#51 2012-10-30 11:38:46
Banjo wrote:
Johnny_Rotten wrote:
glad it wasn't worse. That being said the sheer hype of doom for those tens of millions living in areas on the outer edges of the storm is just disheartning. What is wrong with people when they can't pull it together to deal with a little wind and rain? Really now a common winter storm produces more hazerdous conditions.
Yesterday afternoon I drove from New York north of NYC through CT to coastal RI. It just was not that bad and never did I feel it was hazerdous enoyugh to slow below 55 mph.
But there was no one on the roads. and I mean no one, as if judgement day had come. It was bizzare. The lack of truck traffic was most notable. Even along East to West highways that did not lead anywheres near the storm. It was emptier than travel on Christmass day. In addition for 200 miles there were few about in any of the towns. Pretty much all businesses were shut and no office buildings had cars in the lots. It was difficult to find an open gas station or a market. We had to drive though 4 northern CT towns to find anything open with a restroom. Finally locating a Best Western hotel. And this was in an area that was forcast for 20 mph winds and light rain.
It tells me that commerce was brought to a standstil for hundreds of miles outside the predicted path. What a waste.
A typical winter storm has more dangerous conditions. During which people and business do not grind to a panic stricken stop for it. We have become a nation of pansies easily swayed by bleating hype. As a community we should have the ability to weather such conditions and deal with the impacts it has on the few amongst us who need assistance.You live in the "post Katrina" world. Ice storms don't attract the national audience that hurricanes do so politicians would rather over-hype a storm than risk being the next Nagin, Blanco, or Bush. Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.
Is it less dangerous to cry wolf over and over? I made no preparations due to the fact that I hear it all the time.
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#52 2012-10-30 22:04:15
Bigcat wrote:
Banjo wrote:
Johnny_Rotten wrote:
glad it wasn't worse. That being said the sheer hype of doom for those tens of millions living in areas on the outer edges of the storm is just disheartning. What is wrong with people when they can't pull it together to deal with a little wind and rain? Really now a common winter storm produces more hazerdous conditions.
Yesterday afternoon I drove from New York north of NYC through CT to coastal RI. It just was not that bad and never did I feel it was hazerdous enoyugh to slow below 55 mph.
But there was no one on the roads. and I mean no one, as if judgement day had come. It was bizzare. The lack of truck traffic was most notable. Even along East to West highways that did not lead anywheres near the storm. It was emptier than travel on Christmass day. In addition for 200 miles there were few about in any of the towns. Pretty much all businesses were shut and no office buildings had cars in the lots. It was difficult to find an open gas station or a market. We had to drive though 4 northern CT towns to find anything open with a restroom. Finally locating a Best Western hotel. And this was in an area that was forcast for 20 mph winds and light rain.
It tells me that commerce was brought to a standstil for hundreds of miles outside the predicted path. What a waste.
A typical winter storm has more dangerous conditions. During which people and business do not grind to a panic stricken stop for it. We have become a nation of pansies easily swayed by bleating hype. As a community we should have the ability to weather such conditions and deal with the impacts it has on the few amongst us who need assistance.You live in the "post Katrina" world. Ice storms don't attract the national audience that hurricanes do so politicians would rather over-hype a storm than risk being the next Nagin, Blanco, or Bush. Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.
Is it less dangerous to cry wolf over and over? I made no preparations due to the fact that I hear it all the time.
It's really not crying wolf. Katrina caught everyone not directly on the coast off guard. The water surge which the northeast just experienced is much more dangerous than the winds and the rain. Below are pictures of the house I had just sold a few months before Katrina. I stayed in this house for every hurricane and threw parties every time. This house was on the back side of the back bay of Mississippi and was considered a safe area. 15 people died in my small neighborhood because we all got complacent and assumed if Camille didn't kill us, nothing could.. The storm surge was 11 feet by the time it reached my house (enough to cover it) and most of the people were found dead in their attics trying to escape the water. I most likely would have been one of them if I hadn't sold my house. The new owners evacuated. I would have been drunk and probably naked.
