Hanna Changes Course

[Frank B]

The new predictions call for TS Hanna (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/084814.shtml?5day#contents) to head toward the South-Eastern Seaboard and reach Hurricane strength late Thursday or early Friday.

[tweeter]

Ugh, heard that this morning when I got up. NOT what I wanted to hear. We'll be watching it, that's for sure.

[Arado*TB]

I saw that, too. It has already got me thinking.

[Rhiannonjk]

The winds from Gustav are keeping her from strengthening, right now.

I'll take a weak hurricane this way, if it means she'll stop following Katrina's path.

[Jaegermonster]

You guys can have it, we are all still swimming and paddling here in FL.

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Oh, man, those "H" hurricanes are the ones to watch out for!:winkgrin: At least if you live in the land that Hugo and Hazel laid waste.:eek:

I have half doors on my barn. I latch them open all day and only close them when I feed. But it occurred to me today that a hurricane could snap those latches and I'd have four big old four by four foot wooden sails flapping around out there. DH says we ought to just take em off the hinges if it looks like it'll be bad. What would y'all do?

[Kalele]

I don't completely trust the hurricane path... in 2004 Orlando was not supposed to get hit by Charley and we did, then a month later Hurricane Jeanne turned out into the Atlantic Ocean only to do a 360 and cut right across Florida. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jeanne_2004_track.png)

The constant 4 days of rain from Fay and then the daily Florida rain has central florida still floating.


I have half doors on my barn. I latch them open all day and only close them when I feed. But it occurred to me today that a hurricane could snap those latches and I'd have four big old four by four foot wooden sails flapping around out there. DH says we ought to just take em off the hinges if it looks like it'll be bad. What would y'all do?

Put a second latch on the inside?

[Frank B]

...Hazel laid waste...
You remember that b*tch too, huh? Her eye came right through my hometown and ripped most of the shingles off our roof.

We'd rented a cottage at Long Beach, NC for some fishing. Decided to pull out late that night -- things just didn't "feel right". The next day the cottage was found over a mile away from its foundation.

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

You remember that b*tch too, huh? Her eye came right through my hometown and ripped most of the shingles off our roof.

We'd rented a cottage at Long Beach, NC for some fishing. Decided to pull out late that night -- things just didn't "feel right". The next day the cottage was found over a mile away from its foundation.

:eek: No, I was still a few years in the future when Hazel paid us a visit. But I heard so many hair-raising Hazel stories as a kid that I feel as though I remember her.:)

Put a second latch on the inside?
I'm worried that the wind will get behind the doors (which are latched to the outer barn wall to keep them open) and rip them free of the latches. I don't know if a second latch would help.:) But thanks.

[LessonLearned]

I'll be checking over the trailer today and calling in my reserved stall in Aiken just in case we have to go. I do so hate hurricane season.

Anyone know a dog-friendly hotel in the Aiken area? That is on my to-do list today as well.

[Lori T]

[QUOTE=Kalele;3487866]I don't completely trust the hurricane path... in 2004 Orlando was not supposed to get hit by Charley and we did, then a month later Hurricane Jeanne turned out into the Atlantic Ocean only to do a 360 and cut right across Florida. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Jeanne_2004_track.png)

The constant 4 days of rain from Fay and then the daily Florida rain has central florida still floating.


Yeah, we had about 5 hours to prepare for Charlie. My farm in Chuluota is finally drying out, though now my place resembles a spring thaw, there is so much mud. Thankfully we did not get any rain yesterday..every day of no rain gives me hope that we will resume to normalcy soon. But the poor people on the lakes and St John's river have it really bad and the river has yet to crest. Only ones profiting from this water are the gator hunters..they are removing lots of gators from flooded neighborhoods!

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Anyone know a dog-friendly hotel in the Aiken area? That is on my to-do list today as well.

Not any specific hotels, but in general Red Roof Inns are dog-friendly. I always look for those when travelling with the canine contingent. Have a safe trip!:)

[Proud To Be Spotted]

I have half doors on my barn. I latch them open all day and only close them when I feed. But it occurred to me today that a hurricane could snap those latches and I'd have four big old four by four foot wooden sails flapping around out there. DH says we ought to just take em off the hinges if it looks like it'll be bad. What would y'all do?


I have the same set up. My door are held open with eye bolts and double ended snaps. I put a second set on when Rita was headed this way in 2005. I really like your husbands ideal to just take the doors off. Especially if your horses are used to being together all the time.


Susan

[county]

It may get cold here in Mn. but at least we don't have to name our storms. Hope none of you get hit hard.

[Frank B]

It's easier to cuss a storm that has a name!

[county]

Good point Frank!!!!

[Arado*TB]

Any Hanna updates? Stations seem to be to preoccupied w/ Gustav [justifiably]

[Daydream Believer]

I saw that this morning too...was not happy. So far it looks like Virginia will be spared any direct hits but if it comes up the coast that could get rough for us folks here in SE Virginia.

[Kalele]

http://www.wesh.com/wxmap/16656637/detail.html
That's the latest path for Hanna

The bands of the hurricane extend pretty far out but I'm hoping they don't reach too far inland and hit Orlando... and our poor coastal counties are still severely flooded :(

[Arado*TB]

Oh happy day , that puts us oin the northeast quad of the storm and you know what that means.......:eek:

[Frank B]

The link in the first post (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at3+shtml/084814.shtml?5day#contents) is updated with each new advisory.

[teacher]

Paint Misbehavin---my husband always drills a tapcon right through the wooden dutch doors and into the cement block doorway. He also bolts the top door to the bottom door using the same method. " Knock on wood" ----so far it has worked for us.

[janedoe726]

Right now she's projected to come straight through Charlotte. I remember Hugo all too well... and now I'm on my own. Not looking forward to this one!! Although the good news is that we just moved our horse to a newer, sturdier barn which is close to home (and the BO lives there), so at least we can go check on him as soon as we can get out!

[HuntJumpSC]

We're keeping a close eye on this one! Looks like Ike is right behind Hanna....shew! Looks like a fun week ahead.
If there is anyone in our area on the coast that needs a couple of stalls, I have a barn with 2 stalls available, also a large treeless wood fenced pasture, in the Conway area. There are no horses there right now, so you would be responsible for providing shavings and care, but it is inland and on high ground. :)

[2 tbs]

If everyone bands together and blows REALLY hard do you think we can push her back out to sea without her making landfall :confused::uhoh::winkgrin::dead:

I feel for everyone who lives anywhere near where she will hit. I really do (heck, even here in Pgh, PA we've felt the wrath of rain from storms like Ivan so Hanna could possibly do some flooding damage here if she's strong enough). Right now though, since I can, I'm having myself a pitty party :(

I am taking my first real vacation in years. I'm going to Corolla on the Outer Banks of NC - I get my keys to my beach house at 1 PM on Saturday the 6th :sigh: Of course right? I mean, why would I be allowed to go on vacation? I wasn't allowed to show my horse all year because he got hurt so I might as well not de-stress watching the wild ponies and listening to the waves crash on the beach either :cry:

Ok. Pitty party over. Well, not really but I'll shift my focus back to those that really have a reason to be worried about Hanna ;). I can't imagine going through this every year. You guys in the "hot spots" are much more brave than I am. I whimper over the snow and such that wreaks havoc here but these storms are so very destructive :(

[Chief2]

If it makes you feel any better, we leased a condo on the shore back in 2004. It was our first real vacation in 20 years. I paid my money, picked up my key, settled in the room with a lovely ocean view...and the phone rang. My horse had colicked on day one, and would I please come back. My ocean view turned into a 24-hour view of my colicking horse in his stall, and that was that. I did get clearance from the vet on the last day of my 'vacation' to go back down to the shore to pick up my things and turn in the key, though. No matter how I spell it, I just can't seem to get the word 'horse' to morph into the word 'vacation'.

