Hurricane Irene

[cdavisdb]

That thing must be older than my Seacraft!

Last time I saw one of those(a while back) the proud new owner gave me a tour of what he called his, "new to him antique."

Nice rig.

[BigLew]

Last time I saw one of those(a while back) the proud new owner gave me a tour of what he called his, "new to him antique."

My mom would purchase some interesting old furniture from two brothers who would go into the old famiily estates of Fall River, MA and New Bedford, MA. and buy EVERYTHING in one big lot and then sell it by the piece at their Antiques business. Most of them had been family homes of the textile industrialists and whaling ship captains/officers.

She would spend a lot of time stripping them down if they were painted or simply refinishing them. She did great work!

My younger brother started to call all the furniture "third hand furniture." My Mom asked him what he meant by third hand and he said, "first the peope had it, then antiques the dealer had it and now we have it." That's about right!

Each of my brothers and I have some of that third hand furniture now that she and our Dad are gone, but we take a lot of pride in that 3rd hand furniture.

Irene's LOW pressure must be effecting my brain for me to post this, but.....

[Dilligaf]

just got power back here in va beach.. really wasnt as bad as expected.

[tomfl]

just got power back here in va beach.. really wasnt as bad as expected.

You mean the news oversensationalized to gain viewership and sell ads???????

Say it isn't so... :-)

Glad it was a non-event. Hope everyone made it through safely. Count your blessings.

-T

[BigLew]

just got power back here in va beach.. really wasnt as bad as expected.

Why do you think the old "daytime" fare was called Soap Operas.

[76Red18]

They never are..Until the one headed to Tampa Bay makes a quick jog to the east and runs over your ass! Be prepared for the worst if your in that damned "Cone of Uncertianty" as they like to call it. They do like to hype it up for sure. They even conveyed a little dissapointment on the evening news tonight.

[eggsuckindog]

just got power back here in va beach.. really wasnt as bad as expected.

I caught a shot from Va bch - guy standing in the rain on the street - yelling he couldn't believe all the people out. Behind him was a steady stream of traffic, as a car pulled out right behind him a little limb slid down the street and into the tire, only debris in site - he went nuts - "did you see that it hit the car", not really sure they noticed.

glad it wasn't any worse but the wind was never an issue north of the carolina's but the surge could have caused issues

[uncleboo]

Well, we made out pretty well here in Edenton. Some trees and alot of limbs all over the place. Some areas of town lost power around 1:00 am Saturday before the real winds even came. Throughout the day the winds got stronger but not until dark did it get ugly. Funny how the winds were only about 50-55 during most of the day and, when the eye was about 50 miles northeast of us, the winds picked up to 70-75 with higher gusts. I lost power at around 8:30 Sat. nite then had it restored at 9:00 Sunday. Although I'm only a 1/4 mi. from the Town of Edenton, I'm on EMC electric and it comes from the other direction, one with minimal damage to power lines. I cleaned my yard up yesterday then went for a look. The town was messy, but, all in all, not too bad a shape. We have around 3 new inlets at the Outer Banks near Rodanthe. (I need a new inlet to cut in around Duck so the Albemarle Sound would get as salty as I want it ). Anyway, I have a few pics that I'll post a little later. Hope everyone else survived with minimal problems.
Boo

[Fr. Frank]

Just thinking of how many hurricanes (not counting mere Tropical Storms) I've lived through in my life. It was more than I thought, but then, I was born and raised in South Florida.
I've lived through 28 total hurricanes, (and the last one in '05 because my tow vehicle broke down and I couldn't evacuate my camper and SeaCraft out of the Keys, and decided to ride it out. That was stupid.)

• 1959 - Judith
• 1962 - Alma
• 1964 - Cleo
• 1965 - Betsy
• 1966 - Inez, Alma
• 1968 - Abby, Brenda, Dolly
• 1971 - Beth
• 1972 - Dawn
• 1976 - Belle (rode that one out at sea in a square-rigger)
• 1979 - David
• 1981 - Dennis
• 1983 - Barry
• 1985 - Bob, Gloria
• 1987 - Floyd
• 1989 - Hugo (in the Bahamas)
• 1994 - Gordon
• 1995 - Erin
• 1996 - Bertha (in the Bahamas)
• 2000 - Gordon
• 2001 - Gabrielle (actually only TS winds hit us)
• 2004 - Charlie, Frances, Ivan, Jeanne (lived off my 15kw diesel generator for 8 days after Frances, I powered my house and two neighbors, including central AC)
• 2005 - Dennis (in a 23' travel trailer in the Keys, pulled between two buildings with no clearance to the buildings)

Hurricane "Experts" say you need supplies to be self-sufficient for 72 hours during and after a hurricane.
They're wrong!

Be prepared to be on your own for 7-10 days, including food, water, power, medicines, batteries, and fuel. Have extra of everything so as to help your neighbors.

[Bushwacker]

Been wondering how the folks in the Abaco's fared, as the eye went right over them when it was a Cat 3! My daughter sent me this link to a good video taken at Hopetown on Elbow Cay.

The island folks have learned to be very self sufficient, and some of those 100-150 year old wooden houses are built just like their boats - SOLID! Sounds like Hopetown didn't have too much damage; haven't heard anything yet from Man O'War or Green Turtle Cays, but their places are built as well as Hopetown, if not better!