Are we in for it?

deep breaths people! it COULD be bad but there is no guarantee it will be. Remember, news shows including TWC love to hype things to get ratings. Use your head and look at the data. NC has a good record of evacuations so they should be fine.

 

bingo. the threat is certainly there w/ earl, so we as surfers find ourselves once again walking the razor's edge of hoping for a great swell & being concerned, compassionate humans hoping that the storm stays far enough away from shore to avoid loss of life & property damage. it's a dance east coast surfers have been doing since the connection was made between good surf & the occurance of hurricanes.

that said, the mid-atlantic region is f**ked if/when a direct impact happens (& it's really only a matter of time). like someone else mentioned, the 2 worst storms in recent memory weren't hurricanes, they were nor'easters (1962 & 1991). the only good thing to come from a direct impact is that it wouldn't last long. by the time most storms get to this area, they're moving so quickly that it would all be over w/in about 24 hours. the '62 storm was so bad b/c it lasted 3 or 4 days. same w/ the '91 storm.

so yea, let's all hope, pray, whatever it is you do that earl stays a bit further out from the coast than currently forecast & that all the mariners out there stay safe as well. it could be a bumpy ride. on that note, i'm gonna go see if i can reach my buddy in PR. hopefully he hasn't taken too hard a beating.

 

I am ready no matter what earl throws at us. Lose power I got the Generator in tip top shape. Ham radio to relay emergency traffic and such My lando is running tip top shape and enough dry goods and add water meals to last for a while

Earl ......

COME AT ME BRO!

 

Don't forget plenty of ammo to protect your property from looters!

 

Yeah this one is definitely worth watching. Friday is going to be interesting for sure. Saturday looks great for a surf though, as long as we'll be able to reach the beach!

 

hopefully every bridge in the surrounding area collapses & keeps the philly hoardes away.

 

lol it won't keep the north jersey trash off your break.

BTW it's awesome being a surfer from philly, we get all the swell but don't have to deal with the storm surge!

 

I'm not trying to fear monger, and I'm certainly not trying to suggest that earl is the one that's going to do it, but if you don't believe the outer banks is going to be semi wiped out by a big storm in your life time, you just haven't looked at the history of the island. It was barely even inhabited in 1962, probably several hundred people living on the island. The island washes out south of Oregon Inlet when hurricane swell hits the coast, when a hurricane itself hits the coast, waves are breaking over the dunes and the island will wash out north of Oregon Inlet. There are areas that the dunes get breached in Kill Devil Hills when a double over head swell hits with a small storm surge.

They have built houses in places that are going to get demolished if a storm of that magnitude hits. I'm being realistic, it's going to happen, and the people who built there and didn't realize the implications of a major storm, or without understanding the geography of the area and the effects it has on the impact of a major storm, they have no one to blame but themselves.

Even if they evacuate, that doesn't mean houses aren't going to get swept away. Again I'm not trying to spread fear, this is reality.

 

if earl hits NJ, we're going to get wrecked with storm surge here on LBI

 

If it does, I don't even want to think about what will happen to Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach.

 

RIP ocracoke

From the current storm track, Earl is projected to slam okracoke and portsmouth island with at least 130mph gusts. Good thing they moved the Hatteras lighthouse, now it at least has a shot at not being Earl food. Not to mention that High pressure system lingering out there in the atlantic to ensure that it doesnt make a turn out to sea. Should be interesting, to say the least.

I know that tidewater area (my beloved home) will be flooded, BAD, unless something changes. Thursday we are going to be flood proofing and moving everything out of the basement (water heater, washer/dryer, basically anything 2 healthy dudes can muscle up the stairs). Its going be a rough one 'round here.

This is the text book definition of "better safe than sorry" type sh*t.

Pura Vida, and good luck to you.

THE STUD

 

well all I know is I'm surfing tomorrow before the real bad sh** comes in

 

See this thread: http://www.swellinfo.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8985

 

yeah just saw that haha. I thought it was earl slowly coming in because the waves were so much smaller yesterday. plus all the weird stuff washing up on the beach

 

Your absolutely right! God(or whoever it is you might prey to) put Hatteras/Outer Banks there and one day it(as we know it) will be taken away. It's just a matter of time. It might not be in our lifetime, but you can count on it. And it's got nothing to do with global warming, just the natural weather cycles.

 

Good luck, man! If you've got a basement in Hampton Roads, you are in trouble!

 

Yeah.. the down side of a historic neighborhood... they had to learn the hard way about basements

 

You must live in Ghent. And to think, Norfolk is actually sinking!

 

Damn right, I second that...looks like we're in for some fun tomorrow!