now where did I put my umbrella?

[ukgimp]

merely a slight breeze?

[Rumbas]

Everyday weather it seems, though the palm trees are a bit unusual

[Travoli]

Now appears to be on a bullseye path to hit Travoli and rcjordan.  6am water run successful. 
Currently 83 degrees and sunny, nothing to see here.

[Rupert]

Travoli what do you mean by

6am water run successful.

[dogboy]

he said he needed to go get a bunch of bottles of water in case they turn the water off...

[Rupert]

He did.
We get notice when the water is turned off in the UK. Just never logged it.

Like Japan/New Zealand/ Lbyia/Egypt and all the other unrests, riots, earth quakes floods and storms;  they are never quite real unless you are in them.

So good luck to you Guys, I do hope you come out the other side unscathed.

Are we getting more than usual these last few years?  certainly feels like it.

[keano]

Best of luck folks - stay safe.

[dogboy]

We only got hit with 4 bands of strong rain so far... if I hadn't had watched the news, I wouldn't have even thought twice about them. But it definitely looks grim up North. Carolinas are in harms way, without question... 

Good luck.

[mick g]

we had a bad storm during the night and I heard a loud noise so went out to investigate what it was and I could not believe the damage and devastation caused to the rear garden



only joking and I hope everyone is OK come this time next week

[dogboy]

I guess that's...

Furniture:1
Coconuts:0

[Gurtie]

looks bad Mick - best stock up on essential supplies and dig in for the weekend

Are we getting more than usual these last few years?  certainly feels like it.

I've been wondering that. Or perhaps it just gets reported more and/or I take more notice now?

[dogboy]

2 dead and 200000 without power in North Carolina, so far. 

[ukgimp]

It's all a bit crazy. I hope you are all alright.

My only suggestion is you start building stuff out of bricks. We do and it stays up for ages.

Good luck

[rcjordan]

The eye is passing over or just outside my town now.  The strength is much diminished, just barely a hurricane.  I'm in town now (no power at the house).  Some flooding in the lowest areas. 

[rcjordan]

<added>

Winds here just reported at 75mph.

Rupert asked earlier about tides.   Due to local quirky geography we don't have lunar tides but wind tides.  An average hurricane raises or lowers the water level about 4 feet pending on the direction it approaches from.  Because we're so flat, rising water is more like a slow-motion tsunami rather than a flash flood.  Again, it has more to do with wind direction and the speed the hurricane is moving across land than wind speed.  Some of our worst floods have been caused by relatively weak hurricanes.  From what I've been able to observe so far this one is slightly higher than 4 feet and may peak in an hour or so.

Travoli lives where they DO have lunar tides.  If it hits at a high tide there, his city is screwed.