(09-10-2018 08:10 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Don't take the flood risk lightly, especially with the talk about it being like Harvey and sitting on you guys for 3-4 days. 60+ inches of rain if that's the case.

The one saving grace is unlike Houston there is high ground in the Piedmont of the Carolinas. Even when we had the "1000 year flooding" here from Joachim there were plenty of places here that were high enough that flooding wasn't a problem. The coastal areas where it flattens out and the water table is much higher is a different story.

Add in the fact that even three years later many of the large pond dams that breached and caused most of the problems haven't been repaired.

Aaaaargh!!!

Just tapped out a nice addition to this thread and it got dumped. WTF?!?

Anyway, just left Kitty Hawk today and watching the guys surfing it was double overheard when when they dropped in. Big as I've seen, rideable, there since about '91 or so down in Hatteras. Breaking about a qtr mile + out, maybe further.

They're calling for 20-40(!) foot swells coming in. they'll crawl before being up on the beach, but Damn! This could get ugly.

We've got two properties down there, and I honestly hope they are even standing by Sunday. This is gonna be BAD.

Good luck all my SC, NC, and east coast Va friends, I'm 100 miles out and hoping for the best.

This looks like Isabel meets Hugo, meets Floyd kinda disaster.

Still can't shake the Floyd pigs on the flatbeds being loaded on to go to the incinerators and driving behind that stench in the Jeep.

Woooof, woof. Turrible.

Good luck and Godspeed to all our SC, NC, and Va Coastal friends.

This 'un gonna get ugly. Really ugly.

Where I am is showing anywhere from 2 to 30 inches of rain, depending on the model. Hoping for the former.

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(09-10-2018 08:50 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(09-10-2018 08:10 PM)Kronke Wrote:  Don't take the flood risk lightly, especially with the talk about it being like Harvey and sitting on you guys for 3-4 days. 60+ inches of rain if that's the case.

The one saving grace is unlike Houston there is high ground in the Piedmont of the Carolinas. Even when we had the "1000 year flooding" here from Joachim there were plenty of places here that were high enough that flooding wasn't a problem. The coastal areas where it flattens out and the water table is much higher is a different story.

Add in the fact that even three years later many of the large pond dams that breached and caused most of the problems haven't been repaired.

I think the one saving grace would be the sparse population, depending on where it hits obviously. 30 inches of rain at Cape Lookout would be just as devastating to the landscape, but it just isn't going to get the news 30 inches in Houston does. Not unless they can blame Trump.

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I don't know North Carolina well enough to know where the population centers are but this new update doesn't sound good. This is about where we were with Harvey a year ago where these numbers kept creeping up and up, and 20 inches quickly turned into 30 and then 40.

(09-11-2018 05:44 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Where I am is showing anywhere from 2 to 30 inches of rain, depending on the model. Hoping for the former.

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Hell of a range there

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(09-11-2018 06:06 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(09-11-2018 05:44 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Where I am is showing anywhere from 2 to 30 inches of rain, depending on the model. Hoping for the former.

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That's how they do things when they don't really know.

(09-11-2018 06:06 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

I don't know North Carolina well enough to know where the population centers are but this new update doesn't sound good. This is about where we were with Harvey a year ago where these numbers kept creeping up and up, and 20 inches quickly turned into 30 and then 40.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metro is right in the middle of the yellow-orange area. So is Wilmington and Fayetteville.

This projection looks like it will miss Charlotte though.

Schools are closing....

UNCW classes canceled as of Tuesday, NCSU classes canceled as of Wednesday, ECU classes canceled as of Tuesday, UNC-CH classes canceled as of 1991.

(09-11-2018 09:59 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Schools are closing....

UNCW classes canceled as of Tuesday, NCSU classes canceled as of Wednesday, ECU classes canceled as of Tuesday, UNC-CH classes canceled as of 1991.

well done

(09-11-2018 10:01 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(09-11-2018 09:59 AM)VA49er Wrote:  Schools are closing....

UNCW classes canceled as of Tuesday, NCSU classes canceled as of Wednesday, ECU classes canceled as of Tuesday, UNC-CH classes canceled as of 1991.

well done

I can't take credit for it. Picked it up elsewhere on the interweb and thought I'd pass along......

So I've got a major gripe with all the news networks over this storm. Everything is being portrayed as "life threatening, catastrophic", etc. I'm not downplaying the chance of severe weather, but as of right now its forecast to come a shore with 120 mph winds. Nearly identical to Fran. To listen to the news, everybody still on the coast is already dead.

All the women in my family have lost their collective minds. Pictures are off the wall, valuables are in rubbermaid tubs, and their so damned nervous they're in tears.

Why can't the weather channel show projected winds like they used to do? The way in reading their infographic, we are looking at 65+ mph gusts where I live but every female family member is convinced it's about to come ashore at a strong 4 or 5.

(09-11-2018 01:13 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So I've got a major gripe with all the news networks over this storm. Everything is being portrayed as "life threatening, catastrophic", etc. I'm not downplaying the chance of severe weather, but as of right now its forecast to come a shore with 120 mph winds. Nearly identical to Fran. To listen to the news, everybody still on the coast is already dead.

