Irene

Same here, big ass oak tree. It can't fall in a good direction, one way is the garage, the other is my house, the other is my neighbors and if it falls toward the road, it's taking the power lines with it and blocking the street. Oh, and the Taco's parking spot is directly underneath... Sunday is going to be a tense day!

 

Love it, but they can resell the plywood because it didn't get wet. Dumasses

 

huh???

 

Hope Irene fizzles out so you guys don't get hit...

 

Me too, I want it to go back out to sea! I called about having that tree removed before the weekend. Hopefully they can do it and not absolutely rape me with the price.

 

Hope it does for you guys' sake. Bet the tree guys are working around the clock...

 

Ya we are keeping our fingers crossed. I live IN Virginia beach. Not lookin great for the home team

 

I live just north of DC and my generator and camping gear are ready for a power outage. We are ready to go into survival mode if we need to. Since we are ready, I doubt we will get hit as bad as they say we will.

 

I always keep a stock of gas, cases of MRE's, ammo and water at my house. cant ever be too ready right?
(but Hawaii's not in Irene's way...)

Good luck guys, be safe.

 

I was in Marathon, FL 36 hours before Andrew made landfall, and then was back in Cutler Ridge the following Saturday to help friends "Dig Out". I also grew up in the mid-west and have seen my share of tornadoes, but nothing compares to the devastation of a class 3 or higher hurricane. I seriously hope Irene turns hard right and heads back out to sea before making landfall in the US. If you are thinking it's just another storm, it's not just another storm. Be safe, be prepared for the worst.

 

TacomaWorld and the fact I live in Florida made me do the diff mod on my truck FIRST. Hurricane Charlie, Jeannie, Francis, Wilma, tropical Storm Fey made me glad I did. B 4 my old computer crashed I had some crazy videos of the aftermath of said storms. My street was 2 feet underwater at it's lowest point. My neighbor had an older lifted 4runner on a set of 35's and he was the only truck on the flooded road, besides the fire departments 6x6 looking for stranded civilians. I went door to door in my fishing waiders to see if they were ok. My dad, who lived 9 miles away could have come to my house in his Air Boat VIA surface roads and never run dry. It is truely a crazy sight to see and an even worse one to live through. I didn't have a generator then, or food stocked up, but I sure as hell do now, my generator is at the stand by, I bought it second hand, nothing too big, but enough to power a fridge,fan, a few lights, creature comforts. The food is something called THE ARC. All powdered soup mixes, beverges, dinners, good for a family of four for 3 weeks. I think they will taste like crap but it's better than starving to death. I work at a place where we sell gas and I do have a propane camping set up that is good to go, lantern, stove, grill all off a propane tank, which is full and one spare. Last time I went through this it was two weeks without power, hot water. Man I wish I have natural gas service here, but no,...a NG Generator could power my home if this happens again.


AND to edit this post.....GOOD luck to all my fellow and non fellow TW brothers and sisters out there, I hope this storm decides to pass us all by, and if it dosen't, remember to be a good neighbor and help out your fellow man, god bless

 

When I here them talking about Irene, all I can think about is Blackhawk Down. "Irene, I repeat f*cking Irene"

But on a serious note I hope it fizzles out for everyone's sake.

 

hope you guys don't get hit by it, its pretty bad right now, when it passed through the island it was barely a Cat 1 hurricane and we are still suffering the consequences, can't imagine how much stronger it is now. I have family in MD and I'm kind of worried

 

3 hrs north of hatteras island here....fu irene! ready tho...was in miami 2005.

 

I was in Boston last year when they were supposed to get hit (or brushed) by the hurricane...think that was in early fall Regardless, nothing but a little rain hit us, but it was a blast, being one of only a handful of people in the bar, getting hammered

 

lol. Just hope lightning doesnt hit it and split it four ways

 

u shoulda seen how it was for us living on the waterfront in charleston.....

 

im about 1.5 hours from Myrtle Beach,SC although they say it wont be coming to SC im just gonna sit tight inside my home and hope for the best.