How much impact did the previous hurricanes have earlier this year and last year? I have family in Norfolk but they didn't say much about it, so I'm curious.

LLiddell wrote:

How much impact did the previous hurricanes have earlier this year and last year? I have family in Norfolk but they didn't say much about it, so I'm curious.

We had little wind but a lot of rain. I've lived in this area for over 40 years and I have never seen it rain so often as in the past 2 years. I live in Chesapeake, no flood zone but Norfolk always gets flooded out when we have heavy rain. This is some of the after effects of Hurricane Matthew in Norfolk:
https://www.13newsnow.com/article/news/local/mycity/norfolk/norfolk-underpasses-completely-flooded-by-matthew/332381186

Forecasters here are now saying Florida is the Bulls Eye for Hurricane Dorian hitting as a Cat 4 Hurricane (130 MPH Sustained Winds) with higher gusts. Thoughts and Prayers for the people of Florida.

The best of luck to all who may be caught up with it.

The water temperature in the Atlantic is 86+ degrees. That's more fuel for the hurricane. No land in the way to break up the hurricane before hitting Florida. We maybe looking at another Hurricane Katrina

WOW!! I hope not.

Geeze I hope this nasty one doesn't hit you guys. Sounds scary though that it is going to hit the Coast line... Hope the weathermen are wrong!

My son who is a non-working Foreman/Lineman is leaving in the morning with all their trucks heading to Florida.. Going on storm makes me nervous but they know what they are doing. It'll take them 3 days to get there because their trucks can only go 50-55 mph. 🙄

Stay safe Dave!

Like I posted in my first post, it looks like the Gulf Stream will pickup Hurricane Dorian and maybe keep it at sea. If so we are now in the Cone of the path of Dorian. That means high winds and a lot of rain again. Then again it all depends where or if it makes landfall. Forecasters here are saying Dorian might be another Hurricane Matthew here in the Tidewater Virginia area. We are keeping a close eye on it to where it's heading.

Anyone interested in following the weather, here's an excellent website for following the "Spaghetti Models". All kinds of models on Mike's Weather Page : https://spaghettimodels.com/

ProTruckDriver wrote:

Anyone interested in following the weather, here's an excellent website for following the "Spaghetti Models". All kinds of models on Mike's Weather Page : https://spaghettimodels.com/

You should know me by now Dave, I love them.

Thank you Dave..I have been trying to keep up with Dorian from our news and the website from one of your posts. I'll check out Mike's weather. 😊

I see it is now classed as a Cat 5 storm.
Good luck everyone.

Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas braces for category five storm

Hopefully this hurricane will make a hard right turn to the North and will stay out to sea. That way all of the East Coast will dodge the bullet. We are still in the cone of the path of Dorian but hopefully by the time it makes the Virginia Coast it will lose its punch as shown below. (We live approx. at the arrow.)

Lineman Trucks ready to go. They are parked at Daytona International Speedway! There were more trucks but some left for lunch! My son sent me this video via cellphone.

Edited: More news here
https://www.winknews.com/2019/09/01/fpl-partners-ready-to-respond-to-hurricane-dorian/

ProTruckDriver wrote:

Hopefully this hurricane will make a hard right turn to the North and will stay out to sea. That way all of the East Coast will dodge the bullet. We are still in the cone of the path of Dorian but hopefully by the time it makes the Virginia Coast it will lose its punch as shown below. (We live approx. at the arrow.)

Hopefully Dorian turns..but Dave are you going to evacuate?

I don't believe we will evacuate with this hurricane by the way it looks by the time it gets to the Virginia boarder. There is a lot we have to look at in a hurricane before evacuation. Cat 1 or Cat 2 we will usually stay home until it passes. Then again if it's a Cat 2, which side of the eye are we going to be on when it passes. If we are on the West side of the eye (less wind) we will stay, if on the East side of the eye (heavy wind) we may evacuate.
The way this hurricane is tracking and the forecast of the wind speed I believe we will be okay. We are keeping an eye on the local weather channels.

Sounds like you two have a plan and that you know what you are going to do if and when. Just stay safe and be careful.😊

That is a good plan to stay with Dave.
I wish all of our Webroot users who are caught up in this all the very best of luck.

Navy Ships in Virginia are order to go to Sea:
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/navy-ships-moving-out-to-sea-to-avoid-hurricane-dorian-2019-09-04

Now is the time I wish I were still in the Navy. I loved ridding those hurricanes out on the navy ships. Over one wave and in through two waves. 30 to 40 foot seas, loved it! 🤣

I expect that us in the UK next week will have a spell of really rough weather courtesy of your hurricane.

ProTruckDriver wrote:

Navy Ships in Virginia are order to go to Sea:https://www.marketwatch.com/story/navy-ships-moving-out-to-sea-to-avoid-hurricane-dorian-2019-09-04Now is the time I wish I were still in the Navy. I loved ridding those hurricanes out on the navy ships. Over one wave and in through two waves. 30 to 40 foot seas, loved it! 🤣

I loved seeing those ships in the Navy when my ex-husband was stationed in San Diego. I would get to go on the "Marvin Shields" when it was stationed there.

Sounds fun Dave, riding those hurricanes!😊

The wind is going to start picking up tomorrow (Thursday) evening with gusty winds. All day Friday heavy winds and they are calling for about 7+ inches of rain with some flooding. We have a Doctors appointment tomorrow afternoon before the hurricane passes which should be no problem. Schools are closed tomorrow and Friday. I'll try to stay online, hopefully we don't lose power. One thing good, the brunt of the storm will be during daylight Friday so I can get a good nights sleep Thursday night with my CPAP not worrying about a power loss. ☺️

Oh no...I haven't been following Dorian today...but this week has flown by that's for sure...

Stay safe and get some sleep...hopefully the power doesn't go out.

Stay safe @ProTruckDriver and all the Webrooters in the area, hopefully it will stay offshore to save you all some of the worst weather.