SgtXaos's Journal: Hurricane Isabel

Guess I don't use this journal very much, but I figured I would try to keep a log during the attack of Hurricane Isabel.

I am located in SE VA, so the projected track of the storm center is not across us, but we will be NE of it, and so get a load of wind effects.

Looks like the first serious weather will hit NC Outer Banks in about 12 hrs, at about 0800.

Our worries will really begin around noon. The first little band of showers just came through, and winds are building, but still only about 20kts.

Thought about leaving, but then decided based on projections, that it was an over-reaction, at least for us. Our house is on pretty high ground, and not close to any bodies of water, and is also in the center of a pretty well developed area, so winds will not be as great as those for folks near the beach or in more open, rural areas.

Still, I am concerned. My biggest worry is trees and limbs coming down on the house. The ground is pretty soft already due to above average summer rainfall, and particularly from T-storms and showers in the last week. The news just reported a tree down on a house in VA Beach, and the winds are not strong at all yet there, either.

I'll post more as I can.