The Twittering Masses: New York Media Reacts To Hurricane Irene

(Oh, stop it. You knew this post was coming.)

Hurricane Irene is taking over our Twitter feeds today (or mine, anyway, given most of the people I follow are New York media types or friends in other cities who insist on mocking New York relentlessly), and, right now, it’s seems like a mix of conflicting news reports (Is everything going to be ok, or are we going to sink under a barrage of half-drowned sewer rats?), well-meaning calls to hoard canned goods and preserve small pets in salt, and jokes. Terrible jokes, great jokes, obvious jokes, and jokes indicating a worrying lack of familiarity with the lyrics of Dexys Midnight Runners.

Here are some of the best (and/or worst) hurricane Tweets I’ve noticed today. Feel free to add any you happened to think were especially hilarious or cringe-inducing.

Gawker’s Jim Newell is good at prioritizing, but bad at planning ahead.

Our own Colby Hall is a “winner.”

Yahoo’s Dylan Stableford is not one to panic.

CNN’s Mark Joyella (formerly of some media blog with which you might be familiar) is preparing himself for the worst.

Rachel Sklar, of Hashable and Change the Ratio and, like, everything, reminds us of what’s important.

Time Inc. public relations guru Jen Nedeau imagines the unprecedented horror to come:

New York Daily News opinion editor Josh Greenman didn’t make the rules, folks. Don’t blame him.

Stay safe, folks. Or, alternately, remain sarcastic and terribly self-satisfied.

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