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Title: Come On Irene...
Post by: MrBump on August 26, 2011, 11:13:35 AM
Anyone here from the East coast of America?  Irene is looking pretty tetchy - we're sending our NYK office home early so that they can batten down the hatches!

Good luck with it, y'awl...

Mark.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Telerocker on August 26, 2011, 06:30:12 PM
Nope, but I like the song (Eileen in that case). Dexys Midnight Runners wasn't it?
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Johnny Mac on August 26, 2011, 08:46:10 PM
METEOROLOGISTS. Make people respect & fear hurricanes more by giving them scary names like Hitler and Voldemort, not Irene.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Shag101 on August 26, 2011, 10:27:49 PM
NY here...

Not in an evacuation spot, though 5 blocks away is... :?

at least it will give me a break from watering my yard :D

Just need to shrink wrap my guitars and amps... :lol:
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: agentOrAnGe on August 27, 2011, 03:50:21 AM
I am in North Carolina there is nothing yet, but It looks like we are going to get it hard Saturday. Luckily I am inland a ways so all we will get is some storm bands. Most of the coast is evacuated and boarded up.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Denim n Leather on August 27, 2011, 03:52:24 AM
NYC. 1 block from evac. Have a recording session scheduled tomorrow morning; hope to get it in before the storm hits.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: MrBump on August 27, 2011, 08:12:21 AM
It's interesting where the evac areas are.

I've got a mate on Long Island, and he's expecting big trouble...
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Transcend on August 27, 2011, 10:00:14 AM
NYC. 1 block from evac. Have a recording session scheduled tomorrow morning; hope to get it in before the storm hits.

Always thinking of the music first!
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Denim n Leather on August 27, 2011, 12:34:27 PM
We have touchdown in NC. It's crawling up the East coast. We're not expecting rain to start until 11am, but it's THICK outside. Can't see past 1 block from my window, the fog is super thick. There are hardly any cars about, it's pretty quiet. I should be able to make it to Ultra and back before the winds pick up.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Denim n Leather on August 27, 2011, 12:36:51 PM
It's interesting where the evac areas are.

I've got a mate on Long Island, and he's expecting big trouble...
LI has has had hurricane land falls in the past; there has never been a hurricane landfall in NYC, which is why I don't think it will happen. We will still get the cr@p kicked out of us, however, hurricane or no.

NYC has large portions which are at or just below sea level. Lot of my friends have been relocated. My block is a few feet above sea level, but we live on the top floor of a 7 story co-op.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Denim n Leather on August 27, 2011, 07:56:17 PM
So far, so good. Got 3 of 4 songs tracked and made it back without incident. Latest forecast has 'something' coming thru in 3 hrs. We shall see ...
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Shag101 on August 27, 2011, 08:43:56 PM
only time will tell.......be safe...
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Denim n Leather on August 27, 2011, 08:44:37 PM
You too, man! I'm in for the duration now.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Afghan Dave on August 27, 2011, 08:45:01 PM
Good luck guys! Stay Safe.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Denim n Leather on August 28, 2011, 12:58:57 AM
It's HEEE-eere. Man, is it RAINING!!

Wind is starting to pick up. We have all the windows open -- from our Living Room window (7 floors up), it's quite the light show! Gonna power down PC soon.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: lulusg on August 28, 2011, 03:30:44 AM
Y'all take care... Heeehaaaaaw!!!!
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Shag101 on August 28, 2011, 01:49:11 PM
Just rain, wind and a couple tree branches down by me......
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Denim n Leather on August 28, 2011, 04:58:31 PM
All hell broke loose here this morning. Dunno if this is just the eye or we're nearing the end of it.
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Denim n Leather on August 28, 2011, 06:28:57 PM
Lamest, most over-hyped storm ever. The tornado touch down last year and the rain 2 weekends ago were far worse!
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: Shag101 on August 28, 2011, 06:39:51 PM
Lamest, most over-hyped storm ever. The tornado touch down last year and the rain 2 weekends ago were far worse!

Definitely .... and this crying wolf prolly gave people a sense of false security if evacuations are necessary when a real heavy duty storm arises...
Title: Re: Come On Irene...
Post by: PhilKing on September 01, 2011, 07:49:48 AM
We got 6" of water in the house.  Fortunately all the guitars and amps were moved upstairs, but some speakers got ruined.  I actually don't know the real damage as I have been out of the country for the last week and a half.  My wife got back Tuesday and said that she is cleaning stagnant water out of the cupboards.   We're just waiting for a quote to  replace all the sheetrock and possibly the wood floors in 2 rooms. 

Hoboken is very low lying and is a flood zone, but this is the first time in almost 12 years that we had any problem.  I'm just hoping the insurance covers it (it won't cover the couches or anything like that).