Hurricane Irene



I'm just outside Boston. Seems like most people are like "meh". My thoughts are to prepare for the worst and then just go with the flow. My girlfriend just left this morning to tent camp on some land we own up in Maine with her brothers. The 4 of them were up camping during Hurricane Bob and Irene is a pussy compared to Bob.

I'm just going to freeze blocks of ice in case we lose power to the fridge, make sure I'm stocked up on booze and download enough porn to last me through the weekend.
 
It looks like it wont be too strong when it gets to the NYC area so you guys should be good, hopefully the storm surge us mild too
 
BeerNuts said:
I have seen trailer parks make it through cat 2-3 storms no worse for wear. All your roofs are not going to fly off and the world is not going to end. Just a bunch of big city pussies watching to much news.

They do not live in the warm tropics, their houses are not made of popsicle sticks. All hurricanes need warm water to strengthen, as it moves north it will weaken just like they all do. It will MAYBE make land fall as a Cat 1-2, odds are it will go out to sea like all the others. If it does hit as a cat 1-2 nothing will happen, power will go out, trees will fall over, nothing else.

Wood framed homes are quite common in parts of Florida and the Caribbean, it just depends on the age of the city. Key West is FULL of old wood homes that have survived more storms than any of us. There is no cement on islands, no one paid to ship bricks to them, historic homes are wood since that was all they had. Building codes are only enforced on new construction and major renovations, more houses than not do not meet the 1995 code.

Edit* I have physically been outside during hurricanes, my family once lived in a trailer, I have stood in the eye of several hurricanes, I have sat on my porch during hurricanes, I have lived in shitty wood frame homes, I have been hit by damn near every storm to hit Florida in the last 30yrs. That guy is no Mike Homes.
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The direction of the winds will be a big factor in determining if a trailer makes it or not. Older homes up north, which a lot of them are old, are basically made from Popsicle sticks and held together with shitty old nails. A 100 year old home is not uncommon up in the NJ, NYC, boston area. Also, even if a home is wood, basically every one built in the 70s and newer has hurricane tie downs, and a lot of homes have a hip roof as well.

These are pictures from Charlie which was a Cat 3-4 which hit near me and was all wind damage:

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This a block home with no hurricane tie downs, you can see the wood plate that runs along the top of the walls where the trusses were nailed too.
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Heres a newer home with a hip roof and hurricane straps:
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Here is an old ass structure with a gable roof which you will see a lot up north:
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You can see more photos of Charlie here

As of now, it looks like the storm will not be very strong when it gets to the NYC area, so you guys should be fine. I am just posting this to show how wrong beernuts is and how bad a Cat 3 would be up north.
 
I know 70mph winds can knock over power lines, big trees and weak structures here in the midwest, so I would take sustained 90-100mph (cat2) winds pretty seriously in an area not used to that.
 
Fatbat said:
Why do tornadoes and hurricanes always hit trailer parks?
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They hit everywhere. It's the trailer parks that, obviously, sustain the worst damage. Hence all the news, horror stories, graphic pics...etc.

So apparently, homes on the east coast are like those in trailerparks? Good luck bros.
 
This is absolutely nutts! Look at this map: NYC Hurricane Evacuation Zones

Mandatory Evacuation issued by mayor Bloomberg for the Financial district, Battery Park, many areas of the L.E.S. and areas along both rivers and many parts of Brooklyn. I think this is taken way out of proportion. Where are all these people supposed to go anyway?
 
avatar33 said:
This is absolutely nutts! Look at this map: NYC Hurricane Evacuation Zones

Mandatory Evacuation issued by mayor Bloomberg for the Financial district, Battery Park, many areas of the L.E.S. and areas along both rivers and many parts of Brooklyn. I think this is taken way out of proportion. Where are all these people supposed to go anyway?
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Don't they all spawn from New Jersey?
 
^ over 1.5 million people live on the island son. But yeah people from Jersey that work in Manhattan will be happy to go back home this evening. For once. :)
 
Its getting closer bro's! Weather channel expects it to be a "extreme damaging" category ONE hurricane when it makes land fall. Better not park your cars under trees.

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