Friday, September 26, 2008
Nor'easter on the SC Coast
If you watched the news in the last couple of days, in between stories about our national financial crisis were weather reports about the huge storm that went down the eastern seaboard and came onshore in the Carolinas. Well, I was in the middle of it and it was quite a storm. When we got to our oceanfront hotel on Wednesday, the weather was reasonably nice and Mary Lee (who stayed with a friend whose mother is our librarian) went out to the pool and hot tub with her friend immediately. It's a good time they went out then, because yesterday (Thursday) was completely shot. The winds were almost tropical storm strength, the surf was churning, palm trees were whipping every direction, and the rain was constant and heavy. It was a beautiful sight from a hotel balcony but not fun to be out in! Fortunately it came well inland so even we may get some good moisture from it. But it was actually kind of fun to know that, even though our beach experiences were limited this trip, we were in the middle of an unusual storm that doesn't come this far south very often.
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So did you go out in the wind and rain and hold on to a lamp post or street sign and then see if you blow away?? I think it's absolutely ridiculous how news men or women stand with a microphone and camera crew in the middle of the storm to show us how fierce the winds are. I've actually seen some blown down, including the big guy, Al Roper. Shows more stupidity than bravery to me. Hope you stayed tucked inside your hotel with a nice cup of coffee or tea and watched the storm from the safety and comfort of indoors.
Actually, we did have to go out in it, to a seafood restaurant to meet the rest of our school's faculty. It was not an easy ride, so windy and rainy, but worth it-- Unbelievable seafood buffet!
After re-reading the post, I felt kind of silly. I'm describing a "bad" storm when Jamie has just been through a major hurricane?!!
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