No Buggin out but I can say if you look at the track of Fran you will see this is almost exactly like it. 50 Gallons of H20 here I come only thing I need.........

 

Im re-watching all my "Best Defense" shows Ive tivo'd from the outdoor channel to make sure I'll be able to make it through this drama....

Im especially going to "brush-up" on the emergency field dentistry segment....

 

No Buggin out but I can say if you look at the track of Fran you will see this is almost exactly like it. 50 Gallons of H20 here I come only thing I need.........

I was of course referring to the folks over at the coast, but thanks for the heads up on water....guess I should go fill up the bathtub....any idea who sells dry ice around here..??..

 

I thought Fran made landfall much farther south, closer to Wilmington. I was working EMS then...Fran made for some long days and nights.

 

I was of course referring to the folks over at the coast, but thanks for the heads up on water....guess I should go fill up the bathtub....any idea who sells dry ice around here..??..

The Ice place down 70 on the left side as you go south I think sells it....Forgot the name of the place.

 

As of now, we're staying put. We have supplies and a generator and fuel and all that....

 

I thought Fran made landfall much farther south, closer to Wilmington. I was working EMS then...Fran made for some long days and nights.

It did but Raleigh was still dead for a week or two or three in some spots.

 

It did but Raleigh was still dead for a week or two or three in some spots.

Here was Hurricane Fran's track from 1996.

http://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/at19966.asp

She pretty much plowed inland once she made landfall.

This is Irene's predicted track/cone:

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at201109.html

Irene is predicted to skirt the coast instead. Granted, predictions are just that, but it doesn't look likely to be a repeat of Fran at this point. Irene would have to veer even further westward of her extreme westward predicted path (outer west edge of cone) to roar across Raleigh like Fran did.

 

As an aside, I had moved to Chapel Hill (actually northern Chatham County, but Chapel Hill address) about a week and a half before Fran came through. I remember thinking that night that I shoulda stayed in the freakin' mountains..........

 

The wife & I have decided to stay put- we're in Camden County. The dog agrees. We've got food/water/generator & plenty of ammo. My patio is 8 feet above sea level and I'm 1500 feet from the Pasquotank River. Isabel had a 6 foot surge and put the river in my back yard. Now that the eye is predicted to go just west of us, I'm a bit more nervous. A hurricane to our east always blows the water out.

Anyway- I've thought about it all day- it's really a tough decision to leave your home. I may chicken out and bolt tomorrow but for now, I'm in hunker-down/survival mode.

 

I pointed this out on the other thread, but has anyone else noticed that New York city may be hit by this, while it is still a hurricane?

 

Yeah something I was reading earlier said that NYC may be an interesting place to be. Low lying areas may get flooded and the wind being tunneled through the skyscraper canyons may make it worse. Wonder how many of those high-rises are hurricane force wind-proofed??

 

Yeah something I was reading earlier said that NYC may be an interesting place to be. Low lying areas may get flooded and the wind being tunneled through the skyscraper canyons may make it worse. Wonder how many of those high-rises are hurricane force wind-proofed??

Probably not many.

 

The wife & I have decided to stay put- we're in Camden County. The dog agrees. We've got food/water/generator & plenty of ammo. My patio is 8 feet above sea level and I'm 1500 feet from the Pasquotank River. Isabel had a 6 foot surge and put the river in my back yard. Now that the eye is predicted to go just west of us, I'm a bit more nervous. A hurricane to our east always blows the water out.

Anyway- I've thought about it all day- it's really a tough decision to leave your home. I may chicken out and bolt tomorrow but for now, I'm in hunker-down/survival mode.

Godspeed...

 

Yeah something I was reading earlier said that NYC may be an interesting place to be. Low lying areas may get flooded and the wind being tunneled through the skyscraper canyons may make it worse. Wonder how many of those high-rises are hurricane force wind-proofed??

I think that's why The Weather Channel's Jim Cantore chose Battery Park on lower Manhattan over Nag's Head....Lot's of destruction potential there...

 

Thooughts and prayer out to my CSF'er Pals that Live in harms way. And if you need a bug out location give me a "hollar", I'll help any way that I can!

 

Been living here on Oak Island since 1990. Only one I left for was Floyd in 1999 lost 3 shingles. I got everything tied own and am an old prepper so here I stay. I do live 4 blocks off the beach and have never had standing water.

 

I'm staying put, I just got my hurricane kit

 

Thooughts and prayer out to my CSF'er Pals that Live in harms way. And if you need a bug out location give me a "hollar", I'll help any way that I can!

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Staying put, 60 miles inland from the coast, we are predicted to get Tropical Storm force winds. I gotta work Saturday, EMS supervisor, it'll be aggravating away from the house, but my wife can manage the generator until I get home Sunday morning. We're not taking a direct hit, so everything will be battened down tomorrow, gas cans are full and so is the generator.
It is what it is in SE NC.

 

Staying put. Interested to see what the New River will do.

 

I was in Fayetteville for both Fran & Floyd. Big freak-out over both. Fran was the worst- thunderstorm & "cleaned up" by mowing my yard/mulching the twigs that fell in the yard.

Fare enough inland, now, that the biggest inconvenience will be dodging/avoiding everyone freaking out. Just like when it snows more than a couple inches here.....

Not knocking you fellas on the coast. Not at all. Wouldn't wanna be there for a hurricane, but growin' up in KS, with tornado season & real winters, hurricanes just don't don't spin me up.

Hope all are safe & get thru the storm okay.

 

House in Raleigh.
House in Beaufort.
Family in New Bern.

Left the wife with the dog in Raleigh. Tying down the stuff in Beaufort. Then bugging out to New Bern for the storm and will return to clean-up sunday if roads are open.

 

I'm staying in south eastern Wilmington. I'm less than 2 miles from the coast but well enough above sea level that flooding shouldn't be a problem.

 

hurricanes just don't don't spin me up

Har har har