Hurricane Alex

Vanity | Aug 3, 04 | Beenliedto

[Beenliedto]

Looks like the Outer Banks is about to be caught with their pants down! Hurricane Alex is now a category two (11:00 am est) and appears to be headed directly into Pamlico Sound. That puts the east side of the storm directly over Hatteras Island, which at this point is at the height of the tourist season. No evacuation orders were issued for this storm. Every one thought it would be a harmless little puppy that would remain offshore. Let's hope it makes a turn to the east right away. Otherwise, there could be trouble!!!

[ken5050]

John Edwards will announce that HELP is on the way, return to his home state,,and single-handedly blow the storm out to sea..

[kinsman redeemer]

ANYBODY can plainly see that the timing of this is suspicious!

C'mon, People! Isn't it clear by now that Bush planned this hurricane?

[Peach]

Storm update

[Howlin]

John Edwards will announce that HELP is on the way

Then he'll introduce a bill to help all the people who were hurt by the storm, but in the end, when Tom Daschle points out to him that it would be detrimental to the Democrats, he will vote against his own bill.

That's what he did after Hurrican Floyd.

[kinsman redeemer]

WXUSA @ 11:00 a.m. still showing the NE track projection.

[Zavien Doombringer]

If not John Edwards, who may sue God for the loses, but Pat Robertson...Let's get Pat Robertson to pray it away...

[dead]

Man, this is a sneaky little evil hurricane.

Too bad its too early in the season to call it Hurricane Sandy.

[BaBaStooey]

[apillar]

President Bush with the help of Haliburton created a hurricane generator and control device (HGCD) by diverting money from after school program and Social Security. Dick Cheney, in a fit of rage, turned the hurricane generator on North Carolina to punish that state for electing John Edwards to the senate. If this pattern of viscous partisan weather control continues, we can expect the hurricane to move out to sea after it hits North Carolina, build strengh to a category 5 and turn inland to hit Massachusetts.

BUT FEAR NOT...

"Help is on the way! (Copyright Kerry/Edwards '04)

John Kerry and his old Vietnam war buddies, (he served in Vietnam you know!) along with backup from Michael Moore and Licorice the Hamster are going to conduct a daring raid to destroy the evil HGCD and spoil another Bush/Cheney nefarious plot.

[LIBERATENJ]

Don't let anyone from DU see that. It would become tonights top story with Peter Jennings, Brokaw, etc

[lainie]

Some cams from my collection:

Duck, NC
Oriental, NC (click on "24 hours ago" for the difference in tide)
Hatteras, NC
Virginia Beach, VA

A generous poster shared others and I saved the links, if anyone wants more.

[Strategerist]

Looks like the Outer Banks is about to be caught with their pants down! Hurricane Alex is now a category two (11:00 am est) and appears to be headed directly into Pamlico Sound. That puts the east side of the storm directly over Hatteras Island, which at this point is at the height of the tourist season. No evacuation orders were issued for this storm. Every one thought it would be a harmless little puppy that would remain offshore. Let's hope it makes a turn to the east right away. Otherwise, there could be trouble!!!

Sorry, but you're full of crap.

The area has had a tropical storm warning for two days. Hatteras did not experience hurricane force sustained winds. Anyone there not prepared is a moron who deserves whatever they got.

[Jonah Hex]

Just a 'tad wet out there...

[seraphMTH]

The area has had a tropical storm warning for two days. Hatteras did not experience hurricane force sustained winds. Anyone there not prepared is a moron who deserves whatever they got.

According to the 5 p.m. NHC advisory, Hatteras experienced sustained category 1 hurricane winds. Additionally, there were two independent and separate reports by private weather organizations measuring 102 mph gusts in Hatteras. Sure, they had a hurricane warning up, but it was widely reported that hurricane winds would stay offshore, and widely predicted that the storm wouldn't strengthen to category 2.

[seraphMTH]

John Edwards will announce that HELP is on the way Then he'll introduce a bill to help all the people who were hurt by the storm, but in the end, when Tom Daschle points out to him that it would be detrimental to the Democrats, he will vote against his own bill. That's what he did after Hurrican Floyd.

Sounds like that's what he did after Iraq.

[flair2000]

I haven't seen this up on their web page, but WAVY-TV (Norfolk/Portsmouth, VA) reported on the 5 pm news that there was a gust to 120 mph at the Ocracoke ferry terminal, with 4 to 6 feet of water covering parts of the Ocracoke Island as a result of soundside flooding. Pretty impressive considering how people were poo-poohing and writing off this storm yesterday. I live in Va Beach, and I had to turn around twice this morning on the way home from work due to flooding from the torrential rains. I saw about a half dozen cars submerged in the streets.

[flair2000]

"AT 115 PM...A 120 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED AT THE OCRACOKE FERRY TERMINAL. AT 209 PM...A 102 MPH WIND GUST WAS RECORDED IN HATTERAS VILLAGE..."

Here is a link to the above statement from NWS Newport/Morehead City

[lainie]

I just talked to my mom (there where you are). She said the rain was incredible.