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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 5000
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| Drew Linky wrote: |
| More seriously, from the comments I've read, it doesn't seem to be affecting everyone too seriously, which I'm thankful for. Good luck guys. |
Or the people it is affecting can't post on this board because, you know, they have no power or are busy with more pressing matters.
It sure has affected me. I have a fantasy football draft in an hour and I already have calls from three New Yorkers that they have no power so they won't be making the draft. Damn you, Irene.
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Fernin
Title: Comic Author
Joined: Dec 12 2008
Posts: 1179
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Flood warnings here from all the rain, we got a phone call advising us to evacuate to higher ground a little while back. May be out til tomorrow, hopefully I'll be back tonight (or at least be in a place that has stable power and internet in the meantime).
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GPFontaine
Joined: Dec 06 2007
Location: Connecticut
Posts: 11244
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We just had a brownout. I'm not sure if they will continue or not.
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
Posts: 5042
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Hopefully everything turns out ok dudes. Hope you get some MREs they rock*
*this is a lie
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Ghandi
Title: Alexz Aficionado
Joined: May 21 2008
Posts: 2889
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The Opponent
Title: Forum Battle WINNER
Joined: Feb 24 2010
Location: The Danger Zone
Posts: 3495
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Absolutely nothing of note happened in Virginia Beach, except that I don't have school tomorrow.
I hope those "it's just a Category 1" people are among those devastated.
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 I'm not a bad enough dude, but I am an edgy little shit. I'll do what I can. |
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
Posts: 7565
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| I hope those "it's just a Category 1" people are among those devastated. |
That's the problem, it's like saying, "Oh, it's just a .22 pistol I was shot with". Sure, it's weak for what it is, but it's still a big deal.
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Not Sure
Too Good At 2D Games
Title: Master of the Universe
Joined: Dec 03 2007
Posts: 1767
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Wind was pretty strong here for a while with a lot of rain, but we were still a bit off from the worst of it at least. Power was out for about 18 hours and I had to wait another 30 hours for cable/internet to come back.
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King
Title: CTE
Joined: Apr 27 2008
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Posts: 1506
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Knocked out power here for a while yesterday till last night, and Comcast (TV, Internet, Phone) wasn't back on till this morning, no damage for me but flooding in low lying areas here, and many trees down and damage from their landing places, but no worse here, if not quite as bad here as it was earlier this year with the Tornado, hope everyone is ok
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
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well, glad to hear you guys are mostly ok.
whereas on this side of the US, we are expected to be @ 113 degrees fahrenheit
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Lady_Satine
Title: Head of Lexian R&D
Joined: Oct 15 2005
Location: Metro area, Georgia
Posts: 7287
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"Life is a waste of time. Time is a waste of life. Get wasted all the time, and you'll have the time of your life!" |
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
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hehehee
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 5000
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Yeah, same guys who will bitch and demand heads if they weren't told to evacuate and the hurricane wiped them out. What an asshole mayor to be overly cautious about protecting his people.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't, so as a public official you may as well err on the side of safety. After Katrina people screamed that they weren't warned enough. People enjoy bitching.
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UsaSatsui
Title: The White Rabbit
Joined: May 25 2008
Location: Hiding
Posts: 7565
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
Yeah, same guys who will bitch and demand heads if they weren't told to evacuate and the hurricane wiped them out. What an asshole mayor to be overly cautious about protecting his people.
Damned if you do, damned if you don't, so as a public official you may as well err on the side of safety. After Katrina people screamed that they weren't warned enough. People enjoy bitching. |
Pretty much. While I think the hype about the storm was overplayed, let's not forget that hurricanes, even Category 1 hurricanes, heck, even tropical storms, can be extremely dangerous. I'd rather see these storms overestimated than underestimated.
And it's not like this storm didn't do any damage. The Hudson did flood, and it did WRECK Vermont and upstate New York. Fernin's area is seeing record flooding.
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Drew Linky
Wizard
Joined: Jun 12 2009
Posts: 4209
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Oh no... I hope Fernin is doing ok.
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https://discord.gg/homestuck is where you can find me literally 99% of the time. Stop on by if you feel like it, we're a nice crowd. |
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aeonic
Title: Sporadic Poster
Joined: Nov 19 2009
Location: Kissimmee, FL
Posts: 2747
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That's a bummer about Fernin, hope he's okay. As for me... yeah. Still hot, dry out here. Very few earthquakes, too. Now it's just time to wait for Arizona Bay.
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Who likes role-playing games? Me. Way too goddamn much. |
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@om*d
Title: Dorakyura
Joined: Jul 10 2010
Location: Castlevania
Posts: 4226
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I just got power and cable/internet back after it being out for about 35 hours. Lots of trees down on power lines/houses/cars/roads and branches/leaves/sand/etc. all over the place where I am on Eastern Long Island. There was a good bit of flooding around town on Sunday as well, but the waters receded by Monday morning. They are saying some people around the island may have to wait another 5 days before their power gets restored.
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
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| I just got power and cable/internet back after it being out for about 35 hours. Lots of trees down on power lines/houses/cars/roads and branches/leaves/sand/etc. all over the place where I am on Eastern Long Island. There was a good bit of flooding around town on Sunday as well, but the waters receded by Monday morning. They are saying some people around the island may have to wait another 5 days before their power gets restored. |
wow. nuts, man. good to know you are doing alright.
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| Klimbatize wrote: |
| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Optimist With Doubts
Title: Titlating
Joined: Dec 17 2007
Posts: 5042
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As a victim of several hurricanes, yes they are over played. Where I live the difference between a tropical storm and a category 2 is possible entire neighborhoods being destroyed. So the media and public reaction of "just a category 1" is a correct one just perhaps not for the region.
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Slayer1
Title: ,,!,, for you know who
Joined: Sep 23 2008
Posts: 4274
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well part of the road system I work on got shut down today due to flooding. first it was just from four stations, then they expanded the eastbound traffic to shut down to seven stations. Meaning that there was no traffic on or off the highway.
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King
Title: CTE
Joined: Apr 27 2008
Location: Harrisburg, PA
Posts: 1506
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So apparently my Comcast issue isn't fully over, not sure what broke but it has been rolling outages every since 3:30 this afternoon at my house, People with FIOS aren't having that trouble in my neighborhood, but the trunk line for a buddies development had a tree fall and crush it, so not such good news there, also several other towns in my area (across the river) are still without power and or partially flooded (areas by the river)
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Fernin
Title: Comic Author
Joined: Dec 12 2008
Posts: 1179
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Checking in with my crapass phone internet to say that we made it through okay, but no power/water for another 1-3 days still, see you then!
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username
Title: owner of a lonely heart
Joined: Jul 06 2007
Location: phoenix, az usa
Posts: 16136
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well, thats still good news you guys pulled thru ok.
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| I'll eat a turkey sandwich while blowing my load |
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Klimbatize
2010 NES Champ
Title: 2011 Picnic/Death Champ
Joined: Mar 15 2010
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 5000
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Glad you checked in, Fern. Hang in there.
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Mr. Spidersquid
Title: title?
Joined: Jun 28 2011
Location: In your mind
Posts: 121
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I am in New Mexico only natural disaster here is Boredom.
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Zim: "I put the fires out!"
Tallest: "You made them worse!"
Zim: "Worse or better?" |
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