Watching out for Earl...!

[poodlesrule]

Well, I am on Cape Cod, working for the week, and spouse is coming down for the weekend. Looking at the predicted path for hurricane Earl, it may get interesting IF storm keeps close to the coast.

Good thing I have an acoustic on hand, as power loss is almost guaranteed!

Think about folks in the Carolinas coastal areas, as they do experience storm poundings quite often.

BTW Cape Cod is already much quieter, and life is getting back to its countryish mellow pace...

[Spudman]

Stay safe. I hear if you play heavy metal, even on acoustic, the hurricane winds can't sweep you away.:socool

[sunvalleylaw]

Stay safe, have fun playing acoustic, and watch out for Earl!


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[Bloozcat]

Well, I am on Cape Cod, working for the week, and spouse is coming down for the weekend. Looking at the predicted path for hurricane Earl, it may get interesting IF storm keeps close to the coast.

Good thing I have an acoustic on hand, as power loss is almost guaranteed!

Think about folks in the Carolinas coastal areas, as they do experience storm poundings quite often.

BTW Cape Cod is already much quieter, and life is getting back to its countryish mellow pace...

If you can't come down here to the sub-tropics don't worry...the sub-tropics will come to you. :eek:

[omegadot]

I love my acoustic. I am fine with the storm hitting.

I also stocked up on booze.

[poodlesrule]

I love my acoustic. I am fine with the storm hitting.
I also stocked up on booze.

Same here!

It looks like the earlier report of the storm calming down were unfounded, and tracking forecast seem to indicate a something of a close encounter (to me).

Just last winter, a busy one, it was amazing to witness the shore erosion due to a succession of strong storms.
Coastal areas here are just sand, and the beaches come and go. Some land owners lose land/beach and others gain some, a source of headaches for the tax collector..!

[omegadot]

Same here!

It looks like the earlier report of the storm calming down were unfounded, and tracking forecast seem to indicate a something of a close encounter (to me).

Just last winter, a busy one, it was amazing to witness the shore erosion due to a succession of strong storms.
Coastal areas here are just sand, and the beaches come and go. Some land owners lose land/beach and others gain some, a source of headaches for the tax collector..!

This shit is all new to me. I'm from Buffalo, we get snow. Snow is easy. This is bullshit!

[piebaldpython]

Supposedly the center of Earl is going to be 200-250 miles east of the New Jersey coast. That said, the storm surge in the form of powerful waves will make a mess of things late Thursday into Friday. These type storms can carve out a 4 foot deep swath of coast line in nothing flat. My nephew lives right in Ocean City NJ which has the reputation of flooding in a good rain....let alone a powerful storm. Lets hope Earl stays out to sea and doesn't get too close to anybody on the East Coast.

[Tig]

Stock up on cash since all the electronic payments will not work,
Extra batteries/flashlights, a battery powered AM/FM radio, extra bottled water, food that is ready to eat, full tank of gas, and an adapter to charge your cell phone from the car.
There's more, but these are all big priorities from my all too common experience. If you have pets, make sure Thieu have extra food and water stocked up.

[poodlesrule]

I have my camping gear here at the house, so I can cook in any condition, indoors, near a slider window to be CO-safe.
I' ll just buy extra green peppers for the dog, she loves them!

Edit: I hope to remember to grind some coffee ahead of time!

[Tig]

Oops, I somehow wiped out my earlier post!
Anyway, here's the screenshot again:

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/92254c7f9ea11ad53.jpg
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Seabrook's state highway 146, which is 6 miles from my house and 25 miles from the coast. Not a very good place to drive. Drives had flats that could not be fixed for over a week.
http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2008/09/13/news/photos_galleries/G1065_photo01.jpg

Seabrook damage from water, not just wind!
http://inapcache.boston.com/universal/site_graphics/blogs/bigpicture/ike365_09_14/i03_20309981.jpg

Seabrook homes.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3210/2872356710_d4a3ffe4ea.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2871527143_97bfa1e49a.jpg

From 3 lanes zero, I-45 facing South towards Galveston, about 4 miles away from the shoreline.
http://www.houstonfreeways.com/images/other_pages/retrospective/45_ike_debris.jpg

And the worst of all... It may have been cheap, but it was still somebody's baby!
http://icons-pe.wunderground.com/data/wximagenew/s/StormJunkie/187.jpg

[poodlesrule]

Tig, I hear you.
I think I am about 28 ft above sea level IIRC, with many pine trees

What is the source of the screenshot, please?

Spouse is coming down Friday afternoon for the weekend, and I gotta go see one of my fave zydeco bands down here Sunday, Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys, under a tent! Show is on a retired WW II radar station in middle of The National Seashore park. I hope they scratch the tent idea, and get the band to play in the open field, much better!

[Tig]

Tig, I hear you.
I think I am about 28 ft above sea level IIRC, with many pine trees

What is the source of the screenshot, please?

Spouse is coming down Friday afternoon for the weekend, and I gotta go see one of my fave zydeco bands down here Sunday, Jeffery Broussard and the Creole Cowboys, under a tent! Show is on a retired WW II radar station in middle of The National Seashore park. I hope they scratch the tent idea, and get the band to play in the open field, much better!

Pine trees snap mid way up easily, so I hope they are not close to the house.

That is an interactive map that I zoomed in on. You can show the spaghetti map and other products.
Check out my favorite tropical weather sites that collect images from all kinds of sources:
http://www.bearpawsweather.com/tropical/index.html
http://www.crownweather.com/?page_id=29

All those kind of events will likely be canceled! The storm will be at MA some time after 10 PM Saturday night, peaking between midnight and 6 AM.

[Bloozcat]

Sheltering in place and going through a hurricane is a unique experience to say the least. You're all boarded up in your home while the storm rages outside, never knowing if one of the tornados spawned by the hurricane is about to hit your home. We took direct hits from three in a 13-month period in 2004-2005; Frances, Jean, and Wilma. My home is just to the southeast of the X on the first two maps, and Wilma in the third pick traveled northeast through Florida and came directly over us as well.
http://vladimirr.homestead.com/files/frances/landfall-ourhouse.gif
http://vladimirr.homestead.com/files/frances/jeanne-landfall.gif
http://www.kflsebas1.com/images/Hurricane/Radar%20Images/2005/2005%20Wilma_Radar%20102405.gif
The road I drive to work on everyday, Indian River Dr:
http://vladimirr.homestead.com/files/frances/ird-jensen.jpg
A business destroyed by hurricane Jean about a mile from my home:
http://www.mthurricane.com/Hurricane_Jeanne/Jeanne_05.jpg

[poodlesrule]

Well, the whole storm did not amount to much.
I expected the yard to be littered with twigs and such -j ust a few leaves here and there.

It was fun to go to in and out of sleep under the skylight, watching a treetop swing in the wind! On second thought, that may not be the brightest idea...

I am new to this house as well as being somewhat close to the shore, and I now see Earl as a preparation dry run, for later weather events.

[Tig]

Well, the whole storm did not amount to much.
I expected the yard to be littered with twigs and such -j ust a few leaves here and there.

It was fun to go to in and out of sleep under the skylight, watching a treetop swing in the wind! On second thought, that may not be the brightest idea...

I am new to this house as well as being somewhat close to the shore, and I now see Earl as a preparation dry run, for later weather events.

Up North got lucky! I'm glad it petered out with no damage done.