For many Philly neighborhoods, Hurricane Irene was kind of a dud (sorry, East Falls, Manayunk and others in flood planes -- no disrespect).Not to say that is a bad thing -- who wants to live on hand-crank flashlights, canned food and board games for seven to ten days?But the fact did not escape many Philly-area tweeters. Some responded with humor.@Lord_G_Almighty Hurricane Irene threatens the East Coast of USA. If MTV won't cancel Jersey Shore, God will.@billfelty upside of the hurricane #63: power-washed city streets and buildings@ScooRandall_33 Irene took at look at some parts of Philly and said oh No. Gotta Go@Clarknt67 BTW, I heard on FX Network it was always sunny in Philadelphia. Don't believe the hype. #NLGJA2011 #Irene@AshIsAmazin This year I survived a tornado, earthquake, hurricane, and a rapture. Officially winning.@EllisFromPhilly Philly is in a mad panic over the storm. I hope the flash mobs drownin the flash floods #ahbooo@jerseycoach @rowanuniversity First you get hit with a flood and then an earthquake. What's next? Locusts?@hey_daniel Earthquake, hurricane, whatever. Anything but another 40 hour work week..@blunted215 Irene is now a Tropical Storm. Philly broke that bitch down.Others seemed unimpressed with the storm's force.@SkreeDeath I must have missed that massive hurricane. All I saw was some rain. Philly doesn't hurricane properly.@Barbuzzo Hurricane? It's like god is sneezing!@NeishaHillman They Could Have Just Said Flooding And Heavy Winds Like Wtf It Wasn'tThat Serious@kadud Wild hurricane survival dreams, but no damage here in old city. People walking around aimlessly outside- lost w/out Cafe Ole open. #Philly@tugis87 Ppl was really pissed they bought out Walmart, Target, Market for a thunderstorm, the news did kinda hype this hurricane upMany took the warnings and aftermath seriously.@Mz_MonieLuv The same ppl that didnt believe Noah and about the flood and he builtthe arc are the same ppl who drowned and died@djrtodaizza It's not as bad as people thought it would be but people are still without power, gas. Trees are falling, killing people. Mass flooding.@KING_LuxeDiddy Some People have trees in their living rooms, lost their lives, there'smassive flooding....you dunno cuz Twitter is ur main info source -_-@Missklepta @__ARROGANTit's so unbelievably corny to see people say "Irene ain't shit"..uhI've had no power for weeks several times & that shit sucks@MsJanelleBaby So instead of all the "I told you so's" about the hurricane, how about thanking god it wasn't that bad! -__-@angiewrites People died. Trees fell on cars/homes.Floods destroyed property(in thiseconomy).Be glad she skipped you.I don't understand the snark #IreneSome reported damage.@shonishon The Schuylkill River is floating down Main St. :(@JadeyyJade My ceiling is fucked & my floor is flooded boyy!@LarryMendte @Beejer I have a crew outside my house right now removing anotherdowned tree from street. Yes damage in Philly. Flooding, power, trees@Beejer @LarryMendte oh man. Glad to hear you are okay sir! I drove thru theworst of it last night getting a few stranded friends.@I_Me_Mine_J There's a lot of debris and a downed tree in our complex. We can't goanywhere because we are surrounded by the flooding Schuylkill!'@ArthurCaplan power back on. minor tree damage winds still a bit feisty groundsoaked we survived@EricWaxy Still no power and I can't even get through to PPL. It was easier thismorning during the storm. Just give us an update. Earlier said by 2pmBut of course, optimists found the hurricane's silver lining.@PennCareerServ Monday Morning Inspiration After Irene: "If you want to see the sunshine, you have to weather the storm." Frank Lane@lmissamy143 Thanks to Miss Hurricane Irene/Tropical Storm Irene, I had a very relaxing weekend. So refreshed.@DaBulGanja S/O To Hurricane Irene She Gave Me A Day Off From Work Today Das Love
