Quote Originally Posted by tulip View Post
PamNY, you had me calmed down for a while. But I just read that Isabel's sustained winds were 40-60 mph, less than the expected 75mph for Irene, and Isabel left much of Richmond in bad shape and without electricity for a week. So now I'm not so sure.

If NYC floods, you might have a problem with critters that normally live in the underground infrastructure. That was a problem in DC during floods. Ick.
From what I'm hearing, Irene should be less bad than Isabel in the DC area, and I think also for Richmond, because we're on the west side of the storm.

As for NY, I would hope for the best but plan for the worst. But then that's how I was raised.

I was going to get up early to try to get in a bike ride tomorrow morning, but I'm too tired to think about that right now. I should be able to get some kind of a ride in on Sunday afternoon, even if it's just an hour of hill repeats in the wind.