Hurricane Irene

[TheGuardian]

All you RUers in the path of this storm (including myself), stay safe and be careful. Shaping up to be a nasty one.

[yoshi_star10]

I'm not in its path, but I've been watching it on the weather channel, and it looks pretty crazy. Hope people are safe. One of the guys covering the storm somewhere, (NC?) there are a lot of people on the road. Why in the world (In pretty much any category hurricane) would you think that that is a good idea? There's debris everywhere, and the hurricane is not done yet. You can get hit very easily.

[TheGuardian]

That's normal. There's always a bunch of crazies that either leave too late or just wanna be out in it. Governor Christie of New Jersey was freaking out over people that were still on the beach yesterday up there.

[Kong]

I'm in Western NC. I'm supposed to get strong winds. It is more windy than normal right now. But not too extreme.

[Dudebro]

It just started to pour here, incoming. It better not knock out power after I just started playing MineCraft.

[yoshi_star10]

We have dealt with storms that have produced cat. 1 hurricane force winds (although not very often) so I know that its capable of doing some damage. From my point of view its just silly to be out.
I'd like to shove those cookies into the mouths of the weather channel field reporters to shut them up. Did they get degrees in meteorology/journalism or drama/acting. They are such tools. Who's going to listen to them to stay inside when these morons are out in 30mph wind acting like it's 100mphI found this quote on a post from TWC on facebook, I thought it was stupid. Im sure the winds are stronger than that, and something makes me think he's never been in a hurricane before, so he doesnt really know how serious it really is.

[CrispyChicken]

Tonight and tomorrow is when it really starts for me. I am on Long Island and the hurricane is supposed to go right between the area between LI and New York. I'm about middle of LI, but still going to get winds of 75-90 MPH.

Good luck to everyone in the storm. Be safe!

[sora2k10]

yeah tonight and tomrrow and the day after . but by the looks of things its going to be a tropical storm by the time it hits mass. and we seen north easters alot more crazyer then this. the winds will only be about 80 miles a hour or less .its the rain thats going to make the diffrence cuzz some homes may get flooded

[Demon-Mask]

I'm quite far from there, I'm way far from the east coast, and not exactly right by the west coast. Never been close to any ocean at all.
Regardless, every second my dad is not at work or sleeping, he is watching the coverage. He gets into hardcore hurricane hunter mode during hurricane season.

[Tails]

I still want to witness a hurricane in my life. I witnessed Ike but.. it was inland.

[TheGuardian]

Inb4 I don't pay attention to my own advice lol. So friends and I had the brilliant idea to go to the beach and swim in the crazy surf. I paid for it the most, got push up onto some rocks and scraped my leg up pretty good. Was fun tho. we'll see if it gets any worse but it's scheduled to. lost power earlier this morning.

[CatalystiCam]

Well, I hope everyone is alright. I can think of one person I know that was hit so far. Lost all power apparently and he posted on his laptop battery to let us know.

There was worry that Vancouver would be hit a while back as a continuation of the Japan Tsunami or whatever you want to call it. I'm further inland than Vancouver, but it was still a worry.

Once again, I hope everyone is okay though. Hurricanes are scary.

[CrispyChicken]

Haven't been on because of power outage. Could be out for 2-6 days! Using my moms phone to let you guys know I'm alright lol. I'll be on as soon as I get my power back!

[Slime Slayer]

Haven't been on because of power outage. Could be out for 2-6 days!
Nutty, 6 days is a long time.

[yoshi_star10]

It kind sucks for the people that get stuck with no power for so long. If you have stuff in your fridge, your most likely to have to throw out a lot of food, and if its warm outside, like at the peak of summer or something, your AC's or fans wont work. Im glad I live where I do, no earthquakes, hurricanes. We get tornadoes, even those are somewhat rare. (at least in my city)

[Dudebro]

I know several people with power out and no indication of when it will be back. One person was told at least a week.

[CrispyChicken]

My power is back! :D Everything is fine around the house but two trees around my area of the town broke some power lines which cut off my power.

[TheGuardian]

Wb Chris. Good to know your power is back online.

[CrispyChicken]

Thanks. It's good to be back. Been a boring few days :p

[Tails]

Did you videotape irene?

[CrispyChicken]

No, I was asleep when it came through :p

[Tails]

So it was in the AM? Jeez dude I'd love to stay up and just watch it.. perhaps go out in it.

