Hurricane Ian: SC - NC Edition

She is in West Ashley, she is ok.

It seems like something is going on for sure. I've told my daughter a few times I don't like this storm because it just isn't acting right. Couldn't really put my finger on it,

Keep politics out of it.

Thank you everyone for the input and updates. Sleep finally got me after watching Florida, now this one and worried about family.

We live in Myrtle Beach. We were talking a few days to visit some places in West Virginia. Cutting on trip short and now on our way back. It's 4am and driving for 2 hrs. Hopefully home by 11am ahead of landfall.

Be safe…

I never thought I would see a grocery store picked clean until it happened to mine

I’d seen it for years on GLP but it doesn’t really register

These hurricanes are the same way, you think it’s a movie until it happens to you

Biblical times folks

Biblical times

I've been wondering how Ian compares to Hugo.
Well what do ya know, it's been 33 years since Hugo.
Them and their damn numbers.

I hope you get home safely!

Can we get a pin for today?

Thanks in advance!!

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I'm in Simpsonville. You had better hurry, if you want a farm up here. National Builders are buying up all of the farmland to develop for housing!

Good morning all!!!

Latest I could find. Be safe everyone!

In the mountains calling for rain to start this afternoon. Heavy clouds this morning and I picked up on fhe eerie quiet but the birds are chirping.

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Last Edited by The Empress on 09/30/2022 07:39 AM

Good morning Empress!

It seems they are forcasting it to make landfall near Myrtle Beach. I really hope it doesn't get too bad.

Wishing everyone a best case scenario!



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Thank you!

I'm in Western SC, just north of Augusta, Ga. and thus far just lots of wind, all day yesterday, slowed down last night, and it's picking up again now.

No rain, and it's been an incredibly dry summer, scary dry in our area out by a national forest, I'm just hoping we get some rain from all this.

Prepped for power outages, but will follow this thread as I can.

who unpinned this

wtf is wrong with you?

Happens every night around midnight. Repinned, so no worries!

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WTNT34 KNHC 301156
TCPAT4

BULLETIN
Hurricane Ian Intermediate Advisory Number 31A
NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092022
800 AM EDT Fri Sep 30 2022

...TROPICAL-STORM-FORCE WINDS ONGOING ACROSS MUCH OF THE COAST OF
THE CAROLINAS...
...LIFE-THREATENING STORM SURGE AND HURRICANE CONDITIONS EXPECTED
BY THIS AFTERNOON...


SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...31.4N 79.1W
ABOUT 105 MI...175 KM SSE OF CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 185 MI...295 KM SSW OF CAPE FEAR NORTH CAROLINA
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...85 MPH...140 KM/H
PRESENT MOVEMENT...N OR 5 DEGREES AT 9 MPH...15 KM/H
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...984 MB...29.06 INCHES


WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY:

None
. . .

DISCUSSION AND OUTLOOK
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At 800 AM EDT (1200 UTC), the center of Hurricane Ian was located
near latitude 31.4 North, longitude 79.1 West. Ian is moving toward
the north near 9 mph (15 km/h). This general motion with an
increase in forward speed is expected this morning, followed by a
turn toward the north-northwest by tonight. On the forecast track,
the center of Ian will approach and reach the coast of South
Carolina today, and then move farther inland across eastern South
Carolina and central North Carolina tonight and Saturday.

Maximum sustained winds remain near 85 mph (140 km/h) with higher
gusts. Little change in strength is expected before Ian reaches the
coast later today. Rapid weakening is expected after landfall, and
Ian is forecast to become an extratropical low over North Carolina
tonight or on Saturday. The low is then expected to dissipate by
Saturday night.

Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 70 miles (110 km) from
the center and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 485
miles (780 km). A sustained wind of 40 mph (65 km/h) and a gust to
58 mph (93 km/h) were recently reported at a WeatherFlow
station on Fort Sumter Range Front Light in South Carolina.

The estimated minimum central pressure is 984 mb (29.06 inches).
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Hello Empress, we are in the mountains too, Madison county Nc. Worked late last night to finish a job and get my equipment home. I’m more concerned about a ww3 deceleration this weekend than I am about the storm. It’s nice to hear from other glpr’s in the area. Fare the well!

You think empty shelves in prep for hurricanes is a sign of "biblical times"? LMAO! Clearly, you've not spent much time in the coastal Gulf states. This is simply the method of living with nature.

"Biblical times"...FFS.

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