ian-mstm

Rete - this'll take you back a bit in time! I moved to Halifax on September 3, 1996... the same day Hurricane Edouard hit the southern shore of Nova Scotia. About 6 or 7 months later, Sheila and I started chatting online... and the rest is history!

Ian

Rete

I remember that one and also remember that when my stepson married in Halifax they had the wedding photos done in a lovely park in Halifax which was decimated by a hurricane only a few short weeks later. He married on August 11th and the hurricane was early September. 2003? or there abouts.

scrubbedexpat091

I hope for the best for those affected by this storm.

tom169

I've heard Walter White was causing a few issues with the police down there.

In other news, we may get some bad storms here in Charlotte, so I decided to do what anyone else would do... a large grocery trip.

anotherlimey

You'll be surprised how many are staying. I'm probably leaving tomorrow evening.

Jerseygirl

Good luck and stay safe.

carcajou

Yes, but comparing hurricanes that hit Canada to the ones that hit the tropics are apples and oranges. Hurricanes need warm water to retain their strength. The strongest hurricane to EVER hit Canada was in 1927 - winds of 165 kph - which made it a mid-range Category 2. Our house went through numerous hurricanes of that strength without losing electricity or suffering any damage whatsoever. That is light years away from what a hurricane like Irma or Harvey can do.

This is also why I repeat my warning to evacuate - people go through Category 2s like that and think a bigger storm is only shades of strength bigger, when they actually expand in strength geometrically, as another poster mentioned. Do not think that because you made it through a Category 2 hurricane, you will make it through a Category 4 or 5 hurricane in roughly the same way.

carcajou

Yes, see my quote above. The same thing happened in Hurricane Andrew. Oh, I've been through hurricanes before what's the big deal?

A hurricane this size hits once-in-a-generation, Andrew was 25 years ago so it's that time again.

I do hope it only grazes Miami, and people in a few days' time are complaining that everyone made a mountain out of a molehill.

RICH

Studying NOAA data, came across the satellite feeds. This is shaping up to be spectacular with 3 storms. Visible Sat

3 or 4 days yet, but it is currently looking better for me on the West coast than the East of Florida.

Leslie

Keep us posted as you're able.

Jerseygirl

Mandatory evacuation tomorrow morning...just announced for Miami Beach.

Don't wait until tomorrow evening...get out now.

BEVS

Worser and worser.

I just hope for the best for everyone in the path.

anotherlimey

I'm about 10 miles inland, we aren't under that mandatory evacuation here.

I'm annoyed because they've closed the schools but my office is still open tomorrow!

I'm still doing shutters this evening but in my whole neighborhood probably 1 in 10 houses have their shutters up.

Jerseygirl

Do the shutters...then get out of Dodge. Sod the office. By tomorrow night I imagine cars will be at a crawl up I-95...it could take a few days to get out of the Sunshine State.

Stay safe.

RICH

Schools are closed all over Tampa Bay Thurs & Fri too. I already have the day off Monday for my Birthday! So far I am staying put. It is hard to know where to head for. Having just driven up north and back 2 weeks ago, the routes aren't going to cope well with significant traffic. Local advice is to go Tens of miles rather than hundreds, but you can't figure out where till its almost too late

In 2004 I arrived in June and in August was honeymooning in Key West when Charley came. We left 2 days early back here, then 2 days later left our waterside apartment and went 20 miles to a hotel in Brandon. Even then we were more in the path than had been predicted. So it's a hard call.