Hurricane, ho-hum

15 years ago

Okay, let me say up front that hurricanes are not to be trifled with. Take that wind seriously and take the rain even more so.

It's a fact of our life that 7 inches of rain is going to do more damage in more places than 77 mph winds over the same area.

However, Hannah is dithering and blithering and at the moment seems inclined to go nowhere with fussable bluster. The estimates are that she'll slide along the length of the Atlantic coast, stepping off the coast of Florida -- or maybe Georgia -- or surely from South Carolina, on her way up north. Georgia and SC cancelled Friday night football (don't laugh - this is a serious thing to do), while Maryland and Virginia are poised on tiptoe to succor wherever Hannah sucks, or at least to sympathize. (North Carolina is admitting to nothing, yet.) Is this a hurricane or a tropical storm heading our way? No one knows, especially the meteorologists, but the media is all agog. For some reason, all the fuss preceding Hannah has left me feeling... ho, hum.

Now, Ike. Oh yes, here's Ike.

It's a little difficult to make fun of a storm that is swirling with 150 mph winds. Since I tend to take most hurricanes seriously, I find Ike makes me very serious and concurrently very glad s/he's spinning so far away. [Do hurricanes with masculine names remain feminine? or do they undergo a full gender change?] NOAA apparently thinks Ike will charge full gallup to the Bahamas before turning our way. It's too soon to say for sure.

All I can tell you is that --if guesses are right -- Hannah should pay the nation's Capitol a flying visit late Friday or early Saturday. Ike is being a gentleman and following at a distance. We may or may not see him/her early next week.

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sara_the_brit_z6_ct
15 years ago
I think the National Guard from many States are getting ready to help: Several units of the CT Guard have been sent south to be ready to assist.

I think that means we're just expecting rain when it reaches here . . . either way, we're spending tomorrow checking on the boat and putting out extra lines. Hope all you Carolinians are OK
andie_rathbone
15 years ago
According to the Weather Channel this morning, Hanna won't make it to hurricane strength. However, most of you along the eastern coast can expect a very rainy weekend this weekend.
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wendy_cat
15 years ago
i wish hanna would give us some much needed rain. we are pretty high and dry here and wild fires are starting to become a concern.
ike looks to be going up the gulf coast again. those poor people will just about get back in their homes and they'll have to evacuate again.
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agnespuffin
15 years ago
It's almost 12 noon here. The satellite images show that we may be getting the very early edges of the outer bands of Hanna. There is more light breeze, a few sprinkles and clouds. But at the rate she's moving, I don't look for much more for about 24-36 hours. These things are known for surprises. Let's hope she doesn't pull off a big one.

Yes, she is a ho-hum storm so far. But the local TV weathernerds are still all worked up into a tissy about her. If Ike were to come this way, they would probably swoon away with excitement. I wish they would learn the difference between "might", "slight chance", "possibility" and "Run for the hills, we are going to be swept out to sea."

I know that it's better to be safe than sorry, but after a while, human nature takes over and people stop listening.
rob333 (zone 7b)
15 years ago
I'm worried about the eastern seaboard right now. Check out the national weather service's front page. Two. Right in a row. Be safe y'all!

Here is a link that might be useful: National Weather Service
lindajewell
15 years ago
I'm sittin' here wishing she would come a little closer to us, we are so very dry and right now the weatherheads are saying we only have a slight chance of showers.......however I remember when Ivan paid us a big time visit, don't want that again!
andie_rathbone
15 years ago
Looks like here we go again with Ike moving into the Gulf. I was just talking about this with a couple of friends at lunch today. My fiend Ann has a beach house near Galveston & she was saying they had dodged the hurricane bullet for about 20 years now, but one day, sooner or later, the odds were going to catch up with them & that would be that. She's hoping this isn't the storm, but at least she has all the insurance a human being can buy.
mary_md7
15 years ago
Andie, I saw this morning at the NHC website that Ike turned into the Gulf. Hopefully, the storm will diminish.

My nephew is returning to NOLA today after his third hurricane evacuation from Tulane (Labor Day weekends 2004, 2005, and last week). I sure hope NOLA and that area of the coast don't take another hit.
andie_rathbone
15 years ago
Linda C's grandson is also at Tulane. He got to evacuate in 2005 even before he started his Freshman year & just got back from Austin due to the evacuation for Gustav. I agree. Enough is enough for 2008.
minnie_tx
15 years ago
Last week got everything off the back porch and stuff that could fly in the house We thought Gustav was going to sit over us for days up here in NE Tx. Rita was supposed to do the same thing but we had little rain and nice weather. I don't envy anyone getting any of those winds. I've been in too many in Miami.It was before Rita that DS and I each got Flood Insurance.
meldy_nva
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15 years ago
We were far enough inland to just get the edges of Hannah as she strolled up the coast. 7Â½" rain in less than 6 hours; a little wind (40 to 50mph) for a few hours. And that was that. We actually had a couple storms this spring that were far worse, dumping 8" and 12" of rain and with wind blowing @ 60 mph; but those incidents weren't named. I suppose that is why one neighbor kept muttering while picking up broken branches, "That storm. Oh, that basterd of a storm." Now, around here, Hannah didn't do enough damage to be worth a mutter.
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15 years ago
It looks like Ike is going to follow approximately the same path as Gustav, although it's too early to really pin point where it will make landfall. My worry is that if they call for another evacuation of the same people who just went home last week, many will just say "Thanks, but no thanks" & decide to ride it out.

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