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NASA view of Hurricane Irene: gaining strength: Update: state of emergency declared in NJ

source: http://www.youtube.com/v/Ulo6-wTKudw?version=3&

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Now a category three and predicted to possibly go to category 4 as it has passed through the Bahamas, it's track has been revised westward bringing warnings to people from the Carolinas all the way up to Maine. By Sunday it is projected to still be a category 2 and could hit anywhere from New Jersey to New England. Best advice; be prepared for the worst, expect the best. I know I will be. This is a huge storm.
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  • JanforGore
  • Wyley_Wombat
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      Wyley_Wombat  

    • I am in the path of the storm and have been preparing for it. Here in NJ it is not common that they have enough force to do serious damage when they make it up this far. However, we are getting more and more of them. I did not want to live in the South but it seems that it is coming here.

    • 9 months ago
  • JanforGore
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    • http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hurricane-irene-new-jersey-state-of-emergency-20...

      Governor Christie declares state of emergency for NJ.

      "N.J. Gov. Chris Christie signed a state of emergency declaration on Thursday ahead of the incoming hurricane.

      "We have to be prepared," Christie said during a news conference from the State Police Regional Operations Center in Ewing.

      The declaration allowed him to activate 6,000 members of the National Guard. The governor says Irene would have a "severe" impact on the Garden State.

      "We are urging residents not to go to the shore this weekend," Christie said.

      "I am urging people to leave (the shore) by tomorrow especially the barrier islands. The local shelters will be open soon," said Christie.

      Evacuations of the barrier islands in Atlantic County are likely although a final decision will not be made until Friday.

      "I will not order evacuations unless they are absolutely necessary. We are not overreacting. Do not attempt to ride this out if you're asked to evacuate," said Christie.

      Significant levels of flooding are in the forecast.

      "People should not take this lightly," Christie said.

      The center of Hurricane Irene is expected to make landfall anywhere between southern New Jersey and New England.

      State Officials offer the following preparation tips:

      •top off the gas tank in your car
      •ATMS will not work, get your cash now
      •get your flashlights and batteries
      •have a hand-cranked radio
      •if you take prescription drugs, fill them now
      •have a first aid kit
      •have adequate food and water; enough for 5 days
      •perishable foods
      •can openers
      •baby formula
      •baby diapers
      •know the emergency evacuation routes around your town
      Visit www. njready.gov .

    • 9 months ago
  • SIBob
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    • As I mentioned in another comment today, I wonder if New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg will get out of town before this week’s impending hurricane. After all, it is the weekend, he has places to go. He was out-to-lunch in last December’s blizzard, why should this be any different? He has been giving storm warnings all week so I guess he’s “covered” on that account. Also, most of the right-wing will be absenting themselves this weekend, (the King Memorial Dedication), and next weekend, (Labor Day). Our local representative, Michael “Stick It To The Seniors and Sick” Grimm, took off for Israel after summer recess protests near his local office got to be too much for him to handle. He did the same thing in March, (going to Iraq), during Triangle Shirtwaist Fire Commemoration week. They sure know when to disappear. They wouldn’t want to have to face up to any labor questions. (How could they, we don’t even figure into their agenda.) http://sibob.org/wordpress/?p=7071

    • 9 months ago
  • remanns
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      remanns  

    • Well,.....as long as its not heading into the Gulf. . . .

      ( looks manageable from a TEXAS perspective ) - heh -

      p.s. I think the krauts call that schadenfreude .

    • 9 months ago
  • remanns
  • Johnny_Los_Angeles
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  • kvb1
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      kvb1  

    • This could be devastating for New York. Much of Lower Manhattan is at or just above sea level. The storm surge alone could cause nearly as much damage to NYC as it did to New Orleans before the levees broke. People do not realize how many water ways there are in the outer boroughs, especially New Yorkers. The rain that is expected will over load the sump pumps in the subway system and it will take days to clean out and restore power to salt water damaged electrical lines and switches.

      A Cat 2 or Cat 3 that make landfall in NYC will be disastrous not only for the city, but for the nations economy as Wall St is shut down, much like after 9/11.

    • 9 months ago
  • kvb1
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      kvb1  

    • This could be devastating for New York. Much of Lower Manhattan is at or just above sea level. The storm surge alone could cause nearly as much damage to NYC as it did to New Orleans before the levees broke. People do not realize how many water ways there are in the outer boroughs, especially New Yorkers. The rain that is expected will over load the sump pumps in the subway system and it will take days to clean out and restore power to salt water damaged electrical lines and switches.

