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19. Yiu must have been in Charlotte?

Thu Sep 29, 2022, 01:01 PM

Sep 2022

We had friends evacuate from a beach vacation, and they got hit when they got home! Charleston was hit badly, too.

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I think when the hurricane turned right it fooled a lot of people. [View all] fightforfreedom Sep 2022 OP

Deja vu for Hurricane Charlie in 2004 MaryMagdaline Sep 2022 #1

Right turn and went from a Cat 2 to a Cat 4 overnight. Lochloosa Sep 2022 #4

It really fooled Trump, he predicted it would hit California. Emile Sep 2022 #2

Between his amazing mental imagination powers and his magic sharpie EYESORE 9001 Sep 2022 #10

My thoughts too. NCDem47 Sep 2022 #3

They were told its going to Tampa. LisaL Sep 2022 #7

But there was always a cone NCDem47 Sep 2022 #9

What I don't understand is the people that live on the coastline who stayed. fightforfreedom Sep 2022 #8

It fooled the forecasters, which in turn caught a lot of people out. sir pball Sep 2022 #5

I don't think they were fooled. The ones I saw said they didn't know. yardwork Sep 2022 #17

Hurricane's track doesn't shift. LisaL Sep 2022 #6

TV forecasters.... OneBlueDotS-Carolina Sep 2022 #11

The forecast cone doesn't help kcr Sep 2022 #12

That's what I thought Leith Sep 2022 #14

I've noticed that too! yardwork Sep 2022 #18

There can be a lot of reasons why people don't evacuate. Chainfire Sep 2022 #13

+1 llmart Sep 2022 #15

Yiu must have been in Charlotte? yardwork Sep 2022 #19

Yes, I was. llmart Sep 2022 #21

Denis Phillips and others said for days it would be south obamanut2012 Sep 2022 #20