Hurricane! - Page 2

OnyxCougar · 09-16-2003, 11:22 AM

The red dot is where I live....Isabel is going right over the top of us....

wolf · 09-16-2003, 01:54 PM

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Originally posted by ThisOleMiss
We're definatly prepared. My husband's a Mormon and they've been preparing for disaster for the last hundred years or so.

The question has to be asked ...

in my reading of the above statement ("my husband's a Mormon") I infer that while your hubby's a Mormon, you are not ...

How'd you manage that one? I thought the Saint's didn't hold with marryin' outside o' the faith ...

(I also note that you didn't phrase it as "was raised as a Mormon," or anything similar, and by either habit or decree of the elders he still has the survival goodies.)

OnyxCougar · 09-16-2003, 03:47 PM

Well, she's been downgraded to a 2, and from the statellite images, loops and rocks I've seen, she appears to ME (imho) to be starting to stall and dissipate somewhat.

We can only hope for a pressure system to come in and nudge
her more north than west, keeping her out to sea.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-16-2003, 05:29 PM

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Originally posted by BrianR
And me and my bad luck...I'll be in Baltimore until Thursday morning or so. I hope I don't get hit with even high wind as I'll be riding my motorcycle. I don't like being blown around much, and getting wet even less.

Brian

Wow, be careful, friend. The wind and rain are bad enough but the idiots running for batteries and bread will be distracted for sure.

Griff · 09-16-2003, 07:01 PM

Use your head Brian, its losing steam but it'll still have a lot of juice....

Uryoces · 09-16-2003, 09:55 PM

I'm in Seattle, Pugetropolis, Doc Maynard and the Denny's Flying Circus, Jet City, etc. Don't get much in the way of weather. It rains lightly but steadily from October through April. We have the ocassional earthquake and volcano. Not much else.

I hope you East-Coasties all come out okay!

tw · 09-17-2003, 01:41 AM

View ocean data bouy readings even 150 miles out. Ocean temperature is 82 degrees. Good water temperature to intensify any hurricane.

Always maintained that the Jersey shore has long been in need of a category 1 or 2 hurricane. Complacency is long too widespread. One small hurricane is absolutely necessary to bring sanity back to the east coast communities - and to see if we really are building properly.

A worst case scenario might be a landing on Asbury Park. Or in a hurricane this large, a landing in the Barnegat Light or Little Egg Harbor region. The resulting winds and storm surge would drive water into a bottleneck of NY Harbor, Raritan River, and Shrewsbury River. The resulting flooding would be widespread in Red Bank, New Brunswick, and througout NY Harbor. How many of these regions could withstand a 10 foot storm surge?

Better landing would be in sourther NJ coast. Damage would not be as major, but the lessons should affect every east coast ocean community.

A landing on the NC coastline would not teach much since they already have had numerous storms. Complacency is not so widespread there. Damage is mostly an acceptable event on outer banks. But the Jersey shore needs to learn a serious lesson about building million dollar homes directly on the dunes and beach.

Griff · 09-17-2003, 06:19 AM

Weather folks around here have started up with the tornado talk. I don't like that kind of talk.

Beestie · 09-17-2003, 12:33 PM

Tornado?

I sure hope not.

I live in the VA burbs of DC and that PMSing wench, Isadore, is scheduled to pass through our 'hood at 2:00 am on Friday (Thursday night). Last night, I went down and checked the battery charger on the backup sump pump so I guess we are ready - I spent an hour in Shoppers last night grabbing stuff to eat that doesn't require any prep and, of course, some water. I stop by the state-controlled liquor store today to get one last thing

I was living in East Honolulu in 1992 (Iniki) so I've been through this drill before although that one was a bit scarier. I'll never forget the TV images the night before Iniki hit: This collosal swirling vortex and these teeny, tiny little islands. It was like looking at those pics of the sun with the earth superimposed for reference; one of those pics that's usually followed by a "gulp."

Gonna be a long day tomorrow.

russotto · 09-17-2003, 12:46 PM

Just filled up the Subaru in case of heavy rain; last time we got a storm through (Floyd), I had to drive through floodwaters in a Miata. A little extra water clearance and four drive wheels will make me feel MUCH better.

Not worried about the house; it's pretty high up on a hill, plenty of vertical displacement between it and the nearest stream, but not on the very top where the worst winds would be. Unless she tracks eastward up the bay and manages a direct hit, I don't see any problem there.

09-17-2003, 12:48 PM

Where you live, Beestie? I'm in Fairfax.

windhund · 09-17-2003, 01:26 PM

Hang in there, Onyx. I live just west of you and I'll be filling up the bathtubs tonight in case we lose power (well=electric pump=no water when electric goes out).

Beestie · 09-17-2003, 01:40 PM

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Where you live, Beestie? I'm in Fairfax.

