Bracing for Irene

**Santa Wally** · 26th August 11, 05:25 PM

My prayers for all those in the path of Irene.

Besides the wind, it is the rain to look out for. Hurricane Agnes in 1972 caused A LOT of flooding along the Chemung and Susquehanna Rivers in NY and PA. It was a slow moving storm. The flood was called a 100 year flood. It sounds like Irene is moving right along, I hope so in order to keep the amount of rain down.

It would be better if the rain was headed for the drought stricken area of Texas.

**sevenoaks** · 26th August 11, 05:31 PM

"My fingers are crossed for you all in its path. I hope you don't mind a wee humorous observation, but perhaps, it might be best not to wear the kilt for a while!"
Jock...

you totally cracked me up on this one.

**sevenoaks** · 26th August 11, 05:36 PM

I pray you all keep safe and do listen to the advise you will get from the radio. No heroics please until the storm is over. Protect yourselves, your family and your neighbors. Help those after the storm and know the rest of North America and the rest of the world will be there to help you.

**Mikewood** · 26th August 11, 05:42 PM

You folks stay safe. These storms are not a picnic and can cause a real mess. Living in Houston we know. Praying for you guys.

**KiltShot** · 26th August 11, 06:21 PM

The weather here could get interesting.

The kilt and 74 mph winds.

Maybe I'll skip going out to breakfast this Sunday.

I'll be brave and interesting next week.

**RockyR** · 27th August 11, 09:06 PM

We're about 6 hours into it. Kelly and I (and our 2 pet birds) are camping out in the basement tonight. We've had tornado warnings, so figured it was better to be safe than sorry. Keep your fingers crossed that the shop is still there when we return.

**Mael Coluim** · 27th August 11, 09:42 PM

Fingers crossed.

**English Bloke** · 27th August 11, 10:35 PM

Stay safe people.

**Tartan Tess** · 28th August 11, 05:10 AM

Maine has been getting rain for about 6 hours now. We are supposed to get the winds this afternoon and over night.
They are pretty much guaranteeing power outages because all our trees are in full canopy with their leaves and monster size.
Hopefully Moose won't be flying past the windows later....

**Mirthlesstroll** · 28th August 11, 05:33 AM

We're fine here in Springfield, Virginia. Didn't even really lose power, though I heard a transformer explode last night around 3 a.m. We have some small branches down, but that's all. Some friends in Maryland lost a lot of trees, and one crushed their shed, possibly smashing my friend's precious John Deere mower.