Live Blogging Hurricane Irene
Welp, it’s 12:30 in the A.M. in Zone B of the Rockaways (Rockaway Park, NY), and I’m having my first beer of the storm. So far? The winds have started to kick up and there’s a bunch of rain. It’s like a Nor’easter than a hurricane. I keep looking out the window from time to time to check on the car. Not that it would blow over or anything, just checking to see if the alarm is going off. Most of the parking spots around me are empty, so I don’t have too much to worry about. The movie for the evening is the Dead Zone.
More to come later.
2:21 A.M. – Just finishing up my second beer. Why did it take so long? Had to put the beers in the freezer to get them cold and this one got all frozen and shite. Switched from watching the Dead Zone to the Social Network. It wasn’t a conscious decision. I changed the channel to catch the news on the hurricane and was too lazy to put the movie back on. Anywho, there’s a lull in the storm right now but the winds are kicking. I keep checking on my car parked outside. It’s not like I’m worried of it tipping over or anything like that, I’m more worried of the alarm going off. When the storm was really hectic, I decided it was time to fill up the bathtub and sink with water just in case it gets turned off.
All for now. Enjoy this news reporter getting covered in Santorum (shit foam).
Just for my liberal friends out there: anyone find the irony of a fox news affiliate in D.C. getting covered in foamy shit?
7:56 A.M. – Woke up from a quick nap a couple of minutes ago. It’s really windy outside, but nothing compared to a March storm. The water is up at the boardwalk but not coming over yet. My car is still in it’s spot, and I finally figured out where that car alarm is coming from that was bugging me all night. The eye of the storm is just passing over Queens. I’ve spent the last few minutes looking for my USB cable for my camera to upload some pics I took from my window.
10:00 A.M. - The rains have stopped and it seems like the sun is struggling to come out. I was able to find the cable for my camera, so I’ll include a pic of the flooding by me. Overall, we did pretty well here. 105th Street was flooded, but 108th wasn’t and neither was my parking lot.
Things are good. Just waiting for the elevators to be turned on.
Let’s Dance!!
The Howard Stern Show’s Benjy Bronk demonstrated just how futile it is to make your voice heard in front of a panel NOT elected by the people. During a townhall meeting where the Port Authority board was listening to arguments for and against a toll hike, Mr. Bronk got up to the mic and performed Kevin Bacon’s speech from the movie Footloose. At no point was he stopped and he was thanked after he was done. Oh yeah, the toll hike was passed.
English Bulldogs Rock
Now these dogs have something going here! Tired of hanging outside in boiling water, these two English Bulldogs get the bright idea to bring the pool inside where the air conditioning is.
Please Stop Locking Your Kids/Animals in Cars
I don’t know how many times we see these stories happening in the news: parents locking their children/babies in the car during severe weather. You even get the over dramatic weather guys demonstrating how hot it is by cooking various foods on the ground or in the car. Yet, people still seem to forget to take the kids out of the car.
Last week in Long Island, some asshole of a mom left her 1 year old daughter in her brand spanking new black Mercedes while she went shopping in K-Mart. Police said that 26 year old Aimee Rachlin left the child in the car with the windows barely cracked and the doors unlocked. Rachlin was charged with endangering the welfare of a child and (here’s the kicker) after posting bail, she was allowed to take her daughter home with her.
Great Job!
Fight on the Subway
Warning: the language is pretty harsh. Play with caution.
Here’s a real class act for you, ladies and gentlemen. It seems that these two, fine, upstanding ladies got into an altercation on the L train and one maces the other and a baby stroller goes rolling out the train doors. Nice job watching out for your kid and macing someone near the child in an enclosed space.
You stay classy!