Just checked on our most recent storm track...looks like the weather people are finally seeing Hanna the same as I've been saying...she's taking aim at our east coast of Florida....
Most of the weather forecasters, including the National Hurricane Center, have been saying they expected Hanna to make a northerly turn...well, she hasn't....she's still moving slowly over the Bahama area...WSW was her last track...bearing down on Cuba's northeastern coast.
The last track I saw shows they expect her to 'kiss' our coast, right off Daytona, before she makes landfall around the GA / SC border. Personally, I don't think so. I think she's gonna come in and actually make landfall south of us...and then come straight up IF she makes that north turn. All this remains to be seen.
Made my monthly trip to the grocery...wow, for a change it actually looks like I went to the store. We were about out of everything, from hair soap to toilet paper! At least we'll be eating if it decides to storm on us!
My main concern for these storms heading our direction is the wind. After all the rain that Fay dumped, any kind of wind will be devastating for our trees.
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It's spooky, isn't it? I saw her track last night on the local news and had the creepy feeling that she was going to head further west than people were saying. Let's hope not. I hope you don't have any trees overhanging your tin can, either. Eek!
ReplyDeleteYeah, I've been saying I think their track is 'off'...I feel she's actually gonna make landfall....the way she's playing sit n spin, that's scary....one of the things we DON'T need is the rain she's dropping....add winds to that, yeah I'm concerned. We're so waterlogged already that any winds are gonna be bad news.
ReplyDeleteDon't have any trees hangin directly over this tincan, BUT...we are within striking distance of approximately thirty pine trees all of which are over sixty feet tall. Hubby and I had discussed which trees we would take down because of their location and proximity to the house back in the beginning, when we thought we'd have a chance to buy the place.
Our concern at the moment is the piers under the house being compromised from all the water. This place was put in before they made it mandatory to put down concrete footers under the piers. The piers are in sand...water saturated boggy sand.
we are within striking distance of approximately thirty pine trees all of which are over sixty feet tall That is a very scary thought. Any chance he might get out there soon and take down any that really need it?
ReplyDeleteThe piers are in sand...water saturated boggy sand. That is scary, too. I hope you don't get clobbered. It's been so long since we lived there that I've forgotten... when is peak hurricane season? It seems to be picking up and I just hope that you don't get one flood after another. At least you've found out what the place is like with lots of rain, before buying it.
>>>>At least you've found out what the place is like with lots of rain, before buying it.<<< Lol...ain't that the truth...although I was aware when we moved out in this area that it was pretty much wetland...no one has seen this kind of water before around here...at least no one living!
ReplyDeleteWe are right in the middle of hurricane season...begins June 1 and ends Nov 30 (I think that's the end date..hmmm, could be Nov 1). This is always an active time for the storms coming across through the Caribbean mostly...at least its been that way during the twenty-one years I've lived here. Some years are just more noticed than others...this is one of those years.
As for the trees...none are in need of being removed immediately, its just unnerving knowing how compromised the ground is. We are holding water all across the property. The ditches are down to normal levels, this place just has no drainage...the ground where it might be solid, is squishy...otherwise, its like stepping in cow patties...ick.
Eeww, ick! Haha!
ReplyDeleteWell, I'd still be nervous about the trees. I think ours have something better to hang onto, but I saw lots of old trees (of course, that could be part of the problem - haha!) come down with those rains we kept having. Any of the smaller (i.e., younger) ones with problems were just left leaning. LOL.
Most of these pines around us are like I said, anywhere from 40 to 60 feet tall...all are over a foot around. While I realize they've been here for awhile, I also know how shallow their roots run...and oh yeah, tis on the scary side!! We've had top heavy trees tip before at one of our old houses...they just lift right out of the ground. There are several that have the 'bent' look from all the high winds we had in 2004 with the back to back storms...fortunately, those are bending away from the house!
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