Hurricane Irene..

[thefuzz]

Everybody good?

Power out? Flooded?

Gimme the 411 on the ground, don't trust the media to be anything but hype.

Everything in my neck seems fine. Few random trees down, but nothing crazy.

A few pockets of power outages, but again nothing worth noting.

[thefuzz]

I agree... I think the media did a great disservice to the public with all the hype over this storm.

Yep, the story of the boy who cried wolf comes to mind.

They are going to get people killed.

[bredy087]

My roommate told me that it wouldn't be that bad. He had been through worse as a kid. Sure enough he knew better than the weather folks. He's not the sharpest tool but he knows his weather better than most it seems.

[Darth Biscuit]

Everybody good?

Power out? Flooded?

Gimme the 411 on the ground, don't trust the media to be anything but hype.

Yeah, nothin... haven't been to the beach, but no reports of anything bad. I'm sure there was erosion and sand loss...

No flooding, no major issues that I know of, just lots of leaves everywhere.

My back is sore from raking and weed eating yesterday, does that count for anything?

[boo7382]

Yeah, nothin... haven't been to the beach, but no reports of anything bad. I'm sure there was erosion and sand loss...

No flooding, no major issues that I know of, just lots of leaves everywhere.

My back is sore from raking and weed eating yesterday, does that count for anything?

but...but....everyone on tehhuddlez said it was going to be absolute devastation! why didnt u get outta there biscuit?!?!!11 anyone in the path would certainly be a dumbass for staying there and basically committing suicide!!!

are you going to 'post the pics of the horrible damage' as requested?:rolleyes:

[Darth Biscuit]

I'm all for taking things like this seriously but this one looked pretty weak all along. Unless you lived right on the beach or in a very low area there wasn't too much to worry about. I said I would post some pics but nobody wants to see leaves strewn about my yard... cause that's the extent of it.

The other thing that kills me is the media coverage... they're straining to find any little thing to report. Downed trees, people in the wind tripping, you name it... it's more than silly.

I wanna see some football tonight, if they pre-empt the game with more of this silly coverage I'll be pissed.

but...but....everyone on tehhuddlez said it was going to be absolute devastation! why didnt u get outta there biscuit?!?!!11 anyone in the path would certainly be a dumbass for staying there and basically committing suicide!!!

are you going to 'post the pics of the horrible damage' as requested?:rolleyes:

:D

[boo7382]

:D

and thank you for proving my point ;)

[Kettle]

i've seen quite a few pine trees snapped at the ground in Leland and Castle Hayne. Mostly debris though. Limbs and Cones being the biggest part of that.

[Panthers_Lover]

Yeah, it was no big deal.

North Carolina Governor Bev Perdue said the state suffered “millions and millions of dollars” in wind and flood damage from Hurricane Irene, which is also blamed for the deaths of six people.

“It’s a much more extensive hit than anyone thought,” Perdue told reporters in Trenton, a tobacco- and cotton-growing community that was her first visit today to areas hit hard by the storm. “People were distracted by the fact that the media began to say, ‘Well, it’s not much. It’s just a Category 1.’”

The sun was shining today in North Carolina, and state teams have begun assessing the damage, Perdue said. The governor said more than 500,000 homes and businesses are still without power, and she urged residents to be patient as tree-cutting and electrical crews start working.

“They are going to spend a lot of this day cutting trees to get down the roads where the power is out,” she said. “Hot lines, that’s the big scare right now.”

Perdue, 63, a first-term Democrat, and her staff arrived by two helicopters, which landed in the lawn of the Jones County Civic Center, which was littered by yellow insulation. Winds ripped off a section of the roof yesterday, forcing about 50 evacuees to relocate to an elementary school.

Insurer Losses

Hurricane Irene may cost insurers $200 million to $400 million in losses in North Carolina and South Carolina, with about 90 percent of the total from North Carolina, according to catastrophe risk-modeler Eqecat. The firm provided the information today in an e-mailed statement.

Hurricane Floyd is the most expensive storm in state history, with estimated losses of $1.4 billion in 1999 dollars, according to the North Carolina Department of Insurance.

Irene slammed into North Carolina, making landfall near Cape Lookout about 7:30 a.m. eastern time yesterday with maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour (140 kph), according to the U.S. National Hurricane Center. The storm dumped as much as 14 inches (36 centimeters) of rain on eastern North Carolina and extreme southeastern Virginia, with the largest amount reported at Bunyan, North Carolina, according to an advisory from the center.

There was flooding in Pamlico, Craven, Hyde and Beaufort counties, said Ernie Seneca, a spokesman for the state’s Division of Emergency Management. Responders performed 76 water rescues in Beaufort County yesterday and overnight, Seneca said in a telephone interview today from Raleigh.

Roads and Bridges

More than 200 roads and 21 bridges were closed, including a section of Interstate 95 in Halifax County because of downed trees and Highway 12, the main artery in the Outer Banks, Seneca said. There is a major breach on Highway 12 about five miles north of Rodanthe in Dare County, and several other breaches have been reported on that highway, Perdue’s office said in an e-mail.

There were at least six storm-related fatalities in North Carolina, with four more in Virginia and one in Maryland, mostly from falling trees from the wind. A woman in Pitt County was found dead this morning inside her home that had been hit by a tree, said Sergeant Jorge Brewer of the North Carolina State Highway Patrol in a telephone interview.

[Kurb]

I agree.

Lamer Storms and the media reaction to this poo will get people killed.

A level 4+ now could be worse b/c people wont properly prepare for it.

[Kurb]

Yeah, it was no big deal.

FWIW no one from that area has chimed in.

Media made out like it was a Major storm.

[Panthers_Lover]

FWIW no one from that area has chimed in.

Media made out like it was a Major storm.

Not defending the media, but at one point it was a major storm and had potential to be worse. If there hadn't been some sense of urgency, and the storm was as strong as it had potential to be, then more lives could have been lost.

There's a balance needed ... and people also need to realize that the media does hype, and while they do, that doesn't mean there's no danger at all.

[Kurb]

Indeed.

[Darth Biscuit]

The media is silly... this is what we are referring to... of course people should be smart and take precautions, but it was obvious since late last week that even if this storm strengthened and turned into us, it wasn't going to be that big of a deal.