'Effin Irene

Hurricane forecaster on with Brian Williams last night compared it to the Hurricane of '44

 

Not sure about that, but he did say it carved some island from New Jersey.

BTW, the mayor of Ocean City ordered all package stores closed as of 5PM tonight to encourage people to get out of Dodge.

 

Be safe.

 

That was 1933. Good story here, including the background on why Ocean City, key Maryland lawmakers and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers scrambled to make sure the island never got reconnected.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/eastern-shore/bal-75anniversarystorm,0,2661132.story

 

How often do folks north of Virginia ever worry about a hurricane?

 

Where's the Tea Baggers telling Sean Hannity that the government has no right to order an evacuation?

Charging the Kindle looks like I'll be reading by flashlight this weekend

 

10 Things John Sterling Would Say In a Hurricane

http://johnsterling.blogspot.com/2011/08/10-things-john-sterling-would-say-in.html

 

I grew up in Jersey and remember a few. Even got let out of school a couple times. Their strength usually takes a hit as they brush the Carolinas, and they're often in and out in an afternoon as they speed up, but it's not a once in a lifetime thing.

 

I have family that lost their home in upstate New York (Corning) during Hurricane Agnes in 1972.

 

Quick, and serious, question. If they decide even a third of NYC needs to be evacuated, how feasible is it? That many people, many without cars and relying on mass transit, it'd be the clusterfuck to end all clusterfucks, wouldn't it?
Also, did I hear right on the news yesterday that Michael Bloomberg was encouraging people to "go out and enjoy dinner on Friday night?" That seems awfully irresponsible to say for a mayor who might have a major disaster on his hands within 72 hours.

 

Should he have said "go out and enjoy dinner because it may be your last?"