Hurricane Isabel
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From: Loveland, CO
from the west coast (or within an hour of it). I live in earthquake country and know about those but nothing about hurricanes.
I would love to hear what people do with this. Are you all leaving or what do you do? Do you have storm cellars? You know how you see news coverage of earthquakes and it makes it look like everything is leveled? That how I've seen hurricanes. What's it really like?
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From: Wilmington, NC
Kyras,
We stay away from windows, there are very few cellars here due to the high water table. Over 100mph the wind howls and growls and a lot of debris hits your house. Huge trees snap like matchsticks, rain is driven horizontal. Lots of flooding, had 22 inches of rain in 10 hours during Floyd.
Remember TV News coverage is keyed to the dramatic. They show the worst of all of it but very rarely does everyone have the same experience or have the same amount of damage.
One comforting thing is the neighbor-helping-neighbor aspect. Everyone pulls together to clean up when it's over. Then on the other hand some people never seem to want to clean up.
Frankly, I'd like to see it coming, gives you a chance to prepare for the inevitable, unlike an earthquake.
We stay away from windows, there are very few cellars here due to the high water table. Over 100mph the wind howls and growls and a lot of debris hits your house. Huge trees snap like matchsticks, rain is driven horizontal. Lots of flooding, had 22 inches of rain in 10 hours during Floyd.
Remember TV News coverage is keyed to the dramatic. They show the worst of all of it but very rarely does everyone have the same experience or have the same amount of damage.
One comforting thing is the neighbor-helping-neighbor aspect. Everyone pulls together to clean up when it's over. Then on the other hand some people never seem to want to clean up.
Frankly, I'd like to see it coming, gives you a chance to prepare for the inevitable, unlike an earthquake.
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From: Charlotte
Ron was actually in Charleston when Hugo hit in '89 (category 4) and I was home alone in Charlotte when it came through here (category 2). I gotta tell you, I wouldn't want to go through that again. All was well...we were without power in Charlotte for 9 days, so Huskergirl's advice about getting propane is well-heeded!
Our sailboat also got pretty beat up during Floyd; it took almost 6 months in the yard to get her repaired, so even a category 2 can be bad. Here's hoping she turns hard north and leaves us all alone!
Oh...don't forget to fill your coolers with beer and ice the day before!
Everybody stay safe!
Our sailboat also got pretty beat up during Floyd; it took almost 6 months in the yard to get her repaired, so even a category 2 can be bad. Here's hoping she turns hard north and leaves us all alone!
Oh...don't forget to fill your coolers with beer and ice the day before!
Everybody stay safe!
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From: Wilmington, NC
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How far are you from where it looks to be making landfall? In the white area of the map above near SC border. How long does it go on? Usually for at least 5-6 hours maybe more Do you have rain for a day before and then after too? Rain comes in bands, big curves of clouds in the sky Do you know when the worst is over by decreased wind speed or what?
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How far are you from where it looks to be making landfall? In the white area of the map above near SC border. How long does it go on? Usually for at least 5-6 hours maybe more Do you have rain for a day before and then after too? Rain comes in bands, big curves of clouds in the sky Do you know when the worst is over by decreased wind speed or what?
