Hurricane Matthew

Should I be worried about you? Now while we try and sober up @ghrit, it would be great to have the rest of our monkeys in the warning areas check in when they can.

 

When the hurricane looks like a skull you know it isn't going to be good...

 

Lets see, here in Myrtle Beach....The governor has pissed all the small business owners off by issuing evacuation orders today (Charleston) and tomorrow (Myrtle Beach) for a storm that is arriving Saturday. Schools let out yesterday until Tuesday.Millions of bottles of bottled water and almost as much bread and milk are gone from the store shelves. Idjits are buying generators and plywood and as much gas as they have containers for. (I will confess to buying some pimento cheese and a 2 liter Pepsi). And now, 3 nights from impact, I sit here thinking about how the emergency management folks have severely over reacted and how next time no one will listen. Especially now that we won't get much more than 40 mph winds.

 

You guys and gals need to watch people and their attitudes during this frenzy to stock up.

 

I'm ready but hope it stays off the coast... earlier models had it running between my AO and @hot diggity ...

 

@Witch Doctor 01 hopefully it will turn East but so far they are predicting weather in your area




Another chart:

 

As of this morning.............

 

This time next week I'll think back on the weekend and see if I would have even known that Hurricane Matthew had passed this way, or if it just felt like the beginning of fall.

The departure of tourists was pretty much done at the beaches here by October 1 when locals and their dogs took over the beach.

 

Glad to hear it because after this article: CleanEnergy Footprints » Archive » What if Hurricane Matthew Hits Florida’s Nuclear Reactors? Makes me think twice about nuke facilities.

 

Think I would freeze a lot of water!
Never know when a hurricane party will kick off.

 

Yep, I never visit the OBX until all the damn Tourons are gone..

 

Glad to hear it because after this article: CleanEnergy Footprints » Archive » What if Hurricane Matthew Hits Florida’s Nuclear Reactors? Makes me think twice about nuke facilities.

the ending sumup is
"Hopefully nothing in Florida or elsewhere is affected. We hope everyone stays safe. But as we face more and more such challenges, it’s imperative that we become more energy resilient in the face of climate change. Thankfully there are answers - smart energy choices can keep the lights on!"

they don't tell us anything

 

this is the best site

 

It's better to have and not need than need and not have... I hope that it follows the expected track but this past week we had 5+ inches of rain... rivers are high, the ground is saturated... I expect there to be downed trees and power lines... and although not shown by WITN there are still tracks that bring it closer to land and at least one that has it coming through eastern NC... so I guess it depends on how much you believe the weather folks... As for me this is one of the reasons I prep...
YMMV

 

Lucky me, my TV station has one of the best meteorologists in the country....He says Myrtle Beach impact would be 3-5" of rain and 35-40 mph gusts. Now for the news, there is food on the shelves and enough State Troopers, State Guard, National Guard, and SLED agents here to start a war with a small country. The cops kinda make me nervous because the response does not match the threat.