I lived through more of them than you have seen on TV, unless you are a east coaster who grew up in the “just inland” swamp areas like me (grew up ON a swamp, thanks). Oh, I know your reply! “I don’t buy for a minute you have seen many storms or lived through them.” To which I will forecast a reply from me, “Don’t care, I know what I know.”
Can’t count the number of times weathergeddon is predicted, then nothing. I have spent money and will continue to spend money on preparing for them. The one time weathergeddon came true for Central NC was Fran, I had no money to prep for that one, but I lived in a dorm. Tornadoes around the dorm, but didn’t hit us. Car came feet from being totaled by a toppled tree.
Many of the other storms, I have helped my parents cleanup their land and property after the floods & winds and knocked over trees. but you ALWAYS get that when a hurricane gets close to shore.It’s not some new phenomenon as media would have you believe.
Besides the forecasts bear out the strength issue.
I may not be correct on the direction of travel, but this thing is going to be the proverbial “big rainstorm”, given the forecast trend, and the damage will focus in the coastal regions, the areas that always get plowed no matter what.
Just to prove me right, the strike date gets further out, the strength on landfall decreases, etc.
Just watch the trends....
But the prep is going to hurt the economy like no other storm in the past decade, because the media put the fear of God in the population.
Even better, the next storm, which could be a man eater, may get improperly ignored (not by me, but at least other central Carolinians or Georgians). I will always live in awe and respect for the storms, but I can also exercise my free speech to go ahead and call this one a flame-out.
Finally, I don’t have much ego about this. If I am wrong, I am wrong. But I am standing by my call, this storm is not what it is being presented as.
Feel free to ridicule me if it wipes out South Carolina or Georgia.
Remember, this is a forum, not a guidebook on what to do about the weather report. If anyone is basing their preparation guidance on little ol’me’s weather forecast, please DON’T. Do your storm prep.
4:53PM update:
Now projected to be a C1 at landfall in South Carolina.
The hype is government CYA, that will cost millions of dollars in prep money now spent on items that will carry that money out of NC.