It's official: This is an emergency
By adamg - 8/26/11 - 1:32 pm
Irene passing Cuba Thursday afternoon. Photo by Ron Garan on the International Space Station.
Gov. Patrick just declared a state of emergency for this weekend. Urges residents to stock up on food, medicine and batteries. Says 2,000 National Guard troops to be called up by tomorrow. Stay off the roads starting Saturday evening. Reservoirs drawn down to allow more room for up to ten inches of rain; MWRA pumping station in Marlborough braced with back-up generators to continue providing water for Boston area.
State Transportation Secretary Jeff Mullan said he expects MBTA service to run on schedule.
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MBTA
But the MBTA is expecting "normal operations".
Yeah, sounds about right actually.
That's because Irene will hit on Sunday
Weekend schedule for the T, which is already minimal service.
This will not be good for the T
Right on, Molly. Operations on the Green Line in the vicinity of Kenmore were "normal" for the 10 years following the 27 inches of snow on April Fools Day in the late 90s followed by 72 degress two days later and a very angry Muddy River.
On a more serious note, the surface lines might in real bad shape on Mon/Tues (trees down - and yeah, I'm looking at you D-Line). The subway will be swimming.
Has Davey been officially installed as Head of DOT yet? If so, Welcome to the Party, Rich.
September
Jeff Mullan was at the governor's press conference.
That's what I
That's what I thought...either way, both men, but Davey in particular, should be very wary if anyone, particularly the Governor, tells them that they're "doin' a heck of a job."
Very true.
The MBTA needs to shut down the Subways, and replace them with bus service before the storm starts, to prevent flooding. New York City has the right idea.
New York shutting down busses
New York shutting down busses to, according to the news interview w/ NYPD chief last night.
NOT the right idea, in my opinion.
Hahahaahaha
The T gets delayed when the sun is shining!
For what it's worth,
I just got this e-mail from MBCR:
NYC
New York has already announced a noon SATURDAY shutdown of their entire system.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
water
Given that Boston has water main breaks all the time, it's a good idea to keep a few gallons of bottled water on hand, for that or for hurricanes.
Deep Water
If this thing hits at high tide, a minimal storm surge will flood the system - I've seen estimates that it could be as high as 16 feet over mean low water - six to ten feet higher than flood stage for the subway.
eeek!
Thomas the Tank Engine Music
Why do I have the "bad storm and the tracks are flooded" trouble music going through my brain ...
lol the dates are incorrect
lol the dates are incorrect Monday is the 29th.
Let's hope the MBTA is smart
Let's hope the MBTA is smart and sandbags the entrances to the tunnel at the green lines BEFORE the rains start
Wonder how the silver line
Wonder how the silver line will hold up.
Or the big dig
The pumps in the tunnel are already going full force to keep groundwater at bay....
http://twitter.com/#!/HarveyW
http://twitter.com/#!/HarveyWCVB/status/107139623532236800
Harvey says it's going to be worse than Gloria. Better take that French Toast alert up as high as it'll go.
Wouldn't take much
Wouldn't take much to be worse than Gloria, which was basically a non-event, just like Bob and the other forgotten ones the media got so hysterical over.
nonissue?
Ya the non-issues of Bob included no electricity at my home for over a week, no showers, refrigeration, flushing water and other non-issues like the thousands of locust trees that fell and boats that sank, and the other non-issues.
White Mountain National Forest HAS BEEN CLOSED
http://news.outdoors.org/2011/08/advisory-white-mountain-national-forest.html
LOL
Yeah sounds funny, until you realize there's probably people up there hiking, camping, and what not... not all tunes in to whats going on every minute in TVAPOCALYPSELAND.
Wondering...
...whats happening with the Caribbean Festival...
H2O
why do they keep telling us to stockpile water?
Is the gravity system that feeds dozens of towns and cities in the metro are going to stop flowing or become contaminated?
I could understand if you had a private well that relies on electricity, but most towns have modern systems that will continue to deliver.
That said, I have been stockpiling ICE!
Floodwaters
Hurricanes can come with massive floodwaters - that means washouts and spillovers of sewerage into water sources.
That's aside from pump failures.
Flooding damage to water mains
Flooding could disrupt and erode the soil near/around important water mains and cause a pipe to collapse leading to a loss of water pressure, etc.
Carnival is Saturday, 1 to 6 pm
according to BostonCarnival.com. So it shouldn't be affected by the hurricane at all.
Hurricane warning issued for Cape, Islands, South Coast
Tropical storm warning for rest of state.