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Hurricane Irene Turns Out To Be A Real Dud In New York City! More Media Hype & Sensationalism Bullshit!

 
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On scanner radio:

Transformer down on Manor Road 3 blocks away from my home.
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Where are you getting your news from?
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nothing but light rain currently
Water always wins.
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On scanner radio:

Transformer down on Manor Road 3 blocks away from my home.
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Where are you getting your news from?
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I have a scanner radio. Police, fire, EMS, Utilities companies like Con Edison, Key Span, etc.
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nothing but light rain currently
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I see it. We're in between rain bands at the moment. More coming real soon.
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nothing but light rain currently
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I see it. We're in between rain bands at the moment. More coming real soon.
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Just getting started op , once the power is lost and the surge rolls in at 8 am you will have a massive domino effect and panic, good luck though
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nothing but light rain currently
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I see it. We're in between rain bands at the moment. More coming real soon.
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Just getting started op , once the power is lost and the surge rolls in at 8 am you will have a massive domino effect and panic, good luck though
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Thanks, I'm ok though. I'm up 125 feet above sea level, and well out of storm surge.
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Key Span turing off gas on rite street. Some sort of trouble on bard ave. These are all local.

Lot's of trees down across Staten Island.
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Hey OP, what time are they expecting the storm to finish passing over NY?
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Hey OP, what time are they expecting the storm to finish passing over NY?
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Sunday Evening sometime.

Sunday Night...Tropical storm conditions possible with hurricane conditions also possible. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening...then mostly clear after midnight. Less humid with lows around 60. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph... Becoming west 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
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Hey OP, what time are they expecting the storm to finish passing over NY?
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Sunday Evening sometime.

Sunday Night...Tropical storm conditions possible with hurricane conditions also possible. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening...then mostly clear after midnight. Less humid with lows around 60. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph... Becoming west 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
 Quoting: WatchmenOnTheWall


I thought it was supposed to be 8am or some shit like that...

But hey OP, thanks for trying to help keep everyone updated!

I hope you don't lose power! Here's a Karma for ya!

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well this dud hurricane has dropped thousands of tress here in Virginia. Power is out some say 1 to 2 weeks. My county has called and said 75% of the roads in the county are blocked by trees across the road. Glad my generator works and I got plenty of gas before hand. Well i wouldn't said this is a dud..
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bump Dud!!!
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Tell that to the ten people who WE KNOW have died from the effects of Hurricane Irene, let alone the tens of others who have died we do not know about yet.

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Hey OP, what time are they expecting the storm to finish passing over NY?
 Quoting: Iconoclastics


Sunday Evening sometime.

Sunday Night...Tropical storm conditions possible with hurricane conditions also possible. Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers in the evening...then mostly clear after midnight. Less humid with lows around 60. Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph... Becoming west 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph after midnight. Chance of rain 50 percent.
 Quoting: WatchmenOnTheWall


I thought it was supposed to be 8am or some shit like that...

But hey OP, thanks for trying to help keep everyone updated!

I hope you don't lose power! Here's a Karma for ya!

applause
 Quoting: Deej


Thanks
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bump Dud!!!
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Tell that to the ten people who WE KNOW have died from the effects of Hurricane Irene, let alone the tens of others who have died we do not know about yet.
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Could have/should have been worse with more wind. We haven't gotten any real winds to talk about here in NYC. That's what I mean when I say a dud.
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well this dud hurricane has dropped thousands of tress here in Virginia. Power is out some say 1 to 2 weeks. My county has called and said 75% of the roads in the county are blocked by trees across the road. Glad my generator works and I got plenty of gas before hand. Well i wouldn't said this is a dud..
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Officials said we were supposed to have a cat 3 here in NYC which of course we didn't have. Thank God. It came in as a cat 1. In that respect, it was a dud. Not much wind at all so far, but plenty of rain.
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Fucken hell, a little tropical storm and people think it's the end of the world.
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Fucken hell, a little tropical storm and people think it's the end of the world.
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It IS.
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It didn't have the power that everyone thought, and I fought with my family about it. Everyone was so worried about it, but I told them it wouldn't be no where as bad as they made it out to be. No one would listen. So now here's the weather forecast for NYC where I'm located, and where this dud is supposed to hit. See below:

Sunday...Tropical storm conditions expected with hurricane conditions possible. Isolated thunderstorms in the morning. Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 55 to 70 mph...becoming northwest 50 to 60 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 80 mph...decreasing to 75 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

Don't get me wrong. I'm very happy it will be a dud. Now all you hurricane doomers can stop all the bullshit sensationalism along with the lamestream media!

