Hurricane Irene

[canes21]

Re: Hurricane Irene

So, is it true Hurricane Insurance only protects you from wind damage and you have to get Flood Insurance to have coverage on water damage?

[IndianBird]

So, is it true Hurricane Insurance only protects you from wind damage and you have to get Flood Insurance to have coverage on water damage?

Flood insurance covers rising water coming up from the outside into the home. It's a separate policy that is underwritten by FEMA. Regardless of your insurance company, FEMA runs it and pays the claim payments.

Wind coverage either included on a homeowners policy or on it's separate wind policy covers damage caused directly by the wind. If the wind blows the roof off your house and it rains inside, it's covered.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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People in New York going nuts and raiding stores.....You would think the end of the world was coming.

[WyxHarmon]

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I know from experience how terrible these can be if you're not prepared.

Water damage is not fun at all. Stay safe everyone.

[jasontoddwhitt]

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Looks beautiful from this distance....

two hurricane hunter aircraft...one Air Force and one NOAA...are
again tonight supplying very valuable meteorological data to the
National Hurricane Center. Both planes indicate that the central
pressure is gradually falling and is now near 942 mb...but the
winds have not increased yet. The initial intensity is kept at 100
knots at this time. Irene has moved away from the northwestern
Bahamas and is now over open waters. The eye has become a little
better defined on satellite and microwave imagery and it appears
that the eyewall is contracting. Given the current structure and
the warm waters along the track of the hurricane...some
strengthening is indicated during the next 12 to 24 hours. A slow
weakening should begin thereafter...but Irene is expected to
approach the coast of North Carolina as a powerful hurricane. In
fact...the high resolution ECMWF model shows a very intense cyclone
approaching the North Carolina coast.

Satellite and reconnaissance fixes indicate that Irene is moving
toward the north or 350 degrees at 12 knots. The hurricane is
already on the west side of the subtropical ridge and is ready to
interact with a south-southwesterly flow ahead of the approaching
mid-latitude trough. Irene has nowhere to go but northward with a
gradual turn to the north-northeast after the center crosses or
passes near the North Carolina coast. The track guidance has been
very consistent and continues to be tightly clustered...giving no
reason to make a significant change to the official forecast.

Given the current forecast...it is not necessary to adjust the U.S.
Watches and warnings at this time.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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So it's basically taking a straight shot at NYC then?

Guess, I'll be staying in DC for a little bit longer then...

[jasontoddwhitt]

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So it's basically taking a straight shot at NYC then?

Guess, I'll be staying in DC for a little bit longer then...

I'd personally rather ride it out in DC than NYC...but that's my opinion.

[jeremym480]

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I'd love to go experience the hurricane as weird as that is.

It's not that weird. I mean, I've been 45 minutes to an hour away from two of the major (I was living in Mobile, AL when both Ivan & Katrina hit. I also, experienced Gustav in Baton Rouge but, it wasn't nearly as bad) ones and stuck around. I have to say that it is somewhat fascinating and thrilling but, totally not worth it in the end.

I remember sitting in mt apartment with two of my friends in 100 degree weather with no power and listening to a battery powered clock radio and hearing this:

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That's when **** got real for us. Well, "realer". Even with the moderate damage that Mobile had we still had to deal with the lack of gas/food, no power, heat, curfews, etc. If you have another place to go then, I would highly advise it.

One of my friends says he's excited to be at the beach when it hits.

*sigh*

You may want to pass this on to your friend.

There was an apartment building in Bilioxi full of people having a "hurricane party" that thought it would be fun, as well. They are no longer with us. http://markwallheiser.photoshelter.c...000wAA8x6C2gzg

People think that stuff like that can't happen to them but, it can. Hurricane's & tornado's are both serious business. Personally, I wouldn't want to gamble with my life like that.

[buckeye02]

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I experienced Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Although i remember very little. I do remember it being dark outside at 8am. I'm talking 10pm dark. My mother was out on a paper route back then. Pretty scary stuff. Now that im older i would definitely like to experience the force again.

[canes21]

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I don't mean I'd like to live on the beach and sit on my front porch during the hurricane. I just mean I'd like to experience one and get that adrenaline rush. But I don't sit here and wish for them because they're cool because they're interesting(to me at least), but the damage they can do to people and their possessions is just so sad.

[TheMatrix31]

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I experienced Hurricane Hugo in 1989. Although i remember very little. I do remember it being dark outside at 8am. I'm talking 10pm dark. My mother was out on a paper route back then. Pretty scary stuff. Now that im older i would definitely like to experience the force again.

That's kind of why I want to have that experience. Crazy darkness at like, 11am or something. Just weird and awesome at the same time.

[bcruise]

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That's kind of why I want to have that experience. Crazy darkness at like, 11am or something. Just weird and awesome at the same time.

I've had that sort of experience with nearby tornadoes accompanied by really bad weather in general....it's pretty surreal when it happens.

[MattUM2]

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So it's basically taking a straight shot at NYC then?

Guess, I'll be staying in DC for a little bit longer then...

Looks like we still will get hit. Not hard like people are freaking out about but we will get some of it.

[canes21]

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That's kind of why I want to have that experience. Crazy darkness at like, 11am or something. Just weird and awesome at the same time.

Earlier in the year when all the tornadoes and terrible storms were happening all in the southeast the electricity went out here from around 11 pm to 4-5 am. No electricity, crazy hail, pitch black outside, plus flashlights and candles for lighting was a cool experience.

[ryan36]

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Earlier in the year when all the tornadoes and terrible storms were happening all in the southeast the electricity went out here from around 11 pm to 4-5 am. No electricity, crazy hail, pitch black outside, plus flashlights and candles for lighting was a cool experience.

I miss the storms from when I lived in Mississippi... as news director I had to stay on the air... a funnel cloud was sighted .5 miles away once, and my voice cracked like a mofo.

It was awesome , and would be, until real loss of life happened