Here I am! Rock You Like A Hurricane!

First opportunist sighting:

On Eastern Parkway a man with a shopping cart full of flashlights. $5 each, batteries included. He also had a nice supply of umbrellas but he was hawking just the flashlights at the time.

Stewart-

Hotels are reportedly jacking up their rate$ to stick it to the evacuees and people who can't fly out of the closed airports.

Classy.

Wow, friend who lives Battery Park (but who is staying elsewhere due to evacuation) said Coned is shutting down power to that area in anticipation of flooding.

witchking-

If you decide to get around by building your own hovercraft, please build a cage for the propeller. Don't end up like this guy:

http://blog.ziggytek.com/2011/08/05/auckland-man-decapitated-while-testing-hovercraf

I put a rudder on my hybrid bicycle!

I wonder if scaffolding around Congregation Beth Elohim will hold up.

With lyrics:

The Kinks made a song specifically about waiting for a hurricane in NYC:

A little poetic license is taken with this one.

Let's all sing along!

Come on Elieen Irene!

two of our friends are going to two separate weddings

tonight (one in jersey and the other in long island?!). who the f- still has a wedding during a hurricane?!? are these people insane?!?

yes they are lol, wow those lady's must be hardcore to the bone man!! if i was the guys i'll be like um can we have it next week? lol

tjaded said:

two of our friends are going to two separate weddings

tonight (one in jersey and the other in long island?!). who the f- still has a wedding during a hurricane?!? are these people insane?!?

I just saw people across the street get into their hummer limo in tuxes. I understand that it is horrible weather and potentially dangerous. But when you've spent tens of thousands of dollars on a wedding -- and most vendors won't give you your money back -- you usually go for it and if people show up or not is their decision.

During our large snow storm in 2009 (December), my cousin got married. His wife's car was shoveled out the day after the wedding from a ditch she skidded into on her way to the ceremony. A random person saw her in her dress trying to push the car and drove her there. Was it the safest idea to still have the wedding? Maybe not. But 1/2 of the RSVP'd "yes" guests showed up and we had a nice (although it ended early) night and they are married. Better than throwing away $40,000 and not being married I guess.

Ok, this, I think, is overkill

http://photos.nydailynews.com/621673895/518532299/hurricane-proof-your-car-hurricane-irene

And I choose to believe this dog is stuffed

http://photos.nydailynews.com/621673895/1652619614/brody-is-ready-for-hurricane-irene-thanks-to-the-daily-news-hurricane-irene

lol damn they must love that car . dog is 99% faked cause real one would of made some steam under the bag etc when breathing.

Anyone think the East Coast will have a massive baby boom about 9 months from now, due to all the bored drunk couples tonight?

....especially in the few areas that lose power?

lets hope not

I think Madonna was at her most attractive when she made Rain.

I totally love it when Bloomberg speaks Espanol.

Dear people with car alarms: if you can turn them off, do so, so your battery won't run down. Also, probably nobody's going to be stealing your car.

I tucked the trash cans up against the building as best I could, and turned the empty ones upside down. I rent, so I didn't even think about it until I read it here.

Cablevision sent an e-mail that basically said: please don't tell us about outages, because we already know.

(Could we please get this hurricane show on the road?)

mg wrote: Could we please get this hurricane show on the road?

The actual storm is just now reaching Maryland.

Pace yourself.

...enjoy watching newscasts where the weather reporters are acting like they are affected by huge winds, yet the people walking behind them are able to walk around reasonably normally.

From the news broadcast, "Do not use your BBQ indoors."

Oh crap!

Mamacita said:

From the news broadcast, "Do not use your BBQ indoors."

Oh crap!

oh please with proper ventilation no problem .

Half the world is watching NYC news online. We're all hoping things will turn out all right for you folks back in God's Country.

Stay safe!

Good morning everyone.

So far so good, we haven't lost power here in PH and no visible damage to our building yet (although the back parking lot area is flooded).

Only thing is, dog hasn't gone in 16 hours. Our front doors open directly to the exterior patio; with my significant other strapped to the front door (to prevent it from flying away), we put the dog on a leash and tried to coax her to go right outside our front door. No dice. She whined and wanted in right away. She's a maniac though and can probably hold it for 24 hours if she had to. I'm hoping the eye will pass us soon so I can take her out for a quick one.

Good morning. We survived the night. The noise got me up and listening to the radio by 7AM.. early rise and shine for me. There are some branches down in the backyard but no damage that I can see looking from the inside out. Guess I won't have to water the garden for quite some time! Dogs using wee wee pads!

I have my patio doors and a window open. It's quite a nice breeze. Does anyone else notice the ocean in said breeze? Any eyewitness accounts on what's happening in the waterfront areas of Kings County and the Rockaways?

tjaded,

I think we have a dry spell coming in a little while, so you should be able to walk your dog relatively soon.

This was massively underwhelming, huh. I had a fun weekend though, ate some good food, did some crocheting, and laughed hysterically at my dog in his raincoat last night.

Yeah, our 55lb dog is too proper (for lack of a better word) for pee pads. And I don't think she'll do her business inside, ever. I think the eye is forecasted to pass us around 10am.

We'll get a dry break (perfect time to walk the pets), then it's just the tail whipping past with mild rain and wind.

Underwhelmed is correct: Regarding my specific section of the nabe at least -NJ and LI got it worse. I've been through stronger storms.

T, The eye is long past us as far as the satellite and news reports. It's basically done, except for the tail.

Idlewild, my windows are open too, such a nice breeze.

Just opened the back door to get some air in here.. feels good and smells good.

Headed to the park a little before 9 with the dog. Had a very nice, but wet walk. The wind wasn't bad at all. The park has many new ponds.

Idiots who lived:

It seems obvious that one shouldn't try to kayak during Hurricane Irene, a storm which has already brought the MTA to a complete standstill without uprooting a single tree—heck, just boarding up your home can be dangerous in this weather. And yet, two people who completely ignored the warnings about Irene had to be rescued by emergency services this evening off of Great Kills, Staten Island. As a grumpy Mayor Bloomberg said tonight, "Clearly a reckless act that diverted badly needed NYPD resources."

The two adult males capsized off Mayberry Promenade earlier this evening. They were found by an NYPD Patrol Boat; they floated in the water wearing lifejackets for approximately 30 minutes before their rescue. As Bloomberg put it, "Why they were out there, in spite of the warnings, I don't know." During his evening update on Irene, Bloomberg used the two as examples of what NYers should not do during the storm.

And there is a moral to this story: after the men were safely brought to Great Kills Marina, they were issued summonses.

source: http://gothamist.com/2011/08/27/cops_crack_down_on_kayaking_during.php

Not so bad out there

http://whatyourdonotknowbecauseyouarenotme.blogspot.com/2011/08/i-wish-this-was-worst-of-it-but-i-know.html