Darwin would be proud of you :-)
On 30 August 2011 05:01, Willie Wonka <alienspecimen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am glad you asked, Chris and here is a firsthand Irene report:
>
> (BTW, everyone here agrees with you as this thing being overhyped. As my
> mother gets older, she gets scared easier and easier, so I feel your pain,
> poor woman called about 113 211.11 times throughout needing comfort as she
> was worried to death about our whereabouts, thanks to TV...:)
>
> Lets begin with the most important thing: hurricane supplies. Here is an
> artistic representation of the official hurricane supply vehicle in front of
> the official hurricane supply center-Moriarty's Liquor Locker:
>
>
> http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Irene/?action=view¤t=5.jpg
>
> I got one more for ya, so you can see the sign from the other side, how is
> that for a handheld, huh?...:)
>
>
> http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Irene/?action=view¤t=6.jpg
>
> After we got out of there, we felt hurricane ready...needless to say, this
> was the extend of our hurricane preparedness, little did we know...read on.
>
> Next morning I woke up by the sounds of wind. Unfortunately, not strong
> enough to make me enjoy a drink, so I postponed the drinking part until
> later. Around 8:30 things got better and I got out armed with a camera to
> turn around after walking half a mile just because the weapon didnt have any
> ammo. Yup, the idiot forgot to take the cards...
>
> So I got back, and then went to the beach, where saw this (look at the
> car...):
>
>
> http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Irene/?action=view¤t=20.jpg
>
> Keep in mind that the top of the concrete wall usually stands about ten
> feet above the water during high tide. Now the seas were swollen and the
> water climbed up about five feet, yes those waves were at least six to
> fifteen feet tall.
>
> I turned hundred and eighty and started walking in the opposite direction.
> It had just rained for less than half an hour, but in front of this place
> (with the closed for hurricanes sign...:) , BTW I took this picture on the
> second leg of my trip) I was walking in knee-deep water.
>
>
> http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Irene/?action=view¤t=7.jpg
>
> I walked to the end of the beach and saw this:
>
>
> http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Irene/?action=view¤t=3.jpg
>
> At this time it was very difficult to take pictures as wind and rain were
> pounding and my camera and lens were soaked. I turned back and wanted to
> hide. This is a picture I took on the way home:
>
>
> http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Irene/?action=view¤t=19.jpg
>
> I was standing with my back turned towards the wind and barely able to keep
> myself from falling over. My attire consisted of a cotton t-shirt and a
> rain jacket. The raindrops were uncomfortably painful through all those
> layers of clothing.
>
> I went home and saw this:
>
>
> http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Irene/?action=view¤t=17.jpg
>
> Yes, my friends, I designed and built this playhouse. I also knew at the
> time that I have an old lady living next door and her trees were going to
> fail one day...It is cuter than on the picture and it has a dutch door.
>
> At that time, the entire family was up and excited. We had a brunch and
> soon after, the winds disappointingly died down. We went for a walk, the
> atmosphere was not pretty as there were dark low clouds and the wind was
> howling while going through the electrical wires.
>
> There are some pictures from the only boarded houses, as a bonus someone
> said hi to me while I was taking a picture of his house and the roof
> shingles flipping up. Here they are:
>
> http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j54/alienspecimen/Irene/?start=all
>
> I started writing this email yesterday about an hour before noon, but the
> electricity went away, so we had to hear everyone else's generator, since we
> dont have one. Power came back up today at noon, but the internets didnt
> show up until the evening.
>
> Oh, and I forgot that if walked about two minutes earlier under one of the
> trees in the adjacent streets, I was going to have a big branch on my head.
> Actually I heard it cracking while passing by...
>
> There you have it. A close encounter with Irene.
>
> Boris
>
> (Who got so much hurricane supplies that nows having a hard time finishing
> them off...)
>
> P.S. I hope John H. is OK tho...
>
>
>
> > On 8/28/2011 5:26 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> >> I hope that you chaps are OK Over There. I thought that Irene had
> >> weakened, but it looks still pretty rough.
> >>
> >> I wish the reporters Over Here would stop talking about the "eye of
> >> the storm" as if it were the worst bit, though.
> >>
> >> Chris
>
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