Here Comes EARL! live thread

none | Sept 2, 2010 | me

[theDentist]

A live thread to update the arrival of Hurricane Earl, a Category 4 storm headed for the Mid Atlantic.

[theDentist]

Presently the forecast is the eye arriving around Hatteras/Cape Fear about 2 am Friday, Sept 3.

The Outer Banks are currently being evacuated, and everyone battening down the hatches, so to speak.

[pgkdan]

Thank you Lord for creating North Carolina to buffer Virginia Beach from hurricanes!

[theDentist]

I think this is my first LIVE thread. Almost sends a chill up my leg.

I am in Va Beach (about 10 miles inland). Office in Norfolk, where I have been requested to try and be in the morning. We’ll see.

Anyhow, this thread is for all in the path to document observations, state of being (for family and friends) and to guess how many rounds of Gold Obama will play. I believe the amount of destruction is directly linked to the number of Obama’s golf games!

[AU72]

Latest tracking indicates a small shift to the west which would bring it close to the outer Cape and Nantucket.

[dfwgator]

If it hits Martha’s Vineyard, you can bet Obama will visit there much quicker than he visited the Gulf.

[stinkerpot65]

You need a hobby.

[cweese]

How long before whorealdo and pretty-boy shep get out there and start in with their melodramatic coverage?

[theDentist]

I have a hobby.. repairing my home. :-)

OK, presently outside it is warm, sunshine, and clouds moving in.

[KosmicKitty]

Battening down the hatches here in Connecticut. Lawn furniture going into the garage, all loose stuff put away.

We don’t get hurricanes often, thank God, but when we do, they tend to be bad as they skim the coast and hit us directly.

[ZX12R]

[Rational Thought]

I’m not understanding why this is a big news story.

A storm that will remain out to sea has been the lead story on Drudge all morning.

Maybe this is the media just hoping for another Katrina.

[VeniVidiVici]

A friend of ours just closed on a house near Nags Head, NC at the beginning of August.

[CedarDave]

FYI

[theDentist]

I hope you are right, but locally the forecast is that we will get hit.

[txhurl]

All up the East Coast there might be 50mph+ winds, knocking over trees into power lines.

Storm surges could be 10ft above normal.

Look up Isabel 2003 for comparable track and damage.

[eastforker]

A Cat 4 hurricane is approaching the East coast, with no gaurantee it won’t come ashore, and your wondering why it is a big news story??? You don’t track storms much do you?DS!

[spectre]

How about this for a “rational thought”?..It's stupid to be lulled into complacency.

[RebelTXRose]

You stopped me from worrying about my friend in Virginia Beach! Thanks! I’m still going to call her.

[deport]

If Earl follows the projections as currently issued it may not be that bad of a storm. But it will do damage.

[spectre]

Yep. Windows out, siding damage, roof damage, etc...Just think of all the jobs Obama can take credit for this month.

[Rational Thought]

LOL!

First time I’ve ever been criticized because of a storm.

[spectre]

It was a 'warning'..not criticism.

Complacency vs panic. One is as bad as the other, LOL.

[smokingfrog]

stimulus!

[ASOC]

I am not familiar with the DC area. How bad would a storm surge be in that general area?

[Fawn]

Wasn’t there a nurse that used to do hurricane threads? Anyway....thanks you guys -—for taking the hit for Florida.

[theDentist]

I think there was a nurse who would run Hurricane threads... no idea if she is still around.

[theDentist]

Squalls out on the Gulfstream,
Big storms coming soon.
I passed out in my hammock,
God, I slept way past noon.
Stood up and tried to focus,
I hoped I wouldn't have to look far.
I knew I could use a Bloody Mary,
So I stumbled next door to the bar.

And now I must confess,
I could use some rest.
I can't run at this pace very long.
Yes, it's quite insane,
I think it hurts my brain.
But it cleans me out and then I can go on.

-Jimmy Buffett, 'Trying to Reason with Hurricane Season'

[count-your-change]

My Name is Earl, a whole new season about to arrive.

[theDentist]

Cloud cover heavier... sunlight not as strong. still warm though.

[Exit148]

NautiNurse already has a long thread on this.

[theDentist]

Yup, already got notified. Thx.

[patton]

Isabelle brought a 15’ surge into DC - but only on the Anacostia river.