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The Lowdown is compiled by DN Journal Editor & Publisher Ron Jackson.

Hurricane Irene Pays an Unwelcome Visit to Domainers Along the Eastern Seaboard

I had the Weather Channel on through much of the weekend following Hurricane Irene's destructive tear up the Eastern seaboard from North Carolina all the way to Maine. With the storm passing through major population centers like Washington, D.C., Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York and Boston, I knew that a lot of people from our industry were experiencing the storm first hand and was hoping they would escape personal injury or serious property damage. I've heard from a couple but it will be awhile before the storm's full toll trickles in (though experts agree the damage will run into the billions of dollars). 

Some are just now getting back 

Hurricane Irene (NASA Photo taken from space)

online after losing their electricity for nearly two days. Long time friend and fellow domain investor Richard Meyer, who lives near Baltimore, told me he electric went out Saturday night around 10pm and he didn't get it back until after 2pm today (Monday). Fortunately, Richard's property weathered the storm well and his biggest loss may be limited to the contents of his freezer. As more people get their power back, allowing them to get back online, I'm sure we will hear a lot more from friends and relatives in the affected areas.

Rob Grant happened to be visiting friends in Rye, New York when the storm hit and while riding in their car the group got caught in the tidal surge that came in from Long Island sound. Rob sent me a picture of their predicament and fortunately, though the car was totalled, they all made it back to dry land soaked but safe and sound. As high as the water is in the photo below, Grant said it was taken an hour before high tide when the water went even higher. 

Domain investor/developer Rob Grant was riding in this car when it was swamped 
by the tidal surge Hurricane Irene pushed ashore on New York's Long Island

Last fall I was among those onboard the Carnival Imagination cruise ship for the first DNCruise conference when the boat had to be diverted from its original destination, Cozumel, Mexico, when Hurricane Paula blew up unexpectedly in the Gulf of Mexico and chased us thousands of miles east to the Bahamas instead. Though game nights on DNCruise were a blast, I'm hoping we won't be playing "Dodge the Hurricane" again when DN Cruise II leaves from Tampa next Monday (Sept. 5)!  Cozumel is on the planned itinerary again and I like our chances of actually making it there this time (and even if we don't I'm sure it will be a lot of fun with the domain crowd that will be onboard).

One other  note from the conference front, the current $1,595 registration rate for the 2011 T.R.A.F.F.I.C. conference coming up October 16-19 at the Ritz Carlton on Ft. Lauderdale Beach expires Wednesday night (August 31). Prices go up to $1,795 on Thursday.

Show organizers also announced there will be no online bidding for the conference's live domain auction on October 18. They will accept phone bids from those who pre-qualify and register to bid at least 72 hours before the event.

Pool area at the Ritz Carlton Ft. Lauderdale Beach 
where T.R.A.F.F.I.C. 2011 will be held October 16-19.

(Posted August 29, 2011)


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