FReeper Storm Check-in (vanity)

9-19-03 | me

[netmilsmom]

Thanks for checking in! Good thing you boarded up the windows! What a story about the neighbor, whew!

[netmilsmom]

No storm damage! Great! Thanks for checking in!

[netmilsmom]

Thanks for checking in! It's 61 degrees and rainy in MI. I wish we could get a little hot, but just a little!

[holdmuhbeer]

thanks, i'd have to say this one was a pretty wimpy hurricane. Fran and Floyd were much worse as was Hugo.

[PLMerite]

This suburban Maryland Freeper is okay and has power once again. Lost it Thu midnight, got it back Sunday evening.

Good thing it wasn't a "real" hurricane by the time it hit my place.

[Constitution Day]

Same impression I had.

It's a lot worse in other places, though.
My relatives from Petersburg came to stay with my parents here in Rocky Mount; they have been told not to expect power for at least one week.

[dirtboy]

thanks, i'd have to say this one was a pretty wimpy hurricane. Fran and Floyd were much worse as was Hugo.

Three things about Isabel -

1 - the windfield was extremely large - you had tropical-storm force winds several hundred miles out from the center.

2 - because of that size, you had a very large fetch with which to generate waves, and

3 - the alignment of the storm at landfall drove a lot of water up the Chesapeake, causing saltwater flooding a considerable distance away from landfall.

So, yes, if you look at the damage around where the storm made landfall, it wasn't that powerful. But if you look at the total affected area, this storm was bad - six million people lost power during the course of the storm.

[Doohickey]

Hey, neighbor! I'm in Dunncroft, off Hungary Road. I wasn't aware that anyone in the far West End was still powerless. Wherebouts are you?

[iceskater]

Right around the corner - practically. The Village of Innsbrook. We finally got our power back this morning.

[netmilsmom]

I guess, from everything I read here, I wouldn't want to see a real hurricane!
Thanks for checking in!

[Stand_Up]

LongBeach, MD
Had power restored monday 12pm.
Having a cook out now, Bar-b-Q Beef, Pork, Chicken.
Lots of trees down here and several homes with severe water damage.
No loss of life.
Thank God.

[netmilsmom]

Oooo, you can fax me some of that BBQ! Thanks for checking in! We appreciate it!