Hurricane Irene

[dlcw]

I really hope that everyone who is on the eastern seaboard, affected by the hurricane, is OK.

My prayers are with you all.

[ironsides]

Any news how the SB HQ faired out?

[myxpykalix]

Last time i saw Ted he was floating out towards the bay....:D

[danhamm]

Why didn't you throw him a line..:D

[michael_schwartz]

I was told to evacuate from my shop early in the afternoon yesterday. In order to get home I had to navigate around a number of road closures.

I am about to head out to see if the roads are passable enough to get to my shop and check on things. I am high enough above the river that there is still hope my shop is un touched, but a lot of things in our town, and the rest of the state for that matter are a mess.

I hope everyone else is all right.

[ArtFun]

I have family in North Carolina and a nephew in Durham. He said Durham didn't receive too much from Irene - winds and some rain where he is located, so Shopbot HQ is probably OK.

[matt_zettl]

I'm in Morehead City, landfall location for Irene. We fared quite well, much better than past storms actually. The back side was actually worse, with much more rain and longer duration of wind it seemed. Our power at home was out for 36 hours, quite good I think, and a testament to the efforts of the power crews who seem tireless in their efforts.

Matt

[michael_schwartz]

I had about 2" of water in my shop so I am working on getting things dried out so I can start cleaning up all the mud. A foot or two higher would have been a different story so I suppose I got lucky. Our dumpster is nowhere to be found. All I can say is thank god this didn't happen this spring when when the snow pack was 4 feet deep from all the snow last winter.

Most of the roads here are washed out in low areas along the rivers, and streams. At least there is still enough of a lane in most spots but its going to take a while to get all the roads repaired.

[bleeth]

I feel for you Mike. Although it's been a few years now the affects of Jean and Wilma are still visible around here. They both resulted in extended power loss at my shop and home and roof damage from the second at my shop that combined put my custom shop in an unrecoverable position. Since then our insurance rates have gone through the roof down here. More added expense in tough times.

[Brady Watson]

All good here in Southern NJ. Northern NJ and Philly got it worse than we did with all the rivers overflowing and flooding. The soil here wicks up the rain pretty quick since it has a lot of sand in it. I only have one section that is holding a few inches of water on the back field. Rain started about 9:30 AM and didn't let up until about 12 noon Sunday.

It really wasn't that bad. We get worse winds in the Winter coming from the North than we got over the weekend...but all the tornado warnings etc had us on high alert Sat night into Sunday morning...just in case we had to make a bonzai run into the basement. A few gusts made me nervous about the barn roof coming off...but the house, barn and shop faired well. No damage. Got a few 'puddles' as a result of it raining sideways for 24hrs, but no real flooding to speak of.

Not too far North & South of us a few twisters touched down and sucked some roofs off of houses. Not sure how we missed all the heavy stuff they got North & South of us...but I am not complaining. We didn't lose power or communications.

-B

[kevin]

90 degres here because of the huricane winds are strong at 30 miles .Bring all warm weather from the south

You don.t relize how much power this things have

[pappybaynes]

Michael,
I'm in Southern NH...I could come up Saturday and give you a hand if you need it??? Let me know... rgbayneswoodworking at comcast dot net
Dick

[Jersey Bill]

My shop in Egg Harbor Township survived the storm. The ShopBot was useful as a table to hold all the items that didn't want to be under water. The shop is in a flood plain. I spent two days preparing for the storm by lifting, covering and dismantling anything that might be affected by water. About 10 years ago, Floyd destroyed my entire shop in PA. It was under 6 feet of water. Fortunately, all is well. All I have to do is put everything back together and get back to business.:) Best of luck to everyone.

[curtiss]

A ShopBot will float ??? That is certainly nice to know.

Try that with the big iron.

[2Egress Sound & Design]

[QUOTE=curtiss;116126]A ShopBot will float ??? That is certainly nice to know.

Maybe we should all call Ted Noah from now on eh?

Seriously though, glad to hear most have faired okie.

Toronto gets the leftovers of everything! Bit of earthquake and a bit of over cast for Sunday morn and then it was gone.

[CNYDWW]

We got nothing but an inch of rain and some gusty winds. I'm so far inland that it wasn't a big deal. I still kept track of the rain though, there's a drainage issue at my shop if a grate off the pond isn't kept clean. Other then that no worries.

Regards
Randy

[michael_schwartz]

I was able to get the shop dried out to some extent and so far the cleanup has been manageable.

I got lucky. The water crested at about 6" in the adjacent storefront. I believe most of the water that came into my end came through from there. As a result I didn't get as much mud, and I only got about 1.5"-2.5" of water.

I am hoping to be back to work soon.