UNOME Veteran 126 Posts user info edit post |
Power out near the walmart at Hwy 24 and 70 and in various areas around West Carteret High. Our power has flickered but still on. 7/3/2014 9:52:05 PM |
BIGcementpon Status Name 11318 Posts user info edit post |
If anyone is interested, DirecTV is showing the feed from WCTI in New Bern on channel 361-1. 7/3/2014 9:58:27 PM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
Power went out for awhile but its back now...Think the eye has officially hit. It's not as windy as it was 30 min ago, not even close...
I was on the beach snapchatting and got ran off by the Indian Beach Po Po.
Needless to say...30 min ago it was impressive. 7/3/2014 11:03:38 PM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
Eye has officially made landfall. 7/3/2014 11:06:13 PM |
NutGrass All American 3695 Posts user info edit post |
Yep, eye has officially hit cape lookout. 7/3/2014 11:06:41 PM |
dalecooter All American 524 Posts user info edit post |
the house here in avon is swaying a bit but nothing too bad yet. the first band had some impressive lightning now it's just wind gusts. 7/3/2014 11:45:55 PM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
Hatteras is gonna get hammered. 7/3/2014 11:51:31 PM |
willembahh All American 2378 Posts user info edit post |
it had been raining here in Chocowinity about an hour ago. I fell asleep and figured when I woke up, it'd be over. of course I wake up and it hadnt even made landfall yet. 7/4/2014 12:26:28 AM |
Restricted All American 15537 Posts user info edit post |
Can't sleep; storming like crazy. 7/4/2014 2:52:38 AM |
stowaway All American 11770 Posts user info edit post |
Just waiting for the eyewall to roll over kdh. Gusts are picking up, worried about trees right now. 7/4/2014 3:01:19 AM |
Str8BacardiL ************ 41752 Posts user info edit post |
so what happened 7/4/2014 10:16:30 AM |
Walter All American 7713 Posts user info edit post |
I'm going to assume that everyone who stopped giving updates is dead 7/4/2014 10:24:44 AM |
Mtan Man214 All American 2638 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | " so what happened" |
Nothing in Topsail. We had a deck chair blow across the deck and our neighbors lost a couple of shingles.7/4/2014 10:32:44 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
Apparently the highest recorded gust was 101 mph, from a buoy. Makes me suspicious that this storm was a Category 2 at landfall, giving that it needs to have 95 mph sustained winds to be classified as such. Or does that wind classification come from readings at higher altitudes? 7/4/2014 11:46:43 AM |
dalecooter All American 524 Posts user info edit post |
everything is cool here. we had a little leak in the ceiling right above the bed and a few things fell down couple of deck chairs blew around but that was it. 7/4/2014 12:05:11 PM |
Walter All American 7713 Posts user info edit post |
Power is still out here in the Harkers Island area
Lots of pine trees snapped off in our neighbor's yard
[Edited on July 4, 2014 at 2:45 PM. Reason : .] 7/4/2014 2:24:51 PM |
stowaway All American 11770 Posts user info edit post |
^^ wind reading is at higher altitude. 7/4/2014 2:52:22 PM |
JT3bucky All American 23242 Posts user info edit post |
Power went out for about an hour at AB/Indian Beach...there was some damage at Atlantic to houses as in siding and shingles getting ripped off.
Got lucky that this storm was a VERY fast moving one and got in and out quickly.
Worries me that people will think ALL Cat 2s are like that one though. 7/7/2014 12:22:50 AM |
mikey99cobra All American 1138 Posts user info edit post |
The resort i was staying at in Atlantic Beach never lost power, however they did lose a good amount of shingles. The worst damage I saw there was at the Channel Marker restaurant. The dock and walkway over the water was destroyed. 7/7/2014 8:35:48 AM |
TKE-Teg All American 43401 Posts user info edit post |
^^what should worry you is how much some news outlets like to sensationalize every single tropical system, regardless of strength. That sort of thing has a numbing effect on people and then when a truly dangerous storm hits they're not prepared. Arthur was a weak category 2, and only held it's cat 2 status for a few hours. And hit at low tide. Hopefully (most) people are smart enough to realize what that means
[Edited on July 8, 2014 at 8:57 AM. Reason : ] 7/8/2014 8:55:57 AM |