and of course there will be about 20 asking if classes are canceled.....

8/30/2006 4:08:35 PM

it'll keep getting downgraded until it's just a bad storm by the time it gets to raleigh

8/30/2006 4:09:51 PM

pretty much along the lines of what i was going to post

8/30/2006 4:10:13 PM

gonna be alot of rain, the usual places will flood around Raleigh

8/30/2006 4:10:29 PM

well, we have been a little dry lately...i'm kinda looking forward to a nice rain or 2

8/30/2006 4:11:32 PM

i cant wait until we see some "dramatic" rescuing.....they had one up here in NY with the flooding 2 months ago....three people stuck in a truck....helicopter was rescuing them(of course TV one was filiming) They all got to the rope but then a wave came out of nowhere and all three drowned.....was sad.

8/30/2006 4:14:15 PM

There is way too much hype around Ernesto

8/30/2006 4:15:36 PM

I hate rain and rescues

8/30/2006 4:19:04 PM

i hope it floods the hell out of biltmore so classes will be cancelled

8/30/2006 9:53:06 PM

Alberto was weaker than ernesto and fucked us up for a day or so a few months ago w/ just rain

8/30/2006 10:04:18 PM

Quote :

"There is way too much hype around Ernesto "

i agree...i guess cause it looked so promising at first but just fizzled

8/30/2006 10:06:33 PM

Quote :

"There is way too much hype around Ernesto"

You really have to expect this. After Katrina you are going to have Gov. Easley declaring a state of emergency, issuing evacuation orders, and sending the rescue helicopters in every time there is a downgraded tropical storm headed to NC. After a year or so of this everyone will forget about being overly cautious and move into the realm of not being concerned enough just in time for the big one to hit.

8/31/2006 7:31:23 AM

CNN had the map this morning that showed this area and had us in the "at least 3 inches of rain" category saying that some areas will get "10+ inches."

8/31/2006 9:11:20 AM

3"... or maybe 10"...

Man, I could be a weatherman at this point. "We will get trace amounts or biblical proportions... somewhere in there."

[Edited on August 31, 2006 at 9:46 AM. Reason : n]

8/31/2006 9:45:56 AM

Quote :

"ITS GONNA RAIN!!!"

8/31/2006 9:51:03 AM

Anyone could be a weather man...just go to NOAA.gov, learn to read the maps, and you're money. The government does all the hard work, you just have to look pretty on TV.

In other news, I'm going to be driving through the storm on my way to the beach tomorrow

8/31/2006 9:51:31 AM

I just love working about 30 yards from Crabtree Creek.

8/31/2006 9:54:43 AM

yeah they only people who need to concern themselves are people who live/work around crabtree creek and co.

8/31/2006 10:25:05 AM

trailer park trash...can you say HELP FEMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote :

"Swiftwater team evacuates trailer park STEVE LYTTLE slyttle@charlotteobserver.com The Charlotte Fire Department’s Swiftwater Rescue Team was supposed to be on the road this morning to eastern North Carolina, to deal with possible flooding from approaching Tropical Storm Ernesto. Instead, the flooding came to the Charlotte firefighters. Members of the rescue team used inflatable rubber boats and old-fashioned foot power this morning to rescue more than 100 people trapped by rising waters at a mobile home park in southwest Charlotte. “We have safely evacuated more than 100 people,” said Charlotte fire Capt. Rob Brisley. “There were no injuries.” Shortly before 7 a.m., several residents at the Arrowood Mobile Home and Trailer Park on John Price Road, off South Tryon Street, called police. They said the nearby Steele Creek was flooding its banks, and water had covered John Price Road. The fire department’s Swiftwater Rescue Team had planned to leave Charlotte at 9 a.m. for deployment today in Kinston. Instead, they were dispatched to southwest Charlotte for a rescue operation. “Some of the people were rescued in inflatable boats, which got the people across the flooded road,” Brisley said. “In other cases, firefighters carried them through the water.” Two Charlotte Area Transit System buses are at the scene, providing temporary housing for the evacuees. The American Red Cross has arrived at the site and is preparing to help the evacuees."

all that for a flooded road....

[Edited on August 31, 2006 at 10:59 AM. Reason : w]

8/31/2006 10:57:55 AM

8/31/2006 11:00:54 AM

yeah...

it probably wasn't as bad as they thought, but you don't try and find out how bad a flooded road is

8/31/2006 11:01:31 AM

i love how they are going to live in busses hahah

8/31/2006 11:01:37 AM

Quote :

""We will get trace amounts or biblical proportions... somewhere in there." "

lol

8/31/2006 3:30:57 PM

the wind speed doesnt have much to do with the rain. some of the heaviest rain storms have been tropical storms (ts allison?i think comes to my mind first) movement has alot to do with that but not even completely. it is still unkown how to tell how much rain a storm will dump but a tropical storm can dump more than some cat4. it all depends.

8/31/2006 3:46:26 PM

So, did Raleigh even get 2" of rain out of this event? WRAL's historical data says 0.54" for yesterday and 0.79" so far today.

9/1/2006 7:22:52 AM

I'm in Va Beach and we are getting dumped on. Winds are sustained in the low 40s with gust in the low 60s. I saw a bunch of flash flooding on my way in to work. The parking lot at my townhouse was above my ankles this morning...my dog loved it...she dove it after every stick that floated by.

The worst part isn't even here yet...we still have another half day to see how bad it gets.

9/1/2006 8:30:10 AM

^^
That's all? It was pretty fucking wet Wednesday.

9/1/2006 8:40:59 AM

I'm in Myrtle Beach and all we got was some wind and some rain. I think my power flickered a few times.

9/1/2006 8:43:35 AM

^^ Yeah, I was surprised as well, but according to this:

http://tinyurl.com/k9vla

it's how much we got. I don't know where they take their measurements. That site reported only 5.5 inches during Alberto (06/14/06), but most everyone claims it actually rained 8 inches.

9/1/2006 8:56:48 AM

you know, these rainfall measurements are only point measurements

meaning that it couldve been higher in some places, and lower in other places

9/1/2006 9:44:40 AM

My mom in Wilmington said that there was about 10 inches of water... flooded our yard really bad.

9/1/2006 2:59:35 PM