Irma

BigClay

BigClay

Knower of useless ZJ things
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Location
Winston-Salem
So looks like this is going to affect some of us.
 
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maulcruiser said:
She'll be plenty safe down here! However, I fully understand her going home.
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In 1999 my wife (gf then) and I left college in Raleigh/CH to go home to Rocky Mount during Hurricane Floyd. Should have just partied at college.
 
The last few updates have it making its turn sooner and sooner, looks like it could easily turn before making landfall in Florida and shoot up the coast to SC.

Duane
 
I was on storm duty for hurricane Ike back when I worked for the power company. 07 or so. Hats off to those guys!! They got their work cutout.
 
Jason W. said:
How many of you lived in Western North Carolina during Hugo. That was a rough storm and always makes me cautious when there is a big hurricane anywhere near the East Coast
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I was driving my 1974 CJ5 home from cruising on Stratford Rd my senior year in HS....had 3 trees drop across the road in front of me (3 different times) while taking my buddies home. We lived in a trailer....I think I felt safer in my Jeep.

Ever drive an old CJ in the rain during the summer? At night? Hope you brought a towel to wipe the windows down on the inside so you can see!!!!
 
They brought us all in at work today, fill everything full of fuel and gas and plan on keeping generators going for up to 3 weeks. Chainsaw and extra log chains on all trucks, and enough bottlerd water and drinks to run. One of many not looking forward to this storm.
 
Hurricane Parties are great... for Cat 3 and below lol. Fuck that cat 4-5 nonsense.
 
I remember having to get water out of the creek 4 weeks so we could flush the toilet. We ate really good for about 5 days after it hit. We had to eat everything in my grandmother's deep freezer and we had just got done with fall Harvest.

The biggest thing we were short on since we didn't really know it was coming that way was 2 stroke gas Chainsaw Bar Oil charcoal and Propane. Two stroke gas for a chainsaw was gold I vaguely remember my father using cooking oil and whatever else we had for bar oil in the saw. We was living in a single wide trailer and there was at least a dozen trees around it but not one touched the trailer.
 
CasterTroy said:
I was driving my 1974 CJ5 home from cruising on Stratford Rd my senior year in HS....had 3 trees drop across the road in front of me (3 different times) while taking my buddies home. We lived in a trailer....I think I felt safer in my Jeep.

Ever drive an old CJ in the rain during the summer? At night? Hope you brought a towel to wipe the windows down on the inside so you can see!!!!
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Towel...pffft, rookie mistake. 8" squeegee FTW

My boys' scout troop is still planning on making the Kure beach trip this weekend. I bet the deep sea fishing for high school scouts will be cancelled. My sons are younger, they'll be chilling on closer to shore.
 
Just checked my inventory of emergency supplies.
I've got beer,dog food,water, beans, rice, 10k pistol primers and 14 pounds of gun powder.
Life is good!
 
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Seriously though, some family and friends have lived all along the east coast of FL their entire lives. When I hear them say they are evacuating if it makes landfall at a Cat 4 or higher, shit is for real. The lower 1/3 of FL from Monroe thru Palm Beach County is pretty much out of drydock storage for boats at this point. Most major marinas have a wait list and others are urging the larger boats to relocate if crews are available to do so. A buddy down in Jupiter normally spends his days turning wrenches but has done nothing but pull boats and yachts from the water all week. After talking to a buddy in Norfolk, theres a 98% chance that he and others from there are being sent "somewhere" for relief efforts. The USS Iwo Jima and USS New York have left Jacksonville, FL to come up to Norfolk and be loaded for relief efforts.
 
Did my usual storm prep, just in case it does anything around here.

Sanford had some damage last week from the remnants of Harvey -- lots of trees down in 2 areas, a warehouse roof ripped off, etc. You never know what's coming, when.

All vehicles gassed up.
Tractor gassed up.
Tool batteries charging.
Generators tested.
Grocery run.
Chainsaws test run, fueled, oil.
Tools, tarps organized.
RV propane tank topped off.

Few things left to do...refill propane grill tanks...ethanol free gas for saws...secure some items at mom's house, be sure her basement junk is off the floor and ready for some water intrusion.

Mostly, I'm just hoping they get all the shingles on our roof by the time the rain hits here.
 
RenegadeT said:
Towel...pffft, rookie mistake. 8" squeegee FTW

My boys' scout troop is still planning on making the Kure beach trip this weekend. I bet the deep sea fishing for high school scouts will be cancelled. My sons are younger, they'll be chilling on closer to shore.
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One of our trips got cancelled, said his insurance made him and all other boats his size go to dry dock for any named hurricane charted to hit the eastern seaboard. If he missed his time to get pulled he wouldn't be covered. Apparently there are three marinas that can pull his boat and they are running 24 hrs a day to pull all the boats his slot was 2:30am today.

Outer banks is business as usual and no one seems to be concerned about it right now


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For those vacationing & / or heading to the Beach; I wouldn't want to pay the price of fuel right now! Nor do I want to vacation in the Rain! PS: I'm Not a Fisherman.
 
rodney eppes said:
For those vacationing & / or heading to the Beach; I wouldn't want to pay the price of fuel right now! Nor do I want to vacation in the Rain! PS: I'm Not a Fisherman.
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Idk about the rest of the coast but the obx is sunny with light wind, calmest ocean I've seen in a while and gas is about what it always is


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