Is back to a 5..Please ALL of you North Carolina members. take note. When Opal hit 12 years ago..it did damage as far into Charlotte Way inland.. All pine tress were snapped..Do we have members on S.C. coast.? Nicole. on the outter banks. Get the girls and go inland. Ev..it might may it to Long Island Yikes. bonnie
Hurricain Isabel
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Hi Bon
Yep, we're watching her verrrry closely. My cousin is in VA. and has a 58 foot boat in the water......you KNOW they're a bit nervous. They had boat problems with Henri.....this sure sounds alot worse!!! Luckily for us, it will hit the south shore of LI first and maybe by the time it gets to the North Shore, the winds will die down from 160 to 100.....what a lovely thought!!!
Will let you know what Friday brings.
Ev
Yep, we're watching her verrrry closely. My cousin is in VA. and has a 58 foot boat in the water......you KNOW they're a bit nervous. They had boat problems with Henri.....this sure sounds alot worse!!! Luckily for us, it will hit the south shore of LI first and maybe by the time it gets to the North Shore, the winds will die down from 160 to 100.....what a lovely thought!!!
Will let you know what Friday brings.
Ev
Ross
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It's still out there a ways. It could hook and get carried back out to sea, but hmm, I don't think so. There isn't anything for it to run into but land. 
Georgia
Georgia
got smart..after the last big one was suppose to\hit. Traffic backed up all the way to Atlana from coast. Now, they have gates at all exits coming from Interstate from Savannah..to Atlanta. They will lower them and not one can drive towards coast. All 4 lanes will go inwards.
Georgia
got smart..after the last big one was suppose to\hit. Traffic backed up all the way to Atlana from coast. Now, they have gates at all exits coming from Interstate from Savannah..to Atlanta. They will lower them and not one can drive towards coast. All 4 lanes will go inwards.
Hey Bon
Would you believe our neighbor's daughter is getting married next Saturday.......outside in a tent on their farm, right across the street......should be a verrrry interesting day!!! They're doing the horsedrawn carriage to the church, etc, and a huge wedding reception OUTSIDE, of course. When her sister did the same thing in May a few years ago, we had a week of rain and ended up wearing slop shoes to the reception (in a tent, also) Oh well, it's never a dull moment.
Ev
Would you believe our neighbor's daughter is getting married next Saturday.......outside in a tent on their farm, right across the street......should be a verrrry interesting day!!! They're doing the horsedrawn carriage to the church, etc, and a huge wedding reception OUTSIDE, of course. When her sister did the same thing in May a few years ago, we had a week of rain and ended up wearing slop shoes to the reception (in a tent, also) Oh well, it's never a dull moment.
Ev
Wise warning Bonnie! I have a feeling that Isabel may impact the northeastern coast more than us. The latest computer models I've seen show us missing the brunt of it. Evelyn...you might be in for a rough time next week-end. We've had damage from hurricanes in the past and know enough not to underestimate them. Although when the winds had picked up (but before the rain started) when Fran was moving in I got in 9 holes of golf. Almost all of our greens and tees were elevated and I had a ball hitting with the wind to my back! We had to rush home and do some final securing of outdoor objects but it was exhilerating to see how far my ball was going!
We had to rush home and do some final securing of outdoor objects but it was exhilerating to see how far my ball was going!
Ross
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Your going to believe a computer model that runs Windows?
hensylee
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All y'all need to listen up right now. I grew up in Miami and have been through many, many hurricanes and there is only one thing that remains constant from one hurricane to the next one and that is that the only predictable thing about a hurricane is that it is unpredictable. And that's the truth. I am listening and watchful, too, even tho it's on the other side of Florida.
Ann,
You are very right. My dad lived in the Miami area in the late 1920s and his family lost everything except some torn clothes on their backs in a horrible hurricane back before they were named and before they had the advantage of being forewarned. They lost their home and escaped with their lives only by tying themselves together by a rope and crawling to a little brick store near their house. I grew up with that story and have been fascinated with them ever since. I've been through a few and am always amazed by how loud the roar is. During Fran we had alot of water damage and the rain was coming in horizontally around the windows. It is an enormous job to clean up afterwards. We had so many Leyland Cypress trees that were lying almost sideways. We had to have them righted and then staked and still it took a few years to have them approach normal again. Our pontoon boat took a real beating against the bulkhead and our calm little lake looked like an angry sea. And then afterwards you look forward to no power and a soggy house for days and everything that was so beautiful being flowerless and leafless. I really hope it takes a sharp turn north and misses everyone but we will be prepared if it doesn't.
