AZGman wrote:So he won't know dentistry if he loses his house, boat, and office?

wait, he has a houseboat? that is so cool. way to go, D'name, having a Miami Vice type in the family!

Iceback wrote:Looks like Virginia Beach is getting a lot of wind and rain.

looting too.

Josephus wrote:looting too.

That is just truly sad.

Iceback wrote:That is just truly sad.

I agree! What makes people think that's a good idea?

dontwantaname wrote:No, he has a house with two boats docked in the yard. One small to ski and one big enough to fish the ocean.

soon three boats.

KtCallista wrote:I agree! What makes people think that's a good idea?

Looting for food and water I can understand as was often the case in New Orleans, but this is a good case for the National Guard shooting if caught in the act.

Iceback wrote:Looting for food and water I can understand as was often the case in New Orleans, but this is a good case for the National Guard shooting if caught in the act.

Well sure, and there's the desperately need medical supplies which makes a good case too, but I can't think of an emergency that requires a plasma screen tv...

G'night.

KtCallista wrote:Well sure, and there's the desperately need medical supplies which makes a good case too, but I can't think of an emergency that requires a plasma screen tv...

they need a big screen to watch the tv coverage after the storm, right?

wait - there is no electricity.

Guess they need it to watch cops after the electricity comes back on

AZGman wrote:G'night.

Sleep well. I hope things don't get too disruptive in your area. Would hate for the storm to keep Flash up all night.

kdccrosby wrote:they need a big screen to watch the tv coverage after the storm, right?

wait - there is no electricity.

Guess they need it to watch cops after the electricity comes back on

umm yeah, something....

dontwantaname wrote:So, did it pass you yet?
You still have internet.

How about you Joe?

We now have tornado warnings until 5am.

Is Joe in Delaware? Some tornados have touched down there and NJ.

Rain and winds picking up here but still not bad yet. Worst part suppose to be about 4AM.

still hitting DC pretty hard. we are getting stronger rain now,gusty winds. supposed to be the worst time, now until about 2 AM.

lplady wrote:Is Joe in Delaware? Some tornados have touched down there and NJ.

Rain and winds picking up here but still not bad yet. Worst part suppose to be about 4AM.

That sounds conductive to a poor nights sleep.

KtCallista wrote:That sounds conductive to a poor nights sleep.

We're not sleeping tonight...no chance. I'd like to know if a tornado is bearing down. lol

dontwantaname wrote:Joe is the DC area. Not sure what part.

Thanks. Our lights keep blinking and we are in the easiest part of the storm. Have a feeling they are going to go out before the brunt of it hits. Mayor is on tv now. Our river is suppose to crest 15 feet. Hasn't been that high since 1859. Not good, but could be worse.

dontwantaname wrote:Joe is the DC area. Not sure what part.

Maryland. Northwest suburbs. power flickered a couple of minutes ago. gulp.

Josephus wrote:Maryland. Northwest suburbs. power flickered a couple of minutes ago. gulp.

Stay safe.

Edit: Mayor just said some electric could be out 10-14 days. ouch hope not or I'm coming to visit someone till it comes back on lol

Josephus wrote:still hitting DC pretty hard. we are getting stronger rain now,gusty winds. supposed to be the worst time, now until about 2 AM.

Hope you keep your electricity and everything turns out with no damage!

lplady wrote:Stay safe.

I think we're pretty safe. just, lots of trees around, and lots of power outages in the regions similar to us that have already seen the worst of it. I really kind of expect to lose power tonight, it's gonna depend on Pepco's speed of repair. Although, they spent a lot of money and time working on our neighborhood over the summer, put in new, taller, stronger-looking poles, trimmed trees back, moved some away fro m the trees somewhat. and just yesterday they were trimming more trees back in preparation for the hurricane.

lplady wrote:Thanks. Our lights keep blinking and we are in the easiest part of the storm. Have a feeling they are going to go out before the brunt of it hits. Mayor is on tv now. Our river is suppose to crest 15 feet. Hasn't been that high since 1859. Not good, but could be worse.

Ditto to what I said to Joe - hope your power stays on and little damage.

And I actually slept through Ike - hard to believe but I guess I was really stressed with preparations, etc and crashed.

kdccrosby wrote:Ditto to what I said to Joe - hope your power stays on and little damage.

And I actually slept through Ike - hard to believe but I guess I was really stressed with preparations, etc and crashed.

Thank you. I'm amazed you slept through it. Were there tornados with Ike too?

Josephus wrote:I think we're pretty safe. just, lots of trees around, and lots of power outages in the regions similar to us that have already seen the worst of it. I really kind of expect to lose power tonight, it's gonna depend on Pepco's speed of repair. Although, they spent a lot of money and time working on our neighborhood over the summer, put in new, taller, stronger-looking poles, trimmed trees back, moved some away fro m the trees somewhat. and just yesterday they were trimming more trees back in preparation for the hurricane.

That's good news that they have done all that work. Being without power after stinks.

Still just rain. Wind has picked up some. Looks impressive on the weather map. The eye looks due south of us right now.

So glad everyone's okay so far. Haven't been able to keep up. Teaching the grandkids to play Parcheesi.

Everybody keep posting as long as you can so we know you're okay.

kdccrosby wrote:That's good news that they have done all that work. Being without power after stinks.

They were getting hammered about having the worst response times in the industry. they are claiming to be working toward being on top, but right now, they'd be happy to make it to the median response times, I think. They took parts off the poles near our house that were from the early 1960s.

Weather Channel is saying things don't look very good for L.I. tomorrow morning.The track is setting up for a worst case scenario.

Josephus wrote:They were getting hammered about having the worst response times in the industry. they are claiming to be working toward being on top, but right now, they'd be happy to make it to the median response times, I think. They took parts off the poles near our house that were from the early 1960s.

well like Poof said, keep us posted as long as you can

Iceback wrote:Weather Channel is saying things don't look very good for L.I. tomorrow morning.The track is setting up for a worst case scenario.

ruh roh.

This is such a weird storm the way it's moving along the coast instead of just going on shore.

Iceback wrote:Weather Channel is saying things don't look very good for L.I. tomorrow morning.The track is setting up for a worst case scenario.

Long Island just looks like it is in trouble to me.

I saw a comment earlier tonight that 2 million people had evacuated from New York. That floored me.

little more rain coming down. still no sustained winds here. weird. speed of hurricane is picking up; ground travel speed, not wind speed.

edit: I think we're going to head to bed pretty soon. fingers crossed! good luck to d'name and her poor dentist pal. ;^)

I'll either be back in the morning,, or at some future time!

lplady wrote:Thank you. I'm amazed you slept through it. Were there tornados with Ike too?

Not really. We were on the dirty side, and there was a lot of wind & rain, but not really tornados, thankfully.

Zea would have had it worse than me, she's closer to the coast than I am. I'm probably 30 minutes or so north of her.

Josephus wrote:Long Island just looks like it is in trouble to me.

I saw a comment earlier tonight that 2 million people had evacuated from New York. That floored me.

little more rain coming down. still no sustained winds here. weird. speed of hurricane is picking up; ground travel speed, not wind speed.

edit: I think we're going to head to bed pretty soon. fingers crossed! good luck to d'name and her poor dentist pal. ;^)

I'll either be back in the morning,, or at some future time!

Night Joe! Fingers crossed we hear from you tomorrow morning.

dontwantaname wrote:Aren't you in the middle of it now?

Are you getting rain yet? How's mom doing?

Gotta admit I'm worried about ya.

Good night all and good luck to all in harms way.
Please check in frequently so we know you're ok.