Hurricane Irene

[ShanaHoo]

Anyone else preparing to get pummeled?

Here in the DC metro-area we are supposed to get hit from 3pm tomorrow until 3pm on Sunday. The Boyfriend and I went out and bought some peanut butter and bread since they are predicting we will be without power for 2-3 days. Looks like I'll get plenty of reading/knitting done this weekend.

[Jan in CA]

My daughter is in DC. Hope you all don't get too much!

[fatoldladyinpjs]

Get bottled water and lots of batteries, too. I weathered Hurricane Isabel in 2003 on the East Coast. Some parts of Baltimore didn't have power restored for three weeks. Take care and be safe.

[Jan in CA]

Hope everything is okay so far!

[*KnitPixie*]

I am getting more and more scared as the time goes on. It is 1:16 am here and the wind is howling and the rain is falling hard and fast. I live in Philadelphia PA and we are expected to get hit the hardest between 4am and 8 am..Eeep!! Irene please be kind

[Jan in CA]

Of course we'll be kind. Keeping fingers crossed for you!

[Jeremy]

We're getting a pretty good pounding in CT, especially along the shore. I hear upstate NY has bad flooding. The wind is still howling here but the bad rain is just about gone where I am in Eastern CT. I have some big oaks around my house and we've been very lucky so far. I've not lost electricity so far but there are those here in town who have.

[fatoldladyinpjs]

Our heartfelt best wishes go out to you. If it's any consolation, the hurricane has now been downgraded to a tropical storm. I checked on what that means. Winds from 39-73 mph, compared to the 115 or so when it hit North Carolina. Stay safe!

[Jeremy]

We only lost power in my house for about eight hours but about a quarter of the town still has no power. Many other towns are worse. Still, we are very lucky with no loss of life around here and comparatively little property damage.