Isabel

[Artha]

Cripes, I hope it misses me. Weather.com said it was probably not going to be a class 5 when it made landfall, but it would still have winds of over 100 mph. Also said it was going to hit somewhere north of South Carolina...waves are supposed to get higher than 20 feet along the eastern seaboard.

If it hits here, I hope power comes back after a couple days.

[ElvenRangeress]

i'm in florida and wondering the same thing...

[GSLeloo]

Um.. I'm in New Jersey, any idea how close it will get? I know a few years back one got us and it sucked because my basement flooded (my bedroom is in the basement) and I slipped and fell in the water and dropped my book in it.. my poor ruined book!

[Artha]

Here's a better picture of her path.

http://www.space.com/images/030914_isabel_track_02.jpg

[Edited on 9-15-2003 by Artha]

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by GSLeloo
Um.. I'm in New Jersey, any idea how close it will get? I know a few years back one got us and it sucked because my basement flooded (my bedroom is in the basement) and I slipped and fell in the water and dropped my book in it.. my poor ruined book!
If you are talking about Floyd, that did suck indeed.

I believe that was a noreaster though.

The last actual hurricane to hit Jersey was I think David a looooong time ago.

[Artha]

Plotted course (http://www.space.com/php/multimedia/imagedisplay/img_display.php?pic=030914_isabel_track_02.jpg&cap =As%20of%20Sunday,%20the%20forecast%20track%20of%2 0Isabel.%20The%20storm%20could%20make%20landfall%2 0on%20the%20U.S.%20coastline%20Thursday.)

Looks like Florida's safe...I think I'm still going to get winds that are between 35 and 50 knots though.

[Edited on 9-15-2003 by Artha]

[GSLeloo]

Yep, it was Floyd! ruined my book (Little women) had to go out and buy a new one...

[ElvenRangeress]

i member floyd, they actually closed school that day and i'm in florida, thing never hit!

[Artha]

They closed schools here for 2 days for Floyd, and nothing happened.

[GSLeloo]

We got ONE day off despite the fact that we needed more than that since nearly everyone's basement was flooding.

[Artha]

Looks like it's heading towards PA...so I hope none of you are there.

[CrystalTears]

Bah, we were heading to Virginia this weekend.

[Artha]

Just make sure it's after thursday/friday and you'll miss the wind/rain.

[Scott]

Excellent, I get to have a hurricane outside my house on my birthday!

[GSLeloo]

Hey, I'm like your neighbor state so I get it too! Plus, my birthday came first so yours already sucks (hum...)

[ElvenRangeress]

well i'm having a bday get together thing on the 20th, day after my bday, so good thing its not comming here ;o)

[Betheny]

As long as it stays away from Hawaii, all is well. I'll rent out my basement in the nice hurricane-free Minnesota for cheap if you guys want to run. ;)

[Drew2]

Originally posted by Maimara
As long as it stays away from Hawaii, all is well. I'll rent out my basement in the nice hurricane-free Minnesota for cheap if you guys want to run. ;)
CAN I LIVE IN YOUR BASEMENT?????????????





edit: needed more question marks.

[Edited on 9-15-2003 by Tayre]

[Betheny]

You can be the Gimp.

[Warriorbird]

Probably gonna have to spend Wednesday night at work doing emergency management stuff. Darn hurricanes.

[GSLeloo]

Hopefully I get a day or two off of school, I could use the sleep.

[Artha]

Do you think you could sleep well with a hurricane outside?

[Skirmisher]

Originally posted by Artha
Do you think you could sleep well with a hurricane outside?

Not a problem.

[GSLeloo]

Hell yeah. The sound of rain and wind puts me right to sleep. And even if I wasn't sleeping, I love to read and listen to the rain.

[Artha]

What if said wind is going over 100 mph?

[GSLeloo]

It'd be like air conditioning! Since I don't have any in my room...

[Artha]

lol, alright...sweet dreams, and I hope a small animal doesn't fly through a window or something...because that would suck.

[GSLeloo]

Well my bedrooms in the basement so I won't have the problem. Plus my dog is a big dog.

[Caels]

According to that course Artha gave... I am in the middle of its path. This is gonna suck...

[Warriorbird]

Least you've got military folks who're probably better suited to coping with things around...UNC students are much less with it regarding natural disasters, I'd imagine...

[CrystalTears]

This lousy bitch of a hurricane is ruining my weekend plans. Grr.

[Caels]

I grew up with hurricanes, living in northeastern Florida, but I was never in a flimsy apartment with huge glass doors. I think the patio doors worry me the most.

[Weedmage Princess]

Originally posted by CrystalTears
This lousy bitch of a hurricane is ruining my weekend plans. Grr.

