Waiting for "Charley". :={
Aug. 14th, 2004 01:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lionkingcmslWell, I'm waiting for Charley to hit the Cape May area.
First of all, my parents and other relatives, who live in the area hit by Charley in S.W. Florida, escaped with only a few broken tree limbs and a some blown off roof tiles.
This is amazing considering they live <50 air miles from where Charley made landfall, with >150mph winds.
Where my grandmother used to live, Punta Gorda, however did sustain very heavy damage and took the full force of the hurricane directly.
As for me, there are three possible paths that the storm may take: to the west, to the east, over open ocean, and a direct hit on Cape May County in the Cape May City area (i.e. at Canal, where I'm typing this).
I'd think I'd prefer it going to the west as it would stay in a weakened state.
If it goes off-shore, and it doesn't look like much if it does, it will not weaken as much and, possibly, gain strength.
I guess a direct hit, even at a tropical storm level, would be the worse as the wind would keep shifting.
As of right now we are in a "tropical storm warning" alert. I do believe that may be upgraded to a hurricane warning in a few hours. We are also starting to see the clouds and rain related to the storm already.
The storm is expected to be in the Cape May area at around 2am Sunday morning.
My plan is to get done here, run home to secure some items and close some windows, then head back here for the night and watch the bridge.
Fortunately the storm is expected to hit at low tide with an expected storm surge of about 2-3 feet, which is less than the normal ~6' tide difference.
So, here I sit watching and waiting. :=/
BTW, the icon that I used for this post was taken at the desk where I'm sitting, here at Canal.
First of all, my parents and other relatives, who live in the area hit by Charley in S.W. Florida, escaped with only a few broken tree limbs and a some blown off roof tiles.
This is amazing considering they live <50 air miles from where Charley made landfall, with >150mph winds.
Where my grandmother used to live, Punta Gorda, however did sustain very heavy damage and took the full force of the hurricane directly.
As for me, there are three possible paths that the storm may take: to the west, to the east, over open ocean, and a direct hit on Cape May County in the Cape May City area (i.e. at Canal, where I'm typing this).
I'd think I'd prefer it going to the west as it would stay in a weakened state.
If it goes off-shore, and it doesn't look like much if it does, it will not weaken as much and, possibly, gain strength.
I guess a direct hit, even at a tropical storm level, would be the worse as the wind would keep shifting.
As of right now we are in a "tropical storm warning" alert. I do believe that may be upgraded to a hurricane warning in a few hours. We are also starting to see the clouds and rain related to the storm already.
The storm is expected to be in the Cape May area at around 2am Sunday morning.
My plan is to get done here, run home to secure some items and close some windows, then head back here for the night and watch the bridge.
Fortunately the storm is expected to hit at low tide with an expected storm surge of about 2-3 feet, which is less than the normal ~6' tide difference.
So, here I sit watching and waiting. :=/
BTW, the icon that I used for this post was taken at the desk where I'm sitting, here at Canal.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
no subject
Date: 2004-08-14 05:45 pm (UTC)-G
no subject
Date: 2004-08-14 07:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2004-08-15 02:58 am (UTC)The passenger car that is up on 6 foot high stilts as we were changing out the trucks didn't even fall over.