ATL: IRENE - Remnants - Discussion

[GreenWinds]

Compared to times of past U.S. hurricane landfalls, this board is unusually quiet. I remember having to hit refresh every 45 seconds or so during storms like Ike, Ivan, and Wilma. I guess it's because most ST2K'ers are from FLA and the other Gulf coast states.

maybe because the NE usually has no reason to be here unless they are weather enthusiasts or they are busy getting to safety?

Why wouldn't they have a reason to be here? I wish there was more discussion going on here...it's been kind of boring lately. Like CronkPSU alluded to, last weekend when Irene looked to possibly be a GOM or FLA threat this board was going ballistic, now it feels like being in a retirement home for bingo night. Maybe I don't have much of a life myself because I keep hitting refresh in hopes of finding some new information

[Aja]

It has been calm all day while I had daylight running my live video feed for Irene passing. Now that it is dark outside I finally have 20 mph winds and no light to show it on live or video feed, lol.

[Chris_in_Tampa]

A bit closer up:

[mpic]

I knew I wrote that wrong. Since they normally don't experience these storms as often as the Gulf does, they don't even know storm2k exists because they don't need info like we do so often.

[Dave]

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URNT15 KNHC 270209
AF308 2909A IRENE HDOB 47 20110827
015900 3217N 07459W 6964 03051 9944 +084 +055 178080 081 055 003 00
015930 3219N 07458W 6966 03050 9952 +079 +055 176081 082 055 003 00
020000 3221N 07457W 6965 03053 9947 +085 +054 175079 080 054 001 00
020030 3224N 07456W 6963 03054 9947 +084 +053 174079 080 054 003 00
020100 3226N 07455W 6965 03050 9945 +087 +052 174080 083 055 002 00
020130 3228N 07454W 6963 03057 9954 +080 +052 174084 086 055 003 00
020200 3230N 07453W 6967 03054 9947 +088 +053 174079 081 053 001 00
020230 3232N 07452W 6968 03050 9943 +090 +053 174082 083 052 001 03
020300 3235N 07451W 6965 03058 9949 +087 +055 173083 084 052 001 03
020330 3237N 07451W 6960 03074 9955 +088 +059 172081 082 /// /// 03
020400 3238N 07453W 6967 03065 9953 +088 +064 171077 078 /// /// 03
020430 3237N 07454W 6970 03046 9938 +091 +068 173076 078 054 000 03
020500 3236N 07455W 6963 03053 9938 +090 +072 174075 075 055 002 00
020530 3235N 07456W 6966 03051 9937 +090 +075 172075 076 054 001 03
020600 3235N 07458W 6963 03050 9930 +092 +075 171076 078 055 003 00
020630 3235N 07500W 6965 03047 9933 +087 +075 171075 076 055 002 00
020700 3235N 07502W 6964 03045 9938 +080 +074 173075 075 057 003 00
020730 3235N 07504W 6965 03040 9934 +081 +070 174081 085 056 005 00
020800 3235N 07506W 6966 03036 9930 +080 +067 173087 087 056 004 00
020830 3235N 07508W 6960 03037 9935 +073 +064 173086 087 055 006 00
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[capepoint]

Well so far we have had a few gusts to the 40's, but mostly winds are in the lower 20's. I'm about a mile or two from the ocean, so they are probably getting worse out there on the beach. I will tell you this, Irene sure has some rain. This is the wettest hurricane I remember in a long time.

[WeatherGuesser]

I think people are just in a wait and see mode right now. Not sure if the estimates will pan out, or if they underprepared.

I get a kick out of some of the people on other boards making plans to go to work or school in NYC Monday as normal. I'm not sure they realize the full gravity of what might happen in the next couple of days.

[gigabite]

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[GreenWinds]

I knew I wrote that wrong. Since they normally don't experience these storms as often as the Gulf does, they don't even know storm2k exists because they don't need info like we do so often.

Don't forget FLA and the Carolinas! I'm talking not only about posters from the South but our mets and international posters like KWT. I miss seeing their analysis as well as Derek Ortt's. And just because my location says NY does not mean I live here full time. I appreciate reading the comments and analysis of weather enthusiasts of this board but I hate it when people stop posting just because a storm may not be threatening their area anymore.

[orion]

Can anybody post what typically happens surge-wise to these structures with landfalling storms. This area is no stranger to landfalling storms and I am curious as to how this ranks so far with other storms and can hopefully put into perspective the effects of Irene compared to what usually occurs

In the ones I have been through: floyd, isabel, ophelia, and other smaller ones... I have not seen it like it is now. Still 9 or 10 hours from landfall and the amount of water is already incredibly high. Some of what I saw this evening reminded me of what it was like during or right after some of the others (as far as water, not wind damage). Roads were already flooding in Morehead City and Atlantic Beach as early as 6pm or so. As far as the Morehead waterfront, I have seen it up to the floors of those buildings, but I think it will surpass that with Irene. Someone else can probably comment about the storms before Floyd. The Channel Marker restaurant on the Atlantic Beach causeway, which was shut for a few months after damage from Ophelia already has waves from the sound breaking on the structure... and we still have all day tomorrow to deal with even more water that Irene will push in as she makes landfall somewhere near here in the morning.

[RL3AO]

Lets keep it on the topic of Irene and not about how much more attention GOM/Florida storms get.

[mpic]

Agree, it is odd that they aren't chiming in.

[wx4tv]

Well so far we have had a few gusts to the 40's, but mostly winds are in the lower 20's. I'm about a mile or two from the ocean, so they are probably getting worse out there on the beach. I will tell you this, Irene sure has some rain. This is the wettest hurricane I remember in a long time.

Bring on the rain, please. We need SOMETHING to put out the fire in the Great Dismal Swamp!

[CronkPSU]

since the board still isn't talking...

what is everyone's best guess on 1st landfall? time?

[Chris_in_Tampa]

[mf_dolphin]

There are actually 500+ people on-line but most are guests. There's a probably combination of 1. just tired of Irene, 2. "It's not going to hit me.." 3. Friday night and 4. Landfall won't be until the morning.

btw, great to see you katdaddy!

[capepoint]

Well so far we have had a few gusts to the 40's, but mostly winds are in the lower 20's. I'm about a mile or two from the ocean, so they are probably getting worse out there on the beach. I will tell you this, Irene sure has some rain. This is the wettest hurricane I remember in a long time.

Bring on the rain, please. We need SOMETHING to put out the fire in the Great Dismal Swamp!

lol well it's on the way....in buckets full of cats and dogs.

[mpic]

I have a friend in Northfield, NJ which is inland about 10 miles from Atlantic City. He evacuated, but thinks that the barrier islands will protect them from the storm surge. Does that make sense?

[Riptide]

Gusts to 65 mph @ Cape Lookout, NC.....130 miles from the center.
http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=clkn7

[SNOW_JOKE]

I'd say a landfall Morehead City 11amUT, 8 hours from now with speed being picked up increasingly from the gulf stream.