00:12 <berndj> hello azonenberg, you're NYish aren't you?

00:13 <berndj> is sally turning out to be real or is it another irene?

00:13 <azonenberg> berndj: I'm upstate near albany

00:13 <azonenberg> We just got power back

00:13 <azonenberg> went down like two hours ago

00:14 <azonenberg> And what do you mean, another irene?

00:14 <azonenberg> When Irene hit here, half of downtown was five feet underwater

00:17 <berndj> oh! i thought it was like that xkcd... forgot the number

00:20 <azonenberg> Maybe in some places

00:23 <berndj> you're not exactly in NYC though, right?

00:25 <azonenberg> Not even close

00:25 <azonenberg> 200 miles upstream

00:25 <azonenberg> about 1/4 mile or so east of the river, it's a fairly low-lying area though

00:26 <azonenberg> i think i'm 30 feet above river level or so

00:26 <azonenberg> My floor is, that is

00:26 <azonenberg> sorry, i meant my street

00:27 <berndj> i'm about 7m above sea level, but i'm also 15km away from the coast

00:28 <azonenberg> i'm more like 1km from the river

00:28 <berndj> if/when you get flooded, is it just because of craploads of rain, or something on a bigger scale like storm surges going up the river?

00:33 <azonenberg> I have never been flooded here

00:33 <azonenberg> downtown it's usually been just rain