bring it on irene

4 gallons of water.. generator is full and got extra gas. new tank of propane for the grill.. couple packs of batteries and all the lights are charged, bring it on. im ready.

Got Spam? You NEED Spam. Margie has Spam, I have Spam. Other food items, too.

We got slammed on Long Island when I was in high school--no power for three days and just a mess.

We watched the storm from my friend's parents' back porch. My friend threw a beach ball into the air during the storm to see what would happen. We never saw that ball again.

Coworker is hopping a plane to the Outer Banks on Monday, vacation!

Maybe not ....

Last big one for Central VA was Isabel back in '03. My first son was born that spring, and I remember heating water for his baby bottles on a Coleman stove on the back porch and storing it in a thermos for convenient use at all hours of the night. We were without power for days. I still remember the incessant howling of that wind. It went on for hours and hours.

You're in New Hampshire? By the time it gets that far north, it'll be nothing more than a sprinkle.

It's approaching Melbourne right now. The trees are whipping around and the radar map is showing rain approaching in the next hour or two. Fortunately for us, it will be well off shore as it passes. Good thing, too; it's supposed to climb to Cat 4 overnight tonight. I don't envy people on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; I assume they're leaving soon.

every time I hear about this, Black Hawk Down comes to mind

grab a lawn chair and a beer and take it head on

Candles, and a small battery operated radio are nice to have.

We have a kit stocked with everything we'll need for at least a week.

In reply to 1988RedT2:

My relatives equate it to listening to a jumbo jet taking off. For 4 hours.

NickF40 wrote: every time I hear about this, Black Hawk Down comes to mind grab a lawn chair and a beer and take it head on

the blackhawk helo pilot..lol f!@#$n irene..lol

BARNCA wrote: 4 gallons of water.. generator is full and got extra gas. new tank of propane for the grill.. couple packs of batteries and all the lights are charged, bring it on. im ready.

Dumbass. What you're supposed to do is:

NOTHING!

When the cameras show up, tell them how no one warned you, and now no one will help you out. Then call up Oprah and get yo' free house on!

Irene is supposed to hit Delaware as a Cat II hurricane around 8:00a on Sunday morning. By strange coincidence, that's almost exactly the same time I'm supposed to be moving my daughter into her dorm room... in Delaware.

I called one of my friends in Nassau yesterday. Charter boat captain, American. Mother answers. "Oh, we're just fine, he's finishing up tying up the boats now. We have a generator and some water, not worried at all." I'm going to call next week, if the phones are up yet, and ask her what she thought of her first hurricane. She will probably be waiting in line at the airport.

914Driver wrote: Coworker is hopping a plane to the Outer Banks on Monday, vacation! Maybe not ....

Lol I was supposed to fly out of Boston on Monday... not sure if that's gonna work. Good thing I changed flights to a hurricane(or rainstorm)-free day.

I'm west of Philly. Just picked up a 4000 watt generator of CL this afternoon. Filling both my gas cans, getting some water, already have batteries. Gonna grab one of those wind up flashlights too. I'm probably already too late to get stuff from the grocery store....

I've spent all day today, and will spend all day tomorrow, working on catastrophe plans for work. We have a lot of insureds along the eastern seaboard. Expecting a lot of flooded/damaged cars and trucks.

Good luck, everyone. I always feel so guilty when a storm I've been watching goes and whacks someone else, like I did a lousy job of watching it.

If the grocery stores and big-box stores are already cleaned out where you are, don't forget less-traveled options, like health food stores (they have pbj and bread, too), meat markets, produce stands, etc. for food and water, toy stores (batteries and flashlights), and so on.

Margie

Good Luck.

We find a lot of stuff at Big Lots, especially canned foods, Spam, etc.

cwh wrote: Got Spam? You NEED Spam. Margie has Spam, I have Spam. Other food items, too.

Marjorie Suddard wrote: Good luck, everyone. I always feel so guilty when a storm I've been watching goes and whacks someone else, like I did a lousy job of watching it.

Don't ever move inland (like I did), you'll get survivors' guilt. My vacation in 2003 was spent bringing up a hatch full of of bottled water & then chainsawing debris after Isabel. OBX is about 9-10hr. from Atlanta.

BARNCA wrote:

NickF40 wrote: every time I hear about this, Black Hawk Down comes to mind grab a lawn chair and a beer and take it head on

the blackhawk helo pilot..lol f!@#$n irene..lol

You too?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yOEOJ1BARk

guess the price of plywood will be goin' up again

East Coast refineries likely to shut as Hurricane Irene approaches; gasoline prices rise:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/east-coast-refineries-likely-to-shut-as-hurricane-irene-approaches-gasoline-prices-rise/2011/08/25/gIQATS5ReJ_story.html

Do people actually eat Spam? I'm not sure I've ever tasted it. I know I've never bought any. Stuff's been around forever though.

In reply to 1988RedT2:

there was a Spam thread here a few months ago, recipes n all