Actually you are correct RCI...but its a 10" rain swath...and more. EDIT: You are actually correct with the 5" rain..but thats at hour 70..it ends up to be well over that in the last model..over 10 when its all said and done.
Get a stock of non-perishable food and bottled water. Considering the floods contaminating the water supply, I would say a lot of bottled water. And if you don't have natural gas in your home, better find a way to cook, because you're going to be trying to prepare all the food in your fridge and freezer before it spoils. I guess having a generator would solve this problem, but most of us don't; and even if you do, it might be a week before you can get more diesel to run it on. If you live under any trees, cross your fingers. During Hugo, several were uprooted in my yard, just dumb luck none fell on the house. When Hugo hit my area, the sustained winds were 65mph. This storm is supposed to still be at 65mph all the way through Maine and into Canada.The part of the country I live in is over what's called the Piedmont Slate Belt, an area uplifted from the sandhills to the coast with constant creeks and rivers for runoff, so flooding was never my problem. But you guys have to add that to the equation. Here, people still measure time as "before Hugo" and "after Hugo" and its been 22 years since it hit. I live over 200 miles inland, and it was still that bad. This one will be every bit as powerful, a Cat 4 offshore. I hate thinking I'm scaring anybody, but I hope I can make a few people think twice about just brushing this off as just another big storm.
We are expecting a half to an 1" tonight to get the ground nice and saturated before the big one hits.
To think that some folks looked at me funny when I picked up 4 cases of water and a shitload of batteries at Costco yesterday. Other than doing that, having double gas for the BBQ, gas in the cars' tanks, not much else to be done here.
We are getting the super annoying outer bands down here... Lets get high wind and rain for 2 minutes and then nothing...And repeat...
I'm moving back to school the day that it hits, I plan on everyone freaking the fuck out while I take a nap. Growing up in Florida finally pays off.
Assuming you go to school further north, I look forward to you finding out that the north isn't as prepared as Florida for Hurricanes.
The infrastructure is more prepared however. Building codes are designed around hurricanes. Plant life has survived higher winds and the sandy soil absorbs the water better. In the north the buildings aren't built for the winds, the plants(trees) aren't exposed to high winds on a regular basis and the soil can be thicker. If this thing goes through central Mass, the wailing of pastes fans will be amazing to watch. I'll grant that the people in Florida can be much dumber than the rest of the country, the Dolphins prove that.
The more I see about this, the more I don't like it. Looks like Saturday morning I might be emptying out my backyard and getting ready for this sucker. I'm praying to God (Revis?) that this is somehow down to a Cat 1 or a TS by the time it gets up here. It's also times like this when I'm happy we're neither right on the coast or in a "flood zone." The last rental we had had a basement that used to flood all the time. Let's keep our fingers crossed this thing somehow turns out to sea enough to avoid the real bad stuff.
If this thing's still looking like a hit on Saturday, would you guys think taking a small AC window unit out of the window would be a good idea? It's in pretty tight, but it's a 2nd story window and just another projectile if it somehow becomes dislodged. I'm thinking I should just remove it from the window for now...
hahahah...what? I'm serious. I should take it out, right? And to think, I restrained myself from taking a shot at you because the good folks at Costco were laughing at you for "what you were buying." Stupid me. A door opens, I should have walked in.
Me not being a weatherman at all I'm thinking it will veer off to sea a bit since storms always do when they reach our area. A foot of rain is going to be crazy though.. I honestly don't know what to expect.
Hah! Is the thing "braced" down below? If not, I would take it out. You're just inviting water and wind intrusion, especially if all you have on either side of the AC unit is some plastic louvers to keep the hot air out. By the way, thankful that I'm the owner of a minivan with a 110 volt outlet in the tailgate, as it's the only way that I think I'll be able to power my sump pump come Sunday (assuming that the power grid goes down the shitter).
