Hurricane Earl

HAHA

My dumb moment for the day . . .

I think you and I should at least drive around town to see what you missed since the last time you were here. We can leave the kids with the guys and go for a few hours. Then, later you can take Brad if you want. There's lots to see.

I agree! That is the main reason I wanted to take this trip!

Jeannette wrote:

Kelly wrote:i think my DH is secretly freaking out about the hurricane...he just called me to tell me where the shelter is that we go to if we need it

Dude I'm 2 hours from the shore and even *I'M* afraid of the storms it's going to stir up!

i really dont think its going to do a whole lot of damage around here

I checked the national weather service and it's moving north.

I WANTED A HURRICANE.

Maybe I'll go to the beach Sunday and see if it rolled in any awesome seashells!!!!!!!

Or we can go to the beach SATURDAY lol

The hurricane is probably still going to be around on Saturday.

It needs a day to calm down.

LOL What fun is that?!
Would you be going to base?

Probably not. Topsail Beach is really pretty

LOL I'll have to google it.
How far away is it?

Topsail? 2.5 hours from my house

I'll have to see how Brad feels about it, or if he just wants to puts around your area for a bit and head home.

Personally I don't see what the difference is adding on another 3 hours to a 19 hour drive haha

hurricane should be more north on saturday

It's gonna be a LONG drive.

Yeah I'm freaking myself out now lol
I wish I could just go home and take a nap haha
My boss is making me

I just have to keep thinking how much fun it will be once we get down there haha

Lots of beef jerky and energy drinks.

Bring quarters and money for the tolls!!!!!!!

Yeah I have a HUGE bag of change (like $40 bucks worth) I dug out of the bottom of my purse . . . It weighs about as much as Natalee! It will be nice to get it out of there.

so now the eye is supposed to hit cape hatteras??

where is that?

outer banks but the eye wasnt supposed to hit land last i checked

Yeah I didn't think so either?! Unless it switched coarse again?
Where is Jeannette when we need her?! lol

lol...idk where jeannette is. but it must not have turned like they thought it was going to

I can't really find any good reports on it . . . This is what I'm finding for Jacksonville.

That doesn't seem to horrible though . . .

...TROPICAL STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT...

...NEW INFORMATION...
UPDATED WIND SECTION.

...PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THREE SHELTERS ARE OPEN IN ONSLOW COUNTY...DIXON MIDDLE
SCHOOL...SWANSBORO HIGH SCHOOL...AND JACKSONVILLE COMMONS MIDDLE.
JACKSONVILLE COMMONS MIDDLE IS ANIMAL FRIENDLY.

&&

...PROBABILITY OF TROPICAL STORM/HURRICANE CONDITIONS...
THERE IS LITTLE CHANCE FOR HURRICANE CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME.
ALSO...THE CHANCE FOR TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS AT THIS TIME IS
UP TO 72 PERCENT.

...WINDS...
AS HURRICANE EARL APPROACHES...TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS ARE
EXPECTED TO BEGIN AROUND 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS ARE EXPECTED
TO PEAK BETWEEN 8 PM AND 2 AM IN THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS
TO 45 MPH...MAINLY IN EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY NEAR THE
BEACHES. PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF MINOR WIND
DAMAGE...PRIMARILY TO SHRUBBERY...TREES...AND LOOSE OBJECTS.
ISOLATED POWER OUTAGES WILL BE POSSIBLE.

...STORM SURGE AND STORM TIDE...
BREAKING WAVES WILL PEAK TONIGHT INTO EARLY FRIDAY AT AROUND 10
TO 15 FT. STORM SURGE VALUES WILL ALSO PEAK AT THAT TIME AROUND 1
TO 2 FEET. THE SURGE COUPLED WITH HIGH WAVE RUN UP WILL CAUSE
MAJOR BEACH EROSION AND OVERWASH.

...COASTAL HAZARDS...
THERE WILL BE A HIGH RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG AREA BEACHES.
INCREASED BREAKING WAVES AND ROUGH SURF WILL ALSO BE A THREAT.
DUE TO RIP CURRENTS AND VERY ROUGH SURF...BEACH GOERS ARE URGED
TO STAY OUT OF THE WATER.