Re: Hurricane Irene
 

I live in the northern center of Long Island, generator and supplies standing by, will be fun to watch. Everybody be safe out there

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We had planned to drive our '62 Corvette from Richmond to Carlisle yesterday, then looking at the forecast decided it might be best if we put it in the trailer and just drove it around after we got there. Yesterday I decided I'd better just keep my butt at home. Bummer [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/mad.gif[/img]

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We're in Lancaster - 30 or so miles east of Carlisle. I took one of our cars out for a drive in the country this morning. It was cloudy, but nice. It's been raining pretty hard since about 1:00 PM though. Friday was great at Carlisle - nice day and pretty well attended.

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Irene 1430E 27Aug11

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We're about 30mi inland (west) of Asbury Park. The storm is just above us now and it's barely drizzling. We never woke up to any high winds last night but I did wake up to lakefront property. There's about 7 acres of flood plain behind us. Our second lot is completely under water and right now the water line is about 1-2in below the floor of my storage shed. The water is expected to rise more due to the runoff, so I expect I'll have a lot of parts drying and salvage once it goes back down. Thank goodness we didn't lose power because the sump pump is running constantly and it's keeping up. Without it, we'd have 4' of water in the basement.
It could have been a lot worse........
Verne [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/rolleyes.gif[/img]

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Stay safe Verne!!

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Janet and I took a walk downtown. Peddie Lake has breached the damn and the little stream which would normally be about 10ft below the road was level with the lake. (this would be the stream that flows around the back of my property on the other side of the flood plain). The firehouse was flooded so the equipment was moved to higher ground. One idiot decided his car could float. The lake water is normally about 6ft below the stone wall around the parking lot. The police station is flooded along with the moving company behind it. The boro pumping station is also underwater so we'll be boiling our water for a while.
The water in the yard is actually starting to recede. One more inch and my parts shed would have been flooded.

I'll try to post a slide show of some photos
Verne
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It's just about finished here....few rain drops...no damage in our neighborhood [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] Karen and Ia re going out for a ride to survey the town...stay tuned.

wilma

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Never lost any power. Had the generator all set up and extension cords all pre-routed around the house, just in case.

Yesterday, we cleared the backyard of possible projectiles: trampoline, chairs, lawn darts, etc. I decided to leave the rope hammock hooked up between the two biggest trees in the yard. A little voice inside just said just &quot;Leave it there.&quot;


Glad I listened. The smaller of the two trees that the hammock was attached to, was blown over in the storm. The military grade climbing rope I used to hang the hammock with, slowly stretched and allowed the 40 foot tall, triple-trunk tree to spin slightly, steering it away from a direct hit on my daughters bedroom window. Instead, it landed gently on the bottom of the &quot;V&quot; portion of the roof, twenty feet away from her window.

Sometimes it's good to listen to those voices! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]

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The only voices I ever hear are saying, &quot;I told you so!!!&quot;

Glad you listened to yours Steve and your daughter was safe!