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#53 2012-10-30 22:14:41
Banjo wrote:
Bigcat wrote:
Banjo wrote:
You live in the "post Katrina" world. Ice storms don't attract the national audience that hurricanes do so politicians would rather over-hype a storm than risk being the next Nagin, Blanco, or Bush. Damned if you do. Damned if you don't.Is it less dangerous to cry wolf over and over? I made no preparations due to the fact that I hear it all the time.
It's really not crying wolf. Katrina caught everyone not directly on the coast off guard. The water surge which the northeast just experienced is much more dangerous than the winds and the rain. Below are pictures of the house I had just sold a few months before Katrina. I stayed in this house for every hurricane and threw parties every time. This house was on the back side of the back bay of Mississippi and was considered a safe area. 15 people died in my small neighborhood because we all got complacent and assumed if Camille didn't kill us, nothing could.. The storm surge was 11 feet by the time it reached my house (enough to cover it) and most of the people were found dead in their attics trying to escape the water. I most likely would have been one of them if I hadn't sold my house. The new owners evacuated. I would have been drunk and probably naked.
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Yikes, that's pretty crazy shit.
We don't get many hurricane warnings in Central Pa. I was mostly referring to the 50 snow storms we get every year. Every single one of them is forcast as epic. Take cover and buy supplies. People change entire schedules for work and community events around the threat of these and 1 out of 50 really produces. I feel it is irresponsible reporting.
I do agree with your hurricane viewpoint. But, If you gotta go, drunk and naked in your attic beats the hell outta many other ways, like cancer of the prick or bloody piles.
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#54 2012-10-30 22:35:47
Bigcat wrote:
Banjo wrote:
Bigcat wrote:
Is it less dangerous to cry wolf over and over? I made no preparations due to the fact that I hear it all the time.It's really not crying wolf. Katrina caught everyone not directly on the coast off guard. The water surge which the northeast just experienced is much more dangerous than the winds and the rain. Below are pictures of the house I had just sold a few months before Katrina. I stayed in this house for every hurricane and threw parties every time. This house was on the back side of the back bay of Mississippi and was considered a safe area. 15 people died in my small neighborhood because we all got complacent and assumed if Camille didn't kill us, nothing could.. The storm surge was 11 feet by the time it reached my house (enough to cover it) and most of the people were found dead in their attics trying to escape the water. I most likely would have been one of them if I hadn't sold my house. The new owners evacuated. I would have been drunk and probably naked.
https://cruelery.com/uploads/thumbs/415_desktop.jpg
https://cruelery.com/uploads/thumbs/415_dscf1157.jpg
https://cruelery.com/uploads/thumbs/415_dscf1167.jpg
https://cruelery.com/uploads/thumbs/415_dscf1169.jpg
https://cruelery.com/uploads/thumbs/415_dscf1171.jpgYikes, that's pretty crazy shit.
We don't get many hurricane warnings in Central Pa. I was mostly referring to the 50 snow storms we get every year. Every single one of them is forcast as epic. Take cover and buy supplies. People change entire schedules for work and community events around the threat of these and 1 out of 50 really produces. I feel it is irresponsible reporting.
I do agree with your hurricane viewpoint. But, If you gotta go, drunk and naked in your attic beats the hell outta many other ways, like cancer of the prick or bloody piles.
I still fantasize about how sweet my last minute escape pirogue ride would have been. She still sits in my back yard and I think about that day very time I see it. It would have been my only way out and one hell of a ride!
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#55 2012-10-30 22:56:26
Some pics I submitted to my realtor in June 2005. The people owned it for about 2 months.
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#57 2012-10-30 23:33:09
Wallpaper is a crime against humanity.
Buying some supplies and taking cover is pretty standard stuff for a snow storm. The problem is that the general population has no sense, and if not frightened in to what equates to a small amount of self preservation, we'd be seeing stories of idiots freezing or starving to death when a 5 day white out comes through. Which means they could no longer vote, or consume whatever other bullshit was being peddled to them.
Storms have been killing people since...people. There's just a lot more to take out than before....