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bushfingbushfingbushfing Your User Name Is A Bunch Of Hype. watchmen on the wallcruisecruisecruise
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Fucken hell, a little tropical storm and people think it's the end of the world.
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Pretty soon it will be.
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I'm right on Father Capodanno, shitload of rain right now and pretty windy. I hope the surge isn't too crazy in the morning. Trying to pull an all nighter here
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It didn't have the power that everyone thought, and I fought with my family about it. Everyone was so worried about it, but I told them it wouldn't be no where as bad as they made it out to be. No one would listen. So now here's the weather forecast for NYC where I'm located, and where this dud is supposed to hit. See below:

Sunday...Tropical storm conditions expected with hurricane conditions possible. Isolated thunderstorms in the morning. Rain. Rain may be heavy at times. Highs in the mid 70s. Northeast winds 55 to 70 mph...becoming northwest 50 to 60 mph in the afternoon. Gusts up to 80 mph...decreasing to 75 mph in the afternoon. Chance of rain near 100 percent.

Don't get me wrong. I'm very happy it will be a dud. Now all you hurricane doomers can stop all the bullshit sensationalism along with the lamestream media!

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bushfingbushfingbushfing Your User Name Is A Bunch Of Hype. watchmen on the wallcruisecruisecruise
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So Jackass. This is a doom forum. Remember?
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I'm right on Father Capodanno, shitload of rain right now and pretty windy. I hope the surge isn't too crazy in the morning. Trying to pull an all nighter here
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My son John also lives there on father cap as your neighbor. He left my home where we were hunkered down around 2:30am, and went back there with his young 3 year old daughter, and pregnant wife. So stupid. Me and my wife are so pissed and worried about them.

It's 6:45am, and high tide will be about 8:30am. We are also worried about storm surge there as well.
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Even the news people who have been placed out on the coastal areas throughout NYC are "ALL" saying they are just not seeing the wind with this storm that would make it a hurricane.

They did say however that there's certainly lots of rain with this system.
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bump Dud!!!
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Tell that to the ten people who WE KNOW have died from the effects of Hurricane Irene, let alone the tens of others who have died we do not know about yet.
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How many people die on a normal summer weekend on the East Coast?

I'd bet fewer people died this weekend than normal, because most of them were safe and cozy inside watching the hype-icane instead of driving drunk and riding their jetskis.
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I don't get it...... according to the news channel I am watching it hasn't hit yet so isn't it a little early to talk about it's severity until after it's actually hit?
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well this dud hurricane has dropped thousands of tress here in Virginia. Power is out some say 1 to 2 weeks. My county has called and said 75% of the roads in the county are blocked by trees across the road. Glad my generator works and I got plenty of gas before hand. Well i wouldn't said this is a dud..
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Officials said we were supposed to have a cat 3 here in NYC which of course we didn't have. Thank God. It came in as a cat 1. In that respect, it was a dud. Not much wind at all so far, but plenty of rain.
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okay, let us know when it actually GETS there, op.
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Current conditions here in NYC/Staten Island as of 7:30am:

Weather:
Heavy Rain Fog/Mist and Breezy

Temperature:
72°F (22°C)

Humidity:
94 %

Wind Speed:
NE 21 G 43 MPH

Barometer:
28.86 in. (977.2 mb)

Dewpoint:
70°F (21°C)

Visibility:
1.50 mi.

This is not so bad, and the way it's been all evening during this so called hurricane. This is why I was calling this one a dud.
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bump Dud!!!
 Quoting: WatchmenOnTheWall


Tell that to the ten people who WE KNOW have died from the effects of Hurricane Irene, let alone the tens of others who have died we do not know about yet.
 Quoting: Biochemky


How many people die on a normal summer weekend on the East Coast?

I'd bet fewer people died this weekend than normal, because most of them were safe and cozy inside watching the hype-icane instead of driving drunk and riding their jetskis.
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Good point!
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I don't get it...... according to the news channel I am watching it hasn't hit yet so isn't it a little early to talk about it's severity until after it's actually hit?
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They're talking about the eye of the storm. That is almost here, but after that, we will get the back side of the storm.

I think the worst is over now though. The back side of this storm will blow the storm surge back out to sea, but they're not telling you that. They still want to hype it up.
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All this talk about NY and NJ,

CONNECTICUT is the state getting the direct hit
1 dead already





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