Abilene Motor Express....A New Place To Call Home

I got a weather alert today driving through South Carolina telling everybody to brace themselves for the hurricane. Other than that, haven't heard anything.

 

Weather channels saying it's gonna hit the east coast about Friday,with 70 mph winds.

 

Landfall as a Cat 4 anywhere between Savannah and Virginia Beach. They are predicting Cat 4 five days out... they don’t normally predict them so big with so many days to go... so they think something is going to pump it up.

 

Or they are pumping up their ratings. Nothing guarantees eyeballs like a disaster.

 

Better to be safe than sorry, I suppose. As for me, I'll be home, right in the middle of it all. I cannot and will not have my mother home alone with no way of even getting out of her home by herself. Hubby has everything else to deal with regarding our homes, so at least I can deal with that part of it. On top of all of that, she has an appt Thursday - unless they cancel it. Oh, and when I talked to her this evening, it was like she just woke up and realized there was a hurricane coming. So not like her.

 

And it's also tracking just like Isabel did back in 2003. And we lost power for 14 days and had lots of damage with that one. So, I'm a little concerned.

 

This is from our local meteorologist. So yeah, I think it's going to be bad.

 

Im not saying dont be prepared, but the tv weather people constantly showing the same satellite images 24hrs a day does nothing to help anyone prepare.

Then when the storm hits you get the numpties out there in their network logoed ponchos standing in front of a wobbling street sign commenting on how windy and wet it is and that no-one should be outside.

Wind AND rain?, during a hurricane?. Sure glad you guys were out there with a camera to capture this phenomenon for posterity.

 

95 is going to be a mess either day just from traffic of those leaving the coastal areas. I would stay put until it makes landfall then see if the Savannah/W. Jeff route is clear.