Hurricane Dorian

Hope it turns away back out to sea! Stay safe!

 

Sand bag lines at the local public works are about 1 hour right now. Luckily, my house is a block home on raised foundation. All the doors are up 10-18 inches above grade. I'm still a little stressed out about it though. If it follows projected path, we could see 18-25" of rain.

 

Generators, chainsaws and gas cans for all!

 

Holy shit that is the funniest thing I have seen in a while!!!!

 

Please be sure to clown the shit media when you can! Like the whole “news guy leaning into the wind for drama” gag, then a civilian walks by just fine. I really despise the media.

 

The winds will push the ocean waves well inland all the way up the coast for days.

 

Good idea Dog Food. Not too bad if hungry. What brand tastes best?

 

It's hard to tell these days. Make no mistake, the media LOVE hurricanes. They sensationalize them to death. It could either be horrible or nothing will happen. That has been the case the past few years.

 

Not sure; never tried it. It's for the DOGS hence DOG food.

 

Well first off, hopefully this thing fizzles to nothing. I'm trying to talk my daughter, son in law, let's not forget my soon to be 1year old grandson in to driving up here to Charleston. She's hardheaded like her mom . Hopefully she makes a wise decision like her dad would.

 

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I believe I have convinced my friends in Jacksonville to relocate over to the Western panhandle area until the storm moves north.

 

Suddenly our -40 winters don't seem so bad eh?

 

That’s one ominous looking eye. Man oh man. I sailed through the southeast quadrant of Katrina when it was in the Atlantic... south of Port Canaveral... it was just a weak hurricane then and it was one hell of a ride. I still have video of the seas... they were absolutely insane. Waves were coming every which way. Can’t imagine the detestation should this thing hit. Plus, it’s the Kingtide in Florida as well, has the potential to be especially devastating.

As for the complaints about the forecasts - what are they supposed to do? Under forecast and hope for the best? They’re going to warn a lot more people than they need to... because everyone wants to “ride it out” until the actual storm arrives. Then people have second thoughts, are terrified and call 911. If this thing comes on shore as a Cat 4, it’ll be Andrew again, only worse. There’s lots more people in Florida now. This could be a once in a generation storm. Or it could hook northwest and head towards the Carolinas... stranger things have happened. Stay safe down there!

 

What if it was called..... Hurricane Ditka ?
Be safe y'alls!

 

I'm still amazed by the stupidity I see on the news. Why do people not keep basic necessities on hand? When I lived in FL I always kept several cases of water, extra fuel, and other supplies on hand. The people scrambling now to find water are idiots. If you have to wait in line for 8 hours because you failed to plan, you deserve it.

 

on a bright side "Florida Man..........." news will be on the down low.


Good Luck and stay safe.....

 

I have family in Melbourne. I pray this thing goes out to sea.

 

Ummm....no. you're guaranteed -40 every year. That's a deal breaker. A hurricane threat occasionally, I'll take it
Although the hurricanes seem to be getting more aggressive. So maybe I have to go somewhere else, maybe Australia? They don't seem to have too many whether events. -40, not happening. I had the opportunity to work 3rd shift on the coldest night ever here, -3F. Frozen snot on my mustache and ice everywhere. Not going to do that again.

 

They have typhoons down in Oz. Unfortunately no matter where you go there is always some type of freaky weather.

 

It only hits -40 here a few times a year thankfully. Maybe for a week or two total over the long winters when we get cold snaps. Outdoor jobsites generally shut down at -40, especially the cranes since the cold affects the metals' tensile strength.

-3F is jeans with a hoodie layered under a softshell weather! I don't even plug my truck in until it drops below that. LOL

All this said, if the temp rises above 75 - 78F, I'm ready to die. I can't stand hot weather. I keep our house below 65F as best I can for most of the year.

 

When it gets below 70 I put on long pants and a sweatshirt. But I will fish from the beach with a hoodie and shorts. House stays between 75 and 80F. But I'm not in charge of the thermostat

 

No doubt! I thought the same thing!

 

CA has no aggressive weather. Just fires and earthquakes. Both you get used to. They become part of life. That scene in the LA Story where they continue having lunch while there's an earthquake happening is fairly accurate. Whenever a wildfire started, I would always blast Los Angeles is Burning by Bad Religion really loud while in traffic.

 

Everyone please stay safe. If you are in the direct path please leave. You can replace things but not yourself.

 

Hugging the coastline is a worse case scenario.
Max sustained: 140 mph



Now it's reminding me of Hugo.

 

Left Florida in 2006 but still have a lot of family there. I also spend a fair amount of time in Cherry Point / New Bern and those folks are still recovering from last years storm. It's starting to look like the storm might turn enough to head out to the North Atlantic and miss land - sure hope it does.