With a nasty hurricane bearing down on you I hope you are all spared any damage or injury.
Be safe and good luck.
Disclaimer: of course I meant everyone on the east coast
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With a nasty hurricane bearing down on you I hope you are all spared any damage or injury.
Be safe and good luck.
Disclaimer: of course I meant everyone on the east coast
I hope so too. I live here in South Florida. Thunderstorms sparked from the edge took out my power for 6 hours today about 4-10 PM by time. FPL was having trouble getting all the damage fixed. The original estimate was 5:45 for the power to be back on. A 105 minute outage was over shot by 255 minutes.
The next time people complain about Turbine going over for downtime. It could be FPL. Two hours turns into six hours.
Yeah. My parents (77 and 84) live in S. Florida. They have had some outages, but they've got power back right now. I hope all on the east coast make it through OK.Quote:
Originally Posted by Yula_the_Mighty
People here in Boston are freaking the heck out. I imagine that I know something of what it's like when Atlanta gets 6" of snow forecast, now.
i live just outside DC and a hurricane seems to be just the thing we need after an earthquake...sheesh
good luck to especially those closer to the coast, looks like this could get a bit nasty
fortunately i live in New york so the worst we have seen (so far at least) is just a wicked thunderstorm last night and some heavy rain but nothing other than that i send my regards to people closer to the coast line though
This isn't the hurricane. It won't be in this area until most likely Sunday afternoon. Forecast has been downgraded to a cat1 by the time it hits NJ/NY area though. I don't understand all the freaking out, the world won't end. Power will most likely go out though. I guess I'm fortunate to not be in a flood-prone spot. That's where the biggest damage from these storms often comes from.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xariz
My inlaws are in central NJ...and it looks like they're in for it bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by ANewMachine
Worse! So are the servers!!!!
Those were a mostly unrelated storm system that came from my area - we got it about 10 pm near Niagara Falls. Interstingly, if it had been only a few hours later, or moved more slowly from west to east, it looks like the two systems might have intersected over you guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by Xariz
Give you two guesses - the current track for this hurricane puts Boston on the east side of it. Guess One, which side of the storm is the strongest and has the largest storm surge, and guess two, where are the LoTRO game and web servers located.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalthyn
I'm sure Turbine and the data center have disaster plans, but it may be a looooong weekend.
p.s. I have been through a few hurricanes and typhoons, I'm glad that I now live in Michigan...
If you said the east side and Boston you are correct. Be safe East Coast.
Actually, the damage is more often in the spots that aren't prone to floods, that get hit by the storm surge.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalthyn
You take an area with no flood experience and slam them with 10-15 feet of water, and it's not pretty. Flood prone areas that have had it before will handle it much better.
And omg... Boston... I hadn't even thought of that. Take care, Turbine. Don't get too wet :\
aye good luck to everyone there... i heard on the radio Irine will come to NY on sunday?
Good luck everyone there...
Thank you for the thread :) My whole family lives on the east many were right where the earthquake hit... Grandmother lives on the water front of the Chesapeake...so been a bit worried about her this week...Hope everyone on the EC makes it safe through the weekend and its just property that gets damaged.
Thanks! I'm in Georgia and we have a pretty good little valley thing going right here, most of the worst parts of these storms seem to usually miss us <knocks on wood>. It's always a wee bit concerning though!
Here's hoping everyone else will be all right as well! <hugs>
I'm on the MA RI border. We're gonna get laced. Dislike.
Maybe if we all blow really hard it will go out to sea!
I live about 20 min from the servers west of boston, from what I can gather from the local forecast Im literally sitting right in the center of the path. We've had them here before, Im 41 this isnt my first time in a hurricane but this is the first one I can remember that is forecast to hit directly into southern new england.
Dont know about Turbine and their back up plan but im sure we will loose power at least in my area.
First an Earthquake and now a big hurricane. We live in the path of the storm as well. It is scarey even if you think you are prepared you might not be. No one really knows what impact it will have on us yet for sure.
I hope everyone is safe this weekend on the east coast.
Lost in Middle Earth
Ugh, I live in Eastern NC. looks like it is going to be a long weekend for everyone on the east coast. I've been through my fair share of hurricanes. Everyone stay safe!
I'm in the NYC metro area, lots of trees everywhere. Going out for cash, gas, and food shortly. The power goes out here if someone sneezes too close to a dangling tree branch, so I fully expect to lose power at some point this weekend.
Stay safe, everyone, in-game and out!
