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Lawman · Post by **Lawman** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 10:40 am

I want to send out prayers to all along the East Coast of the US. If you cannot take out your ' babies ' tie them down good and batten down the hatches. Hopefully the man above will spare us any casualties and let this ' bitch ' just pass us all !! Good Luck and god bless.

RWS · Post by **RWS** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 7:45 pm

take it from a Hurricane Charley CAT 4 survivor

blowing water can be forced in anywhere

duct tape your:

fuel tank vent
fuel tank fill
water tank vent
water tank fill
all engine room vents

take it all off the next day

RWS

see sea · Post by **see sea** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:01 pm

Thanks for keeping us in your thoughts.

see sea · Post by **see sea** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 11:01 pm

And especially your prayers

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 8:08 am

Worst we had here in Charleston, SC was 20 minutes of 50mph winds and rain around 11am Friday. We ha 24.6' seas just offshore here at the Edisto Buoy around 3pm Friday. http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41004

My boat was fine - even used this as an excuse to fire it up.

Glad its slowed to 90mph when it came ashore at Morehead city & Cape Lookout.

Hope she continues to slow!

Good luck to all!

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 11:42 am

king Paul lost power over an hr ago...

rossjo · Post by **rossjo** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 12:13 pm

Surprised Norfolk lost power already ... but those outer bands can be 50-70mph and lots of rain. If a tree falls, it takes out lines.

Looks like Virginia Beach is the next big city in its path ...

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:44 pm

the areas around the bay are getting the worst of it so far, and those are the ones with overhead power lines.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:25 pm

rossjo wrote:Surprised Norfolk lost power already ... but those outer bands can be 50-70mph and lots of rain. If a tree falls, it takes out lines.

Looks like Virginia Beach is the next big city in its path

I am not in Norfolk ( could not pay me to live on the "south side" )

And power just came on as I type I will give it 15 minutes then shut the gen set down ( for now LOL )

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:44 pm

and some of us wouldn't live in Hampton.. but 64 does go right through it..that's a good thing

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 5:52 pm

And I don't live on hampton but my boat is there tax free

alexander38 · Post by **alexander38** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 7:26 pm

don't mine the small tax...the view is worth it...someone has to pay for the dredging... and 64 cuts through Badnews to..

BobCT · Post by **BobCT** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 10:06 pm

I hauled my boat yesterday. Not feeling good at all.... if the surge is anywhere near what they say, it's going to float right off the blocks.

I left the drain plug in thinking if it did start floating at least it wouldn't sink (right away). I'm almost wondering if letting some water IN wouldn't be a bad thing either.

Will try and get there in the morning and see how it's doing.

Bob

tsawyer · Post by **tsawyer** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 12:33 am

Bob,

You never know what these things will bring, but I've never experienced a storm surge anywhere near what they forecast.

We've had a half dozen storms in the last 20 years and all of them predicted decent surge. None was more than a few feet.

Good luck.

prowlersfish · Post by **prowlersfish** » Sun Aug 28, 2011 7:57 am

Storm surge was just about on the money here and that was very high

lost power again , maybe days ,

Well off to check to see if the boat is ok

good luck up north