Carolina Storm Secret — Gin & Tonics for Breakfast
- Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:43pm by
Scott Baker
- Print »
- Email »
AP — Nearly 200,000 homes in North Carolina are without power as Hurricane Irene slams into the state.
Winds of up to 80 miles per hour whipped ashore Saturday morning, ripping power lines from poles and snapping trees in half.
Hardest hit were Wilmington and Wrightsville Beach, N.C., where Progress Energy reports 190,000 customers without power. Most of those customers are residences.
Resident Tony Silverthorne, who chose not to evacuate, has his drink in the wind and rain at Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, N.C., Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene reaches the North Carolina coast. Irene slammed into North Carolina's coast around dawn Saturday with howling winds and drenching rains amid reports of flooding and tens of thousands of people without power. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
Duke Energy also reports about 2,300 customers without power, mostly in Durham, N.C. SCE&G, which serves most of South Carolina, says it restored power to 2,500 customers last night.
Much more damage is expected as Irene travels up the Eastern Seaboard.
A Cape May police officer, second from left, talks with a group of surfers on the boardwalk early Saturday, Aug. 27, 2011, in Cape May, N.J. The surfers came to ride waves in a stormy Atlantic, as Hurricane Irene approaches. Hurricane warnings were issued from North Carolina to New York, and evacuation orders covered about 2.3 million people, including 1 million in New Jersey, 315,000 in Maryland, 300,000 in North Carolina, 200,000 in Virginia and 100,000 in Delaware. (AP Photo/Mel Evans)
Popular Stories
Does Misstated Marathon Claim Prove Paul Ryan Is Dishonest? (POLL) 668 Comments
‘Jumah at the DNC’ Speaker: ‘Muslims Visited America Prior to Columbus’ & ‘It Was a Muslim’ Who Guided Him to the ‘New World’ 525 Comments
Paper Details Obama Admin’s Alleged Secret Note Sent to Iran: If Israel Attacks, We Won’t Get Involved 381 Comments
Obama: RNC Like Watching ‘Black-and-White TV’ Because Romney ‘Did Not Offer a Single New Idea’ 364 Comments
Roseanne Barr: Most Billionaires ‘Violent Pedophiles’ & ‘Heartless’ Cocaine Addicts 326 Comments
Faith
This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 251 Comments- Pakistani Muslim Cleric Accused of Framing Disabled Christian Girl in Koran-Burning Case Read More
- ‘Made Up Religion’: TV Historian Enrages Muslims, Receives Threats After Producing UK Documentary Questioning Islam’s Beginnings 257 Comments
Meet the Controversial German Imam Accused of Brutally Beating His Wife & Pushing Sharia Law Read More
‘Self-Proclaimed Messiah’ & Unification Church Leader the Rev. Sun Myung Moon Has Died — Here’s His Life Story Read More
Business
President Obama Issues Major ‘Green Energy’ Executive Order 104 Comments- Germany’s Upcoming Court Ruling Will be Huge for the EU Read More
Ford Looks to Beat Toyota for Best-Selling Car in 2012 With This Model 147 Comments
Bernanke & QE3: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More- ‘Extortion’: Why Did the Labor Department ‘Drop the Hammer’ on Oregon Farmers? 300 Comments
Technology
- This Is the Creationists‘ Response to Scientist Bill Nye’s Viral Pro-Evolution Video Claiming They Harm Children 251 Comments
‘TaserDrone’: Hackers Weaponize Quadcopter With Actual ‘Shocking’ Technology Read More
Ever Heard of the Wild ‘Burning Man’ Festival in the Middle of the Nev. Desert? Here’s Your Primer Read More
Stanford Develops Technology ‘Better Than Steroids’ for Athlete Recovery Read More
Have You Pretended to Know What ‘the Cloud’ Is? You’re Not Alone Read More
Submitting your tip... please wait!
Comments (70)
csm-101
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:32pmThe politicians hyped this storm up for federal emergency money and the news did it all for ratings, louisiana and texas are laughinfg at the northeast like the californians did the north east over the 5.9 quake.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 6:20pmSavior the moment. Enjoy everything God has created. Last year visited Carolina Beach during a winter storm. Feel the Power of Creation.
http://youtu.be/EvBG-FVbGFs
Report Post »avenger
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 7:57pmThat’s what I love about the south !Real people living their lives …
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 7:58pm@Poverty sucks
I agree. Living on the edge is what we were created to do. Don’t fight it. Savior It.
