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Hurricane Irene

Martimus said:
In the spirit of the Internet it looks like a company in midtown Manhattan has a live video stream from a camera on the 16th floor of their building... not that much can be seen other than the camera shaking and some water droplets

Breaking Live Now - Hurricane Live Cam - live streaming video powered by Livestream

And StormPulse is showing the current track of the storm

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Uh-oh, server down at Livestream.
 
Well, that wasnt as bad as I thought it would be for me. Only thing that happened were 2 5 second blackouts, no flooding and all the trees on my block look fine. From the news, it looks like NYC got it a lot worse...
 
Irene was a dud. She was more hype, relating to NYC, than anything else.

Lots of leaves and small branches down on street in my area, but the park has several trees that were uprooted.
 
Excellent.

I get angry every time I see some dumb reporter standing out in a storm, and that one's last statement takes the cake: I don't want show you any more people that are out and about, how many cars are driving around - it's just setting a bad example.

And WTH was he doing???

Only thing he was upset about was trying to do a story on how rough it was when the boys ran by in bathing suits.

Reporters, never raised to come in out of the rain, standing outside so we at home can understand that it's raining vs. a gal deciding to deal with it by getting hammered.

I'm gonna go with the gal getting hammered as having a better idea of what she's about.
 
The storms mostly over, we're just getting wind from the back end. Although, I never lost power, the storm was very, very bad here. Downed trees and power lines. Our rivers are supposed to crest this Tuesday and swallow parts of towns such as New Hope, PA.

A volunteer fire and rescue worker, here in Princeton, lost his life while checking to see if there was anyone, who needed to be saved, in a car abandoned in the flood waters. It happened in my town and the rescue dept is right down the block from me. Sad.

So, whereas I have power, many in Princeton do not. They are telling us to stay indoors to stay safe from the flooding and flying branches (the wind is still gusting strongly).

I don't know if I'll have work tomorrow. Probably not. My 17 year old son asked if I wanted to go outside to experience the high winds with him. I said yes. His mother said no! Oh well.
 
Still raining here, lots of trees down and some good gusts still. I lost power this morning for about 4 hours, it's back on for now. The rivers and creeks are hitting record or near-record levels (still raining!) and will be/are flooding. My friend, who lives about 10 miles away, just evacuated on foot...the road is washed out. There is a dam near her and if it fails (it's already over-topping) she will lose her house. Yikes.
 
This storm was highly over rated here.... It was no worse (probably a lot wimpier) than a bad thunderstorm. Minor winds, and steady rain is all it has been. They missed the forecast by a longshot for us.

I hope all you folks who did get hit are ok though...
 
Steven58 said:
A volunteer fire and rescue worker, here in Princeton, lost his life while checking to see if there was anyone, who needed to be saved, in a car abandoned in the flood waters. It happened in my town and the rescue dept is right down the block from me. Sad.
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Just heard on the news that the volunteer fireman was still alive... at the time of the report the fireman was in critical condition in the intensive care unit of one of your local hospitals. The news reported indicated that the state police accidentally gave the governor incorrect information. Oops! :eek:
 
I think it's a good thing that the government (referring to Cuomo and Bloomberg) decided to be on the really cautious side. Weather is something that can only be predicted to an extent, especially hurricanes. It reliefs them the excuse that they didn't do enough to protect its citizens. No one wants to have a FEMA incident again.
 
Clementine_3 said:
Still raining here, lots of trees down and some good gusts still. I lost power this morning for about 4 hours, it's back on for now. The rivers and creeks are hitting record or near-record levels (still raining!) and will be/are flooding. My friend, who lives about 10 miles away, just evacuated on foot...the road is washed out. There is a dam near her and if it fails (it's already over-topping) she will lose her house. Yikes.
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I saw a report about a dam in Maryland that might've been in danger of failing, but with all of the infotainment on every channel, it was hard to find any news to substantiate if that was real or sensational.

No offense, apologies in advance for the ignorance - that was a real report?
 
Well, I was wrong. I just went out for a bit, and wow. There is some serious flooding going on. A huge dam is in danger of a breach in Schoharie county (just west of the Catskill mountains) It was in tough shape before the storm and now they are very worried it may fail. Apparently there was over 12 inches of rain in between us and NYC in certain spots in the Catskills. I will go out in a bit and get some pics.
 
EarlyMon said:
I saw a report about a dam in Maryland that might've been in danger of failing, but with all of the infotainment on every channel, it was hard to find any news to substantiate if that was real or sensational.

No offense, apologies in advance for the ignorance - that was a real report?
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I am in NY, 330D speaks of one dam that is in serious trouble but my friend is near a different one. They may both breach, it is that bad here. Both are over-topping. One woman has died due to a flooded creek.
Trees are still falling, I am just sitting here listening to them go...it's crazy!
Tomorrow is going to be bad too, the Mohawk and Hudson rivers will crest well over flood level, they are beginning to evacuate some areas now.
Sirens headed in the direction of the latest tree pop as I type...
 
These are pics of the Schoharie river valley, poached from a friend on a local forum. The first is a pic of the village of Middleburgh. Or what was once Middleburgh.

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Yeah, I took a ride to Bennington (Vt.) on my motorcycle this morning. Once I got across the border most of the roads were closed. It's all steep hills and small river valleys in the Southern Green Mountains, where the major damage you see on TV is.

A good friend of mine runs a campground that borders a small river running from Vermont to the Hudson. There are a few seasonal campers who leave their Rvs on site. I would venture to guess that they will be gone when he can actually get down and survey the damage. The river is a half mile out of it's banks at that particular spot.
 
All NJ kidding aside, my area was hit/flooded beyond belief. Driving around is a challenge.
 
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