Thump, I hope you got somebody to check on your house, in the event that Hurricane Matthew comes knocking....it looks disastrous for Haiti and Hispaniola with up to 35 inches of rain predicted....and, your area is on the outer western edge of it, as it crosses into Fla....possible 105 mph wind gusts for eastern Fla.
You NC and SC guys might need to keep your eyes to the sky, too, because it looks like it might wander up your way, too.
Southern Gentleman
Looks like our Florida house is gonna take a hit. Then the eastern part of NC also.
Hope my daughters palce in Statesboro is gonna be OK. Looks like our NC and SC farms are gonna get rain and some wind but I think we are far enough west and inland to OK here.
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
Artie and Airbud?
Viva Renaldo!
I think RT is inland even if he is in VA Beach. No sure about Airbud. Here in DC, these events are typically flooding from rain and lost power/damage from downed trees, etc.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
The NHC just updated the potential path to a more westward track, which will certainly affect nearly the entire state of Fla. and the eastern coastal states....this mofo looks dangerous !!!
Southern Gentleman
This is what they are putting out for law enforcement in our area. If they are calling for this in the Piedmont area of NC the coast will be slammed.
Looks like a rough weekend ahead.
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According to the National Weather Service (NWS) impacts from Hurricane Matthew are possible for the Piedmont of North Carolina by late Friday or Saturday morning continuing through the weekend. There is a large uncertainty in precise details of Matthew impacts due to the uncertainty in Matthew’s path and potential landfall.
Rainfall in Union County is currently predicted to be between 2”-3”, with moderate to strong winds."
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
Viva Renaldo!
That's a big bad Mo-Fo
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
Not to be crass, but I've got football tix for Sunday and hope it blows through before then.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
My Mom's service is this saturday. Should be a good time!
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
Well, now I feel like shit.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
Do NOT feel like shit. My Mom would laugh her ass off at the fact that we may get hit with a storm like that on that day
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
I'm sitting in a little seaside sidewalk restaurant about 10 feet from the water in Argostoli Greece drinking a cold Mythos while soaking up their free wifi. Hurricanes aren't on my worry list while on vacation. Heck, I can't do anything about it anyway. Gonna sail out of here tonight and head for Albania.
For the record, Argostoli is my favorite stop so far. I think I could live here with no problem. Very laid back and friendly.
Where are you stopping in Albania? The Dalmatian coast is beautiful. We went to Dubrovnik and Split in Croatia just north of Albania.
And no Jim, the Dalmation Coast isn't a buffet restaurant.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
Now, the weather ho's are saying it could follow the path of this white line....or, it could just sit and spin, and raise h3ll, right off the Carolina's coast.
I think it was Ivan that made a big circle like this, then came straight up the mouth of the MS River at NOLA....hit my rice crop hard that year....blew nearly all of it down on the ground, and only managed to harvest 50% of that.
Predictive Hurricane Models
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Southern Gentleman
One thing's for sure and that is the weather fucks have no idea where this storm is going to go. I wish they'd just say that.
Yep, I make fun of them, occassionally, too, and maybe they aren't always 100% correct, but they are a pretty dayum smart bunch of folks.
Ever since the 34 tornadoes outbreak here in 1971, when I loaded dead friends and their children in the back of trucks, I've been overly cautious of weather....if the weather folks say get the f**k outta Dodge, I'm gonna be on the next stagecoach.
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Southern Gentleman
Looks like the first pass is going to miss us to the south. Of course, if it loops around again all bets are off.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
If Matthew does a Crazy Ivan......
And weather guessers are a necessary evil where I live. I wouldn't be without 'em!
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
You guys in Florida especially batten down your hatches and take care of yourselves. I rode out one Cat. 1 hurricane (Dennis) in the OBX one year with sustained winds of just 75mph and I can't imagine sustained winds twice that because that house up on stilts was rocking and rolling. This is from the hurricane center:
STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO STURDY BUILDINGS, SOME WITH COMPLETE ROOF
AND WALL FAILURES. COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF MOBILE HOMES. DAMAGE
GREATLY ACCENTUATED BY LARGE AIRBORNE PROJECTILES. LOCATIONS
MAY BE UNINHABITABLE FOR WEEKS OR MONTHS.
- NUMEROUS LARGE TREES SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG WITH FENCES AND
ROADWAY SIGNS BLOWN OVER.
- MANY ROADS IMPASSABLE FROM LARGE DEBRIS, AND MORE WITHIN URBAN
OR HEAVILY WOODED PLACES. MANY BRIDGES, CAUSEWAYS, AND ACCESS
ROUTES IMPASSABLE.
- WIDESPREAD POWER AND COMMUNICATIONS OUTAGES.
While it's looking better for the Carolinas and northward, some of the models show a boomerang and this thing could hit Florida twice.
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
I found the track from '88. Talk about a direct motherfucking HIT!
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If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
My first honeymoon was in Jamaica with a direct hit from Gilbert. It was a 4 or 5 from what I remember. There were 2 radios stations back then and when we got to our room, both stations had the Prime Minister of Jamaica praying for the whole country, then radio silence.
Some of it is a blur after that but I honestly didn't know if we would survive. We were oceanfront. I remember seeing a large catamaran fly by the window horizontally, then the mast stuck in the ground and it came to a comical stop, wagging back and firth in the ground, mast first. At some point I realized our room wasn't going to survive so I grabbed my wife and we tried to get back to the main lobby which at least had some concrete structure to it.
I will never forget the peace and tranquility as the eye passed over us and all the tropical birds flying around inside the eye. Then all hell broke loose in the other direction.
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
Sorry... I Thumped the post. This isn't about me
If we all threw our problems in a pile, and you saw everyone else's problems-- you'd take yours back.
What? Did you get into an orgy with the backup singers from Prince's band when you evacuated to the hotel?Originally Posted by LJ3
Sorry... I Thumped the post. This isn't about me
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro." Raoul Duke
It's sorta looking like our Florida house is gonna be Florida rubble.
It is about a block and a half off the surf and about the same distance off the intercostal.
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
That sucks. It could still veer off or lose strength. Hang tough.
BKB
Viva Renaldo!
Cap, what's the nearest town to your Fla. house???
Southern Gentleman
St Augustine. The oldest city in the US. Just below Jacksonville.
A Government that pays people to do nothing destorys their willingness to do anything!
That's a beautiful old city....my Dad told me WW2 stories about, when he was stationed at Moody Field, as a flight instructor, and he and some other officers would fly down there, and spend their weekends in St. Augustine....when I was a youngster, he took us on a nostalgic road trip to St. Augustine and other places he remembered, while he was stationed down there.
It was a wonderful trip, but two things really stand out about that trip....when we first arrived in St. Augustine, us kids were screaming that we wanted to see the ocean....we had never seen an ocean, so Dad drove thru an open gate, which had a sign on it that said, "Do Not Drive On The Beach"....Dad drove right thru that gate, and out onto the beach, and promptly sank his '57 Chevy up to it's axles....cost him $25 bucks(lots of money back then) to get pulled outta the sand.
Then, we drove down the highway to a long pier, and we all walked out to the end of it....Dad told us kids that it was good luck to spit in the ocean, upon our first visit, so we all leaned over the rail, and started spitting like crazy....at that time, my Dad had a removable gold front tooth because his real tooth had gotten knocked out, while cranking a tractor with an old crank handle....he leaned over to spit with us kids, and accidentally, spit out his gold tooth...he was snaggle-toothed the entire trip.
My Mom took pictures of our trip with her little Kodak, and in every picture, my Dad would smile real big, and show his snaggle.
Southern Gentleman
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