Author Topic: hurricane irene (Read 608 times)

micky navarro · « **on:** August 26, 2011, 10:28:30 AM »

looks like this storm is gonna take no prisoners! most of my area is under mandatory evacuation and i believe the area jmellon is in is also!
gotta get all my deck furniture secure and hope and pray the house remains afterwards! some big ass trees near my home

worst part of living near the ocean is when this happens! and to add insult to injury, just as the storm is on top of jersey, it'll be high tide

we've had an incredable amount of rain the last couple weeks so that too will compound the flooding that will happen with the grounds being so logged up!

Mike M · « **Reply #1 on:** August 26, 2011, 10:31:09 AM »

Best of luck to you and all who may be affected by the storm.

Not sure we will see much more than the affects of a typical Nor'easter here in Maine but I'm going to secure all the small stuff outside.

Kids first day of school was supposed to be Monday but is has already been cancelled.

jeffvanburen · « **Reply #2 on:** August 26, 2011, 11:44:52 AM »

I was wondering about you Micky, be safe and drop us a line to let us know your okay. Don't for get your preps, a redhead(female)(young)(over 18, barely) and Jack Daniels.

c spot stop · « **Reply #3 on:** August 26, 2011, 02:02:33 PM »

Hunker down.

Hit us when it is over mick

micky navarro · « **Reply #4 on:** August 28, 2011, 05:04:07 PM »

most of jersey looks like a war zone, especially all up and down the coast and along bays and rivers! some spots have 5, 6 and 8 feet of standing water, trees down everywhere, lotsa homes damaged from wind, trees and tornados!

i feel very fortunate to have no home damage, no flooding, and to still have power! most important my family and i are all alive and well!
this irene was one kick ass storm!

ChemBright · « **Reply #5 on:** August 28, 2011, 05:52:20 PM »

Glad you are ok Micky. Was hopeing you would come out ok.

Grant D. · « **Reply #6 on:** August 28, 2011, 06:26:10 PM »

Glad you're ok Micky. My brother lives over there and it sounds like he came out ok too.

c spot stop · « **Reply #7 on:** August 28, 2011, 07:14:53 PM »

Glad to learn you are ok.

Now waiting for Mike.

CACBServices · « **Reply #8 on:** August 28, 2011, 09:21:59 PM »

And I remember all the stories from this past winter. Man, you've been getting it on both ends. Hold on tight and stay in touch.

Eric

jeffvanburen · « **Reply #9 on:** August 29, 2011, 03:34:42 AM »

Good news that you and the family are okay and doing good.

micky navarro · « **Reply #10 on:** August 29, 2011, 04:44:52 AM »

thanks for the well wishes guys! its hard to believe the storm damage to homes, roads, businesses, etc..........trees that fell thru homes, crushed cars, runaway boats going down local roads, dead marine life in town centers!

eric sed it right. we been getting slammed it seems. long range forecasts call for another killer winter here!

anyone hear from joe mellon? he's here in jersey too! mike m up in maine? and other east coast members? there are massive power outtages and communication disruptions all around the northeast from the carolina's up to and thru maine!

Mike M · « **Reply #11 on:** August 29, 2011, 03:14:37 PM »

Micky - Glad all is well with you.

We lost power yesterday and still don't have it back. I'm running on generator for a bit to refill water and see if the internet was working.

No major damage here. Some minor damage to the garden. Lots of trees, flooding and roads washed in various areas of the state. Power company is warning it could be several days before we get power.

Set up in the camper last night and just camping out in the yard.

c spot stop · « **Reply #12 on:** August 29, 2011, 05:48:37 PM »

Glad you are OK Mike.

I really was worried...

camping sounds like fun right now.

Infamousdave · « **Reply #13 on:** August 29, 2011, 08:05:17 PM »

Quote from: Mike Martell on August 29, 2011, 03:14:37 PM

Set up in the camper last night and just camping out in the yard.

Camper comes in handy sometimes, huh? I had my water heater go out a few years ago on a monday and I knew I was not going to have time to go buy a new one and install it until the weekend so I just set up the camper and we showered in there all week.

Glad everyone is OK. Sometimes I'm glad I live where I do, nothing to worry about here but the occasional blizzard.

c spot stop · « **Reply #14 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:48:45 PM »

and mad cows.

micky navarro · « **Reply #15 on:** August 30, 2011, 12:44:14 AM »

hey mike..........glad to hear yer good too!

vermont and upstate new york got seriously clobbered!

one heck of a bad storm!

c spot stop · « **Reply #16 on:** August 30, 2011, 07:09:13 AM »

Just so you's will know...

I heard some weather guy sayin' how the NE should be ready...this is just the start of a pattern for this and following years.

Swell.

ChemBright · « **Reply #17 on:** August 30, 2011, 08:14:39 AM »

There's always Arizona? At least here, the storms we get have the word "boob" (Haboob) in them. Makes one want to move here doesn't it?

Mike M · « **Reply #18 on:** August 30, 2011, 09:21:26 AM »

Still no power here. Not sure when we'll get it.

Not suffering at all. We have generators and campers. Weather is supposed to be good all week so the crews should make some good headway.

I feel bad for all the line crews working so hard to get people power. They've been working hard for a few days now and people are getting testy about not having power.

Mike M · « **Reply #19 on:** August 31, 2011, 07:33:24 AM »

Power is back so the campout is over............. for now.

According to our local news still 55,000 without here.

Infamousdave · « **Reply #20 on:** August 31, 2011, 06:48:18 PM »

Quote from: c spot stop on August 29, 2011, 10:48:45 PM

and mad cows.

Actually I was chased by a bull once when I was a teenager!

micky navarro · « **Reply #21 on:** September 01, 2011, 03:41:52 PM »


LiveLeak.com - New Jersey National Guard are some kind of highly evolved underwater fish soldiers

if ya follow the above link, the vid shows just how bad some of the flooding was/is in jersey!

George Barnett · « **Reply #22 on:** September 01, 2011, 04:40:17 PM »

Storm disasters like these take a while to recover from. I drove through the tornado damage from April yesterday and could still see the 1/2 mile wide path.

Gavin · « **Reply #23 on:** September 01, 2011, 11:37:23 PM »

that's a whole lot of water

Mike M · « **Reply #24 on:** September 02, 2011, 06:23:45 AM »

Yes, it will take a while to recover from this.

Major pieces of infrastructure were damaged. Takes a while to rebuild those types of things.

We lost some bridges here in this state. They are talking about getting those reopened sometime next year. Meanwhile a motel owner just beyond one of the bridges says all the guests they had booked for this holiday weekend have cancelled. That hurts.

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