Comments on: Shaken East Coast of US braces for Hurricane Irene http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 22 May 2013 23:17:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: awjt http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1197594 awjt Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1197594 Now it's aimed straight at New England.  Ugh!!! Now it’s aimed straight at New England.  Ugh!!!

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1197583 Lobster Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:40:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1197583 Indeed, and sailors who decided to forgo Cape Fear in favor of a safer, warmer port found themselves in sunny Cape Rape, an area well known for its production of the rape crop. Indeed, and sailors who decided to forgo Cape Fear in favor of a safer, warmer port found themselves in sunny Cape Rape, an area well known for its production of the rape crop.

]]> By: Lobster http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1197581 Lobster Wed, 24 Aug 2011 13:39:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1197581 At least the earthquake created a couple of natural drains. At least the earthquake created a couple of natural drains.

]]> By: frogmarch http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1197488 frogmarch Wed, 24 Aug 2011 09:54:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1197488 While Cape Fear is a tuff-ass name, it isn't a city but a ...cape. The name is one of the oldest English place names in the US, coming from the Roanoke Colony voyages (1585) where they had a treacherous time rounding the cape in heavy weather. This has been your North Carolina History Minute; now back to The Andy Griffith Show. While Cape Fear is a tuff-ass name, it isn’t a city but a …cape. The name is one of the oldest English place names in the US, coming from the Roanoke Colony voyages (1585) where they had a treacherous time rounding the cape in heavy weather.

This has been your North Carolina History Minute; now back to The Andy Griffith Show.

]]> By: Little John http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1197315 Little John Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:11:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1197315 Life on the U.S. east coast is apparently like a Bond martini: Shaken, not (yet) stirred. Life on the U.S. east coast is apparently like a Bond martini: Shaken, not (yet) stirred.

]]> By: Henry Goodwin http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1197175 Henry Goodwin Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:47:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1197175 Oh, good, a disaster we're familiar with! Oh, good, a disaster we’re familiar with!

]]> By: Franklin http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196981 Franklin Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:51:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196981 it's coming right for us it’s coming right for us

]]> By: CaptainK http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196963 CaptainK Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:45:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196963 Authorities with FEMA have stated that the agency is preparing for the worse case scenario and expect to be on the scene sometime in early 2015. Authorities with FEMA have stated that the agency is preparing for the worse case scenario and expect to be on the scene sometime in early 2015.

]]> By: Morrigan http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196962 Morrigan Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:42:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196962 Har har har.  Stupid earthquake scared the sh*t out of me for 20 or so seconds.  Hurricane?  Bring it. Har har har.  Stupid earthquake scared the sh*t out of me for 20 or so seconds.  Hurricane?  Bring it.

]]> By: xzzy http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196955 xzzy Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:30:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196955 I demand a google maps image with NYC run through photoshop's twirl filter. Animated. I demand a google maps image with NYC run through photoshop’s twirl filter. Animated.

]]> By: LILemming http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196945 LILemming Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:21:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196945 The week after?  Cats and dogs living together. The week after?  Cats and dogs living together.

]]> By: tp1024 http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196943 tp1024 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:18:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196943 Obligatory XKCD comic: http://xkcd.com/611/ And no, I can't help it either nor do I feel particularly good about it. Obligatory XKCD comic:
http://xkcd.com/611/

And no, I can’t help it either nor do I feel particularly good about it.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196940 EH Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:17:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196940 I hope Boehner winds up liking his FEMA trailer. I hope Boehner winds up liking his FEMA trailer.

]]> By: James B http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196935 James B Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:13:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196935 The bias in this climate prediction is disgusting.  This storm track is just alarmist grandstanding to get more funding for the liberal academic researchers.  The models are completely flawed, and this could just as easily change directions and hit Arkansas. The bias in this climate prediction is disgusting.  This storm track is just alarmist grandstanding to get more funding for the liberal academic researchers.  The models are completely flawed, and this could just as easily change directions and hit Arkansas.

]]> By: Franklin http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196933 Franklin Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:10:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196933 good way to get blown INTO the ocean... good way to get blown INTO the ocean…

]]> By: Stefan Jones http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196924 Stefan Jones Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:00:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196924 We need more cities with names like "Cape Fear." If that curve continues Irene will bean Long Island. Growing up, that was an excuse to drive to the beach and lean into the wind blowing in from the ocean. We need more cities with names like “Cape Fear.”

If that curve continues Irene will bean Long Island. Growing up, that was an excuse to drive to the beach and lean into the wind blowing in from the ocean.

]]> By: Utenzil http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196918 Utenzil Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:57:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196918 It could be worse, the earthquake and the hurricane on the same day, hah? Wouldn't *that* of sucked: "Earthquake, run outside! No No, Hurricane!! Aieeee!" It could be worse, the earthquake and the hurricane on the same day, hah? Wouldn’t *that* of sucked: “Earthquake, run outside! No No, Hurricane!! Aieeee!”

]]> By: kP http://boingboing.net/2011/08/23/shaken-east-coast-of-us-braces-for-hurricane-irene.html#comment-1196909 kP Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:48:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=115043#comment-1196909 If we relocate the FLEET WEATHER CENTER from Norfolk to Mobile, can we redirect the storm? If we relocate the FLEET WEATHER CENTER from Norfolk to Mobile, can we redirect the storm?

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