[quote]DougTalmage wrote:
Great tips everyone. I’m fully prepared for this thing. If anyone is interested in watching live cam of the storm moving in from OBX:
[quote]redstar144 wrote:
What are the chances of this thing hitting Boston? My girlfriend is there at the moment and being from Ireland has zero hurricane experience.[/quote]
Let’s just say she’s probably buying lots of condoms.
[quote]redstar144 wrote:
What are the chances of this thing hitting Boston? My girlfriend is there at the moment and being from Ireland has zero hurricane experience.[/quote]
Let’s just say she’s probably buying lots of condoms.[/quote]
Nah, she always makes do with freezer bags and masking tape. Very thrifty.
[quote]redstar144 wrote:
What are the chances of this thing hitting Boston? My girlfriend is there at the moment and being from Ireland has zero hurricane experience.[/quote]
Let’s just say she’s probably buying lots of condoms.[/quote]
Nah, she always makes do with freezer bags and masking tape. Very thrifty.[/quote]
So far all appears to be well in South-east NC near the SC state line. We had a major water main break last night (unrelated to the storm). Working out in it was a not as bad as we originally thought.
[quote]redstar144 wrote:
What are the chances of this thing hitting Boston? My girlfriend is there at the moment and being from Ireland has zero hurricane experience.[/quote]
wind probabilities 65 MPH for Boston Sunday.
She should be fine, could lose power, doubt water gets contaminated.
[quote]SteelyD wrote:
Jeebus Chrysler, they already cancelled my Monday flight from Maine to TN. Ridiculous.
By the time it gets here, it will be “cloudy with a chance of rain”.[/quote]
you flying out of Portland? ever fly out of Manchester? [/quote]
Always out of Portland. Manchester for whatever reason is more expensive for the places I fly (we use an in-house travel service). Plus, it’s another hour+ from Portland, which is already an hour from home. I fly often for work and the 2.5 hr drive to manchester (plus security time etc) is not feasible for me on a regular basis.
LOL…that reminds me of NJ governor Chris Christi saying “get the hell off the beach” and “it’s 4:40pm, you’ve had enough time to maximize your tan.”[/quote]
Yes, funny. I heard him say ‘Look…your tan is DONE’.
Gotta love our fair Governor Christie.
even if electricity goes out, i can still use my stove, due to its gas not electric. yes, the spark it takes to ignite it is electric, but luckily i have one of those lighters. I m not on the coast, so im all set. hopefully the ufc ppv will go smooth. Also, luckily, the town i live in is rather a rich town, therefore i doubt highly id be without electicity all that long.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
Silverblood- your good at this!!
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thanx. I just hope it helps you and others.
I mentioned taking the pressure off because it’s easy to get frustrated and pissed off when you don’t have control of the situation. saw more than a few fights happen, usually between members of the same family.
some people, kids and adults, will be scared of even small t-storms and winds that shake trees for mths after the hurricane.
after the storm there will be tree limbs that will be hung up and will fall later. keep an eye out.
after things get back to normal look over the trees left standing around your house. had one snap and fall on my powerline 10 mths after the storm. it snapped about 10’ off the ground and you could see that it was rotting from the inside from damage it suffered.
if it really tears up your neighborhood, trees are down, signs missing, fences blown away, houses destroyed, you may get lost. I’m not kidding. most people navigate their way around by landmarks. after Hugo a lot of big oaks were blown over because of shallow roots, billboards were gone, a 100 ft repeater tower was blown over. these were landmarks around my area.
I’m not trying to scare anyone. just letting you know what MIGHT happen. it’s better to be prepared for the worst and have it just slide by than ignore it and be in deep shit.[/quote]
Houses destroyed?? its a hurricane, not a tornado, lol. I love how people over exxagerate things.