I’m well inland in NC and as the evening progressed tonight it did start to feel as if a storm was building off the coast. Getting breezy, misty drizzle interspersed with heavier rain (loose bands) and warm. A lot can happen between now and any landfall however, and these storms are notoriously capricious, I say this on every hurricane thread. So, I’m saying it on this one. At least there’s no officious thread monitor attempting to be gatekeeper on what can and cannot be said, yet. I’m sorry, but that’s obnoxious and overbearing behavior.
Dragging up dire comparisons to past worst case storms is not helpful and not terribly likely, however. The NC coast gets hurricanes fairly regularly, I’ve driven the length of the OBX from Kitty Hawk to Ocracoke mere days after one, have driven over the temporary steel plate bridges over newly cut inlets, have seen the houses fallen into the Atlantic, the campers and park models reduced to wreckage lining the sides of Highway 12 waiting to be hauled away, dune lines blown into the highway, which has to be plowed to keep the road open, etcetera.
Even if it does hit here, it’s normal. It’s happened for centuries, throughout recorded history. It’s a tough place, with tough people, recently relocated northeasterners notwithstanding.
So, dialing down the panic-inducing talk going forward would be advisable.
This seems as if it might interfere with getting through Marine Corps boot camp on time.
I disagree with many things that Democrat John Bel Edwards (Governor of Louisiana) does. But it was prudent to call out the National Guard for Tropical Storm Gordon.
Louisiana had really MINIMAL impact from that storm.
There have been serious traffic jams such as in Houston, TX with previous storms.
Having a week's warning allows people to make plans. If 10 million people decide to take one Interstate Highway at the last minute (and they have had a "Week's Warning", that is their fault...)