Florence...

[Hoenheim]

I'm in Fayetteville and we only have 1 family member coming from a coastal city. I know multiple other people in various other costal towns that are STAYING there . They are adults so they live with their own decision. 

I dont even think we are far enough west to really be safe, but its gotta be a hell of a lot better than the coast , you guys are going to get slammed hard. I haven't experienced a hurricane this bad in over 20 years, and Fran I could still remember it pretty well despite being 5 years old. Remember  getting out of school and even me and my dad picking up my grandma before the storm hit (we were living in Cary at the time) 

There shouldn't be anyone left in the outer banks in those stick houses 

[Skack25]

36 minutes ago, Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior) said:

Anyone else riding it out in Wilmington? On a scale of 9 to 10, how terrible of a decision am I making?

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[Jaycat]

Didn't realize it had gotten this large.

[Bronn]

I read yesterday that it was 400 miles wide... so even if you aren't in the center of circulation, you're still looking at torrential rain and possibly TS level winds in central and coastal NC. Even parts of VA probably.

She's cooling her jets a little too, which will maybe help. But, it still won't be great for anyone on the coastline especially.

[Squirrel]

10 minutes ago, Bronn said:

I read yesterday that it was 400 miles wide... so even if you aren't in the center of circulation, you're still looking at torrential rain and possibly TS level winds in central and coastal NC. Even parts of VA probably.

She's cooling her jets a little too, which will maybe help. But, it still won't be great for anyone on the coastline especially.

Hopefully it will start getting sheared at the higher levels and fall apart some. 

[Jaycat]

Saw on 3 different channels that storm chaser planes had reported 83 foot tall waves somewhere NW of the eyewall. I dunno, that sounds pretty outlandish.

[PhillyB]

10 hours ago, Cat said:

So we are flying in from Amsterdam to Atlanta Ssturday then ATL to CLT. Delta is telling me I can change my flight. Idk what to do. Anyone think I'll make it to ATL?

doubtful, not with this shift in path. i'm leaving for peru sunday and had originally planned to fly out of atlanta, but after the shift i went with dc > houston > lima. no way i'm fuging with anything in the carolinas or georgia

[Ja Rhule]

2 hours ago, Jaycat said:

Saw on 3 different channels that storm chaser planes had reported 83 foot tall waves somewhere NW of the eyewall. I dunno, that sounds pretty outlandish.

George Clooney would not be surprised.

But in all seriousness...  this hurricane is massive, don’t be surprised if there is not much of southern shift or stall and this thing just keeps going.

[Ja Rhule]

NC East Coast is going to be totally fuged... Hurricane for 2-3 days with almost 40 inches of rain?  Is this real world?

[motocross_cat]

The ups center I'm out of in monroe nc is asking for us drivers to volunteer to work saturday....lmao that's a big hell no.

[Ja Rhule]

Ventusky changed model, says Florence will move inland 12 hours earlier than predicted with eye passing over Columbia, SC.

[Ja Rhule]

Florence has been downgraded to Cat 3... keep on dropping.  No longer a major hurricane.  Charlotte is expecting 50+ wind gusts tomorrow night so get ready for power loss.

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[Seal (SmittyIsOurSavior)]

I survived. The aftermath had Wilmington looking like a warzone though.