Hurricane Irene (storm, city, ground, South)

[cruxan]

Originally Posted by Nomadicus

The true cost of Irene's death toll and destruction will not be known until she is also dead. Then like the forecast it will only be a guesstimate.

the true scope of damage wont be fully known for weeks until after the storm has long been gone..

[highcotton]

Originally Posted by Tony22

My aunt just called me from SI and she said that the wind is really picking up down there.

What is SI? Sports Illustrated?

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by highcotton

What is SI? Sports Illustrated?

Staten Island

[Tony22]

Originally Posted by highcotton

What is SI? Sports Illustrated?

Staten Island

[Mightyqueen801]

Wind's picking up here in Eatontown, NJ, too. Lots of rain.

[highcotton]

Originally Posted by Tony22

Staten Island

I figured that, but there's people from all over the country (and world) reading these posts. Many people (if not most) would not have known you meant Staten Island.

[jasper12]

This brings up an interesting topic, apparently lots of elderly people in Atlantic City, did not want to leave their homes, even after being prompted, directly by officials to evacuate. At what point, if ever, should people be forced to evacuate, for their own safety, or should people be free to just do as they please, even if they may not have that decision making capacity...

[ilovemycomputer90]

Originally Posted by jasper12

This brings up an interesting topic, apparently lots of elderly people in Atlantic City, did not want to leave their homes, even after being prompted, directly by officials to evacuate. At what point, if ever, should people be forced to evacuate, for their own safety, or should people be free to just do as they please, even if they may not have that decision making capacity...

Unfortunately it is their choice not to leave. Christie directly pleaded with them to leave, but I guess they chose to ignore him. Can only hope they'll be okay.

[cruxan]

irene is like the energizer bunny keeps on going and going and going,, lucky the batteries were low when it started feasting on the east coast

[Tony22]

Raining really hard here with gusty winds. Streets are also starting to get a lot of water on them.