Should I Stay or Should I Go...We're GONE!!

[A383Wing]

Run Forrest, Run!!

[bobs66440]

Well, we have sucessfully moved about 160 miles inland and are at a Holiday Inn along with hundreds of other refugees. We should be okay here, but the storm is still supposed to be lively this far in. We are hoping to be able to return on Sunday or Monday. The traffic out was surprisingly light but we left kind of late.

Unfortunately, the storm is forecast to move up the coast and hit home in NY also. We will probably have some cleaning up to do when we get back. Oh well, just another chapter...right now I'm totally spent and need sleep. Thanks everyone for your concern. Talk soon...

[Chryco Psycho]

Smart move !

[RECHRGD]

I just saw the size of that thing on the news.  SCARY!!!!!!!!!!!

[Brock Samson]

Keep us posted Forrest you'r our boots on the ground. 

[Old Moparz]

Well, we have sucessfully moved about 160 miles inland and are at a Holiday Inn along with hundreds of other refugees. We should be okay here, but the storm is still supposed to be lively this far in. We are hoping to be able to return on Sunday or Monday. The traffic out was surprisingly light but we left kind of late.

Unfortunately, the storm is forecast to move up the coast and hit home in NY also. We will probably have some cleaning up to do when we get back. Oh well, just another chapter...right now I'm totally spent and need sleep. Thanks everyone for your concern. Talk soon...

What made you not want to stay there & make videos for youtube?   

[bobs66440]

Well, we have sucessfully moved about 160 miles inland and are at a Holiday Inn along with hundreds of other refugees. We should be okay here, but the storm is still supposed to be lively this far in. We are hoping to be able to return on Sunday or Monday. The traffic out was surprisingly light but we left kind of late.

Unfortunately, the storm is forecast to move up the coast and hit home in NY also. We will probably have some cleaning up to do when we get back. Oh well, just another chapter...right now I'm totally spent and need sleep. Thanks everyone for your concern. Talk soon...

What made you not want to stay there & make videos for youtube?  

I'll leave that up to those brave souls that work for the Weather Channel.


I posted this on the other tread but I guess I'll do it here too ...We just got back to the hotel from playing disc golf. I never heard of it before but it's pretty popular here in NC. It's the same as golf but you use a small frisbee instead of a club and ball. We figure it will be the last outdoor activity we will be able to do for a while.  

Anyhoo...the first bands of rain are just hitting here now. It should be an interesting night and day tomorrow. We're in a pretty big hotel so we should be okay. I'll keep you posted.

[400/6/PAC]

Hope everyone on the east coast stay's safe.

[nvrbdn]

yea, my idiot sister, her son with his wife and 2 babies left to north carolina to go to a stupid wedding that the people insist on having. she left this morning and said,"theres only clouds right now". of course that was earlier today when she said that.

[twodko]

For the first time ever the powers that be are shutting NYC down due to the severity of this monster. I could be wrong.........its happened a lot before BUT no wedding is worth dying for. IMO

[bobs66440]

For the first time ever the powers that be are shutting NYC down due to the severity of this monster. I could be wrong.........its happened a lot before BUT no wedding is worth dying for. IMO

Yeah, that's for sure...

[bill440rt]

We just got back tonite from our 2-week trip to Myrtle Beach SC, Bob. Made it back to NJ just in time. Had just enough time to hurricane proof the house, took in all patio furniture, filled the cars/truck with gas, etc. Two of the local gas stations here were closed & out of gas already.
Of course, we have no food in the house from being away, so I'll have to brave the supermarkets tomorrow morning. From what I've heard the shelves at the stores are bare as well.
Be safe!

[bobs66440]

Glad to hear you made it back ok!  Stay safe and keep us posted!

We woke up to a dark room with no electric this morning, which isn't a good sign considering that we haven't felt the full brunt of the storm yet. I went downstairs (we're on the sixth floor and used the stairs) to find out what was happening and the power came back on, thankfully. Just in case, I went to the Hess station next door and got some flashlights. We lost power again briefly a few minutes ago, so I'm thinking this will be norm throughout the day. The people here at the hotel have been amazing. They are normally not pet-friendly, but are allowing pets for evacuees. Very nice staff here.

The worst of the storm should be past us by tonight. Boy, I'm glad we evacuated. I'm sure it's not much fun on the Outer Banks right now...

[bobs66440]

Well, we made it back home from our very eventful earthquake/hurricane vacation. We were able to get back to the beach house on Tuesday and salvage the rest of the week. The weather was perfect but there was a lot of damage there. Fortunately, they are used to it so they pick up and move on.

Unfortunately, I can't say the same for the folks here. There was a huge amount of flooding and there are still some here without power. Most of the roads are opened back up but there was much loss. It seems minor compared to VT, but it doesn't do much to ease the pain. We were very lucky at my home, we just lost a tree.

On this link, under 8/31/11 click on "Aerial photos of flooding in Orange County"

http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/section?Category=MEDIA05

That will give a small idea of what happened here. There are other galleries there too from this area.