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Re: Hurricane Florence
[Re: BeachKitten]
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09/11/2018 03:06 PM
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I was wondering about Georgia also. Please stay safe, all in Florence's path. Make preparations and if necessary, get out NOW.
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/11/2018 06:13 PM
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After watching several hours of hurricane coverage all I can say is, Get Out Now. This will be a major flooding event.
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/11/2018 10:31 PM
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My daughter is saying good by to her home on Topsail Island. As of now, she is right over the "eye". Hopefully things work out for her, and she has battened down the hatches and left it as best she can.....
"It is good to do nothing all day, and then to rest"
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/12/2018 08:13 PM
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No offense intended, but a generator does not keep flood waters out or the roof on. Evacuate now. Better safe then sorry.
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/13/2018 05:33 AM
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Some inland areas are predicted to get up to 40" of rain, that can cause some serious damage.
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/13/2018 04:46 PM
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Awesome video! Thanks for the link. You're welcome. That poor flag isn't going to make it. Even more shredded now.
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/13/2018 05:49 PM
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/13/2018 07:17 PM
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I wonder what MPH the wind is there now. Hard to tell. I figure it won't be visible for much longer because it is getting dark.
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/13/2018 07:19 PM
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As it is still 100 miles from land, and only moving at 5mph....it's going to take 20 hours! News just said it would not reach land until later tomorrow.... Well, the pier came seems to have gone down. Tattered flag still hanging in there on the other cam near Cape Fear. Interesting facts about where that cam is located: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frying_Pan_Shoals"rustic" B&B? lol....I'll say!
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/14/2018 08:02 PM
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JoAnn,
Sincerely hoping you’ve actually heard from your daughter regarding the Topsail house by now. Sometimes the ‘not knowing’ is actually worse than the reality. And this is like deja-but, no?
Good luck and I hope your daughter was spared.........
Respectfully,
pat
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/17/2018 04:53 PM
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Hi. Any updates from you folks in the Carolinas? Anyone heard from Georgia? Yesterday Georgia was doing well. Having drinks! I believe that today she was going to attempt to drive out and check property on the coast.... She told me that I could share what she said yesterday: " Still no power, but the generator makes that a non-issue, at least until we run out of propane. We just took a drive to see where the wires are down, and there are three different places, the farthest about 15 miles from our house. The road is blocked there, so we couldn't go any further. The propane will last around another two weeks. The truck will come out to refill it as long as they can get to us. The problem will be the flooding of the Neuse River will close the road between us and the propane company. We're running a/c, set on 82 to conserve propane. My only internet access out here us via cell service, and it's been very spotty today. Please share my status on ttol. We're fine, and in no danger at All. Thanks to you and the others for their concern." Monday update: From Emerald Isle "At the beach house. We are so fortunate! The house is almost unscathed, just one piece of fascia trim blown off. A couple of trees down or damaged. The pier is mostly still here; we did lose the landing end, and the runners off the lift."
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Re: Hurricane Florence
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09/19/2018 05:37 PM
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Hi all. Sorry I've been remiss in posting, but our only internet access here in the boonies is via cell phone tower, and apparently we lost the one closest to our home. I'be been able to access Facebook, although it's been very slow. We've picked up a different tower today, and our service is much improved. Thank you Beach Kitten, for sharing my updates. We're fine here, but within five miles things are much different. There's a lot of flooding nearby, and more to come. New Bern, the town where we go to grocery shop and enjoy lunches and dinners out, is devastated. I'm sure you've seen the pictures on the news. Our power came on last evening; many are still without power and will be for quite some time. The damage we saw on the way to the beach house was unreal. Our next door neighbor there probably lost his house; it's on pilings and they are twisted. He had only bought the house a few months ago, and put in a new pier. It is completely gone. Again, we were lucky; only a little damage to the fascia of the house. Our pier is mostly intact, although we did lose probably the last 30 feet (it's 785 feet total), and the landing on the end. The boat lift is damaged, but can be repaired. The power is still off down there.
We are the fortunate ones; many have lost everything.
Thanks to everyone who asked about us.
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