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Hurricane Gustav

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But I was counting on Dargaritas to ward off the humid electricless state.

Hmm, I understand. But as far as electricless, that's not a problem. I come prepared. My generator will power a fan, the fridge, tv and cable box or satellite, two lamps and a window air conditioner unit so it's not too bad. :biggrin:
 
OK, so I am listening to WWL this morning and the meteorologist is saying that the track changed so much overnight because the National Hurricane Center didn't have the true center of the storm correct yesterday (yet another thing we can blame on George Bush;-)). She opined that our first realistic track would be coming out later today.
If you are interested in 24/7 hurricane hysteria you can stream WWL here: http://www.wwl.com/
 
OK, so I am listening to WWL this morning and the meteorologist is saying that the track changed so much overnight because the National Hurricane Center didn't have the true center of the storm correct yesterday (yet another thing we can blame on George Bush;-)). She opined that our first realistic track would be coming out later today.
If you are interested in 24/7 hurricane hysteria you can stream WWL here: http://www.wwl.com/

hurricane hysteria :bang::bang: I just wanna see some football!!:wave:
 
No worries, I'll let you stay there with me. ;-) I have already made reservations at the Darghotel if they leave. :floor:

well, you can join us at the bay and be okay in most cases. but if its predicted to be cat III or above we evacuate to Bham (family) where it always follows and we still end up in a storm and without power. many friends head over to Disney for a funn family vacay.


I am already worn out from messing with Gustav.:bang:
 
I am already worn out from messing with Gustav.:bang:

I wouldn't be packing my bags yet; however, early planning reservations are good. :biggrin:

Hey, if you evacuate will you leave Skunky, Punzy and I some Dargaritas in the fridge. :funn: Sorry, I had to do it. :blush:
 
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One way to keep important papers & photos safe and easily accessible is to put them on a disk or the internet. You can easily scan documents and have a disk w/ pdfs instead of a stack of paper.

I have a dedicated gmail address that I email my pictures to for additional backup.
 
Local weatherman reminded us last night that 5-day-out predictions have an average error of 300 miles. Wonder what the average error is for 4 days out. . . . .:blink:
 
Local weatherman reminded us last night that 5-day-out predictions have an average error of 300 miles. Wonder what the average error is for 4 days out. . . . .:blink:
I would think the room for error decreases with time. I have often noticed that many Hurricanes like to take a quick right just before landfall.:blink:
 
Local weatherman reminded us last night that 5-day-out predictions have an average error of 300 miles. Wonder what the average error is for 4 days out. . . . .:blink:

Yep, 5 days out they were saying Katrina would make landfall in Seagrove Beach, so I take most of their early predictions w/ a shaker of salt!
 
Maybe a silly question but how far does one need to go to off the coast to get to safety?
BeachSi02 called it, going north, expect heavy rains, possible flooding, tornadoes, power outages, far up into Alabama and GA.
With Hurricane Ivan, there was really bad flooding around Asheville, North Carolina. Sometimes tornadoes and inland flooding are far more dangerous than the coast. ...

Funny you say that. I left town for Ivan, and went back to my former home of Asheville for a week. We got heavy rains, light winds for about three or four days. It was the most rainfall in over 100 years. I have photos of Biltmore Village completely underwater. The French-Broad River was about to top the really tall bridge. I waited long enough, and when the rain stopped, I decided to head back to FL to see if I had a house. I was trapped. Couldn't go my usual way home through Biltmore Village. River Road was also under water. Tried to go leave via the west side of town, trapped again. East route of town also flooded by the river, so I had to drive north and scoot around Asheville -- crazy.
 
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