom of street overflows like clockwork. It feeds for about a football field's length out into a creek. The WHOLE night, this thing was chugging down the water with no problem. By my ears the only time I heard the rain getting serious was when the wind picked up and started throwing it harder which was in gusts and nothing more. Other than the "scary" wind I think anyone not being lambasted by media fear would classify the rain as light to mediocre. Of course it was continous for hours, but anyone with a sink and plumbing can figure out that as long as the flow is at a manageable level than the actual amount of rain falling is not the key factor, unless by your specific geography it is. Obviously during high tide with hurricane wind coastal towns will be flooded, but I assure you we are not near sea level.

What caused us problems is the same thing that's caused the same problem before; The fleshy machines who control the reservoirs have publicly stated that they have 0 concern for the communities they sell the water to. Their world doesn't extend beyond their own coffers. We actually got flooded earlier in the summer due to patchy thunderstorms that DUMPED water. That I can somewhat understand, but the flooding was still unprecedented where as the rainfall really wasn't. I don't know what their written or stated policies are but their practice is to wait until the very last minute, when they themselves have more than enough water, then they let the water surge out. And it doesn't take a physics professor to understand that purposely letting water go in surges is going to do exponentially more damage.

So with actual people taking actual and obviously natural damage on top of the fear porn I think most people are gonna take the sheepish and sentimental attitude of "Yea we got hit pretty bad too, we got generators going all night so we can watch tv" "Hey we're tough in [insert name of city or state that humans live in], we'll weather this and pull together." There was even some ass-hat unnecessarily inserting himself where-ever no one was needed trying to play hero. It's like he was an avatar of this whole situation. Everyone's so desperate to live out some crazy event with glory that you could blow a dam with c4 and I bet everyone would be too busy being sentimental to actually question JUST WHAT CAUSED THE REAL PROBLEM.

To end the post with a non-accusatory and positive spin I'll bring up what others have. This very well could have been a "fire-drill." Prophecies aside, scientific evidence aside, most here are aware of many ways of how the **** can hit the fan. We're also aware of how unaware most people in the world are about such things. So with the vast majority of damage being material maybe this was some crucial exercise for those "in-the-know" to figure out what needs to be modified in the near future so that we can better handle something truly unavoidable. I believe 9/11 involved intentional causes or aid but I understand it as a cornucopia of opportunities that may have involved more "positives" than any of us could yet realize. It's ultimately something above our heads that we can't go around villainizing people over, all we have is focused questioning and investigating.

Phew...So, how bout them Reptoids.

[TWINCANS]

So Irene was basically news hype and nothing happened. Sorry to those who were affected, I mean on a 'storm of the century' type level. That's the good news.

The bad news is that we're getting that the whole charade was meant to fake people out. So next time, when they really do mean to crank up those weather-making monstrosities of theirs and decimate somewhere like NY city, nobody will believe them and leave the area. When its too late, the population will be sitting ducks for the real storm-of-the-century. Nasty if that's true. So let's not be complacent, but remain always vigilant.

[humanalien]

The news is still talking about all the flooding
going on everywhere, do to Irene. Is there
anyone here that can verify that, at least?

[Allura]

We own a home in New Bern, NC and we had two oaks and one Dogwood tree fall on our house...our deck was destroyed, one a/c unit pancaked, and it took the corner off our roof (thank goodness for insurance). It's not a phony storm to us! Our whole neighborhood is a mess, homes moderately to severely damaged. MANY trees down, downtown New Bern was underwater. Frankly, I just think they made a big deal about it because ANYTHING that happens to New York has to make big news...always

ETA: I think they made a big deal about it because nobody wants to be blamed for another hurricane Katrina type incident.