Hurricane Matthew

[SoonerTexan]

How are the Floridians and Carolinians doing and prepping?


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

So far...I have done nothing. Apparently I should prepare. Dh is on call this weekend so that sucks. We will be trapped inside with no plans.

[rufflesanddots]

Making sure all my research finds are saved in PDF form so I can write a couple papers this weekend in case we lose power and/or internet.

ETA: Wine.

[TulipsAndSunscreen]

Also if I lose my freezer full of breast milk I will lose my damn mind.

[niener]

Not much here tbh. Unless projections change, I expect lots of rain, a bit of wind perhaps, but nothing beyond just being forced to find indoor entertainment for the toddler for a day or two. I'd be surprised if we lost power. We've had limbs come down around our house in heavy storms the past few months so it's possible one of those could take down a line.

[Michele]

No prepping here. But my neighborhood grocery stores are out of water and the gas stations are dry already.....N Floridians freak out.

[Thirteen]

Keeping a watchful eye: the scenario I'm wondering about is whether or not we will have a direct impact after it slingshots off of the Bahamas. That could be a huge problem, given where it would make landfall and chew up, so to speak.


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[Deebs]

After seeing people posting their evacuation pics, I'm a little nervous about how many people will head toward Charlotte. It's a really easy destination from the South Carolina evacuation areas. Hitting the grocery store and gas station this morning.


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[TulipsAndSunscreen]

People are talking about heading to Charlotte on my feeds too. There's little danger inland unless it passes directly over us but the influx of people plus flooding or power loss could be dicey. Apparently our area went without power for a week about 10 years ago.

[Deebs]

T&S - If you lose power, you always have somewhere to stay with us. I know it wouldn't be super convenient, but it would be fun!

ETA = I didn't realize that during an evacuation, all traffic lanes become one-way out. It makes sense, I just had no clue.

[MAPPLEBUM]

There's all these memes going around that Jim Cantore checked into a hotel 30 minutes north of my hometown. Some people are evacuating.

[Auspicious]

Hurricane Matthew

Very petty ranting ahead ----> School is cancelled for THREE days here. I am trying not to be annoyed about it. (Really it's a buildup of frustration from all the previous times school has been cancelled for weather and then no bad weather shows up.) We are a hundred miles inland, and it's not really the hurricane, it's the evacuation. They need to reverse the highways, and possibly conscript the school buses for evacuating, and the schools could be called into service as shelters. In reality I doubt any of that will affect our school, but here we sit. To make up the lost days they cancel all of the three-day weekends that are built into the school calendar in the spring. On of my kids teachers was complaining to me last year that the kids could *really* use those break days, rather than a block of time off in the fall when they're still relatively fresh and motivated.

Matthew is also cutting into the commemoration and fundraising they had planned for the one-year anniversary of the 1000-year flood we had here last October, from which some people are still not back in their homes and nineteen people are still dead. Freaking weather.

By weird coincidence, my husband is on call this week, and he was the one on call during last year's flood and during Snowpocalypse 2014! My husband's call is causing natural disasters.

Also, a big windstorm last week left us with a severely leaning tree--luckily, leaning away from the house. We've had the arborist out to confirm that it's fatal ("It's just a matter of time before the right storm comes along and finishes it off," he said!) and gotten a quote to have it taken down, but haven't yet secured the appointment to actually do it. Looks like it won't be before this storm. Place your bets on whether Matthew finishes it off, and whether it damages the neighbors' fence going down. I'll see if I can add a picture.

I told you this was petty! I do feel mad and sad for all the people getting smacked by this one.

ETA: iffy tree

[MrsK]

Very petty ranting ahead ----> School is cancelled for THREE days here. I am trying not to be annoyed about it. (Really it's a buildup of frustration from all the previous times school has been cancelled for weather and then no bad weather shows up.) We are a hundred miles inland, and it's not really the hurricane, it's the evacuation. They need to reverse the highways, and possibly conscript the school buses for evacuating, and the schools could be called into service as shelters. In reality I doubt any of that will affect our school, but here we sit. To make up the lost days they cancel all of the three-day weekends that are built into the school calendar in the spring. On of my kids teachers was complaining to me last year that the kids could *really* use those break days, rather than a block of time off in the fall when they're still relatively fresh and motivated.

Matthew is also cutting into the commemoration and fundraising they had planned for the one-year anniversary of the 1000-year flood we had here last October, from which some people are still not back in their homes and nineteen people are still dead. Freaking weather.

By weird coincidence, my husband is on call this week, and he was the one on call during last year's flood and during Snowpocalypse 2014! My husband's call is causing natural disasters.

Also, a big windstorm last week left us with a severely leaning tree--luckily, leaning away from the house. We've had the arborist out to confirm that it's fatal ("It's just a matter of time before the right storm comes along and finishes it off," he said!) and gotten a quote to have it taken down, but haven't yet secured the appointment to actually do it. Looks like it won't be before this storm. Place your bets on whether Matthew finishes it off, and whether it damages the neighbors' fence going down. I'll see if I can add a picture.

I told you this was petty! I do feel mad and sad for all the people getting smacked by this one.

ETA: iffy tree

Are your schools shelters?

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[SoonerTexan]

@MrsK, aren't you thrilled you are know longer the owner of a Miami condo?
@MrsSz are y'all in Disney?
[MENTION=912]samssugarmomma[/MENTION] Did I see you guys were at Myrtle Beach?

[MrsK]

@MrsK, aren't you thrilled you are know longer the owner of a Miami condo?
@MrsSz are y'all in Disney?
[MENTION=912]samssugarmomma[/MENTION] Did I see you guys were at Myrtle Beach?

Absolutely. I'm generally thrilled to be out of SoFla all together.

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