Cool! I live right next door in Burke.

Hope you got the womenfolk good 'n hid and your hatches battened down (whatever the heck that means!)

Undertoad · 09-17-2003, 03:03 PM

Aw crap, I battened down my woman and hid the hatch!

xoxoxoBruce · 09-17-2003, 04:23 PM

Careful UT, lose any more weight and you might blow away.

09-16-2003, 11:22 AM	#16
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	The red dot is where I live....Isabel is going right over the top of us.... Attached Images __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

09-16-2003, 03:47 PM	#18
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Well, she's been downgraded to a 2, and from the statellite images, loops and rocks I've seen, she appears to ME (imho) to be starting to stall and dissipate somewhat. We can only hope for a pressure system to come in and nudge her more north than west, keeping her out to sea. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt Last edited by OnyxCougar; 09-16-2003 at 03:51 PM.

09-16-2003, 07:01 PM	#20
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Use your head Brian, its losing steam but it'll still have a lot of juice.... __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-16-2003, 09:55 PM	#21
Uryoces 2nd Covenant, yo Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Pugetropolis Posts: 583	I'm in Seattle, Pugetropolis, Doc Maynard and the Denny's Flying Circus, Jet City, etc. Don't get much in the way of weather. It rains lightly but steadily from October through April. We have the ocassional earthquake and volcano. Not much else. I hope you East-Coasties all come out okay! __________________ The party's over ... the drink ... and the luck ... ran out.

09-17-2003, 01:41 AM	#22
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	View ocean data bouy readings even 150 miles out. Ocean temperature is 82 degrees. Good water temperature to intensify any hurricane. Always maintained that the Jersey shore has long been in need of a category 1 or 2 hurricane. Complacency is long too widespread. One small hurricane is absolutely necessary to bring sanity back to the east coast communities - and to see if we really are building properly. A worst case scenario might be a landing on Asbury Park. Or in a hurricane this large, a landing in the Barnegat Light or Little Egg Harbor region. The resulting winds and storm surge would drive water into a bottleneck of NY Harbor, Raritan River, and Shrewsbury River. The resulting flooding would be widespread in Red Bank, New Brunswick, and througout NY Harbor. How many of these regions could withstand a 10 foot storm surge? Better landing would be in sourther NJ coast. Damage would not be as major, but the lessons should affect every east coast ocean community. A landing on the NC coastline would not teach much since they already have had numerous storms. Complacency is not so widespread there. Damage is mostly an acceptable event on outer banks. But the Jersey shore needs to learn a serious lesson about building million dollar homes directly on the dunes and beach. Last edited by tw; 09-17-2003 at 11:28 AM.

09-17-2003, 06:19 AM	#23
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Weather folks around here have started up with the tornado talk. I don't like that kind of talk. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-17-2003, 12:33 PM	#24
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	Tornado? I sure hope not. I live in the VA burbs of DC and that PMSing wench, Isadore, is scheduled to pass through our 'hood at 2:00 am on Friday (Thursday night). Last night, I went down and checked the battery charger on the backup sump pump so I guess we are ready - I spent an hour in Shoppers last night grabbing stuff to eat that doesn't require any prep and, of course, some water. I stop by the state-controlled liquor store today to get one last thing I was living in East Honolulu in 1992 (Iniki) so I've been through this drill before although that one was a bit scarier. I'll never forget the TV images the night before Iniki hit: This collosal swirling vortex and these teeny, tiny little islands. It was like looking at those pics of the sun with the earth superimposed for reference; one of those pics that's usually followed by a "gulp." Gonna be a long day tomorrow. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦ Last edited by Beestie; 09-17-2003 at 12:41 PM.

09-17-2003, 12:46 PM	#25
russotto Professor Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,788	Just filled up the Subaru in case of heavy rain; last time we got a storm through (Floyd), I had to drive through floodwaters in a Miata. A little extra water clearance and four drive wheels will make me feel MUCH better. Not worried about the house; it's pretty high up on a hill, plenty of vertical displacement between it and the nearest stream, but not on the very top where the worst winds would be. Unless she tracks eastward up the bay and manages a direct hit, I don't see any problem there.

09-17-2003, 12:48 PM	#26
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Where you live, Beestie? I'm in Fairfax.

09-17-2003, 01:26 PM	#27
windhund lost in space Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: over there Posts: 66	Hang in there, Onyx. I live just west of you and I'll be filling up the bathtubs tonight in case we lose power (well=electric pump=no water when electric goes out).

09-17-2003, 03:03 PM	#29
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Aw crap, I battened down my woman and hid the hatch!

09-17-2003, 04:23 PM	#30
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Careful UT, lose any more weight and you might blow away. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 04-07-2007 at 06:07 PM.

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