The Hurricane Thread

Not sure...

He wouldn't leave if asked too any way...that's Richard..

JasonWx wrote

 

he has a full house generator and was watching tv..

When my parents built their house my dad put one of these in. Throw one switch and the entire house is lit up. When building new the cost is peanuts and worth it's weight in gold when needed.

Add in an underground concrete bunker for the win.

It looks like a class 5 shiticane boys.....

JasonWx wrote

today's run has it going into the NC and parking it's self there for days. no impact on us..but that can change

The rain after landfall is going to continue thru the weekend.  Flooding expected to be worse than after Hurricane Matthew, which a lot of people remember all too well.  Rivers won't crest for another day or two.  Some places have received 15+ inches of rain already, sometimes at rates of 3+ inches per hour.

Sections of I-95 and I-40 in eastern NC are closed already.

I figured out why I look at max wind gusts more than the sustained wind predictions.  Downed trees because of soaked roots is the bigger problem where I live when hurricanes hit the Carolinas.  All it takes is one gust to push down a tree on a road or power line to cause problems for hours or even days.  Lost power at my house for 12 hours yesterday, long before the rains were heavy around Raleigh.  But a minor inconvenience compared to what's happening to folks who live along the coast.

Sounds like your buddy was lucky.  Authorities have water rescued nearly 1000 people statewide and over 20% were from the cape fear flood zone.

I-40 is closed due to flooding all the way from I-95 to Wilmington.  I don't remember that happening since that section of I-40 was completed in 1990.

Fayetteville and Lumberton are the bigger cities getting the brunt of the river flooding because the storm center is taking so long to move out of SC.  Was creeping at about 3mph most of the day.  In addition to the Cape Fear River, the Lumber River and the Pee Dee are expected to end up well over flood stage, probably a few feet higher than Hurricane Matthew.  The Lumber and Pee Dee go into SC and end near Myrtle Beach.  Central NC is getting a lot more rain tonight after getting soaked as the storm came across Wilmington.

It's bad and still getting worse in quite a few counties.  The Cape Fear River isn't expected to crest until Tuesday morning.  It drains into the Atlantic at Wilmington.

I'm supposed to play in a member/guest at Carolina National a week from Thursday. Gonna be interesting to see if it still goes.

MC2 5678F589 wrote

I'm supposed to play in a member/guest at Carolina National a week from Thursday. Gonna be interesting to see if it still goes.

Do you mean near Myrtle Beach?  Latest estimate for restoring power in that county is by midnight on Wed, Sept. 19 for the customers served by Duke Energy.

Were you going to drive or fly?

JasonWx wrote

 

the fact that the cam is still working and flag is sill flying ,shows to me that the storm is not living up to the hype..

This cracked me up



And now these are even funnier

campgottagopee wrote

This cracked me up

I saw that too.  For the rest of his life he should be legally compelled to introduce himself as, "Hi, I'm <name> and I'm a f***ing tool."

that's the best!!
I'm glad FIOS dropped them from my tv package...

MC2 5678F589 wrote

I'm supposed to play in a member/guest at Carolina National a week from Thursday. Gonna be interesting to see if it still goes.

Im sure FEMA will do everything in their power to quickly restore the golf courses.....   maybe bring a couple cases of bounty paper towels in case the putting ways are wet

marznc wrote

MC2 5678F589 wrote

I'm supposed to play in a member/guest at Carolina National a week from Thursday. Gonna be interesting to see if it still goes.

Do you mean near Myrtle Beach?  Latest estimate for restoring power in that county is by midnight on Wed, Sept. 19 for the customers served by Duke Energy.

Were you going to drive or fly?

This one: http://carolinanationalgolfclub.com

About 45 minutes north of Myrtle Beach, near Southport, NC. We're going to drive this time (tourney starts on the 27th).

ScottyJack wrote

Im sure FEMA will do everything in their power to quickly restore the golf courses.....   maybe bring a couple cases of bounty paper towels in case the putting ways are wet

Good idea!

My buddy owns a restaurant 20 mins north of Myrtle . Hardly any damage , and power is back on..

He lives in Wilmington..His house has minor roof damage , but has a quite a few downed trees..

MC2 5678F589 wrote

This one: http://carolinanationalgolfclub.com

About 45 minutes north of Myrtle Beach, near Southport, NC. We're going to drive this time (tourney starts on the 27th).

That's what I thought.  Not sure where you start from, but my usual route via I-81 to to US29 and south from Danville may be better to avoid I-95 in NC.

Here's the alert on NCDOT as of 9/17/18.  Have seen pictures of chunks missing from I-95 that could mean sections will be closed for weeks, at least in one direction.  Will be more obvious after NC rivers crest on Tuesday 9/18.

"Due to flooding in southern, central and eastern parts of the state, NCDOT advises motorists not to travel through these parts of the state.
 Travel should be completely avoided in areas south of US-64 and east of I-73/I-74.

Several sections of I-95 and I-40 are flooded.
 I-95 Southbound traffic from Virginia should use US-64 West (Exit 138) to I-540 West to I-40 West to US-321 South to I-85 South.  Follow directions in South Carolina to re-access I-95."

JasonWx wrote

My buddy owns a restaurant 20 mins north of Myrtle . Hardly any damage , and power is back on..

He lives in Wilmington..His house has minor roof damage , but has a quite a few downed trees..

SC got lucky.

80,000 still without power in the Wilmington area.  Looks like another 50,000 without power around Lumberton and Fayetteville where there is the most concern about river flooding.  But the Duke outage map has local details now instead of just overall numbers by county.

Cape Fear River forecast to crest tonight.  Jason, your buddy still dry?

He was as of yesterday.. Plan on calling later this morning..

Rumor has it NWS is thinking about changing the Hurricane scale.. They want to incorporate a rain metric in the scale. Most storms that hit the US have sub hurricane strength winds, but as we know cause major floods.

Numbers:

- 37 dead humans
- 3.4 million dead animals and livestock
- 500,000 without power
- 1000 search and rescue missions
- 1200 roads closed
- 4300 homes completely submerged
- 22 billion in damage and lost commerce
- toxic pollution from hog, chicken farms

NWS considering a different categorization system for hurricanes that accounts for more than sustained wind speed to counter the tendency of humans to resist evacuation on lower numbered categories of storms.