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Sachiel7 17-09-2003 21:21

The Hurricane
 
Well, as you know Hurricane Isabel is hitting the US tomorrow. In particular, North Carolina and Virginia. And guess where I live!
I'm in Virginia, but my family is taking a 2-day trip to Tennessee...
However, before I leave I'm going to have my camera record a time lapse outside my window. It will record 1 sec. every 5 minutes, on a 30-min tape. It should record for about 150hrs. Before the tape fills. Anyway, when we come back (If we still have a house) I'll upload some good parts of the clip and post a link here.

Tytus Gerrish 17-09-2003 22:22

HA HA!, I bet you thought Us Florida Boys Would take it again Didn't YA?

Seriously tho, A Cat-5 is no joke Make shure you put your storm shutters down,If you have them. if you don't plywood over your windows With Tap-Cons Or Anchors in the Concrete wall.

Im going surfing tomorrow , its a Half-day That storm surge is Gonna Be sweet. and maybe ill fly a kite too

BingoTheClowno 17-09-2003 22:23

Umm... cool?

MissInformation 17-09-2003 22:46

I sort of like old Isabel, especially since I just found out my office will be closed tomorrow... and a co-worker who was sure her garden will not survive the storm, brought us in some fresh veggies today and the cherry tomatoes are fantastic...

I think they're over-reacting here, but that's typical for our area. Best of luck for those in coastal towns in Isabel's path.

Heidi

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now wondering what a garden being ravaged by hurricane winds would look like...

Ashley Weed 18-09-2003 08:26

... fearing the force of the storm.. I was gonna try to get back inland to home. HAHA! I found out last night that the projected path is home... so, guess I am safer here. I just hope the power stays on!


Best Wishes to all whom are awaiting the arrival.

D.J. Fluck 18-09-2003 11:46

Its unbelieveable, Im watching MSNBC right now and they recently went to a remote broadcast in Virginia Beach with Brian Williams. Brian was hanging on for dear life doing his report and he called his friend from the weather channel over to get a wind reading, they both were literarly blown away and the weather channel guy ended up falling over and blown even further. This is crazy!

Aaron Lussier 18-09-2003 13:56

It made land fall as a Cat-2

Blacknight 18-09-2003 16:43

It never hits Florida nemore....:mad:

EddieMcD 18-09-2003 17:17

Stand Back!

No, I actually mean it this time. I hope nobody is stupid enough to stick around in a storm like that. Last time a hurricane hit RI (Bob in '91), I was camping in NH. And it was probably better I was. While the house was fine (a few veggies thrown about and a window shattered), anything directly on the ocean in Newport was totally destroyed. It took them a year just to rebuild the beach. Although had it not veered off at the last minute, it would've been more like the one in 1938, with total winds at about 200 MPH hitting Newport and the bay, and having the snow-plow effect causing major flooding. At least the people in the Carolinas don't have to worry about getting the nasty right side of the hurricane.

Tytus Gerrish 18-09-2003 17:28

1 Attachment(s)
WOWH! today was fun

The waves Beat Me up BAD Amanda helped too...

Surfing is useless too much rip current the waves were Realy Fun There were sea-swell tidal poole that we were throwing sand and wrestling and stuff

geo 18-09-2003 17:29

YES! It's going to come Toronto, Canada.
I wish school could close due to the hurricane

Blacknight 18-09-2003 19:48

:( I wish we had waves like that here in Stuart....

Tytus Gerrish 18-09-2003 20:28

thats just Juno Beach And We tried to surf but the rip current was too strong the waves were Violently inconcistonent , We were mostly playing in the surf and Throwing sand-Balls and Tackling each other Just north of the Juno Pier

IsabelRinging 18-09-2003 20:58

Do you guys know how much fun it is to have a hurricane with the same name as yourself?

P.S. A lot.

Elgin Clock 19-09-2003 12:52

Speaking of natural phenomenon, I have an interesting question to pose to all of you.

"Why don't tornadoes have names?"

This was a question on a co-worker's sons homework the other night, and I thought it was interesting.

Madison 19-09-2003 13:14

Quote:

Originally posted by Elgin Clock
"Why don't tornadoes have names?"
I'd imagine they aren't named because of the unpredictable nature of their existence and their short duration.

EddieMcD 19-09-2003 14:57

Quote:

Originally posted by Elgin Clock
Speaking of natural phenomenon, I have an interesting question to pose to all of you.

"Why don't tornadoes have names?"

This was a question on a co-worker's sons homework the other night, and I thought it was interesting.

Well, because Tornado Tim just doesn't sound right.

As opposed to Hurricane Eddie... now that sounds good.

::flies off before someone can kill me::

RogerR 19-09-2003 17:05

Quote:

Originally posted by IsabelRinging
Do you guys know how much fun it is to have a hurricane with the same name as yourself?

P.S. A lot.

[one-upping]
ha!!

i had hurricane andrew(my middle name)
[/one-upping]

robot180 19-09-2003 17:49

There is like a new tornado every day, I think. It would be hard to name all of them, and lots of them don't actually touch down and some they aren't sure if they touched down. (I am not sure about any of this.)

I took my dog to the beach the other day. (Hobe Sound, Martin County) She usually runs to the water and runs after the ball when I through it. She didn't run after it this time. I guess she thought the water was too rough. I had to swim out and fetch the ball. lol

You people from further north keep saying that you want a hurricane to get out of school. Well, after all of the destruction, having your house blown down, and loosing everything that you own, you would rather have stayed in school and not had the hurricane. (At least for us because we have to make up the first three missed days sometime during the second semester anyways.)

MissInformation 20-09-2003 11:41

36 hours and counting, no power... using Eric's U.P.S. to power my laptop for a few minutes of E-mail and Internet Bliss! Soon, after showering in supposedly contaminated water, we're heading out to someplace that has power... I guess I should be nice and let Eric check his e-mail before we lose the little power we have...


Heidi

Sachiel7 30-09-2003 10:48

GASP GASP GASP!
-catching breath-
"I'm finally back!"
Whew!!!!
After about 2 weeks of no power, food, or cable connection, I'm finally back on.
The video got killed off with the power, and didn't work right, so I'm not going to bother with it anymore. But, at least this thread stirred up some discussion over the hurricane.
whew.
Well, my family skipped town to Tennessee, and when we came back our house was fine. But we had over 80 condemned houses in our neighboring county alone.
Trees are still a big problem. I swear, the land is starting to look bald around here.
Anyway, just wanted to say I'm back.

Joe Matt 30-09-2003 11:12

Quote:

Originally posted by robot180

You people from further north keep saying that you want a hurricane to get out of school. Well, after all of the destruction, having your house blown down, and loosing everything that you own, you would rather have stayed in school and not had the hurricane. (At least for us because we have to make up the first three missed days sometime during the second semester anyways.)

Do you have some type of hostility towards us? I mean really, it's nice that we are out of school, but I mean hurracanes are interesting things that don't happen every day and we don't get to see one every year or so. It's like Disney World. When you live near it, it's no big deal, but if you live far away from it you plan for a year or so for it and become excited over it. Also, I don't really like how you have said that we wanted this, I know a girl who's house has been condemed.


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