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I'm in Virginia Beach, VA and at this very moment at close to 10PM Eastern, it's very calm and not even a drop of rain yet. I'm pretty confident that this one is going to spare us here and stay off the coast as it skirts by. It may be a different story down in the Outer Banks tonight though. Tomorrow (Friday) we'll probably have some wind and rain but nothing too concerning. I'm anticipating just having to pick up a zillion pine cones in my yard this weekend but it should be sunny and beautiful by then. As it leaves us I hope those north of here are as lucky. Best wishes to all. I gotta go out and take down my American flag now. Peace
We here in the DFW area also have a storm front heading our way tonight, tho nothing as dramatic and serious as Earl. It should be past by morning with promises of very nice weather for the Labor Day weekend.
I just hope that everyone even remotely in the path of Earl will come out OK today, tomorrow and Sat. As I said be safe!
I just hope that everyone even remotely in the path of Earl will come out OK today, tomorrow and Sat. As I said be safe!
Not on the East Coast any more, but I recall some great hurricane parties when I had an apartment with an attached dock across the inlet from Little Creek Naval Amphib Base. Skimboarding in the parking lot... doing belly slides in the mud after all the lawn floated away...
Earl, your busting my..............weekend up. The Canadians have been very kind to give us a fair weather system that will push Earl further out to sea. We have had hurricane storm surf all this week where the rips were so strong it kept on sweeping the swimmers out to sea. Surfing was allowed and gave some kick butt over your head surf. Surfs up dude 8) . Between the Great White Sharks and the storm rips it has been an exciting summer for the tourist :shock:
As far as I can tell this blop of glacial poop hanging out in the Atlantic we call Cape Cod will be spared the brunt of the storm but being on the wrong side of the eye we will get 3" of rain in a fast moving storm. Good for the Tutrnips and the Cranberries are almost ready for the harvest. No fishing out on the bay for Striped Bass and Blue fish
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I have been through many hurricanes in my life, most take your electricity and make a mess of everything. You southern boys on the coast are the ones that take a beating as the Barrier Beach took a hit.
A few Decembers ago we had a freak storm hit us on the Cape with over 100 MPH winds. They say the upper jet stream type winds found a hole and dropped in for a fly by. It made more damage than Hurricane Bob had left. It left me without power for only 3 days instead of 5 days from Bob.
We are all battened down, hunkered, and patiently' waiting. We have prepared for the worst and hope for the best. All others seem to be running around like a chicken with their head cut off.
A prayer to all that falls in Earl's path.
Graylock
As far as I can tell this blop of glacial poop hanging out in the Atlantic we call Cape Cod will be spared the brunt of the storm but being on the wrong side of the eye we will get 3" of rain in a fast moving storm. Good for the Tutrnips and the Cranberries are almost ready for the harvest. No fishing out on the bay for Striped Bass and Blue fish
.I have been through many hurricanes in my life, most take your electricity and make a mess of everything. You southern boys on the coast are the ones that take a beating as the Barrier Beach took a hit.
A few Decembers ago we had a freak storm hit us on the Cape with over 100 MPH winds. They say the upper jet stream type winds found a hole and dropped in for a fly by. It made more damage than Hurricane Bob had left. It left me without power for only 3 days instead of 5 days from Bob.
We are all battened down, hunkered, and patiently' waiting. We have prepared for the worst and hope for the best. All others seem to be running around like a chicken with their head cut off.
A prayer to all that falls in Earl's path.
Graylock
Forgot to add..........
Twisters verses Hurricanes.
I do not want to be part of a twister...... one tiny area that brings death.
A twister makes a devastating path through town and a hurricane blows the town away.
Also wanted to and forgot to say that on Cape Cod when there is hurricane force winds they close down the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges. These are the only way over the Cape Cod Canal. No one leaves :shock:
Graylock
Twisters verses Hurricanes.
I do not want to be part of a twister...... one tiny area that brings death.
A twister makes a devastating path through town and a hurricane blows the town away.
Also wanted to and forgot to say that on Cape Cod when there is hurricane force winds they close down the Sagamore and Bourne Bridges. These are the only way over the Cape Cod Canal. No one leaves :shock:
Graylock
It's cloudy but bright here in New Britsky, CT. Just a few sprinkles so far.
