First hurricane of the season is now Category 5 and headed for the Caribbean and the East Coast.....prayers sent to all in the path and Good Wishes to all AT members in the way...batten the hatches me hardies....it's gonna be blowin'...keep us posted my brothers and sisters....Bill
I'm in SE FL. & it isn't looking to good. I hope it turns away from the east coast.
I wish all my Florida Members the best of luck. Be safe.
I Love to Vacation in Florida, but I will never live there for this reason.
You be Safe Rudy.
Sid, Same to you.
I've been riding them out since Andrew in '92. My worst one was Wilma about '05.
It has weakened back to a Cat4.
For Jamaica's sake we can only hope it weakens more.
Ugh, the islands are going to get smacked :(
I do hope it slows and breaks up soon.
;D
Quote from: TARFU on October 01, 2016, 06:50:22 PM
12 yo rule ::)
Bill you are correct I took care of it. Dominick
Rudy, knock some of that wind down before it gets to Charleston. Be safe, we will be riding it out also. Rode out Hugo and that one was scary.
Hope all goes well for those on the east coast.
I hate hurricanes. I just spent enough to buy a few new reels and a couple of rods on hurricane supplies. Better safe than sorry. Good luck to all. Joe
Just got finished putting up the hurricane shutters and securing the patio furniture.
Got my water, extra chlorine for the pool, gas for the generator/vehicles and liquor yesterday before the big rush. It was somewhat crazy yesterday but today is mayhem. Many gas stations are already out of gas and super markets out of water, bread and.......canned Vienna sausages ::).
It has been about ten years(?) since the last one for me (Wilma).
Now just have to wait and hope Mathew goes the other way.
Good luck to all in the potential path.
Scott
I hope all those in Florida and the southern East Coast are prepping....
I'll be praying for your safety...
Yep visit someone inland. Be safe. Dominick
Been thru about 8 of them with no issue yet. This is one is not as bad as some of the others so riding it out here in Daytona. The worst hurricane that I have ever seen was in Charlotte, NC and Hugo.
The only one I know to visit is my sister but she is 1/4 mile from the ocean. I'm a half mile from the ocean. Maybe I could go visit Sid but it looks like he is going to get hit harder then me. Houses down here aren't built out of wood. They use concrete block or solid concrete walls.
I am at 4100' come up and visit.
I'm as ready as the shop fridge will allow, tho I'd like another handle of Bloody mix. I'd have to put it in the garage beer fridge tho. Ya'll be safe.
Your turn will come this weekend. :-\
We are crossing fingers ....made through a half dozen when I lived at the beach, and a few nasty ones inland. Good luck to you guys in the Carribean / Gulf region. Looks like several of my beach peeps are coming here for the weekend...and I'll need to restock......
Be safe down there. In 89 I drove home from Florida when Hugo hit, 95 was looked like a war zone, signs were flipped the opposite way on both sides of the highway. I never thought I would make it back, something I will never forget.
Hope you got some grub on the other side of that fridge. Some Mustard and Modelo ain't gonna cut it.
He's got a bottle of Cholula Hot Sauce....he'll be ok ;D Prayers sent for everyone in the path....oh BTW we didn't have the major San Andreas earthquake they were predicting.... ::) Bill
Quote from: TARFU on October 06, 2016, 04:31:35 AM
...oh BTW we didn't have the major San Andreas earthquake they were predicting.... ::) Bill
Yeah but the Giants shook things up. Sorry about that Bluefish69... ::) Dominick
Dominick
ARE YOU Talking To Me
My team went West in '58
I just follow the 2 we have to pass time
Mike
Thanks Daron. Rudy, you're welcome to come over! Bring food, we're a bit low.... I got the hurricane shutters up before dinner yesterday. I now live in a cave. So far just a little wind and rain, another 5-6 hours and that will be quite different. I've got the weather channel on the TV and am surfing various weather sites on my laptop. My wife works for the South Florida Water Management District, and they've been training for this since Wilma passed through in '05. She works 1pm-whenever the next shift arrives tomorrow morning. I hope we don't get hit too badly, in '05 there were so many trees that had been downed that I got lost not recognizing the neighborhood just a few blocks away. It was Eerie. Tonight we'll go one hour at a time...
Sid
Sid, if you are starving I'll make a run otherwise I'll stay hunkered down with my trusty manual can opener in the pantry. ;D ;D
Sid I had the same experience here in Charleston when Hugo came through. It looked like a war zone. We walked down the road a block, turned around and didn't know where we were. The landscape changed so much, so many trees down, you totally lost your bearings. People don't understand it unless they have experienced it.
A forecasted 10 foot storm surge would be enough to make me run for the hills. Let's hope it doesn't get that bad.
I'm watching the weather channel and hoping for the best for everyone that decides to ride it out.
