east coast people, how ya doing with the storm?

We lost power once already Luckly it came back one. It is supposed to get really bad here around 2:00am! How is everyone else doing?

I am in Jacksonville, NC, about halfway between Wilmington and The Outer Banks, and we were barely touched by it. There was wind and rain, of course, but the power never went out. Out internet was off line for a few hours, but that was it. I slept through most of it.
Our area was very blessed, and I hope the rest of you in the storm's path are equally as fortunate.

Please guys be careful!!! I'm so worried about all of you out East!!!

I like semi bad storms. As long as no people or animals are hurt. I love watching the rain and the lighting and stuff.

We've had a little rain and some strong winds, according to WeatherBug, the highest gust so far has been 44 mph. Nothing like we were expecting it to be. Tybalt feels cheated since this is the first hurricane he has experienced first hand.

I hope all of the Cats on the East Coast Are doing alright in all of this.

Hang in there!

There's a storm going on?

Seriously, I know the peak of it isn't supposed to be until around dawn-ish for my area (or so the local news said around 6pm last night), but besides a little wind, nothing is really going on outside. Hopefully nothing major will happen.

No much going on here just catching some of the tale winds from the storm.

I'm afraid those affected by this have probably either turned off their computers for safety's sake or lost power.

I'm waiting it out until the wind gusts are stronger... I hate being without my internet connection.

I just read on the enws that the storm is starting to weaken, but 3 people were killed .

Is everyone okay? I know you probably wont sit at your computers for a while, but when you're here - say hi...

be safe!

We got rain and winds, like what Sue said, since I'm in the same general area.

The big surprise for me is that my school district closed today! In the past, we have had to go when it was snowing. I guess our new superintendent has different ideas about school closing. It works for me, because I am also taking a grad class, and a free day will give me so much time to catch up, especially since it's the weekend.

I don't even have housework to do, because my s/o has been taken over by aliens and has assumed the responsibility of taking care of household chores.

I hope those of you in the harder hit areas are doing fine, I was thinking about Kellye yesterday, how close to the coast are you?

Sue, tell Tybalt that usually this far inland we sometimes have floods and windier conditions, not much else. I remember hurricane Agnes in the early 70s. The streets in my town were covered, and the houses closest to the river had water up to the second floor.

Bren - thanks for thinking of me. The hurricane barely touched us here in the mountains of western NC - winds are the only thing going here, but they have died down this morning. Its a beautiful day out.

Last night, the sky was an amazing blue - I had never seen that shade and the clouds were awesome.

Storm wasn't too bad here! We have some branches down, but all and all everything is okay

I'm in about 60 miles southwest of DC. The eye passed right over us and we had sustained winds of 40 with gusts up to 70 but no damage to us or any family members, and I haven't heard of anyone injured at all.(My stepdad has a scanner and would have let me know.) We were without power for about 6 hours last night and still don't have cable service.

We honestly don't know how my aunt and uncles house stood up, they live in Nags Head NC about a mile from the beach. They are fine though, staying with my grandmother along with their furbabies the dog Rommel, and the cat Tank. My sister lives near Virginia Beach and is fine physically though without power, or phone servcie. Her car was smoooshed by a falling tree. The car was parked at the time, and we're not sure how bad the damage is, but it isn't good.

I woke up the middle of the night with a throbbing pressure related migraine. Ouch that hurts!

The worst of the storm will be hitting us in Southern Ontario around noon (3 hours from now). Right now it is raining pretty hard and the average wind speed has been between around 60kph. It is expected that the winds will reach 100kph before it's over. Also there is a flood warning in Niagara Region and north of Toronto.

Hopefully my house will be ok since I really don't want this old house to be wind or flood tested right now! Hang on Skykitty and Sammie5, it will soon be over.

Here's some trivia for those who own/rent in Ontario. Right now no insurance company provides flood insurance (I just heard that on CityTV)! You can get optional sewer backup coverage, but there is no specific flood insurance available.

It was not fun getting to work in this weather! It is even going to be less fun on the bus ride home!

Everyone be safe and hug your kitties!

Wind, rain, and some high surf here. Nothing that bad though!

We just got rain and slightly heavy winds. They were predicting it would hit today, but I think the worst hit overnight-when I came into work a little over an hour ago, it was pouring. There was some flooding along the edges of roads and under bridges. Now, it's just raining steadily.