It sprinkled for about 5 mins around Enfield CT but now the sun's out :roll:ifitsfreeitsforme said:
One of my friends had that done. Paid the big bucks to have his phone line, power line, gas line, and I think his TV cable too, buried so there was nothing running above ground from the street to his house. Every chance he had he'd remind us of what was going to happen to us if a branch would fall on our power lines but that he'd be fine. Karma's a bummer sometimes. During Hurricane Isabell (2003), a huge tree in his yard was pushed over, and when it uprooted it pulled up and snapped all the lines he had buried! We fared way better than him with our lines in the air!X-RAY said:
Pat Robertson's Divine influence is protecting you!! :lol: I lived in VB from 95-08, and the worst damage I've seen was from Isabel, which was only a tropical storm by then. But I was without power for 6 1/2 days! One of the many reasons I moved inland! :mrgreen: -AdamPudge said:
It's 7:30 and the brunt of the storm has not hit us yet. Go ahead Earl, drag your feet . I can hear the surf you kicked up from my house.
We have on Cape Cod an evacuation plan. In place last year I think. It's there for in case the Nuke Plant in Plymouth messes up and we have to leave but the funny part is we have to drive towards the problem to get off Cape. The second reason is for hurricanes. That gets funny because there is only two bridges to leave and causes miles of back ups normally every Sunday in the summer. Labor Day weekend it has backed up all the way to Hyannis , two lanes at a crawl or less. To top it off if your to late to leave and the winds get over 75 mph steady they will close off both bridges on or off :shock: . Trapped like rats. Hey I resemble that remark!
Don't get me wrong, the Cape was and is a great place to grow up. Not to much snow in the winter and always cooler in the summer than it is over the bridges. I choose not to leave the Cape in the summer unless I really have to. Tonight I'm going to strap myself to a tree with roots (you ain't going nowhere).
It had rained earlier today on two of my bike rides. The last one I was on my tall bike going to the store on the bread run. 6 miles round trip and the breeze cooled me off. The first was through Nickerson State Park where the rangers had cleared all the campers out yesterday
So the breeze is now puffing the curtain a little and my father inlaw is on the phone with my wife saying his lights went off for a few seconds. So...... I made a video of the park in area 4 this morning at 10:30 showing it empty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7q0Uc5504k
Oh and I was emptying the fridge at the same time.
Graylock is filling his pockets full of rocks just in case :|
We have on Cape Cod an evacuation plan. In place last year I think. It's there for in case the Nuke Plant in Plymouth messes up and we have to leave but the funny part is we have to drive towards the problem to get off Cape. The second reason is for hurricanes. That gets funny because there is only two bridges to leave and causes miles of back ups normally every Sunday in the summer. Labor Day weekend it has backed up all the way to Hyannis , two lanes at a crawl or less. To top it off if your to late to leave and the winds get over 75 mph steady they will close off both bridges on or off :shock: . Trapped like rats. Hey I resemble that remark!
Don't get me wrong, the Cape was and is a great place to grow up. Not to much snow in the winter and always cooler in the summer than it is over the bridges. I choose not to leave the Cape in the summer unless I really have to. Tonight I'm going to strap myself to a tree with roots (you ain't going nowhere).
It had rained earlier today on two of my bike rides. The last one I was on my tall bike going to the store on the bread run. 6 miles round trip and the breeze cooled me off. The first was through Nickerson State Park where the rangers had cleared all the campers out yesterday
So the breeze is now puffing the curtain a little and my father inlaw is on the phone with my wife saying his lights went off for a few seconds. So...... I made a video of the park in area 4 this morning at 10:30 showing it empty
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7q0Uc5504k
Oh and I was emptying the fridge at the same time.
Graylock is filling his pockets full of rocks just in case :|
Good ol' Pat. I'm sure he'll take credit for pushing Earl offshore too! We lost power for almost that long too, Adam. The two things I remember the most about Isabel is the all night droning of all my neighbor's portable generators and cooking what seemed like a year's worth of meat on the grill night after night because everything was thawing out! The windows were all open and the humidity was unbearable and no breeze, and buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz all night long until the generators would run out of gas! For almost a week!!! Oh man, I'm having a flashback. "Honey, where's my map, we gotta get outta here. We're moving to Newton, NC!"Rustinkerer said:
pudge- that would be my luck,too. i just think theres less chance of that hapenning (to someone else, anyways) than overhead lines coming down due to wind, ice, drunk drivers,etc. of course, this would only work if it was buried from the powerplant to your house.
rained around suppertime here but dry now. im way inland, about 15 miles from the "weather capital of the world".
hope everyone comes through this mess ok.
rained around suppertime here but dry now. im way inland, about 15 miles from the "weather capital of the world".
hope everyone comes through this mess ok.
