Hurricane Florence - September 2018

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South Carolina - evacuations
Gov. Henry McMaster will order evacuations along South Carolina’s entire 187-mile coastline border starting at noon Tuesday. The evacuations are expected to cover some areas inland prone to flooding, including Berkeley County and parts of Dorchester County. About one out of every five South Carolinians are in the evacuation zones. The eastbound lanes of Interstate 26 heading into Charleston and U.S. 501 into Myrtle Beach will be reversed when the order takes effect, opening all lanes to evacuees.

North Carolina - evacuations
Dare County officials ordered everyone to leave Hatteras Island on Monday. Residents and visitors in popular tourist spots such as Duck and Corolla faced a Tuesday deadline.

Evacuations ordered for SC coast as Hurricane Florence nears, effective Tuesday

Hurricane Florence strengthens to potentially 'catastrophic' Category 4 storm
 
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South Carolina - Mandatory Evacuations
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster ordered the mandatory evacuation of the state's entire 187-mile coastline beginning at 12:00 p.m. Tuesday.

The mandatory evacuation order extends to eight counties along South Carolina's coast:
Jasper
Beaufort
Charleston
Colleton
Dorchester
Berkeley
Georgetown
Horry

Schools, state government offices and medical facilities, including nursing homes in those counties, will be evacuated as well. He estimated that about one million people will be affected by order, including residents and visitors.

Hurricane Florence, now a Category 4 storm, on track to hit East Coast - CNN
 
oh brother

as we thought she is gonna hit cat 5 for a while

as I learned this morning depending on how long she remains in cat 5 zone that is gonna influence storm surge when she goes back to cat 4

that was amazing learning makes so much sense

the eye is a dyson vacuum it is sucking water up
 
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Jax49 said:
TROPICS: Hurricane Florence nearing cat 5 intensity

Florence should now remain as a major hurricane (cat 3+) until making landfall, and in fact may at times even be a cat 5. With increasing confidence, the worst this intensifying hurricane has to offer will be for the Carolinas.
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it gets more depressing

the stall like our jersey girl has lived

is gonna be horrid

why cant that even try dropping dry ice from 145 airplanes

there is nothing to lose but a billion bucks well that is if it worked a 9 billion help

i know it sounds stupid

but try it

rita was like harvey just stopped and destroyed that little island it was over
 
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OK, just got here. As I said, I'm in Wilmington, NC the forecast landfall area. It is totally crazy here and surrounding areas. Gas stations are out of gas, stores are out of water, bread, generators etc. Trucks are suppose to come in tomorrow. I've been so busy getting ready today and I'll be working all day tomorrow as well. A curfew will start here tomorrow at 9pm until 6 pm. All beaches and islands are under mandatory evacuation for tomorrow.
 
Just received a great idea from a neighbor who moved here from Florida. She said that she always has a turkey fryer ready for hurricanes. When power is lost and everyone's food is thawing out in their freezers, everyone in the neighborhoods light up the turkey fryers and cook chicken and rice bogs and boil hams or fry turkeys and seafood etc. and everyone eats well.
 
lonetraveler said:
OK, just got here. As I said, I'm in Wilmington, NC the forecast landfall area. It is totally crazy here and surrounding areas. Gas stations are out of gas, stores are out of water, bread, generators etc. Trucks are suppose to come in tomorrow. I've been so busy getting ready today and I'll be working all day tomorrow as well. A curfew will start here tomorrow at 9pm until 6 pm. All beaches and islands are under mandatory evacuation for tomorrow.
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Stay safe, take important documents with you such as insurance polices, birth certificates, photos, anything that might get lost or damaged in the storm. Hopefully, you won't need those policies but it's good to have in case you need to call in a claim away from home.

A car cellphone charger and/or a battery-backup for your phone is good to have too. Internet and phone might be spotty during and after the storm but it's good to have. I remember not being able to make a call but was able to access Facebook where I was able to check on my elderly parents. Also, a transistor radio - when the cellphone is down a radio is wonderful to have.

We stayed behind with Sandy, but we would never stay for any storm over Cat 2. We had gusts up to 90 with our windows boarded and the house stayed structurally intact but we got a lot of storm surge water damage (we live on a bay cross from a barrier island).
 
