[1] William Todd featured here in You Gonna Get Raped was actually displaced by Hurricane Katrina.
http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/you-gonna-get-raped

[Edited on August 26, 2011 at 4:45 PM. Reason : asdfadsf]

8/26/2011 4:37:59 PM

^^^That's one of the most heavy handed morphing and translation schemes I've ever seen. I don't know what that product would really be useful for but it's an interesting programming exercise.

^ [[Citation Needed]]

[Edited on August 26, 2011 at 4:39 PM. Reason : need more ^s]

8/26/2011 4:38:05 PM

apparently power outages already in Wilmington. and close to 2 inches of rain.

8/26/2011 4:41:25 PM

rain and thunder at the rbc center

8/26/2011 4:41:29 PM

Now, if we could get another large earthquake at about the time the hurricane is making landfall, I might begin to think there might be something to the 2012 crap

8/26/2011 4:51:28 PM

It's pretty dark here in Greenville. We've had rain off and on since 1 pm or so. Sometimes torrential rain. The wind is definitely picking up.

8/26/2011 4:54:38 PM

Anyone boarded up near the landfall zone who wants company? I'm debating driving down although no idea if they have roadblocks up keeping people out

8/26/2011 4:57:00 PM

the bridge closes at 8 so youd have to get there pretty soon.

and keep me updated about Gville Bottombaby please, I have a friend who lives there I want to make sure is ok.

8/26/2011 5:01:37 PM

Also in greenville here. It doesn't look that bad though, just some light rain.

8/26/2011 5:02:45 PM

Will do.

Greenville weathers hurricanes fairly well, so your friend should be just fine. At worst, we'll have flooding and wind damage.

Technically, I'm about 10 miles east of Greenville. When I was in town, Greenville looked good, but out here we keep getting bursts of pouring rain.

[Edited on August 26, 2011 at 5:08 PM. Reason : .]

8/26/2011 5:06:44 PM

People in Raleigh driving like the wall of the hurricane is hitting us right now

8/26/2011 5:06:56 PM

I was thinking of taking highway 70 as far down as they will let me newest forecast puts landfall at beaufort basically

8/26/2011 5:07:47 PM

Quote :

"Greenville weathers hurricanes fairly well"

umm... Floyd?

8/26/2011 5:10:38 PM

WRAL is the worst.

Quote :

"She predicts that the Triangle could feel wind gusts of up to 50 mph and see 1 to 2 inches of rain by Sunday. The worst of the storm will be felt around mid-day Saturday, WRAL meteorologist Nate Johnson said. "

Fuck you. We already probably have close to an inch in spots considering the downpour for the last 35 minutes.

8/26/2011 5:14:11 PM

I've lived in Greenville most of my life and been through lots of hurricanes. Floyd and the flooding afterwards was not typical for Greenville.

8/26/2011 5:14:50 PM

dry air being sucked into irene...she is gonna weaken or stay the same given the warm waters she is over...

8/26/2011 5:15:30 PM

Been struggling with the dry air and shear for a while, lots of people thinking she'll be cat 1 by landfall

8/26/2011 5:16:32 PM

or even TS by landfall... lots of dry air out there

8/26/2011 5:17:10 PM

Speaking of Floyd, they've lowered retention pond levels in New Bern to compensate for potential flooding. I see that someone learned a lesson.

8/26/2011 5:18:20 PM

Still holding in Kure Beach. Wind gusts up to 45mph right now and some steady rain. Just went out for a drive and there's still a decent amount of folks hanging around. A couple bars are open. Think I'm gonna head to some later and wait the storm out there.

8/26/2011 5:29:26 PM

^ Keep us posted. I have a few friends in that area. Pretty good surf in Wrightsville yesterday.

8/26/2011 5:37:31 PM

Sigh gonna abandon my plans of heading down. I can't find anyone else that wants to go plus she is weakening which actually makes me less interested. Will probably hate myself for not going but spending the next 24 hours driving around in my car by myself in a hurricane just doesnt seem as fun as it should be haha

8/26/2011 5:46:46 PM

Sand dunes are washing out behind my house
WECTV News is saying the storm eye is weakening and has been downgraded to a category 2





[Edited on August 26, 2011 at 6:08 PM. Reason : .]

8/26/2011 5:48:15 PM

but you still have all the water this storm will drop to worry with...its pushing water in hardcore already, its such a HUGE storm it will drop rain for 12 hours.

8/26/2011 5:49:02 PM

*lol*

Some lady was just interviewed on the news and she said that she was scared and evacuating Pitt County.



My mom says that 9 hotels in Greenville are full. There was a shit ton of traffic on HW 43 coming from the beach.

8/26/2011 5:50:10 PM

Traffic on 64 west from rocky mount to Raleigh was pretty thick today on the way home from work

8/26/2011 6:15:03 PM

hey tatersalad, where do you work?

8/26/2011 6:25:50 PM

Its not too bad in wilmington yet, pretty gusty power still on akready put down a ton of rain though.

8/26/2011 7:26:57 PM

i talked to my mother-in-law in wilmington and she says it really isn't bad at all there. she has ran errands and done normal things all day.

8/26/2011 7:28:41 PM

I-95 was pretty think too from rocky mount heading south to selma. The I-95/70 intersection was full of people.

8/26/2011 8:48:23 PM

This is rad http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/tracker

8/26/2011 10:57:15 PM

i'll join you, Doss2k

8/26/2011 11:04:13 PM

lots of wind and rain here in gville. had to bring the cats and dog in off the screened in porch because of the rain blowing in.

8/26/2011 11:05:47 PM

I'm sad I'm not down there and now I'm too drunk to decide to drive down now

8/26/2011 11:12:06 PM

^^ What were they doing out there in the first place

8/26/2011 11:14:57 PM

We were living with my grandmother who wouldn't let them in the house. Now that she's gone and the house is ours, we still haven't moved them inside.

8/26/2011 11:18:45 PM

Can't decide if I have to go to work tomorrow or not.

8/26/2011 11:31:27 PM

tornado reported in Belhaven, NC

power outage map:
https://www.progress-energy.com/app/outagemaps/carolinas.aspx

[Edited on August 27, 2011 at 12:05 AM. Reason : ]

8/26/2011 11:37:21 PM

this thing sucks so far...looks like its curving more east.

8/27/2011 12:29:46 AM

I see you Irene... I see you. Rain here?

8/27/2011 12:30:12 AM

The consensus seems to be that it's going to make a jog back to the west before continuing on the NNE track

8/27/2011 1:17:15 AM

guy streaming from morehead city:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/live-severe-weather-webcam

8/27/2011 2:31:46 AM

Ummmmm....yeah...its intense

8/27/2011 5:11:36 AM

I wish twc would talk more about what a storm is LIKELY do and less about what it could do.

8/27/2011 7:17:37 AM

that's no good for ratings

they are riding this New York angle for the same reason

fuckers

8/27/2011 7:34:05 AM

pretty substantial storm surge/flooding in Morehead

8/27/2011 7:53:35 AM

Lost power in Greenville. I was literally rushing to brew coffee while the power started flickering. I'm OK everyone. I was able to get one cup before losing power.

8/27/2011 8:00:19 AM

Lost a big limb from my maple tree in Cary



RIP

8/27/2011 8:07:41 AM

Had a tree fall on my house at freaking 7pm last night. Think it was weakened by the tornado

8/27/2011 11:01:09 AM

that sucks

i'm nervous about a couple of trees that made it through the tornado (though we lost something like 8) but that look like they're just waiting to hit the house

8/27/2011 12:17:44 PM