Ours is a Four Winns 35 ft cruiser, made of papier mache :p. Not really, but we took a trip in a rain storm a few years ago, through the C&D and into the Chesapeake and it was a teeth-gnashing experience to say the least.
Our marina is putting our boat inside one of their aircraft hangar-style storage units. I don’t know how many boats they can fit in there, especially since we have a few 80 and 90 footers at our dock.
Eep.
Crap.
I am about 25 miles inland and up on a hill but it isn’t a huge hill.
Still, if they are expecting it to maintain hurricane strength I guess I need to start taking this seriously. This is totally new territory for me. I’m from California.:smack:
My girlfriend just moved here from Indiana. In the span of a week, she’ll experience an earthquake and a major hurricane.
She’s getting worried that I’m going to send her back.
Unplug all your electronics: TV, computer, video players, etc. We didn’t when Isabel came through and lost a DVD player and (IIRC) a computer.
I’m not a panicky peron, by any stretch, but I am getting a bit nervous here in NJ . . . we’re being told to prepare for the very worst and NOW. Eek! :eek:
I’m worried about my four doggies – no way in Hell I’d evacuate without them. I’m thinking about setting up camp in my first-floor living room, there’s just one large-ish window.
Ditto this. Grew up in Philly, had friends with houses down the shore. Exit 9 might as well be Cape May proper. Carefully lock everything down, unplug everything and take the opportunity to visit… Philly.
Seriously. Why await flooding when you can drive away from it? Be safe and let us know how you fare.
And screw Gino’s and Pat’s. Go to Jim’s Steaks on South Street for a cheesesteak. While you’re there. If you decide to go. I’m just sayin’…
Yeah, but the upside is that riggers and Local 1 Stagehands in Jersey hardly ever drop a stage and overhang onto a crowd.
Unless they mean to.
:eek:
And while awaiting the storm’s impact, at least we have a Song in our heart !.
I live in New Brunswick, which is quite a bit north of Cape May. That’s Exit 9* off the NJ Turnpike*. Maybe a half hour’s drive from the Jersey Shore.
I would do this in a heartbeat if my husband where at all concerned. He’s convinced that the greatest amount of inconvenience we’ll have is a few hours without power. He humored me by going through our cupboards and listing all the non-perishable foods we have, and we’ve agreed to prepare bottles of water and ice baggies, but I don’t think I can talk him into leaving without an explicit evacuation order.
It doesn’t help that we’ve had a large amount of rain already this season, and it’s been raining all day and is supposed to keep raining. So we may have flood conditions before the storm even arrives.
I just moved from the Philly area, though I hear they might get some of this too.
Oh, my bad !! That whole "What exit? " thing. I figured you meant the GSP. North Brunswick? Hell. You’ll be fine. Tons of rain. Like me in NYC.
My bad !
Where in Philly did you folks live?
Okay, tons of rain I can maybe deal with.
Lived in Maple Shade, in South Jersey, though I attended school in West Philly and worked in Northeast Philly.
I was off visiting Mom, but mrAru just went to the submarine base to shower and eat.
Why, what happens?
Yeah? I grew up in West Oak Lane, then Cheltenham. Had friends across The Line in the Northeast.
Many a night I’d find myself at the Country Club Diner on Cottman Ave…
ETA: What happens? Power surge beyond what your average six dollar “power strip” can handle, and electronics blow up. Dad lost a brand freakin’ new Dell computer a long time ago. Week old. Lightning strike hit the phone pole.
Phone line went into the modem card in the computer.
Blew the motherboard, the modem board. Blew it all the hell up. Very sad- and Dell claimed it was an act of God and refused to warranty it. Jerks.
Hm. Yet another reason to go with Apple: No hassle replacements. 
Used to be that way.
Now it’s " I’m sorry, but the No Hassle Replacement policy went out with Jobs. "
Remember that the forecast “cone” is a probabilities range: those wide circles two or three days forward represent that the center could be anywhere in thet circle, and things may change quite drasically in the last 24 hours before impact. We were going to get barely a glancing pass south as late as Saturday afternoon’s notice, it ended up going right across us in the wee hours of Monday morning. So prepare as if it’s a sure thing to get a direct full force hit and cheer your good luck if it misses.
When it passed here the truly big damage (as always) was done by the rain, and most of that came in the 48h AFTER the center had passed, we got a “50 year” rain event. That’s another thing to remember: the point location in the forecast is for the likely center but the winds and rains almost never extend out symmetrically so 50 miles E and 50 miles W can see dramatically different events. And as long as a large part of the system stays over the Gulfstream being fueled by the warm water it’ll stay stronger longer. In general if you’re anywhere flood-prone, head for high ground.
It. Will. Be. Okay.
Really. You’ve already done everything there is to do. A Road Warrior-esqe apocalypse is VERY UNLIKELY. Just keep an ear out for specific warnings, don’t go swimming over the weekend, and keep an eye out for guys in assless leather pants.
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C’mon. Nothing interesting happens in Jersey.
I just heard that Ocean City MD has to evacuate all except emergency personnel by midnight tonight.
Here in Nova Scotia, we are being advised to pay close attention to the storm track. After Juan in 2003, we don’t need to reminded so much.
That guy?? He put the willing in Willingboro.
