# Oh no! It's Isabel! She's coming right for us!! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079 "2003-09-11T23:38:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/41 "2003-09-12T13:29:06Z")
I thought at first the thread title was a _South Park_ reference: Jimbo: “My God, it’s coming right for us!!!” \ ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/42 "2003-09-12T13:32:47Z")
**Gyrate** - as it happens, I’m a big South Park fan. As it further happens, that episode was on last night - after I started this thread. Am I psychic or what?!? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/43 "2003-09-12T14:00:42Z")
**FCM** (and any others that might be impacted), have you had a chance to check out your emergency stores and rations yet? They’re will like be a run on such items over the course of this next week. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/44 "2003-09-12T14:02:11Z")
Where’s my coffee? “There will likely be…” ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/45 "2003-09-12T14:19:40Z")
Well, from the tracking maps it looks like FL can calm down. That thing’s heading towards SC. YES! Hurricane party at SpazCat’s place! ---
**Author:** ![Moon-Watcher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/49beb7/32.png) [@Moon-Watcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moon-Watcher)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/46 "2003-09-12T14:19:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Revtim \* > \*\*And those fucks at FARK made a link to my favorite tracking site, which now slowed it down… \*\* At least they have a great caption: “World-eating Category 5 storm headed for U.S. coast. Your dog wants inside” ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/47 "2003-09-12T15:00:11Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by FairyChatMom \* > \*\*No no no no no no no way! :eek: If it’s going to hit close to here, we’re going to Ocala to stay with my inlaws. (They don’t know this yet…) But I still need to batten down all the hatches and stuff. \*\* Yep, Ocala - hurricane shelter for Florida. There’s certainly no other reason to come here! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/48 "2003-09-12T15:02:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SpazCat \* > \*\*Well, from the tracking maps it looks like FL can calm down. That thing’s heading towards SC. \*\* Where do you get this? Everything I read indicates there’s still no way to predict where it’ll end up. Of course, as soon as I move all my outside stuff inside, that guarantees she’ll come nowhere near NE FL. ---
**Author:** ![Beagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Beagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beagle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/49 "2003-09-12T15:04:04Z")
First of all, how did I miss this thread? Second of all, do I dare look at the four people who already posted in mine? Let me just concede up front, before I look over there, humans raised by canines have enough trouble typing. It took me 10 years just to straighten out my fingers. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sassafras](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@Sassafras](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sassafras)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/50 "2003-09-12T15:06:36Z")
I have been through so many near misses and unnecessary panic about hurricanes that I pay little attention until a few days before landfall. Of course, being a life-long Floridian, I have the “stash” of batteries, boards, sandbags , etc, all ready to go! The last time we had a hurricane panic I ran to my parent’s house about 40 miles inland and I can say for sure that I would rather stay home or go to a shelter if it happens again. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/51 "2003-09-12T15:10:01Z")
**Beagle** , I think it’s kinda funny that your thread title evoked yet another South Park reference to me - I’ve now got _Kyle’s Mom is a Bitch_ running thru my head! ---
**Author:** ![pantom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/34f0e0/32.png) [@pantom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pantom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/52 "2003-09-12T15:32:54Z")
Great image of it here (warning: high resolution. Takes time to load.): [http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USNationalWide.asp?loc=usa&seg=StormCenter&prodgrp=FloaterImagery&product=Float8Loop&prodnav=none&pid=none](http://www.intellicast.com/Local/USNationalWide.asp?loc=usa&seg=StormCenter&prodgrp=FloaterImagery&product=Float8Loop&prodnav=none&pid=none) The eye on this thing is spectacular. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/53 "2003-09-12T15:41:45Z")
Watching these hurricanes come in is like watching God bowling. ---
**Author:** ![BitterBetty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@BitterBetty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BitterBetty)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/54 "2003-09-12T16:40:57Z")
I, unlike Kristi, panic each time a hurricane starts to come this way. I am a control freak and know that there is absolutely nothing I can do to stop it or protect what I have. So I will stress for the next week until we know where it is going and when it will hit. At least I don’t live on beachside here in Daytona but still only 10 minutes away from the beach so it is still pretty freaky ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/55 "2003-09-12T16:41:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by E72521 \* > **RTFirefly** , Isabel is about a week from landfall. Do you know of a link that shows the projected path of Hugo striking South Carolina when it was a week away? The link that you provide does not show the projected track. Amazingly enough, not everything is on the Internet yet. Chances are this is one of those things. I was living in Columbia, SC in 1989. I was keeping track of Hugo’s progress through the news at the time. We knew several days ahead of time that SC was in the dead center of its projected track. That didn’t change as it approached, and it did, in fact, go through Charleston and Columbia, which is about as direct a hit on SC as could be managed. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it. ---
**Author:** ![Archergal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Archergal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archergal)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/56 "2003-09-12T16:50:52Z")
Yikes, you guys! If you’re going to get out, don’t wait till the last minute! There was a huge amount of traffic on I-16 a couple of years ago when they thought they needed to evacuate some of the Georgia coastal cities. I think it would not be good to be caught on the expressway in traffic 5 miles out of town when the hurricane struck. I’ll be thinking of y’all and wishing you well… ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/57 "2003-09-12T16:54:20Z")
I live a few blocks from the beach just south of Myrtle Beach, SC. I also just got back from the insurance office where I signed us up for $20,000 worth of renter’s insurance. With a 6 week old baby, we’re getting the hell out of dodge if this thing comes here. My parents are in Melbourne, FL and my brother’s in Virginia Beach. Someone’s gonna get wet in my family! We’re all hoping for a Wilmington landfall (sorry, Wilmingtonites). ---
**Author:** ![E72521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@E72521](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E72521)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/58 "2003-09-12T17:01:14Z")
**RTFirefly** , I tried to find one and couldn’t, that was the only reason for asking. The only point I was trying to make was that this far away from landfall, forecasting is a crapshoot at best and a source of mass hysteria at worst. My gut feeling is that Isabel is hitting South Carolina as a Cat. 3. I’m puttin’ up ten bucks. If I’m wrong, I’ll send ten dollars to the American Red Cross. Anyone else wanna play? _Isabel blows._ ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/59 "2003-09-12T17:04:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by vunderbob \* > **2 - Hurricanes never hit JAX** I can disprove that. In the 60’s the eye of Hurricane Dora came right over our house (in the San Jose section of Jax). We lost electricity for about two weeks because of downed lines. Luckily we had a gas stove, so were very popular in the neighborhood. Oh, and by the way, Jacksonville is the CAPITAL of South Georgia. 5que, a Cracker now north of the Mason-Dixon Line ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079/60 "2003-09-12T17:07:43Z")
My realtor called a bit ago. His wife was supposed to be going on a cruise next week. He’s pretty sure that isn’t going to happen now. How high do hurricanes extend? Can an airliner fly over one safely? I’m thinking if it goes ashore north of me, I may not be able to fly out anyway because the flight path pretty much parallels I-95. I’m tellin’ ya, I don’t need this kind of aggravation! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oh-no-its-isabel-shes-coming-right-for-us/201079.md?page=4)