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#58 2012-10-31 16:07:48
Aside of some high winds and a bunch of sideways rain, and 24+ hours without power, it was a bust at my house.
I'm mostly irritated that I didn't have power 2 nights in a row. Suckass. My fridge will probably need to be dumped of all the shit I just bought last week. Oh well.
The dock where I keep 3 of the sailboats I deal with was underwater. All of the sailboats were secure and still floating in their proper places. All is well there.
Had to make a last minute run down to Kent Island Sunday to secure a customer's sailboat. He had canvas up, and a dingy swinging from the davit boards with a huge engine waving in the breeze. Had to take that down, stow the dingy on the dingy dock, and put the engine on board. Also took the jib down and stowed it and barrel hitched the main. Canvas got chucked below too. Probably a good thing for him I didn't mind the drive. $400 bucks + gas and tolls for a few hours work/drive isn't bad.
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#59 2012-10-31 17:52:15
Roger_That wrote:
He had canvas up, and a dingy swinging from the davit boards with a huge engine waving in the breeze. Had to take that down, stow the dingy on the dingy dock, and put the engine on board. Also took the jib down and stowed it and barrel hitched the main. Canvas got chucked below too..
I'm hard.
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#60 2012-10-31 19:47:54
Roger_That wrote:
...a huge engine waving in the breeze...
Have you been spying on me, Rog?
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#61 2012-10-31 20:09:29
Roger_That wrote:
Aside of some high winds and a bunch of sideways rain, and 24+ hours without power, it was a bust at my house.
I'm mostly irritated that I didn't have power 2 nights in a row. Suckass. My fridge will probably need to be dumped of all the shit I just bought last week. Oh well.
The dock where I keep 3 of the sailboats I deal with was underwater. All of the sailboats were secure and still floating in their proper places. All is well there.
Had to make a last minute run down to Kent Island Sunday to secure a customer's sailboat. He had canvas up, and a dingy swinging from the davit boards with a huge engine waving in the breeze. Had to take that down, stow the dingy on the dingy dock, and put the engine on board. Also took the jib down and stowed it and barrel hitched the main. Canvas got chucked below too. Probably a good thing for him I didn't mind the drive. $400 bucks + gas and tolls for a few hours work/drive isn't bad.
Home Depot sells a nice propane generator for a couple of hundred bucks, it'll save your food and allow you to recharge your vibrators.
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#62 2012-10-31 20:27:40
Emmeran wrote:
Home Depot sells a nice propane generator for a couple of hundred bucks, it'll save your food and allow you to recharge your vibrators.
Good luck finding one. I was at Walmart, Lowes and Home Depot the other night just trying to find an extra 5 gallon gas can. None to be had. I wasn't shopping for one, but they were also out of propane and kerosene heaters, too.
In other news, stock prices for Lowes and Home Depot were up today.
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#63 2012-10-31 20:38:13
Well that was annoying, but the power's back on as of this AM and nobody I know got squashed by trees.
So altogether satisfactory.
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#64 2012-10-31 21:45:26
opsec wrote:
Well that was annoying, but the power's back on as of this AM and nobody I know got squashed by trees.
So altogether satisfactory.
Still on generator here. ETA for recovery is 23:00 tonight, but I don't think it will really happen. The whole neighborhood is still out. Becoming slightly more than annoying now.
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#65 2012-10-31 22:17:47
whosasailorthen wrote:
opsec wrote:
Well that was annoying, but the power's back on as of this AM and nobody I know got squashed by trees.
So altogether satisfactory.Still on generator here. ETA for recovery is 23:00 tonight, but I don't think it will really happen. The whole neighborhood is still out. Becoming slightly more than annoying now.
A tough guy like you should be able to make it without power for years, no?
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#66 2012-11-01 09:18:55
Emmeran wrote:
Home Depot sells a nice propane generator for a couple of hundred bucks, it'll save your food and allow you to recharge your vibrators.
Yeah unfortunately they are out of just about everything, or were before the storm. I rarely lose power, but maybe I'll have to invest in one for next time.