Report Post »You are not truly Living, if you can’t jump from a plane, go out into a hurricane at full force, or face your fears.
trolltrainer
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 9:29pmsavior the moment, live on edge…as you type these sentiments from the comfort of your plush living room (or mom’s basement as the case may be).
Tell y’all what, why don’t you go out to your circuit breaker and cut the power to your house. Stay inside and keep it off for 36-48 hours then come back in here and tell us what it was like living on the edge…
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 9:56pmIt’s called Camping. I find it unreasonable to tell you about it.
Report Post »joei234
Posted on August 28, 2011 at 4:10pmTroll trainer, why did you sign on as beckisnuts and then troll on the forum last spring? I have the links so don’t try denying it freak. You’re a creep.
Report Post »jnobfan
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:32pmCan’t wait to see the Obama voters out in the street screaming for free stuff. Should be fun.
Report Post »HD Veteran
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:18pmRight you are.
Bet the guy with the drink in his hand bought it with your money too.
Report Post »craigfoo
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:59pmThen he‘s going to sue the town for damages because it didn’t offer him 3 squares and a cot.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 7:05pmSomeone bring the popcorn. The freeloaders will be fun to watch, as long as they don’t get violent. But with New York, one can never tell.
Report Post »avenger
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 8:03pmnope..we have to pay for the mooches…
Report Post »Tusker
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:26pmHurricanes are nothing to mess around with. Been through several and will go through several more. This was a mild cat 3 storm. Nothing to toy with. However, traveling north along the coast, it was bound to downgrade as it hit cooler waters. Always better to be safe than sorry. All that mumbo jumbo aside, it’s always good to have a back up plan. Being without power for any extended period of time sucks ass. I can’t think of a better summer time drink in a situation like this, provided you still have ice and maybe a several twists of lime :-) I sure hope all the pets are cared for!
Report Post »jzs
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:24pmA man after my own heart. Get water, candles, batteries and booze. And ride it out.
Report Post »RIGHT2ARMBEARS
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 6:04pmYou forgot the AMMO !!
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 6:10pmAnd Beef Jerky and Ramen Noodles!
Report Post »wbedding
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:02pmnever let a good crisis go to waste.
Obama again saves the universe from total annihilation! looking forward to all the fundraising e-mails that will be sent out tomorrow asking for donations to his campaign because of all the leadership he provided.
Report Post »trooper
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:01pmYou may as well get drunk, if you have a job you drink after work, the people who don‘t work drink all day long and it’s YTs fault, you may as just join the crowd in this type of a situation. Get out the 40s and join the loosers.
Report Post »theperch
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:38pmWhy all the hate? whats wrong with a 40 ouncer? I work ten hours a day. love hanging with the loser’s and my 40 after work.
Report Post »loriann12
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 7:09pmBoy am I glad you explained what a 40 was…..Didn’t have those when I drank….my choice was cuba libras. rum and coke with a twist of lime.
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 7:49pmI didn’t drink, but I got stoned as s#it, and went out to the beach during a hurricane. It was 75 m.p.h. sustained winds !!! It was a Blast… Sandblast !!! A once in a lifetime !!!! H#ll Yeah !!!!
Report Post »Liberty Baby !!!! America !!!! TEA PARTY !!!!!
Rob
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:53pmWatch this short news video from a previous storm and see how the media exaggerates disasters…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q64qvkVtXd0
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:09pmLmao!
Report Post »RN MOM
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 5:52pmThat’s a good one, Bloomberg gave his last speech from a canoe.
Report Post »Jorge
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:50pmI want to thank Obama for making the hurricane seem like a once in a 100 year disaster, because it is turning out to be a dud. This hurricane is becoming a failure as hurricanes go because Obama called it storm of a lifetime. Everything this guy touches is a failure even horrible storms.
Report Post »Rob
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:48pmThis is going to be a non-event…media and politician created.
Report Post »nelbert
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:33pmI would ask how do they always find “that guy, ” but he stands out like a sore thumb.
Report Post »wrs840
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:28pmUs Tarheels love natural disasters. Shoot-far, if things ever git toe-up bad enough, the gubbermint might even give us paved streets.
