New York to Get Pummeled by Huge Hurricane. Do You Feel Bad for Them?

[KGB]

And I had to lulz at CNN this morning with all their 'big gun' reporters out in the field. One guy was showing how the Hudson river had risen to the height of the sea-wall and the walkway was getting river water on it. Immediately, the banner shit on CNN had someting about the "Hudson had topped the walls".

To all those on here who are affected by Irene, ... I know you don't get these kinds of storms very often and you really aren't 'geared' for it. Good luck.

 

[Wreckem]

AFAIK it was Cat1 by the time it hit NYC. They did think it would be Cat 4 by the time it hit NC at one point, it's only after NC that the water gets too cold.

What's ridiculous is that the people thinking that this was overblown would have been the ones fucked had we had a Cat2.

Charley was a Cat 4 when it made landfall but it was "only" a Cat 1+ when it hit Orlando. It blew the hell out of that town.

Irene was down graded to Cat 1 before making landfall in NC.
Irene was also down graded to TS before hitting NYC.

 

[moshquerade]

its overcast and normally windy, seriously its like any other day

not like yesterday. it was absolutely sunny, just right warm, and barely a breeze yesterday. calm before the storm, heh.

 

[LegendKiller]

Yes, Charley was strong but SMALL. The path it cut was only slightly wider than a tornado. Anyone caught in the destruction only had to go a few miles in either direction to find 'normality'. After Andrew, you could go 30-40 miles in ANY direction and everything was still smashed to smithereens.

Tell that to the entire town of Punta Gorda, or from downtown orlando to past the OBT.

 

[LegendKiller]

Coulda been a Cat2! Coulda also had flying monkey terrorists in the rain and you all not prepared would have been fucked!!

Do you live in NYC? The second that place gets hit by a solid Cat2 the entire city would be screwed and most NY'ers couldn't live more than a or two without Gristedes, running water and electricity.

They simply wouldn't even know what to do.

 

[DEEBS808]

I bet F.E.M.A will be there quick to help our NYC.


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[lotust]

we survived IRENE! yay I was a prepared NY'er

 

[KGB]

Tell that to the entire town of Punta Gorda, or from downtown orlando to past the OBT.

I don't know what you're trying to say here.

 

[paperfist]

I bet F.E.M.A will be there quick to help our NYC.


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A.M.E.N.

 

[paperfist]

indeed. it's funny.

The hurricane is going on somewhere right now, yet all people on TV and here can talk about is how this will or will not have anything to do with NY.

retards.

Well it has the greatest concentration of population in the entire path of the storm so naturally it has the greatest opportunity for calamity that will produce TV ratings.

 

[zinfamous]

Exactly. I didn't mean to be such a dick about it yesterday but I don't think people outside the city understand the kind of frenzy and panic the media created over this. I was in the supermarket yesterday and the shelves were picked clean and the line was literally out the door. The media made it seem like the poster for the movie 2012 was about to come true where NYC was about to be buried by a tidal wave.

Look outside now and it's like, "really"?

1. we understand the frenzy and the media b/c all of the news channels were dedicated to this ridiculousness for 48hours, regardless of where you live.

2. those of us who live in Hurricane areas tend to react the same way, regardless. the run on the supermarkets is not unusual, despite our experience of these ending up being only 10% chance of disaster. It's funny, but people continue to do it.

They buy shit loads of milk--it is always the first to go, and I have no idea why.

 

[zinfamous]

Well it has the greatest concentration of population in the entire path of the storm so naturally it has the greatest opportunity for calamity that will produce TV ratings.

I understand that the infrastructure could lead to a different type of situation than what is common--even compared to what happened in New Orleans.

the worst hurricane to hit NC was Floyd in 1999. It was our worst natural disaster, with damages totaling ~$5billion.

like Katrina, the problem was the storm surge. Just about all of eastern NC, about 100 miles or so in from the coast was flooded. Now, there isn't a whole lot of stuff going on in eastern NC--mostly pig and tobacco farms (these is where we get those famous images of the pigs huddled on top of the barn surrounded by flood waters). It shut down that part of the state for a few months, and devastated the hog industry--which was #2 in the country, I believe. There were some 50 deaths, maybe?

Now...imagine that same sort of thing in Manhattan...it would be many, many more magnitudes more horrible.

The reality, though, is that the conditions up north tend to make this type of storm, hitting at that spot on the coast with that power essentially impossible. Floyd had followed after Dennis?, which had already inundated the area with water. same with Katrina--there was the one shorty after that took out another levy, I think, and I could be wrong but another preceded Katrina?

Those type of situations just aren't going to occur in the north east. But if one manages to climb along the coast and stay out to see, then turn in, magically, it would easily be the worst natural disaster that we have seen in this country.

 

[darkxshade]

It's 4pm, mass transit still down and my elevator yet to be turned back on. Basically will be working 2 weeks straight with 2 days of house arrest in between. I'm can't wait till next week.

 

[Firestorm007]

New Yorkers are always just sit back apathetically and watch when the rest of the United States gets hit by natural disasters. I remember when Hurricane Katrina decimated New Orleans, Jon Stewart was joking about how the people in New Orleans were standing on their roof tops, desperate for help. Let's see how funny it is when it happens to you.

