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Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 6:20 pm
by Bob Juch
Arthur's messing-up some folk's vacation week. Peak winds are supposed to be up to 85 MPH.
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2014 8:33 pm
by SpacemanSpiff
I have some friends who have a house down there, and they just posted on Facebook they're going to ride it out.
Let's hope that it's not a foolish decision. Even if the house survives, I've seen roads get messed up in hurricanes (not to mention utilities and supplies).
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:18 am
by Bob Juch
Arthur is now a Cat 1 hurricane and is battering the South Carolina coast from Charleston to Myrtle Beach.
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:06 am
by christie1111
So glad I got out of NC yesterday. Even then the delays were bad due to weather in Hartford but they were cancelling flights due to thunderstorms.
Today it would have been worse for other reasons.
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 8:59 am
by Bob Juch
christie1111 wrote:So glad I got out of NC yesterday. Even then the delays were bad due to weather in Hartford but they were cancelling flights due to thunderstorms.
Today it would have been worse for other reasons.
Not here in Raleigh. We can't tell there's anything abnormal --- yet --- the rain won't be here until about 6 PM. It's humid as hell though.
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:15 am
by christie1111
Bob Juch wrote:christie1111 wrote:So glad I got out of NC yesterday. Even then the delays were bad due to weather in Hartford but they were cancelling flights due to thunderstorms.
Today it would have been worse for other reasons.
Not here in Raleigh. We can't tell there's anything abnormal --- yet --- the rain won't be here until about 6 PM. It's humid as hell though.
Yeah, and it was crystal clear in BWI yesterday when my flight was delayed due to weather so I am sure a hurricane nearby will not have any effect on flights in the area.
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:20 am
by Bob Juch
christie1111 wrote:Bob Juch wrote:christie1111 wrote:So glad I got out of NC yesterday. Even then the delays were bad due to weather in Hartford but they were cancelling flights due to thunderstorms.
Today it would have been worse for other reasons.
Not here in Raleigh. We can't tell there's anything abnormal --- yet --- the rain won't be here until about 6 PM. It's humid as hell though.
Yeah, and it was crystal clear in BWI yesterday when my flight was delayed due to weather so I am sure a hurricane nearby will not have any effect on flights in the area.
Not until tomorrow at BWI.
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:32 am
by themanintheseersuckersuit
Put a Hurricane alert together with the 4th and what do you get?
I just got word to bring hotdogs and buns to the beach as the stores are cleaned out of them
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 9:33 am
by Bob Juch
The National Hurricane Center is forecasting Hurricane Arthur will become a Category 2 storm when it passes near North Carolina late Thursday. Arthur now has sustained winds of 90 mph and is about 233 miles south of Raleigh.
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:19 pm
by TheConfessor
Bob Juch wrote:christie1111 wrote:So glad I got out of NC yesterday. Even then the delays were bad due to weather in Hartford but they were cancelling flights due to thunderstorms.
Today it would have been worse for other reasons.
Not here in Raleigh. We can't tell there's anything abnormal --- yet --- the rain won't be here until about 6 PM. It's humid as hell though.
Arthur Mometer says it's currently 79 degrees in Raleigh. But it feels like 82.
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Ra ... C+USNC0558
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 3:31 pm
by Bob Juch
TheConfessor wrote:Bob Juch wrote:christie1111 wrote:So glad I got out of NC yesterday. Even then the delays were bad due to weather in Hartford but they were cancelling flights due to thunderstorms.
Today it would have been worse for other reasons.
Not here in Raleigh. We can't tell there's anything abnormal --- yet --- the rain won't be here until about 6 PM. It's humid as hell though.
Arthur Mometer says it's currently 79 degrees in Raleigh. But it feels like 82.
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Ra ... C+USNC0558
The front got here so it's 88% humidity but it's only 76° now.
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:18 pm
by Bob Juch
There's a tornado warning south of Tarboro now.
So far the only known casualty tonight has been "Jeopardy!"
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 6:37 pm
by SpacemanSpiff
Bob Juch wrote:There's a tornado warning south of Tarboro now.
So far the only known casualty tonight has been "Jeopardy!"
It could be worse. One of the local stations pulled "Dr Phil" because of weather reports, including a tornado warning, a few years ago, and opened up a phone bank for folks to call in to report what was happening in their neighborhood. Pretty much 70% of the calls were folks beefing that they'd taken off "Dr. Phil."
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 7:30 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
Go to Facebook and look for Frying Pan tower. They have posted some awesome video
Re: Hatteras Island evacuated
Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2014 11:39 pm
by Estonut
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:Go to Facebook and look for Frying Pan tower. They have posted some awesome video
Screw Facebook