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

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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!!
 
Uppsala9496 said:
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!!
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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 $$)..
 
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.
 
Jeeebus said:
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.
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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.
 
NJ is just getting over flooding from the storms. Our land is saturated. If this one hits we're going to be burried.
 
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.
 
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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.
 
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.
 
kamikazekyle said:
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.
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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 said:
Doesnt the water get too cold above the Carolinas to sustain a "major" cyclone?
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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
 
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