As a former Long Islander / Ny'er...You can go stick your opinion where the sun doesn't shine...and I'll be laughing when it happens to you. 😉

 

[JMahon]

As a former Long Islander / Ny'er...You can go stick your opinion where the sun doesn't shine...and I'll be laughing when it happens to you. 😉

You mean...up his ASS? Yeah, I agree.

 

[DrPizza]

not even sprinkling? weird, thought the whole state was covered.

I'm a little west of Anubis, and not a drop of rain all day. Overcast though, cool, and a steady breeze. Perfect day to have spent working outside. (with the occasional nef break to drink another big glass of kool-aid)

 

[paperfist]

I understand that the infrastructure could lead to a different type of situation than what is common--even compared to what happened in New Orleans.

the worst hurricane to hit NC was Floyd in 1999. It was our worst natural disaster, with damages totaling ~$5billion.

like Katrina, the problem was the storm surge. Just about all of eastern NC, about 100 miles or so in from the coast was flooded. Now, there isn't a whole lot of stuff going on in eastern NC--mostly pig and tobacco farms (these is where we get those famous images of the pigs huddled on top of the barn surrounded by flood waters). It shut down that part of the state for a few months, and devastated the hog industry--which was #2 in the country, I believe. There were some 50 deaths, maybe?

Now...imagine that same sort of thing in Manhattan...it would be many, many more magnitudes more horrible.

The reality, though, is that the conditions up north tend to make this type of storm, hitting at that spot on the coast with that power essentially impossible. Floyd had followed after Dennis?, which had already inundated the area with water. same with Katrina--there was the one shorty after that took out another levy, I think, and I could be wrong but another preceded Katrina?

Those type of situations just aren't going to occur in the north east. But if one manages to climb along the coast and stay out to see, then turn in, magically, it would easily be the worst natural disaster that we have seen in this country.

Well 3 years ago I would have agreed with you, but I've lived in NY my whole life and the weather conditions have and are changing. 2 after shock earthquakes in the last 2 years, a hurricane coming up the coast is something new too. We've had 2 tornadoes touch down and do so damage and those conditions are as foreign as it gets around here. It was instilled in us the the geography protected us, but I'm not believing that so much anymore.

As for the south it's appalling they don't get the same coverage and if I were them I would be on Obama's doorstep complaining about the lack of rebuilding progress which is despicable.

 

[zinfamous]

Well 3 years ago I would have agreed with you, but I've lived in NY my whole life and the weather conditions have and are changing. 2 after shock earthquakes in the last 2 years, a hurricane coming up the coast is something new too. We've had 2 tornadoes touch down and do so damage and those conditions are as foreign as it gets around here. It was instilled in us the the geography protected us, but I'm not believing that so much anymore.

As for the south it's appalling they don't get the same coverage and if I were them I would be on Obama's doorstep complaining about the lack of rebuilding progress which is despicable.

well, if the south got the same coverage, then it would be 5 months of everyone around the country watching 24-hour hurricane coverage. No one wants that. 😉

 

[TXHokie]

It's still early hurricane season. This will just set it up for people to be complacent and then whammo!

 

[paperfist]

Irene's latest victim:

A-Rod out of work for a day takes in other options 😀

 

[SP33Demon]

it's the media and the weather people who are being dramatic. new yorkers are pissed they were ordered to and had to be displaced more than anything.

and no kidding, this is amounting to some rain, some high tides, some flooding. whoop.

Yep it didn't really do much. My power is still out but only b/c we have powerlines from 1940. If they actually rebuilt them right we would have been fine.

 

[nageov3t]

I stocked up a bit on food because of the hurricane... not that I was worried about the roof getting blown off my house or something, but I live on a peninsula and it's not inconceiveable for the roads off to get flooded out (which indeed they did, though most were clear by today).

now it just means that I won't have to go grocery shopping this week. /shrug

 

[96Firebird]

I'm a little west of Anubis, and not a drop of rain all day. Overcast though, cool, and a steady breeze. Perfect day to have spent working outside. (with the occasional nef break to drink another big glass of kool-aid)

Thank God there was that breeze, I was helping my sister move all day and decided to wear pants. Bad idea, she had no AC in her new apartment... Good thing the windows weren't stuck shut.

 

[Deeko]

lol did somebody just compare a puny category 1 hurricane to a catastrophic terrorist attack?

As others have mentioned - the potential damage to the city from a hurricane is, in fact, catastrophic. Also, while its easy to downplay the hurricane now that its over, and was less severe than predicted, go back and read your OP - its all about NYC getting pummeled and how you don't feel bad. You actually insinuated that the hurricane WOULD be a big deal, and that you didn't care. So don't bother trying to shift the argument here, sport - you've shown your colors in this one already, and they're ugly.

 

[Capt Caveman]

As others have mentioned - the potential damage to the city from a hurricane is, in fact, catastrophic. Also, while its easy to downplay the hurricane now that its over, and was less severe than predicted, go back and read your OP - its all about NYC getting pummeled and how you don't feel bad. You actually insinuated that the hurricane WOULD be a big deal, and that you didn't care. So don't bother trying to shift the argument here, sport - you've shown your colors in this one already, and they're ugly.

Read any of his other threads, they're all dumbass ones.