Hurricane a blow'n,,, batten down the hatches!

As of Friday morning tropical storm-force winds were up to 580 miles wide. This is the distance from Baltimore to Portland, Maine.

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Ian-T said:
Just think of it like a blizzard without the snow.
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I'd rather have the blizzard; at least a blizzard doesn't drown the basement and cost me money.


We've already gotten our evacuation notice - first time ever we've been forced to leave our home of 20 years.
 
True- a blizzard, you're locked in. You're getting locked out... sorry to hear it. Looks like it's getting to be Greenwich Mean Time...
Are they actually making you leave, or just saying they won't come to the rescue if called?
Good luck, Bob!
 
Hows it going David? Hope your still intact man. If we dont hear back soon, I'm betting you lost power. If you get a chance post us updates, thanks

Im starting to get a bit nervous about the flooding, I have a business accross the street from the Capecod Canal. And it's not much higher than the sea level, Still have to board it up tomorrow morning. I'm looking around my yard praying the trees hang in there. Now their talking about flash tornados, these news casters know how to get the lady of the house in a complete panick. lol
 
Ian-T said:
These are strange times. I moved from Connecticut to Florida some years back and encountered many hurricanes since then....and now look. Though I miss having a basement I can't imagine the potential damage that could of happend if I did have one. You're doing the right thing by moving your stuff out of harms way. You shouldn't have to worry about the winds just the potential flood damage. Just think of it like a blizzard without the snow.
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Living in Florida, I would say you have paid your hurricane due's Ian, You earned a pass this time around. But keep in mind, it's still early in the hurricane season, there's plenty more to go around. heheh
 
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Living in Florida, I would say you have paid your hurricane due's Ian, You earned a pass this time around. But keep in mind, it's still early in the hurricane season, there's plenty more to go around. heheh
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...and that's what I call a dose of reality. You're absolutely right about that.
 
Power was out for about 12 hours. Neighborhood seems intact; the rest of Wilmington is a little messy but I don't think anything serious went wrong. Wind is lingering longer than I would have thought.

The nastiest thing seems to be the size of this thing. It's not that strong, but it takes 24 hours to go by.

Hopefully it will continue to weaken as it makes its way north.
 
Tracking map:
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/hurricanes/?ref=us#!/2011/Irene

The good news is it's a Cat 1.
The bad news is it's a wide, slow moving Cat 1.

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/27/us/27hurricane.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha2

WILMINGTON- Before the storm’s outer bands of wind and rain began hitting the coast, mandatory evacuations were ordered all along the Eastern Seaboard, as far north as the New Jersey shore and parts of New York City. Roads and highways were filled with caravans of ousted vacationers and homeowners, many fleeing under still-sunlit skies in anticipation of torrential rains, dangerous tidal surges and the likelihood of days without power.

Overnight, the hurricane weakened slightly to a Category One storm, with maximum sustained winds of 90 miles m.p.h., the National Hurricane Center said in its latest bulletin.
“The hazards are still the same,” a hurricane specialist at the center, Mike Brennan said, according to The Associated Press. “The emphasis for this storm is on its size and duration, not necessarily how strong the strongest winds are.”

The ocean started pouring over the dunes and flooded the small beachside community of Wrightsville Beach, said the town manager, Robert Simpson.
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Wasn't there a Wrightsville Beach Studios, with Barry, Jimerson...?

The storm is going to last most of the day in North Carolina. After reaching land it will force storm surge into the bays and sounds here, inundating low-lying areas.
But with a storm this big and this wet — the National Hurricane Center in Miami said its tropical-storm-force winds stretched 290 miles —
when it hits land, the power of the winds might not be as important as the amount of rainfall.

Such a huge dump of sustained rain along with high winds will most likely uproot trees from soggy ground and cause wide-scale loss of power.
Flooding is the biggest concern, said Steve Pfaff, a meteorologist with the weather service’s office in Wilmington. As much as 9 to 10 inches of rain will fall over the easternmost areas here, overwhelming drainage systems.

That the storm is hitting the North Carolina coast in the middle of the night and might last much of the day is especially hard to bear.
“You sit through 8 or 10 hours of 80 mile an hour winds and it gets on your nerves,” he said. “It beats on everything for so long, and you can’t see the damage it’s doing.”
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I don't think Wrightsville Beach fared too badly. Most everything's on stilts, so a surge flood would wet the streets and not too much else. Might be a couple of shops affected, but presumably they took ample precautions.
 
Just heard on CNN it was about to hit Wilmington, and thought of the crew out there. You guys be safe!

(Though the map on MSNBC said it's passed you guys)
 
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