Doc, last I knew about 3 weeks ago Jim still doesn't live in NC and is in no way in any harm from the storm where he does live. Unless he moved in the last 3 or 4 weeks. I'm in southern NJ and not even worried about this little thing. There will maybe be some trees down but hey they come down with a bad Thunderstorm here. The news people blow things up 10 fold and when things are over always have an excuse. No offense really but it's like someone going to the Doctors because they had to blow their nose.

Not in this case... last I heard the Hurricane is 600 miles wide and growing.

That is a humongous monster of a storm, and though forecasters have downgraded its strength some, it will still have destructive winds and rain to rival Katrina's when it hits fand-fall

Some experts are already calling it the Storm of the Century.

All I can say is good fortune to everybody and take care all.

Actually, RnD is in Greeneville, Tennessee. I think Po' lives in the Carolinas though which may explain the huge low pressure zone in the area.

In all seriousness though, I hope everyone in the area stays safe and the damages are minimal.

Yup Doc, it's true....your favorite redneck lives in Greeneville, Tennessee. Thanks for the concern though. I am praying for those in the path of Irene.     

Dave, you're in Jersey, you evacuating? I just saw on the tube that some of New Jersey is being evaced.    

I expect to get some rain from Irene, that's all. We need some.   

Here ya go, Syd. Compliments of Wiz.

thank ya...  

I have two brothers and a sister on the coast of Virginia, the Tidewater area and my sis says they have been without power since about noon and the eye of the storm should have just passed over them if predictions are right. She said the rain was relentless but the winds have not been too ferocious as of yet. She just finished remodeling her home and is worried about the flooding as she is close to the Elizabeth river. There is lots of water in that area to cause flooding. I am keeping a good thought for my folks there!

ALMonty! You little monkey. Where have you been hiding?

I was gonna sat that Irene sucks, but then I realised she blows... in either event, I wonder if Bill's out seeking a bit of action today/tonight.

Irrespective of that, I still want all of you to stay safe and avoid getting sucked or blown.

No imaginable mutilation could do that.

"Gray Bright was not going to miss Hurricane Irene for the world.

So desperate was the 30-year-old Sydneysider to experience the storm, he delayed his flight home to party in Times Square as Irene hit New York.

While residents of the city that never sleeps snoozed, Mr Bright and friend Lisa Dimmocks were among the handful of revellers who took to the streets during the driving winds and heavy rains."

OK, Gary... we know who you are now!

(Sydneysider = resident of Sydney, AU) 

Bloody idiots, that's all there is to say.   They put themselves in harms way, and potentially their rescuers had things gone wrong.

Aussie - yes!  Half a brain - NO!!!