Yeesh. Stay safe, all.

It’ll put things in perpsective next week when I moan about your sending us your left-over shitty weather once you’ve wrung most of the venom out of it.

“Go bag”?  I know it’s the term we’re supposed to use, but it sounds like a prop that’s used in a nurse fetish.

My plan:

1 oz white rum
1 oz Jamaican dark rum
1 oz Bacardi® 151 rum
3 oz orange juice
3 oz unsweetened pineapple juice
1/2 oz grenadine syrup
crushed ice

Be careful out there, all you crazy Roasters.

“Go bag”?  I know it’s the term we’re supposed to use, but it sounds like a prop that’s used in a nurse fetish.

I don’t know about that, but there should have been a trigger warning because all terms containing the word “bag” are inherently sexist.

Be safe, east coasters!  Looks like you are in for one heck of a bumpy ride…

Do be careful, y’all. I laughed at danger four times in 2004. But anything with winds over 100 MPH is no joke and should be fled well ahead of time.

Stay safe, East Coast roasters!  Be sure to report in as you can.

Remember to buy anchored cup-holders, Polly. Unsecured and unstable beverages are a common cause of injuries in high-wind situations, at least at my house.

Strange speaks the truth! Avoid the suction-cup thingies—condensation on the beverage can compromise the seal. Your best bet is a gimbal-mounted holder, though it will mar the surface to which you mount it. Small price to pay for beverage stability, in my opinion.

I’d say have lots of batteries and gas for the generators since the infrastructure can’t seem to handle a slight breeze these days. And make sure there aren’t any sickly trees near the house. Thank goodness everyone’s already stocked up on beverages. Such planners!

Stay safe you guys!  I’ll be thinking about you and worrying about you and gnawing my nails and all the rest!

The extra-special shit sauce for those of us in the Mid-Atlantic is that we’ve already had buckets of rain in the last couple of weeks, including enough in the last couple of days to have a lot of area flooding.  More rain tomorrow, then Irene’s going to hit NJ on Sunday.  Here in Philadelphia it will be mostly rain (no hurricane-force winds), but the city and surrounding counties are probably going to be under water.  FSM knows what’s going to happen in NJ.

Another badass hurricane site posted by someone on BJ last night.

Maybe I’m just tired or it is post-Earthquake ennui, but I can’t get excited about this. Here’s my to do list:
Purchase water & fill up every large water holding container in the house.
Gather flashlights.
Stock up on cigs.
Make sure some matches are readily available for stove lighting.
Shift stuff about in our flood-prone basement.
Take down hanging plants & hummingbird feeder.
Be ready to dash out ISO ice if/when the power goes.

The end.

“Go bag”?  I know it’s the term we’re supposed to use, but it sounds like a prop that’s used in a nurse fetish.

At least it’s not a FAG bag. (Fast Action Gun) bag, carried by Secret Service folks.

May you all get through this the way Palin has weathered the withering storm of lamestream media lies and distortions. Soon you’ll all be riding around for a week or two on a gaudily-painted bus spewing nonsensical gibberish that will give Strange a diamond-hard pocket rocket the likes of which he hasn’t seen since Ernie Holmes was seen steaming on the sidelines at Three Rivers.

Thanks, Mrs P, for your calming Blingee. I’m not worried at all now about you, or my mom, or my NY friends. I know all of you will access your leftover post-9/11-anthrax-scare duct tape and tape your window sashes shut and anchor-tape down any necessary drinks, beloved pets, credit card bills, etc. Stay safe - looking for another NYC museum to introduce you to in November (as long as it’s near a bar).

Random Hurricane Tips:

1) Make sure you have charcoal for your grill (or propane, if you insist). If you lose power for an extended period, you can cook all the junk in your freezer on the grill so it won’t rot. It is also entirely possible to make coffee on a grill. One of those camping percolators works great, but you can cook it in a saucepan and strain it through a filter or paper towel (secured by a rubber band) directly into your favorite mug in a pinch.

2) If you own a gas-powered chain saw, you are about to become a hero to your neighbors if you choose to assist them.

3) Putting masking tape exes on your windows is pretty useless. If a window blows out in the height of the storm, shove a mattress against it and lean on it.

4) In addition to purchased drinking water and filled containers, fill up your bathtub too if you have one.

5) Make sure you have insect repellent and sunblock. You may be spending some time outdoors.

6) Don’t forget your car charger (if applicable) for iPods, phones, etc., if you lose power and your devices are draining down.

Panic has set in in New Jersey!!!

OMFGWTFLOLAFSCME!!!1!!!1 We’re all gonna die!!!

And thanks for that coffee tip, Betty.  That’s really the only thing I was worried about because I’ll really need coffee after the binge drinking I’m about to start.

On a serious note, all you ‘Roaster-‘Coasters please get strapped in and prepped to ride the ride safely.

I especially mean you, Polly, since it looks like a lot of your neighbors will be heading for the doors.

Trigger warning - stay away from the comments over there. ;-)

I think it was over at BJ that I got a tip for another weather-related site, Störmfront-dot-com.  Certainly the URL seems to promise informative meteorological content.  But they hardly ever talked about the weather, and when they did, they said it was all the fault of the Jews, or the black guy in the White House, or both.

Worst. Weather. Site. Ever.

Worst. Weather. Site. Ever.

Yes, but at least they get it right that maybe New Yorkers will rethink all their sex shops and mosques and abortion clinics and Liberal Jews after God gives them a taste of his cloud-wielded nightstick!

So did you all wash away, or what?

Don’t tell me you have actual lifey sort of plans on a Friday evening.