Hurricane coming our way:(

Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles

Good news!!
A friend of mine just said the weather specialist at her friend's job said it should be down to a tropical storm by the time it reaches me! So I checked the weather channel's projection and it shows it making landfall as a cat 1 and being far north of me the next day as a tropical storm!

I know it's still has its dangers and things; but it's an improvement that may save lives and properties. We have had some showers this afternoon that I see are part of the storm! But we aren't really expecting it to begin for another 24 hours. Monday's forecast is sunshine. Pure, beautiful sunshine.

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See? I told you that if Gary and I are ready, it means this thing will calm down!

Originally Posted by LDG

Knowing there's a storm like this coming (well, not sure exactly where you are, but if you're battening down the hatches.... ), wouldn't you keep your cats inside even just for the day or two?

But of course, prayers and vibes out to everyone (and their kitties) to be safe!!!!!!

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I have two inside full time (DLH and F3 Savannah), the older DSH comes in every night and on hot or wet days. The younger DSH comes in when it is wet or to eat but spends a great deal of summer outdoors.

But winter is of course the opposite scheduled for the indoor/outdoor two.

Anyway tonight the indoor/outdoor two are locked in . Lets say pray no one kills each other or me . No one is in danger but my sanity sure is .

Good luck everyone!

Stay safe.

Originally Posted by parsleysage

Amy, is that Kure Beach?

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Good eye! The second picture is Kure Beach! The first one is from Oak Island, I think. People have set up a facebook group for everyone in the Wilmington area who is riding it out. It's really helpful because they're posting updates constantly about specific areas. According to one post, there's already 2-4 inches of standing water in my parking lot. If any of you have friends in the southeastern NC area, definitely check it out. Thousands of people are posting updates!
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?ei...1372637&ref=ts

Originally Posted by kluchetta

How did Bowser do? I know when we pack, the kitties fight to get into the suitcases, LOL!

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Ohh, it wasn't good. He's usually alright other than a bit of sassiness when we first get in the car, then he sleeps! He definitely knew something was up and I had to drag him out from under the bed. He was howling/gurgling/etc on the way out to the car, and my neighbor was leaving at the same time and said "Boy, that cat sounds angry!". I replied "You should see his face!" but realized he probably wouldn't understand

Awwwwww, Bowser!

I just heard an interesting statistic. In this storm, 46 million people will likely experience winds of 50 mph for 12 hours or more.

Originally Posted by LDG

Awwwwww, Bowser!

I just heard an interesting statistic. In this storm, 46 million people will likely experience winds of 50 mph for 12 hours or more.

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And? I experienced winds of 50 mph for 3 years straight in Casper, Wyoming!!! BAHAHAHA (sorry, not trying to diminish anything) Hope every one is fine through this storm!

Originally Posted by kluchetta

And? I experienced winds of 50 mph for 3 years straight in Casper, Wyoming!!! BAHAHAHA (sorry, not trying to diminish anything) Hope every one is fine through this storm!

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Wow...that had to make for a lot of bad hair days!

Just to say STAY SAFE all you folk and kitties in the path of the storm

Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles

Wow...that had to make for a lot of bad hair days!

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Yeah, for the non-coastals affected by the storm, I was wondering if the rain and 50 mph winds are really that bad? Obviously the storm reporters make it sound so scary... but Gary and I have driven the RV through worse. The RV and other big rigs on the road were definitely tilted sideways as the winds blew, and it was a little scary. But parked.... ?????? The slightly worrying thing is being surrounded by trees in already saturated soil conditions.

I'm not worried about the rain, it's the wind that scares me. I live in the woods, my trees are all WAY taller than my house, and some of them look less than perfect.

I have all my supplies, and I'm hoping everyone in harms way is ok!

Well; it's raining here! I got up around 9:30 this morning after not falling asleep till after 5...and sleeping fitfully after that. Basically the guy on the radio said it's gonna rain till tomorrow afternoon. The heaviest for us is overnight.

Keep us in your prayers. Its so hard to feel isolated; especially with a little one.

The good news is that my neighbors got a generator so they will be able to get water after the storm; should we need any more. I'm still praying we are far enough inland that we don't need that at all.

Is it tomorrow yet?

Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles

Well; it's raining here!

I got up around 9:30 this morning after not falling asleep till after 5...and sleeping fitfully after that. Basically the guy on the radio said it's gonna rain till tomorrow afternoon. The heaviest for us is overnight.

