Hurricane Irene Preparation

Actual photo of Hurricane Irene from space off the coast of Florida

Hurricanes have never been a huge threat to the Garden State.  The Garden State is what some people call New Jersey.  If you aren’t aware, a pretty large hurricane is gaining way to New Jersey (NJ).  Since NJ isn’t big with hurricanes, people are freaking out, including myself.

Pretty much the whole state is under a Hurricane Warning/Watch.  They expect this storm to be pretty large, if not the largest Hurricane to ever hit NJ.  There are so many towns that are being evacuated by law.  If people decide to ride out the storm and call in to be rescued, the state will actually say sorry.  The National Guard is even on stand by for some of the coastal towns.  My town is considered to be a Coastal Town and they expect to get a lot of flooding and damaging winds.  Winds are expected to be 80+ mph.  That’s pretty bad!

On top of the damaging winds, they are expecting that most of NJ will be out of power.  Due to this, we had to go grocery shopping to stock up on some food so we don’t run out.  Mainly food that can’t go back and that doesn’t need to be kept in the fridge/freezer.  We bought a lot of soup, bread, and peanut butter.  The soup can be made on our stove because it’s gas.  The gas will still work if we don’t have power.  That’s always a good thing.

The state has advised people to fill their car tanks up on gas so people don’t run out.  I didn’t understand why filling your tank was so crucial until I thought about it.  Think about it closely, if a bad hurricane hits, the gas stations won’t be able to get THEIR tanks filled back up because the tankers won’t be able to get there.  Since gas stations won’t have gas, you will pretty much be SCREWED if you ran out.  Believe it or not, it’s very smart to fill your tank.  I did just this!

Now it’s time to sit back and watch the hurricane strike.  The strongest points of the hurricane will be between 8pm on Saturday – 2pm Sunday.  Do the math, that’s a HUGE time for a hurricane to be in action.  The storm is on a slow path but a very deadly path.

If you are in the path of this Hurricane like I am, please be safe and stay indoors.  Going outside wouldn’t be the smartest idea.  I’m pretty sure I’ll go against what I just said to get some film, but I’m not the brightest bulb in the pack.

Please pray that there will be no fatalities and there won’t be too much damage.  Mother Nature can be devastating and people don’t realize how strong these can be.  Stay safe!!

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Comments

[Zack]

In the same situation, good luck!

[Sunil]

Hey, Im in NJ too, but I live in central jersey, so it won't be as bad. Hope you guys don't get too much damage and good luck