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JerseyGirl said:
Stay safe, take important documents with you such as insurance polices, birth certificates, photos, anything that might get lost or damaged in the storm. Hopefully, you won't need those policies but it's good to have in case you need to call in a claim away from home.

A car cellphone charger and/or a battery-backup for your phone is good to have too. Internet and phone might be spotty during and after the storm but it's good to have. I remember not being able to make a call but was able to access Facebook where I was able to check on my elderly parents. Also, a transistor radio - when the cellphone is down a radio is wonderful to have.

We stayed behind with Sandy, but we would never stay for any storm over Cat 2. We had gusts up to 90 with our windows boarded and the house stayed structurally intact but we got a lot of storm surge water damage (we live on the inland bay coast).
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Thank you so much for the valuable advice. Unfortunately I'm a veteran with hurricanes. I've been through about 15 of them so far and they are all different. This one however is really making me nervous. It could be because a Cat 1, Mathew, hit here in 2016 and a huge oak tree destroyed the back of my house and ended up in my bedroom. But no, this storm is entirely different from any I've been through. I experienced 120 mph winds during Fran which is the strongest I've been through. I've lived in Florida, New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, SC, and my home on Coast of NC and know what hurricanes can do. Everything you say is right on. I've been busy trying to help my retired neighbors who came here from the North understand the difference between a Northeastern storm and a hurricane. Believe me, there is a world of difference. Most people where I live have never been in a hurricane over a Cat 1 and are planning on partying down during the storm and they are not taking this storm seriously. This really concerns me. Some are even going to try to go to the beach to watch the huge waves come ashore. It's a good thing that the beaches are on a mandatory evacuation order. There are always surfers who want to try the waves. Thank you for understanding, Sandy was a real .
 
cnn her eye is 12 miles across

typical 20 40

think of it as a tight wound up spring compared to one not as tight

throwing wind out

her satellite images are ( sorry to say it this way ) is stunning

just stunning

her
 
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lonetraveler said:
Thank you so much for the valuable advice. Unfortunately I'm a veteran with hurricanes. I've been through about 15 of them so far and they are all different. This one however is really making me nervous. It could be because a Cat 1, Mathew, hit here in 2016 and a huge oak tree destroyed the back of my house and ended up in my bedroom. But no, this storm is entirely different from any I've been through. I experienced 120 mph winds during Fran which is the strongest I've been through. I've lived in Florida, New Orleans, Mobile, Alabama, SC, and my home on Coast of NC and know what hurricanes can do. Everything you say is right on. I've been busy trying to help my retired neighbors who came here from the North understand the difference between a Northeastern storm and a hurricane. Believe me, there is a world of difference. Most people where I live have never been in a hurricane over a Cat 1 and are planning on partying down during the storm and they are not taking this storm seriously. This really concerns me. Some are even going to try to go to the beach to watch the huge waves come ashore. It's a good thing that the beaches are on a mandatory evacuation order. There are always surfers who want to try the waves. Thank you for understanding, Sandy was a real *****.
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Check on the elderly too, they are usually either won't or can't leave. The police came here door-to-door and had us sign that we refuse mandatory evacuation. I'm sure if we were unable to leave, they would have helped.
 
We have a second home on a Georgia island off the coast of Brunswick. Flo was meant to bypass us but now it's not looking so good. My husband is down there boarding and sandbagging and the whole island has gone into overdrive.
 
Hi friends....I googled the story of Hurricane Camille (1969) and people who were lost in that storm. Some stayed because they were told that the apartment house that they were in could take a hurricane.
The slab was all that was left. Actually....many slabs as house after house was gone. I love the Mississippi Gulf Coast, but in the days after Camille, we could not tell where one town stopped and the next started.
There were no street signs or houses or little restaurants or motels. It was so disorienting. If you have someone who wants to stay on any coast when a Cat 4 or 5 is coming in, perhaps this would help them make their decision.....
Hurricane Camille
 
I truly don't understand boarding up windows if your in storm surge area.

that time could be used to flee before it turns in turns into a zoo

brian williams there is a boey in the ocean that is measuring 11 foot waves now
100 s of miles away
 
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