Hurricane Almost a Cat 4 now
 

Just heard the update - winds are sustained at 130 mph - its kicking up a little too fast - not good as the pressure inside just dropped again - which means more intensity in a while

Yeah its either moving more east or growing by looking at the wind map.
http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...swind120?large

I'm all set for this year so bring it on.
This year I have a 7500 KW generator. 30+ gallons of fuel storage. A one room portable A/C that is on wheels. Comcast cable for my main internet connection. Earthlink ADSL for backup internet. DirecTV for my main source of TV and Comcast cable for a backup.

I've upped my insurance to replacement cost and have storm shutters for all openings to my house.

I figure I should be good to watch TV or listen to music, one room of A/C, and surf the internet in the middle of even a category 5 hurricane while all my neighbors sit in the dark bored and sweating.

I went to the grocery store and stocked up on food that can be nuked. Had extra bottles of water delivered. I even stocked up on |potleaf|

Your preparedness reminds me of blizzards up here.
Could be days before power is restored.
But if we need water for bathing or whaterver, we can just melt snow. We keep a case of bottled water for drinking.
Though our problem is heat.. so we have to rewire the furnace to run on the generator. (don't want to back feed the utility line)
Oh, and we do have 2 kerosene heaters and plenty of kerosene just in case. We plan for 5 days without power.

Isn't this storm a bit early for the season?

You know what Jim would say if he was in Florida right now...bring it on cocksuckers! |Jim

I get to walk around the back of my house after I loose power and turn off the main, maybe in the middle of the hurricane.

Yeah it is a bit early. I can only imagine what the rest of the season will be like. |shocking|

I wonder what happens if a hurricane hits the week of Internext? Do they give people their money back? Last year many didn't show up because of the hurricane warnings. Doesn't matter to me as I don't plan on going anyway.

Guess we get to use this smiley a lot this year.
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I going to the grocery store now to pickup a few more things that I realized that I should have before the mobs hit the stores in the next few days.

good for you !!!
Im fine with 10

Cleo -
We just pigtail in the furnace from an extension cord. (remove the plug-in end and connect)
Then we have 2 ground fault extension cords from the generator (the yellow cords) running into the house.
From there, 1 goes to Work stuff, 1 goes to survival stuff.
In offline mode, we're not connected to the main line at all, so when the lights do go on, we know it.
Hasn't failed for 4 years.
Oh, and you need a gas stove.. :)

They predict above average this season and it did start early.
In maryland we always get the leftovers .. a ton of rain.

Happy Birthday =)

UW, ya never fail to make me chuckle man...thanks |waves|

I'm over near the gulf coast...looks like the latest projections are it might get a lil windy here :D

I'll be battening down the hatches tomorrow morning...pulling plants and furniture off the cool deck...strapping down garden hoses and such. Damn, knew I should have gotten an electrician out there to install a power transfer switch for the generator. Oh well, extension cords will have to do...IF it comes to that...

Sounds like you're all dialed in Cleo...you go girl! Wanna share of of that |potleaf|? Eases stressful situations donchaknow :D

42 gallons primary storage

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I only lack a window A/C unit or two. I might go to walmart tomorrow and pick up a unit or two.

You should get that Rhino-lined.

The insurance compaies seem to think it is going to hit Mobile/Destin. My son that is in the boat business works the storms for Boat USA and they just put him on alert

I have a box of matches and some old birthday candles I keep around incase we lose power

|waves|

All this extreme weather makes me think of that damn movie "The Day After Tomorrow."

Read on the internet that the polar ice caps have receded - again.
|cry|

You'd better not let the neighbors know you have A/C, TV and Internet or they'll all be at your house for the duration.

I would like to add here that the single most useful thing I own is an LED "shake it to make power" lifetime flashlight. That sucker is truly amazing. One in the house one in the car. Truly a wonderful thing when the power goes off in the dark.

Good luck to everyone down there... keep everything tied down.

Did anyone see the tornado / storm that hit the atlanta motoro speedway?

http://lpe.ajc.com/gallery/view/metro/0705/storm/

Go through the whole series of pics... that place got hit hard.

thanks, I'll look out for it!

pornrex - ya know its kinda funny - I was watching a show yesterday where they were explaining the extra storms - its cause the water temps are 3-4 degrees warmer at 10 deg above the equator which is causing this - a 4 deg rise in temps above normal ocean temp is incredible when you think about it

Greetings again folks. I wanted to say hi to everyone before Dennis hits us. I am in Pensacola still and this town has barely gotten over IVAN. Sorry I have been a stranger but I have been working on some mainstream projects in light of 2257.

Linkster and GG thanx for all your support as always and feel free to call and check in on me after the storm. I expect to be without power and such for around 2 weeks much like Ivan. This town is focking nutz now as you can imagine. I will finish boarding up today and hunker down.

You will not believe the pictures you will see if this thing hits us again.

Say a prayer!

Peace,

Soggy

Everyone hunker down and be safe!

Hey Soggy

It looks like it shifted a bit our way, so it's a given that one of us is gonna get nailed. Keep your head tucked low and Good Luck!

Well - this is not what I had in mind when I was asking my supreme belief system to get nailed |bow|

Soggy we'll definitely check in on ya if it looks like you guys go under again - and we'll be watching those pump systems in the Big Easy for ya FanTC :)

It looks like it is turning into a huge storm and is now just shy of being a Cat 5 storm.

"Packing 150 mph winds, just shy of Category 5 strength, Dennis morphed on Friday morning into the most powerful hurricane ever for this early in the Atlantic season."

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The rest of this year's storm season is looking to be lots of fun.

The bad thing about this thing is that my yard is still soaked from Cindy passing through here 2 days ago. I have a bunch of huge oaks and magnolias in the yard...probably 75 feet tall and their roots are weak as hell from the saturation.
I live a block off the beach and if Dennis turns this way , I'll probably be under water... and trees. Ah well, I'm riding out whatever Mother Nature sends me, be it direct hit, indirect hit, or total miss.

Eerily enough, this is starting to look alot like a familiar storm that wiped us out in '69, striking just a couple of miles from my house. Regardless of where it comes ashore, let's just hope it's not a repeat of Camille...
http://www.geocities.com/hurricanene...anecamille.htm