Irene

[e30trooper]

GL to the eastcoasters. This is a big reason why i loved the fact i moved to LA. Fuck storms!! ive had my share :d

ps , i was born and raised in Douglasvill GA for 12 years( 15miles west of Atlanta )

[alB5]

this reminds me to put the e30 in the garage.

[mtechnik]

Been following this storm since the low became a tropical depression on The Weather Channel & via the Natl. Hurricane Center (www.nhc.noaa.gov) . I've had my fair share of tropical storms right up to strong cat. 4 hurricanes with freak wind gusts. Houses in my area were purposed-built for hurricanes and yet there could always be some damage expected.

Concerning The Weather Channel/media hype, well that may be so to some extent. Point is, there is a lot of passivity when it comes to hurricane preparedness among those who have experienced hurricanes- let alone "first-timers"... The majority of our R3V'ers from the Carolinas or Georgia/Florida living in their home states or in the NE should be quite accustomed to storms. In this respect Irene is indeed minimal compared to others in the past (ie. Hugo in '89 comes to mind). Quite concerned for the remainder of R3V'ers north however. To continue the broken record the big cities and New England area are generally not prepared for hurricane force storms. Remaining downtown doesn't make it any easier. Heed the advice peeps.

[DuMa]

[leegf]

GL to the eastcoasters. This is a big reason why i loved the fact i moved to LA. Fuck storms!! ive had my share :d

and have you experienced a nice earthquake yet? :) not to mention droughts, wildfires, mudslides (when it does actually rain)...

don't get me wrong, i love LA and grew up there, but it definitely isn't without its own problems.

[bimma360]

Yeah my gf and I peaced out of manhattan for the weekend and went back to PA. I guess we'll see what the storm brings.

[e30trooper]

and have you experienced a nice earthquake yet? :) not to mention droughts, wildfires, mudslides (when it does actually rain)...

don't get me wrong, i love LA and grew up there, but it definitely isn't without its own problems.

ive only felt 3 small quakes since ive been in socal ( 1999 ) , theres been forest fires in the mountains. no mudslides where i live. and for a drought , we might go the summer without rain but come fall and winter it rains balls here. I can enjoy my vert with socal weather :D

[devon.818]

ive only felt 3 small quakes since ive been in socal ( 1999 ) , theres been forest fires in the mountains. no mudslides where i live. and for a drought , we might go the summer without rain but come fall and winter it rains balls here. I can enjoy my vert with socal weather :D

dude the rain here in MD is soooo much worse than anything i experienced in socal.
the thing is, MD seems better suited to handle it. so you notice it less.

my plan tonight, drink some brews and watch some rain go sideways...YEAH BUDDY

[BlueIX]

I'm in Jersey and we are getting rained on but the wind is still not bad. I'm hoping it stays that way.

[trackjunkie21]

Tornado warning in effect, A few have touched down in NJ already, one just south of Atlantic City.

[freeride53]

Damn Kamil, you should try driving your e30 into the storm.

[ZM Blue Devil]

we are just getting some of the bands. Pulled the cars inside for safe storage, hope no power outage and people/property damage.

[leegf]

I'm in Jersey and we are getting rained on but the wind is still not bad. I'm hoping it stays that way.

it's not here yet:

http://www.nytimes.com/projects/hurricanes/?ref=us#%21/2011/Irene

[Joe G]

ooo come on Irene...... Looks like i left the LBI just in time. All my friends who live there are staying even-though the was a mandatory evac of the island. Hopefully they/their houses make it through the storm.

[DuMa]

i like MSNBC's map. it seems accurate.