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#67 2012-11-01 12:08:10
“I had to go to the wine cellar and find a good bottle of wine and drink it before it goes bad,”
...“Think Katrina, but now it’s us,” he said.
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#69 2012-11-01 13:29:36
Is that testing fate to put a fireman statue guarding your home?
As for the rest of the Jersey Shore I have no sympathy, it is beyond tempting fate, really the height of folly to build on a barrier island and expect it to be there any given year in the future.
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#70 2012-11-02 07:57:19
Storm's parting shot...
The squall's duration was so short power stayed on and my basement sump pumps never kicked in. The posted image is 4 blocks from here.
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#71 2012-11-02 09:28:50
choad wrote:
Storm's parting shot...
The squall's duration was so short power stayed on and my basement sump pumps never kicked in. The posted image is 4 blocks from my here.
Not every day you have a kayak fly into your upstairs window. Does the old coot get to keep it?
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#72 2012-11-02 11:32:28
Johnny_Rotten wrote:
As for the rest of the Jersey Shore I have no sympathy, it is beyond tempting fate, really the height of folly to build on a barrier island and expect it to be there any given year in the future.
In Florida they let you build it anywhere, then the taxpayers just bail you out time and again through the Citizens insurance program. If Sandy had hit Florida like it did New York, this state would be officially broke as of now.
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#73 2012-11-02 12:45:15
Did y'all hear about the new mixed drink, "Sandy?"
It's a watered down Manhattan.
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#74 2012-11-02 13:01:56
Banjo wrote:
Did y'all hear about the new mixed drink, "Sandy?"
It's a watered down Manhattan.
nice
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#75 2012-11-02 13:07:11
Banjo wrote:
Did y'all hear about the new mixed drink, "Sandy?"
It's a watered down Manhattan.
Ha, I just stole that.
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#76 2012-11-02 13:21:09
Roger_That wrote:
Banjo wrote:
Did y'all hear about the new mixed drink, "Sandy?"
It's a watered down Manhattan.Ha, I just stole that.
That's why I like this place.
It's never too soon.
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#77 2012-11-02 14:07:54
Yeah, I think it may have been too soon to post it on my facebook status. There have been a few likes, but it's eerily quiet. I've probably offended at least half of my friends.
Oh well, if they can't take a joke, fuck 'em. Maybe Ill get unfriended.
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#78 2012-11-02 18:31:41
We average close to two weeks after a major hurricane getting power back. It really sucks because we are always the last grid to get turned back on. Houses within a quarter mile have power after day four. We just wait and wait and wait. Good news is I have two generators. One is dedicated to my TV, satellite and XBox so I survive.
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#79 2012-11-02 23:06:11
Roger_That wrote:
Yeah, I think it may have been too soon to post it on my facebook status. There have been a few likes, but it's eerily quiet. I've probably offended at least half of my friends.
Oh well, if they can't take a joke, fuck 'em. Maybe Ill get unfriended.
I read it and decided to tell it at work tomorrow. If you need the affirmation I'll go back and click the like button.
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#80 2012-11-03 06:45:39
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#81 2012-11-03 11:24:22
Roger_That wrote:
Yeah, I think it may have been too soon to post it on my facebook status. There have been a few likes, but it's eerily quiet. I've probably offended at least half of my friends.
Oh well, if they can't take a joke, fuck 'em. Maybe Ill get unfriended.
Here's another one. I forget where I stole it from:
They're going to rename it Hurricane Snookie because it blew the whole Jersey Shore.
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#83 2012-11-09 08:12:43
Emmeran wrote:
So this is what the angry black men with berets standing outside of my voting location wanted? They kept yelling, "Black power, Black power!"
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#84 2012-11-09 09:48:30
No those Black men standing outside your polling room door are just tired of you pissing all over them. They just want to make lemonade from life's lemons.
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#85 2012-11-09 10:19:26
Johnny_Rotten wrote:
No those Black men standing outside your polling room door are just tired of you pissing all over them. They just want to make lemonade from life's lemons.
Yeah, because only white people can produce a stream of piss.
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