It looks like Hurricane Florence is going to be a monster!
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2018/0...es-east-coast/
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It looks like Hurricane Florence is going to be a monster!
https://wtop.com/weather-news/2018/0...es-east-coast/
Yes she is. They have also closed all schools east of Columbia.
Say a prayer or 2 for the first responders and linemen.
The GFS Model has Florence stalling just off Moorehead City for 4 days. I sure hope that is wrong. Other models slow Flo, but keep her moving inland. This could be quite a disaster for those people.
Model Guidance
It's a mess for buying and selling lumber out of that region. It is already wet and now maybe another 24" of water!!
WOW!
the forecast continues to evolve with the storm center now predicted to stall just offshore and drift SW with a decay in intensity (thank God ;-)
Check out the size of the tropical storm wind area... bigger than the state of South Carolina!
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graph...e_and_wind.png
Live view from Frying Pan Shoals webcam (in the path of the hurricane)...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deG4NxkouGM
and the accompanying buoy data...
https://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_pa...?station=41013
My daughter and her family live in Hilton Head. At first they thought they were going to be forced to evacuate. Then the storm looked like it was headed more toward the NC coast, so they didn't think they would have to. Now, it looks like it's headed back in the direction of the SC coast, so we are waiting to here if they are evacuating or not.
Another LIVE feed: Atlantic Beach NC...
https://www.facebook.com/foxcarolina...0098766942121/
I think that's the Oceanana fishing pier. It's the only one left in Atlantic Beach. There used to be 3 or 4 piers at Atlantic Beach but real estate developers bought them, tore them down and built condos. I used to fish there all the time when I live in NC.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pier#r
That pier is about to be destroyed....the "octi" is swaying several feet in both directions with each wave, and it hasn't even gotten bad yet.
All the piers on the NC coast were/are privately owned. All of them were/are made of wood except the Johnny Mercer pier in Wrightsville Beach.
The Frying Pan Shoals webcam is Amazing to watch, they all are but something about that one
Those wooden piers are like wooden rollercoasters; the theory is that the "give" absorbs the shock lika a ship at sea rides out the waves.
Perhaps so, but i don't ride wooden coasters either.
That pier they are showing is the first pier I ever fished on. The didn't have the gazebo back then.
The flag on top is basically threads now. Rumour up here is that it will be donated to the Red Cross.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pier#r
Does anyone know if the Oceanana fishing pier made it through the storm. The gazebo on the front end was wobbling when the live video was being streamed.
The end of the pier is gone/collapsed and the rest of the pier had extensive damage but is still standing. https://www.thestate.com/news/article218481520.htmlQuote:
Originally Posted by old_skool
There's a short video of the present state of things.
That sucks. That was the only pier left in Atlantic Beach. It was the first pier I ever fished on. The other piers there were bought by real estate developers and torn down to build condos.Quote:
Originally Posted by eym_sirius
Thanks for the update.
The flag is for sale on EBay with 100% of proceeds going to the Red Cross. The owner of the tower donated the flag to the Red Cross for the auction. It is a 3 day auction, last count $631.00, started at 10pm EST tonight. Frying Pan tower is a neat place, owner bought it at a government for $85k a few years ago, now a B&B.Quote:
Originally Posted by witler
BACK TO THE flag, bid high fellas, a good cause.