I'm wondering if I should start getting concerned.
Tired of EPIC NATURAL DISASTERS!!! Record heat, record earthquake, now possibly "the worst hurricane impacts in 50 years along the northern part of the Atlantic seaboard as Irene plows northward."
You know, it's funny. We went to war never looking to come back, but it's the real world I couldn't survive.
Tracy ,'The Message'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
sarameg - Aug 25, 2011 3:42:56 pm PDT #22247 of 30001
hippocampus - Aug 25, 2011 3:48:48 pm PDT #22248 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
am supposed to meet up with my old neighbors in Fells Pt Saturday night. I'm not sure if the latter is going to happen. Pretty sure the former will but it'll be an awful drive, potentially.
Sarameg, the Mayor's already talking about making that area a no parking zone. Last worst-case-scenario (Isabel), we were moving the cars we could get to at 3am, so this seems like a wise idea. Here's hoping the storm turns.
ETA Half of me wants to drive down there with sandbags right now, even though I know this is a ridiculous thing to do.
sarameg - Aug 25, 2011 3:55:47 pm PDT #22249 of 30001
Yeah, we might need to meet up at Hamilton tavern if at all. Somewhere higher. (I haven't had a chance to read the news yet.) As long as it is headed up the Chesapeake, downtown will flood.
Amy - Aug 25, 2011 3:58:58 pm PDT #22250 of 30001
Because books.
I'm bummed because my SiL and the kids aren't going to come up for my grandmother's service -- they're in Chesapeake, and the weather is already bad, plus they'd have to come over the bridge/tunnel, which I believe might be closing. The kids are all disappointed.
But my brother is still going to come down from Rhode Island, which is good.
Burrell - Aug 25, 2011 4:02:00 pm PDT #22251 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Tired of EPIC NATURAL DISASTERS!!! Record heat, record earthquake, now possibly "the worst hurricane impacts in 50 years along the northern part of the Atlantic seaboard as Irene plows northward."
eep! Take care everybody! Now you have me worrying too.
sarameg - Aug 25, 2011 4:06:38 pm PDT #22252 of 30001
I guess I should take in the deck furniture and plants tomorrow night. Put them in the basement. Probably should fold down the porch set and lay it flat. I don't want them crashing around. They're heavy, but. We'll see about the hanging plants.
Sue - Aug 25, 2011 4:15:25 pm PDT #22253 of 30001
hip deep in pie
Hurricanes are so hard to second guess. A little wobble in the path and it could miss you. You just have to prepare and hope for the best.
sarameg - Aug 25, 2011 4:22:16 pm PDT #22254 of 30001
This one is so huge, we'll get something.
Scrappy - Aug 25, 2011 4:24:00 pm PDT #22255 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
My bro is flying in to DC tomorrow and is supposed to drive my niece to B.U. to move her into college. First day of her freshman year and she is beyond excited--hope she doesn't have to be late because of the storm.
Jesse - Aug 25, 2011 4:33:32 pm PDT #22256 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Last I heard, we're expecting it Sunday night, so they may be able to more or less beat it. At least on the way up.