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Hurricane Isabel Now Expected To Hit The United States
National Hurricane Center ^
| 9/14/03
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Posted on 09/14/2003 8:52:00 AM PDT by I_love_weather
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To: SamAdams76
Not much chance of people in the Carolinas being complacent over hurricanes. Hugo, Fran, Floyd and a couple of lesser ones (Bertha comes to mind) have all made landfall in the Carolinas the past few years.
I grew up on the coast and with the possible exception of Diana in the early 80's (which made a U-turn so my grandparents in Southport (30 miles south of Wilmington) got it twice), there hadn't been a major hurricane making landfall in my lifetime, until Hugo, which was in '89, I believe. There were some Nor'easters that were worse than the hurricanes that came by here. Then came Fran in 1996...and then Floyd in 1999. Everybody who could remember Hazel back in the 50's stopped talking about Hazel after Fran and Floyd.
Nope, we're not complacent in the Carolinas.
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:44:48 AM PDT
by
wimpycat
(Down with Kooks and Kookery!)
To: Dog Gone
Honestly, on that site I just linked, the graphic changed within an hour; I finally decided to start saving them to see the difference!
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:45:25 AM PDT
by
Howlin
To: SamAdams76
I still remember the fun we had last year when you told us that hurricane season is over. I've never seen anyone take the pounding that you got over that tongue-in-cheek remark.
83
posted on
09/14/2003 9:46:07 AM PDT
by
Dog Gone
To: SamAdams76
"In the Northeast, the last truly devastating hurricane was back in 1938 and not many are still around that remember that one."When we talk to people in the northeast, we're always hearing that hurricanes are nothing to worry about--many people think nor'easters are worse. I hope they understand, this time, that this is not always the case. Big hurricanes are much worse than nor'easters. I've been through both. Give me a nor'easter any time.
84
posted on
09/14/2003 9:46:22 AM PDT
by
MizSterious
(Support whirled peas!)
To: Howlin
I am in the south eastern part of the state, very close to the NY/CT border.
85
posted on
09/14/2003 9:46:30 AM PDT
by
Neets
To: All
One important word of caution ..... please take heed!IF any of you happen to have the eye go directly over you, do NOT be deceived and think it is all over. The worst is yet to come.
As a hurricane approaches, the winds gradually build in intensity.
..... If the eye goes over you, then suddenly, literally in an instant, the wind and rain cease ..... very abruptly. It becomes dead calm and still.
But when the eye passes over, the full fury of the storm resumes just as abruptly ..... no gradual increase this time. The winds can literally go from 0 to 120+ in a split second!!!!!
We had the eye of one of the minor hurricanes I experienced go directly over our house at night. My mother let us go outside very briefly. There were stars overhead in a crystal clear sky! But we only stayed out a literal minute. And it was really frightening when the winds resumed at full strength, even though we were safely back inside at the time.
You have no way of knowing how long it will take for the eye to pass over so DON'T take any chances!!!
86
posted on
09/14/2003 9:47:36 AM PDT
by
kayak
(I support Billybob - www.ArmorforCongress.com)
To: Dog Gone
weather channel mentioned (without providing supporting information) that "this event may be speeding up a little" in last hours segment. I think that tends to bring it in a little further south, since the faster it goes, the less chance the trough over the central US has a chance to move south and east which would tend to pull it more north.
To: Neets
Neets, nobody sounds dumb. Ask anybody in Raleigh. Nobody ever thought a hurricane could do as much destruction as Fran did. And we are 100 miles inland.
Do not mess around; get cash and gas NOW. Move everything that could possibly fly inside. A regular can opener.
We've all been through it; and it's quite different from a nor'esters! It'll scare the crap out of you.
88
posted on
09/14/2003 9:48:12 AM PDT
by
Howlin
To: wimpycat
When I moved down here to SC in 1997, people were still talking about Hugo (and I live 125 miles off the coast). So when Floyd threatened, you bet everybody took it seriously. Hugo opened a lot of eyes.
Judging from where that storm is, I'll guarantee you right now that every surfer dude for 400 miles is waxing his board and gassing his car and heading for Folly Beach, SC in the next couple of days.
}:-)4
89
posted on
09/14/2003 9:48:34 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(I'm Southern. We've been refighting the Civil War for 138 years, you think we'll forget 9/11?)
To: Dog Gone
That means that people need to prepare their property as best they can, and then evacuate. There are no heroes who ride out a direct hit from a storm of this magnitude. Just fools. Excellent advice. There are always those who insist on staying behind in order to protect their property from the hurricane. I can't imagine what they think they can do to protect their property once the storm hits.
90
posted on
09/14/2003 9:48:54 AM PDT
by
alnick
To: Howlin
There appears to be some sort of front crossing the midwest right now. Does anyone know if it is moving and what's behind it?
That one that came through a few weeks ago passed off shore, caught fabian, and guided it safely up the atlantic hitting nobody except for Bermuda. I guess they don't think that could happen again.
To: Howlin
That site shows the potential tracks according to the latest forecasting models. It changes about as much as the models do, but the models are generally tending towards a middle East Coast threat, for now anyways.
To: Dog Gone; SamAdams76
"I still remember the fun we had last year when you told us that hurricane season is over. I've never seen anyone take the pounding that you got over that tongue-in-cheek remark." Awww...c'mon...I wasn't that harsh. :)
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:49:52 AM PDT
by
Vigilantcitizen
(Game on in ten seconds...http://www.fatcityonline.com/Video/fatcityvsdemented.WMV)
To: Dog
I'm in Gloucester County and I agree this will not be good. Remember Floyd in 1999? Flood city....
To: Howlin
I bookmarked that site......thanks.
95
posted on
09/14/2003 9:50:11 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: Howlin; kassie
96
posted on
09/14/2003 9:50:43 AM PDT
by
Neets
To: Sub-Driver
I'm in Salem County near the Delaware Mem. bridge.
97
posted on
09/14/2003 9:50:57 AM PDT
by
Dog
To: jaz.357
We closed & boarded our family beach house in Nags Head yesterday. I was surprised at how many people were comming down to the Outer Banks for vacation.
Lots of MD,NJ,NY cars with bikes and stuff. Will be a short week for them.
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:51:48 AM PDT
by
fjsva
To: Big Steve
I do. I was in Charlotte huddle with my three children in the center of our house. We were without electricity for 13 days.
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:52:04 AM PDT
by
jonsie
To: Howlin
I drove down I-85 from Richmond to Greenville, SC the morning that Fran passed through. It was only a tropical storm (barely) when it brushed Richmond but I was scared ****less anyhow. I heard later that a tornado went right by my apartment complex, which might've explained the one sudden, sharp jolt that the building took over and above the 40 mph winds.
I can't even imagine riding out the real thing.
So...since when did the I-40 corridor between Raleigh and Wilmington become the Weather Disaster Capital of the Universe, anyway? Snowstorms, icestorms, floods, hurricanes...think it's God's way of telling all the Yankees to go home? :)
}:-)4
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posted on
09/14/2003 9:52:05 AM PDT
by
Moose4
(I'm Southern. We've been refighting the Civil War for 138 years, you think we'll forget 9/11?)
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