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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 4, 2020 2:01:02 GMT
Around 9:30 the wind picked up, and it's pouring outside, with thunder storms. Watching the weather channel with their crew on Myrtle Beach SC.
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Post by autumn on Aug 4, 2020 2:07:48 GMT
It's got a very unusual name. (I know that's rather unrelated).
But I saw that the width of it is spread pretty broadly as it rides up the coast.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 4, 2020 2:17:34 GMT
It's got a very unusual name. (I know that's rather unrelated). But I saw that the width of it is spread pretty broadly as it rides up the coast. Yeah, it's path covers all of NJ, but hopefully the winds will die down. Just saw Jim Cantori from the weather channel almost get blown off the screen. The idiot is outside in the middle of the storm with wind-driven rain pelting his face so hard, his hand covered his eyes and he kept them closed. |
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Post by politicidal on Aug 4, 2020 15:37:59 GMT
It's got a very unusual name. (I know that's rather unrelated). But I saw that the width of it is spread pretty broadly as it rides up the coast. Yeah, it's path covers all of NJ, but hopefully the winds will die down. Just saw Jim Cantori from the weather channel almost get blown off the screen. The idiot is outside in the middle of the storm with wind-driven rain pelting his face so hard, his hand covered his eyes and he kept them closed. At some point, the in person reporting should be deemed unnecessary. |
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Post by marianne48 on Aug 4, 2020 15:59:12 GMT
"EE-sah-EE-ahs." Really? I know "I" names are a little tough, but they couldn't have just gone with Izzy or Isaac or something?
Torrential rains and wind here in NJ. Doesn't stop the usual idiots from hitting the boardwalks at the beaches, hoever. And right now I'm watching Cantore curled up in a fetal position under a tree during a hurricane. No, there's no point to this kind of posturing by weather geeks.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 4, 2020 16:06:44 GMT
Yeah, it's path covers all of NJ, but hopefully the winds will die down. Just saw Jim Cantori from the weather channel almost get blown off the screen. The idiot is outside in the middle of the storm with wind-driven rain pelting his face so hard, his hand covered his eyes and he kept them closed. At some point, the in person reporting should be deemed unnecessary. Not as exciting, but I swear Cantori was going to head for Oz!!! |
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 4, 2020 16:08:07 GMT
"EE-sah-EE-ahs." Really? I know "I" names are a little tough, but they couldn't have just gone with Izzy or Isaac or something? Torrential rains and wind here in NJ. Doesn't stop the usual idiots from hitting the boardwalks at the beaches, hoever. And right now I'm watching Cantore curled up in a fetal position under a tree during a hurricane. No, there's no point to this kind of posturing by weather geeks. I'm in northern NJ, and it's coming down really heavy and sideways, really windy! I can hardly see out the front window!!! Cantore should retire! |
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 4, 2020 17:10:11 GMT
About 20 minutes ago, heard a transformer in the town next door blow. Heard sirens. Hope everyone is okay. The lights flickered here a few times, but so far, so good
Was amazed that one of the huge pots on the front porch holding three varieties of coleus was blown over. The thing is solid, soaked with water, heavy, but it went over. I moved them both to the ground near the ornamental grasses and close to the house.
Man, the wind is really blowing!! I feel for the people who experienced the full height of this storm. We're only getting the Tropical Storm; they had it at Hurricane strength.
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 4, 2020 19:01:52 GMT
It's got a very unusual name. (I know that's rather unrelated). But I saw that the width of it is spread pretty broadly as it rides up the coast. Isaias is Spanish for Isaiah Autumn Guess no more Hurricane Bob nor Ann. Lol |
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Post by deembastille on Aug 4, 2020 19:05:02 GMT
Visiting parents in Florida. Pulled in their shit from the lanai and front porch. Waited for the inevitable. That never happened.
Dragged the shit back out after I scrubbed the lanai floor.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 4, 2020 19:08:31 GMT
Visiting parents in Florida. Pulled in their shit from the lanai and front porch. Waited for the inevitable. That never happened. Dragged the shit back out after I scrubbed the lanai floor. Well, you know if you did it would have been a disaster!!!  Looks like the worst of it has passed. Town next door has no power - we only had flickering thankfully; branches down everywhere, debris everywhere. Big oak tree across the street lost two large branches. Glad we had the maple tree, white pine and the other trees taken down in the back after the last big wind three years ago!!!  |
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Post by llanwydd on Aug 4, 2020 19:18:00 GMT
We braced ourselves for the worst here in Florida. Just a few showers every afternoon like a typical FL summer. We really got battered a couple of years ago. No power, no internet, no cooking for days and nothing open but the hospital (they are always prepared). At least it broke my addiction to IMDb2.
