The distraction is simply unbelievable... and the eye isn't even here yet.

Not asking for prayers... but please be careful fellas.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/UQQvVcHrsmLpccrt8

Pears sent? Looks brutal, hunker down

I have a beach house on the coast of South Carolina.. Something I learned a long time ago was to never take these things lightly. You never know when the one tree it drops in the whole county will be the one that goes through the roof of your house.

A couple of years ago Hurricane Michael came up through the Gulf, and did untold amounts of damage in Florida,Georgia, South and North Carolina. The storm surge from a nearly worn out tropical storm Michael put 3 feet of water in the first floor of my beach house. That was totally unexpected, by me, from a gulf hurricane that never came close to the Atlantic coast.

I've never wished these things on anyone, but I always hope and pray they stay away from landfall on the US. I never trust them until I see whats left of them up in the North Atlantic and all they have to blow around is icebergs.

Isaias. Phony SJW inclusion hurricane. Pffft.

And For crying out loud, Don't know any Americans named fuggin Isaias.

Thats what I said, I can't even remember or pronounce these weird names. We calling this one the i storm.
The eye is supposed to come over us early tomorrow AM. Been through all kinds, this one don't look bad but I've been fooled before. We have one tree that could be a problem, I need to get somebody to take it down soon. Hope this storm don't do it for me.
Fugg all hurricanes, no matter the name.

Rain is just starting to come on pretty hard here in eastern NC.
I don't give a fat babys pecker about the rain, its wind taking out the power that really sucks.

Any excuse to panic....

Cat5 Dan

Flo sure knocked us for a loop 2 years ago and she wasn't too breezy. Caused me to work 70-80 hrs for a good month with no overtime pay so I'd rather not experience that again.

This one looks pretty tame, fortunately.

At least the i storm has changed the news from black,black, black, covid, covid, covid to wind, wind, wind, rain, rain, rain, covid, covid, covid and the standard we all gonna die....

Wind's whipping up pretty good here now, though nothing to worry about at present. Been raining most of the afternoon. High tide here's around 9:00 tonight, be interesting to see how it goes. They've predicted up to a 4 ft storm surge, that will come close to getting the back yard wet at high tide. I'd just as soon it doesn't.

DD, I was present for a Cat3, I'll just pack the truck and head for TN if they say a Cat5 is coming in.
And its just the first of Aug. Plenty of time for some more action.

Some news anchors and weather reporters have trouble pronouncing the name. Who comes up with such crap?

............That's what I was wondering. I've never even heard that name before. Do they just make chit up now? What's next after " I " on the hurricane name list? How about hurricane Jim for the next one.

Been changing handles on all of my rakes today... and oiling tines.

Nothing like the feel and balance of fresh hickory in your hands after a CAT 5.

Spanish/Latin for Isaiah. Culturally sensitive you know. Can't use all white names.
List of 2020 Atlantic Hurricane Names:

Arthur
Bertha
Cristobal
Dolly
Edouard
Fay
Gonzalo
Hanna
Isaias – pronounced “ees-ah-EE-ahs”
Josephine
Kyle
Laura
Marco
Nana
Omar
Paulette
Rene
Sally
Teddy
Vicky
Wilfred

Blindshooter,

I have family in Robeson county..........

Any idea how bad it may get in that area....

I can be there in 2 hrs to man the generator

BTW...

Was there ever a hurricane Debbie that went thru Dallas?

Or was that just a movie?

The idiocy continues unabated.

Yep. The people love drama

It was a movie, but nobody came.......

From what I saw it looks like some good bands of rain setting up along the 95 corridor that may cause some flooding. The surface winds should be pretty minor. If they are out of a flood prone area it shouldn't be that bad.

Thx for the update unccgrad

I never saw it, but from what I heard, I would have thought that everybody did.

NP. Tornados are always a wild card inland with these damn things though. Brad Panovich was showing some probable spinners just inland from Wilmington. Prayers thing thing hurries along with little damage.