Report Post »Devilmist
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:50pmyeah, but you’ll flock here to N.C. for medical care. Duke hospital and baptist,
Report Post »wrs840
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:18pmYo Devildrizzle… I’ve been a North Carolinian for 47 years.
Report Post »hlht
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:28pmLeast they ain’t Obama voters…wouldn’t think so anyway
Report Post »db321
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:13pmI’m going to NC for the next Hurricane.
Report Post »Michael600r
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:56pmI think Tony doesn’t need a reason for a G&T in the morning.
Report Post »reconmarine
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:54pmIt’s easy to see how liberals are created.
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:46pmReminds me of the good old days when I worked third shift. My buds and I would go to New Bedford for breakfast after work. Scrambled eggs, cheese, chourico and linguica washed down with ice cold Budweiser at 8:00 am. That was living.
Report Post »temple62
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:45pmYou know, there are some people who should stay on the beach during the storm – the ones to stupid to care like the drunks and dopers!
Report Post »midwestern soul
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:11pmSince we are calling out others ignorance, I am assuming you meant to say “too” stupid?
Report Post »db321
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:33pmThey were waiting for some Obama money. OOBBAMA – OOBBAMA!
Report Post »Jorge
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:47pmDude, you might want to steer clear of NC or you might end up swimming home.
Report Post »Marylou7
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:08pm@JORGE
Report Post »I like your response. These good old boys are the ones that put their lives on the line for their country and do it with honor. People on here will talk about the elites of the liberal party and then say some of the most elitist things about others in the same breath.
tower7femacamp
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:43pmEvil is so devious that it has consistently tried to co-opt and control the truth of the Word of God. The men who were behind Christ’s martyrdom were the Bible scholars of his day. These men were occultists. They used the Bible for their own arrogant purposes. Today, within the Illuminati is an arrogance. They have run this planet for hundreds of years. Their occult power has not been seriously challenged or stopped by the God of the Bible. They haven’t seen any lightening bolts from heaven ordering them to stop. Actually there have been a number of strong witnesses of God’s power to these generational satanic families, but in general most of them are too arrogant to accept any witness from God Almighty. In reality, the Illuminati’s power is ultimately that of a paper dragon, but its appearance is very frightening. The point is, the movers and shakers do not have a proper fear of the God of the Bible, so they think they can use the Bible for their own agendas.
I can think of numerous benefits to the Illuminati to preach Armageddon including the following:
The fear about disasters puts us into a survival mode and rather than think about concepts such as freedom and faith in Christ; we are easy to manipulate because we will do most anything to survive. (“Help us, we need FEMA, and please give them total dictatorial emergency powers.”) Fear and trauma are also key components to their total mind-control.
It makes the God of the Bible appear wrathful and crue
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:47pmhttp://www.theforbiddenknowledge.com/hardtruth/armageddon_plot.htm
Report Post »-Publius
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:45pmIgnoring the fact that this post has no relevance to the article, the link you provided was a complete waste of time. It is full of doctrinal errors that are completely wrong and full of contradictions. I advise you to have the book of revelation translated exegetically from the koine greek so you can see the errors in the article. The good that opposes the evil in the tribulation is not the beleivers, it is Christ and Christ alone. This article is a result of an individual who probably skimmed over the KJV without any guidance by a pastor teacher. “The day and hour of the rapture is unknown.” The tribulation is full of sequencial and chronological prophecies, so if the rapture takes place after the tribulation it would be very clear when the rapture is going to occur wouldnt it? The rapture also takes place in a time of “false peace”, do you really think that towards the end of the tribulation there is going to be a feeling of peace? This is why its called the tribulation!! People need to stop speculating about end times, we are only asked to be prepared.
Report Post »adiabat
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:40pm:37 on the tape… did anyone notice the cook using his fingers to pull the bacon out of the pan… then show him getting change from the register? I realize it’s edited, but can we use some tongs or a spatula, man?
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:45pmCape May cops tell surfers if they continue to surf he
Report Post »will have to shoot them for their own protection.
db321
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:20pmVery Perceptive of you – I did not see the cook do that the first time – I had to go back and replay it – Too many Gen & Tonics.
Would somebody call the Operator and have them trace this call to find out were I’m at..
