Hurricane matthew and east coast

Batten down the hatches, Betty, and this NH guy prays you fare well and that we will hear from you shortly after.

 

Stay safe Florida peeps!

 

"Let's get ready to rumble!"

 

dew

 

this looks like a mean storm, and it's averaging 150mph winds. we're pretty skrewed here in the SEast. Only one tropical model showed it going inland, otherwise it's riding the coast - not into sea. Def need to be prepared, and it looks like i need to move my flight to Thurs instead of Friday. Good luck everyone, stay safe

 

gnarly in jamaica

 

Ho Lee Fuk'n shorey!

 

Maaaan missed it by like a month... actually exactly a month... too big a coincidence to be JUST A COINCIDENCE

 

#Suniliarity

 

Right!???

 

Well, looks like i'll be making another trip out for provisions today. Chinese FOOOOD!

 

Good luck Florida. Looks like it's gonna hit NC Coast pretty solid too. was heading to CB this weekend, but that would be the second time in a month that I've driven into a hurricane or tropical depression... "It's not the destination; it's the journey," is an understatement.

 

Thanks Bud, it's been a while since I've been staring down the barrel of one of these bad boys. Haven't had to do plywood on the windows in years. This place didn't come with shutters dammit! Damn landlord lied! Lied I tell ya!

 

DP be safe man. I'm sure you don't need me to tell you to do your prep work nor create a list of essentials for you (one thing our gov't does well is make lists! .. i.e. https://www.ready.gov/kit from their readiness page).

Anyway, I had relatives who were out power for over a week when Bob hit in the 90's (a relatively weak storm in comparison to Matt). They had some frozen provisions, which in the event of such a long term power loss, they ate what thawed first (gas grills are handy). So if you have some stuff frozen that will be handy. Definitely get those windows boarded.

Definitely prayers for you and the rest of our FL/SE coast swellers.

Hopefully it will head east to the open ocean away from human habitation.

 

Thanks for the well wishes CCdog, and I appreciate the link. We have most of what's on the list, going out today for the rest, hopefully it won't be needed, but we'll be prepared. Same to all my FL brothers and sisters, best of luck to all of you. If it gets flooded, at least we have flotation devices!

 

Hurricane and TS watches issued for south and central florida. 11 a.m. forecast track seems to increase the emphasis on a Carolina landfall.

 

Is that spot on the northern side?

 

Holy cowzarino!! Now there is another TS just north of PR/DR.