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Good luck and be safe, east coast.

I'm at the Jersey Shore, not far from Wildwood, I hope it blows over.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/09/02/tropical.weather/index.html?hpt=T1

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"Large and powerful Hurricane Earl prepared to take a swipe at the Eastern Seaboard Thursday as residents from North Carolina to Massachusetts scrambled to ready themselves for its arrival.

Hurricane warnings and watches stretched from North Carolina to Delaware, and covered parts of Massachusetts.

President Barack Obama signed a disaster declaration for North Carolina Wednesday evening."

RI here, in the path of the storm.  Currently trying to chill the wife out. 

Hey DS, tell your wife that by the time it gets to you, it should not be much of a concern.  Right after it passes us, it SHOULD weaken pretty quickly.  We 'boat people' watch these things pretty closely.

We are just inland of the Outer Banks and are starting to see some water come in, and a touch of wind starting. Should be romping pretty good here around 7 pm - 3 am or so.  We are well within the TS circle and are expecting winds 35 kt and 45 gusts.

Really, not much more than the Nor-Easters we deal with all winter long (and they can last days, not hours).

Peace out, ya'll.

I am not looking forward to this, as I live in Nova Scotia, we're right in the path! Hope this is not that bad, for anyone :bluesad:

It does look to only deliver a glancing blow to you.  Still, best of luck with avoiding any storm damage.  We're near the coast of Delaware, but largely protected by New Jersey (boy, is that something funny to say).

Venom, Darksider, Skull, Andrew and anyone else in Earl's path....I hope it turns out LESS than expected for you as it seems to be for us.

Right now, we were "supposed" to be 4-5 hours into 35 knot sustained winds; we've had a few gusts around 23 or so.  Predictions for here were half an inch of rain per hour starting this afternoon; it only started consistently drizzling within about the last hour or so.

We still may get some heavy wx over the next few hours, but so far, thank goodness, it's been LESS than we were expecting.

I hope it's the same for all of you.

Glad to hear it's not that bad where you are, I've got my fingers crossed  :cheers:

I live in Jersey, in Monmouth County, and will once again be taking the brunt for Delaware!!   :wink:
Right now, quiet as a church mouse...

Landfall at the Jersey Shore 1:00pm et, all is well, just some dark skys and rain. :thumbup:

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Currently waiting in dreary weather.  Think I'll sleep through it.

Sorry...at the risk of being pedantic, but that's not 'landfall' on NJ.  A 'cane makes landfall where the eye hits land.  In that picture, NJ is in the rain bands and technically (at least in the terminology the NHC uses) the hurricane is still offshore.

There's only about a 10% chance of Massachusetts getting hurricane force winds this evening, and Nova Scotia is in the 5-10%  probability also.  Nowhere else on land will see hurricane force winds.

(http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT07/refresh/AL0710_PROB64_F120_sm2+gif/205228.gif)

Anyway, all you guys up North remain in our thoughts and prayers.

Sorry about that, I thought any part of the storm is landfall... now I know, and knowing is half the battle.

dark skies*  :twirl:

PS - Keep you and your family safe Darksider. :thumbup:

No worries.   :smile:

Enjoy what a friend of mine, a 'surf dude' that also lives aboard a boat, calls "the FUN side of a hurricane."  (Yes, one  could say he's a little off his nut...but if you have to be in one, the western semicircle is MUCH better than the eastern one).

I'm glad this didn't hit too much at all. I know there is still tropical depression Gaston that might be bothersome though.

Well, a tree fell in our backyard and our powers out till tomorrow. This sucks  :bluesad:

At least no one got hurt.

It was simply weak.  Like  most storms it was overblown in media coverage at least in my area.  I worry about stuff they don't cover to be honest.  Or if this guy reports it;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_z_7zUGjJc

Oh, yeah, they did that here, too.  My wife and children were on the news with video of them getting off the boat and walking on the dock.  There was no audio of it, because my wife was "fussing" at the children at the time.   :teddyr:

Another station's report interviewed our slip mates.  I did not see the coverage, but this morning, she told me that it was crazy how in edit for broadcast, they made her out to look like some sort of thrill junky (I guess because she was staying on her boat and not "running for her life!").  She's such a calm, mellow lady that 'thrill junky' is about the LAST words I'd use to describe her.

Finally, the poor junior reporter that got stuck here all Thursday night got my sympathy.  She had to stay out there, in the rain, until at least the wee hours (she was still there after 11:00 pm when I walked up to the marina club house); earlier, after talking to our Dockmaster and some of us boaters, she called her boss and asked if she could just go home, and they would not let her.

There really was NOTHING to report here...but they sure got hours of footage of boats sitting in their slips.   :lookingup:

All of this is why I don't fool with the local weather guys AT ALL for wx info...I go straight to the source (NOAA/NWS and the NHC for example).  If it's really serious stuff, I don't want showmanship designed to get ratings; I want information.

At the end of the day, though, I cannot help but wonder if all the hype is a HUGE disservice if not incredible irresponsible.  When the storms do NOT live up to the expectations of doom and gloom in the minds of the viewers, what will be the response next time?  Are these reporters breeding complacency that will eventually get people hurt?

Anyway, glad it worked out for you, DS.

Sorry to hear, that Skull.  Good luck for a fast return to normalcy up there.  I was wondering how things were that far North...I had not heard any reports from your neck-o-the-woods yet.