Wind is starting to pick up in Wilmington, NC -- and the rain is intensifying

[gateley]

here in Clayton (about 15 mi SE from Raleigh)

Live continuing coverage on wral.com

[Tangerine LaBamba]

1. It's been raining here

in Alexandria, VA for the past five hours. Getting heavier. No wind, though.

[gateley]

5. It hasn't made landfall yet. We're just getting the outer bands at this point.

Check out this projected map from cnn.com -- I'm surprised it's so far inland over NC. Are you in its path?

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/weather/09/05/hurricanes.hanna.ike/index.html#cnnSTCOther1

[Tangerine LaBamba]

13. If you look here,

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/satellite.asp?region=car&anim=1&type=ei&basin=atlantic

it looks like it made landfall earlier this evening at the Georgia/South Carolina border. It's not gone very far inland, though.

Here in the DC area, we're far enough inland just to be affected by bands, but, man, that's a big storm, for us to be getting rained on this far north.

[gateley]

31. As of the midnight update, they're anticipating landfall at

the NC/SC state boarder between 4-5 a.m.

They said the good new is, after the center of it passes, there isn't much on the back side to worry about.

Are they giving warnings for DC at all?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

43. At 9 a.m., it's dark as night here,

raining like mad. Visibility is 'way down. It's mid-seventies, really nice.

We're under a flood watch and a tornado warning has been issued.

I got four different kinds of ice cream, four different kinds of cookies, and a "House" marathon just started on WUSA-TV.

This is the life.............................

[gateley]

45. By now (2:30) I'm guessing it's out of your area.

Here, I didn't hear anything - slept right through, but apparently there's some flooding in Raleigh and some trees down, etc. All in all, not all that disastrous.

How is it up there now?

[Tangerine LaBamba]

47. Still raining, still gray,

but not anything like it was at 9 a.m. No wind, and the tornado watches are down.

There is, though, a big flood warning for the Potomac, in force until late today.

It turned out to be just a rainstorm, really. Hanna broke up really fast when she hit land, and we got lucky. I wonder what NY and New England are getting?

[WheelWalker]

2. I'm going there now. Thanks!

[gateley]

3. You're so sweet. I can guarantee you're not in its path!

:pals"

[littlebit]

4. Girlfriend called and told me

it's been raining pretty steady in Asheboro for a few hours now.

[gateley]

6. Whoa - that's pretty far inland (I thought I was!) nt

[littlebit]

9. I know but from the maps I have seen

it's suppose to go over most of North and South Carolina. Hopefully it will just be a little rain and that's it.

[gateley]

11. Yeah, it looks like it might be a pretty wide swath --

but I've been on the outer parts of it before. It's windy, some branches down, but really not bad. I think all in all we'll be pretty good, except down by the NC/SC state line, where I think it's going to make landfall.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. My son and DIL in Greenville said earlier today the eye was supposed to go right over them

We're just west of Baltimore and the tropical storm warning's western edge is about 5 miles east of us.

It has been raining here for a few hours ..... light and no wind yet.

[gateley]

12. It sure looks that way at the moment (that it'll go right over them).

Thankfully, it's not major. I'll keep them in my thoughts!

[karmaqueen]

8. I'm in Wilmington.

The rain is heavy at times, coming in bands, not much wind yet. I used to live on the ocean, I loved to watch the ocean "boil" during these storms.

[gateley]

10. WRAL had a guy on the beach, and the trees looked pretty bent, so

I'm surprised to hear you say it's not bad yet. But maybe your version and my version of 'not much' differ. :-)

Hang tight -

[gateley]

14. D'oh! It was Wrightsville Beach where they were broadcasting from! Not Wilmington!

[Lex]

16. yeah that guy on wral standing there is getting blown around

a bit (at Wrightsville Beach)

[karmaqueen]

21. beaches are usually worse.

