Posted on 09/09/2018 8:01:18 AM PDT by NautiNurse
September 10 is the statistical peak of the Atlantic Tropical Storm season, and the conga line of storms dancing across the Atlantic is not disappointing historical data. The Governors of NC and SC have declared states of emergency for a potential major hurricane landfall, while Hurricane Florence is slowly creeping westward. Florence is predicted to increase forward motion and intensity Monday. Hurricanes Hazel (1954) and Hugo (1989) are two notorious major hurricanes to make landfall in NC and SC, respectively. North Carolina has prior experience with "F" named hurricanes. Hurricanes Fran (1996) and Floyd (1999) caused widespread flooding and damage in the Tar Heel state.
The NHC has been issuing Public Advisories for Florence since August 30. The five day "Cone of Uncertainty" archive progression since Aug. 30 may be found here.
Isaac is a small storm. Isaac is predicted to steadily strengthen during the next few days as the storm remains over warm waters and in a low wind shear environment in the short term. The NHC predicts Isaac will reach hurricane status within 2 days.
Helene is expected to reach hurricane status in the short term. However, Helene is not anticipated to threaten U.S. interests. The forecast track turns north into the mid-Atlantic.
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She’s an amazing woman. It’s that strong will of hers that keeps her self sufficient. But, still good (more than good) that she has a close network of those who care about and for her.
I saw it on his twitter page
“Watching from Wilmington here.”
Wilmington, great place to visit, but safer living here near Raleigh.
Bless your mother. My mother is also 101, but safe (for the moment) here in WA State with you and me. She lives in a retirement home but still fairly active. Do you still live more or less in the geographic middle of Mount St. Helens, Mt. Adams, and Mt. Hood?
Apparently filbert and hazel are the same nut? What’s up with that?
No way Florence tops, for example, the Boxing Day earthquake & tsunami, and it is highly unlikely to top several past US hurricanes, if lives lost is the criteria. However, in $$ cost not adjusted for inflation, yes, I could see it being "the worst" yet.
Thanks!
Thanks for these threads.
I have family in FL and SC
The Charleston ones are planning on heading back to IN come mid-week
Hope everyone is safe!
...a very strong ridge is forecast to build over the northwestern
Atlantic during the next few days. This pattern should steer
Florence west-northwestward at a much faster forward speed
by Tuesday.
Hilton Head may want to Batten Down the Hatches.
The last reconnaissance fix indicated that the pressure had fallen to about 978 mb with Florence, a drop of about 6 mb in 4 hours.
Florence is forecast to rapidly strengthen to a major hurricane by Monday, and is expected to remain an extremely dangerous major hurricane through Thursday.
Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 25 miles from the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles. Florence is forecast to become larger over the next few days.
Which means Wrightsville Beach which is just minutes from Wilmington could be devastated by Florence.
Looks like a pinhole eye has formed (remember Maria). I think we will have to pin our hopes on some unexpected weakening before landfall.
Yes, Hurricane Floyd’s flooding near East Carolina University was devastating and took years to recover from. I had inlaw cousin who teaches in that county who said for years after Floyd, people were getting sick from the mold caused by Floyd’s floodwaters.
So, go away, Florence, go away! (I’m dreaming, I know).
Florence is definitely getting wound up.
I was a little child but remember Hurricane Hazel well. It downed a dozen or more pecan and oak trees in my grandmother’s back yard and we were without power for a long while.....had to eat corn mush...yuck.
Hi there. Am near Raleigh also.
Were you in your location for Hurricane Fran?
If so you know that Fran was a category 3 hurricane when it hit the coast and then came directly over Raleigh.
The results to Raleigh were devastating.
Looked like bombs had gone off.
I will never forget the night of the wind and rain from Fran. That’s why I am thinking about at least bugging out to a motel instead of sitting at home and listening to the winds howl again.
Thank you for addressing post-flood mold problems. Awful stuff!
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