Comments on: Ophelia

By: dave

dave — Fri, 16 Sep 2005 00:01:16 +0000

Thanks guys. It was just far enough north of here that we saw very little of it. It’s bizarre, because even as Wilmington was getting hammered 70 miles up the coast, what we got was about the equivalent of an above average storm and not even as windy as I was expecting. I hope Wilmington is not flooding too much or taking too much damage. It’s a beautiful place. A few years ago I was trying to talk my wife into moving there.

By: Ken Nelson

Ken Nelson — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 23:53:26 +0000

Dave:
And, 75-80 mph winds hanging off the coast for 36-48 hours, along with the torrential rains, don’t bode well either. This has been a bizarre storm.

PJ, you at least got your “keep dry” comment under the proper post, unlike some of us older guys

–Ken–

By: PJ Cabrera

PJ Cabrera — Thu, 15 Sep 2005 12:41:09 +0000

Keep dry, Dave (says he 2 days late and many dollars short).

I have been the victim of hurricanes and tropical storms in years past (2005 has been generous to us so far) and it is not fun. Even a tropical depression can ruin your otherwise sunny month if the waterways were to overfill, or if that “old oak back yonder” were to give up the ghost in your yard or worse, on your house.

Houses are sturdier here (made of concrete blocks and cement, not f***ing sheetrock, vinyl screws, and 2 by 4 studs) but a tree on your roof is a tree on your roof is a tree on your roof, even if it doesn’t bring the house down.

By: Ken Kennedy

Ken Kennedy — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 16:25:22 +0000

Be safe, Dave. Keep giving us a shout-out, so we know the situation.

By: Baron

Baron — Wed, 14 Sep 2005 00:41:45 +0000

It’s a hurricane again as of this afternoon

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/