You are very right. My dad lived in the Miami area in the late 1920s and his family lost everything except some torn clothes on their backs in a horrible hurricane back before they were named and before they had the advantage of being forewarned. They lost their home and escaped with their lives only by tying themselves together by a rope and crawling to a little brick store near their house. I grew up with that story and have been fascinated with them ever since. I've been through a few and am always amazed by how loud the roar is. During Fran we had alot of water damage and the rain was coming in horizontally around the windows. It is an enormous job to clean up afterwards. We had so many Leyland Cypress trees that were lying almost sideways. We had to have them righted and then staked and still it took a few years to have them approach normal again. Our pontoon boat took a real beating against the bulkhead and our calm little lake looked like an angry sea. And then afterwards you look forward to no power and a soggy house for days and everything that was so beautiful being flowerless and leafless. I really hope it takes a sharp turn north and misses everyone but we will be prepared if it doesn't.
Hurricane that hit S.C.
Hurricane that hit S.C.
In 1986? that did so much damage. We had gone over to find a place to leave our Cruiser. The Inner water way. Traveled all over. no space available. Thank goodness. That hurricane turned all boats into threads and did major damage to all Marina's.And this was inland from ocean. Owner's who stayed in Charleston in their big homes said ..Never again.. 200 year old mansions shook. It was so big. they published a book with pics.Anyone remeber that name. Bonnie
Hurricane that hit S.C.
In 1986? that did so much damage. We had gone over to find a place to leave our Cruiser. The Inner water way. Traveled all over. no space available. Thank goodness. That hurricane turned all boats into threads and did major damage to all Marina's.And this was inland from ocean. Owner's who stayed in Charleston in their big homes said ..Never again.. 200 year old mansions shook. It was so big. they published a book with pics.Anyone remeber that name. Bonnie
Bonnie, I'm pretty sure you are talking about Hugo. Hurricane force winds even hit Charlotte hard. Millions of trees were toppled even along the Blue-Ridge Parkway. Our son Jon was in college at Wingate near Charlotte and they had alot of damage there as well.
Remembering hurricanes
Remembering hurricanes
Betty -- your story [even though many years earlier] reminded me of Hurricane Beulah in 1967. It hit the Texas coast with a vengence and then the rains came.
I lived almost 7 miles down a dirt road on the ranch and there were two creeks between us and the highway. Well, it rained and rained and rained....almost 30 inches in less than a week. And this was a hundred miles inland!
I had houseguests from the coast who fled the hurricane and we all got marooned for over two weeks! Couldn't even get out on horseback as the creeks were hundreds of yards wide.
A helicopter circled the house and I got sheets and wrote "OK" on the grass in the yard. I think it was about that time my houseguests were ready to kill me.........they wanted OUT!
Believe it or not, the electricity never went out....no phone though for weeks. Had plenty of food in the freezer for all....it was an experience.
Remembering hurricanes
Betty -- your story [even though many years earlier] reminded me of Hurricane Beulah in 1967. It hit the Texas coast with a vengence and then the rains came.
I lived almost 7 miles down a dirt road on the ranch and there were two creeks between us and the highway. Well, it rained and rained and rained....almost 30 inches in less than a week. And this was a hundred miles inland!
I had houseguests from the coast who fled the hurricane and we all got marooned for over two weeks! Couldn't even get out on horseback as the creeks were hundreds of yards wide.
A helicopter circled the house and I got sheets and wrote "OK" on the grass in the yard. I think it was about that time my houseguests were ready to kill me.........they wanted OUT!
Believe it or not, the electricity never went out....no phone though for weeks. Had plenty of food in the freezer for all....it was an experience.
hensylee
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And being stuck without cigarettes and no way to get any...........could make a person want to quit, huh?
