Hurricane Irene

Hi Carol, Yes, it looks pretty harsh. I live in NH and they are saying that we are going to get slammed hard. I have no where to go so I'm counting on the fact that it will probably lose a lot of strength by the time it hits here. We may get some flooding and I'm concerned more about my daughter who lives right on the river. Have been trying to convince her to bring her baby and boyfriend and stay with me until it passes. I'm on a hill and the last time we got flooded, I got flooded in but was safe and dry...just couldn't go anywhere. I love storms but hurricanes scare me to be honest and floods, well, after the one we had a few years ago, I've gained a new respect for them. People got hurt and a few got killed and many lost their homes.

I live in Central Texas and we are dealing with unbearable heat and drought. Today it was 106 degrees. Tomorrow, it will be 108 and Sunday, it will be 107. But I am originally a Bostonian. We had occasional hurricanes but usually they were milder by the time they reached New England. They had lost some or much of their steam. Still, they could be scary. I have friends living in Manhattan. And they have been told that they need to evacuate by 5 pm tomorrow. I do not know where they are supposed to go but they had to buy a carrier for their cat today. Mother Nature is so powerful. It makes you believe. I would not want to be in the path Of Hurricane Irene but I don't want to be in Central Texas either.

I would be too scared to ride it out also. I think i would go some place else until it passes through and I can safely return.

It is headline news here in UK and I would absolutley not like to be in that part of the world right now It certainly does sound as though there is going to be a great deal of damage in the next few days and my thoughts go out to those who live in the area in whichthe hurricane is directed. Hopefully it will lessen in intensity as the hours pass.

it's too far from where i am. and it's sad to hear that it is coming. i just hope and pray that there will be no casualties brought by this storm.

Thanks goodness no. If I did..all you would see of me was streak getting out of there..lol. Noway I would be staying it out. It looks like it is going to be really bad. I saw there are people that are refusing to evacuate on the news. They are braver than I am. Take care.

Luckily for a lot of people it was not near as bad as it could have been. I do know a lot of people who do not have power, and that is not Fun. Anytime a tropical storm hits that effects all people here in the US or the world that is not good. I know I have seen gas prices raise at least 10 cents here on the West Coast, and cannot imagine what the East coast people are paying right now.

I have a family who lives on the east coast and my husband has a friend that he has known since kindergarten that lives in North Carolina. It is scary. I live in Idaho am lucky that the hurricane will not hit near here. I know that in the winter my husband and I will be preparing for snowstorms (we had one last year righ before Thanksgiving). At the end of September we will be going to Sams club to stock up on canned goods and water.