[2 tbs]

That totally sucks and truthfully my worst nightmare!!!!

At least I know my vacation may only be rained on and maybe delayed a little not completely ended (I hope!).

I've been saying this was going to happen from the beginning:no:. Planning this vacation has nearly been the death of me and I've been saying a hurricane would be the cherry on top...then along comes Hanna :rolleyes:

Oh well. I'll deal. I hope the best for those in the direct path. I also hope she stays "small" so the damage is the most minimal possible.

[SLW]

Right now she's projected to come straight through Charlotte. I remember Hugo all too well... and now I'm on my own. Not looking forward to this one!! Although the good news is that we just moved our horse to a newer, sturdier barn which is close to home (and the BO lives there), so at least we can go check on him as soon as we can get out!

We were in Charleston during Hugo, waited out the storm upstate at my folks and I was slackjawed at how hard Charlotte was hit. It also damaged PA Friday morning, killing a young boy when an elementary school cafeteria wall was blown down by the wind.

Sterno, ice and water for humans if you have to stay on the coast. Though w/ horses, I'd be making arrangments to hit the road if it was predicted to be close.

[tweeter]

With every update it seems to move further east. A couple of the tracks are going right thru my bedroom this morning. Sigh. Groan

Looks like we'll get it, just not sure which side we'll be on. We've already started getting things done so it won't be a last minute rush (well, it will be, but not quite as bad).

Just thinking about it makes me wanna crawl under the bed with a pillow over my head. :cry:

[dani0303]

Several of the tracks have it hitting directly here. They actually mentioned my town in the National Hurricane Center website AND the weather channel :no:

Not a good sign. Pray it avoids us all and keeps turning east and goes out to sea!!

[Roan]

Ooooooooooooooooooofff.

Hanna, Ike and now TD10 is forming.

RUN, FOREST, RUN!

[Frank B]

If everyone bands together and blows REALLY hard do you think we can push her back out to sea without her making landfall :confused::uhoh::winkgrin::dead:
Probably not us, but I'll bet all those politicians and bureaucrats inside the DC beltway could.

Oops! Forget that idea! My bad! Hurricanes thrive on hot air!

[gotabuk]

If everyone bands together and blows REALLY hard do you think we can push her back out to sea without her making landfall :confused::uhoh::winkgrin::dead:

I saw on Criss Angel Mind Freak where he had a group of people will this girl's cell phone to receive a text message from a friend she had not spoken to in years. So the whole group concentrated really, really hard and then all of a sudden she got a text from the friend. :eek: It was un-freaking-believable.

Maybe if we all will Hannah to turn out to sea, she'll go bye-bye. Can't hurt to try!

[LetItBe]

Yeah we were talking about Hanna this morning and the barn owner was saying he wasn't much worried about Hanna... it was the two forming behind her. :( Luckily we're in concrete block barns but I'd still prefer if they all took a sharp right turn! :yes:

LetItBe

[HuntJumpSC]

I work for county government, so I have the inside scoop. First of all, you did not hear it from me. Starting tomorrow they are planning a mandatory evacuation here on the beach side of the waterway. They are not playing around with this one, especially with Ike behind it and a potential Josephine on it's heels. SC has a bad history with "H" storms, so I don't have a good feeling about this one. We've been told as of this morning it could be a cat 3 or even low cat 4, if conditions are favorable. :eek:
Everyone needs to have their hurricane plans in place and be ready to take action when the time comes. Get your supplies together now, for yourself, and your animals. Looks like the next week or so is going to be interesting. :no:

[cloudyandcallie]

Please let it go more easterly! The report said this morning that Beaufort is right in the center, but that it could head towards Charleston (where I have relatives, lot of relatives) or here in Savannah. Let it wobble north east, with emphasis on EAST.

And Ike is coming. And one or two others.

Everyone get their horses out of low areas. Guess HHI and Bluffton barns will move some.

Please be careful. Watch the downed power lines and keep your dogs and cats and horses INSIDE till all power lines are up again.

[Daydream Believer]

Hmmm...not liking the new forecast at all. We are in a concrete block barn also and will ride out the storm in it (not the house!) if it comes this way. Time to get the generator out and oiled and stock up on feed. Got plenty of hay...new tractor trailer just in last week so that is good at least. UGH...I rode out Fran in Raleigh some years ago and two weeks without power sucked bad. Now I have 40 horses and a much bigger place..it's not gonna be fun at all!

[Daydream Believer]

Did anyone else see that behind Ike is Josephine? Good grief...this is shaping up to be a nasty year for storms.

[dani0303]

I work for county government, so I have the inside scoop. First of all, you did not hear it from me. Starting tomorrow they are planning a mandatory evacuation here on the beach side of the waterway. They are not playing around with this one, especially with Ike behind it and a potential Josephine on it's heels. SC has a bad history with "H" storms, so I don't have a good feeling about this one. We've been told as of this morning it could be a cat 3 or even low cat 4, if conditions are favorable. :eek:
Everyone needs to have their hurricane plans in place and be ready to take action when the time comes. Get your supplies together now, for yourself, and your animals. Looks like the next week or so is going to be interesting. :no:

What part of SC? The whole coast??

I'm getting ready to move some horses to Columbia. I'll be back on later tonight

[monday]

It seems wherever I go, so go the hurricanes. Although, maybe I am losing my touch. I just got back from Cancun and other than a bit of high surf Gustav decided to stay east and hit Cuba instead. Lots of worry for us but no real issues.

I was just outside of Charlotte for Hugo, and in Raleigh for Fran. Now Fran and Floyd were some nasty ones. I hope this one takes it easy on everyone.

[cloudyandcallie]

Fill up all containers with water, inside the house and outside and at the barn.

Just in case of power failures. You need water for you and your horses and dogs, etc., and to flush toilets.

I'm hoping it will turn more north east and miss the coast. But with Ike and Josephine and whatever behind Hanna, we need to "hunker down".

We've already had our first tornado ever here on the coast this summer and we don't want the hurricanes. Everyone concentrate that the storms go EAST.

[tweeter]

Ugh, now it's they've got it going towards the west again.....what I hate most is that it's gonna be by us during the night. Fran did that, longest night of my life.

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Weather Underground is forecasting Hanna to make landfall as a cat 1. Looks like our Upstate should get some rain out of it, so that's good news. They desperately need it up there.

[Frank B]

National Hurricane Center Hanna Forecast (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/text/refresh/MIATCMAT3+shtml/021453.shtml?).

Times are given in Universal Coordinated Time, 24 Hour format. Subtract 4 hours for EDT. 0000Z = 8:00 PM EDT, 1200Z = 8:00 AM EDT.

Wind speed is given in Knots. Multiply by 1.15 to obtain wind speed in MPH.

[2 tbs]

Is it true? Is she really a tropical storm now? What are the chances of her becoming a hurricane again as she breaks away from the islands down there and heads towards the states?

Maybe everyone will be spared except for some wind and rain??!!

[tweeter]

Last I heard she was expected to become a hurricane again and head north.

Our weather station said she would come in around charleston, head north, pass over raleigh and zip on north. Said it'd be moving fast enough that we'd prolly only get about 4" of rain, wind, and the usual tornados on the east side.

Weatherman said our rain should start Friday, worst will be during the night and clearing by Saturday afternoon.

Keeping a close on it, and hoping for the best. I'm about as ready as I can get, just a few more things to do.

[Arado*TB]

Well that puts me on the east side....ughhhh I will have to secure everything and then find some good drugs for me and the dog [he hates storms /rain]. Floyd and Fran were quite enough to suit my taste.