I heard about the quake and then not long after that they started talking about the hurricane bearing down on the east coast. My hopes and prayers go out for all who dwell there. Good luck and may that beast disassemble itself before it reaches the coastline :)
Like many of us, I've been watching the progress and projected path(s) of Hurricane Irene. It looks like most of the eastern seaboard is going to get a pretty good wallop. I'm seeing projections that would take the storm straight through or very close by Norfolk, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. Which is not to mention our friends to the north living in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Quebec.
By all indications this gal's gonna be a mighty powerful storm. So, to all our friends in and around Needham, and everyone else from North Carolina to Canada: Good luck folks! Take precautions now, stock up on supplies, get a plan together, figure out where you're gonna be safe and get there with a quickness when the time comes! I've heard terrible predictions regarding this storm...I hope they're all wrong. And if any of you are looking to evacuate now - we've got plenty of room for ya here in Texas!
PS. If the game servers should happen to go down this weekend - we'll all know why. Don't you fret none, just worry about yourselves. Servers can be replaced - people can't.
You're a bit behind :)
http://forums.lotro.com/showthread.p...a-safe-weekend
Thanks for the heads-up, Roberto_the_First. I even did a search in the forums for "Hurricane Irene" just to avoid this particular eventuality. And I did it anyway! Personally I blame the search feature. It's better than taking the blame myself! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Roberto_the_First
Anyway, thanks again for the heads-up. Can some kindly blue-name delete or merge this thread please?
EDIT: Thank you to the kindly blue-name for merging my thread! Sorry for the duplication. I looked first - honest! And, Unique, sorry for messing up the flow of your thread. We now return you to your previously scheduled well-wishes.
Merged the two Irene threads together, and I'm going to move them into off-topic. :)
With that said however, stay safe everyone! Get your supplies, get to a safe place, and our thoughts are with everyone who will be affected by this storm. We're getting our plans in place up here in Boston, but hopefully everything will be all right and we won't have to use them. :)
I'm in Providence RI, kind of worried myself! Hope everyone stays safe & we don't lose power for too long! :(
Yea...have a niece in NC and a sister-inlaw in VA. Be safe everyone!
Just curious...I wonder what kind of plan Turbine has for severe weather?
Don't live on the east coast, but have plenty of friends that do... be safe and hope everything turns out ok... like TheREALify said, the equipment can be replaced... the people can't. Stay safe!
Living here in South Florida having been hit more than once. Even enjoyed the Eye of Hurricane Wilma. You have to experience a Hurricane to fully understand the power and scare factor. One of the biggest is the "wear on you" factor. They are huge storms. It is not fun to experience one or more days locked in your bunker (assuming your home converts to a bunker like mine does). Where the wind is whipping. The house is creaking and groaning. It is howling outside. It goes on and on and on. As the storm approaches, the intensity ramps up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dalthyn
I could go outside during the height of Wilma. Watch the flying oranges. Or the gliding coconuts - we did not have enough wind to make them fly - they come off a tree - glide for a 200 - 300 feet before hitting the ground. You are continually hearing things hit your house. Bonks when a glider coconuts hits the storm panels makes a nice metal drum sound. The neighbor came out after the store to find a coconut taking a nap in her driver seat after boring a hole in her windshield.
After the storm, I was without power for a month. Not exactly fun - 90-98 degree weather with no power. I had what gas in my car. Could not get any more because all the gas stations were down - lack of power. Grocery stores had not food. No power. I cooked my food on charcoal grill. Or over a wood fire. Plenty of wood around. Or ate cold food. Or ate food out of a can.
For me I liked primitive camping. Not a big deal. For a lot of people. What do I do? No ipod. No television. No internet. No phones of any kind. No gas. No food. No water. No heat. No cool. Some people had generators. No gas. that does not last long.
im in va beach! getting things taken care of and getting ready for this thing. im fully expecting to be without power for at least a week, if not longer. was without power after isabel for about a week. good luck everyone! ill try to hop on here sometimes and share pics!
My inlaws told me this morning that Atlantic City is under mandatory evac, the casinos are closed...NYC is talking about - or already have - shut down mass transit. NJ is warning people to expect damage.
As Hurricane Irene moves up the Eastern coastline, with high probability that she will hit the Boston area before she's done, I'd like to say:
Turbinites, make sure you're safe. Do the things you did last winter with the epic snowstorms: have a few days' supply of food and water which you can eat without cooking if necessary; stay indoors, take care of yourselves. If your power goes out, if the servers have to be shut down till sometime next week, do so. We'll understand. Good luck.
Yes, stock up on the staples..and life rafts.
