Note: Tres came down this morning in North Raleigh - from the rain!!!!! No wind!!!! We will see a LOT more of that through the day today. Expect blocked roads, trees on houses.
OK - breeze now here.
I HATE THIS!
WRAL TV weather unfortunately is not as good as WPTF weather man Joe Bustardi - and he is NOT ON WPTF Radio now - they have a national program on. THIS IS REMINISCENT OF FRAN - I remember well listening to WPTF Radio their stupid program on history something or other when the power was going out and trees were thudding all around!!! Finally turned the radio to one of the FM Rock stations and the guy there did a terrific job.....DJ - I don't remember his name.....but he just stepped into the roll and did beautifully.
That huge band of wind/rain that you see on the radar - cannot help but push trees over. I have made my choice to stay put and pray the huge trees around me stay upright...but if they crash - so be it. Insurance, roof man, repair people = here we come!
Have the stuff might need downstairs in the interior closet and bath.
Did not manage to get extra water but I can walk for water if needed.
We are going to have power outages and we ARE going to have structural damage in this area and Crabtree Creek IS going to flood. That mall is closed except for Sears and Belks - but they will close soon I am sure.
Sorry - know this is too much for what may be a wimp of a situation - but Floyd was "nothing" too and knocked down a bunch of trees - including one here. I think WRAL is wrong.
After this storm is over, if mother nature didn't do it for you, if I were you I'd pay to have some of those big trees taken down. It's worth every penny if it helps your peace of mind. That's what I did within a year or so of moving into this house and a minor hurricane threw a giant limb off of an old tree right next to the house. Worth every penny. I could feel the ground shake when that limb came down. Any trees that might fall on my house now are slender, and are far enough away that if they do hit they won't actually come into the house, although they might muss things up on the roof.
This ain't no Fran. (Thank God).
Joe Bastardi is a great weatherman! He does a lot of research on past weather systems - what's the same and what's different. That's given him a base of information to work from that's different from many meteorologists, and consequently his forcasts are often somewhat different. He was very concerned that Charley would strengthen rapidly right before landfall.