[tweeter]

Fran and Floyd about did me in. Drugs are good....or wine...or whatever I can find. Gonna be a loooooong night. Maybe we'll luck out and it'll head east, right over the ocean.:yes:

[2 tbs]

Maybe we'll luck out and it'll head east, right over the ocean.:yes:

That's what I'm hoping!!! Keeps ponies and their owners much safer that way :yes::yes::yes:

[dani0303]

Well our horses moved today...as did most others in our area. They're predicting our county will get hit pretty hard so we wanted to get the beasties out early.

[mroades]

heading to Conyers tomorrow.....

[TwoArabs]

I have to go to Baltimore Wednesday returning Saturday, Anronr won't to bring their horses, dogs & cats and babysit my crew here in TN? Not that farf from SC.

[SBT]

I remember getting whacked by Hugo when I was a kid living in SE PA. I was in school when it hit, and the teachers did a really good job of keeping us calm. My family had just moved to a farmette, and we were boarding my bff's pony for her. Bless her heart, my non-horsey mom went out several times during the storm to make sure he was okay and happy in his stall. :)

Fast-forward about 10 years, and I found myself working at a high-end barn in NY when the remnants of Floyd (I think??) blew through. The other employees at the barn were from the UK, and they had never seen anything like it. ;) I was the youngest of the group, and the calmest: "What, you've never seen a flying tree before? Well, it's no big deal as long as it doesn't hit anything important. Oh, and you might not want to stand near any windows." :lol: :D

To all coastal COTHers in Hanna's path, Godspeed and good luck!

[tweeter]

Glad to see the SC peeps are moving away from the coast. This waiting and watching is the hard part. And then there's Ike and Josephine. sigh.

[Catersun]

Hye P'aint and Huntjump... maybe we should wait to get the pavilian after we make sure the state park is still there ;-) j/k

[FairWeather]

On Vacation down in Charleston, and it's funny...nobody here seems to be worried. No shutters going up, no mad rush at the stores...hrm..

We're leaving Friday, it will be the third time we were chased out of here by a hurricane.

[Frank B]

The media have been hypersensitized to hurricanes and are spreading a lot of panic -- it boosts ratings.

To old-timers, this is just another run-of-the-mill Cat-1 storm, something to be prepared for, not get all fluffed up about. Rest assured, they do have their weather eye on her, though!

[HuntJumpSC]

On Vacation down in Charleston, and it's funny...nobody here seems to be worried. No shutters going up, no mad rush at the stores...hrm..

We're leaving Friday, it will be the third time we were chased out of here by a hurricane.

Most everyone down here keeps a supply of plywood/shutters on hand, they'll wait until the track is a little more certain before boarding up. If this was a cat 3 or 4, then you'd definitely see a mad rush~ we don't take any storm lightly here! ;) Hugo taught Charleston and the surrounding areas a hard lesson.
I'm sitting here at my desk and can hear all the coastal counties on conference call right now. They're all discussing when to do evacs, etc....

[Daydream Believer]

Looks like it will pass right over us now as a weak hurricane or a tropical storm. Lovely! What a great way to spend the weekend!

[tweeter]

The media have been hypersensitized to hurricanes and are spreading a lot of panic -- it boosts ratings.

To old-timers, this is just another run-of-the-mill Cat-1 storm, something to be prepared for, not get all fluffed up about. Rest assured, they do have their weather eye on her, though!


Yup, gotta go after those ratings! We've been slowing getting ready for a couple of days, mostly doing things that needed to be done anyway. I'll prolly finish up moving things today or tomorrow.

Sure wish it'd come thru during the day, but they never do.

What I want to do is go by the supermarket and watch idiots stock up on frozen dinners. :lol:

[HuntJumpSC]

Eh, I grabbed a case of bottled water yesterday just in case, and some batteries (our smoke detectors needed changing anyway). Other than that, I think we're good. We'll bring in the grill and the rocking chairs tomorrow. I may run out to the farm and lay all the jumps down, so they don't crash down and possibly get damaged.
Horry County is upgrading to OpCon3 at 10AM this morning, meaning the storm poses a significant threat. No evacs have been ordered yet, but they're on standby. I'd venture to guess we'll have an early school closing tomorrow, which will mean county will close too.
Not too concerned about this one, the other two will be interesting to watch in the coming days. I think since I'll most likely have Friday off, it will be a good day to stay in, and get started blinging out a new cover for my phone. :D

[tweeter]

I'm gonna make cookies, bring my tack in the house for a good cleaning, and watch some movies :)

[jse]

The media have been hypersensitized to hurricanes and are spreading a lot of panic -- it boosts ratings.

To old-timers, this is just another run-of-the-mill Cat-1 storm, something to be prepared for, not get all fluffed up about. Rest assured, they do have their weather eye on her, though!

Yeah this is why I only pay attention to the weather stations. Because if you read what the media puts up it will put ya into a panic. Even during Gustav there were reports of it being a Cat. 5 when it hit land on various news websites, yet when I went to the weather sites I didn't once read that.

I'm all for a lil Tropical Storm here in VA. We need the daggon rain! Just keep the tornadoes at bay and I'm fine with it.

[dani0303]

HuntJumpSC- Have you heard anything about Beaufort County at all??

[BaaramuLuke]

Double trouble for me: leaving the Man of the house (and barn) to care for the herd in VA so I can tend flock at a sheepdog trial in Eastern PA. He gets storm-phobic so he falls right into the hands of the media hype. I get to sleep in a drippy tent for two nights and talk him through it. Arghhh...at least I'm leaving him the (4-H) kids this time.
We do need the rain.

[HuntJumpSC]

HuntJumpSC- Have you heard anything about Beaufort County at all??

Not as of yet. I would think everyone on the coast is still pretty much on standby, until Hanna starts making a move in this direction.

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

The latest computer models have Hanna making landfall about 250 miles north of yesterday's predictions. So Beaufort and Hilton Head should be on the good side - south - and landfall should be - hmmmm -

OMG!:eek: It's coming right for us!
:lol:

I told y'all we ougtha wait till October to have a cookout at Myrtle Beach State Park.:winkgrin:

[HuntJumpSC]

LOL....it's coming right for us! "Run awayyyyy....run awayyyyy!" :winkgrin:

Geez, why won't this thing make up its mind? So...what should we do about the SC'ers get together on the 27th? Wait and see what Ike & Josephine do?

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Geez, why won't this thing make up its mind? So...what should we do about the SC'ers get together on the 27th? Wait and see what Ike & Josephine do?

I guess. Although if we're having a hurricane on the 27th, I bet we'll have our pick of shelters without having to bother reserving one!:lol:

I wouldn't be surprised if this one keeps on trending north and smacks into Cape Fear or thereabouts. Not wishing ill on our neighbors to the north, of course.:)

[Frank B]

...Geez, why won't this thing make up its mind...
That's the reason they used to name them all after women -- until it became politically incorrect. :lol:

[2 tbs]

Great. Thanks PM! :rolleyes::cool::winkgrin: I just went and looked at the newest track and I'm all worried about my vacation again :( I was thinking I'd just get some rain but now...a slightly more northeast push and it'll be coming right for me and I'll be the one running away :winkgrin::(

How do you guys do this? This is driving me insane! The waiting, the wondering...good grief!!! And to think I don't live there! I can't imagine what you guys go through especially with your beasties to be worried about :(

[tweeter]

LOL 2 tbs, it keeps life interesting! Looks now like it's headed for Wilmington, which is 90 miles from us. Kinda close, but at least we're on the west side.

AND, I know exactly what'll happen. Just about the time it's ready to make landfall, we'll lose power. Happens every time. We'll crank up the generator, but with no cable/internet still won't really know what's going on.

If there's a good side to hurricanes, you do know they're coming, so you can get pretty well prepared. Then you just sit and wait. At least it's only a
Cat 1. Now if Ike will just decide he wants to spend his life at sea.....

