Hurricane Irene

Not everyone who'll decide to ride it out is an idiot. Some simply have no where to really evacuate to. There are shelters, but they' have their own set of issues. Did you hear about what happened at a lot of shelters in New Orleans?

I live in Stamford, CT. 2 blocks away from the ocean. Luckily our families are all in Albany, NY. We just got there, as we have a 9 month old daughter and aren't taking any chances. If we didn't have family far enough away from the worst parts, I'm not sure what we'd do to be honest.

Not everyone has this option. I'm pretty optimistic that it'll be more annoying than utterly destructive. Living without electricity for a few days can be dealt with. Hopefully people won't lose their homes, or worse, their lives.

Very well said Kbarkamian.

Best,

Dave

Our country has been through a lot in the last few years, I kept hoping for a break, that Irene would blow out into the ocean and do no harm.

I watched the news and weather a lot today. I can only say my heart is with the folks and property in harms way and hope it's not as bad as it looks on TV.

The track is truly the worst case scenario forecasters have warned about. Fortunately, Irene was not able to strengthen as it moved up the coast toward N.C. If this was even a cat 3, on the path it is slowly moving on, things would me much, much worse and we might be left talking about the east coast's Katrina.

But for shear, destructive power. I'd take sitting through Irene than the Joplin tornado anytime.

Thanks all for the well wishes! Hang in there buds, you know we're going to make it.

Sunrise on the beach http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBODVcsaPP0

A look at the bay (Intracoastal Waterway), separated from the ocean by the two hundred or so yards of the island http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo0zYjxZ7-E And, a sunset on the wetlands side of the bay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZqk4aVmQMw&feature=related

Get a taste of how wonderful the experience of the beach is for a child http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACVJiIn4QdM&NR=1&feature=fvwp and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZFS-jehn2A

Amen, Kbarkamian! Idiots?!? Yeah, we probably are, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLJSYklnQ40

But, I will make you this promise. You know when you can routinely get 20K people, 5K of which were willing to dive into the frigid Atlantic Ocean, on an otherwise desolate barrier island on a Saturday in the middle of February, when we're as pasty white as we ever get, we are going to pick up whatever pieces needed to put things back together