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Not1worry

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 10:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yikes, I just checked this thing out! My mom is in Wilmington, NC, 2 hours from me and just about an hour from Tagurit. She had planned to visit me next week anyway, but I'm not that far from the coast. We get whomped pretty hard by hurricanes too.

Thank you for posting that map image, Azlen.

I'm going to go nervously eye the big trees in my yard.

Midlifer

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 12:49 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
No north movement! How about East???? I'm in Virginia, and I still remember schools being closed during the first week of school for a "hurricane" day. We've had plenty of snow days, even 2 "sniper" days, but not a "hurricane" day since then!

Ddr1135

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
When I said North....I meant North straight into the Atlantic Ocean, LOL.

Back to your regularly scheduled program

Calamity

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 01:54 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Adding my hopes that this storm doesn't make landfall anywhere. I'll be crossing my fingers for you all! Best of luck to everyone and all the animals too.

Halfunit: I'm a weather geek too and appreciated your forecast :) .

P.S. Hi to Webkitty!

Azlen

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:02 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is the latestest projected path map from accuweather.com.

Theowl

Friday, September 12, 2003 - 09:10 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
OMG Azien!! That suckers BIG!! There's enough time for everyone to take cover and make arrangements to get out, so there's no excuse for injuries, except cops and people that are suppose to be there. That's one thing that really bothered me, that people wait until the last minute to do anything. Please everyone down there, good luck and stay safe!!

Halfunit

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 04:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Isabel has weakened slightly and is now back down to a category 4. The two pics below give a good idea as to her size, and the new projected path.

sat path

Tagurit

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 04:56 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Good thing I decided to go and stock up on can foods and paper products today. I want to go before people start charging the stores later this week. From the looks of it, we are going to get hit. Even if it doesn't come ashore near us (ie - Wilmington, Topsail Island), we'll be dealing with the heavy rain and winds. Yuck! Yuck! Yuck!

Good thing dh gets home from his trip today. We really need to start putting stuff away and need to get my mom's house prepared. I guess I'll be busy this weekend.

Jeep

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 09:08 am EditMoveDeleteIP
This am I heard on our CBS local weather that Florida is probably safe and it looks like it's going to hit farther north just like Half's map shows. In my area, we usually get all the rain and floods but not the really bad winds. Last one I remember that was extra bad was Agnes in 1972. It left record level floods all round that have not been broken since. I hope this isn't the one.

I hope everybody stays safe.

Sherbabe

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 10:04 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Many years ago while visiting Florida, a friend of mine had a hurrincane tracker device. I believe it was wooden and you would track it with push type pins from the latitude/longitude markings. So, when hurricane hit land you could look at it and see the exact path it took. Where can you buy them, approx how much do they cost. Anybody know? I wish I could explain better what this thing is. I'd like to buy one for my sister who lives in Naples, Fla.

Egbok

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 12:41 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Half, we need an update please.

And for anybody who is going through the anxiety of this hurricane, I'm sending out positive thoughts your way! Take care everyone!

Goddessatlaw

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 02:47 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Isabelle has regained her category 5 status and appears to be getting more organized, current trajectories put her closing in on the North Carolina coastline Thursday afternoon. Looks like we'll be riding out a hurricane rather than riding down the rapids next weekend. But we'll be far enough inland not to get the full force of it, I hope (let's put it this way, if there's a chance we will, we're not going). I wish she'd just go back out to sea, man.

Babyruth

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 03:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Geez. We were visiting the NC coast a week after hurricane Floyd visited in 99. I'd never seen anything like it.

I hope everyone in the storm's path stays safe!!
Even better, I hope the storm listens to GAL, and heads back out to sea.

Azlen

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 04:06 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Here is the latest satellite photo and projected path from accuweather. Florida is beginning to look a lot safer but North Carolina looks like its right in the path. The eye of this things looks as well defined as anything I have ever seen.

Maris

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 04:29 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Be prepared but dont panic. It is far too soon to say whether any portion of the east coast is going to be hit.

From Reuters today:

reuters

Isabel was bypassing the small islands of the northeastern Caribbean, the Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, but forecasters cautioned residents to expect dangerous surf for the next few days as large swells from Isabel rolled southward.

The hurricane center's 5-day forecast track, which has a large margin of error, placed the storm several hundred miles east of the Georgia-South Carolina border by early Thursday morning.
But forecasters cautioned that it was too early to tell whether parts of the U.S. east coast would be threatened. One computer model showed the storm striking the southeast coast of North Carolina in five days, but others disagreed

Tagurit

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 04:32 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yep, everywhere we turn they are telling us NC will be the potential target. We are ready food and paper product wise. We are figuring out what we will do if Isabel does indeed stay a 5 but many think she will downgrade to a 3 (just like Floyd in '99 did). We are glued to our tv and computer. We are constantly monitoring this thing. On the upside, we have been wanting to replace our fence and this will certainly help. :)

Twiggyish

Saturday, September 13, 2003 - 05:31 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gal, these storms cause problems all the way inland. You'll get tons of rain and major wind, too. There's also a chance for tornadoes, too.

Ddr1135

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 04:12 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Under no circumstances would I stay for a potential category 5. I would be making my room reservations for inland now.

Gal, also consider that the area you would be in would have no electricity for a few days. We're 1 1/2 hours inland and have been without power for 2 to 3 days in a category 1 or 2.

Lostintheglades

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 05:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Looks like we'll be getting lucky here again in Florida. Pack your bags and leave if you're in the path. I've been watching this for the last week. and posted this pic on my profile. Andrew wiped my house and street off the map so no way will I stick around for another one.
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Lostintheglades

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 05:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Please guys...if you're in the path of this one...don't stay. If it doesn't make the expected turn North...My bags are already packed.

(You can't stop the wind and water by staying in your homes and I just would rather you all be safe!)

Urgrace

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 07:20 am EditMoveDeleteIP
If you do stay make sure you have plenty of bottled water on hand before the rush is on and there is none left in the stores.

This looks very likely to hit the east coast line and drive onward, so there will be a lot more people in its path besides NC and Virginia. Please be careful friends.

Sure do hope Tntitanfan is safely inland on her vacation by the time it gets here.

Theowl

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 07:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Gracie, I was thinking about TTF yesterday! She won't be home for another 2 weeks, but all I can say to her is...GO WEST, YOUNG LADY!! GO WEST!!!

Oh yeah, and I hope you're having a great time, too!!

Halfunit

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 08:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Two quickie pic updates.


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Marysafan

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 02:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Halfunit...thank you so much for you updates.

My best friend in the whole world lives in New Jersey. We see each other twice a year, he joins us at the NASCAR races in Milwaukee and I go to visit him and his family and we go to the NASCAR races in Dover, DE.

Well, this year, he took his family to Hawaii so he was unable to make the Milwaukee trip this year...so it has been a whole year since we have seen each other. I am supposed to land in Philly on Friday at noon. Right now...it's not looking so good.

I will continue to watch this thread anxiously all week. Thank you so much for keeping me posted on Isabel's progress.

One question I have is that it doesn't seem to be moving very fast. The projection shows little movement early on...then larger movement later in the week. Why is that?

Twiggyish

Sunday, September 14, 2003 - 05:18 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
I'd leave as soon as possible...if they issue an evacuation. The roads will be jammed! Please do not try to stay home.