Well, the original forecast track for Isaac was that it would hit north Florida and then arch over our way. If you are a weather junkie like I am, you know that it's now hitting more west of that track and then headed your way! You need it worse than we do this year, but the weatherman this morning said we may get some peripheral storms from it since it is such a large storm.
Want to take some pre-Isaac guesses of which way it will go and how much rain you will get? Or share your history with hurricanes? Or make any general comments at all?
I learned vividly about hurricanes when Hugo hit the SC coast in September of 1989. Mike was in Charlotte for the week, getting the basic training for his job (as he was for nine months). I was home alone with Andrew, who was 10 months old. The storm was supposed to go directly inland, affecting us with high winds and rain, but instead made a northward turn at Columbia, and instead Charlotte took a direct hit from winds that stayed very strong surprisingly far inland. I was talking with Mike on the phone and could hear the trees snapping off in the background. His siblings living on the coast came inland; however, his brother-in-law stayed to take care of their brand-new house, and the winds were so strong he was fearful that the brick house was going to come off its foundation. The biggest need after the storm, in Charleston and the lower part of the state, was ice. There was no electricity and the heat and humidity were oppressive.
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I will make no guesses about where Isaac will go - but will be watching it via TV. We may have already been getting rain somehow related to its weather pattern. It rained Saturday night and most of yesterday and is still quite cloudy today. We had almost 3 inches in our rain guage, our ditch was filled with water AND best of all the grass is turning green!! Too late to help the crops, but certainly brightens our spirits even if it's cloudy!!
I have no hurricane stories (we live in tornado alley) but we had already guessed that all the hype on Florida wouldn't pan out as the media predicted. Days of media attention, and then sure enough, the storm turned direction. For New Orleans sake, I hope it fizzles out there, too.
A hurricane experience: Kathleen and I ventured to Hawaii for our
10th anniversary in 1982. On about day 3, Hurricane Iwa hit the main island and we were stranded on that island the remaining 4 days.
We all heard the warnings, but the natives could hardly believe it as Hawaii had not had a hurricane in 23 years. We saw a motorcylce get blown over (while riding) palm trees blown down, and finally the natives started boarding up their windows, etc. We hunkered down with other guests in our concrete-built hotel in Honolulu on the 3rd floor enclosed foyer. I had a transistor radio, playing the only Hawaiian radio station still on the air and we all huddled around, in the dark (no electricity), by the radio listening to the scary weather reports.
The next day was beautiful, but lots of damage. That was "the highlight" of our long-awaited Trip to Hawaii.
Let's hope Isaac cooperates and calms down!
It's Saturday morning, 5 a.m., and I can't sleep.
It appears from the internet radar that you are getting some good rain in Illinois. Is that the case? Sure hope so.
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