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:33pmindeed…beefeater gin with a crisp lime…nothing better to face a whimpy cat 1 hurricaine….lol all the progressive white slaves in the media were hoping this was thier massa,s katrina
Report Post »afishfarted
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:43pmyup. Sorta like pourin’ Budwiser over the cheerios. The REAL breakfast of champions **burp**
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 8:07pmI always thought you should take a disaster with a grain of salt, accompamoed by slice of lime and a shot of tequila
Report Post »Susie
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:24pmSorry but I must agree with SCHTEVEO .
Report Post »Bit too much Huffington in this Post.
Schteveo
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:10pmOK, ONCE again, some jerk(s) who is (are) NOT from below the Mason – Dixon Line, goes out of their way to make Southerners look like idiots. Because, as we all know, there are NO alcoholics or street bums in places like NYC!!! No, simply everyone from up north is classy, well intentioned and erudite. With the obvious exception of the person that approved THIS headline!
Seriously, is THIS what The Blaze has come to? I could have gotten this kind of crap from some professional news person like, for instance, Chris Matthews!!
What next?
Will the week end staff at The Blaze blame George Bush for this hurricane too?
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:36pmSince when is having a little fun during a storm a fine art only southerners have perfected. We know how to do it too. You gotta lighten up a little bud, we’ve got some jerks up here no doubt, but nobody’s out to get you. Have a drink.
Report Post »Brents Torts
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:41pmRelax bud, this was a fun story. Who cares what the prepies think.
Report Post »gopack
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:46pmWell said. Thank you.
Report Post »Schteveo
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 3:23pmCCSully,
watch news coverage from southern ‘Fly Over’ any day of the week, if there is any. Or, God forbid, if there is a report of some kind from a NASCAR event, that gin swilling guy IS the poster child FOR ‘the south’ as far as the MSM is concerned. And, evidently, no one with teeth or a HS Diploma has ever had their home destroyed by a tornado down here either.
And like I said, I can get typical news from ANY other outlet I don’t need a subscription to have media talk down to me, or millions of other people like me from southern states!
How’s it hit you when they show people from MA rioting after a ball game? You don’t care, because the spin is never that ALL the people of MA are involved. However, southern news always starts and ends with the gin rummy, or others like him, in the picture.
Where are the pictures of the tens of thousands of reasonable, sober people who DID leave?
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 4:42pmSCHTEVEO – I understand what you are saying. The MSM tries to demonize anyone with traditional values, southerners, Christians, tea partiers etc. We are ignorant, racist, don’t believe in global warming, not fit for office….But I don’t think that was the intent of Scott Baker and the Blaze, these guys are about traditional values aren’t they?
Report Post »MIBUGNU2
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:04pmLooks like Tony is “feeling no pain” getting ready for a swim..
Report Post »Amherst Patriot
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:54pmCome on man, that‘s not Tony it’s Mark Steyn. Who let him out of New Hampshire?
Report Post »Gypsy123
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:01pmYou never know with Hurricanes they are unpredictable. They spawn tornado’s and electric lines and trees fall on people.
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:09pmand guess what ?? they will be fine, unless they get shot for refusing to leave
Ron Paul: No FEMA response necessary
*
The Alex Jones Channel Alex Jones Show podcast Prison Planet TV Infowars.com Twitter Alex Jones’ Facebook Infowars store
Jo Ling Kent
NBC
Aug 27, 2011
GILFORD, N.H. — After a lunch speech today, Ron Paul slammed the Federal Emergency Management Agency, or FEMA, and said that no national response to Hurricane Irene is necessary.
“We should be like 1900; we should be like 1940, 1950, 1960,” Paul said. “I live on the Gulf Coast; we deal with hurricanes all the time. Galveston is in my district.
“There’s no magic about FEMA. They’re a great contribution to deficit financing and quite frankly they don’t have a penny in the bank. We should be coordinated but coordinated voluntarily with the states,” Paul told NBC News. “A state can decide. We don’t need somebody in Washington.”
http://www.infowars.com/ron-paul-no-fema-response-necessary/
and we want Joe Isuzu Rick Perry ????
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 1:58pmWorks for me, I like mine with lime.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:04pmAt least with a Tom Collins you get some juice.Save the Gin and Tonic for a breakfast chaser.
Report Post »OlefromMN
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 2:24pmAs long as it is Beefeater. Why anybody would try to swallow Phillips in the AM is beyond me. They might as well drink sea water if they go with the cheap stuff.
Leave it to the AP to come up with mindless dribble.
Report Post »