At least if all the servers go down, it'll probably include the forum servers, so we won't have to listen to the selfish little brats that infest these forums and think of nothing but themselves and their own desires.
Bet Sapience is glad he's in Seattle this weekend :D
Yes, stay safe.
It seems that bad news can bring out the worst in people and the disaster that is unfolding with this hurricane is no exception.
On other sites, including those of so called 'respectable' news papers, I have seen poor taste, derisive and down right nasty comments by people far away from the hurricane aimed at those in danger because of the hurricane. These have come mostly from non US people, including though not solely from UK, and some from the US.
In response some have said they feel ashamed to be from the same country as the negative posters. It makes me sick to the stomach seeing such crassness and sheer ignorance. I am not ashamed of where I come from but I am ashamed to be associated with anyone from the safety of the UK (or other places) making such terrible and somewhat hateful comments.
All that said, My best wishes go out to any and all affected by the hurricane.
Should you be in the path of the hurricane, endeavor to keep yourself, your family, friends and community safe as best you are able.
Should you be a religious person then may your god go with you!
I do not know how much danger there is likely to be near the TB offices as I write this.
Much as their will inevitably be complaints from inconsiderate users, I urge TB to take urgent action to protect your staff. Products or machinery and buildings can be replaced, lives cannot! Shut down the servers if need be.
To which I would like to add, Amen.Quote:
Originally Posted by UKNightWatch
My sister-in-law lives in the Boston area; she says she's keeping an eye on the storm, "because we're in the area that's going to get hit by the part of the storm that has less rain and more wind."Quote:
I do not know how much danger there is likely to be near the TB offices as I write this.
I don't know anything about what kind of geography Turbine is sitting on. They could get power outages (indeed, I suspect they will); they could get broken windows or (the Valar forbid) roofs ripped off by high winds. If they're in a low-lying area, they could get flooded. I am sure they have UPSs for the servers, so that if the regular power goes out. they'll be able to issue "The system is going down in five minutes; get to a safe place and log out NOW!" messages, back up everything, and make orderly shutdowns ... and then take all the backups away to somewhere safe.
If Massachusetts get hit particularly hard, it might be several days before the game is back up. If Turbine is in a sheltered area and their power stays up, they might not have to shut down at all. At this point we just have to watch and wait.
By the way ... the French Toast alert system, designed to give a human touch to televised blizzard warnings by describing what residents will have to do to secure an uninterrupted supply of French toast, has been adapted for hurricane use. Even if you're in sunny California, read it: it's a hoot.
http://www.universalhub.com/french-toast
Any self-respecting commercial server farm (and I believe Turbine leases space in one for the actual game servers) will have their own stand-by generators (and they'll be tested regularly), so the servers and the internal infrastructure will probably do just fine.Quote:
Originally Posted by djheydt
The thing to be "concerned" about is...the data lines coming into the building. If they're underground optical fibers, most likely, no issues. If they're up on poles...any random blown down tree could take them out.
The reason I put "concerned" in quotes is because keeping an online game operating is a rather low priority in a disaster zone. It'll all be "lives first, property second."
--W. H. Heydt
Old Used Programmer
I'm always amazed when I see NEW power lines and poles going up. I kind of figured by now that power and communication companies would realize that in the long run, burying cables is going to cost them a hell of a lot less than those stupid polesQuote:
Originally Posted by whheydt
But more expensive in the short run, and the short run is when they have to pay for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by GregJL
Looks like I am directly in the path of Irene - supposed to be only tropical force this far inland, but who knows. Chances of losing power are high but I don't expect it will be much worse beyond that - we have weathered heavy storms before. Though this is the first in a long time that they have gone all out in preparedness - Katrina really woke people up. Actually got a phone call from the local Selectman, that hasn't happened in a very long time.
I am in the hills [sorta] so much of the dangerous flooding will be bypassed, just gotta worry about the wind [and basement flooding]. Hopefully everyone will be safe and make it through this.
To the Turbine folks still in Mass - I hope you have canned food and water on hand, also flashlights and plenty of batteries. Keep inside towards the center of your home [preferably in a room without windows], and keep your head on straight. Panic causes more damage and injury than storms themselves. Stay safe New England - maybe a stray pressure system will push the storm out to sea, but if it doesn't then brace yourselves.
To those already experiencing the hardest parts of the storm - my thoughts go out to you. Hope y'all are safe.
Irene's popping by to say hello to me tonight through tomorrow. So I'm going to get in some last minute Mooring before we lose power for days! Hopefully that will be the worst. :) I have my iron cast kettle and charcoal ready to make tea, so it shouldn't be too bad without power.
