Hurricane Matthew

[Sacajawea]

Well, the storm is still 35 mi south of Hatteras; most of the rain/wind is NORTH right now. No rain here - but plenty of wind. If the storm moves east & south - we could get more of the same. Genny's humming along so I won't lose comm's unless the cell towers go down.

Cable's out of course. The county communications are ALL DOWN; only the hams are up & running. One radio station on generator collecting reports & passing them on to the community.

[kickstand]

Glad to hear that you're still with us Sac.
I talked to my brother in Palm Bay last night, and they had minimal damage . He did mention that some of the forecasts show it making a U-turn and hitting again.

[Sacajawea]

OK - we're only half through this storm, this morning. According to NHC, the storm is a sub-tropical cyclone now... but we're to expect up to hurricane strength wind... which is causing power to blip around the area. My printer woke me up at 1 am going through it's start-up chugging & beeps.

Lots of 'net traffic (and organizational confusion) this morning.

We're going to have this storm ALL DAY; and contrary to all forecasts - Norfolk/Va Beach is also getting hit pretty good. The radar showed rain as far north as Baltimore and PA last night. Matthew ain't turning yet. Following the coast.

[Sacajawea]

Wind's picking up here; still dry; sun was out this morning. EOC activated and hams managing open repeaters in Buxton & KDH (Kill Devil Hills) for local reports.

[sawyerrt10]

Heavy rain and a lot of wind here so far...maintaining alert status lol

[Cwi555]

I have seen no evacuations, personally, nor have there been any in this area. We are about 100miles (or a bit less) west from mandatory evac zone.

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fema-unofficially-uses-waffle-house-203300898.html

It was bad enough in some places to trip the waffle house index.

[southernmom]

I have seen no evacuations, personally, nor have there been any in this area. We are about 100miles (or a bit less) west from mandatory evac zone.

[J Ram]

First thoughts and prayers with all of you in the affected areas, I hope you continue to stay safe.

Second, are you seeing anything with the evacuations or Federal Emergency responses that may give us insight to how they might handle a larger scale type event? I'm curious as to how those activities might line up with how things went in the books.

[Valliam13]

We still have power and our house isn't harmed. Our fence is a different story. It's kinda leaning now. Anyone in the area know a good, affordable fence company? Not sure if we will get insurance involved or not. Doesn't seem worth it just for a fence. Had we had a few broken windows or something it would be a different story.

[roach2654]

Cousin who lives 1 block from atlantic ocean in Daytona still has power! Storm surge is 5 ft so he has no flooding yet! Wind gusts 65 mph, expected to get 70 to 90 soon!

[southernmom]

This am we still have power and so far just a bit breezy, grey and rainy.

[kickstand]

Yall be safe . It sure is nice to not have to run to the store when everyone else is.

[angeryamerican]

I've been and couldn't get to this. We're about 50 miles from the coast and should get 60-70 MPH winds. But we're ready. I have the generator already wired in and waiting. I keep about 45gallons of gas on hand but added another 20, just in case. We're as set as we can get. It was funny watching everyone run around. We didn't need to add anything really. I'll post throughout the night.

[roach2654]

Made a run this am to just west of Gainesville to batten down at deer camp. Gas was about .25 a gal higher than 3 days ago and the small towns I went through had lines at the gas stations. Heard the clerk inside say they were running out for the second time in2 days. Folks filling cans, gennys, cars, and truck tanks. Had a tailwind going home though! Y'all stay safe and hunker down, tomorrows going to be a doozy! Just saw on the local weather the track by early next week may hook around and come back at us!

[Sacajawea]

Hmmm. The two storms are 832.9 miles apart. (Less, in nautical miles.)