Irene

God bless and good luck to all in Irene's path. I'm sure all those who have endured hurricanes, cyclones and typhoons have you in their thoughts and prayers.

RobG (the Aussie one)

And those who haven't.

Irene was a non-event in my 'hood in MD. Some wind and rain. Nothing broken, blown away or flooded. The lights flashed a few times, that was it.

On Long Island, NY was less than we feared but still bad. Heavy Rain and wind. Our neighborhood was evacuated but all we ended up with is small amount of water in the basement and minor garden damage. We have 5 cats - so we braved it out with them. Neighborhoods closer to the Bay had water in the streets, and thus basements. Major beach erosion. They built up 12 foot sand berms to protect one ocean beach - they were breached. Many highways flooded in sections. Drivers who braved the storm sometimes drove into several feet of water thinking it was just a wet road. All mass transit on Long Island and New York City started shutting down as of noon Saturday. The four major airports were shut down. We had bad thunderstorms last week which left the ground wet - then the soaking from Irene resulted in many trees - and the wires that ran between the branches going down. Both the Thunderstorms and Irene brought a total summer's worth of rain to some sections.

Val Kraut

we are glad you emerged wet and shiny. and ok.

major glad you're ok.

Mad Modeller wrote in news:w- CdnaH0zsJZF8XTnZ2dnUVZ snipped-for-privacy@giganews.com:

Was there a hurricane? I hardly noticed.

Really, I've been through much worse weather.

what doesn't kill you was cut too much.

On 8/30/2011 9:59 AM, snipped-for-privacy@some.domain wrote:>

I agree. We got lots of rain and wind and spent about 7 hours without power. The dregs of the storm cleared out by early afternoon Sunday. Fortunately the power wasn't off much longer or we would have had a major cookout Sunday afternoon. No water in the basement, no caving in of the foundation. The roof appears to be whole. Thanks for the kind thoughts everyone.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr.

the regulars have to stick together. i wouls cheerfully aid any of us any way i could. you guys help them long nights go by better.