wenchie

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Hi all. Not yet sure of the extent of the damage to the fields. Bosses are very stressed and right now the best thing to do is not pepper them with questions. They will let us know when they are ready. We got 6.75" at the farm (TOO MUCH!!). My sister has her power back. Hope Don checks in soon.

A.J. De Young

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Good morning, hope all our "regular" bloggers are safe and sound and no damage to their homes, and that some we haven't heard from just aren't able to communicate because of power, we hope Don and Dawn and JD are safe and sound, Dawn, poor farmers always suffer and no one seems to think of them, PJ tells me not only heat to deal with for them in Texas now they want to charge them for bad air from dust.....Don we are thinking positive thoughts, hope its a better week for USA, AJ

Margie Gacki

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Sharon, you need to watch your local news for coverage about small towns/cities. A national news organization can't possibly cover every city and town along the east coast that was hit by this hurricane. There are thousands of communities affected and Fox certainly doesn't have thousands of correspondents to cover them. Local news is the way to go.

Sharon LeMaster

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I'd sure like more imformation on the smaller out linning cities... like endicott n.y. ya know just showing the big cities is NOT FAIR or BALANECED!

Margie Gacki

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To all the regular bloggers: I'm longing for the day when the blog is nice and quiet with just the regular bloggers chatting away. Hurricanes always seem to bring out the complainers and whiners. I don't mind the legitimate comments but I sure wish the whiners would find another venue for their nastiness. I hope everyone has a good week. I hope we hear from Don soon. Dawn, I hope things aren't too bad up your way. Take care, all. Margie

zypldot

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Anyone who knew anything about hurricanes was aware that, if the eye of the storm went onshore in NC, it would diminish (it always does). And that, the waters along the coast in Virginia and north were too cold to cause the storm to increase. It was overblown because the NWS would rather have 100 million become complacent and die in future storms than give an accurate prediction now. You wouldn't have a Katrina story without NWS inspired complacency.

Zypldot

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All I can say is that, with all the hype, it is no wonder that people along the gulf ignore the 'warnings'. If the NWS blows it out of proportion (as they did here), they simply say, "we still don't know everything about the weather". So people become complacent because 'this is just another overblown story'. Sure, 1 time out of 20 the warnings might come to fruition, but, because of the other 19 cries of 'wolf' many more people die than need to.

Charlie Lawson

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Somebody please tell Steve, that the location of the TAILPIPE has nothing to do with the depth of water that a vehicle can traverse. Thank you

Gwen

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Evening all! Dawn, I hate to hear about the damage to the crops. Farming is a difficult business during good times. I know Irene didn't help you guys. We were w/o power here for a week after Katrina. That was no fun! We were able to get a generator by the 3rd day. It was a small generator, but at least we could run a couple of things. First thing we wanted to see was Fox News to find out what was happening in the rest of the world. Shep never looked so good! HA! TTFN! Gwen :)

Margie Gacki

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Hey Dawn, I don't think Don is on any kind of equipment where he needs electricity, but of course he would be a lot more comfortable with power to deal with the heat. I think he has a generator that he can use. Hopefully he won't be without power too long. I hope he checks in as soon as he can. I'm sorry about all the ignorant people calling this a non-event or rain storm. They're too ignorant to realize there is severe flooding damage. Those people make me angry! Take care up there! Margie

wenchie

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Map of extent of power outages in CT http://www.cl-p.com/outage/outagemap.aspx?sec=fb

M. McMillan

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I used the uReport to share some pictures and videos that I witnessed in Massachusetts as Tropical Storm Irene moved in. I was wondering if anyone knew what the chances were that I would see my submissions on live television, and if so, when? Could u guys please comment back and give me what you think the chance is that I'll see this stuff on tv? Thanks.

wenchie

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Margie, Dont know the status of Don's health but you do know if he is ok enough to deal with a long term power outage? Many parts of CT will be without power for a week. More power outages this time than with Hurricane Gloria

wenchie

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My sister just found out it could be a week before she gets power back...

Margie Gacki

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Hey George, it's good to see you on the blog. I feel bad for all the people impacted by the storm. The floods can be as damaging as the winds & it seems that flooding will be the legacy of Irene. The fact that it has impacted millions of people makes this a huge event. I think I heard that Irene has impacted the most people of any storm. Since it hit almost all the major metropolitan areas on the east coast, I'm not surprised by that. I've been praying for Janice & I hope she's safe. Margie

George Spink

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I have been following Irene coverage on both Fox News and CNN all weekend. I'm glad Irene hasn't been worse, but it has been bad enough. I feel so sorry for those who have been affected by it, and especially for those who have lost loved ones. I pray Janice and her family are safe in their new home on Long Island.

kris

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Used to watch and listen to fox all the time...after this weekend....it will be the last.....what a joke on the amount of coverage this rainstorm got.

wenchie

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Thanks Margie. "Irene"just made more devastating an already tough harvest season. :-/

Rocky Bonitatibus

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Dam is water supply for new york city, same river that washed out bridge on thru-way 1986 killing 16

JB in Texas

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Great advice from Naomi. Also, if you have to evacuate, PLEASE take your pets with you. The dogs that were abandoned and left to perish during Katrina broke my heart.