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PennyPauper
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 Posted - 09/01/2010 : 14:53:17
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Anyone on the east coast starting to get worried? It's been awhile since we have been hit. I keep checking the reports and seems like they agree it will only graze the coast. On the radar loops it seems it is heading right for the Carolinas but hopefully the high pressure system inland will force him out. Hope anyone in the way is prepared.
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stateofmind
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Posted - 09/01/2010 : 16:04:36
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Mikep2020
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USA
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 08:49:33
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| There was a news report last night that people were just brushing the whole thing off and still keeping their plans to vacation on nantucket and marthas vineyard this weekend. NUTS! I would not want to be on an island off the coast of massachusetts this weekend. My office is on the water on boston harbor and the authorities here are preping the docks around my building for ships to come in and ride out the storm. They demanded all cars to be off the lower peir level due to concerns that the ocean will rise and overflow onto the peir level and wash cars away. Any car need to be moved to the second level deck by friday afternoon. I already have my preps at home to ride this out, plus i'm on a hill so not worried about flooding, but I am nervous that this storm could track inland, my place is only 12 miles inland from boston harbor. |
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 09:29:49
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With hurricanes you just never know what it will or can do. I hope anyone in the projected path is prepared and will listen to authorities to evacuate if necessary. Sometimes it isn't the hurricane itself but the tornadoes that can be spawned by the system that can be the worst case scenario.
Exactly six years ago today was the last day I ever drove on a highway (have just moved our vehicles about in our large yard since so husband can mow) and it was to take personal items to a more secure location we wanted kept safe in case our home was destroyed during Hurricane Francis that hit Florida over Labor Day weekend, 2004.
We had been hit by Hurricane Charlie on Friday the 13th of August that same year and before September, 2004 ended we had to evacuate for Hurricane Jeanne that took almost the same path that Hurricane Francis did. We had also evacuated for Hurricane Ivan but we were able to head home after a few days when the path changed to miss us as it headed towards the Panhandle of Florida/Alabama/Louisiana area.
That was not a fun year at all. 
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 10:16:45
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i grew up in florida. i think by the time it gets to boston its not going to have hurricane force winds - that is very rare. 12 miles inland you should not have to worry too much about storm surge flooding unless you are closer to a river or inlet or something. if you take a direct hit, expect power to be out for 2 weeks. expect roads to be impassible due to fallen trees and power lines. municipal water supplies could be out that long. flooding could be bad in low lying areas. this is what to prepare for, not a prediction. in 2006 or 7, i think 3 or 4 storms hit florida in a matter of a couple of weeks. power and water took a month in some places. people had to walk to distribution areas to get fresh water. luckily a lot of folks had swimming pools and could bathe in them. it helped having a wagon to carry your water home in. gas powered chain saw is very handy as well.
fwiw, here is a pic of a boy scout camp in ft. lauderdale i went to as a kid. its about 12-14 miles inland. when i was a kid it was out in the boonies, but now its surrounded by some nice homes. anyway, it was mostly mature pine trees, probably 50 - 80 feet tall.
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PreservingThePast
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 12:12:02
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Originally posted by Lemon Thrower
i grew up in florida. i think by the time it gets to boston its not going to have hurricane force winds - that is very rare. 12 miles inland you should not have to worry too much about storm surge flooding unless you are closer to a river or inlet or something. if you take a direct hit, expect power to be out for 2 weeks. expect roads to be impassible due to fallen trees and power lines. municipal water supplies could be out that long. flooding could be bad in low lying areas. this is what to prepare for, not a prediction. in 2006 or 7, i think 3 or 4 storms hit florida in a matter of a couple of weeks. power and water took a month in some places. people had to walk to distribution areas to get fresh water. luckily a lot of folks had swimming pools and could bathe in them. it helped having a wagon to carry your water home in. gas powered chain saw is very handy as well.
fwiw, here is a pic of a boy scout camp in ft. lauderdale i went to as a kid. its about 12-14 miles inland. when i was a kid it was out in the boonies, but now its surrounded by some nice homes. anyway, it was mostly mature pine trees, probably 50 - 80 feet tall.
In 2004 Florida was hit with hurricanes one right after another. People smack dab in the center of the state were without power, water, etc. for weeks. Passengers on planes flying in to OIA would see a sea of blue tarps on roofs of homes for months and months after wards.
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Beau
Penny Pincher Member
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 13:26:51
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I`am in La. I still have a silver tarp on my roof, that was in 2005 Rita.
ALLSTATE IS MY INSURANCE COMPANY.
we are going to court soon I hope.
they have what is called the Mckinsey documents that the pay from, which is a way the documents were wrote, by Mckinzey.
ALLSTATE`s profit went from 25 cents profit on the dollar to 65 cents on the dollar.
a judge in Arizona ordered the documents to be on his desk, with a fine of $3,000 per hour until he received them.
ALLSTATE paid in 3 days.
my house had a $3,600 estimate after the hurricane, now they will have to rebuild it.
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jonflyfish
Penny Hoarding Member
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 16:35:51
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| Sitting here in sunny Savannah GA with Earl just off the coast. But you'd never know it without media. There are supposed to be some big waves crashing on the beaches tomorrow and the air temp will be even warmer than today. |
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Delawhere Jack
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 17:45:19
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I'm not too worried here in northern DE, I'm fairly high up. We could, and often do, get a lot of street flooding due to rain and overflowing streams.
My sister and her husband live right on a good sized river within sight of the Cheasapeake Bay. Their property flooded several years back when hurricane Floyd paid a visit. Luckily the house was designed and built with this in mind. They were homebound for a day or so, and got water in the garage, but no major issues. This one shouldn't cause that flooding since it will be passing well to the east.
Good luck all!
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Delawhere Jack
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Posted - 09/02/2010 : 17:47:17
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Lemon Thrower
1000+ Penny Miser Member
USA
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Posted - 09/03/2010 : 05:29:46
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