Hurricane Earl Thread II

NOAA/NHC ^ | 2 September 2010 | NOAA/NHC

[NautiNurse]

Large and dangerous Hurricane Earl is nearing the U.S. East coast. Hurricane and Tropical Storm Warnings and Watches have been issued from North Carolina to Nova Scotia. Even if the center of Earl remains offshore, hurricane force winds are expected to occur on the Outer Banks by Thursday night. Currently, hurricane force winds extend outward 90 miles, and tropical storm force winds 230 miles from the center of the storm.

Tropical-storm-force winds will likely reach the coast from Virginia northward to New Jersey by late Thursday night or early Friday. A gradual weakening is expected to start later Thursday, but Earl is expected to be a major hurricane when it passes near the Outer Banks.

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Western Atlantic NE U.S. SE U.S.

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U.S. Long Range Radar:
Newport/Morehead City
Wakefield VA
Dover Air Force Base DE
Mt. Holly NJ
Upton, NY
Boston MA
Portland ME

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[NautiNurse]

Previous Thread

All good wishes to our NE coast FRiends. Stay safe!

[paul in cape]

If your Name is EARL, and you live in Maine,

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[paul in cape]

[SouthTexas]

mark

[NautiNurse]

New Thread

A Hurricane Warning has been issued for the coast of Massachusetts
from Westport eastward around Cape Cod to Hull including
Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket Island.

A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued from New Haven Connecticut
to west of Westport...including Block Island.

Category 4 Hurricane Earl is about 300 miles S of Cape Hatteras NC
Moving N at 18 mph. 140 mph winds, 932mb.

On/Off Hurricane List Mash Here-->

[Biggirl]

As a CT FRper, I pass along the message to ALL CT FRpers to STAY SAFE and God Speed.

[Padams]

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[oldironsides]

Checking on boat now. Reconfiguring dock lines so she can rise up in a surge. It is unclear how this will affect the Chesapeake Bay...........

[NautiNurse]

Belated ping to the new thread...

[Textide]

$10 says Obama is Johnny-on-the-spot after the hurricane hits Martha’s Vineyard. ;)

Stay safe you yankees up there! Beer, Bread and Toilet Paper...

[dirtboy]

Ouch, the 11AM advisory has the forecast track going right towards Cape Code/Nantucket/Martha's Vineyard. A Cat 2 can wreak some havoc up there:

Hurricane Bob

[mikrofon]

Thinking about that major university in Durham NC, I hope they’ve kept the folks informed at Duke of Earl....

[Biggirl]

Going to get ALL my errands done today.

Special anoucement: Will be posting the Sean Hannity Show EARLY today for this very reason, since I live in the NE and MUST get stuff done so I do not have problems tomorrow in regards to Hurricane Earl.

[NautiNurse]

$10 says Obama is Johnny-on-the-spot after the hurricane hits Martha’s Vineyard. ;)

Ha! Not if the ice cream shop is out of service.

[SierraWasp]

I just rolled into Gardner, MA, just west of Boston. I ain'ta fraida no danged whirling named Earl!!!

I gotta no leak motorhome that's small enough profile to avoid tipping over in strong winds... So come on Earl, give me a little bloody blow-by buddy!!! (just adds to the adventure)

I'm more concerned with tornadoes when I come back across country in the west-bound direction... Now they REALLY suck!!!

[SierraWasp]

I just rolled into Gardner, MA, just west of Boston. I ain'ta fraida no danged whirling named Earl!!!

I gotta no leak motorhome that's small enough profile to avoid tipping over in strong winds... So come on Earl, give me a little bloody blow-by buddy!!! (just adds to the adventure)

I'm more concerned with tornadoes when I come back across country in the west-bound direction... Now they REALLY suck!!!

[Cheryllynn]

mark

[Berlin_Freeper]

Earl

[sniper63]

Never Fear, the one, the messiah, the king of vacationers will SPEAK to the wind (VIA teleprompter) and command it to stop. /s/

Or "never let a good crisis go to waste."

Buckle down East Coast, you might be in for a rough ride, prayers are with you. Sniper63

[Peter from Rutland]

Rutland here, just south of you. We’ll be fine.

[SierraWasp]

Sorry for the double post. Must be the G3 here, turning with the colors of the leaves...

