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Here is Irene.
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When is this going to happen? I'm kinda in the extreme zone and I have no idea what to do.
It depends on where you live. The southern extreme danger zone will be affected in the next 24 to 36 hours. The northern parts of the danger zone may have as much as 72 hours. The best thing to do is to listen to whatever your local authorities say. If they say leave, leave. Board up everything open around your house, and take supplies with you enough to live on for a couple weeks. If you don't want to leave (which I highly DON'T suggest) then make sure every window is boarded up and that you have plentiful supplies stockpiled.
get low by the ground. and hide in the middle of the house where there are multiple walls protecting you from all sides so it's less likely to get hit by flying around stuff.
That sounds more like tornado advice. For a hurricane you don't want to be in a low-lying area nor near the sea. You want to have supplies stockpiled and protections against wind and rain in place WELL before the storm hits.
What if things get all floody? Do I head to higher ground?
You should head to higher ground before flooding begins. Do NOT get caught in a low-lying area.
Crap. I'm in the extreme danger zone. I an really hoping that it hit Florida. I don't mean to be evil or anything.
This would be bad no matter who it hits. If you want to wish for something, wish that trough steering Irene has a stronger pull than anticipated, and that the storm is taken out to sea.
I'm on the line of extreme and high and my house is top of hill. I love storms I can't wait.
Please, don't take this lightly. This storm will be one of the worst, if not the worst, to hit the East Coast in a very long time. Even a fast moving storm can dump massive amounts of rain and knock out power for long periods of time. Already, Irene is being called "historic". Do NOT take this lightly in any way.
I'm in the safe zone, lol...because I live on the west coast (California) so I don't have to worry about dreadful hurricanes.
Haha, you generally don't get tropical weather then? However, don't occasional tropical storms come up that way? Rarely?
I don't think that any deaths have been reported yet.
According to this article, there have been three deaths due to Irene. Two in the Dominican Republic, and one in Puerto Rico. It makes me very nervous for everyone not taking this seriously along the East Coast...
Well just think about it, Florida is more used to hurricane and has a smaller population then ny so if it does hit Florida, it won't do as much damage. But I really didn't mean to be evil.
If Irene went toward Florida, it would be much stronger at landfall than it will be when it hits the East Coast. Not starting a word war here, but no matter what it does, it will be bad.