Thanks for the ping, NN!!
I live in Mobile, AL, and, if I'm understanding the latest trends in the projections, this just got personal.
(I moved here after the storms last year - from Albuquerque! - so it begins to look like I'm going from observer to participant.)
Thanks for these threads - I'm sure they'll be as informative and helpful as they were last year...
Unk Ike
Not to give you a false sense of security, but at this point, the trends in the forecast are in your favor. If you don't have basic hurricane preparations in place (water, tarps, evacuation plan, etc.) go ahead and continue them, but it looks like this one will go to your east (better to be on the west than the east of a north coast Gulf landfall) - and it will probably go well to your east - and if it changes it's mind, it's still a good five days out at this point.
FFR
Former Fairhope Resident
Welcome to Mobile Ike ('I Like Ike'), I live down in the Fowl River area on the way to Dauphin Island. I'm always on the hurricane threads too... although it looks like this one will miss us.
The last two years I've felt like a 'pin' at the end of a bowling alley around here...sometimes a strike and sometimes a spare, lol.