Category: Weather

Hanna Update: 1045am

  • Just had our first power spike. Came back quickly but I suspect some grids are down nearby.
  • Winds and Rain are now steady, but occasionally ’sheeting’ and gusting quite a bit stronger.
  • Waves have not crashed over the seawall just yet, but heavy rain amounts means most of the area down there is underwater (including the sandbox). With an additional 4-6 inches of rain anticipated I hope it doesn’t get too supersaturated and we have another landslide like situation.
  • Woke this morning to see ‘Red Skies at Morning, Sailors take Warning’. It was really really red, but I was too tired to get to my camera.
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    Preparing for Hanna

    Picked up all the junk in my yard
    Tied my canoe up about 15 feet above sea level
    Filled coolers and pots with drinking water.
    Filled trash can, buckets and bathtub with water for toilets (joy of a well pump w/ no power)
    Filled generator with gas
    Bought more gas
    Bought milk, bread, water, soda, chips, and eggs.
    Mowed the lawn and put down new seed (free rain)

    Here are some pics on the Bay and of my water factory.

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    Hurricane Ike track is confused, to say the least

    Hurricane Ike is the one we’ll probably be talking about for a few days. It’s a pretty major storm that will be off the coast of Miami on Monday, probably. It’s track is going in many different directions, but right now it is a category 4 (though it will weaken a bit tonight).

    Where it goes > 5 days from now is a million dollar question. Will it slice across Florida or will it turn north and threaten most of the East Coast. Unfortunately we don’t have an idea. The models have just started to show a curve (though some still have it as a line drive straight into the Gulf of Mexico.

    We’ll be watching this one.

    Confused, to say the least.

    Confused, to say the least.

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    Hanna might dodge the East Coast

    I’ve let the lawn grow out this week. It was one of the lessons I had from Isabel–the longer the grass and other foliage, the more water that will be trapped / kept out of the soil when these big storms come (and thus, the less change of landslides).

    I’ve also got the generator set up in the garage. 5,000 watts of power for the house when (if) the power goes out.

    But for Hanna, it looks like it won’t be passing over us. But Ike and Josephine are coming soon enough.

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    Hurricane Hanna, Hurricane Ike, TD10 and another all at play

    It’s going to be a crazy week for Hurricane hunters. While Gustav is turning into rain clouds, Hanna is spinning around and will be quickly followed by Hurricane Ike and then what is currently known as Tropical Depression 10. We could see some machine gun hurricanes striking the US over the next few weeks.

    Its going to be busy.

    It's going to be busy.

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    New Orleans looters go directly to jail

    Mayor Nagin has decided that anyone caught looting will be sent to the Louisiana State Penitentary in Angola, one of the most notorious prisons in the country.

    “You will not get a pass this time. Anyone caught looting in New Orleans will go directly to the Big House in the general population. You will go directly to Angola Prison and God bless you if you go there.”

    Waiting for the ACLU to go bonkers on that.

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