Into Irene's Eye
Many months ago, I began planning a bachelorette party for one of my best friends. Meghan is very cool and lives in New York City, of course. So that's where the party is. This weekend.
As you may have heard, the East Coast is capping off earthquake week with a hurricane that is poised to wreak havoc. Whoo hoo!
My bus leaves DC tomorrow in the early afternoon. My train back is ticketed for Sunday at 2 PM. Something tells me that train is not going to leave on time, what with predictions that the eye of the hurricane will be hitting New York City, roughly, at 3 PM.
Fact is, I'm not even sure how I'm going to make it to Penn Station. New York City is talking about shutting down subway service on Saturday night. And this whole party thing is in Brooklyn.
I'm having to help prepare the husband and kids to sit out the storm here in Northern Virginia but there's a sense of foreboding about what's to come this weekend.
Any tips for riding out a hurricane in New York City?
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May '10
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Yea, go get on a Southwest jet and go see the real country.
Jun '10
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Stay away from windows, have plenty of drinking water in bottles or other containers, and be prepared to cope if the power goes off and stays off for awhile. Beyond that, not much.
Sep '10
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Mayor Bloomberg promises to have the streets cleared of snow by the weekend.
Aug '10
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Go Early or stay home.
Reminds me of teaching UPT at Vance AFB. One of our IPs would always take his students on a casino trip. The Motto, "Go Big or Go Home". There you go Mollie, Go Early or stay home.
But if your do go early, what about a meetup in Manhatten between Aug 30th and Sep 2?
Jul '10
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Ride it out using Y2K's unused stash.
May '10
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Traveling up the coast this weekend for a party??? You are kidding, right? Don't do it. We usually evacuate when hurricanes head right at us in Florida but stayed home during Frances in 2004. That was only a Category 1 when it reached us but the winds were fearsome and unrelenting except for the eerily still moments when the eye passed over.
No way I would travel to a city full of skyscrapers, millions of people and very limited exit possibilities with a dangerous storm like Irene on its way. Not a chance. Unless maybe you have a secret hankering to be honored by www.darwinawards.com?
Edited on Aug 25, 2011 at 8:20pmNov '10
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Subways and trains basically stop running after a light drizzle here. Cabs become impossible to hail. I recommend you extend your stay at least until monday and just ride it out in a hotel bar.
Sep '10
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ride it out in a hotel bar.
I'm not touching that one.
Nov '10
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Gosh, here's a tip from a Floridian (aka Hurricane Expert)- Stay in the closet!
May '10
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Come to my house. Diane Ellis has my cell phone number.
Aug '10
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If they rescheduled Martin Luther King, you should be thinking about the same. Big storm, much water , little organization, and bureaucracy sloshing around like a trunk of legos in a house flood.
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Not to be a party pooper, but I second The Other Diane's advice. I've seen enough of these things, being from Louisiana, that I wouldn't toy with one. NYC has enough problems as it is. If essential services are disrupted, power goes out, etc., it will be miserable and lawless (well, more so than usual). I was there yesterday, and in Jersey today, and even my trucking company is sending me west.
Apr '11
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Please stay home!
May '10
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Instugator: Go Early or stay home.
Reminds me of teaching UPT at Vance AFB. One of our IPs would always take his students on a casino trip. The Motto, "Go Big or Go Home". There you go Mollie, Go Early or stay home.
But if your do go early, what about a meetup in Manhatten between Aug 30th and Sep 2? · Aug 25 at 7:39pm
Was the IP's other advice "Go ugly early?" I seem to remember hearing that one too...
May '11
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My first instinct would be to stay with my spouse and kids.
Whatever you decide, stay safe!
Aug '10
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Having been in NYC for Gloria in 1985, Charlie in 1986 and Floyd in 1999 my overriding memory in each case is of media- generated hysteria prompting the taping of windows, storage of water and food, closure of businesses (Floyd) etc and then ... a damp squib on each occasion (thank God). In fact Charlie did more damage in my native Ireland, peaking 25 years ago yesterday as reported by the Irish weather service to mark the anniversary. For what it is worth based on the limited experience above I would turn off all commercial news/weather channel reports and listen only to those who are giving the raw details of the weather forecast without any interest in ratings.
May '10
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My tip for riding out a hurricane in NYC (or anywhere else, for that matter) is not to go to NYC (or anywhere else in the path of a hurricane). Allow me to provide a blinding glimpse of the obvious: these are powerful storms, even at Category 1. (To quote the crude but wise comedian, Ron White, "It's not THAT the wind is blowin' - it's WHAT the wind is blowin'.") Surely you've seen how the buildings in Manhattan magnify the force of any wind; now imagine that Manhattan is hit by a gigantic storm packing 75 mph sustained winds at a bare minimum. There's a reason the law recognized the concept of Acts of God: some things are so unexpected and so dangerous as to excuse even very important obligations. Please stay put and celebrate later. Trust me - NYC may be heaven in the Fall, but it's going to suck during a hurricane.
Nov '10
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Stay home, fill up the bathtub, and hug your husband, children, and the peanut butter, Mollie.
Jun '11
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I have lived in Florida most of my life and have been through many hurricanes. My own policy is that we evacuate for anything above a category 2. That being said, we are prepared for it. We have a generator to keep the fridge going and propane to cook. I own and know how to use a chain saw. We are ready. You are talking about going to a city that hasn't seen a storm like this in a long, long time. They are NOT ready.
Don't go.
Nov '10
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You guys have no sense of adventure.