"come on boys, lets go to huntin'" hey it's dove season down here now.
strap you and that tall bike to something that won't uproot.
Cape Cod has been mentioned quite a bit on the news down here today. Let us know how you, the family, and the puppy are tomorrow.
BTW: clever way to end the video, IMHO. I enjoyed the ride!
strap you and that tall bike to something that won't uproot.
Cape Cod has been mentioned quite a bit on the news down here today. Let us know how you, the family, and the puppy are tomorrow.
BTW: clever way to end the video, IMHO. I enjoyed the ride!
Earl who?..................Earl couldn't keep himself together for us which is OK by me. My 87 year old Dad wanted all the fire wood from all the falls, he's bummin'. We got monsoon rains but not much of the wind that we could have gotten. We get more damage from NorEasters. Weather is clear and dry with low temps, no humidity :wink: . Bikin' time and I got till Monday night to do it all! I'm going to copy and paste every post for the next hurricane.
Greylock of the Winds
Greylock of the Winds
[quote="Pudge]
Good ol' Pat. I'm sure he'll take credit for pushing Earl offshore too! We lost power for almost that long too, Adam. The two things I remember the most about Isabel is the all night droning of all my neighbor's portable generators and cooking what seemed like a year's worth of meat on the grill night after night because everything was thawing out! The windows were all open and the humidity was unbearable and no breeze, and buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz all night long until the generators would run out of gas! For almost a week!!! Oh man, I'm having a flashback. "Honey, where's my map, we gotta get outta here. We're moving to Newton, NC!"[/quote]
LOL! I love it out here, but the local economy is still totally flattened, especially in my line of work, home improvement! (cue sound of crickets) Shortly after we moved, the power went off in the middle of the night for a few minutes, it woke me up, because it was SO QUIET! No Super Hornet flyovers, no boom-boom car stereos at all hours... -Adam
Good ol' Pat. I'm sure he'll take credit for pushing Earl offshore too! We lost power for almost that long too, Adam. The two things I remember the most about Isabel is the all night droning of all my neighbor's portable generators and cooking what seemed like a year's worth of meat on the grill night after night because everything was thawing out! The windows were all open and the humidity was unbearable and no breeze, and buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz all night long until the generators would run out of gas! For almost a week!!! Oh man, I'm having a flashback. "Honey, where's my map, we gotta get outta here. We're moving to Newton, NC!"
[/quote]LOL! I love it out here, but the local economy is still totally flattened, especially in my line of work, home improvement! (cue sound of crickets) Shortly after we moved, the power went off in the middle of the night for a few minutes, it woke me up, because it was SO QUIET! No Super Hornet flyovers, no boom-boom car stereos at all hours... -Adam
yeah, I hate the sound of my own generator. We only ran it to keep the refrigs cold charged up, and to watch the local TV weather and news, then shut if off. The neighbors went 24x7. :x They say to keep a radio for emergencies, what a useless waste of time, the local stations keep on playing their regular formats. The only thing valuable here is a TV or PC so that you can see the local animated radar and make your own prediction on what is going to hit.
I now have things set up so that the generator can run our Central Air fans via an extension cord. Our heat comes from natural gas, so as long as there is electricity to run the unit's thermostat and fan motor, at least we will have heat in the house in the winter. Last time was a major snow event that broke down all the trees and the power lines. The house was cold. Not next time. We don't have adequate pipe insulation down here, so a cold house can equal burst plumbing. I still won't run the generator continuesely, just enough to keep essentials warm and cold as needed. The noise gets on your nerves!
I now have things set up so that the generator can run our Central Air fans via an extension cord. Our heat comes from natural gas, so as long as there is electricity to run the unit's thermostat and fan motor, at least we will have heat in the house in the winter. Last time was a major snow event that broke down all the trees and the power lines. The house was cold. Not next time. We don't have adequate pipe insulation down here, so a cold house can equal burst plumbing. I still won't run the generator continuesely, just enough to keep essentials warm and cold as needed. The noise gets on your nerves!
