Media is over-hyping Irene

[Flipperk]

not to be mean.....but there is more reason to be pissed at the ignorant/impatient/careless/reckless people that were causing the collisions that caused the deaths.

It wasn't wrecks, that picture is from the actual evacuation. We were moving at literally 5MPH until we hit the edge of Houston.

"Some probably refused to leave because they'd been caught in the chaotic evacuation for Hurricane Rita in 2005, he said.

During that event, roads out of Houston became gridlocked. Officials later estimated that about 90 people died during the 2005 evacuation because of heatstroke, dehydration, and other causes. "

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080926-hurricane-ike-evacuation.html

[CAP1]

watching some news, and things could be a lot worse....but they're still pretty badtoo. manyunk has flooded sections. philly has damage. problems here in nj. as i said, i've no electricity right now. i'm running on a generator, which i bought last year. it barley powers this computer.....i won't plug my gaming rig into it.

 i've not yet seen any reports of death or injury related to moving people out of the danger zones....and there were over a million evacuated in nj alone.

 in my neighborhood, we've already all been outside helping each other do what needs to be done as best as we can.

[CAP1]

It wasn't wrecks, that picture is from the actual evacuation. We were moving at literally 5MPH until we hit the edge of Houston.

"Some probably refused to leave because they'd been caught in the chaotic evacuation for Hurricane Rita in 2005, he said.

During that event, roads out of Houston became gridlocked. Officials later estimated that about 90 people died during the 2005 evacuation because of heatstroke, dehydration, and other causes. "

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/09/080926-hurricane-ike-evacuation.html

ok....now i'm gonna sound REALLY bad.......heatstroke, and dehydration probably went hand in hand. did those people never hear of water? did they not listen to warnings, and prepare....as we all did here? c\define "other" causes.

 as much as i hate govt. interference, i cannot find good reason to blame those deaths on the govt. here in nj, there were over a million evacuated from the danger zones, without incident. they heeded warnings, prepared, and evac'd in an orderly fashion.

[Flipperk]

ok....now i'm gonna sound REALLY bad.......heatstroke, and dehydration probably went hand in hand. did those people never hear of water? did they not listen to warnings, and prepare....as we all did here? c\define "other" causes.

 as much as i hate govt. interference, i cannot find good reason to blame those deaths on the govt. here in nj, there were over a million evacuated from the danger zones, without incident. they heeded warnings, prepared, and evac'd in an orderly fashion.

Houston is much bigger than NJ CAP...WAY BIGGER. Nearly all gas stations ran out of gas two DAYS before the storm hit. With a the roads in gridlock there was no way to get gas once you ran out.  It was a scorching hot day, no winds, and on the road for hours and hours on end.


From Wiki:

Average travel times to Dallas were 24–36 hours, travel times to Austin were 12–18 hours and travel times to San Antonio were 10–16 hours. Many motorists ran out of gas or experienced breakdowns in temperatures that neared 100 °F (38 °C). Traffic volumes did not ease for nearly 48 hours as more than three million residents evacuated the area in advance of the storm.This was the largest evacuation in U.S. history.

[CAP1]

Houston is much bigger than NJ CAP...WAY BIGGER. Nearly all gas stations ran out of gas two DAYS before the storm hit. With a the roads in gridlock there was no way to get gas once you ran out.  It was a scorching hot day, no winds, and on the road for hours and hours on end.


From Wiki:

Average travel times to Dallas were 24–36 hours, travel times to Austin were 12–18 hours and travel times to San Antonio were 10–16 hours. Many motorists ran out of gas or experienced breakdowns in temperatures that neared 100 °F (38 °C). Traffic volumes did not ease for nearly 48 hours as more than three million residents evacuated the area in advance of the storm.This was the largest evacuation in U.S. history.

 i understand that. it does not create valid reasons for the problems.

 shore gas stations on thursday night, looked like the fuel rationing days of 1979 all over again. i would imagine they ran out of gas that night. traffic was only leaving on that night by the rt49/rt55 route. for whatever reason, no one thought of using the garden state parkway, which would've been a quick way out.
 even so, there were traffic jams on the way out,which i avoided by using the gsp. there were no collisions that i observed on my way into cape may county that night.
 on friday morning. the evac became mandatory, tolls were suspended on the gsp, and the atlantic city expressway. all inboud traffic was halted, and the evac proceeded calmly, and orderly, from what i can tell. a friend of mine is a truck driver, and was doing his route down that way friday around 5am....and ran into traffic. it pissed him off, but it was orderly.

 anyway, i feel it's either time to get back on topic of the hurricane, or back out, before we get the thread locked, as will happen........

 also, put on some news from over this way. you'll see it was worse than you think.......

[fudgums]

another cut has been shown in the island, looks worse than the other one.

http://ow.ly/i/gqd3/original

Air Pictures

[Slash27]

After seeing how it hit the outer banks(hatteras, cape lookout, etc). This storm was no joke and defiantly not hyped up.

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That's pretty damn scary.

