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  Aug. 25, 2011 1:06 p.m. BARNCA HalfDork

  4 gallons of water.. generator is full and got extra gas. new tank of propane for the grill.. couple packs of batteries and all the lights are charged, bring it on. im ready.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 1:42 p.m. cwh SuperDork

  Got Spam? You NEED Spam. Margie has Spam, I have Spam. Other food items, too.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 1:43 p.m. David S. Wallens Editorial Director

  We got slammed on Long Island when I was in high school--no power for three days and just a mess.

  We watched the storm from my friend's parents' back porch. My friend threw a beach ball into the air during the storm to see what would happen. We never saw that ball again.

  Yes, we now have signatures.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 1:48 p.m. 914Driver SuperDork

  Coworker is hopping a plane to the Outer Banks on Monday, vacation!

  Maybe not ....

  BMW -- You don't need a hibachi to cook rice.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 1:49 p.m. 1988RedT2 Dork

  Last big one for Central VA was Isabel back in '03. My first son was born that spring, and I remember heating water for his baby bottles on a Coleman stove on the back porch and storing it in a thermos for convenient use at all hours of the night. We were without power for days. I still remember the incessant howling of that wind. It went on for hours and hours.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 2:04 p.m. jstein77 Dork

  You're in New Hampshire? By the time it gets that far north, it'll be nothing more than a sprinkle.

  It's approaching Melbourne right now. The trees are whipping around and the radar map is showing rain approaching in the next hour or two. Fortunately for us, it will be well off shore as it passes. Good thing, too; it's supposed to climb to Cat 4 overnight tonight. I don't envy people on the Outer Banks of North Carolina; I assume they're leaving soon.

  Jerry in Melbourne

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  Aug. 25, 2011 2:15 p.m. NickF40 Dork

  every time I hear about this, Black Hawk Down comes to mind

  grab a lawn chair and a beer and take it head on

  "With that you are in for a whole night of suck squeeze bang blow"-James May

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  Aug. 25, 2011 2:18 p.m. Zomby woof SuperDork

  Candles, and a small battery operated radio are nice to have.

  We have a kit stocked with everything we'll need for at least a week.

  AngryCorvair wrote: and that right there is why 90% of the time i think ZW is a berkeleying douchebag.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 2:19 p.m. alfadriver SuperDork

  In reply to 1988RedT2:

  My relatives equate it to listening to a jumbo jet taking off. For 4 hours.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 2:27 p.m. BARNCA HalfDork

  NickF40 wrote: every time I hear about this, Black Hawk Down comes to mind grab a lawn chair and a beer and take it head on

  the blackhawk helo pilot..lol f!@#$n irene..lol

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  Aug. 25, 2011 2:32 p.m. poopshovel SuperDork

  BARNCA wrote: 4 gallons of water.. generator is full and got extra gas. new tank of propane for the grill.. couple packs of batteries and all the lights are charged, bring it on. im ready.

  Dumbass. What you're supposed to do is:

  NOTHING!

  When the cameras show up, tell them how no one warned you, and now no one will help you out. Then call up Oprah and get yo' free house on!

  Build a man a fire, and he'll stay warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he'll stay warm for the rest of his life.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 2:55 p.m. Duke SuperDork

  Irene is supposed to hit Delaware as a Cat II hurricane around 8:00a on Sunday morning. By strange coincidence, that's almost exactly the same time I'm supposed to be moving my daughter into her dorm room... in Delaware.

  Junior Brown is my hero.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 2:58 p.m. cwh SuperDork

  I called one of my friends in Nassau yesterday. Charter boat captain, American. Mother answers. "Oh, we're just fine, he's finishing up tying up the boats now. We have a generator and some water, not worried at all." I'm going to call next week, if the phones are up yet, and ask her what she thought of her first hurricane. She will probably be waiting in line at the airport.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 3:04 p.m. Rufledt HalfDork

  914Driver wrote: Coworker is hopping a plane to the Outer Banks on Monday, vacation! Maybe not ....

  Lol I was supposed to fly out of Boston on Monday... not sure if that's gonna work. Good thing I changed flights to a hurricane(or rainstorm)-free day.

  "A dog oversteers, which is more fun than an understeering hyeena, so you want a mazda mx5 because it's rear wheel drive."

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  Aug. 25, 2011 3:14 p.m. Klayfish HalfDork

  I'm west of Philly. Just picked up a 4000 watt generator of CL this afternoon. Filling both my gas cans, getting some water, already have batteries. Gonna grab one of those wind up flashlights too. I'm probably already too late to get stuff from the grocery store....

  I've spent all day today, and will spend all day tomorrow, working on catastrophe plans for work. We have a lot of insureds along the eastern seaboard. Expecting a lot of flooded/damaged cars and trucks.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 3:49 p.m. Marjorie Suddard General Manager

  Good luck, everyone. I always feel so guilty when a storm I've been watching goes and whacks someone else, like I did a lousy job of watching it.

  If the grocery stores and big-box stores are already cleaned out where you are, don't forget less-traveled options, like health food stores (they have pbj and bread, too), meat markets, produce stands, etc. for food and water, toy stores (batteries and flashlights), and so on.

  Margie

  Booger

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  Aug. 25, 2011 4:07 p.m. DoctorBlade Dork

  Good Luck.

  "Meh."

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  Aug. 25, 2011 4:10 p.m. cwh SuperDork

  We find a lot of stuff at Big Lots, especially canned foods, Spam, etc.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 4:13 p.m. ST_ZX2 Reader

  

  cwh wrote:

  Got Spam? You NEED Spam. Margie has Spam, I have Spam. Other food items, too.

  Erik B. _/\__/\__/\__/\__/\_

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  Aug. 25, 2011 5:17 p.m. friedgreencorrado SuperDork

  Marjorie Suddard wrote: Good luck, everyone. I always feel so guilty when a storm I've been watching goes and whacks someone else, like I did a lousy job of watching it.

  Don't ever move inland (like I did), you'll get survivors' guilt. My vacation in 2003 was spent bringing up a hatch full of of bottled water & then chainsawing debris after Isabel. OBX is about 9-10hr. from Atlanta.

  How can it be a midlife crisis, when I've driven sportscars my entire life?

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  Aug. 25, 2011 5:25 p.m. Curmudgeon SuperDork

  BARNCA wrote:

  NickF40 wrote: every time I hear about this, Black Hawk Down comes to mind grab a lawn chair and a beer and take it head on

  the blackhawk helo pilot..lol f!@#$n irene..lol

  You too?

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yOEOJ1BARk

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  Aug. 25, 2011 5:37 p.m. fasted58 Dork

  guess the price of plywood will be goin' up again

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  Aug. 25, 2011 5:43 p.m. fasted58 Dork

  East Coast refineries likely to shut as Hurricane Irene approaches; gasoline prices rise:

  http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/east-coast-refineries-likely-to-shut-as-hur...

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  Aug. 25, 2011 6:07 p.m. 1988RedT2 Dork

  Do people actually eat Spam? I'm not sure I've ever tasted it. I know I've never bought any. Stuff's been around forever though.

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  Aug. 25, 2011 6:15 p.m. fasted58 Dork

  In reply to 1988RedT2:

  there was a Spam thread here a few months ago, recipes n all

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