All the women in my family have lost their collective minds. Pictures are off the wall, valuables are in rubbermaid tubs, and their so damned nervous they're in tears.

Why can't the weather channel show projected winds like they used to do? The way in reading their infographic, we are looking at 65+ mph gusts where I live but every female family member is convinced it's about to come ashore at a strong 4 or 5.

The Weather Channel, along with other networks, relies on advertisers to survive. Bad weather equals a viewing bonanza. The more "end of the world" the more eyeballs watching which results in more advertising money for the networks. In the end, it is all about the $$.

(09-11-2018 01:13 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So I've got a major gripe with all the news networks over this storm. Everything is being portrayed as "life threatening, catastrophic", etc. I'm not downplaying the chance of severe weather, but as of right now its forecast to come a shore with 120 mph winds. Nearly identical to Fran. To listen to the news, everybody still on the coast is already dead.

All the women in my family have lost their collective minds. Pictures are off the wall, valuables are in rubbermaid tubs, and their so damned nervous they're in tears.

Why can't the weather channel show projected winds like they used to do? The way in reading their infographic, we are looking at 65+ mph gusts where I live but every female family member is convinced it's about to come ashore at a strong 4 or 5.

Welcome to my life the last two Hurricane systems.

New predictions make it sound like it may hug the coast or stay just inland in NC before stalling and then eventually jogging SW towards South Carolina/Georgia. Better news for folks well inland in NC and for Virginia (although they will still get rain), but way, way worse for SC/Georgia.

(09-11-2018 01:17 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(09-11-2018 01:13 PM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So I've got a major gripe with all the news networks over this storm. Everything is being portrayed as "life threatening, catastrophic", etc. I'm not downplaying the chance of severe weather, but as of right now its forecast to come a shore with 120 mph winds. Nearly identical to Fran. To listen to the news, everybody still on the coast is already dead.

All the women in my family have lost their collective minds. Pictures are off the wall, valuables are in rubbermaid tubs, and their so damned nervous they're in tears.

Why can't the weather channel show projected winds like they used to do? The way in reading their infographic, we are looking at 65+ mph gusts where I live but every female family member is convinced it's about to come ashore at a strong 4 or 5.

The Weather Channel, along with other networks, relies on advertisers to survive. Bad weather equals a viewing bonanza. The more "end of the world" the more eyeballs watching which results in more advertising money for the networks. In the end, it is all about the $$.

then there's the fact they're women....

fwiw dept.....

having gone through many.....from Frederick to Katrina, good luck to you guys....

just get out if you're on the coastal front....

it appears inland flooding is going to be the bigger issue....

#godspeed to all....the monsters suck balls....

I wonder if CSNBBS will be affected from this storm? Isn't this site based in SC?

(09-10-2018 05:01 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Im sitting the the path of another Hurricane. The current path puts the eye less than 20 miles from me on the backside of the storm. This one looks very much like Hazel that devastated a huge portion of North Carolina not only on the coast but way inland. Say a prayer that somehow this monster steers North and skirts the coast. Any impact from a cat 4 is going to be devastating. Ive got the generators ready and have enough fuel for about 10 days. Moving one set of elderly parents out of harms way tomorrow and we are going to hunker down with the other set and ride it out. Im VERY wary of this storm even being 40 miles inland. Flooding could be catastrophic in our area that is just now recovering from Matthew.

Prayers for you, your family and everyone potentially impacted by this storm.

Are you not under mandatory evacuation orders? How does that work, anyway?

(09-12-2018 01:47 PM)umbluegray Wrote:  

(09-10-2018 05:01 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Im sitting the the path of another Hurricane. The current path puts the eye less than 20 miles from me on the backside of the storm. This one looks very much like Hazel that devastated a huge portion of North Carolina not only on the coast but way inland. Say a prayer that somehow this monster steers North and skirts the coast. Any impact from a cat 4 is going to be devastating. Ive got the generators ready and have enough fuel for about 10 days. Moving one set of elderly parents out of harms way tomorrow and we are going to hunker down with the other set and ride it out. Im VERY wary of this storm even being 40 miles inland. Flooding could be catastrophic in our area that is just now recovering from Matthew.

Prayers for you, your family and everyone potentially impacted by this storm.

Are you not under mandatory evacuation orders? How does that work, anyway?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the govt can not force anyone from their home so the word "mandatory" is a bit misleading. However, if told to leave, and people ignore the warning, then the govt basically says, "Don't call us if you get into trouble".

(09-11-2018 06:37 AM)49RFootballNow Wrote:  

(09-11-2018 06:06 AM)fsquid Wrote:  

(09-11-2018 05:44 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  Where I am is showing anywhere from 2 to 30 inches of rain, depending on the model. Hoping for the former.

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(09-11-2018 06:06 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  

I don't know North Carolina well enough to know where the population centers are but this new update doesn't sound good. This is about where we were with Harvey a year ago where these numbers kept creeping up and up, and 20 inches quickly turned into 30 and then 40.

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill metro is right in the middle of the yellow-orange area. So is Wilmington and Fayetteville.

This projection looks like it will miss Charlotte though.

Well, "miss" is a relative term here.