As we await sure devistation....and Irene...

doitforthegame

doitforthegame

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I am very concerned. We did not get our milk and bread on time. The stores were all sold out. Sadly we will have to nosh on Dunkin Donuts and Diet Coke as we weather what is sure to be not only the storm of the century, but the end of the world. As the Hurricane barrels down upon us, with the eye clearly making a path for my house, I know now how the men at the Alamo must have felt as they saw Santa Ana's army approach.

Have you ever seen such hysteria for what is sure to be just a good ol' New England Nor'easter?

Bob <--- Got to go now. The Mrs said I gotta put the patio furniture in the shed. I can't handle two storms at once.....so I'll do what I'm told.
 
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Leave the chairs where they are and put the old lady in the shed Bob.....And what is with the mad rush to get gas in your car? If power is out everywhere where the hell you gonna drive to go check your email and the AZB forums. Act like you have been here before people.
 
Doing the storm I was going to play pool......just one small problem.
 

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Ya just gotta love the TV press...treating this in their usual "scare 'em to death" manner.
 
louisiana

im from louisiana and a cat 2 storm is not that bad but for a city that is not ready for it can be a problem put tape on you windows so if something hits them and they break the glass doesnt shatter and fly every where good luck and be safe
 
When I was a young man I spent many years commercial fishing from Gloucester Mass. We regularly fished Georges Banks and sometimes went as far as the Greand Banks. I have seen winds of 100 mph from the deck of a sixty foot fishing boat and can honestly say I have never seen so much BS about a small storm in my life. It is only gusting to 105 these are not sustained winds and they are evacuating people. WTF! I'm sure there are a lot of folks shaking there heads all over the east coast. I'll bet by the time it gets near New England it's not much more than a rain storm with a stiff breeze...
 
When I first moved to Georgia, a storm was coming in and a co-worker said "There goes all the milk and bread".

Since I was from CA, I asked "What the hell does that mean?"

Go to the store and see, he responded. Sure enough, I go to the store and 95 percent of the milk and bread was gone. Soy milk and weird breads with fruit or some crap left.

Storm wasn't that bad...wtf? You'd think WWIII was about to start.
 
Every hurricane that makes landfall in GA/NC/SC takes the same route up the coast 90% of the time. I dont get why this is one is such a big deal.
 
I just don't get why people go after milk and bread.
Canned foods and veges is what you want. Something you can eat and store that does not require refrigeration.
I know in the Canterbury earth quakes, those with gas bottle BBQ's were alot better off than those with the mains gas BBQ's.
I guess the heard mentality just does not have rational thinking.
Hurricanes hit the US east coast somewhere every year.
 
I bought into the whole hysteria about the storm. Filled the car with gas-bought lots of bread and milk-taped up the windows-bought batteries for the radio. I was set to ride it out.
Then I remembered I moved away from NJ 20 years ago and now live in Denver :mad:
 
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Rain in western Maine has been ridiculous all last night and today. I mean torrents of it, virtual streams running through my yard right now. Last half hour the wind has picked up, and the lights are flickering.

I have lots of beer and booze, food and a bbq grill if it comes to that (don't look forward to grilling outside in this weather, ha ha!) and a bunch of candles so I can play candle-light pool on the bar box in my basement. Bring it Irene! :)
 
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