Hope nothing big will happen with this hurricane. G'luck to those who are near the coast. (hopefully, you've moved inland already).

 

I keep hearing mixed reports of what to expect. The local news is hyping it up with live coverage of people getting ready and stuff, but weather.com is showing "showers with 40-50 mph winds". I'm in the DC area (Loudoun County). I guess we'll have to see what happens.

I'm on the 3rd floor of a condo, so I'm not worried about flooding or trees, but I might lose some siding. Good thing I don't "own" the outside of my building. It would suck to lose power though.

 

They're stopping Bus and Metro herer in the DC area @ 11 AM tomorrow.
I bought some beer and wine today ....

 

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and there you have it folks! woohoo!

 

yeah... true that. This made me laugh...

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=621136

 

heheh! im a lil' worried! im wondering if i should park the R under my tree. maybe i can get a new car if it falls on it! heheh!

 

Not too worried about it, but gotta have alcohol and women in yo crib when in case you're stuck, hehehe

 

I sure hope this storm isn't too bad.

 

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Got my fiancee here, need to pick up more brews tomorrow.

Bring it on

 

I must....... get....... beer........

 

sucks im in newport news, VA. right in the thick of things!!

 

Whew, no rain forcasted on Saturday or Sunday (WV) thought I was gonna be sliding into cones Sunday

 

Thanks Sean. I guess growing up on the east coast of FL helps to make one numb of hurricanes.

I dunno.

 

Maryland gov. is a bunch of pussies ........... we aren't even getting the brunt of it, and my grad. school is closed today AND tomorrow!

Oh well, more hours at work, bigger paycheck ...........

 

Man, the last big hurricane back when I lived there was Hugo. It was so big that even way in the mountains, they cancelled classes at Tech for the 1st time in my 5 years. Hopefully the Tech game doesn't get cancelled. I want to watch them kick Texas A&M on ESPN tonight!

 

Looks like Federal Gov't is closed in the DC area....

 

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But for us government essential personell.... We have to pull a 24 hour day..So i am going to sobberly stand outside and welcome the weather.

 

not much going on here in DE... except for the State of Emergency (bunch of sissies)
&lt;=== Didn't even get a day off of work

 

Conditions when I left the house (8:45)

Temp: 67.1
Barometer: 29.33 and falling
Rain (24hr): 0.10 inches
Current wind: 5.6N
Max wind speed: 13.6mph

 

i did go to costco last nite because i was out of protein bars - it was rather amusing to watch the masses prepare for the supposed nuclear winter.

Although in retrospect, having an empty gas tank and waiting until last nite to fill it up (since i couldnt make it to work this morning if i didnt) was a bad idea. All the gas stations within 3 miles of me were out of 87 octane.

 

I like this self updating weather map:

Also shows that big front in the West that dropped our 83 degree temperatures yesterday by 40 degrees in an hour with snow above 7000 ft!

 

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And it's *still* 110 miles SE of Cape Hatteras.



If George is right and Richmond sees hurricane-force winds, be prepared for some trouble. Fran rolled through Raleigh several years ago with winds near 80mph, gusts over 90mph.

The damage was very, very heavy. Think tornado-like effects, but across the entire county.

 

getting some 40oz Hurricanes tonight and watching the Va Tech game, as long as we dont lose power and satellite reception . Then it becomes a hurricane party

Brian

 

getting some 40oz Hurricanes tonight

that's funny as hell Brian