Me, Myself, and Hurricane Irene

[WiseOwl]

Hunker down coastal folks.....or G.O.O.D........looking like its going CAT 4 tonight.....my buddy in Myrtle Beach bought as much food water and gas as he could Tuesday......I told him just take the family for a ride to the hills for a day or two....he is thinking, rent a small UHAUL and pack up the "valuables" and drive to GA for a day and come back, if there is anything to come back to....I dont blame him one bit....

Another buddy of mine in Cocoa Beach is waxing the surfboard as I type....lol:cool:

[CLT46910]

I was in Mississippi during the late 60's and Florida in 78, I remember the hurricane parties. Was fun back then, don't think I would try that today.

Like my brother, that retired in Florida, board up the house, close the shutters and drive inland to a nice motel for a couple days.

[EX121]

After riding out Hugo in central S.C. and having several trees 'hold down' my trailer, I would never do that again. Move inland.

[Matt In Oklahoma]

Be praying for ya bro, holler when you can and that goes for everyone else too!

[TyrannyUnleashed]

My prayers are with everyone in the path of this next storm.

God Bless all!

[WiseOwl]

Be praying for ya bro, holler when you can and that goes for everyone else too!

Dude, I live 3 hours from the coast....and its not a "fun" drive down I-16 either.....

But I am sending Mega Prayers to everyone in its path....hopefully "H.A.A.R.P." doesn't hit the throttle and Hulk Smash these beautiful eastern coast lines....

They are saying its going to alter the NC coast.....crazy!

[claymore]

Just heard the same thing on the news W.O. about it hitting the N.C. coast. Quite a few N.C. people on this forum and tons more that I know. Think most of you are in the piedmont or west but this thing is mighty wide; bug out if you think it best. I know you're as prepared as you can be but, if you're in that coastal plain dont take any unnecessary chances. You're all in our prayers, good luck, God bless.

[1Admin]

May the Lord watch over these folks. Check in when you can.

[WiseOwl]

Man, this is getting serious. From Wilmington to Boston....WOW! If it is as bad as predicted, this will NOT be good for the economy......I just pray that it pushes more NE and bypasses the coastline....

[LizardKing]

Doesn't look like that's going to happen, unfortunately. I have a lot of family on Long Island and they are going to get plain hammered by this storm. The northeast quadrant of it will tear the barrier beach apart if it stays on the projected path. God bless everyone on the east coast.

[golfroot]

My brother and his wife live across the street from the ICW in Morehead City. 17' above sea level. Not looking too good for them. Send prayers if you're so inclined.

[monkeybird]

Those in this storm's path need to leave EARLY. Roads turn into parking lots. Don't wait till the last minute, leave now. I'll pray for all of you in this storms path.

[WiseOwl]

Did you know that Sunday is a new moon? What does that mean? A new moon means tides will be at the highest levels for the month. If you factor Hurricane Irene’s storm surge, these two do not go well together.



Also, if you havent already and you live east of the mighty mississippi, fill you tanks up today! Dont get caught up in the madness, refineries are going to be shutting down.

[buttebob]

I'm staying. We're just going to get tropical winds here in N. Myrtle Beach, 40-60 mph winds tonight. Plenty of rain and high tides plus storm surge. Most of the winds that hit us will be out of the NW, which should push the water back out to sea. I hope. We're only 9 blocks from the beach.
Livingston, Mt. gets winds of 70 mph quite often year round. Try driving through there in the winter on ice covered roads. I've seen big rigs get blown off the hwy.
I left Charleston and drove to Charlotte in '89 when Hugo hit. Spent a week there without power. As soon as power was restored I gassed up, bought food, and drove to Charleston to spend another three weeks without power. Gee, that was fun! This all happened at the same time that I discovered that the house I was living in had a septic tank and was not hooked up to the city sewer lines. We had water, but no toilets. Lucky the house next to us was empty so we made the trip there when ever the need arose. However, we had to carry water because the large tree in the front yard of that house had blown over taking the water line with it. Like I said, Gee, what fun!

[kilowhiskey]

We received a lot of wind and needed rain, and God protected us from injury. Lost four big trees, but no damage to the house. On the bright side, we'll have lots of firewood added to the woodpile. Another hurricane coming, hopefully it will stay out to sea.

-KW