Stay safe everyone. <3
Just don't burn that charcoal indoors. I'd hate to lose someone to Carbon Monoxide poisoning. (I'm assuming you're careful enough not to burn your home down...)Quote:
Originally Posted by insanityspetals
--W. H. Heydt
Old Used Programmer
I'm jaded living in Florida. Saw the hurricane coming, just got my supplies and went on with my day. Been through the drill countless times already. Kinda surreal now with the amount of national coverage it's getting cause it's hitting the north east. Though I suppose if a blizzard ever hit Florida I too would think it's the end of the world :D Just don't do anything stupid like go outside to "experience it" and you'll be fine.
Yup. Just as, a few days ago, they had a Richter 5.9 earthquake under Virginia and the newswires started buzzing, just as they're buzzing now. A hurricane in Florida, a 5.9 in California, that's not news. Either one in (say) Virginia and surrounding areas, and that's news. They sometimes call it "Man bites dog."Quote:
Originally Posted by BigLotroFan
Seconded.Quote:
Just don't do anything stupid like go outside to "experience it" and you'll be fine.
Irene has now officially passed the Washington DC area with nothing more than a bit of rain and a bit of wind. Power blinked a few times, but nothing else. From what I am reading/hearing, it is coastline locations that are feeling the brunt of wind and storm surge.
Hope everyone North of me stays safe and dry and we all get back to orc mooshing asap :)
-Ash
Yes, everyone in the danger path - please, please take care of yourself and your family. We'll be thinking of you.
Khally (who is sincerely hoping that outbound flights are okay on Wednesday)
We have a new olympic sized swimming pool in our backyard, other than that no real damage. Just hoping the rain stops soon so we don't get 2 pools.
Up here in MA about 30 miles north of Turbine's offices. Obviously I still have power and internet. Just watched a small tree blow over and one-hit a neighbor's storage shed. Idiot runs out to photograph the damage. Dude, you photograph damage after, not during.
Winds are about gale force at the moment. Nothing like the hurricanes I went through growing up in FL in the 60s. Unfortunately a lot less individual preparedness as well. There's a scattered herd of resin lawn furniture migrating around the neighborhood. I popped out and corralled one as it galloped by the house, and at least one neighbor has done the same. Mine's decent quality, and it is mine now. I consider it a common sense tax on the person who left it outside.
Oh, good grief, yes. Still, I hope the idiot wasn't hurt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Nosdracir
Well, you would've done better to stay inside yourself ... but I agree, it's hazard pay for you and tough cookies for him. Now STAY INSIDE till it's over.Quote:
Winds are about gale force at the moment. Nothing like the hurricanes I went through growing up in FL in the 60s. Unfortunately a lot less individual preparedness as well. There's a scattered herd of resin lawn furniture migrating around the neighborhood. I popped out and corralled one as it galloped by the house, and at least one neighbor has done the same. Mine's decent quality, and it is mine now. I consider it a common sense tax on the person who left it outside.
I'm in Brooklyn, New York and the damage wasn't extremely substantial in my area, but it's ridiculous that so many people wished otherwise. Ignorance left and right with people on facebook saying things like "give us a better hurricane next time" -.- ah well, people will be people i guess. I hope everyone else is alright up and down the east coast..
Tell 'em they're too late and to go look up what happened in 1938.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quentonomous
--W. H. Heydt
Old Used Programmer
Most of the worst seems to have gone on by finally - some flooding [sump pump is putting in overtime keeping the basement semi-dry] and a few roads not far away have almost been washed out, but power is still on and we haven't gotten the heavy heavy winds here yet [NW CT, Litchfield County] - as the eye passes through that may change though. East side and coastline of the state have taken the heaviest beating - 600,000 folks in total without power, lots of trees down, lots and lots of flooding.
Hopefully a few more hours will see us in the clear, folks to the north should be ready for heavy winds and rain but Irene is dying down slowly - just under Tropical Storm strength now. You folks in Canada [east coast side] can thank the US east coast for taking the beating for ya... ;p
Tell 'em to move to South Florida. I've seen leaves and sticks stuck in concrete/glass after a good hurricane, trees stripped of all bark from the sand in the wind. My house was built to weather a cat 5, so we always stayed, looters were more of a threat than the storm. Once had to collect our water-heating solar panels form the opposite side of the neighborhood when they got ripped off our roof, though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quentonomous
Honestly, being in the kind of hurricane they want would probably give them nightmares. That howling sound, like demons crying and laughing. Going without fresh food and water for weeks. No electricity for up to a month even in urban areas. And the still, hot, wet air left behind afterwards. Nah, I don't miss it.
