Hurricane Florence
For those of us in the Carolinas and Virginia this is shaping up to be a hell of a week. Not sure what I fear more though - the hurricane or that it’s Craig James week for Michigan football. Seriously though, wish us luck battening down the hatches this week and the rest of you please hide your hookers (never gets old.)
September 10th, 2018 at 2:13 PM ^
FWIW, there are about a dozen games in the projected path, 4 involving ranked teams:
- Boston College @ Wake Forest
- #18 UCF @ North Carolina
- East Carolina @ #13 Virginia Tech
- Ohio @ Virginia
- Georgia Southern @ #2 Clemson
- #14 West Virginia @ NC State
- Southern Mississippi @ Appalachian State
- Norfolk State @ Liberty
- Old Dominion @ Charlotte
- Campbell @ Coastal Carolina
- Marshall @ South Carolina
September 10th, 2018 at 2:59 PM ^
Florence has me very worried. We had a month of rain, wettest July & August ever in Williamsport, and it had just started to dry out. Yesterday and today we are around 4" of rain and it is still raning hard. The ground is quite saturated.
If Florence runs over us or even close we are going to see horrific flooding. There is nowhere left to put any water. As I write this, my sump pump is running about every 45 seconds.
September 10th, 2018 at 3:00 PM ^
I have a cousin who is vacating Charlotte tomorrow and will be staying with friends up here temporarily. As he only has an apartment, it's a fairly easy decision, I guess.
For those staying, please stay safe. The rainfall projections look frightening and it's still a few days distant.
Actually, all of you currently in the path of one storm or another - looking at the current map now - please take care.
September 10th, 2018 at 3:25 PM ^
I'm halfway between Richmond and Washington DC, so all I expect is some neutered wind and a buttload of rain. Fortunately, I live on a hill, so I'm not worried about flooding. However, I'm surrounded by trees - a fair number of them are scrub pine that lost most of their buddies (they rely on each other for support). Hopefully, they fall away from the house, if they're going to fall.
Otherwise, I have the shopping list from the wife for milk sandwiches. And I finally Prime'd a new carburetor for my generator, so hopefully I'll have that running Wednesday in case it's needed to watch the game.
September 10th, 2018 at 9:52 PM ^
Similar. I live in Richmond at the top of Church Hill so I am having trouble taking the threat seriously. I’ll at least put away my patio furniture and get the flashlight out, but if we actually lose power I’ll be annoyed.
September 10th, 2018 at 3:27 PM ^
Stay safe. Prayers for you and yours.
September 10th, 2018 at 3:35 PM ^
Best of luck to all of you on the East Coast. Last year at this time we were dealing with flooding here in Houston from a storm. When they tell you to move just move away from it.
September 10th, 2018 at 9:29 PM ^
Get out if they say get out. Our family had to evacuate a year ago but we were fortunate unlike some of our neighbors. Many here are still rebuilding.
September 10th, 2018 at 3:42 PM ^
I hope every climate change denier in the path of this hurricane loses everything.
September 10th, 2018 at 3:48 PM ^
I live in Charlotte and people have already gone a little crazy in the grocery stores... Hopefully this storm will not take any lives... Power better stay on so I can just sit my lazy self down and eat Pho and watch us beat up on SMU... Thankfully the Panthers are travelling to the ATL before the storm hits the SE... Cam will lead the boys to another W...
September 10th, 2018 at 9:26 PM ^
I was supposed to travel to Durham for a job interview...thanks Florence. Go Blue!
September 10th, 2018 at 9:49 PM ^
From one who lives in S. Florida, stay safe and good luck!!!
September 11th, 2018 at 12:17 AM ^
I just found this video on-line.
Can we send Coach Orgeron down to Wilmington, NC --- and then the hurricane will go in a different direction just so it doesn't have to face Orgeron's wrath?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5SgeIJtgVM
September 11th, 2018 at 10:05 AM ^
I am in Virginia across the river from D.C. and am not sure how to feel about it. I mostly just expect rainy weather, but latest forecasts have it track further north so with a landfall in central NC rather down in SC, which ups the threat for the DMV as well. Its been rainy here all summer, and we seemingly get a flood warning biweekly so 5 inches of rain even would probably cause some problems in the area.