[cloudyandcallie]

watch out north carolina and virginia, it is turning your way. Hopefully we will all escape it but we're still being careful here i coastal ga till it goes by us, we cannot be sure.

Everyone check the weather reports and hope for the best, that it heads out to sea.

[2 tbs]

That's it! Where's the alert button??? C&C - I'm banning you!!! :winkgrin::lol::winkgrin::cool:

Shame on you for adding to my vacation woes! Why I otta...! ;)

Tweeter - interesting huh? Yeah I guess! The no power thing would really freak me out. I'd be totally lost without having weather.com at my fingertips! I'm addicted as it is becauses I need to know what my horses are going to be out in--I can't imagine losing it when a hurricane is on it's way! :eek: Greanted, I'd most likely be outta there with my ponies anyway-Cat 1 or not ;)

[tweeter]

Aw 2 tbs, come on down anyway. Experience NC at it's finest! And just think, no traffic, no waiting in restaurants cause everyone else will be gone :lol::yes::winkgrin:

[2boys]

Ok, so all of you hurrican pros, what is your forecast for New England? What should we expect? I have been reasonably comfortable with my guys in and out as they please, because that is how they always live. HOWEVER, my knucklehead tb just popped a splint today! Don't love the thought of him trying to outrun a strong gust. So again, what do think NE should expect--in your expert opinions???:confused:

[Daydream Believer]

Everytime I look at the track it gets worse. Does this look like the path Isabel took to anyone else? I'm NOT happy at all. We will be bracing for a possible direct hit by tropical storm Hannah here in SE VA. I guess it could be worse...it could be a hurricane when it gets here instead of a tropical storm. I need to think positively.

I'm supposed to be trimming a large local barn Saturday and I got an email today asking me if I'd still come if there is a tropical storm. I wasn't sure what to say! I guess we'll play it by ear for now. If it is bad, I will be at home of course.

[HuntJumpSC]

I'm still concerned about Hanna, but now I'm really not liking Ike!!! For some reason, Ike is giving me Hugo flashbacks. I have a bad feeling about that one, hope I'm wrong! :no:

[2 tbs]

Aw 2 tbs, come on down anyway. Experience NC at it's finest! And just think, no traffic, no waiting in restaurants cause everyone else will be gone :lol::yes::winkgrin:

No worries!!! I'm-a-comin'!!!! I'm not letting a little thing like a hurricane keep me away :D What I am dreading is getting there then being told I'm not allowed to proceed to the OBX. I'm staying on the 4x4 beaches so not exactly easy access and quick exit kinda place.

Anyone wanna put 8 people up should that happen??!! :D

[jazzrider]

That's the reason they used to name them all after women -- until it became politically incorrect. :lol:

:lol::lol::lol:

I'm crossing my fingers will get some remnants of it here in NVA -- we need the rain. Jingles that none of these hurricane's do anything more than dump a bunch of rain...

[hunt_jumpfl]

So I just got in from the barn and checked the weather - why do I bother?? Has anyone noticed the update on Ike tonight - it is a category 3 projected to be a Cat 4 by in the next few days :eek: I'm really ready for hurricane season to end because this is just getting ridiculous.

[2 tbs]

So I just got in from the barn and checked the weather - why do I bother?? Has anyone noticed the update on Ike tonight - it is a category 3 projected to be a Cat 4 by in the next few days :eek: I'm really ready for hurricane season to end because this is just getting ridiculous.

Ike is already a 4 :eek::(

[ddb]

Everytime I look at the track it gets worse. Does this look like the path Isabel took to anyone else? I'm NOT happy at all. We will be bracing for a possible direct hit by tropical storm Hannah here in SE VA. I guess it could be worse...it could be a hurricane when it gets here instead of a tropical storm. I need to think positively.

I'm supposed to be trimming a large local barn Saturday and I got an email today asking me if I'd still come if there is a tropical storm. I wasn't sure what to say! I guess we'll play it by ear for now. If it is bad, I will be at home of course.

I was thinking about Bonnie - if you can remeber that one - little storm - no power for a week!!

[Frank B]

It looks like Ike (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/083712.shtml?5day#contents) definitely is eyeing the Eastern seaboard!

[tweeter]

It looks like Ike (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/083712.shtml?5day#contents) definitely is eyeing the Eastern seaboard!


NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO:cry::cry::cry:

That one scares the poop outa me.

[Frank B]

...How do you guys do this? This is driving me insane! The waiting, the wondering...good grief!!!
Well, back when we were young and callow fellows with no responsibilities, we'd stock up on booze, munchies, and batteries for the 8-track (remember them?), gather at a safe place, mix up some Hunch Punch, and have a Hurricane party.

Now, we worry a lot! :lol:

[SGray]

and Josephine -- sorry guys - three is a row may be tough

[HuntJumpSC]

Latest eye path for Hanna: http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/storms.asp?ocean=atlantic&storm=Hanna&imagetype=move&stormNum=7
They are now calling for Hanna to be a Cat2 and have moved it back down slightly towards a Myrtle Beach landfall. :no:

and for Ike: http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/storms.asp?ocean=atlantic&storm=Ike&imagetype=move&stormNum=8
This one has me very concerned! :eek:

[Calhoun]

OK, I'll probably get flamed for this, especially by HuntJumpSC, but a hurricane in the MB area could be a good thing. Just about everything along the beach should be blown into the ocean never to be seen again. Some say that's the charm of MB, I say lets start over with a new zoning plan. LOL

[dani0303]

So Hanna appears to be a non-issue for us in Southern SC (although we are under a ts watch).

Ike scares the pants off of me. Why can't he just go out to sea :no:

[cloudyandcallie]

It looks like Ike (http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/083712.shtml?5day#contents) definitely is eyeing the Eastern seaboard!

OMG. Look at the projected SW movement of Ike to get below Florida!
I was hoping the storm would stay way out in the Atlantic.
NOAA website updates every 3 or 4 hours or so.

But Hanna hasn't passed coastal Georgia and SC yet. We're still holding our breath.

[2 tbs]

I don't have the info on the Cat 2 and lower hit point but I did just get an update from my rental people - no evacs yet but they are expecting gale force winds and are asking us to come later to avoid the most direct weather :(

For the record-my rental house about 4-5 miles from the VA boarder so that's pretty north at least to me. I'm not sure what that means as far as initial landfall but it doesn't sound pretty if it's going to affect the area where I'll be that much :(

Then Ike. Oh good grief! He's too big for his britches right now. It seems I'll get pushed out by him if he stays on track. I really feel for you guys who live in these areas!!:(

[cloudyandcallie]

Well, back when we were young and callow fellows with no responsibilities, we'd stock up on booze, munchies, and batteries for the 8-track (remember them?), gather at a safe place, mix up some Hunch Punch, and have a Hurricane party.

Now, we worry a lot! :lol:

And we'd go down to Tybee and sit in someone's house and party out the storm.
Heck as a child I would ride my horse on the bluff by our river during the eye of the storm.

But then Andrew hit Florida, and then Hugo hit Charleston, and hurricanes were no longer fun, but deadly.

Please let Ike miss the eastern seaboard!

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

OK, I'll probably get flamed for this, especially by HuntJumpSC, but a hurricane in the MB area could be a good thing. Just about everything along the beach should be blown into the ocean never to be seen again. Some say that's the charm of MB, I say lets start over with a new zoning plan. LOL

Well, see, we tried that. We passed cutting-edge environmental legislation that said if someone's structure was more than a certain percentage destroyed, and the structure was seaward of the forty year erosion line, then it couldn't be rebuilt. This was known as the retreat policy, and it was intended to get all those buildings off the dune line so the beach could rebuild itself naturally and the taxpayers could stop forking out for beach renourishment.