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 4, 2020 19:48:09 GMT
We braced ourselves for the worst here in Florida. Just a few showers every afternoon like a typical FL summer. We really got battered a couple of years ago. No power, no internet, no cooking for days and nothing open but the hospital (they are always prepared). At least it broke my addiction to IMDB2. My daughter had to get a new roof from 2 years ago. |
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Post by Schwarzwald Magnus on Aug 5, 2020 14:53:46 GMT
We lost power.
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Post by TheOriginalPinky on Aug 5, 2020 16:37:53 GMT
Lots of trees down on my street, but not us because we lost most of them three years ago with another storm. We didn't lose power, but had a lot of flickering. Town next to us has no power. My husband called me from the road on his way out this morning and said he was having trouble where he needed to go due to streets being blocked off for downed trees/power lines. Haven't hear of anyone getting hurt, though, so that's good.
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Post by autumn on Aug 6, 2020 14:40:33 GMT
It's got a very unusual name. (I know that's rather unrelated). But I saw that the width of it is spread pretty broadly as it rides up the coast. Isaias is Spanish for Isaiah Autumn Guess no more Hurricane Bob nor Ann. Lol I suppose it's an attempt at inclusivity? But goodness I could never pronounce that name even if I had to! Regardless of origin, I think it's just a little too "out there" pronunciation-wise. I could imagine something like Irene, Isaac, Ilia, Ivy, Ike, Ira, Iman, Idris (swoon!), Ivory, India, Ingrid....those are all "I" names and a whole lot easier to pronounce. They come from all different walks of life and would certainly cover a whole different range of ethnicities, male and female. But my goodness this name of this particular hurricane was the first time I just simply didn't have the linguistic aptitude to pull this sucker off! As far as being affected, yes we were affected in our state, all the surrounding states on the whole east coast, (oddly?), but lots of power outages back to back. For a while I didn't think we'd get power back on again . That always makes me nervous, losing the power, and the dog goes right into hiding. We got some very nasty weather out this way especially the North and South Carolina coasts, they always get slammed brutally like they're never given any break. There were multiple twisters spotted all along the coast according to the Washington Post. Flooding in Pennsylvania, cars being half under water. New Jersey got hit pretty badly straight up into Maine, New York state, even inward as far as Albany headed into Canada. Wethersfield CT with 300,000 residents was out of power for downed branches, same with many northern states. We had branches down and power outages and you could hear once the storm halted, the workers were out there with chainsaws trying to cut apart all the downs TREES not just branches. Nothing I'd be wanted to do with wires around. I'm sure they shut the main circuits off but having been caught in my car with live wires flailing about me before, I'll never forget that terror, and I think those workers are pretty brave (meanwhile people are just worried when they'll get their sports programs back or their HBO back on). It's sad to see it when you think of what they're dealing with out there all up and down the coast?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2020 15:16:54 GMT
I live in Florida.
Hurricanes mean nothing to us anymore. A 65 mph Hurricane is a normal Tuesday night. Basically a severe thunderstorm...
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Post by enigma72 on Aug 6, 2020 16:53:25 GMT
Isaias is Spanish for Isaiah Autumn Guess no more Hurricane Bob nor Ann. Lol I suppose it's an attempt at inclusivity? But goodness I could never pronounce that name even if I had to! Regardless of origin, I think it's just a little too "out there" pronunciation-wise. I could imagine something like Irene, Isaac, Ilia, Ivy, Ike, Ira, Iman, Idris (swoon!), Ivory, India, Ingrid....those are all "I" names and a whole lot easier to pronounce. They come from all different walks of life and would certainly cover a whole different range of ethnicities, male and female. But my goodness this name of this particular hurricane was the first time I just simply didn't have the linguistic aptitude to pull this sucker off! As far as being affected, yes we were affected in our state, all the surrounding states on the whole east coast, (oddly?), but lots of power outages back to back. For a while I didn't think we'd get power back on again . That always makes me nervous, losing the power, and the dog goes right into hiding. We got some very nasty weather out this way especially the North and South Carolina coasts, they always get slammed brutally like they're never given any break. There were multiple twisters spotted all along the coast according to the Washington Post. Flooding in Pennsylvania, cars being half under water. New Jersey got hit pretty badly straight up into Maine, New York state, even inward as far as Albany headed into Canada. Wethersfield CT with 300,000 residents was out of power for downed branches, same with many northern states. We had branches down and power outages and you could hear once the storm halted, the workers were out there with chainsaws trying to cut apart all the downs TREES not just branches. Nothing I'd be wanted to do with wires around. I'm sure they shut the main circuits off but having been caught in my car with live wires flailing about me before, I'll never forget that terror, and I think those workers are pretty brave (meanwhile people are just worried when they'll get their sports programs back or their HBO back on). It's sad to see it when you think of what they're dealing with out there all up and down the coast? Hope this is the worst of the year! Still bad but it could be worse. |
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