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Midlifer

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:26 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That would be nice, Azlen, if it stayed that way. Unfortunately, it can "regroup" over coastal waters. We're now betting that we'll get a school day off on Friday (candy bars for wagers).

Bbfanatic

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:51 am EditMoveDeleteIP
wow, its just a category 2 now.

Foliage

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
We here in Wilmington, NC are relaxing a bit. She's not nearly the monster she once was. Our school system and emergency mgmt folks are to make a call on school tonight. I'll wager that they err on the side of caution and give us early release Wed and a full day off Thurs.

Azlen

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 11:03 am EditMoveDeleteIP
While there is a chance that it will strengthen, it will get nowhere close to a category 5 again just because of the cooler water in where its headed. At most I am guessing that at landfall it will be a weak 3 or a strong 2.

As to your day off Midlifer, I am betting you will get Friday off, but that may depend on just how fast the storm is moving.

Tagurit

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 12:13 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Foliage, I just heard on the radio that New Hanover is closing early tomorrow and Thursday off. Pender County seems to be doing the same. Funny, I don't have a clue what my own county is doing. lol

My family and I are breathing a bit easier but haven't let our guard down. Sometimes hurricanes have a bad habit of turning right towards us. I remember they kept saying Floyd was going to hit SC but came straight for us instead. I just feel bad for those on the Outer Banks. I hope they do ok.

Lostintheglades

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 12:24 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Another good link is

http://www.intellicast.com/StormCenter/

I check this one every day from about April through October...

Lostintheglades

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 12:27 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Been thinking the same thing Tagurit...It needs to go just a bit further north before I'll feel safe. Right now she's sitting due east and too far south for me to relax yet. I'd just as soon see her head on back to South Africa where she came from.

Jeep

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 12:33 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Lost, I agree. Send Isabel back to sea!

Here's where all the news stations get their info. It shows charts and maps.

National Hurricane Center

Twiggyish

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 06:20 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My thoughts are with you all!! Please stay safe.

Max

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My company has offices in Newport News. They are closing on Thursday in anticipation of the storm. I join with everyone else in wishing all in the hurricane watch zone safe haven during the storm.

Wargod

Tuesday, September 16, 2003 - 10:43 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
My thoughts are with all of you at this time. Please stay safe!

Twinkie

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 02:29 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I hope this thing goes back out to sea and fizzles out. I've been thru a lot of hurricanes in my life and even if they don't tear down your house they really suck. Flooding, high winds (tree limbs to clean up), and sometimes power outages for days. I hope everyone stays safe and nobody loses anything.

Midlifer

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 05:25 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Thank you for your thoughts and prayers, everybody. I am especially thinking about those who live on our coast (I'm more inland in Virginia). School systems near me are already closing, and we anticipate an announcement tonight. Hotels are already booked up around here! I've been through a similar hurricane a few years ago (when our schools closed again), and it was NO fun! Pray, pray, pray....

Jeep

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 06:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I'm praying too, Midlifer. I'm inland as well, but the news says the mountains & valleys will get it bad too.

Do you remember Hurricane Fran in 1996? I looked her up and that path was just about the same as Isabel, only Fran was a cat 3 storm. So, I guess we can expect about the same.

Foliage

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:01 am EditMoveDeleteIP
AAACCCKKK! JEEP don't invoke the name of Fran again! I wish they would superimpose tracks of past storms on current storms more often, I thought Fran was projected further south than Isabel. Fran whammed right into us (Wilmington/Cape Fear) Is. looks to be tracking towards Cape Lookout/Cape Hatteras. The "Hugo Effect" aka last minute hard left scares me too!

Hey Tag are you near water, re. storm surge? We are in town, don't have to fear rising H2O

Not1worry

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:06 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Foliage, the Fayetteville Observer had a map in the paper this morning with all the paths of the big storms. It was insane, all different color lines criss-crossing the Carolinas.

My mom who lives in Wilmington had already planned weeks ago to come stay with me this week. But we had moved my husband's boat to Wilmington so my mom could store it when he went to Iraq. They are going to fill it with water and hope for the best.

I agree, Fran is the F word in our family too! Mom had to get all new appliances & computers from the power surges. It was a horrible mess.

Jeep

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:40 am EditMoveDeleteIP
OOps! Didn't mean to step on any toes talking about Fran. Foliage I did see one of those maps this morning, but darn if I can find it now. Fran was just the closest one to Isabel, not exact but close. If I find that map later, I will put a link here.

Midlifer

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:50 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Yes, I remember Fran well. My children were still in school then (have since graduated), and I remember waking up one morning and telling them that they WEREN'T going, even if schools were open (which they weren't). The students around here think it's a lark. They just don't get it. It may be my imagination but I feel like winds are starting to pick up around here (even though it's sunny).

Tagurit

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 07:59 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Foliage, not close enough to water to worry about floods - thank goodness!! I am sure my backyard will turn into a lake but no flooding.

We did head down to N. Topsail this morning. For a storm that will do damage, the waves are just beautiful to watch. I did take some nice pictures of them. It is a gorgeous sunny day and the winds have picked up. When you look outside, it is so hard to believe that 24 hours from now it will be a totally different story.

Now a rant, I am so annoyed at my neighbors. My next door neighbors have yet to clean up their backyard. I just envision the canoe, wood and flimsy shed heading straight for the side of my house. I am nervous. My dh tells me not to as they will be paying for everything. I am hoping that they start cleaning up b/4 evening. Their kids are home but not moving out of the house. There is another guy diagonal from us that has his shed quite close to our fence. He has yet to move all the wood or at least secure it.

Juju2bigdog

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 10:11 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Tagurit, are these neighbors oldtimers or newcomers? If they are newcomers, they might not know you have to take all the stuff out of the yard. You might need to get over there and tell them. CNN was broadcasting from N. Topsail this morning. Was that you on the news?

Squaredsc

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:00 am EditMoveDeleteIP
we just got an email at work saying our offices in the virginia tidewater area are closed thurs and friday. midlifer, jeep, hermi, and others please stay safe and keep us posted on how yall are doing thru the storm.

Ladytex

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Stay safe all of those affected by this storm. I'll be thinking about you and hoping for the best

Halfunit

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:16 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Our LAN coordinator received one from our corporate office (Chicago).

It was a reminder to our locations in the affected region to take their computer back-up tapes offsite (which we are supposed to to anyhow, but not everyone does, lol).

Crossfire

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
I just can't let that pass without a tsk tsk tsk. :) <-emphasis on friendly comment.

Working backup tapes are get out of jail free cards for just about anything.

Halfunit

Wednesday, September 17, 2003 - 11:42 am EditMoveDeleteIP
lol Cross... at our location, we store them in a fireproof/waterproof vault.

We know they are valuable, but don't have to be taken home every night.