OT - Anyone planning to evacuate from Irene?

Thanks, Don. I could use a new roof, which is the upside. d8-)

Thanks, TMT. Don't worry about us hanging around if it looks really bad. We're too high to worry about storm surge, and I can handle the rain. But if the sustained wind is going to be over 70 mph, we're gone.

A little better info, Ed.

Grab plenty of cash while you can. When the power goes out the ATMs won't work!

Yeah, thanks, Richard. I'm watching NOAA hourly and the NOAA channels are all tuned in on my battery-powered scanner.

Excellent tip.

We have only one way out of the path -- westward. If the eye runs up central NJ, we're screwed if we don't get out early.

In all honesty, I'm preparing to ride it out in farmland, NJ... But I'm also planning on going out with the little "semi-disposable" dual-sport motorcycle if it's not all that bad so I can get a shot of my crazy arse on the news feeds...

Gee, Joe, will they get a shot of you as a stop sign flying by at 70 mph tries to decapitate you?

Good luck. You'll need it more than most. I could say something here about the "for sale" sign that went through our neighbor's window during Hurricane Hazel (probably before your time), but it wouldn't be appropriate...

No, I'm about 1000 feet from the bay and maybe 10 or 15 feet elevation...... Some of my fellow kiteboarders are planning on going out when the wind is "only" 40 or 50.

I'm more worried about flying tree branches... I'm in farm country where about the only thing that typically blows from anywhere is the smell of manure.

...Then again, I probably won't have any news crews running around then either.

For the beach / shore areas and flood areas or anywhere with items or trees likely to suffer wind damage, this might be a real storm. Otherwise, it's more media hype I think. I'm far enough inland that I doubt I'll get anything other than wicked wind and heavy rain.

If I'm still around Monday, I'll report back on the damage we sustain in my town, 8 miles from the PA border here in NJ.

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I always follow this tip, helps with surplus dealings, as well.

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Nah, let the milk spoil and sell it as yogurt.

Good Luck! Rich

Not true. The San Andreas, even as long as it is, is only a sliding fault. There's no significant subduction going on at all.

But in 100,000[0] years or so, LAX will be the new SFO. ;-)

Cheers! Rich

[0] I just made this number up - I really have no idea how fast the plates are moving. But boy, when San Andreas lets go, I bet a lot of LA skyscrapers are going down!

Aack. Youze guys are always doing crazy stuff like that. When I was 21, we used to wait for the nor'easters to go surfing at Wildwood. It turned Wildwood into something like the North Shore at Oahu.

Surfing in November is a beach, though. I gave that stuff up about 100 years ago.

Yeah, check in -- if you're within sight of land. I'm planning to do the same.

NOAA was saying a few hours ago that my area (six miles west of Raritan Bay) is in the 80%-likelihood zone for sustained hurricane-force winds.

There goes the bluefishing -- unless you catch them with a butterfly net as they sail by.

Done

Taking them for a fill, but the only things I can run with them are my leaf blower and lawn mower. d8-)

I doubt if anyone has a generator within a mile of here. But it's a good thought.

40 pounds of striped bass and bluefish...

Well, I'm not going out, about 35 mph is tops for me. I have to try the paddleboard in the surf sometime, though. My area is now under a mandatory evacuation order starting tomorrow morning.

THIS SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE...DESTRUCTIVE...AND LIFE THREATENING WAVES.Somebody will be catching some waves..

Wow, are you down in Cape May County? Or has it been extended up the coast?

'Hope they get out in time. Surfing on the wild side is fun, particularly here on the East Coast where we have to grab our opportunities, but someone is likely to die. It's just the way it works.