Hurricane Dorian check in

[everjaded]

Hell, I may be the only dumbass still on here that's anywhere near being affected, but wanted to start a thread to check in with everyone just in case.

Who else is hunkering down with a cache of bottled water and non-refrigerated snacks this weekend instead of grilling outside for the holiday?

 

[ghosttruck]

I heard from my Aunt and my peeps...they have fully stocked the liquor cabinet and bought plenty of beer...they are ready for shit to go down!

 

[Brillig]

I'm stocked up here in Seattle, just in case.

 

[Babs]

Keeping an eye on Dorian from the New England coast, hoping it won't work its way up here. Usually does although much diminished. Fingers crossed.

 

[MildlyMedicated]

We will be sitting on the front patio with a drink, and enjoying to breeze, here is South East Ga.

 

[Siobhan]

All set here on N. Central Florida's Gulf cost area, lots of H20, orange/tomato juice, non-perishables, batteries, lamp oil, bourbon and vodka. We'll stock up on 50 lbs of ice by Monday.

 

[Keepalowprofile]

I'm here in northern cali. Wishing for rain.
Fire season causes me anxiety.
I hope everyone is safe.

 

[BuffettGirl]

Just spent a couple of hours talking my BFF from Melbourne Beach to her parents house in Orlando. All three kidlets too. Phew!

Hasty? Maybe. But why wait to leave when you don't have to?

Stay safe everyone!

 

[Keepalowprofile]

What's happening?

We need check ins.

 

[notchback]

Still no rain here in Utah.

 

[everjaded]

What's happening?

We need check ins.

Nothing is happening where I am. Rained in bands today and were were all very lazy, took rainy naps (which are the very best kind of naps) and watched a lot of TV. No loss of power or anything. My office is planning to be open tomorrow so I'll be back to work unfortunately.

Kind of hoping that wouldn't be the case since I've been on vacation for like 9 days and am not particularly eager to return.

 

[Satanica]

I have an uncle who retired from NASA, and he and my aunt (father's sister) were in the cross-hairs. I think the danger had passsed now and, hopefully, no mayhem up the coast.

 

[BuffettGirl]

9 days off? In a row? I'm so jealous. I haven't had a day off since the end of January (except National Holidays). I just timed out on 4+ weeks of PTO. Former Warehouse Guy screwed things up so badly that Bossman doesn't feel like he can hire a new Warehouse Guy yet...

 

[Babs]

 

[cubby]

So far, so good, in West Central Georgia, hotter than a fire cracker, but we do got some wind, even if the wind is hot, it is moving.

Forty years ago today, hurricane David hit Savannah and went up the river to Augusta, I know because I was there in the hospital, having given birth that morning. You can throw a rock from the hospital to the river. So it was close, the windows were rattling and I had just woke up from my C-section and I said, what's that? Oh it's just a hurricane.

Hurricane David - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

David is believed to have been responsible for 2,068 deaths, making it one of the deadliest hurricanes of the modern era. It caused torrential damage across its path, most of which occurred in the Commonwealth of Dominica where the hurricane made landfall as a Category 5 hurricane.

 

[araisner]

Late for it, but luckily it just brushed past us in Florida. After the devastation in the Bahamas, I hug my boys tight and thank my stars. It could have been so much worse.

 

[Siobhan]

Have any of our members for the Carolinas' checked in yet?
Really worried for the residents of those regions right now.

 

[Old Man Metal]

Have any of our members for the Carolinas' checked in yet?

I'm good. Wilmington dodged a bullet, pretty much. I've been through more intense tropical storms. Very happy with how it turned out here.

The NE part of NC got beat up worse, for sure.

 

[Sejanus]

Is Alabama ok?