We passed this legislation right before Hurricane Hugo. :sigh: So iinstead of effecting a gradual retreat, we suddenly had lots of people who owned hotels and vacation homes and etc. who couldn't rebuild their structures. Some of them wanted to challenge the Beach Bill. And they had very deep pockets. Deep enough to take them alllllll the way to the US Supreme Court.

Justice Scalia sided with a developer who claimed the state deprived him of all use of his property and said the state of SC would either have to let people rebuild or buy their property. There was no way SC could afford to buy all the property effected by Hugo, and the Beach Bill was effectively defanged.

[HuntJumpSC]

OK, I'll probably get flamed for this, especially by HuntJumpSC, but a hurricane in the MB area could be a good thing. Just about everything along the beach should be blown into the ocean never to be seen again. Some say that's the charm of MB, I say lets start over with a new zoning plan. LOL

Nah, no flaming from me, I agree, Myrtle Beach is tacky tourist central, the Redneck Riviera. While I wish no harm to anyone, a good beach sweep would be nice. I just don't understand why they didn't develop more like the Charleston area did~ it's done tastefully and is much more family oriented.
Looks like our great governor has issued a voluntary evac for coastal Horry & Georgetown counties, also all schools are cancelled for tomorrow.

[J Swan]

Last hurricane we had I had a place to evacuate the livestock. So, I did it. Nothing happened, so I brought them back.

After the hurricane was "over", we got days of torrential downpours and the whole area flooded and all roads were closed. No way to get out.

So much for my fancy disaster plan.

If the worst happens and any Virginians or North Carolinians need to evacuate, the Virginia Horse Council has a list of places that will take livestock, and they also list who can take stallions, or foals, goats, donkey's, etc. RNB posts here and participated in the creation of that list. I think, but am not sure, most of these places are private farms/facilities that can take in extra animals in an emergency.

Here is a link to the website, http://www.virginiahorsecouncil.org/links.html I don't see a link to any emergency/disaster stuff so you'll have to contact them or look around the site.

Good luck.

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

I just don't understand why they didn't develop more like the Charleston area did~ it's done tastefully and is much more family oriented.

Cause people had better taste in the 1600's than they did in the
1950's?:winkgrin:

[dani0303]

As a general rule I've noticed that people from HHI are not fans of MB and people from MB aren't fans of HHI.

Still not sure what that's all about

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

I can't stand Hilton Head. I find it pretentious, over-priced, and too hard to find anything in. For those who haven't been, HH zoning requires all signs to be two feet tall and camoflaged. You have to part the shrubbery to find the Wal-Mart.:lol:

However, I'm glad HHI exists cause otherwise we'd be the ones having to put up with all those snooty Yankee tourists. I'll take the bikers and the Bubba's anyday.:winkgrin:

But as for hurricanes - I'm one of those annoying people who gets all excited about them. It's the closest thing we have to a snow day.:lol: When I was an undergrad at Coastal Carolina, we got out of classes to help stow all the computers and scientific equipment. Then we marine science majors were sent down to the beach with survey equipment to take beach elevation profiles before and after the storm. It was very exciting.:yes:

But it's not all that much fun sitting around for days or weeks afterwards without power or water. That part I'm not so crazy about. I've about bought up all the stock tanks at TSC - I have a hundred gallons of water sitting in my pasture right now for two horses. Hope I don't end up having to bathe in one!:lol:

[tweeter]

This is really scarey. Please God, let them be oh so wrong on this one.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/143312.shtml?tswind120#contents

[Catersun]

lol p'aint...

we just bought a generator.. cause the idea of all the food in my fridge going bad and a preggo woman being without running water was just NOT acceptable. I just came in from nailing down extra tar paper on my chickencoop and yesterday I filled sandbags for the barn and prepped stalls. and sandbagged our lower lying hay storage. I have flashlight stashed all over the house and bought extra lamp oil for the hurricane lamps I have. I'm going to do water changes in my fishtanks tonight so I don't have to worry about them for a couple of weeks. On top of that we installed a new back porch with a roof yesterday, so hubby is redoing the gutters. I think he is about ready to ship me off if I add anything else to his Honey-do list.


I just hope Ike doesn't catch up to Hanna, but it looks like it might just happen.

:-( I don't wanna spend my birthday under water.... *hmmff*

[Daydream Believer]

This is really scarey. Please God, let them be oh so wrong on this one.

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphics_at4+shtml/143312.shtml?tswind120#contents

OMG...you aren't kidding! Just what we need...softened up by Hannah and then blasted by Ike... :no: That probability map takes it right over top of my house practically. :no:

[MSP]

We have a generator and an inverter. The inverter is actually handier and more portable and can be used in a barn should you have a need.

A site in case you don't know what I am talking about http://www.donrowe.com/

Ike is the one that has me worried. I don't wish that one on any one, I was wondering if it might drive right through FL and come to the gulf but I guess they are thinking it is going up the east coast.

Hope for the best and prepare for the worst.

[HuntJumpSC]

:-( I don't wanna spend my birthday under water.... *hmmff*


My B-day's next week too....:(

[theoldgreymare]

I saw that this morning too...was not happy. So far it looks like Virginia will be spared any direct hits but if it comes up the coast that could get rough for us folks here in SE Virginia.

We are across the bay from you and about 5 miles inland from the ocean side. We have already started to "batten down the hatches" for Hannah. Looks like we might as well leave them that way for Ike :(.

[tweeter]

OMG...you aren't kidding! Just what we need...softened up by Hannah and then blasted by Ike... :no: That probability map takes it right over top of my house practically. :no:


I looked back at the stats for Fran. That one came in as a 3, and was a 1 when it went over us.

We lost 38 trees, 18 were on my fenceline. No power or water for 9 days. Only time I can remember I was happy to go to work. By the time power came on, I was beyond vile. It came on at 8 p.m., I cried, then spent about 4 hours scrubbing out the fridge and empty freezer...then about 2 hours in the shower.

We've got a generator now, but I'd have to sell my liver if it ran for 9 days.

[Catersun]

My B-day's next week too....:(

woah.... weird... what day?

[HuntJumpSC]

woah.... weird... what day?

The 11th, how about you? ;)

[SGray]

..... I was wondering if it might drive right through FL and come to the gulf but I guess they are thinking it is going up the east coast......

something about high pressure systems off the coast - 'highs' rotate clockwise so sucking up the systems and then pushing north

[Catersun]

The 11th, how about you? ;)

You have GOT to be kidding me.... this is getting reallyyyyy weird. My bday is the 11th.

[HuntJumpSC]

You have GOT to be kidding me.... this is getting reallyyyyy weird. My bday is the 11th.

Whoa. :eek: Ok, let's see now...we're both preggers, due the same week, both having boys, both in the same town, AND have the same B-day. Wow...are you my twin or something? LOL :winkgrin: Too cool!

[Arado*TB]

I've been through Floyd and Fran and will not stay for Ike. We were w/o power for 10/14 days . I have no desire to live through another.

[snkstacres]

And here in N GA we need the rain so bad it isnt even funny. Why cant we all just share hmmmmmmmmm?

[Daydream Believer]

We've got a generator now, but I'd have to sell my liver if it ran for 9 days.

I remember Fran very well. I was in Pittsboro and we had no power for 14 days. It was beyond belief awful. :o

I had to laugh at this comment! Generators are hard to find in Suffolk VA right now! My husband went looking tonight and Lowes is sold out already.

[mroades]

We are in Conyers right now, boy do they need rain up here!! We were initially running away from Hanna, (an horse showing while we were here) but now we may just stay an extra week if Ike turns toward us....that one scares me!!!

[Arado*TB]

Ike is now looking to hit the southern tip of Florida[as a cat 3] and make a northerly turn. That is from our locals.