John, you'll be just fine. :D :D Hope you have a generator to keep the fridge running. ;D ;D
Ted
Quote from: RowdyW on October 06, 2016, 08:35:05 PM
Sid, if you are starving I'll make a run otherwise I'll stay hunkered down with my trusty manual can opener in the pantry. ;D ;D
Thanks Rudy. I was thinking things would be torn up some more and getting groceries would be difficult. Not so, but I'll give them a chance to restock their shelves, I saw pictures of totally empty shelves in Publix. I'll make it through today and tomorrow with the food in the house.
Quote from: Long Enuff on October 06, 2016, 10:11:07 PM
Sid I had the same experience here in Charleston when Hugo came through. It looked like a war zone. We walked down the road a block, turned around and didn't know where we were. The landscape changed so much, so many trees down, you totally lost your bearings. People don't understand it unless they have experienced it.
Weird, isn't it? You're a quarter mile from home and nothing looks familiar... thankfully nothing like that happened this time around. Looks like we might get another shot at this low pressure in about 5 days as it loops back around to come at us again - much attenuated, thankfully.
Sid
Hurricanes are no laughing matter. Be safe out there. Hopefully no one is putting others in danger being out there, like reporters.
In S. Florida, we got lucky as Mathew stayed offshore quite a distance and was basically a non-event. It is creeping closer to the coast as it heads north though and it causing a lot more damage in Central Florida.
The eye is north and on the ocean, from where my mom and aunt are (Stuart) so I'm relaxing a little.
Been a tense couple of days. They were ready for it..hurricane shutters down, stocked up and the VFW guys came by to make sure their generator was in working order in case they needed it.
Hopefully, it will go out to sea and NOT double back.
Quote from: mizmo67 on October 07, 2016, 05:01:43 PM
The eye is north and on the ocean, from where my mom and aunt are (Stuart) so I'm relaxing a little.
Been a tense couple of days. They were ready for it..hurricane shutters down, stocked up and the VFW guys came by to make sure their generator was in working order in case they needed it.
Hopefully, it will go out to sea and NOT double back.
That's people helping people. The members on this site understand that. According to the weather channel it looks like the hurricane will hit the coast and might double back as a tropical storm. Florida might get burned twice. Dominick
The VFW and Elks clubs down there are tight folks...they look out for each other.
Yes, that is my worry.. that darned Nicole is out there doing loop-de-loops that might combine with and/or push Matthew back inland.
Waiting game!
Well Matthew is gone for now but might swing around & come back. But if it does it won't have any power left in it. The farther it went above central FL' the closer the eye came to shore. Northeast FL. got slammed the hardest. In Southeast FL. we are already back to buisness as usual. Rudy
Good to hear S. Fla. is good.....thanks for checking in Rudy.....Bill
Quote from: TARFU on October 08, 2016, 05:37:10 PM
Good to hear S. Fla. is good.....thanks for checking in Rudy.....Bill
X2...glad to hear you guys are ok.
I think the USGS had it pretty close, socal just had a good earthquake, three minutes ago..... :o Bill
Earthquakes are scary. Something you cannot prepare for. Hope all is well for the S. Cal folks
From the pictures Ive seen and reports from friends who have stayed, Savannah area got hit hard. We evacuated, but are heading back tomorrow. My parents and one of my brothers evacuated as well, and my other brother who stayed was much farther inland. I believe none of our houses suffered major damage based on reports and pictures from neighbors that stayed. But many in the area were not so fortunate.
Ill post more when I can.
Keep us posted Adam.
All is well at the Creek. Lots of debris to clean up, but power is back on and no major damage. Usually, we seem to get hit a night, but watching all that wind lay the trees down in the daylight was something else.
Hope everyone and their stuff is OK. With a track like that, Matthew must have taken out a bunch of fishing piers. There are about fifty ocean front piers between Miami and Chesapeake.
-steve
We're thinking of every one of you in the storm area. Hope your all OK and sustained little or no damage.
There's no doubt Mother Nature is boss and can be ruthless at times. My brother lives in Fla. in the Vero beach area and I have not be able to reach him for several days now.
Stay safe and be well, .. regards, Lou
Normal N, NE conditions here atm. Beaches are getting slammed a bit, of course, but we are fine in the back bay and this is more like a normal Nor'easter gale at this point. I think winds are 20-25 kt
Mostly just debris in my yard. Two good sized limbs fell, but didn't hit the house or shop. But I do have a watermark 6" up from the floor in everything in my shop. I'll clear it out and assess the damage tomorrow. I think the damage will be minimal, I don't keep anything important near the floor. But with the power being off for a few days, my bait freezer is smelling pretty ripe already.
Still no power or water in my neighborhood, but my parents are one block over with an rv and a generator.
Not mine, but here are some pictures of the Savannah area. https://m.facebook.com/TrueCreationsPhotography/albums/1439996626014788/