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

NHC | 9-17-03 | My Favorite Headache

[Ol' Sox]

The game was originally scheduled for tonight. They rescheduled it earlier to try and get the game in before the 'cane showed up.

[Slip18]

I remember the World Series years ago in San Francisco when a big EQ hit.

Can't believe they would allow their fans to be in danger in this kind of weather, though. And I'm sure, just as here, there are diehard fans.

[steveegg]

That's the port; when the Marines come down, the load onto small ships (I forget what they are called) and they take them out to the inlet there at the right end of the island and load them onto the huge Navy vessels.

It's kind of unreal to watch.

Probably LSTs (Landing Ship-Tank), though I wouldn't be too surprised to see some LCACs (Landing Craft-Air Cushioned).

[abner]

Yes, still quiet... Windy but quiet. You have Freepmail.

[ironman]

Ironman checking in from Northern Virginia just outside DC. No rain. Zero wind. Overcast. I expect all that will change shortly.

[Howlin]

It's getting kind of breezy up here; 40 has already been closed down twice for flooding at the airport exit; a tree feel somewhere in downtown Raleigh, hit a transformer and caught two houses on fire.

And, of course, the criminal element decided today was a good day to be out and about: Mission Valley bank robbed.

[steveegg]

The Yankees haven't clinched the East yet, so they need to play it.

[edwin hubble]

"At 10:30 a.m., Dominion Virginia Power reports the following outages: 19,800 on the Peninsula;

You'll have to forgive me."

Geography of S.E. Virginia:

The Peninsula (abbreviated from Lower Peninsula)
runs from Williamsburg to Hampton, the land between the James and the York rivers. Newport News, Hampton, York County, Poquoson.

(Middle Peninsula lies between the Rappahannock and the York rivers. Northern Neck lies between Rappahannock and Potomac rivers).

The more general term "Tidewater" could refer to anything from the ocean to the fall line.

The term "Hampton Roads" includes the cities of Newport News, Hampton, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Va. Beach. (even though Virginia Beach doesn't touch body of water Hampton Roads -- the confluence of the estuaries of the James, Elizabeth and Nansemond Rivers).

Eastern Shore is the counties on the eastern side of the Chesapeake Bay. Accomac and Northampton.

[NautiNurse]

I think the game will be ending soon BWI Radar

[CollegeRepublican]

It is because if they had to make up the game the make-up game would have to be played in NYC. And MLB thinks that would be unfair. The Hated Yankees would play 82 home games and 80 away games. Instead of 81/81.

[Fishtalk]

I've been following this thread since last night. This is my first post because it is the first time I am able to talk about it.

We moved to Delaware from the impossibly liberal state of Merryland this past June. We owned a home on the water in Marryland and have it now up for sale. Currently we are, as stated, in Delaware, about 8 miles from Rehobeth Beach.

In a bit of NOT serendipity, we are worried about TWO houses. The latest from the weather station is the Chesapeake Bay is expected to be impacted from a tremendous push of ocean water up the inlets and coves. Our other house is on a cove but it *is*, ahem, way up high and not likely to get swamped.

Still there is a boat pavillion and several piers on the property that I'm not sure will make it.

Here in Delaware, where we've decided to stay at home, the irony is we are LESS likely to be affected by Isabel than at our other house. We are 100 miles away from that house. I did ask my daughter to check on it when all is over with this hurricane.

In another bit of irony, husband and I discussed going to our Merryland house and get away from this eastern shore. Now THAT house is in danger.

We have bath tubs full of water here. Dogs have been walked and are in for the day. The wind is really kicking up here now. We secured the place, taking in all lawn ornaments and eveything that could blow around. Our other house has already been cleared out so this should be okay.

BOTH houses are surrounded by tall, thin oak trees. Last night, we even said a prayer. We couldn't go to a shelter as all pets must be in cages. Come on, we have six cats, and two dogs, one is very big. We'll wait it out here and hope our other house makes it through.

Wish us luck and I will keep in touch so longs as we have power.

[steveegg]

That would be a safe assumption.

[mikegi]

and don't forget the dopey windbreakers with the floppy hoods... gotta have the hood slappin em in the wind.

I was about to add to my post the issue of the "floppy hoods". I love it when the anchors in the studio tell the reporter in the field to "stay safe, don't stay out in the dangerous weather for our sake".

The hurricane coverage follows a script. While the storm is way offshore the wind damage is touted with a bunch of "it could", etc. dire warnings. Then, as the storm approaches the shore and peters out, the dire warnings shift to the weak tornados that hurricanes sometimes spawn. Once that phase passes without incident, they focus on storm surge. Finally, they conclude coverage with the infinite "we dodged a bullet" lines, etc.

[angcat]

Meowwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

That will happen very soon!

[Petronski]

Local media announced that refunds for ticketholders who could not make it, or chose not to go would be on a no-questions-asked basis. They felt they just had to get this one in.

[Howlin]

The water is up over the road at Sandbridge below Virginia Beach, with decks and boats on the road.

Keep watching. It'll be there shortly. Stay safe!

[CobaltBlue]

My understanding is that WalMart always welcomes RVers as a matter of policy.

[steveegg]

Good luck.

[Jackie-O]

Thanks honey!

[Slip18]

I kind of understand that. Yankees being in first place and all. But Baltimore is 25.5 games out. We'll see if they're able to finish the game.

Enough of baseball. Back to our regular programming. LOL!