For serious.

The one week I have to work only 1 day and have the other 4 days off.....a friggin hurricane has to hit http://hometown.aol.com/fungimagi/images/scream.gif

[ElanthianSiren]

Ughhh looks like my parents are gonna get it bad. They're right outside of Philadelphia. :(


Be careful guys, and no wind surfing like those morons during Hurricane Andrew. And keep your pets inside and and... bring all hurt wildlife this way.


-Melissa

[Warriorbird]

Category 2, but we're still gonna get smacked. This is a big storm.

[Artha]

Current path, and me being fucked.

http://free.inkfrog.com/pix/babyflesh/sofucked.gif

[Faellyn]

Thank goodness it's missing all my family back in New England, Although, now that I live in MN, I think I prefer hurricanes to tornadoes. You can prepare for a hurricane, know approximately when it's going to hit, and although they do fantastic amounts of damage, if you get hit by a tornado, there is almost zero chance anything will be left intact afterward. I have survived Bob, Gloria, and a few others I forget their names. Fortunately, I have never been in a tornado

[Snapp]

Well my state (Delaware) declared a State of Emergency for the next two days already.. so here's hopin I get out of work!

[ElvenRangeress]

hurrican's suck ass, but a category one went over us and didn't do crap, it was unexpected and caught alot of people off guard, such as my mother, she was driving home from work in it, but it wasn't bad at all! just alot of rain ... i'm not sure what any other category is capable of doing ... and grays family is in MD God be with them ;o)

[Artha]

That arrow was pointing at my house, btw.

[HarmNone]

Gah! Everyone who is in the path of this baaaad critter, please keep yourselves safe. Candles are lit, and I will be thinking of you. I am sure we all will.

HarmNone just worries

[Artha]

It'll just be the fart of the atlantic when it gets to my house. We're probably not even going to lose power :)

[Edaarin]

God damn it, if GEORGETOWN gets the day off, why don't I? Huge ass exam tomorrow, I better not have class....

[IcyPoison]

Our billing office is closed today.. but tech support is open. :(

[Warriorbird]

UNC Chapel Hill's closing at 2 PM. So far, just rain, a bit of wind....a lot of people parking where they shouldn't and whining and complaining like the world is going to end. A few traffic lights went out, which is about the only serious thing so far.

[Caels]

The day the hurricane smote the mortals...

----------------------------------------------------------
::shrieks!::

It is upon us! Repent now! Repent, for the end is nigh!

::Bell tolls ominously in the distance::

Hearken ye my friends unto the village chapel! There we can use the power of all the gods to save us!

::The crowds murmur::

Yes! The gods will save us! Bring us a sacrifice!

::Crowds chant eerily, droning on about the gods and sacrifice::

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::snickers:: Well its not that bad... but its still not fun.

[Warriorbird]

Startin to get dubious here. A lot of traffic, especially on Franklin Street, the main Chapel Hill thoroughfare. Trees down, but the power's still on. May have more to say later on when the eye gets closer, but, for now, not too bad.

Originally posted by Edaarin
God damn it, if GEORGETOWN gets the day off, why don't I? Huge ass exam tomorrow, I better not have class....

What school do you go to?

[Warriorbird]

Well, a lot of work for us, but not nearly as bad as it was made out to be.

[Snapp]

Its super windy and rainy around here now. Some people are losing power. Nothing tragic though.

[HarmNone]

Originally posted by Warriorbird
Well, a lot of work for us, but not nearly as bad as it was made out to be.

That is good to hear! It is past and with less damage than was, perhaps, expected.

Blessed be.

HarmNone is glad it is past

[Edaarin]

My power went out from 5 pm yesterday to about 2 hours ago. And classes got canceled for the 6th time in school history.

[peam]

Wow, UVA's been around a long time too. You guys must have to go in the worst of snow.

We hardly got touched down here in Radford. Just seemed like a heavy rain storm.

[Back]

Watching CNN yesterday you'd have thought it was the end of the world. Media hype at its best.

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

My Power is still out. Pisses me off!

[GSLeloo]

Hurricane my ass! It was the weakest storm ever. I have seen summer thunderstorms stronger than that. Did it get me out of school? No. Did it get me out of work? Nope.

What did it get me? Four long hours at work.. 2 of which had no power.. which means this... since I work at a grocery store we had to pull all of the dairy items off the shelves, into carts, and get them onto a truck.

Then after doing that for nearly two hours and running out of room, they were nice enough to buy us a $100 worth of pizza. Then what happens? The lights go back on and I spend the rest of the time putting the items back on the shelves! Which is so much harder because you have to figure out which thing goes where and how many rows it has... Thank you Isabel!