Over 300,000 people currently without power.
Well, the storm didn't amount to much in NYC. It's amazing when I think areas of the city were evacuated, businesses closed, and subways shut down for little more than a heavy rainstorm. There have been overnight thunderstorms here where I've witnessed more damage.
This is actually very bad for any future hurricane preparation. I guarantee you people will remember this experience and flatly ignore any dire predictions, evacuation orders etc, should we ever be faced with a serious threat.
Well, the storm didn't amount to much in NYC. It's amazing when I think areas of the city were evacuated, businesses closed, and subways shut down for little more than a heavy rainstorm. There have been overnight thunderstorms here where I've witnessed more damage.
This is actually very bad for any future hurricane preparation. I guarantee you people will remember this experience and flatly ignore any dire predictions, evacuation orders etc, should we ever be faced with a serious threat.
They over reacted and the problem comes when the big storm really comes because people will not leave then.
Well, the storm didn't amount to much in NYC. It's amazing when I think areas of the city were evacuated, businesses closed, and subways shut down for little more than a heavy rainstorm. There have been overnight thunderstorms here where I've witnessed more damage.
This is actually very bad for any future hurricane preparation. I guarantee you people will remember this experience and flatly ignore any dire predictions, evacuation orders etc, should we ever be faced with a serious threat.
I wouldn't say "It wasn't that bad" to people who lost loved ones.
One way it could have been worse is if there were more people in harm's way.
I'm currently doing exhibition work in a huge casino resort in Connecticut. My wife is kind of freaking out, but I'm not worried at all. By the time it gets here, it should be pretty minor. Plus, they have backup generators, huge supplies of food and alcohol, and I know where they store the bottled water for the hotel out in the open.![]()
Oh, and then there's the fact that I'm the bad-weather anti-magnet. There have been numerous storms that come towards our house in Georgia, then split right before hitting us, going around us. Sometimes all the areas all around us are flooding, and we barely get a drop. Nope, not worried in the slightest.
The backup generator kicked in, but soon failed.
D'oh!
Sorry, but I had to LOL.
I guess they went with some cheap option, instead of some sturdy diesel unit?
The GM Centre, a hockey arena in town, runs their full-backup system one Friday morning a month, for about an hour.
This is smart.
my building just had a new 400klw green energy fuel cell and I'm glad they did. we had no energy interruptions whatsoever and it made the storm seem tame.
Connecticut got pretty well pwned.
Well, now the water starts to rise...
It's not over.
yep, the old cry wolf story.
i live on the east river and this was probably the third or fourth worst storm this year, if that.
definitely sensationalized by our media. What else is new?
They over reacted and the problem comes when the big storm really comes because people will not leave then.
etc etc.
Come on. Sorry to point out the obvious but weather reporting isn't an exact science. They thought this was the big storm but, thankfully, it died down. Better to be safe then sorry. If you want to ignore the media the next time, go right ahead.
While not an exact science is true this was pointed out well in advance that it was not going to be major by multiple people and the media was way over blowing it from day one. The media was making a cry wolf on day one.
If this storm was heading threw Florida or Texas chances are it would not really be in the news. It would of been talk about nothing more than tracking but that is it. None of this OMG action because lets face it Irene is not a major hurricane. It is a bad storm but not even the worse storm that the NE has had dealt to it this year.
Sorry, but I had to LOL.
I guess they went with some cheap option, instead of some sturdy diesel unit?
The GM Centre, a hockey arena in town, runs their full-backup system one Friday morning a month, for about an hour.
This is smart.
No its really a damned if they do and damned if they don't situation. You have to understand how most people watch the news. They click on to a cable station for about fifteen minutes a day. That's it. News junkies might keep fox or msnbc on for a lot longer, business men/women have cnbc on all day, but your average viewer, turns to a 24 hour network for fifteen minutes or watches their local news every at night. The media has to run this story constantly because that's the only way most people will see it. And what did they report on? A storm is coming that is going to probably be a tropical storm by the time it reaches NYC but the governors of NJ and NY are shutting down their states (mass transit) and everybody who doesn't need to be out, shouldn't be out. Not much crying wolf there since that's exactly what happened.