"Live" from the Hurricane Irene Nationals presented by RainX

[boster]

Danny , and all you guys on the coast Be Safe

Bo Kenney

[Lew Silverman]

Looking outside, it really is the calm before the storm! Mandatory evacuations all around us, but so far no call for this area, except for those folks who live in low-lying areas. We're about 17 feet above mean-low-water so if the storm drainage system works we shouldn't have any problem with flooding. The prediction for 35-50 MPH winds has me concerned, a lot of trees in the neighborhood. The folks living closer to the Chesapeake Bay will probably get hit harder, but we've got about a 10 mile buffer.

Prayers go out to all those affected by the approaching storm. Be safe!

Lew

[HR9121]

Logging operations have ceased for today due to mill closing early for the storm. We have been working near kinston and on the way home I noticed alot more traffic in the west bound lanes than in the east ones. Walmart parking lot looked like Christmas Eve. All the cars were gone off Bud Rowe's car lot as if everyone had gotten their tax returns yesterday. The first bands of rain have started to come in now and the wind is increasing now from the east. Some numbers from the weather station- 84 deg barometer @29.80 the Vp is .95 and the DA is 3018. Back later with more.

[Casey Miles]

Damaging winds from the hurricane expand out for more then 150 miles, I'd be heading more inland from where you are. Irene was 175 miles from our coast here and we still had 20 mph winds.

Casey Miles
248H Stock?

[THE LEGEND]

First rain just hit here. Very windy too. Went to Wal-mart today no Flashlights in the whole store.LOL

[Hemiparts]

Here in outside of Raleigh we have had 2 solid blast in the last 2 hours. Downpours w/ pretty hefty wind gusts.

[Mickey Whaley]

just got a coulpe of bands with heavy rain

[danny waters sr]

Originally Posted by HR9121

Logging operations have ceased for today due to mill closing early for the storm. We have been working near kinston and on the way home I noticed alot more traffic in the west bound lanes than in the east ones. Walmart parking lot looked like Christmas Eve. All the cars were gone off Bud Rowe's car lot as if everyone had gotten their tax returns yesterday. The first bands of rain have started to come in now and the wind is increasing now from the east. Some numbers from the weather station- 84 deg barometer @29.80 the Vp is .95 and the DA is 3018. Back later with more.

Traffic in Kinston has been a clusterf!@!# all day lon on Hwy 70 west bound...loaded with boats ,motorhomes .campers .golfcarts,lawnmowers, you name it and it came through here today...Light winds and rain here now...everything is shutting down...
Hope to update tomorrow with live with IRENE in K-town...everybody please be safe...

[Doyle Evans]

Gettin hammered in Jacksonville,NC (rain wise not the other way)

I left my home down on waterway in Sneads Ferry and water was already up to dock at around 4 pm.

Going to be long nite.

Doyle

[david ring]

Originally Posted by THE LEGEND

First rain just hit here. Very windy too. Went to Wal-mart today no Flashlights in the whole store.LOL

Very hard to find one here in CT-had to go to four stores before we found a neat light with 21 LED lbolbs-it can be used with either three AA batteries or plugged in.