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Born at the Crest of the Empire

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Fuck me

















I'm far enough inland that I don't get the big flooding, and the winds are usually cut way down, but I'm still may be looking at days without power, so, if I disappear for a while, I'm not dead, just hot, sweaty, and pissed off.

posted by mikevotes at 6:45 AM

10 Comments:

  • Be safe and take no chances.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:12 AM  

  • I've got a spare room.... if you want to head 1,500 miles northeast.

    Good luck and keep us posted.

    By Blogger -epm, at 7:55 AM  

  • I was thinking about you yesterday looking at the projected path. Be thankful you don't live in Galveston. This could be a disaster for them.

    By Blogger Praguetwin, at 10:17 AM  

  • Again, I'm 50+ miles inland, so it's a big deal, but not life threatening in any way.

    Thanks for the thoughts.

    Blogging will be sporadic today but probably alot tomorrow since I won't have anything to do but wait.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 11:50 AM  

  • Good luck Mike!

    By Blogger MarcLord, at 2:36 PM  

  • Could be a good time to turn this briefly into a hurricane liveblog!

    Good luck, Mike.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 4:43 PM  

  • It's not looking that bad from where I sit right now. 60-80 mph sustained winds, and 6-8" of rain.

    ....assuming it stays on the current track.

    Not great, but not horrible.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 4:53 PM  

  • initially I thought you were referring to the graphic- it does look sort of like a big red wang there.

    good luck keeping out of the storm, man.

    By Blogger Will Von Wizzlepig, at 5:37 PM  

  • "It's not looking that bad from where I sit right now. 60-80 mph sustained winds, and 6-8" of rain."

    Not that bad?! In NH that would be apocalyptic end-times news.... OK. Maybe I'm exaggerating. But we're more blizzard people up here. Our geography really doesn't cope well with heavy rains/winds. Too many rivers, hills and trees.

    By Blogger -epm, at 5:48 PM  

  • We're subtropical so the rain, although alot, is not impossibly huge.

    In Allison, that tropical storm that stalled out and flooded Houston, my area took over 20" of rain in 24 hours.

    The winds a little more troubling, but I live in a very dense and developed area so it doesn't really have a chance to really get going at ground level.

    No, these conditions are not preferred, but, for a cat 3 hurricane coming right at me, that's not too bad.

    Alot will depend on where it comes in. 10 or 20 miles can make a huge difference in the wind speeds.

    We'll know more tomorrow morning.

    By Blogger mikevotes, at 6:06 PM  

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