Hurricane Reports

[librarising]

I'm about 50 miles or so inland from the path and they're predicting 60-80 mph winds here and rainfall up to about 10". The storm is just that huge. My home is luckily on a hill, so no thoughts of flooding but with the winds, I'm sure they'll be plenty of roof tiles blown off.

We're stocked up with supplies and it's just the waiting. The rains have started.

I'm almost numb to it all though as I continue to be ill........... the good news/ironic news... I've been smoke-free for a year since yesterday.

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

Wind and rain. We still have power...so far all is well.

 

[tiburonfirst]

hang in there, chelle!
wind has really picked up here and yard is littered with little stuff - might lose power but no big worries otherwise

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

It's a bit breezy out there!!!

 

[tiburonfirst]

you can say that again!

but we're lucky, lol - like you i am along the outer band. lights are flickering and power might be gone soon!

 

[Sallana]

I'm apparently in the 'extreme' path of the Hurricane (Greenport, Long Island). It hasn't hit yet.. We're keeping updated with the local news and as far as we can tell it's going to be cat1 or lower, so not extremely dangerous.

 

[quittin4mykids]

Please folk - if you've never been through a hurricane, don't take this lightly. We had the odd distinction of dealing with Hurricane Ike's left over winds a couple of years ago - yes, in KY! I lost the siding off one side off my house and our power. Some areas here were without power for 5 days due to trees on power lines.

Thank goodness for the advanced warning and I have you all in my prayers for your safety.

Ike hit my house dead on. So did Rita. I sat and watched tornados spawned off Ike tear up electrical lines, and watched the tress blowing. So sorry that it got you too. We were only without elec for a little over a week with Ike though. he was MUCh nicer than RIta.
That hussy took out the lights for over 3 weeks, and it was a crew from Iowa that actually physically hooked us back up! God Bless them.


Tuck, My cousin lives in Slidell- Katrina got her, and she came down here for a few weeks (Like everyone else that Katrina got) and Rita got her. LOL (Rita was actually a bigger and more destructive hurricane that Katrina, But not as many lives were lost)

I am praying for all of y'all- Its a scary thought to know you might loose your house and everything you own. Its easy to say "walk away" but when you have never lost it all to start with, OR had to face the chance of loosing it, you dont realize just how hard it is.

Since we lost our house to fire we have been told to evacuate our new house 3 times. 2 for hurricanes and once for fire. It never gets easier. And I dont have anything. LOL The first hurricane we DID leave- we were living in a travel trailer so we packed up the truck and hauled ....- (left the trailer)- 48 hours later and broke as could be, we snuck back in. With Ike I went to my MIl's house, (I live in a trailer), and with the fires I got the kids to MIL's and came back to help incase the fire came this far.

whats sad is, folks down here are actually starting to pray for a cat 1 or 2 hurricanne, just for the rain it will bring. These fires are never ending.

 

[BiancaMontgomery]

It's a bit breezy out there!!!

This images updates automatically apparently. We're doing just fine here...everything is calm. You folks farther East keep us posted!!

 

[hobotivo]

The first thing my wife asked me when she woke up was "What's the hurricane doing?"
We're just about as far away from you guys as it's possible to get, but we're thinking of you!

Australia sends wishes of "Good Luck" to everybody!

 

[beebopnjazz]

Philly checking in. House lost power for 5 hours but I believe that was due to a fatal car crash that took down some major power lines. Trees down, flooded streets....but not as bad as expected.

 

[V4P0R1Z3]

Nothing happened where I am in CT. power went out for like 2 minutes in the early AM, now it's just mildly windy and there's a gentle sprinkle. Guess we got lucky!

 

[Uncle]

Philly checking in. House lost power for 5 hours but I believe that was due to a fatal car crash that took down some major power lines. Trees down, flooded streets....but not as bad as expected.

GREAT . . . Glad to know you both are alright . . .

AND BTW, where in Philly (of course don't answer that - you never know who is listening) . . .

WOW ! ! ! If I only knew that when we last "talked" - I lived there for about 10 years and will be there and in New Hope within 2 weeks . . . Always fly into & out of Philly . . .

 

[MASTER0FDAMPF]

Not as bad as expected but the "Matrix" had to be shut down (I only have 2 hours backup battery on servers and 1 hour on desktops). I think the silence in our house that was caused tended to be far creepier than anything the hurricane did. Luckily we only lost one window capping, so about 150-250$ in damage...it could have been worse.

 

[BryanL]

Power has been out for a little over 24 hours... Just heard it could be a few more days... Nothing bad, just the lost power

 

[MASTER0FDAMPF]

There is a really nice B&B in new hope that I used to go to....can't remember the name atm. Nice place to visit but expensive.

GREAT . . . Glad to know you both are alright . . .

AND BTW, where in Philly (of course don't answer that - you never know who is listening) . . .

WOW ! ! ! If I only knew that when we last "talked" - I lived there for about 10 years and will be there and in New Hope within 2 weeks . . . Always fly into & out of Philly . . .

 

[beebopnjazz]

GREAT . . . Glad to know you both are alright . . .

AND BTW, where in Philly (of course don't answer that - you never know who is listening) . . .

WOW ! ! ! If I only knew that when we last "talked" - I lived there for about 10 years and will be there and in New Hope within 2 weeks . . . Always fly into & out of Philly . . .

Make sure where you are staying wasn't damaged and the roads are open-New Hope has flooded badly on less than what irene left.

 

[Uncle]

There is a really nice B&B in new hope that I used to go to....can't remember the name atm. Nice place to visit but expensive.

OH - your from Philly too . . . Great - I lived there from '90-'02, went to Temple (Older non-traditional adult student 'grad '97 under & again '98 master) I lived in Bella Vista area 8 years & Center City - Naudian st for 3 yrs . . . with a stint in Harrisburg for a year . . . So know the area pretty well . . .

Yep - there sure is a lot of B&B's & actually a few that are well worth going to . . . However, thankfully I used to live there too (10 yrs in total - family had home in Lambertville over 25 yrs) so I do not have to go to one . . . I stay with either friends or go up the road to family . . . as long as the Delaware hasn't gone over the banks again . . . You know the "Flood" area and the winter of a couple of years ago, their house flooded 3 times during that winter melt . . .

Make sure where you are staying wasn't damaged and the roads are open-New Hope has flooded badly on less than what irene left.

Thanks - I was just talking to my friends and everything there is no worse than normal after a very hard rain (including the usual loss of elect - about 7 hrs for some & few more hrs for others) - just a couple of more trees down and branches on the roads (picked up already today) . . . Another friend had to close down their restaurant and cannot open for another 3 days or until the weekend - THANKFULLY - since it should be a bust weekend for them . . .

AND - again - Thankfully, all friends and family all from Philly up-to through NYC to MA are all OKAY ! ! ! ! . . . Not to much damage for them - little stuff . . . More importantly, they no actually understand what it like for me now living down here in Florida . . . They use to laugh sometimes - now they say no me laughing . . .