Irene storm track moves west; timing, impact still uncertain

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Irene storm track moves west; timing, impact still uncertain
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By Martin Finucane, Globe Staff

Torrential rain? Screaming winds? Pounding surf?

Pick your poison.

All are potential impacts in New England being projected by weather forecasting supercomputers as Hurricane Irene whirls toward the East Coast.

With the storm still three days away, computer models are offering varying scenarios for where the storm will make landfall.

But one thing is certain, said Bill Simpson, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Taunton.

“We’re not getting out of this without some significant weather one way or the other,” he said. “This is not, like, ‘There it goes! Near miss.’”

http://www.boston.com/Boston/metrodesk/2011/08/irene-storm-track-moves-west-timing-impact-still-uncertain/3YJdvbStvxmrBPVnIom9XM/index.html?p1=News_links

Whatever the snark that follows whatever...

This is important nooz.

[Brickbat]

1. Important, perhaps, but not news.

[Name removed]

2. Deleted message

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[sudopod]

5. lolz nt

[malaise]

13. She knows more about these matters tnan most folks on

DU

[Obamanaut]

42. Not just "these matters', but rather "all matters", or so it seems from the

multitude of hats worn.

And shared.

ad infinitum.

[pintobean]

17. That cracked me up

:rofl:

[uppityperson]

3. Hurricane track isn't news? What?

[Brickbat]

6. "Timing, impact still uncertain" is not news.

[Brickbat]

8. .

[nadinbrzezinski]

4. in what respect charlie?

or the editor disagrees with you?

[Brickbat]

10. Impact, timing and path are still unknowns. The story says, "weather is coming, stay tuned."

Editors disagree all the time.

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. In other words STAY TUNED

:banghead: :wtf: :argh: :argh: :argh: :mad: :mad: :eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[Brickbat]

15. Which is....also not news.

:toast:

[nadinbrzezinski]

18. Actually it is, but whatever

[pintobean]

19. Don't they call that a 'teaser'?

[Brickbat]

21. Heh.

"Stay tuned. Breaking news is up next."

[spanone]

14. news to me.

[Ruby the Liberal]

26. Not in Minnesota, I would imagine.

Here on the east coast, we give a shit.

:hi:

[nadinbrzezinski]

28. Some of us clear on the WEST COAST give a shit

:hi:

[Ruby the Liberal]

29. Given - and appreciate the threads!

When we lose connectivity, it will be y'all out of the path to keep everyone informed.

:toast:

[nadinbrzezinski]

30. I hope this is far less bad than they are predicting

right now, and that we can just have a collective LAUGH.

[Ruby the Liberal]

34. This is the first image I want to see commemorating the event

Compliments of Coffee Cat, Updated for 8/27/11



Heh.

[Brickbat]

41. I'm sure you do.

But I'm sure this OP wasn't news.

[malaise]

7. Jeff Masters has been warning everyone all day

This is serious

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. It is very seriius, but I love the snark

what would DU be without it?

He was the first one to scream from rooftops about Katrina

[malaise]

11. LOL here's Masters

Irene likely to bring destructive fresh water flooding
In this morning's post, I highlighted the threat from storm surge flooding, but flash flooding and river flooding from Irene's torrential rains are also a huge threat. The hurricane is expected to bring rains in excess of 12" to 100-mile swath from Eastern North Carolina northwards along the coast, through New York City. The danger of fresh water flooding is greatest in northern New Jersey, Southeast Pennsylvania, and Southeast New York, where the soils are saturated from heavy August rains that were among the heaviest on record. At Philadelphia, rainfall so far this August has been 13 inches, not far from the record for rainiest month of all-time, the 15.82" that fell in August 1867. This record will almost certainly be broken when Irene's rains arrive. In general, the heaviest rains will fall along the west side of the hurricane's track, and the greatest wind damage will occur on the east side. Right now, it does not appear that tornadoes will be a major concern, but there will probably be a few weak tornadoes. Hurricane Bob of 1991, the last hurricane to affect New England, spawned six tornadoes, most of them weak F-0 and F-1 twisters.
http://www.wunderground.com/blog/JeffMasters/comment.html?entrynum=1900

[nadinbrzezinski]

20. This is the current model for NY on Sunday

http://revkin.tumblr.com/post/9398969391/vast-deep-zone-of-extreme-low-pressure-centered

[a la izquierda]

44. It would be pleasant, enjoyable...

and perhaps more informative than it already is. DU has become a mean place lately.

Thanks for the info. I live 8 hours' drive from my family, and this is making me very nervous. My entire family lives within 10 miles of the ocean, in different parts of NJ. Many of my family members live within 1 mile of either the ocean or the nearly equally dangerous back bays (I grew up in a back bay area of Monmouth County).

[AnnieBW]

16. Yeah, we've had calls from both sets of parents

Telling us to stock up water, batteries, food, etc. Honestly, we're both in our late 40's. We've been through hurricanes before. We had Isabelle come through a couple of years ago and survived. Shit, they're acting like it's the end of the world!

[nadinbrzezinski]

23. Well that is your call

[aquart]

25. No, you haven't.

Unless I misheard, always possible, it's been 100 years since we had one like this. Pay attention and take it seriously.

[nadinbrzezinski]

27. You did not mishear

but I know this from doing the relief for real... somebody will have to do the rescue, and they will do it... and I will save the rest.

[AnnieBW]

31. No, you don't understand

We're well-stocked with water, candles, batteries, food (well, I need to get cat food). We've moved or are moving all of our outdoor stuff inside. We've got our meds in baggies and go-bags. We're already on this.

BTW, I'm in the DC area. Not on the water, nor in a flood zone.

[nadinbrzezinski]

32. Then you are ready

but still check the flood maps for DC.. they are expecting floods

http://www.wjla.com/weather/maps/warnings/

[AnnieBW]

33. Where's the Obama picture?

Relax. I've got this under control. As long as we have Internet. If that goes down, I have my smartphone.

[Ruby the Liberal]

35. I'm 100 miles from you (NE) and lost cell connectioin during the EQ for over an hour

Stay safe. :hug:

[nadinbrzezinski]

36. I am not the one in the storm track actually

so if you are not concerned in the least, neither am I... to be quite honest.

Now if the local fault goes... then I will have to worry.

[slipslidingaway]

22. knr ...

right over the center of my state NJ. Store was out of gallon jugs of water and D batteries this afternoon.

Better to be prepared.

[NutmegYankee]

24. Well, here's my forcast take.

Sure, the track moves to the West, sometimes to the east, and then back to the West. But I know this - Irene is 4 times as wide as the state of Connecticut. So let me say with the utmost of confidence as a Sunday forecast - It Gonna Rain! Sometimes horizontally...

[marions ghost]

37. Here are state by state developments::::as of midnight Aug 25-26

http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/08/25/hurricane.irene.state.by.state/

[nadinbrzezinski]

38. thanks

[buzzard]

39. Having my daughter travel through this with plans of camping makes me

nervous to say the least.

[Voice for Peace]

43. my daughter is somewhere on the appalachian trail

I think still in New Hampshire .. hope they have shelter

[nadinbrzezinski]

40. news on next update

WCTVPinPointWX WCTV PinPoint WX
The next advisory for #irene will be issued at 2am..with this advisory @NateHHarrington and @WCTVMike think it will strengthen..we will see.
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