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If you are anywhere near the storms projected path PLEASE listen to the warnings and don't wait until the last minute to leave. You may be the best prepared badass in the country but you can still be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Our little island is 12 miles long and less than a mile wide and suffered a glancing blow by Matthew when it was barely a cat 1 storm. We had 36 million dollars tree/debris removal cost. My property is 19+ feet above sea level and the water came within 2 inches of getting into our home. Think about it this way.. if you are in a 12" hole on top of a mountain and get 2 feet of rain, you will flood. Once the rain exceeds the drainage systems capacity you flood. Matthew was like an afternoon thunderstorm compared to this cat 4 storm. Get out while you can.
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Leave now. I can’t due to employment, but that doesn’t mean you won’t lose access to Big Brother’s safety net for a period.
RetroRevolver77
09-11-18, 21:56
Hurricane Florence Storm Tracker
https://www.facebook.com/276028802497512/posts/1619787048121674/
I hope that you will leave while you can. Be safe.
My sister is a Ft Bragg. They are likely staying because they are far enough inland. However the stores already started price gouging over the weekend. A case of water bottles was 22 dollars.
Myrtle Beach is not a good place to be for the next few days. Well, you wouldn’t want to be here anyway unless it was 30 or more years ago.
This guy. But not precisely “at home”.
Sticking it out here. C-Grunt - tell your sister to go to Harris Teeter on Raeford Rd. Water is priced normally and they have a ton of it as of 7:30am this morning. Gas is a different story. Most every station is out already.
We are all prepared. Water, food, propane, charcoal, chainsaw, extra gas and diesel, batteries etc, etc. My son goes to The Citadel and they evacuated Tuesday. He brought 2 of his classmates with him. Have a houseful for sure. Although if we have to clear trees or I need bodies for clean up I have 3 college cadets to put to work!
Here in VA people are losing their minds. We have had a lot of rain over the past two weeks and before the winds arrive the ground in many places is already saturated. The concern even with just tropical storm force winds is trees coming down. We have already shut down our offices in coastal VA and while nobody in my neighborhood needs to evacuate there are several "A" zones that already had the order in place since Tuesday morning.
1_click_off
09-12-18, 07:48
I was 60~ miles inland from Katrina. The 5 minute drive to my sister’s house took just over 3 hours with two chainsaws and we had my brother in law’s tractor for the last couple of blocks. If you are close to the coast, I would advise leaving too.
Btw App Store has a good app called hurricane tracker. It is $3.99 and does a great job. Lot’s of info in it, well worth the $3.99.
FromMyColdDeadHand
09-13-18, 11:44
Eco-disaster movies have ruined natural disasters.
https://www.cnn.com/specials/live-video-3
The wind is loud, but waves are fairly underwhelming.
Averageman
09-13-18, 14:40
Sheppard Smith is on now.
The winds have died to Cat II, but he is joyously reporting that "Anything could happen and it's going to be a dooms day event."
The only way Shep could smile wider is if he walked in to an 8 man tent filled with 12 shirtless Boy Scouts inside and a Twister mat and ten gallons of Wesson oil.
Whatever happens, it will be Trump's fault. And the price gouging will happen.
Waterdog, you stay safe and I hope our mutual friend and her family does too. I think you guys are far inland enough that you will be ok, wet maybe, but ok.
Whatever happens, it will be Trump's fault.
Yep, already happening.
https://youtu.be/BgyL1rH0TXU
It's gonna be a Long Friday you guys. Might have downgraded to a Cat 2, but it's crawling at only 5 mph. Anyone on the coast or 100 miles inland NC/SC better have all their duck and cover plans in place. Also a Cat 2 can knock things out for a LONG time depending upon when the last time your power lines / poles and stations were upgraded.
We took Wilma as a Cat 1 after it had crossed the entire state of FL from the Gulf side and we were without power for three weeks. This might not be a killer storm, but it could be a real PITA.
Keep in mind most people get killed AFTER the hurricane. Top two contenders are standing water that has a downed energized line in it. And if you are flooded that line could be three houses away in a neighbors back yard. The other one is falling debris when people try to clear broken trees or damaged areas of their home and something big and heavy falls on them.
