East Coast Braces for Earl
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This satellite image provided by NOAA shows Hurricane Earl taken Thursday Sept. 2, 2010. Hurricane Earl packed winds near 140 mph as it blew toward North Carolina on Thursday, putting the Eastern Seaboard up to Maine on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. (AP Photo/NOAA
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Almon Telling looks at the surf as he walks along the beach as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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The surf pounds the Oceana Pier as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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People play in strong ocean waves in Atlantic City, N.J., as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast, Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to Maine is on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and Rain. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
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Lee Taylor, of Harlow, N.C., buys ice for his family to ride out the storm as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Senior hurricane specialist Lixion Avila studies data on Hurricane Earl at the National Hurricane Center in Miami Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. The Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to Maine is on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
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Hurricane flags blow in the wind as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Debby Frisby, of Wayne, Pa., loads her dog Lily, as she evacuates her vacation home in Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Peter Flynn, center, Brita Flynn, right, and Melissa Bennett, left, cover books with plastic sheeting at the Carteret Public Library as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Clouds from the advancing rainbands of Hurricane Earl shroud the sun over the pier in Surf City, N.C. on Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Bruce Smith)
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Jason Phippen shouts instructions to a co-workers as they support a sailboat pulled from the water in advance of Hurricane Earl, at the Portland Yacht Club, Thursday, Sept. 2, 1010, in Portland, Maine. The Eastern Seaboard from North Carolina to Maine is on alert for a Labor Day weekend pounding by waves, gales and rain. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
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Beach management personnel patrol the southern beach of Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 as Hurricane Earl moves up the east coast towards North Carolina's Outer Banks. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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Town workers, from right, Jose Pineda, Travis Thompson, and Cager Jones, install barriers on the boardwalk as Hurricane Earl heads toward the eastern coast in Atlantic Beach, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. (AP Photo/Chuck Burton)
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Clouds from the outer bands of Hurricane Earl appear over the Atlantic ocean at sunrise in Nags Head, N.C., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010 as Earl approaches the east coast. Hurricane Earl with winds swirling at around 145 mph continued to barrel toward the Eastern Seaboard and forecasters were trying to pinpoint exactly how close the strongest winds and heaviest surge would get to North Carolina's fragile chain of barrier islands. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome)
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sparksfley
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 4:25pmThat last photograph is amazing.
AmericanMutt
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 9:55amGreetings from Virginia Beach, VA!
All is well, a bit of wind and some rain, some minor tidal flooding expected.
I hope those to the north of us fare as well as we have!
Report Post »LordBass
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 9:48amThe Halliburton Wind Machine delivers but a glancing blow this time.
Report Post »patriot4ever
Posted on September 3, 2010 at 12:10amthe surf fishing might be pretty good after this blows through Ocean City, MD…looking forward to grillin’ up some fresh catch right on the beach.
Report Post »Newtie and the Beauty
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 11:45pmPrayers to all in the path of Hurricane Earl.
Report Post »Tony737
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 10:58pm“This is proof that global warming is real!” – Al Goreda
Report Post »bdl901
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 11:06pmDo you think Al Gore realizes that the tropical cyclone on the cover of his movie “ An Inconvenient Truth” is not spinning in the right direction for a cyclone in the northern hemisphere. Who knows maybe he meant for it to be a southern hemisphere cyclone.
Report Post »bdl901
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 10:52pmHere are my two ideas on Earl:
1. The left side will give a glancing blow to OBX. The left side of a hurricane does not have the wind speed that the right side of the hurricane does.
2. I think some of the major concerns will be slight wind damage and mostly high waves which will lead to beach erosion. If I had to guess the winds at OBX would probably be in the tropical storm range (39-73mph).
However, I agree with Subjectivist. The people in this area will need our prayers because tropical cyclones are dangerous and just an overall pain.
Report Post »Blazn
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 10:17pmwonder how busy the HARRP team has been in the last few years ??
Report Post »any one interested in knowing more read the story in the link !!
http://www.cuttingedge.org/news/n1207.cfm
Subjectivist
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 10:15pmPray all people of good conscious that God will spare every life threatened by this storm, if we turn to Him and seek His will for our lives and country all will be right in the end.
Report Post »Serendignity
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 10:11pmIt’s been downgraded to a a Hearlicane
Report Post »always right
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 9:47pmHope Earl moves east, away from USA coast. Our friends live on the coast. Hurricane Isabella made their lives miserable. Let‘s hope all the people on the Eastern shore need not suffer from this storm’s fury.
Report Post »123halle
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 8:15pmlook out more is coming for bush to be blamed
Report Post »Bonnie-Boo
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:41pmAmen Ann123!
Report Post »ICU1776
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:41pmLet me run over to the Huffin Puffin Post real fast. I got 10 to 1 odds they are blaming Bush for this somehow.
Report Post »ann123
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 7:26pmcan we say connection with peace talks
Report Post »1991 madrid conference— the perfect storm travel from east to west sending thirty- five foot waves crashing into bush’s(41) kennenbunkport home
1992 land for peace madrid reconvened ——hurricane andrew
when bill clinton was in geneva forcing land for peace ———-northridge quake
sept. 1998 push for land for peace again ———hurricane george
oct.1998 peace talks again ———-texas slamed with storms and tornadoes
2005 under great presure peace talks again ———————-hurricane katrina
2010 force into talk again april 19 ———————-next day oilrig blows worst eco dasaster in history
look there are many more connection we need to leave isreal alone
BoNubbs
Posted on September 2, 2010 at 9:14pmExactly!
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