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Preparing for Isabel?
Bonker asks: "Hurricane Isabel has been categorized as a Class 4 hurricane by the the National Hurricane Center. It's expected to grind somewhere into the U.S. East Coast sometime this evening. The Carolinas, Virginias, and even Maryland are in states of high tension. If you live in an area threatened by Isabel, what are you doing to protect your own or your company's data and computer hardware from Isabel?"
... One, it's a cat3. Two, it won't hit the east coast till Thursday. So, I guess what I'm doing to prepare is taking an extra two days to get everything done right.
West Virginia might be inland, but the projected storm track puts the eye of the storm as far west as Charleston, WV.
Category 3 over the ocean, Category 2 over North Carolina, Category 1 over Virginia, Tropical Depression (and tornados) over West Virginia.
Chivalry is not dead, it's just frequently misspelt. - M. Langley
I live in Norfolk, VA and it looks like Isabel is going to hit us dead on. The present NOAA trajectory guesses have the eye passing more or less right over my house, a few clicks west of downtown Norfolk.
Checking on Weather.com today I was struck by some ironic use of advertising (note pink arrow).
I've got plywood cut to board the windows unless we get some good news in the next couple of days. My main concern is evacuation... i.e., I don't wanna, but it's probably not in my best interest to refuse in the event of a mandatory evacuation like the one ordered today at Ocracoke Island, NC (there is concern there of the only road to the mainland washing out).
The Great Storm of 1933 tracked very close to Isabel's path, and was a smaller storm. The '33 storm flooded downtown Norfolk quite badly, destroyed lots of buildings and piers on the coast, and destroyed many boats and ships. In my native Mathews, that storm deposited fishing boats in the woods and was responsible for separating New Point Comfort Lighthouse from the mainland (I also believe that it separated the Hole in the Wall Beach from the mainland as well).
Wish us luck, and ask your diety or animistic spirit of choice to spare us from excess wrath.
Wen we got hit by gloria back in 80? something, there was a dog in my neighborhood that died pinned to the side of the house and pelted with crap.
ALso, if youre worried about the wind,cover the windows you can, and criscross the rest with tape. Wont save whe window, but will help stop shards of glass from cutting you into hamburger.
Also, look in your yard, and anything you an pick up and carry, get it inside a structure. If YOU can pick it up, so can the huricane. THink trash can coming at you at 60 miles an hour.
Also, WATER!!. Screw the food, but youll be thirsty in hours if you dont hve fresh water. Fill up the bathtub and all the sinks if you cant get containers of it. Batteris will be worth their weight in gold, as will be small battery radio.
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Would a nuclear blast have any effect on a hurricane?
No
Generally good ideas, but taping windows is totally useless.