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I grew up in Columbia so I am used to watching them head toward us and move out to sea. I am curious as to the precautions to take since we live in Summerville. I am guessing that we need to be prepared for loss of power, wind damage, tree limbs/trees down and possible tornadoes. We have lots of pine trees in our yard that we hate but since we rent we are stuck with them. Does anyone remember Summerville ever being evacuated? Just curious. I am 7 months pregnant and 24 hours sitting in a car on I-26 sounds like a nightmare to me.
Yikes... 22 hour drive to Brevard? My inlaws have a vacation place in cashiers.... That is our evacuate place if its bad. I was considering sending the wife and kid, just to avoid the days with no power. I kind of hoped it wouldn't be that bad. Where was the hold up? I26
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The problem was the I-26 nightmare. I am a teacher and we had to report to our schools to help secure/cover expensive items (taping plastic bags around computers, TV's, etc. is pretty useless, in my opinion - ha), so I couldn't evacuate until I was finished there. It was still before the mandatory evacuation, but when we got on the road, we were joining people from FL as well as SC - all headed north on 3 lanes! Try 4 hours just to get to Summerville!? Once we arrived in Brevard, it was quite an adventure because we ran into all kinds of people from Charleston. I got home 2 days later to not even a branch down in my yard!! I was lucky and glad, but upset with myself for not just staying home!
9 of the 10 computer models now have it moving farther East and making landfall around Wilmington. It will be nothing more than a very wet weekend here. The waves at the beach will be amazing on Thursday...
Sorry Folks.. started the thread and can't figure out how to edit the title to Hurricane Irene. So today it looks that the core should pass just to our east on Saturday but still with 4 days out we can't let our guard down. Any west wobbles that happen over the next few days will have an exponiential affect further up the coast.
from the map, it looks like my place is in the evac zone even for a cat 1 storm....question is: does that mean evac needed if it is a direct hit on the area or just close by?
How is mandatory evac decided?? (other than a direct hit expectation of course)
Thanks for any info~
A mandatory evacuation is decided by the govenor for people in a certain area. Unless you are very near the beach or are in the direct path, you will not get evacuated.
In a mandatory evacuation, emergency services are basically suspended because it will endanger employees.
Along with the above information, fill your tubs up so you can flush your toliet if you lose power.
Also, find an old fashioned rotary phone. Your cell phone will die and new phones are all electric.
I moved to the MS Coast after Katrina, and saw the horrible damage, and the scars that remain to this day. Its as if God took his hand and swiped the coast line clean. All of my relatives lost their beachfront homes, and even the ones inland 5 miles had to rebuild. I WOULD ADVISE ALL SOUTH CAROLINIAN'S TO TAKE THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, AND IF/WHEN THEY SAY TO EVACUATE...DO SO... IMMEDIATELY! AND FOR GODS SAKE...DO NOT LEAVE YOUR PETS BEHIND!! I know its still early in the forecast, but my gut instinct tells me SC has been dodging the bullet for too long, and I think Irene has SC written all over her! I pray to god I'm wrong...I would hate to see one of America's most beautiful coastlines ruined in anyway.
Dodging the bullet for too long? Ever hear of Hurricane Hugo?
I grew up in Columbia so I am used to watching them head toward us and move out to sea. I am curious as to the precautions to take since we live in Summerville. I am guessing that we need to be prepared for loss of power, wind damage, tree limbs/trees down and possible tornadoes. We have lots of pine trees in our yard that we hate but since we rent we are stuck with them. Does anyone remember Summerville ever being evacuated? Just curious. I am 7 months pregnant and 24 hours sitting in a car on I-26 sounds like a nightmare to me.
You will not be evacuated anywhere.
The problem on I-26 was with Floyd and the fact that it was the largest US evacuation ever with over 5 million people in Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina evacuating.
We waited until 10PM when everyone else was off the road to leave and saw very little traffic.
The hotels suspend their 'no pet' restrictions and fees.
This is the scariest part of the entire Hugo story:
An extraordinary 20 ft (6.1 m) storm surge was reported between Cape Romain and Bulls Bay
After becoming extratropical, the remnants of Hugo entered Canada into the province of Ontario. In the Niagara Falls area, winds between 37 and 43 mph (60 and 70 km/h) were reported. Winds near 47 mph (75 km/h) were also reported in Toronto. Heavy rainfall also occurred in Ontario, with precipitation in Ontario peaking at 4.5 in (110 mm), while a maximum amount of 1.85 in (47 mm) was reported in Toronto. As a result of the storm, blackouts and car accidents were reported in Toronto.Furthermore, heavy rains and high winds also occurred across the southern portions of Ontario.[20]
The remnants of Hugo tracked northeastward and entered the Canadian province of Quebec. In Montreal, rainfall reached only 0.43 in (11 mm), while precipitation amounts in the province peaked at 3.73 in (95 mm). In addition to light rain, high winds were reported in the province. Winds in Montreal gusted up to 59 mph (95 km/h), leaving 13,400 homes without electricity. 7,400 residence in Verdun and West Island also lost electricity when tree fell on power lines; it was restored about 12 hours later. While in Brossard and Chambly power was lost to 5,000 homes and 1,000 homes in Valleyfield. In addition, high winds and heavy rainfall also occurred in the St. Lawrence River Valley.[20]
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