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Im just scared my xbox will get wet. Its been running on and off for the past couple of hours.
I dont think the hurricane will be as bad as they say, honestly. Its only a category 1 too.

At 8/27/11 12:57 PM, chiefindomer wrote: Video of Virginia Beach this morning.

That guy is facing Mother Nature like a boss.

At 8/27/11 12:59 PM, chipotleaway wrote: Im just scared my xbox will get wet. Its been running on and off for the past couple of hours.
I dont think the hurricane will be as bad as they say, honestly. Its only a category 1 too.

If you Xbox is inside your house and it gets wet from the hurricane, I'd be worrying about a lot more than just the Xbox.

Yeah, the hurricane doesn't look like it'll be too bad. But everyone should take precautions anyway and stay safe. I wouldn't want anything to happen to my fellow NGers. <3

At 8/27/11 01:05 PM, ngfan14 wrote:

At 8/27/11 12:59 PM, chipotleaway wrote: Im just scared my xbox will get wet. Its been running on and off for the past couple of hours.
I dont think the hurricane will be as bad as they say, honestly. Its only a category 1 too.

If you Xbox is inside your house and it gets wet from the hurricane, I'd be worrying about a lot more than just the Xbox.

Yeah, the hurricane doesn't look like it'll be too bad. But everyone should take precautions anyway and stay safe. I wouldn't want anything to happen to my fellow NGers. <3

Well, I know that the idea of the house flooding and people getting hurt or dying is bad but I doubt thats gonna happen. If my xbox breaks, there goes Skyrim and all those games Ive been waiting for. But I do care more about my grandma. Id rather save her than my xbox.

It is now pouring rain. The street is already starting to flood a bit.

I'm preparing for the Hurricane good luck to everyone else

Seems the terrorist have perfected weather technology.

Isn't this exciting?

At 8/27/11 01:51 PM, Ocular393 wrote: Nothing is happening here in NYC.

It isn't suppose to until later tonight through Sunday morning.

At 8/27/11 01:29 PM, Sequenced wrote: It is now pouring rain. The street is already starting to flood a bit.

It's been raining all day here but heavy rain and strong winds are nothing new here, so we're mostly fine on the flooding part. Except my neighbor who didn't want to fix their flooding problem.

So it's just cold and dark here.

So far I heard there have been two reported deaths caused by the storm, in one case a guy was struck and killed by a falling tree branch and the other was a a car accident. People should not be out driving in this storm, that's why I'm going to make a beer run soon and get what I need before it hits here and I'm stuck inside. Also, in case you didn't see the video I posted, it's been reported that 3 houses in Virginia Beach have already had their roofs torn off and there have been tornadoes spotted.

All hurricanes should be called Hurricane Oh shit

Just getting slight raining here in Northern VA.Possibly because only the northern bands are getting to us.I fear the worst is yet to come.

Don't you guys think the hurricane is getting a bit over hyped? Chances are the worse that can happen is a small inches of flood and couple of trees trashing some unfortunate person's uninsured car.

At 8/27/11 02:53 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Don't you guys think the hurricane is getting a bit over hyped? Chances are the worse that can happen is a small inches of flood and couple of trees trashing some unfortunate person's uninsured car.

Yeah probably but on the east coast there tends to be low lying areas that are extremely vulnerable to flooding.Its going to dump lots and lots of rain and that is where the concern lies because since its going to hit NYC the whole city could be flooded ok maybe not the whole city but the parts that are next to the water.Also power outages.Maybe there will be widespread looting.

At 8/27/11 02:53 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Don't you guys think the hurricane is getting a bit over hyped? Chances are the worse that can happen is a small inches of flood and couple of trees trashing some unfortunate person's uninsured car.

Sensationalist media. Weather men are flipping shit because they are the center of attention.

Buttt I evacuated southeast VA and I just heard from people still dow there that it is windy as shit and an 11 year old boy just died cause a tree fell on him in the town I left. And the Hurricane is just approaching where I was, so maybe it is gonna be bad, who knows.

We dug trenches leading away from our basement to prevent it from flooding, and of course I took it further and practically made them into rivers.

T'was fun.

At 8/27/11 02:58 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote:

Buttt I evacuated southeast VA and I just heard from people still dow there that it is windy as shit and an 11 year old boy just died cause a tree fell on him in the town I left.

Was he outside? If so, their parents are pretty stupid to let him out.

At 8/27/11 02:53 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Don't you guys think the hurricane is getting a bit over hyped? Chances are the worse that can happen is a small inches of flood and couple of trees trashing some unfortunate person's uninsured car.

