How many of you are looking to be affected by Hurricane Earl

**NikoSan999** · 09-01-2010, 09:06 AM

How many of you look to be in close proximity to Earl when it hits and who looks to be more than moderately affected ? ( inconvienced )

How are you preparing?

Ocracoke Island in NC Evacuated as Hurricane Earl Nears

Thoughts are with you either way...hoping for the best.

**Greebo** · 09-01-2010, 09:15 AM

LOOKING to? Not me.

Likely to? Possibly.

**kattails** · 09-01-2010, 10:14 AM

we are about an hour and a half from the Outer Banks. we will probably get nothing more than a little wind gust and maybe some much needed rain. local reports are saying Cape Hatteras could get as much as 10" of rain

praying Earl comes and goes quickly with minimal damage

**monkeywrangler71** · 09-01-2010, 10:29 AM

As of now we are in the middle of its projected track, but it could still swerve to either side of us or die out before it gets here.

**nuisance26** · 09-01-2010, 12:25 PM

~We're coastal South Jersey so we'll probably get some of it. This will be a really fun week for it too.

~

**frugalfranny** · 09-01-2010, 12:46 PM

Please, everyone, take care of you and yours.........

Prepare for the worst...........hope for the best!

**valerian** · 09-01-2010, 01:01 PM

I'm about 40 minutes away from the coast....looks like it's gonna turn so we'll probably only get the winds from the western side of it. If not, we'll pack up and leave...

**onencgirl** · 09-01-2010, 05:02 PM

We have a tropical storm warning here. I'm on the coast but not in the direct path.

**Keildra** · 09-01-2010, 05:51 PM

we live 3 hours from the coast its expected to hit tomorrow night and we can expect torential downpour and pressure changes. Which isn't good because my due date is saturday.

**Nada.Leona** · 09-01-2010, 07:22 PM

We're expecting it to hit here (Nova Scotia) early Saturday morning. DH is so upset -- we were supposed to go down to my home community and I was supposed to show him where I grew up, and take LG with us. I've been singing "Goodbye Earl" all day, hoping it might make a bit of difference. *fingers crossed*

**valerian** · 09-02-2010, 05:53 PM

Well, there are voluntary evacuations for our county, but I don't think we're going to get anything here. It's dark-looking outside and the leaves are blowing, but this is nothing. I think the storm is going to turn too far to the northeast to get us.

**Lady_V** · 09-02-2010, 07:35 PM

I'm not sure how we will be affected... I am not on a coastal town, but we were in the medium risk area.

According to the latest maps, it won't be directly over us. Just in case - I have 2 bottles of water, cans of soup and a water-only pancake mix.

Diva has school Friday so I will be keeping an eye on the weather. Her school is in the next town over and I don't want to be caught off guard if Earl decides to come early. The last place I want to be is en-route to the school and dodging tree limbs.

(I also don't want her at the school without me, she is freaked out enough and I keep telling her that we will be fine, but this is her first hurricane and thinking it's a tornado because she is afraid a house will fall on me on the way to get her

)

**BlissMommy** · 09-02-2010, 10:11 PM

I hope you all stay safe!

**frugalwarrior2** · 09-02-2010, 10:28 PM

Dh is flying back from Bermuda Is. to Atlanta Fri. night so my ears are perked. Tonight he said no cancellations yet. Makes a gal nervous. Just don't know if the flight path is all that close?

**Momto5RN** · 09-02-2010, 10:48 PM

i am in south NJ - maybe 30 - 40 min from atlantic city so if they get hit we get hit with storms and wind etc maybe some flooding of some of the local roads .

i really am not preparing too much - we have tarps to put alone one side of the hose if it starts to flood the yard street to pevent the basement from leaking - we always have a well stocked pantry - and dh always has a case or 2 of bottled water in his car .

i am off this weekend so no worries of traveling to see patients.