Hurricane Isabel:Live Thread #2 "Force Ten Conditions In North Carolina And Further North"

NHC | 9-17-03 | My Favorite Headache

[PJ-Comix]

Force 10 From Navarone.

[steveegg]

Cantore's getting slammed in Kill Devil Hills (the loss of signal shows he isn't faking much).

Meanwhile, a local guy on FoxNews isn't having much of a problem (though he's behind a fence).

[Howlin]

[meyer]

I heard that too, says 15-20 people trapped and hotel falling into the ocean.

"Structural failure" was one phrase I heard. I'm a terrible reporter. :)

[Gabz]

It's currently not raining - but we just had our first power flicker.

[Mo1]

I am not complaining though; lots of people do have and will have it worse!

I hear ya ..FNC was also reporting that 18,000 folks went to the shelters because the storm was worse then they had thought it would be.

Local news is predicting tropical strom winds up here later tonight and into tomorrow

[P.O.E.]

If for some reason your power goes out and you can't access FR, just know we're praying for youse.

[steveegg]

It's currently not raining - but we just had our first power flicker.

It's going to be a long afternoon/night.

I've got some things to get done; I'll try to pop back in later.

[Corin Stormhands]

10-15 media people trapped in hotel.

I guess it's just wrong of me to hope that at least one of them is Geraldo...

[Howlin]

[Mo1]

FOX news - Hotel where many news media are staying has lost its ocean-side facade, the building is coming apart. Media people stuck on second and third floors.

That is NOT good

[Slip18]

Where's Cyber so I can have him interpret "Force 10 from Navarone"?

Are you okay?

[meyer]

Just saw that too. Time for the sillies here to stop cracking jokes and let's see how bad this is going to be.

I saw a view of one of the piers starting to come apart. The wave damage is cumulative - a constant beating until things loosen up and start coming apart. That seems to be the case with the hotel. Probably one of those fake stucco buildings that looks strong, but is a simple stick-frame building underneath.

The back side of the storm will have stronger winds, as most of y'all know already.

[mykdsmom]

Trees coming down in Garner, Cary and Raleigh now. Did you have any trees removed from your property after the ice storm?

Thank God we had 15 removed about 2 weeks before the ice storm or we would be in big trouble. Turns out that 2 HUGE ones were rotten inside but looked fine on the outside.

MKM

[xsmommy]

raining pretty hard. the gutters are overflowing.

[Chemist_Geek]

Isn't that a fabulous graphic?

Yep! I look at those during tornado season up here in Michigan. What's interesting to me is that it also shows the storm movement in that it's not 180° blue and 180° yellow; you can see where the wind is asymmetric.

[Howlin]

I have very mixed feelings about that. :-)

[Slip18]

See you later, Steve. Stay safe.

[Chemist_Geek]

Time for the sillies here to stop cracking jokes and let's see how bad this is going to be.

Nothing to do now except hang on, though - it's too late to build reinforcement or evacuate.

[steveegg]

I don't have to stay safe; I'm in a near-drought area of the country (Wisconsin). Many of the others around here, though, need to stay safe. Prayers for them and everyone.