[Widewing]

It's Sunday evening here on Long Island, and the wind is dying down.

As I thought, the hype was way over-played relative to where we live. Wind speeds peaked in the mid 60 mph range (in gusts). We didn't lose power. One cedar shake came adrift, but I found it and nailed it back on. Two fence slats were knocked off, but that was a simple repair. I washed the cars, washed the Jeep, hosed off the driveway and picked up a pizza for dinner.

My neighbor lost a maple, that had its root system damaged when the town put in a storm drain a few years ago. There's another tree down a few streets over, but by and large, the damage was minor.

The single biggest issue here is the loss of power. This is because there are many very large, very old trees. Damage to property not related to trees is really inconsequential.

The real damage is largely south and west of here, where the storm surge and heavy rain have caused flooding and erosion. Nonetheless, this was a minor hurricane that the press and governments hyped as the pending apocalypse.

 

[CAP1]

It's Sunday evening here on Long Island, and the wind is dying down.

As I thought, the hype was way over-played relative to where we live. Wind speeds peaked in the mid 60 mph range (in gusts). We didn't lose power. One cedar shake came adrift, but I found it and nailed it back on. Two fence slats were knocked off, but that was a simple repair. I washed the cars, washed the Jeep, hosed off the driveway and picked up a pizza for dinner.

My neighbor lost a maple, that had its root system damaged when the town put in a storm drain a few years ago. There's another tree down a few streets over, but by and large, the damage was minor.

The single biggest issue here is the loss of power. This is because there are many very large, very old trees. Damage to property not related to trees is really inconsequential.

The real damage is largely south and west of here, where the storm surge and heavy rain have caused flooding and erosion. Nonetheless, this was a minor hurricane that the press and governments hyped as the pending apocalypse.

 

wat to go snappy.......now we;'re gonna start hearing "told ya so" from the naysayers.

that being said.....i truly am glad it missed you sir.

[grizz441]

It's Sunday evening here on Long Island, and the wind is dying down.

As I thought, the hype was way over-played relative to where we live. Wind speeds peaked in the mid 60 mph range (in gusts). We didn't lose power. One cedar shake came adrift, but I found it and nailed it back on. Two fence slats were knocked off, but that was a simple repair. I washed the cars, washed the Jeep, hosed off the driveway and picked up a pizza for dinner.

My neighbor lost a maple, that had its root system damaged when the town put in a storm drain a few years ago. There's another tree down a few streets over, but by and large, the damage was minor.

The single biggest issue here is the loss of power. This is because there are many very large, very old trees. Damage to property not related to trees is really inconsequential.

The real damage is largely south and west of here, where the storm surge and heavy rain have caused flooding and erosion. Nonetheless, this was a minor hurricane that the press and governments hyped as the pending apocalypse.

 

I guess the national hurricane center hyped it up also.   

Instead of being grateful it turned out to be less severe than what it very well could have been, you are whining about the inconvenience it caused.  The sad thing is, next time a hurricane comes barreling towards the New York area and things don't turn out as fortunately as they did this time around, New Yorker's will use this hurricane as an excuse to stick around and get killed.

[Barrett]

Well, I for one am glad it lost strength as it did. We didn't get the rain like others did - but it's still windy enough to make you wonder how the boats are doing in the mooring field. I went out for a look and in certain sections of the harbor, (Edgartown, MA), it was pretty rough. This harbor gets pretty nasty in southerly winds. Both my son's boats are still where they were left, but we are still getting pretty strong southerly winds - going to ssw as time goes on and conditions will improve.

Anyway, I hope everyone who was in the path of this storm is safe and dry.. maybe even celebrating a little. Now, where's that Christmas vodka ?

 

[Masherbrum]

I guess the national hurricane center hyped it up also.  

Instead of being grateful it turned out to be less severe than what it very well could have been, you are whining about the inconvenience it caused.  The sad thing is, next time a hurricane comes barreling towards the New York area and things don't turn out as fortunately as they did this time around, New Yorker's will use this hurricane as an excuse to stick around and get killed.

Yep.   Complacency will no doubt end being a factor for future hurricanes in the New England region.

[CAP1]

I guess the national hurricane center hyped it up also.   

Instead of being grateful it turned out to be less severe than what it very well could have been, you are whining about the inconvenience it caused.  The sad thing is, next time a hurricane comes barreling towards the New York area and things don't turn out as fortunately as they did this time around, New Yorker's will use this hurricane as an excuse to stick around and get killed.

 what will happen now, is that when this happens again....and it will........people will act just like the naysayers here. they'll say they don't need to leave, and won't.
 then they'll wake up half buried under water, and debris, and call for help..... but help won't be able to get to them, due to the conditions. then when it's all over, they'll come down on whomever they see first that may have been a figure of authority, claiming that they didn't do enough for them. even though they had been warned for days to get out. 

[fudgums]

Not able to search at the moment but can someone post some links/pictures of what happened in vermont?

[ToeTag]

And the media hype is no different than the HTC BBS hype...............J/K!