      A Cat 2 or Cat 3 that make landfall in NYC will be disastrous not only for the city, but for the nations economy as Wall St is shut down, much like after 9/11.

    • 9 months ago
  • JanforGore
  • AJILIVIZION
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      AJILIVIZION  

    • This is my weekend between Summer and Fall semester. I just took my last exam yesterday for Summer. Monday, I start four new classes. Friday looks like its going to be hurricane weather for Jacksonville, Florida.... Yaaaaayyyy....

    • 9 months ago
  • kennymotown
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      kennymotown  

    • It does look rather ominous at this point! It's like I've been saying for years Jan, some people will not admit global warming until they are neck high in water. All I can hope for is if it's going to hit land and hard, it would be better to hit the southern states where they can let their anti-science idiots deal with it. Pay back is a bitch, but just like the wife abused by the wife beater they very seldom learn to get out of the situation!

    • 9 months ago
  • Warren_Merrill
  • JanforGore
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      JanforGore  
    • Warren_Merrill:

      So that means it's OK to cut funds to protect property and life? If you all "know that" you would know to prepare for it instead of holding your precious tax cuts to be more important than life. And these storms globally have been much more severe in regards to sheer power and the amount of moisture they carry. Your continued denial and ignorance to safeguard your portfolio is truly getting to be embarrassing for you and redundant ( and dangerous) for us.

    • 9 months ago
  • kennymotown
  • Warren_Merrill
  • Warren_Merrill
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  • Warren_Merrill
  • IceKat
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      IceKat  
    • JanforGore:

      GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, VOL. 38, L14803, 6 PP., 2011
      doi:10.1029/2011GL047711
      Recent historically low global tropical cyclone activity.

      Key Points:

      In the past 5-years, global tropical cyclone activity has decreased markedly

      Tropical cyclone ACE is modulated by ENSO and PDO on a global scale

      Heightened North Atlantic hurricane activity is not unexpected
      ___________________________________________________

      Jan likes to make things up, "And these storms globally have been much more severe in regards to sheer power and the amount of moisture they carry. " - JanforGore.

    • 9 months ago
  • JanforGore
  • coolplanet
  • JanforGore
  • Gravity_Man
  • JanforGore
  • JanforGore
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    • http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-irene-category-thursday/story?id=14369848

      Hurricane Irene's fury is growing and the National Hurricane Center warned today that the storm could be upgraded from its current level of Category 3 to a more ominous Category 4 by Thursday.

      The core of the hurricane is expected to move across the southeastern and central Bahamas tonight, with maximum winds near 120 mph.

      As the storm clears the island and continues over the warm water of the Atlantic, its wind speed is expected to strengthen and the size of the storm could increase, the Hurricane Center predicted.

      "Warm water is essentially like their fuel. It helps them strengthen and it's got plenty of that ahead of it, at least in the next few days," said John Cangialosi, a hurricane specialist at the National Hurricane Center.

      The threshold for a category 4 is wind speeds of at least 131 mph.

      Forecasters predict Irene could hit the Outer Banks of North Carolina on Saturday, move up to the mid-Atlantic region including Maryland, Delaware and New Jersey late Saturday or early Sunday, and hit New England late Sunday.

      Hurricane Irene's Fury Is Growing, Possibly Becoming a Category 4 Storm

      The storm is shaping up to be the most powerful hurricane to strike the East Coast of the United States in years and thousands of people in Ocracoke Island, N.C., have been ordered to evacuate as the storm bore down on the frgile islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks. The island is reachable only by ferry.

      Cangialosi also said that hurricanes fluctuate in strength and size, so two days of strengthening could be followed by weakening as the storm moves north.

      "It loses strength considerably when it tracks over cooler water," he said. "For the next couple of days, the general theme is that it will probably continue to strengthen."

      An updated bulletin from the National Hurricane Center said that the "extremely dangerous" storm will raise water levels by as much as seven to eleven feet above normal tide levels in the Bahamas, potentially causing "life-threatening flash floods and mud slides in areas of steep terrain" as well as "life-threatening surf and rip current conditions."

      more at the link

    • 9 months ago
  • JanforGore
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