[Catersun]

our inland forcast.. (I live smack dab between the two evac locations that are open in our county is 1-2 inches of rain and 25-35 mph wind. Just wish I had an idea of when this was going to start so I can put horses in.

HuntJump- Paint... anyone else know about what time the rains are going to start here?

[tweeter]

I remember Fran very well. I was in Pittsboro and we had no power for 14 days. It was beyond belief awful. :o

I had to laugh at this comment! Generators are hard to find in Suffolk VA right now! My husband went looking tonight and Lowes is sold out already.

Our generator is HUGE, sits on a concrete block and has it's own propane tank. It'll take care of the whole house, barn, well....and who knows what else. But, I honestly think I'd go waaaay over the edge if I had to do another 9 days without power.

Hanna's moved again to the west. Don't think it'll be bad, altho it's going to be going right over us.

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

HuntJump- Paint... anyone else know about what time the rains are going to start here?

I don't think we'll see any heavy rains until around suppertime or even later. But are you sure you want to bring the horses in?

[2 tbs]

Hanna looks like she's just gonna be wet and windy-and fast! Hopefully that means she won't really do much in the way of "prepping" for when Ike hits!

Good luck to everyone who lives in Hanna's direct path! I leave in the middle of the night for my vaca so I'll "see" you guys sometime tomorrow morning--right about the time Hanna is expected to be in the middle of her journey through NC :rolleyes:

Now the bigger concern is Ike :( Best of luck to anyone in his path! He's a real beast!! Depending on his path once he hits land I suppose he could give me quite the parting gift next week but at that point the major damange will already have been done :(

Fingers crossed he lessens in intesntisy or better yet stays away from Florida!! :)

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Will you have your computer with you, so we can get imbedded reports from the Outer Banks?:)

Have a safe trip. I hope they'll let y'all onto the island tomorrow.

[2 tbs]

Leave the computer at home???? HA! Yeah right!! It's a vacation from work--not from CoTH :winkgrin:

If I can't get interent at my house (the rental place said they can't advertise interent because it's not always available out there on the 4x4 beaches) I will take it with me on one of our day trips and see if I can snag some wireless as we drive around Kitty Hawk or Nags Head :D

I'll be sure to check in with everyone to see how it's going for you and I'll letcha know just how welcoming Hanna is to first time OBX goers :rolleyes::uhoh::winkgrin:

[tweeter]

Cloudy and breezy here, starting to get some light rain......About time to bring the boys in, they're delicate and have made it clear to me that they "don't do rain"

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Looking out my office window, I can see all the flags are a-flyin' over at the courthouse, and the live oak branches are starting to shimmy a little.:) I suppose it might be time to head home and check on the little paint horse. I hope I'll still have power when I get there!:D

[doodlebugg]

Wind is picking up here and it has started to rain pretty steady~Prayers go out to everyone that they stay safe~

[Reds-n-Greys]

Here's hoping she passes by quickly with minimal damage to everyone!

[2 tbs]

Weather.com said Hanna is nearing hurricane strength :( Thankfully she's up to 20 mph so hopefully land won't slow her down and she'll blow through quickly like they are predicting!

[cloudyandcallie]

Hanna is still down near Daytona Beach! We are getting the first rain bands and wind here in georgia, between warsaw and ossabaw islands, jjust south of savannah. Looks like if will stay a tropical storm and they are saying it will go in at Myrtle Beach at 2am.

Ike is following a similar track and just like before, they are predicting that Ike will go into the gulf. But they said that about Hanna and the storm came up the gulf stream.

Hope everyone is ok north of us and I hope it does pass us by. At least it is a tropical storm and not a raging hurricane. Pilot HuntJumpSC please move the coth plane and take the sub out and anchor it in the habor. We've lost Blind Alter but we may need both the plane and the sub if these storms keep coming up the coast.

Do we have any of those 3 horse crates for shipping horses by air? Cloudy has flown before, and we have dibs on one place in one on the coth plane.

[cloudyandcallie]

And while it is too late to go buy generators now for this series of storms:

When you buy a generator, buy the biggest one you can afford. Make sure it can carry the load for air/heat, depending on the season, and for the stove and all.
Smaller generators are good for getting brief power, but the big ones, from the big companies who sell you your heat pumps and A/C, are the ones to buy, just like buying a heating system or A/C system.

Many years ago in the dark ages, after we were powerless on our river here between islands for over a week, my father who was an electrical engineer and contractor, put in a huge generator in it's own "house" out back.

For many years my horses had power, lights and running water, in their stables out back, when no one else on the bluff had it in houses during storms and hurricanes.

Now all the doctors have moved onto our bluff and they all have huge generators too.

Get the biggest one you can afford and put it in, and it will go on automatically when the power goes off.

[tweeter]

Our generator does the whole house (3 heat pumps), had it put in after Fran. I think the newer ones are much more efficient than ours, but I still love having it sitting out there.

Not having to worry about power is such a huge relief. I don't begrudge one cent of what it costs. We don't have the auto switch...it would have been an extra 2500, and we tend to lose power for 5-10 min at a time anyway, and didn't want it coming on for short periods.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/tracking/at200808.html
If you look at the 3 day tracking model, the 8 a.m. Sat dot is sitting on my house. sigh. Gonna be a looooong night.

Stay safe everyone.

[HuntJumpSC]

The plane is hangared (literally, we do have ours hangared in Georgetown!) and the crayola sub is safely anchored! Let 'er blow! We're stocked up, gassed up, I got a new Jodi Picoult book, and my bling kit out for a new cell phone cover. Got my feets kicked up (they're the size of small boats again) and the house & laundry's clean. Baby's turning flips in my tummy, I have the day off, so life is good. :)
We got a pretty good rain band about an hour or two ago, not much wind, just a little breeze. I got caught in it going to Food Lion to get a small bottle of cabernet for my spaghetti sauce (they had just closed! :() Now they're saying the hurricane hunters are finding hurricane force winds, so we may have a weak hurricane on our hands before landfall. Not too worried about it, just keeping an eye on Ike. He's bad news! Everyone stay safe! :winkgrin:

[HunterGirl18]

I pray that our power does not go out. If it does, we cannot run any water. Not even flush a toilet or turn on the faucet. Actually, I can hear my dad and our neighbor on our roof right now hammering away, trying to get something secure for Hanna. And he's additionally freaking out about his sailboat. I kind of laugh because I hate the boat, but the poor thing is literally located smack-dab on the Chesapeake Bay. It'll be the 1st big storm and with the expected water levels, it might not make it out that easily.
I also hope nothing happens down at my barn. The poor place was a mess about a month ago when a thunderstorm came through. I shutter to think what Hanna will bring.
Let's just hope for the best :yes:

Oh and my name is Hannah. :lol:
I keep saying those hurricane people left out the last H, but it was meant to be Hannah.

[Reds-n-Greys]

Just a reminder if you think you're going to lose electricity - fill your bathtubs in advance. Then, you have water so you can flush toilets. :yes:

[HunterGirl18]

Just a reminder if you think you're going to lose electricity - fill your bathtubs in advance. Then, you have water so you can flush toilets. :yes:

I think we've tried that before, but I'm not sure what happened. haha. I'll bring that up with the handy-men who are obnoxiously drilling the roof over my head.:lol:

[tweeter]

One thing I learned when we were waterless for 9 days (shudder)....

I put a trash bag in the bathroom, and put the toilet paper in that. Kinda gross, but it meant having to lug water in from the pool less often. Needless to say, I did not try to do the flush thing every time I went. And, just add the water to the bowl, not the tank, you'll use less that way.

Rain has picked up quite a bit here, but not much wind yet.

[HandsomeBayFarm]

Charleston, SC checking in here. So far so good. Rains in gushes, some wind...not too bad - yet.