If you just went through a 12-24 hour serious storm event, you are going to be tired and fatigued. So keep that in mind when you inspect your property for damage, do only what is absolutely necessary immediately. If you are on your third day with little or no sleep keep that in mind before you start running chainsaws, swinging machetes, pulling down broken branches or climbing ladders. Try not to do too much by yourself and keep in mind it might be days before ambulances can actually get to you if you get hurt.
If you can leave it in your yard for a week, do it. Down branches make good firewood anyway and smoke deters mosquitoes at night. When we were without power we ran a basic fire pit every night to get rid of collected wood debris and to also create a light to keep an eye on things. Try not to burn down your house when doing so. On the upside front yard fire pits meant all the kids on the street making smores which helped them deal with the after effects of the storm. Something as simple as grilling a couple dozen hotdogs goes a long way for everyone's mental well being.
Good luck guys.
It's gonna be a Long Friday you guys. Might have downgraded to a Cat 2, but it's crawling at only 5 mph. Anyone on the coast or 100 miles inland NC/SC better have all their duck and cover plans in place. Also a Cat 2 can knock things out for a LONG time depending upon when the last time your power lines / poles and stations were upgraded.
We took Wilma as a Cat 1 after it had crossed the entire state of FL from the Gulf side and we were without power for three weeks. This might not be a killer storm, but it could be a real PITA.
Keep in mind most people get killed AFTER the hurricane. Top two contenders are standing water that has a downed energized line in it. And if you are flooded that line could be three houses away in a neighbors back yard. The other one is falling debris when people try to clear broken trees or damaged areas of their home and something big and heavy falls on them.
If you just went through a 12-24 hour serious storm event, you are going to be tired and fatigued. So keep that in mind when you inspect your property for damage, do only what is absolutely necessary immediately. If you are on your third day with little or no sleep keep that in mind before you start running chainsaws, swinging machetes, pulling down broken branches or climbing ladders. Try not to do too much by yourself and keep in mind it might be days before ambulances can actually get to you if you get hurt.
If you can leave it in your yard for a week, do it. Down branches make good firewood anyway and smoke deters mosquitoes at night. When we were without power we ran a basic fire pit every night to get rid of collected wood debris and to also create a light to keep an eye on things. Try not to burn down your house when doing so. On the upside front yard fire pits meant all the kids on the street making smores which helped them deal with the after effects of the storm. Something as simple as grilling a couple dozen hotdogs goes a long way for everyone's mental well being.
Good luck guys.
I'll add a couple of things.. I wouldn't even think about firing up the chainsaw before knowing the road to the hospital was clear. Watch where you put your feet. Our local hospital almost ran out of antivenom twice and that was before they let the general population back on the island.
The_War_Wagon
09-14-18, 07:35
Whatever happens, it will be Trump's fault.
Well since Trump 'OBVIOUSLY' caused it... :rolleyes: ... I want to be the FIRST to THANK HIM, for knocking it down from a Category 4, to a Category 1!!!
You don't see OBAMA out there, doing anything to mitigate it - DO you?! :jester:
My son is in Okinawa, so my daughter in law drove from Camp Lejune to stay with us. She said it took 7 hours to get out of NC Wednesday night, then last night we drove down to Atlanta to meet them so my wife could drive her and our 3 month old grandaughter the last 200 miles to our house.
They stay in military housing, I hope they don't lose anything or too much at least.
Andy
I am in Durham, dead center of the state. 3 1/2", 4" of rain from 0900 Friday until 0900 yesterday, followed by almost 12" of rain from 0900 until 0900 this morning, with significant flooding. I have family in Onslow, Carteret, Wayne counties, all took a beating, but all good.
Here in Fayetteville. I never lost power, got lucky. Most of my friends here did. I would say we got at least 20" of rain. The Cape Fear river runs right through the outskirts of town and hasn't crested yet. Supposed to tomorrow sometime. Already a ton of flooding here and around us. Yesterday I had to get my son back to Charleston for school and we took quite a few back roads to get him below the flooding on I95. I left him at Florence SC and it was smooth sailing from there down for him. I have a friend in New Bern NC and they were torn up pretty bad. He was lucky and has 3 3" water pumps. He was able to keep any water from coming up into his house. He is a retriever trainer and drained his training ponds before hand. Regardless his area flooded and even with all of that being done he barely kept the water from getting into his house and the kennels. We will see what happens once all of these rivers around us crest tomorrow.
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