"Good night, Irene" is also a song. Older than I am.Quote:
Originally Posted by Thorsvin
Yea, I thought it was pretty bad when tornado warnings were issued for the Philadelphia area, but still, the strength of the storm was never the issue as people say "Oh it's not that strong, quit making it out to be dangerous!", it's that it was so big and most of the Northeast has already had record-breaking rainfall amounts this month. Flooding was and still is the main issue, and I'm pretty sure most areas by rivers right now are flooded with 8 feet of water in the Philadelphia-Southern New Jersey areas. I'm pretty sure Brooklyn and lower Manhattan are flooded right now as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Quentonomous
Yup. It was only a Category 1, but it was a Mucking Great Category 1. I hope everyone within reach of my keystrokes is safe and keeping their feet dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spacmanbobr
My family and I have been sending out all our best wishes and safe thoughts to those in the path of Irene.
We huddled down in the face of tropical cyclone Yasi earlier this year and while we managed to stay safe with little damage, can understand the fear that such a powerful force of nature can bring.
Wishing you all a safe return to life as normal once it's all said and done for
North of NYC, we had a lot of heavy rain but the wind wasn't as bad as I feared. The power blinked and dimmed a few times here but didn't go out. Flooding is the main problem at the moment.
One of my neighbors on lower ground had water come inside, there is a pile of soaked carpet and carpet padding outside their door now, and they've got pumps and wet vacs going. No trees down that I can see, that was my biggest worry.
I hope everyone affected is safe and well tonight.
Also in Brooklyn. It was a solid storm here, and nothing more; quite mild in some areas, given the scope and the size of it.
I don't think anyone wants a real hurricane in place of our teapot tempest, but the overreaction by the Mayor and the department heads was absurd enough that many people need to vent. Warning the people and moving those at greatest risk is good planning; shutting down the entire transit system, including surface transit and key bridges, more than 12 hours before the storm was anywhere close, was sheer arrogant foolishness. That's not urban response, it's pure politics.
The City's response to flooded areas and storm damage has been excellent, so far as I hear. And in the grand scheme of things, I would surely rather have a little inconvenience than a landscape of ruin. Even better, though, would be a rational, measured response rather than an across-the-board need-it-or-no shutdown of services. When people talk about a better storm, I think they mean a better Mayor.
Edit: Brooklyn and downtown Manhattan are not flooded, incidentally, as intimated above. There were very minor incidents of flooding in the city, none on any kind of dangerous scale and none outside the projected areas. I went in to downtown Manhattan this afternoon to turn on our company servers; no damage, no floods, no broken windows.
I only popped out to get it because the wind died away leaving the chair 10 feet from the front door and there are no trees on that side of the house. I won't seize an opportunity if it means taking a chance.Quote:
Originally Posted by djheydt
Needn't have bothered though. All the nomadic lawn chairs ended up trapped in the adjacent woodlot. Neighbor across the street and I collected and divvied them up at sunset when the wind had dropped to blustery N.E. Fall levels. Did some swapping so we each ended up with 4 matching chairs and 1 odd one. We joked about tonight's leaf lottery, when the cool winds will dry all the fallen leaves and send them into a pile in the wind shadowed corner of someone's lawn.
Not a bad storm at all in this area. We were well prepared, so now we're all set with canned goods etc. and don't have to lay in stock in case of a bad blizzard or ice storm this winter.
Hope everyone else is in equally good shape after this.
West of Boston here. We had some wind and heavy rain, some leaves and small branches down. Luckily we didn't lose power at all.
One would hope the overplanning doesn't lead to people becoming jaded and ignoring government directives when a more serious storm hits. No one wanted to be Bush right after Katrina again. Certainly some media outlets were ramping up the sensationalism (*cough*theweatherhchannel*cou gh*), and I'm sure some would have enjoyed roasting any politician who "didn't do enough".
Hoping for the best for all who get hit by the storm.
Eh.. Haven't read further, but just to get it out there, you are correct on the weather, but not on the aftermath. There is a helluva lot in our areas still without power 36 hours post-storm. I live a few miles east of the east quadrant of the capital beltway. I was disturbed by the power failure in light of how not monumental the tropical storm was as it passed, but there you have it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ashamari
storm went by and everything here is okey! i actually spent time during the height of the storm working on my warden! we didnt loose power or anything. we were lucky