Keep us in your prayers. Its so hard to feel isolated; especially with a little one.

The good news is that my neighbors got a generator so they will be able to get water after the storm; should we need any more. I'm still praying we are far enough inland that we don't need that at all.

Is it tomorrow yet?

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All I can say is I know how you feel.


I am posting this photo since someone told me you would all appreciate my sense of humor. So here it goes:

Yes that was on my front lawn yesterday .

Things are starting to get a little scary here. This morning when I woke up I checked everything and thought we were only going to get a little storm, but the winds are really picking up.

Here's a video of the wind & rain I just shot a few minutes ago: - sorry, I always forget to hold my iPhone in landscape view when taking a video.

I took another video about a half hour before and the wind noise in the background was 1/3 of the noise in the above video. I don't have to work my second job tonight thank goodness because the store lost power - so glad my manager got to go home. I still have power, though. Hope it sticks! I filled up the bathtub with water and have my flashlights, candles, etc.

EVERYONE STAY SAFE PLEASE!

Originally Posted by AimerLee

Good eye! The second picture is Kure Beach! The first one is from Oak Island, I think. People have set up a facebook group for everyone in the Wilmington area who is riding it out. It's really helpful because they're posting updates constantly about specific areas. According to one post, there's already 2-4 inches of standing water in my parking lot. If any of you have friends in the southeastern NC area, definitely check it out. Thousands of people are posting updates!

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Thanks! My grandparents have a second house in Wilmington and I used to spend so much time down there when I was young that it almost feels like I grew up there. Hoping everyone is all right

We due to have at least 10" (yes, you read that right!) of rain tonight and early tomorrow. We've already had several heavy rains the past 2 weeks, and that will be on top of that amount.

Should have built that ark last week!

This will be a very weird weather week here--first, an earthquake, now a hurricane.

Originally Posted by MargeCat

This will be a very weird weather week here--first, an earthquake, now a hurricane.

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Where are you? I'm in Richmond. I totally agree about the weather! Although I reckon an earthquake doesn't count as weather

I took a video last year of Earl as it nailed us. Was only a tropical storm at this point but as you can see around 1:25, the winds were pretty darn strong. Love the trees being so close. I couldn't sleep because they kept hitting the window.
That was Buddy's first real storm and he wasn't even scared. He sat there in the window through most of it. He just didn't like the rain hitting him.

Irene is expected to miss us for the most part, although we are getting a good dumping of rain tomorrow and wind gusts around 60km/h (roughly 40mph). Nothing serious though. Hope everyone is staying safe down south.

Originally Posted by Cat Person

All I can say is I know how you feel.


I am posting this photo since someone told me you would all appreciate my sense of humor. So here it goes:

Yes that was on my front lawn yesterday

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That is toooo funny!! Love it!!

We did have the power flash here but it came right back on. I think it might be because just up the road about 10 miles or so they had an outage that came back on right around then.

DH and I have been folding and organizing laundry.

Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles

That is toooo funny!! Love it!!

We did have the power flash here but it came right back on. I think it might be because just up the road about 10 miles or so they had an outage that came back on right around then.

DH and I have been folding and organizing laundry.

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Glad you liked the photo . I am also glad you did not lose power. Right now I am just playing cat monitor .

All four are inside and two that are indoor/outdoor are very PISSED about the thus far 30 hour lock up.

Well, certain areas of our county are recommended to evacuate due to the potential for flooding. The county earlier this morning recommended the evacuation of the RV Parks. Yeah - that's helpful. Where exactly is everyone supposed to go? Anyone planning to camp for the weekend cancelled, and RV parks for 600 miles west of here are full. The owners of this one did tell all non-seasonal campers to evacuate, and they've all been packing up and rolling.

We did get the crates ready (the car is already packed with any necessary supplies - it always is) just in case... but the only place we'd go is up to the front office. Which, quite frankly, looks less safe than our RV.

Right now they're still projecting it to be a category 1 when it rolls up here, but hopefully they're wrong and it'll just be technically a tropical storm with high winds and a lot of rain. We were in a storm just last summer that dumped 10" in 24 hours with wind gusts up to 60mph. So hopefully county fears are overblown.

Obviously we put the awnings up.

Hmm, well we officially have damage! I am so thankful for how this turned out.

A huge tree next to my apartment fell over and would have landed directly on my car if there hadn't been another tree in the way, which is currently supporting it. (I'm going to go move my car now.)

Here's the video:
Sorry for the heavy breathing haha, I was a little upset.