25 Scary Reminders Of What A Hurricane Can Do To The Northeast
A terrifying look back at Hurricane Irene.
A terrifying look back at Hurricane Irene.
2012’s Frankenstorm versus 2011’s storm that rocked the East Coast. Show this to anyone who hasn’t prepared yet.
Let’s remember how bad New Yorkers are at preparing for hurricanes with these pictures from Hurricane Irene. God bless us all.
Hint: the answer is “No”. Rumor on Twitter has it that you can see a dead body the body in the bottom left corner at the :22 mark. Sorry to disappoint you, but it’s just one of many broken branches from this tree, which was downed during Hurricane Irene. Watch Video ›
Everyone seems to be talking about Upstate New York and Vermont as the epicenters of Irene damage, but parts of New Jersey got hit just as hard. Residents continue to battle floodwaters 4 days after Irene. View List ›
Lambs generally breed in the fall and give birth in late winter to early spring, so zoo keepers were shocked to see a baby lamb in a stall when they were evacuating the animals before the hurricane hit. So, they named her “Irene Hope.” She’s a miracle! (via nydailynews.com) View Image ›
Jesus. It’s really a mess out there. (via dailydawdle.com) View Image ›
Scary. Some of these rivers haven’t even crested yet. It could get worse. View List ›
Unreal. I still can’t believe this happened in VERMONT. View List ›
The NYC local who spotted these dick-shaped mushrooms after Irene hit says there are hundreds growing in an Alphabet City park and the Village Voice blog thinks they might be magic.
Listen, we know that despite the fact that it did not live up to its hype, Hurricane Irene was no joke. It was a very serious drizzling that inconvenienced a lot of people who bought a lifetime supply of peanut butter. Hell, it even broke Vermont. That said, there were some very funny images that came from it, as it seemed to bring out the best in some folks.
Potential near-death experiences and Craigslist really bring out the romantic side of people. Something tells me that 9-10 months from now there will be a few love children named Irene joining us on this earth.
Leave it to the denizens of Time Square to find the playful side of Hurricane Irene. (via animalnewyork.com) Watch Video ›
Late Saturday night, four friends went out on a bike ride to see what the tropical storm was really like. The video starts off with biking during the afternoon drizzle, and resumes during the torrential downpour and high winds, notably biking down the middle of a wholly deserted Times Square and Chinatown. Sweet soundtrack too, guys. (via doobybrain.com) Watch Video ›
Felix Thompson and Brandon Roots of Buffalo Picture House braved the hurricane in hopes of getting some interesting footage. What they ended up with is both beautiful and haunting. Watch Video ›
Like a phoenix, the meme rises from the ashes (or destruction) of Irene to tell us what is really necessary in preparation for a disaster. Watch Video ›
This post is for everyone who has said Hurricane Irene was a joke. View List ›
Irene fell far short of the media’s dire warnings even before it was downgraded. Howard Kurtz on the scaremongering by television and local officials.
Watch some guy twirl around for a Times Square live cam during the hurricane last night. View Image ›
Though it was ultimately short-lived, business owners across the east coast were not pleased to close their doors because of Tropical Storm Irene, and used their storefronts to vent frustrations. Here are the best ones.
Oh, New York. Thank God it wasn’t that bad for us. We clearly need people from Florida to teach us a thing or two. View List ›
For those of you outside of NYC, Mayor Bloomberg has been making a lot of live announcements about the hurricane over the last couple days, and he always repeats them in impeccable Spanish. Well… kinda impeccable. View List ›
You knew it was coming. Here’s a list of people blaming Irene on the gays. View List ›
Now that Hurricane Tropical Storm Irene is behind us, let’s get to what’s really important: what the Internet thought about it. Facebook and Twitter users were constantly updating their pages during the storm, and from the looks of it, they were pretty furious about it.
Here she is, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. (via businessinsider.com) View Image ›
Let’s make one right now. Add a video of an appropriately weather-related song in the comments so that we can assemble the ultimate hurricane playlist. Let’s do this!
Duly noted. (via ryeisenberg.tumblr.com) View Image ›
This picture is from the Hilton Hotel in Ocean City, Maryland. The more you know. (via suitep.tumblr.com) View Image ›
These people are really the suffering. Oh, the horror!
Pugs are taking this whole hurricane thing very seriously. Hopefully they don’t run out of beer!