Hurricane Irma......

[2003TIDE]

winds are getting pretty feisty here.

My office is shutting down at 3:00. I'm working from home. Wind is getting pretty strong here too. I can see from NextDoor that a lot of Brookhaven has lost power. I just heard a transformer a neighborhood over go about 30 minutes ago. I 100% expect to lose power here. One neighbor has a 100' dead pine hanging over the lines that he has been posting about getting cut down for about a year.

 

[TIDE-HSV]

At least it wasn't full of dealership cars.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...hurricane-irma-people-werent-happy/652740001/

That's what I call chutzpah...

 

[DzynKingRTR]

Just made the comment at work that the good thing about working in Vinings is the power rarely goes out due to most lines are underground. 5 minutes later our power went out. It came back on another 5 minutes later, but still made me look foolish.

 

[92tide]

All joking aside, be safe. Hope you guys don't have any problems.

i've never been around sustained high winds like this. it's pretty impressive.

we've got two kids from around the corner over playing now (our daughter was at their house this am). my wife told me i can't tell them to go play in the yard.

 

[92tide]

My office is shutting down at 3:00. I'm working from home. Wind is getting pretty strong here too. I can see from NextDoor that a lot of Brookhaven has lost power. I just heard a transformer a neighborhood over go about 30 minutes ago. I 100% expect to lose power here. One neighbor has a 100' dead pine hanging over the lines that he has been posting about getting cut down for about a year.

somehow, we still have power, but we have a ton of large trees in our neighborhood, so it's only a matter of time.

 

[Displaced Bama Fan]

i've never been around sustained high winds like this. it's pretty impressive.

we've got two kids from around the corner over playing now (our daughter was at their house this am). my wife told me i can't tell them to go play in the yard.

I would go buy some really big kites and take them to the school where you have a lot of open ground. Should be fun!

 

[92tide]

I would go buy some really big kites and take them to the school where you have a lot of open ground. Should be fun!

 

[Bodhisattva]

i've never been around sustained high winds like this. it's pretty impressive.

we've got two kids from around the corner over playing now (our daughter was at their house this am). my wife told me i can't tell them to go play in the yard.

I grew up on the Eastern Shore, and I remember when Hurricane Frederick came through in 1979. I would have been 9 and my brother 7. There was a vacant lot next door to us, and we took a bed sheet with us out into the storm. We used the sheet to drag us across the lot and get temporarily airborne. Lots of fun ... until the parentals found out. It's true what they say: to get what you want it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

 

[Displaced Bama Fan]

I grew up on the Eastern Shore, and I remember when Hurricane Frederick came through in 1979. I would have been 9 and my brother 7. There was a vacant lot next door to us, and we took a bed sheet with us out into the storm. We used the sheet to drag us across the lot and get temporarily airborne. Lots of fun ... until the parentals found out. It's true what they say: to get what you want it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

I was 12 when Fredrick hit. I somehow slept through the whole storm.

 

[Tide1986]

Cause part of the US got decimated and people are playing it off like it wasn't all that bad.

It wasn't based on the drama being displayed for the week leading up to it.

 

[gman4tide]

i've never been around sustained high winds like this. it's pretty impressive.

we've got two kids from around the corner over playing now (our daughter was at their house this am). my wife told me i can't tell them to go play in the yard.

Eh, put a cantore ww2 surplus helment and Vietnam era flak jacket on em and tell'em to go have fun! :wink:

 

[2003TIDE]

And just lost power.

 

[Displaced Bama Fan]

And just lost power.

Sorry man...hope it's not for too long.

 

[2003TIDE]

Sorry man...hope it's not for too long.

I doubt they are going to fix it tonight with the wind. Sounded like a transformer blew. More concerning heard a loud boom earlier sounded like a tree hit a house. Then heard fire truck sirens. Hope everyone is alright.

 

[Displaced Bama Fan]

I doubt they are going to fix it tonight with the wind. Sounded like a transformer blew. More concerning heard a loud boom earlier sounded like a tree hit a house. Then heard fire truck sirens. Hope everyone is alright.

Do you have a generator?

 

[2003TIDE]

Do you have a generator?

Unfortunately no. We will be okay. Luckily it isn't too hot or cold outside. I stocked up on things that could be cooked on a gas range so we can rough it for a couple of days if need be.

 

[cbi1972]

Coyotes are pretty resilient

 

[92tide]

the sheer magnitude of this storm is pretty impressive. the same storm is simultaneously beating the crap out of atlanta and charleston

 

[cbi1972]

the sheer magnitude of this storm is pretty impressive. the same storm is simultaneously beating the crap out of atlanta and charleston

Mobile Bay receded as well

 

[TIDE-HSV]

Between the weakening and the slight change in course, we're just getting a glancing blow in north Alabama. Now, rain only up to .5" and 45 mph gusts. It's uncommonly chilly - 61 in the valley and 55 up here. That's having an effect also, I think...