[CrispyChicken]

Like 8AM was when it passed I think. Wasn't up yet lol. I would not go outside. It was pouring and winds were up to 70MPH at times.

[Tails]

Didn't stop me when we had that Tornado.

[CrispyChicken]

Well you sir, are a thrill seeker :p I'll stick to videos via internet :p

[Tails]

Storms do that to me >_> I was walking around with the sirens buzzing with the hail and all.

[Dudebro]

http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s720x720/314970_1931176799521_1245270073_31733874_1394891_n .jpg

[Tails]

That meme is so overplayed.

[Dudebro]

Nope it's still hilarious when it's done right.

[joz]

That meme is so overplayed.


First time I've seen it and it is hilarious.

[Tails]

First time I've seen it and it is hilarious.
You must've been living under a rock Joz that thing has been overplayed since West first did it to Swift.

[Dudebro]

There's even a website dedicated to it-
I'mma Let You Finish.com (http://kanyegate.tumblr.com/)

This is probably the best one, OF ALL TIME
http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyirm4mIHd1qa3i8uo1_500.jpg

Or this one-
http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kvag759XZe1qa3i8uo1_500.jpg

This is also possibly the best, OF ALL TIME
http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kqcy754hhP1qa3i8uo1_500.jpg

[joz]

Oh you mean the Kanye meme in general? I thought you meant this particular meme. My bad.

[Dudebro]

Yeah he meant in general. He's still wrong though, it's funny.

[Demon-Mask]

Actually, it was only common for a short while. It isn't nearly as overplayed as a certain meme pertaining to a mathematical value representitive of strength surpassing nine one-thousands.

[Tails]

Actually, it was only common for a short while. It isn't nearly as overplayed as a certain meme pertaining to a mathematical value representitive of strength surpassing nine one-thousands.
Don't forget Gutsman's ass too.

[Kong]

So what happened with this? Did they evacuate NY?

[Tails]

They evacuated and it went through. Not sure on the damage.

[Kong]

So NYC was completely evacuated?

[Tails]

Hurricane Irene (2011) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Irene_%282011%29)

[coolkey]

im in the twin cities im no where near it but it sounds scary to be in it. i was waching robotech when my brother comes in and changes the channel to ch 4 about irene
i hear in nyc the planes can takoff agin

[Tails]

Welcome to RU, Coolkey!

[Dudebro]

No hell no they didn't evacuate NY. They evacuated some low lying areas because of flooding concerns. They also closed the subways and other underground stuff. In Mass they evacuated most of Cape Cod, from what I heard.

[RU Joe]

Hi Coolkey, and welcome to RU, the best site on the net!
Glad to hear you weren't in Irene's path.

[Tails]

No hell no they didn't evacuate NY. They evacuated some low lying areas because of flooding concerns. They also closed the subways and other underground stuff. In Mass they evacuated most of Cape Cod, from what I heard.
I heard on CNN or something they evacuated NYC and shut everything down.

[Dudebro]

Yeah and I heard people were out jogging like nothing was happening.

[Tails]

Those are stupid people.. risking their lives like that. Even I wouldn't stay there.

[Dudebro]

The point is the hurricane was so weakened by the time it got there it wasn't much of a threat. Sure it's still risky but from what I saw where I live it was just a lot of wind and rain.

[Tails]

I thought you lived in Mass? Could've been different in NY.

[Dudebro]

Have you looked a map recently? MA is much smaller than NY but it's lined right up with it. The weather is not gonna be that different, unless you're talking about upstate NY.

[Tails]

Haven't looked at a map since high school.

I thought Mass was by Texas?

[CrispyChicken]

No, not even close :P Massachusetts is right near New York. A bit above and to the right.

[Tails]

http://cdn2-b.examiner.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/hash/4a/d6/4ad6c2b6ed4091f7ad87b1abd9b94feb.png

to that.

Shows how long I've been out of school.

[Dudebro]

You have got to be trolling us.

[Tails]

Sadly.. no.

[Dudebro]

Well apparently you didn't pay attention to geography or history. To refresh your memory, the pilgrims landed in MA. That would've been pretty difficult if MA was down by Texas.

[Tails]

I thought they landed on Plemith rock?

[Slime Slayer]

I'm pretty shocked that you don't know that Tails, I never learnt a drop about U.S. geography, and I can probably place 90 percent of the states just by exposure to the map from day to day life.

