Hurricane

[Colin Heath]

Since i sitting here in the hurricane, and my power hasnt gone out yet. I hope anyone else in the storms path is taking it safe and whatnot.

Hold Tight.

[Jan McL]

Cookin' and drinkin' whilst I can in northern New Jersey. Best of luck to you and everyone else in the path, Colin.

-- Jan

[Jeff Babb]

Irene blew through here last night. Very minor damage. A few limbs down. Sporadic power outages. More problems with cabin fever than anything else.

[Colin Heath]

Yeah we just lost power. I'm out in the delmarva, helping my folks. Tons of wind and ran.

[Tom Visser]

As the storm passes, north winds off of Long Island... surf!!! almost wish I was there... if it weren't for the big swell coming next week here without the weather and junky beaches. Yeah, sometimes I don't miss the A-train to Rock.

[johnpaul215]

@Brent wow

[Colin Heath]

To think that guy will be known for mooning America on live tv during a hurricane.

[Rich Van Dyke]

I lived through several hurricanes while I lived in Wilmington, North Carolina. My daughter and I were talking about Irene yesterday, she misses hurricanes, and one almost took out the house she and her Mother lived in, by knocking down a couple of huge old trees.

In 1990 Hugo, while filming "Rambling Rose," the production halted and let us go prepare our homes for the oncoming hurricane.

In 1996 Bertha, when the eye of the hurricane rolled over us, we went outside to see that the ground was covered with hundreds of little frogs, and as the eye passed and then the storm we returned and there wasn't a one. Crazy.

I must say, after having the experiences that I had I really can't believe the people that go out to "face" the storm. Before the storm hits, it was some of the biggest surf I ever saw on the East Coast, but when the wind comes up to full strength, it's so blown out it's not worth the trouble, or risk.

I hope all stay safe and that this just passes by without any major incidents.

Cheers,

Rich Van Dyke

[studiomprd]

While filming Jurassic Park on Kauai, production halted for Pacific Hurricane Iniki (IIRC) and the camera crew got shots of the harbor during the storm, and they were used in the film.

[Colin Heath]

Haha that's some real production value to film a real hurricane.

[Marc Wielage]

I went through eight major hurricanes when I was a kid, growing up in Central Florida. It was fun and exciting at that age -- we had no idea of the real danger. I can recall actually going outside when the eye of one hurricane (I think it was Camille in 1969) was over the city: it was really eerie, since the storm almost completely stopped for about five minutes, with almost no rain, kind of like the special effects crew took a break. Then, with almost no warning, it was back to 60MPH winds and torrential rain. Quite a mess.

--Marc W.

[Jan McL]

Found a live audio stream of local police/fire. Comforting as the river waters rise.

http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=7003

The houses at the 'top' of the image back up on the Passaic River. The water in the street is actually river water.

Have invited all the neighbors to come by if they need to.