September 3, 2008
Severe Weather From Hanna on Saturday! Maybe!
AlertDC is warning D.C. metro area residents that Tropical Storm Hanna, which could become a full-fledged hurricane before it hits the U.S. shore, may dump some severe weather on the Mid-Atlantic region as early as late Friday night/Saturday morning. Right now the National Weather Service is more simply predicting a 70 percent chance of rain and thunderstorms starting Friday night and through Saturday.
Over at the Capital Weather Gang, the local weather bloggers only have a "low-medium" confidence level on the Hanna forecast at this point, writing that the "metro area could be in the bull's-eye of rainfall, or it could just as easily be toward the eastern or western fringe of the storm."
Despite the uncertainty, the D.C. government is urging residents to take this opportunity to review their family's emergency plan and prepare an emergency kit.
In the meantime, flood-plagued Haiti continues to suffer more deaths and destruction thanks to Hanna.
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Great headline. I'm going to start punctuating my sentences with "Maybe!" Like, "Out of my way! I have diarrhea! Maybe!"
Certainly more kid-friendly than ending every sentence with, "You f***ing f***er!"
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isabel, part ii, the revenge?
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I love being junkpunched! Maybe!
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I think the emergency kit should also include a machete, bat, rifle and chainsaw just in case zombies start appearing before, during or after this possible weakened hurricane. One can never be too careful when it comes to a zombie attack.
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woo hoo! now we can all freak out about rain as well as snow
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I reviewed my emergency plan and as far as I can tell the District's continued insistence that I should PAY for alcohol is making it difficult to complete my preparations. Mayor Fenty my sobriety is on YOUR hands. Maybe!
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why didn't you call this the hurricaneocalypse?
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I'll be running naked down the street with my balls in a fruitpicker's pail. Maybe!
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@monkeyrotica: you make me so glad i live in Virginia.
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I'm engaged to get married in April! Maybe!
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This can't bode well for the Atlantic States Gay Rodeo Association's Atlantic Stampede this weekend ... wet cowboys! Oh, wait! Maybe!
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I'm going to panic
yeah
panic
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Having supplies of potable water on hand might be prudent. I tend to doubt DC will get hit hard (30+ years of experience with only two tropical storms ever pinning me down), but post-Isabelle we appreciated not having to boil water to drink.
The family garage houses so many canned goods that I think we could feed the entire neighborhood in event of apocalypse, but that's another matter entirely.
How do you think this rates compared to the annual snow panic hoarding? Arggggh! A blizzard approacheth! Maybe!
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So does this mean I should start looting Safeway tonight?
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Everyone should get to the Safeway tonight to pick up bread, soda and chips. Having grown up in the cold, snowy north, the news crews would always interview people at the grocery stores buying up those items because the 5 inches of snow could trap them in their house for hours and they may get hungry for bread.
Maybe!
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"So does this mean I should start looting Safeway tonight?"
Maybe!
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F**k out of my way, people! I NEED GALLONS OF MILK AND LOTS OF TOILET PAPER! I still have diarrhea! Probably from all the milk I've been drinking? Maybe!
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chicken bones, condoms and annapolis hurricane party! maybe!
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KrazyKat, that's why I asked. See that's standard operating procedure around here for the local news when there's a threat of just 1 inch of snow. Sometimes less. But it's been a while since we've had to deal with hurricane leftovers. I just need to make sure I'm following correct guidelines.
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erincarly: you ain't escaping the monkey by living in virginia. maybe!
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Actually MikeB, you should wait until Friday night, when the storm is just about the hit to do your shopping. That way you can shove and push people out of the way to get to that last loaf of bread that looks like it has been sat on and get some Tab soda since every other flavor is gone. If you do it now, you will look silly loading up your cart with bread, soda and chips.
Maybe!
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Haiti getting worked again.. truly the Washington Generals of the Greater Antilles.
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Nothing can stop me from buying Hurricane Chow!
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I am totally going to the store and buying as much bread, milk, toilette paper, flower and eggs as I can get my hands on.
One question: what do I do with all that flower?
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Ding Dong!
Excuse me, Ms. Erincarly? Would you be interested in buying some fruit? I PICKED IT MYSELF! We're collecting donations for the Wilson High Boys and Girls Club. Maybe!
Bow chika chika bow.
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Oh, great. I actually have to buy bread, milk, and toilet paper tonight. I'm going to look like such a tool...
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Hurricanes, the CERN super collider, a family of snowbillies in the VP mansion, the new season of According to Jim.. these are truly the end times. Truly!
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Holy crap! Is that gonorrhea on my junk! Maybe!
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@ JoanArkham
Me too. I knew I should have run errands last weekend. Maybe!
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I've been hoping and waiting for Hannah the hammer to plow me. It will make me start liking girls again. Maybe!
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Notice it's always the foreign sounding hurricanes that are the worst: Katrina, Ivan, Gustav, Hugo, Camille. Nobody remembers the All-American Hurricanes like Shemp, Curly Joe, or Moe. Foreign hatred of America manifests itself in bad weather conditions. All the more reason for the CIA to invest more in weather control and Reichian cloud-busting technologies. We cannot allow a hurricane gap! Maybe!