[Dudebro]

And where do you think Plymouth rock is? That's just the supposed spot where they disembarked from the ship, it's too small to live on
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/0f/Plymouth-Rock-Pit.jpg/800px-Plymouth-Rock-Pit.jpg

[Slime Slayer]

Plemith
Shocked again.

[Tails]

Didn't take a social studies course since like 2006.

[Dudebro]

How about geography or history? I'm not trying to insult you but this is the kind of thing you're supposed to learn in like elementary school. What the hell are they doing in school now?

[Tails]

How about geography or history? I'm not trying to insult you but this is the kind of thing you're supposed to learn in like elementary school. What the hell are they doing in school now?
I never cared for it, and anything past middle school was either movie replays or teachers who didn't care.

[Dudebro]

Well your school system did you no favors. Btw you don't have to care about history or anything but you should be able to tell where MA is on a map.

[Tails]

Well your school system did you no favors. Btw you don't have to care about history or anything but you should be able to tell where MA is on a map.
Can't do it from memory though.

My school system sucked, it took a law suit for my brother who had a disability to be helped.

[Dudebro]

Please tell me they didn't teach creationism in your school. At least give me that much hope for our country.

I get lost on some of the fly over states but I can still place them very close to where they are. The point is MA is a very notable state, like NY or Texas. You should know that one.

[Tails]

If by creationism you mean Big Bang etc. yes. If not.. then what?


Like I said I didn't pay attention to that stuff. I didn't belong there.

[Dudebro]

You're not trolling me now right? Creationism is the religious(christian) story about how the world came to be. God poofed everything into existence and man rode dinosaurs, that kind of stuff.

The big bang theory is a scientific theory that attempts to explain how the universe as we know it came to be.

[Tails]

Anything about god was left out, just scientific fact.

[Dudebro]

Good to hear. Btw I realize we're offtopic but the hurricane is over anyways so meh.

[Tails]

Do you get excited for abnormal weather DB? For me whenever a storm comes I get charged up.

[Dudebro]

I do but I slept through this hurricane because it seemed like nothing was gonna happen anyways. Just lots of rain and wind.

[Tails]

Nice to hear. Like I stated earlier in this thread I like to go out and walk during storms.

[Slime Slayer]

Good to hear.
Wouldnt you rather they taught multiple theories? either that or none at all?

[Dudebro]

Creationism is not a theory, it's a story. It should not be taught alongside real scientific theories. Colleges have theology courses, teach it there as an optional thing. It does not deserve the same respect as something like the theory of gravity.

[Slime Slayer]

Relgion is very important to a lot of people, for some it can lead to a much happier and fulfilling life. To negate that by essentially intructing students that it is false, is wrong. Personally I'm in favor of leaving the subject out of the system all together.

[Dudebro]

Nope not how it works. We don't toss out reality because we can't teach fairy tales alongside it. Science teaches theories that are backed up with evidence. Creationism is the christian belief from a book with no evidence. If we include that nonsense then we have to include all the others. Would you be ok if we wasted students time with the origin fairy tales from Islam, Hinudism, Buddism, Mormonism, Scientology, ect? The point is they have no business in school. People can learn about it in church. Religions only want it in school as part of their indoctrination.

[Slime Slayer]

I know it's not practical to cover each and every religion, however I also don't agree with telling students that their religion is false. That's why I think it's best if it was kept out of schools entirely.

[Dudebro]

No one is saying we should teach that it's false. The point is we should not treat unfounded stories like science. If religious people think that science threatens their faith then that's on them.

[Slime Slayer]

Point taken, bottom line is the school system sucks, I wish I never went to grade 1. The only benifit was meeting people and learning from them.

[CrispyChicken]

This is getting off-topic :p

[yoshi_star10]

Well on topic then, Another hurricane is out there, Katia, and it looks like its headed this way. anyone think it will hit? or even be a hurricane if it does?

[RU Joe]

YS I think it's important to be aware and prepared for these sorts of things.
These storms are hitting certain areas {like Vermont} harder than they have in centuries according to yahoo news, so if you even think it might head your way take the proper steps for your safety and the safety of those around you.

[yoshi_star10]

I live in minnesota, but I always enjoy watching hurricanes, where they go and what they can do when and if they hit land