Hahaha!
Didn't want to admit it, but well it was 1967 when practically the whole world smoked...
Ever tried to roll grapevine bark? Arg...........
Didn't want to admit it, but well it was 1967 when practically the whole world smoked...
Ever tried to roll grapevine bark? Arg...........
J
Jean
You East coasters take care and we will be sending prayers your way.
I was in NC 9 months after Hugo and couldn't believe the evidence still visible of his wrath. I guess no matter where you live there are natural enemies all around. My friend in CA cannot imagine why I live with Michigan snow, rain and tornadoes and I have no clue why she lives with the mud slides and the earthquakes...she lives about 50 miles from the San Andreas fault line...near Northridge. We just feel more comfortable with the devils we know I guess.
I was in NC 9 months after Hugo and couldn't believe the evidence still visible of his wrath. I guess no matter where you live there are natural enemies all around. My friend in CA cannot imagine why I live with Michigan snow, rain and tornadoes and I have no clue why she lives with the mud slides and the earthquakes...she lives about 50 miles from the San Andreas fault line...near Northridge. We just feel more comfortable with the devils we know I guess.
hensylee
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Janie, I still search the ashtrays for one somebody didn't quite finish - then slap myself to throw it away! lol
hensylee
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Just hearing the latest on TV. This hurricane is so large it could completely fill the Gulf of Mexico (my side of Florida). It is going to do some great damage if it hits anywhere, with its present mph range. I would be very scared if I was in its path and maybe move to where Jean lives. Hopefully, it will blow itself out or at least reduce the wind speed before it hits land. Y'all on the east side of the US, do your stuff now and don't wait. Then if it doesn't come your way, you are prepared for another time. Prayers are needed to accompany this one.
Janie,
When Floyd came in and Flooded North Carolina several years back we had just opened up a business in Kinston NC. Our manager at the time had a ranch on which he raised horses. The toll on livestock was terrible. Many of the ones who initially survived later died as a result of starvation and infections acquired by standing sometimes chest deep in putrid water for days and days.
I was a volunteer as an emergency nurse with OEM during the flood and it probably was the most satisfying nursing I ever was priviledged to do. I remember the problem about caskets/vaults popping up out of the ground and traveling great distances via the flood waters. So many homes were condemned because flood waters had been above the electric outlets. Flooded cars needed careful inspection before people tried them out again because they became a refuge for snakes.
I still really hope it turns back to sea but it doesn't look like it will.
We are inland and if things don't change are only expecting tropical storm winds. For those on the coastline its a whole different story.
When Floyd came in and Flooded North Carolina several years back we had just opened up a business in Kinston NC. Our manager at the time had a ranch on which he raised horses. The toll on livestock was terrible. Many of the ones who initially survived later died as a result of starvation and infections acquired by standing sometimes chest deep in putrid water for days and days.
I was a volunteer as an emergency nurse with OEM during the flood and it probably was the most satisfying nursing I ever was priviledged to do. I remember the problem about caskets/vaults popping up out of the ground and traveling great distances via the flood waters. So many homes were condemned because flood waters had been above the electric outlets. Flooded cars needed careful inspection before people tried them out again because they became a refuge for snakes.
I still really hope it turns back to sea but it doesn't look like it will.
We are inland and if things don't change are only expecting tropical storm winds. For those on the coastline its a whole different story.
Ross
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Thought maybe all of us could watch the progression of this beast. It's having a time moving over the past few hours, so maybe there is hope yet.
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huirloop.html
http://www.goes.noaa.gov/HURRLOOPS/huirloop.html
hensylee
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Betty - we had a family reunion in July the year of the flood - we always had it at a family place on the HIGH banks of the Flint River near Camilla, Ga. Afterwards, it was raining, but my Joe and I came on home. Some family members got stuck because of the sudden river flooding - they hadn't left in time, but were safely in town. The river house that had been there for about 50 yrs and had been through other floods, was washed completely away. And caskets were everywhere. Wonder what they did with them all - how can they identify them?
All in a matter of a day or so. Scary stuff.
All in a matter of a day or so. Scary stuff.
