(09-12-2018 01:51 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(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".

Pretty much.

Even if there isn't a mandatory evacuate when conditions get to certain levels you are on your own anyway because public safety just stops responding until conditions ease up.

(09-12-2018 02:12 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(09-12-2018 01:51 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(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".

Pretty much.

Even if there isn't a mandatory evacuate when conditions get to certain levels you are on your own anyway because public safety just stops responding until conditions ease up.

yup, they did that to any place East of the ICW when Irma came up.

(09-12-2018 02:15 PM)fsquid Wrote:  

(09-12-2018 02:12 PM)Kaplony Wrote:  

(09-12-2018 01:51 PM)VA49er Wrote:  

(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".

Pretty much.

Even if there isn't a mandatory evacuate when conditions get to certain levels you are on your own anyway because public safety just stops responding until conditions ease up.

yup, they did that to any place East of the ICW when Irma came up.

Our policy was any time there were 60mph or greater sustained winds.

Florence already a record breaker. With Sumter, Clarendon, and Lee Counties getting put under a Tropical Storm Watch it marks the first time in history any portion of the SC Midlands has been so designated.

Granted, they've changed the criteria some compared to the past but I thought that was a pretty neat piece of trivia.

It has been a hell of day preparing for this mess. Looks like we are going to get upwards of 20" of rain and wind gusts 100+ starting tomorrow night. This will be no doubt the worst storm Ive had to weather simple due to the duration of this. They are talking about 18 hours of heavy rain and high winds. Im abandoning my home and going about 5 miles away to be with my elderly parents during this. My home is in a flood prone area that did not get damage from Floyd or Matthew. I got lots of water under my home but Installed a sump pump system last year that should help. Hell..its just stuff. If it floods out or blows away? It is replaceable. We will be fine.

(09-12-2018 08:28 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  It has been a hell of day preparing for this mess. Looks like we are going to get upwards of 20" of rain and wind gusts 100+ starting tomorrow night. This will be no doubt the worst storm Ive had to weather simple due to the duration of this. They are talking about 18 hours of heavy rain and high winds. Im abandoning my home and going about 5 miles away to be with my elderly parents during this. My home is in a flood prone area that did not get damage from Floyd or Matthew. I got lots of water under my home but Installed a sump pump system last year that should help. Hell..its just stuff. If it floods out or blows away? It is replaceable. We will be fine.

Prayers for you my friend!

(09-12-2018 08:28 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  It has been a hell of day preparing for this mess. Looks like we are going to get upwards of 20" of rain and wind gusts 100+ starting tomorrow night. This will be no doubt the worst storm Ive had to weather simple due to the duration of this. They are talking about 18 hours of heavy rain and high winds. Im abandoning my home and going about 5 miles away to be with my elderly parents during this. My home is in a flood prone area that did not get damage from Floyd or Matthew. I got lots of water under my home but Installed a sump pump system last year that should help. Hell..its just stuff. If it floods out or blows away? It is replaceable. We will be fine.

Be Safe and I bet your Parents will enjoy your company.

(09-12-2018 08:28 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  It has been a hell of day preparing for this mess. Looks like we are going to get upwards of 20" of rain and wind gusts 100+ starting tomorrow night. This will be no doubt the worst storm Ive had to weather simple due to the duration of this. They are talking about 18 hours of heavy rain and high winds. Im abandoning my home and going about 5 miles away to be with my elderly parents during this. My home is in a flood prone area that did not get damage from Floyd or Matthew. I got lots of water under my home but Installed a sump pump system last year that should help. Hell..its just stuff. If it floods out or blows away? It is replaceable. We will be fine.

Thoughts and prayers for you and everyone else in the storm's path. I've had an eye go right over my house before, so those of us on the Gulf Coast have some idea what you will be going through.

(09-12-2018 08:28 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  It has been a hell of day preparing for this mess. Looks like we are going to get upwards of 20" of rain and wind gusts 100+ starting tomorrow night. This will be no doubt the worst storm Ive had to weather simple due to the duration of this. They are talking about 18 hours of heavy rain and high winds. Im abandoning my home and going about 5 miles away to be with my elderly parents during this. My home is in a flood prone area that did not get damage from Floyd or Matthew. I got lots of water under my home but Installed a sump pump system last year that should help. Hell..its just stuff. If it floods out or blows away? It is replaceable. We will be fine.

Best of luck. This gonna suck for lots of folks.

Not looking forward to it.

(09-12-2018 08:28 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  It has been a hell of day preparing for this mess. Looks like we are going to get upwards of 20" of rain and wind gusts 100+ starting tomorrow night. This will be no doubt the worst storm Ive had to weather simple due to the duration of this. They are talking about 18 hours of heavy rain and high winds. Im abandoning my home and going about 5 miles away to be with my elderly parents during this. My home is in a flood prone area that did not get damage from Floyd or Matthew. I got lots of water under my home but Installed a sump pump system last year that should help. Hell..its just stuff. If it floods out or blows away? It is replaceable. We will be fine.

Good luck to you

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(09-10-2018 06:31 PM)banker Wrote:  You know, people can make fun of WV all they want, but we are about 90% natural disaster proof. Flash floods are the only thing that gets us.

I've only been there once or twice and I thought it was lovely.

(09-11-2018 01:37 AM)JMUDunk Wrote:  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.

Some of my best work has been abandoned because of that. It was too tiring trying to remember what I wrote. Good luck and God speed.

(09-11-2018 05:50 AM)EverRespect Wrote:  

(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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The talking points are being authored as we speak. Mach should have them for us any time now.

(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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Hell of a range there

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50-50. It will or it won't.

(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.

(09-12-2018 08:28 PM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  It has been a hell of day preparing for this mess. Looks like we are going to get upwards of 20" of rain and wind gusts 100+ starting tomorrow night. This will be no doubt the worst storm Ive had to weather simple due to the duration of this. They are talking about 18 hours of heavy rain and high winds. Im abandoning my home and going about 5 miles away to be with my elderly parents during this. My home is in a flood prone area that did not get damage from Floyd or Matthew. I got lots of water under my home but Installed a sump pump system last year that should help. Hell..its just stuff. If it floods out or blows away? It is replaceable. We will be fine.

That's a great attitude, prayers for you and everyone who may be impacted.

(09-12-2018 06:11 AM)Fort Bend Owl Wrote:  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.

I have an acquaintance who almost got violent yesterday in the cigar store because I told him he was full of shite when he proclaimed loudly that hurricanes DO.NOT.EVER! track south.

Looking better since the downgrade to cat2. Unfortunately the projected path now comes within a few miles of me. Lots of rain expected but thankfully less wind. highway 74/76 is bumper to bumper heading West. Wilmington is taking this seriously.

Be safe everybody!

Where are you Fo? Best case scenario is it takes the more northern route into Cape Lookout. Would put Wilmington, Jacksonville, Morehead City and Emerald Isle on the weaker side and a much sparser population in the NE quadrant. Still devastating rains, but likely minimizes overall damage. We are already seeing some gusty conditions all the way up in Hampton Roads and it isn't going to take much more than 40mph sustained to knock down trees right now. That's my concern even though we will likely just get some outer bands.