We have tornado warning (we have them all summer anyway)

Fingers crossed.

I was here for Hugo. Never again. If it is gonna be a big one - I am out. How is Michigan these days? :D

[2 tbs]

Eh, just come up here to SW PA! We'll put you and any beasties up for a couple days!! We might get rain from some of these storms but generally it's just rain and maybe some cooler temps.:)

[Catersun]

5:30 Outside of Conway, SC We've had one good downpour at 2:15 20 min dropped .25/.5 inches of rain and some little showers here and there. No wind to speak of. So far so good. Hubby is on his way home.

Good Luck Everyone!

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

All is quiet here, 35 miles west of North Myrtle Beach.:D

Barely a breeze, and it's not even raining right now. But that's because we're in between rain bands. When I got home from work there was already water standing in the barnyard.

[dani0303]

It's been raining + fairly breezy here since about 2ish.

[cloudyandcallie]

Hanna is currently east of Savannah and is about 50 miles off shore.

No wind in coastal Georgia except a light breeze, but rain has gone from a light drizzle to a medium rainfall.

It is raining harder north of us, and Charleston where I have relatives got heavier rain and wind.

Good luck to SC and NC and VA. Hope this passes thru with miminal damage.

Hope that Ike does not come behind Hanna.

it's 7:15pm. timewise.

[tweeter]

We had a brief lull, now it's pouring, but no real wind yet. Local weather said our winds and really heavy rain would come around 3 or 4 a.m.

I've left the barn doors open because it's still very warm, and humid. I'll probably close them up at 10 when I do barn check...should be cool by then.

We're about 45 miles south of Raleigh, 90 miles from Wilmington

[cloudyandcallie]

For those of you who have not been w/o power (hey we got ice storms in atlanta), fill up your bathtubs and sinks and all containers/buckets, etc.,, as you can pour water directly into the toilet bowl and it will flush. Do so after every use. It works.

And you can fill those kid's pools with water to use for this purpose also.

[Catersun]

9pm by radar image Looks like we are in the middle of what is left of hanna. Steady rain. Still no wind here. I put the horses in around 7 and while there was plenty of standing water in the fields the pond wasn't over it's bank and the stream hadn't washed away the road to the bottom barn yet.

Hope everyone else is doing well!

[ColicHappens]

9:43 pm. LOTS of rain, almost no wind, 20 minutes west of Wilmington, NC.

[HuntJumpSC]

Hubby & I just finished a treat of fresh, warm chocolate chip cookies. :)
Rain is coming down hard now, wind has picked up. So far, nothing worse than some of the severe storms we got this summer.
Hope everyone else is faring as well.....;)

[2 tbs]

As the "bulk" of Hanna just seems to be coming ashore I'm sure things will get tense for a while but overall she seems pretty managable *knock on wood*

I'm leaving my house in 1.5 hours then have a 9.5 hour drive ahead of me (we will be stopping for gas and food so that'll probably be closer to a 10.5 or even 11 hour drive but that's ok by me).

Seems I'll be driving right into a good bit of what you guys are already dealing with and probably more of that "bulk" based on the speed they say she's carrying.

Here's hoping Sunday is a nice one :D It's the first Steeler game of the season and we already have plans to spend all day inside watching it :rolleyes: SO! I need it to be nice because I want to sit outside and leave the men to their football :winkgrin:

I appreciate the updates from you guys. I know you aren't doing it for my benefit in the least but it sure is nice to know what is happening since I've never been in a TS before. Extra thanks for that!! :)

[Catersun]

11:30 pm We seem to be out of the last band of rain. I'll be curious to see what wind we get as the storm comes ashore.

[Arado*TB]

It is raining steady and somewhat harder here. I ran out to take a peek and the wind as of right now is stiff breeze[ I think Greg Fischel said currently 18 mph gust] but not howling. I am just not looking forward to the 60 mph gust we are to have at daybreak. We will have had enough rain by then to make it wet enough to soften the tree roots.

[tweeter]

Almost 8 a.m. Light rain, but over 5" in the rain gauge. Strong winds, but not horrible. Everything looks ok, but haven't checked the pasture yet. Need at least one more cup of coffee before I face that.

We should be done with everything in about 2 hours by the looks of the radar.

[pAin't_Misbehavin']

Ha. Tropical storms are funny. I forgot and left my water glass balanced on the edge of one of the porch columns last night, as I was bringing in the porch furniture. It's still right where I left it.

But down by my mailbox, there's a big old tree down right across the road.:( Good thing that's not our only means of egress!:D

It's all pretty much over with here. I haven't walked the entire farm yet, but the most excitement I've had out of the whole thing was from the little paint horse who, on sight of me, took off from the far pasture on one of those "Mommmmeeeee!" gallops, straight for me, ending in the predictable sliding stop and mud spray.:lol: He gets a little excited over storms - I think it's the influence of those neurotic border collies.:winkgrin:

I hope everyone else fared as well.

[J Swan]

tweeter - 5 inches? Do you have any idea how quickly it came down?

2 of my pastures are in a floodplain so I fret when we gets lots of rain.


Glad everyone seems to have sailed through it ok. Hope the next storms fizzle out too.

[blackstallion]

Way up here on the eastern shore of Virginia we had buckets of rain 5pm-7pm last night, just from the first Hannah band. Glad I got everything done before I went in to work. This morning was windy but a break in the rain so that I could take my time and get everybody fed, cleaned, work on my drainage ditches, etc. Now the winds are really picking up and more bands coming through. We are under a tornado watch until 1pm and I don't think the eye is "due" here before 2pm this afternoon.

It's hot and muggy and buggy but the wind is keeping the flies quiet for now. Hope everyone else is doing okay - and Virginians don't take for granted - the storm is still coming!

[Daydream Believer]

We got 2 inches last night from the first band (rained about 2 hours) and I did not check our gauge this am but it was pouring around 7 a.m. Looks like more to come. I'll report back when I check the gauge a bit later.

So far just a lot of rain and wind and no major problems here.

[sid]

The lastest local reports say the heaviest rain is on the west side of the storm. So Pr. Wm County and west to the Blue Ridge is expected to be hammered. The worst of it from around noon until 9 p.m. Farmville, VA has already had over 6" as of a few hours ago. Lastest rainfall potential for Prince Wm County and west is 3-8".

J Swan -- I have a lot of flood plain too (I am surrounded by a moat of two good sized creeks w/ a pond as well) so I always have to prepared ahead for these kind of event. Only two of my 8 pastures are affected by flooding, so I got one group of horses up to high ground this a.m. The other group of four is still out, but I can get them in the barn quickly if I see creek flooding is threatening to take some fencing down, as it has ocassionally in the past.

When my bridge into the farm goes underwater, there's no way in or out, so I just hunker down with the critters.

We sure need the rain, but not this much, this fast.

[tweeter]

tweeter - 5 inches? Do you have any idea how quickly it came down?

2 of my pastures are in a floodplain so I fret when we gets lots of rain.


Glad everyone seems to have sailed through it ok. Hope the next storms fizzle out too.

J Swan, most of it came during the night. I got up a couple of times and it was pouring hard, next time nothing. Still raining, and our power has been off and on all morning.

My big pasture is seriously flooded, looks like a big lake. It should be stopping here in an hour or so. No trees down that I can see, but lots of little branches and one or two big ones. No big deal.

[Flash44]

I'm in Northern MD, and it started off raining lightly this morning, and has gotten quite steady within the past hour. However, it is very warm. My horses are outside now and quite happily munching grass in the rain, ignoring the field shelter. If the wind picks up I will bring them in. I'm also going to fill up my bathtub in case we lose power. Hope those in low lying areas closer to the storm get through this with no big problems!!

