Trip to NJ Sat to look for possible areas to live
Aug 26th 2011, 6:59 pm
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Re: Trip to NJ Sat to look for possible areas to live
Yeah that's right. Bloomberg is telling people to use mass transit rather than clogging up the roads...then he said they would be closing down starting tomorrow afternoon.
Hopefully they are making a mountain out of a molehill
...but I've never experienced anything like this before.
Hopefully they are making a mountain out of a molehill
...but I've never experienced anything like this before.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Agnes
Aug 27th 2011, 2:32 am
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Re: Trip to NJ Sat to look for possible areas to live
I.e. I am a little worried with saying I am working on getting a visa, and am just coming to have a look where I might want to live...
Aug 27th 2011, 7:40 am
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Re: Trip to NJ Sat to look for possible areas to live
This will be a rare event that far north. The last time that major damage occurred that far north was Hurricane Agnes in 1972 and this one appears to be bigger.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Agnes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Agnes
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gloria
If you look at the path of Gloria, it's uncannily similar to the path and projected path of Irene, right from their formation near the Cape Verde Islands.
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Aug 27th 2011, 12:46 pm
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Re: Trip to NJ Sat to look for possible areas to live
"Gloria [1985] became the strongest recorded hurricane to strike the U.S. East Coast so far north, a distinction it still holds."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gloria
If you look at the path of Gloria, it's uncannily similar to the path and projected path of Irene, right from their formation near the Cape Verde Islands.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurricane_Gloria
If you look at the path of Gloria, it's uncannily similar to the path and projected path of Irene, right from their formation near the Cape Verde Islands.
I guess it has all to do with whether there is a high or low tide.
Aug 27th 2011, 1:59 pm
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Re: Trip to NJ Sat to look for possible areas to live
I don't remember much about Gloria besides losing power because of branches coming down-- since then the utility companies have become much more conscientious about trimming back trees around the power lines.
Aug 27th 2011, 5:53 pm
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Re: Trip to NJ Sat to look for possible areas to live
Agnes was highly unusual in that it was formed in the Gulf, crossed into the Atlantic, and then came back onto the mainland again further north where most of the deaths/damage occurred.
Aug 29th 2011, 12:33 pm
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Re: Trip to NJ Sat to look for possible areas to live
If Irene stays on the projected path IMO you'll be lucky to get out for next weekend. The Governor is talking about mass power outages lasting for more than a few days. I'm all for throwing suitcases in the car and heading up to Canada until things are back to normal...but hubby wants to stay put. 
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Roads to the coast are being closed so that traffic leaving can use all lanes. Hopefully Irene will head out to sea but those in the know say that's not going to happen.
I'm sorry mother nature is disrupting your plans...but spare a thought for those of us living in Irene's path.
.Roads to the coast are being closed so that traffic leaving can use all lanes. Hopefully Irene will head out to sea but those in the know say that's not going to happen.
I'm sorry mother nature is disrupting your plans...but spare a thought for those of us living in Irene's path.