Don't look so bad in the Lumberton area right now. It appears they have the track going a little more east.
I'm further north and east and nothing much is happening right now.
Think I'll turn in. Maybe sleep through this one.
Hope your folks come out ok

Hurricane Rita had 160mph wind and a 25 foot storm surge and it didn't get this much coverage.

Slow storm season. Plus it's 2020. Emotions running rampant

Just released from NOAA Hurricane Center.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/sY9KRNTmLLpPHAtF8

The size of this storm is staggering... unlike any NOAA hurricane map I have ever seen before.

This hurricane could be much worse than murder hornets... for sure.

Well... maybe not, but there is always a chance.

With the full moon and the storm surge, Myrtle Beach is likely to have a pretty rough night. I hope the hood rats get out and enjoy the night.

At 10:35 the damn storm is a hurricane. 85 mph.


HURRICANE ISAIAS
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Storm Details
Last Updated:Aug 4, 2020, 1:00:00 AM GMT
Location:33.1N 78.8W
Movement:NNE
Wind:85 mph
Pressure:
988 mb

Buddy in Cherry grove( North Myrtle Beach) said he had water waist deep under his house 30 minutes ago. Said front of eye had just come a shore. Said tourists would not be driving there cars home after this....

Tourists will be fine as long as they wear their virus mask.

CV19 is the only real threat in the world.

You got that right......

What's to worry about.

Just some rain with a lot of wind with some rising tides thrown in.

Defiantly the end of the world as we know it.

As for storms a cat 5 is a tough nut to ride out.

1969 Camille was a ball buster.There have been others but all seem to have their own quirks.

Be safe.

Braced up and hunkered down. My time starts in about an hour.................

Didn't even wake me up. Slept through it. Map shows the center came overhead around 2 AM. Wind may have been worse a little east of us but we only saw about 50 for gusts. Still have power. The worst power outages here are from flooding, don't look like thats gonna happen.
They will be back to black black black covid covid covid in a few minutes.

"Rage,rage against the dying of the light."

Cash,

As STORM WATCH ramps up you will begin to die.

The possibility of rain is nothing to joke about.

South Jersey Hurricane Whats-His-Name Report: strong steady winds and heavy downpour. Hope those of you in it's path come through it ok.

Tornado killed at lest one in NE NC near Windsor NC. Trailer park, they are missing a few folks as well.

My power went out about 1 AM.

No major damage at my place though.

I'm running off my generator now.

I'm about 40 miles East of Goldsboro.

Just lost power here in Orange Co. NY. The center of the storm is supposed to go right over us. I'm more concerned about tornadoes. Was hit with one a couple years ago and that was no fun; lost part of our roof and utilities. Thankfully we have a standby generator that has kicked in and that can take care of all our electrical needs.

And who named this storm anyway - - some ghetto queen?

Hurricane Isaias damage picture #1

Hurricane Isabel damage picture #2

Exact same farm.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/NrcEnkxg2mJBDWJR6

Still trying to figure out how to work pictures from this darn phone without having to pay money for Photobucket

Couldn't have been , there is no Y or Z's in the name !

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/05/13/hurricane-season-names-list-2020/5184132002/

"The World Meteorological Organization chooses hurricane names several years in advance, based on a strict criteria. If a hurricane is particularly deadly or costly, then its name is "retired" by the WMO and replaced by another one."

Hurricane names Georges and Floyd have been retired

Floyd was a real pizzer, took out one of my favorite restaurants. Venter's. The place looked like somebody dragged a bunch of chit houses together and called it a restaurant. Great country food, sweet potato biscuits to kill for if you got in early enough. Damn a hurricane...

Here is the latest from a high tech weather intelligence sight.
It collects data from all monitors and stations....NOAA, you name it. It's by NY now.
Some heavy wind gusts shown, but a pretty mild one by hurricane standards. Wind gusts feature employed here.

www.ventusky.com

For some reason it won't let me post this, so just go to
The website and look it up.