America's mid-Atlantic to Maine I-95 corridor on Hurricane alert

[Uppsala9496]

I finally decided to take a vacation this year. Taking my wife, daughter (yes, I am taking a 3.5 year old on a plane!) and my parents on a trip to Sarasota. Of course the first hurricane of the year decides to fuck with my plans.
Leaving Friday morning.....or so I hope. Come on Irene, stay east!!

 

[BUTCH1]

I finally decided to take a vacation this year. Taking my wife, daughter (yes, I am taking a 3.5 year old on a plane!) and my parents on a trip to Sarasota. Of course the first hurricane of the year decides to fuck with my plans.
Leaving Friday morning.....or so I hope. Come on Irene, stay east!!

I think you will be OK, none of the models are suggesting that it gets into the gulf so come on down! (we need the $$)..

 

[mattpegher]

Flying down to disney, tomarrow at 4, hopefully no problems. Saturday from there to my condo in West Palm. May stay in orlando an extra day or so if its shitty in west palm.

 

[TheVrolok]

ughhh... Jeeebus has to fly out to Seattle tomorrow and not getting back until Friday afternoon, when it might be right over Ft. Lauderdale.

Mrs. Jeeebus is less than pleased.

My girlfriend is supposed to fly out to Ohio on Friday, and back in to Ft Lauderdale on Monday to spend a long weekend with her whole family. I'm crossing my fingers for her, she'll be really bummed if the storm hits and cancels her flights.

 

[thescreensavers]

I dunno why but this summer seems especially cruel..

Nah its been pretty much the same, hot

 

[TakeNoPrisoners]

So our wang is stiff with anticipation?

/summary of topic

 

[BUTCH1]

Nah its been pretty much the same, hot

Yea, I guess as I get older dealing with the heat/humidity just gets tougher. Sure hope Irene does miss us though, after Charley's forecast went wrong I don't trust computer models so much..

 

[evident]

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/graphics_at4.shtml?3day?large#contents
looks like it's going to be east of florida and hit the bahamas head on right now, am i reading this right? looks like it's gonna hit jersey shore just in time for this weekend too. crap

 

[Fear No Evil]

If Florida is the wang, does that make the east coast the pubic hair region?

 

[Regs]

NJ is just getting over flooding from the storms. Our land is saturated. If this one hits we're going to be burried.

 

[KlokWyze]

evaculate!

 

[bobdole369]

Yup as of 11am - FL is completely out of the Cone of Death. Looks like NC outer banks more than anything to me.

 

[Jeff7]

If Florida is the wang, does that make the east coast the pubic hair region?

Only the part that's just south of the Bible Belt.

 

[Texashiker]

Only the part that's just south of the Bible Belt.

The only thing south of the bible belt, is central and south america.

 

[pcgeek11]

IN SC.

Tested generator - Check
Cars full of gas - Check
Propane cooker full - Check
Cash on hand - Check
Emergency food and water - Check

I'm all ready. Let it roll.

 

[BoomerD]

 

[Jeff7]

The only thing south of the bible belt, is central and south america.

And South America's got the Amazon Rainforest, so I guess that'd be where the pubes are.

 

[pcgeek11]

It's going to curve north and bust some New York ass.

 

[BoomerD]

I saw on the news tonight, they're expecting 100,000 people in DC this weekend for the opening of the MLK memorial...great timing.

 

[pcgeek11]

I saw on the news tonight, they're expecting 100,000 people in DC this weekend for the opening of the MLK memorial...great timing.

Going to be 100,000 wet asses in DC.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

Should be some epic surf on the east coast of Florida on Friday once the winds go offshore.

 

[kamikazekyle]

If the hurricane sticks to the current model, I'm in for some fun. Going by the model, the eye's going to pass not all that far from my house and where I work (both right near the shore) while still a Cat 3 or upper Cat 2. I'm also on shift this weekend with only one other person (we each take a 12 hour shift by ourselves) and am lumped into the essential persons category, which means I *have* to get to work. Hopefully it'll slow down or speed up so I'm not having to drive/walk/swim my way into work through 70-100MPH wind speeds and potential flooding. Better yet it'd be nice to veer off further East.

 

[BUTCH1]

If the hurricane sticks to the current model, I'm in for some fun. Going by the model, the eye's going to pass not all that far from my house and where I work (both right near the shore) while still a Cat 3 or upper Cat 2. I'm also on shift this weekend with only one other person (we each take a 12 hour shift by ourselves) and am lumped into the essential persons category, which means I *have* to get to work. Hopefully it'll slow down or speed up so I'm not having to drive/walk/swim my way into work through 70-100MPH wind speeds and potential flooding. Better yet it'd be nice to veer off further East.

You don't want to be driving in that shit, trust me. Too much debris getting whipped around plus the rain= danger, no employer should ask you to travel through this..

 

[OCGuy]

Doesnt the water get too cold above the Carolinas to sustain a "major" cyclone?

 

[dmcowen674]

Doesnt the water get too cold above the Carolinas to sustain a "major" cyclone?

Negative Ghostwriter

Thing called the Gulf Stream

Irene is following same track as Hurricane Gloria that pummeled Long Island in 1985.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_stream

The Gulf Stream is a powerful, warm, and swift Atlantic ocean current that originates at the tip of Florida, and follows the eastern coastlines of the United States and Newfoundland before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.

Effect on cyclone formation

The warm water and temperature contrast along the edge of the Gulf Stream often increases the intensity of cyclones


Storms travel westward through the Caribbean and then, either move in a northward direction and curve towards the eastern coast of the United States