[jse]

In Loudon County, VA it's been raining quite hard for some time now. I just had to run out with my Great Dane as he had an emergency to go to the bathroom we were SOAKED when we came back in! I believe they said this would all taper off by the end of the day...thank GOD for the rain.

[Arcadien]

Southern NJ here, we are just starting to get wind & rain (HALLELUJAH!)

My only worry is the wind - I meant to cut down the multiple dead oaks (due to 2 years of Gypsy moth infestation, grrr) before winter, hope they can handle 60 mph+ today - some are near barn/house!

Battening down the hatches,
Arcadien

[Roan]

Fairfax, VA -- raining really hard most of the time and the wind is gusting 20 to 30 mph. The worst hasn't hit us yet.

So far it's not such a big deal, but that might change once the eye passes over in an hour or so.

[bf1]

You guys are better than the weather channel! Sure would like a bit of that rain in Michigan - it is looking more like Arizona in my pastures!

Hope you all came through with minimal damage.

[Daydream Believer]

Looks like the eye has passed us...very windy for a while but rain here has been light today. Blew my satellite dish off track and that was a PITA to fix but I got it fixed...for now at least. Husband ran out and says we have fairly light storm damage...a few trees and some branches.

[RNB]

Nothing major here......according to our rain gauge we've received a little more than 1.5 inches. We've had wind gusts but not very strong....only lost a few branches along with quite a lot of pine needles, leaves, etc. I wish we would have gotten more rain...we need it.

[kaitums]

hope everyone down there made it (and are making it) through ok!
i'm just waiting for the downpours and 50+mph winds to get us here in jersey. so far just rain rain rain.

[Roan]

Fairfax, VA:

Eye has passed and there is flooding everywhere it can flood -- which means a lot of roads are out. Wind has gusted at max to 31 mph, which isn't even equal to some of the storms we've had here.

Interesting to note is the absence of lightning and thunder. I've heard nada.

Only 66* as well! Great riding weather for outside if it weren't raining :D

I rate Hanna a 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 for boredom and lack of threat. She's really weak and not a big deal. Good thing about Hanna is the rain. We all need it on the East Coast.

Eileen

ETA: we've had 4.63" of rainfall today, thus far. It's still raining.

[tweeter]

Our final rain total was 6", no damage at all, just a few small branches and quite a few leaves down.

Sun came out around noon, blue sky, white fluffy clouds. The humidity is yuck, but I'm not gonna complain.

I swear I can see the grass growing.

[dani0303]

We got 1.5" of rain. It was a huuuuuge hype for nothing.

[Lieslot]

i'm just waiting for the downpours and 50+mph winds to get us here in jersey. so far just rain rain rain.

Yup, A LOT of rain. I just got soaked to the bone trying to divert the water in my ring, it seems to shift the sand & rubber around so much (especially on the outside track), that it's starting to make tunnels :(.

I was almost thinking, help, I need sandbags for my sandring to keep the sand in and had to laugh at the thought, eventhough in reality it isn't funny.

So far no windgusts, fingers crossed, perhaps we can skip the winds, who knows, let's hope so!

Good luck everyone, stay dry.....

[Catersun]

A little late to the party.. but we got a good bit of rain. the stream and pond were well over their banks and had flooded most of the back woods. Road to the bottom barn was washed out. No trees down. Fences all intact. This AM when I went to turn horses out, Mir was curled up in a ball sleeping soundly in her nice dry bedding. (really funny sight seeing a 17hh horse curled up in a ball like a cat- wish I'd had a camera serious kodak moment)

Good luck to everyone who is getting the rain now!

[Arcadien]

Ack, this storm just got more serious for me (southern NJ). I came into the kitchen and all my cats were sitting in a circle, surrounding a spot on the floor. It was surreal until I realized what they were fascinated by - drops of water from my ROOF!

Pot in place, here's hoping it doesn't get any worse until I can get my (retired but still knowlegeable) contractor Dad out here tomorrow to tell me what needs to be done.

Please tell me my 20 yo house doesn't need a new roof, that is NOT in the budget this fall!

To make horse related, I'm watching the downpour carefully, trying to pick a moment to dash out to feed. So far, no good moments have appeared!

Arcadien
(silver lining - the cats are mightly entertained - they can't get enough of trying to catch that drop with a paw)

[chai]

Hannah just arrived in MA...it is H U M I D...ugh, how do you Florida COTHers live with such humidity? It is raining buckets. We have flooding already and it's supposed to rain for another 12 hours.....no wind though, yet, so I better count my blessings. Hope everyone else is ok.

[blackstallion]

We survived with power interruptions throughout the day. A lot of small branches down to pick up. The rain was really really needed! And as a plus the fig tree dropped a ton of figs - enough for my grandmother to can and the horses to have an evening treat, sans bugs :)

[Frank B]

Did anyone notice how little lightning was associated with this storm as it was passing through the Carolinas? We got several comments from Ham Radio operators about the lack of the usual severe static.

[tweeter]

And the worst rains were to the north and west. They keep talking about that here, no tornado warnings either. The lake in my pasture is just about gone this morning.

[2boys]

Hannah was very easy on New England. :yes:

[AppJumpr08]

No wind up here in inland NH, but we ended up with 4.25" of rain!! So much for the .25-.5 they forecast! :lol:

[Roan]

Did anyone notice how little lightning was associated with this storm as it was passing through the Carolinas? We got several comments from Ham Radio operators about the lack of the usual severe static.

No lightning or thunder or tornado warnings when it passed through NoVA, either. Kinda weird if you think about it.

Eileen

[2 tbs]

Holy hells bells people!!!!

I just got back from vaca about an hour and a half ago, had no internet and an interesting trip so I never drove around to snag some wireless. Seems Hanna was sorta uneventful but lemme tell ya...from someone who has never encountered a tropical storm before---:eek: I will NEVER encounter a hurricane. thank you very much.

I drove through the entire state of VA with the winds blowing my car all over the freaking highway. The rain coming down so hard I couldn't even see my wipers!! I kept reminding myself it was only a TS! I was surprised at the lack of thunder/lightening etc as well. Was was more surprising or maybe really horrifying was the people doing 85+ mph in that weather! Of course several of them ended up in the trees and other random places and although I wished the best for the health I did have to laugh at the stupidity of it all.

The OBX got NOTTA! They got a little rain I guess but the folks there said it wasn't more than heavy storm. The wind however remained. I couldn't get out of my car. My car was rockin' and rollin' while parked in the grocery store parking lot etc. It was totally crazy. The wind was sooo intense. I got there about 12:30 PM. At 4 PM when I was finally cleared to drive up the beach and go to my beach house the wind was settling and by 5 PM when we were unpacked and ready to chill for the week the wind was gone, the temps were warmer (humidity was still there though) and we got to witness the most beautiful sunset! We didn't have a good one like that the rest of the week.

How did everyone else do? How is everyone's 4 legged critters?

Dare I even look into the destruction Ike is producing at this hour?? I'm so afraid :( I'm very thankful he went through the gulf and not up the east coast but oh man do I feel for those having to deal with him :(

[Frank B]

Welcome to life along the Southern coastlines! :lol:

[2 tbs]

Welcome to life along the Southern coastlines! :lol:


I think I'll leave the living along the coast to you guys and I'll just come visit every once in a while...preferably NOT in any sort of crazy weather!! :winkgrin:

We had a wicked awesome thunderstorm Wednesday night-I sat on the front deck and watched it. We filled a small bedroom sized garbage can with rain from one 30 minute storm--crazy!! But that was cool cuz it came off the ocean and had some great lightening!

The beach was awesome though-I REALLY wanted my horses there so I could gallop through the surf but I don't think they would be allowed. Nor do I think the wild horses would appreciate the invasion - or rather my horses might choose to join them and stay forever ;):lol: