Friday, August 26, 2011

"Goodnight Irene"

Hope you peter out, soon.
""Sixty-five million people could be in the path of this storm and that's why the Federal Emergency Management Agency's director is saying this could be the largest population ever affected by a single hurricane," Dahlgren told CTV's Canada AM"

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Blogger Dave in Pa. said...

Here's the latest from the Natl Weather Svc for my area of eastern Pa, which is an hour west of Philly. It's good news, I guess, that we're downgraded from a Hurricane Watch, to a Tropical Storm Watch. It looks like the path will give eastern Md, Delaware and NJ the worst of it:

"Issued by The National Weather Service, Philadelphia, PA
8:26 pm EDT, Fri., Aug. 26, 2011

... TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

... PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS... THE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS VERY SMALL. ALSO... THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS UP TO 62 PERCENT.

... WINDS... AS HURRICANE IRENE APPROACHES... SUSTAINED TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN LATE SATURDAY EVENING. MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE FORECAST TO BE IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS TO 70 MPH. (Yikes! :-(

MINOR TO MODERATE DAMAGE IS LIKELY TO MANY MOBILE HOMES... ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT HAVE CANOPIES... AWNINGS... OR CARPORTS. POORLY CONSTRUCTED HOMES MAY SUSTAIN MINOR WALL DAMAGE AND PARTIAL ROOF REMOVAL. OTHER HOMES MAY HAVE MINOR ROOF AND SIDING DAMAGE. SOME LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS WILL BE TOSSED AROUND AND MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL DAMAGE. A FEW POWER LINES WILL BE KNOCKED DOWN RESULTING IN SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES. SOME LARGE BRANCHES OF HEALTHY TREES WILL BE SNAPPED. MOST NEWLY PLANTED TREES AND SHRUBS WILL BE DAMAGED OR UPROOTED.

... STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE... FOR THE MARYLAND EASTERN SHORE... A STORM SURGE OF 1 TO 3 FEET IS POSSIBLE. THIS HOWEVER WILL DEPEND ON THE PRECISE SIZE... INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE SYSTEM.

... INLAND FLOODING... A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA. SEE LATEST FORECAST FOR LATEST INFORMATION. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION... AND BE READY TO ACT IF FLOODING RAINS OCCUR."

August 26, 2011 6:58 pm  
Blogger Louise said...

Hope you have everything firmly anchored. (Just to annoy you) it's been a warm, sunny, calm day here. Not a cloud in sight. Trees and shrubs are perfectly still. Lots of backyard barbeques on the go. Gotta get as many of those in as possible before things turn for the worse.

August 26, 2011 7:41 pm  

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