I think it's overhyped but not by much, even when it's in new york its gonna have 70 mph winds with a chance of up to low end EF2 tornadoes forming so the damage potential is quite high, the flooding problem is what's overhyped though, rain wont accumulate easily when it's being blown around by the winds of that magnitude. What I am concerned with is what it will do with gas prices in the region since i heard that refineries though could be shut down. We all saw what happened with gas prices when Katrina hit.

At 8/27/11 02:59 PM, Tateos wrote: We dug trenches leading away from our basement to prevent it from flooding, and of course I took it further and practically made them into rivers.

T'was fun.

heheh!Here people think that this is the most of the storm and Im starting to feel that way too but the storm is only in South Virginia!

At 8/27/11 02:56 PM, SouthAsian wrote:

Yeah probably but on the east coast there tends to be low lying areas that are extremely vulnerable to flooding.Its going to dump lots and lots of rain and that is where the concern lies because since its going to hit NYC the whole city could be flooded ok maybe not the whole city but the parts that are next to the water.Also power outages.Maybe there will be widespread looting.

This is New York, not New Orleans.

Also once the hurricane arrives, everyone will realize the city isn't getting ransacked by a freakin' tornado.

I remembered Hurricane "Dennis" in 1999, turns out to be overblown and you can drive right through it without much problems.

At 8/27/11 02:53 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote: Don't you guys think the hurricane is getting a bit over hyped? Chances are the worse that can happen is a small inches of flood and couple of trees trashing some unfortunate person's uninsured car.

It definitely has been, but probably for the sake of making sure people take precautionary measures. The winds are weaker than expected, but are still capable of knocking down trees/powerlines and damaging property.

not to mention the risk of tornadoes

The biggest threat will probably be flooding; much of the area around here is waterlogged from all the rain we've been having recently, and it doesn't help if your area is low lying, or if you're by the coast with the storm surge. Also, the hurricane is rather large, and is traveling slowly up the coast.

It's been awhile since a hurricane has had the potential of keeping its hurricane status as it travels into New England, so with THAT many people affected, the storm coverage is just emphasizing the potential of damage.

yo that bitch Irene got mad hype

At 8/27/11 03:07 PM, Idiot-Finder wrote:

At 8/27/11 02:56 PM, SouthAsian wrote:

Yeah probably but on the east coast there tends to be low lying areas that are extremely vulnerable to flooding.Its going to dump lots and lots of rain and that is where the concern lies because since its going to hit NYC the whole city could be flooded ok maybe not the whole city but the parts that are next to the water.Also power outages.Maybe there will be widespread looting.

This is New York, not New Orleans.

Also once the hurricane arrives, everyone will realize the city isn't getting ransacked by a freakin' tornado.

I remembered Hurricane "Dennis" in 1999, turns out to be overblown and you can drive right through it without much problems.

Yeah Im not really worried anymore.I think the media just loves hyping stuff up because they dont want to go back reporting real boring real life occurrences.But thik there is some concern about what it still can do in terms of downpour!

At 8/27/11 03:01 PM, Sequenced wrote:

At 8/27/11 02:58 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote:

Buttt I evacuated southeast VA and I just heard from people still dow there that it is windy as shit and an 11 year old boy just died cause a tree fell on him in the town I left.

Was he outside? If so, their parents are pretty stupid to let him out.

Not even. He was inside his apartment and the tree fell over and into the apartment and killed him. Thats insane imo.

in NC all we have is some wind and rain maybe cuz im the triangle (kinda the middle close to raleigh and shit)

At 8/27/11 03:15 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote:

At 8/27/11 03:01 PM, Sequenced wrote:

At 8/27/11 02:58 PM, AlphaCentauri wrote:

Buttt I evacuated southeast VA and I just heard from people still dow there that it is windy as shit and an 11 year old boy just died cause a tree fell on him in the town I left.

Was he outside? If so, their parents are pretty stupid to let him out.

Not even. He was inside his apartment and the tree fell over and into the apartment and killed him. Thats insane imo.

Damn seriously.So the rain has picked up and I assume the hurricane is only about 50 -60 miles south of us.Hmmmm it has begun.

At 8/27/11 12:59 PM, chipotleaway wrote: Im just scared my xbox will get wet. Its been running on and off for the past couple of hours.
I dont think the hurricane will be as bad as they say, honestly. Its only a category 1 too.

Eh Xbox is shit anyway.