Tropical Storm Henri

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

Last edited Sun Aug 22, 2021, 07:33 AM - Edit history (2)

Power companies warn of widespread outages, high tide and full moon and storm surge up to 5ft mean coastal flooding, heavy rain could cause floods well inland, storm will stall and dump rain for 24 hrs.

[samnsara]

1. my friends in RI are gonna get hit. I visited during Sandy and they got nothing.

...i learned Dunkin Donuts is always the last place to close during a storm. Stay safe you guys..

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

2. NHC track says The Hamptons. There's still time for wobble, in some models NYC takes the direct hit

Stay tuned and prepare now

[MiniMe]

5. I thought the latest was Islip

Could have changed again.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

9. Hurricanes are not points on a map, expect changes, they wobble, computer models are not perfect

Every storm is different, they go where they want to, mostly

[malaise]

13. And that is the truth

Nothing exact ever

[Nixie]

3. 36 years since a direct hit to Long Island!

This is big news. Stay safe.

[greenjar_01]

4. Gloria was kind of a dud, have to say

I remember. It was also in late September, if I'm not mistaken.

[marybourg]

7. It was a tree bomb on the north shore of LI

[JHB]

18. Not for me. Pat Robertson pointed it straight at me.

Ok, not really, but when a turn hurricanes commonly take effectively answered his prayers that it not hit Virginia Beach, it went to LI, and I was in the eye.

Some flooding along the south shore, a lot of shallow-rooted trees knocked over, and IIRC, two dead.

[elleng]

10. TRYING to remember hurricane that kept us out of school,

60s or 70s, Nassau County.

[stillcool]

15. I think 60's...

we got picked up from school, rather than take the bus, because the power lines were down.

[Dave says]

17. I also think sixties.

I was a kid. I remember my friend and I leaning in to the wind. It held us up. … stupid? Yes. But I must have been 8 or 9 years old.

[JHB]

19. The earliest I remember was Agnes in '72...

...but I was in the single-digits, age-wise, then, so I'd have had trouble remembering earlier ones.

[malaise]

14. So big that it's the #1 news story n/t

[LetMyPeopleVote]

6. Stay save

[IBEWVET]

8. My 78 year old

brother lives in the center of Long Island and I am worried about him. I live in Fl and have been through many, but its been so long since they had one I am worried that people will not take this seriously

[elleng]

11. AH YES, FULL MOON!!!

[stillcool]

12. 1985...I remember that one...

lost a bunch of houses, and the road in Westhampton Beach. That place can't possibly still be there.

[phylny]

23. I was 7 months pregnant with our first daughter and had the worst

Braxton-Hicks contractions because of the barometric pressure. I was stuck in a hotel in Philadelphia, even though we lived in New Jersey at the time. My mom was in surgery during the hurricane at Memorial Sloan Kettering. I won't ever forget that day.

[liberaltrucker]

16. Couple of DUers live on LI

Hope they stay safe.

[NutmegYankee]

20. Well on the bright side, this ass beating might get the MSM to change their news focus.

Not that we in Connecticut will be able to watch and find out with no power...

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

24. Its the #1 story now, disaster drama gets the viewers, good news, no strengthening overnight

[kskiska]

21. I lived in coastal Connecticut

and our saving grace was usually, but not always, that Long Island got the brunt of a hurricane's force and was somewhat weakened by the time it got to us.

[Shanti Shanti Shanti]

22. There's so many bays, sounds and rivers in that area a few miles shift in path of winds makes a diff

You always hate it when they predict a storm slowing down and making a hard turn, just adds to the uncertainty, stay safe.