[Robe]

We got back (Rock Hill,SC) last night after being told of the Manatory Evac from Hatteras Island.
Word came down around 8:30 am.. we were packed and Gone by 9:30.
Really sucked leaving .. the Beer just got to that icy/slushy temperature.
There wasn’t a cloud in the sky , no wind and temps in the low 80’s.
My concern was for the flooding, didn’t want the Grand Cherokee full of sandy water,and the fact we had two kids under 9 as well as a 18 mo old.
Ruined a vacation , but I did have hurricane insurance and will be refunded 150% of the rental because we had less than 50% of occupancy.

[NautiNurse]

[NEMDF]

FUNNY

[brothers4thID]

Please remember to have generators properly vented, to NEVER drive across moving water ( I don’t care how big your truck/Hummer, etc is) and to not walk in flooded streets after the storm.
Stay safe Freepers!

[NautiNurse]

Glad you made it home without nightmarish evacuation stories. Great news about the insurance. Smart move during hurricane season. Yummy slushy beer. A hurricane staple.

[NautiNurse]

Floods bring fire ant balls and angry swimming snakes too.

[NEMDF]

How does it look for flights out of LaGuardia on Saturday morning?

[NautiNurse]

Very punny!

[SierraWasp]

Hey! If that thing is only travelling 18 mph, my motorhome can do at least 80 if I need to take evasive action. Some us conservatives Californians know how to deal with even more swift acting natural disasters than some pokey wind storm.

Looking at that projection, it looked like we were on the cusp of our first huricane brush-off, so to speak(type).

[NautiNurse]

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[dirtboy]

If that thing is only travelling 18 mph, my motorhome can do at least 80 if I need to take evasive action.

Assuming the roads are not clogged with evacuating vehicles or covered with floodwaters.

Which is very often the case.

[NautiNurse]

Wasn’t there a nurse that used to do hurricane threads?

She's still around...

[MissMagnolia]

Check out wxrisk.com for info on Earl. Eastern Great Lakes low & Earl may merge, pulling Earl back in. If this happens, it could be bad news for southeast New England coast (Boston, Cape Cod). This guy has a really good track record of getting his forecasts right.

[fatima]

We have renters at our place down the shore.Keeping an eye on this.Getting a little nervous.

[SierraWasp]

In that case, I better go buy a big conservative survival bulldozer blade to attatch to my front end for clearing a path!!! (grin)

[NautiNurse]

If that thing is only travelling 18 mph, my motorhome can do at least 80 if I need to take evasive action.

ROFLMAO! Rocket boosters on the RV. How about wings? Have you considered pontoons?

[trisham]

Massachusetts here, about 30 miles inland. We’re not expecting much but rain, unless the storm takes a bad course to the left.

[Yorktownpatriot]

I hope this hurricane doesn’t destroy our neighborhood like Isabel did!
Time to hunker down my shoreline friends.
Its headed towards us.
Yorktown , VA

[NautiNurse]

Hopefully, your tenants are storm savvy.

[theDentist]

Was that you, darlin’?

[fatima]

Your right.

[NautiNurse]

Indeed, Isabel did a number on Eastern VA. Best wishes that you weather the storm safely.

[theDentist]

Just went out for a look; lots more clouds, though sun is still strong.

[dirtboy]

You should be fine, west of Boston, unless they really get the forecast wrong - you should be on the weaker side of the storm, and just get TS-level winds and heavy rain. Nothing that would blow John Kerry’s yacht up your way from Rhode Island.

[dirtboy]

At this point, with Earl moving due north, I think the coast all the way up to NYC should be OK. But Cape Code/Nantucket/Martha’s Vineyard is another matter.

[SomeCallMeTim]

Latest satellite loops seem to now show an easterly component in the eye’s track.... are you seeing that?

If so... it’s likely to accelerate and continue moving more and more Northeasterly...

I’d say, the Outer Banks will just catch a “graze”... but, yea... Martha’s Vineyard may get a head on hit.

[NautiNurse]

FNC reported that Earl is the third strongest hurricane on record at this latitude. Add size to the mix, and there will be a vast swath of power outages if the storm doesn't veer east.

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[brothers4thID]

(shudder) I had forgotten about the fire ant balls. EEW now I’ll have the creepy crawlies for the rest of the day!

[NautiNurse]

Fire ants form an island in flooded areas...