I'm glad you posted this because it made me pay attention to the weather, lol. I turned on the news and see that we may be in for some rough weather soon, I thought it was a few hours off. I went & filled my thermos bottles and found my candles. Thanks!

[Lex]

15. Nothing in Durham so far

but it looks like we're going to get some heavy rain soon.

[gateley]

18. I think you're getting something because the last time I looked, I caught

the end of a bit Mike what's-his-name was doing and Durham was one of the places highlighted.

I'm hearing rumbling -- not quite like thunder, so I'm wondering if it's wind. If I hoisted my butt off this chair and walked three feet to the window I could find out. Haven't heard my garbage cans fall over, though, so I'll just stay seated a little while longer.

Hearing lots of rain, by the way.

[Lex]

28. Just went to the front porch. It's raining (not hard) and a bit breezy.

I expect things to pick up a bit. :)

[gateley]

34. I just heard the tail end (again) of them announcing that we'll be

having winds into the early afternoon, and Durham was mentioned.

Landfall expected between 4-5 am, at the state line between SC/NC.

I hope I wake up to hear/see it. I LOVE storms!

[Lex]

36. Dang, I have tickets to the Durham Bulls baseball game tomorrow at 7pm

and I suppose it will still be yucky outside. :(

[gateley]

39. Actually, it might be sunny and the grass may be dry by then.

That's something else I heard on the news.

Note to self: Get a life.

[merh]

17. hunker down

and stay safe and dry.

:hi:

[gateley]

20. Thanks! I'm sure we'll be fine!

:hi:

[EFerrari]

19. I thought the landfall wouldn't be until early next week.

What is your time frame? :(

[Breeze54]

24. You're thinking of IKE... this is Tropical Storm HANNA we're talking about...

IKE will be a bear!! Cat 3 or 4 minimum... :(

[merh]

25. that's the other thing that could be in the gulf and heading this way

you stay safe at your end with the quakes, 'kay :hug:

[EFerrari]

26. This Earth keeps trying to shake us off and you know how we are.

lol

:hug:

[Lex]

29. like roaches scurrying about?

[EFerrari]

38. LOL! Maybe like something with a lower center of gravity.

:rofl:

I hate it when the cats all look at me as if, though. :)

[merh]

33. I just got my yard cleaned from Gustav

I knew I should have waited but the spiders and the grasshoppers were too much to keep putting up with.

Everytime I went outside the grasshoppers attacked, it was wicked.

[EFerrari]

40. I watched that DirecTV channel for you and Swampy for days.

What the heck were grasshoppers doing there, anyway. You'd think they'd have more sense. :evilgrin:

[merh]

41. I don't know where the little nasty bastards came from but they

are all over the place. The water came up in my backyard about 20 feet from my pilings, neighbors said we had white caps in the yard and a good many lost sections of their piers, the surge did come up, it just didn't make it into any houses around here. Since I built on 10 ft pilings, I was high and dry.

When the water receded we had mounds of debris at the water line, sea oats and twisted bay grass and limbs and drift wood and plastic bottles and just nasty icky stuff - the mounds were loaded with spiders and fire ants and grasshoppers, tons and tons of grasshoppers. I am hoping that having the stuff hauled to the street for pick up will make the damned things find some place to happen besides my porches.

thanks for caring so :hug:

[OneGrassRoot]

22. Not much here in the Swift Creek area (Apex/Fuquay) at 12:50...

I think I heard thunder a few minutes ago though.

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

23. Heat is starting to pick up here

Oregon usually gets at least one heat wave in September and it looks like this is going to be it. 90 degrees this weekend?

[Lex]

30. Didn't Oregon have devastating floods last year?

Or maybe that was another state?

[Karl_Bonner_1982]

32. Far northern Oregon had a few

The really big floods were a decade ago in 1996, but we usually get at least some flooding every two or three years.

The big story this year was late-season cold. Lake Wallowa in NE Oregon didn't thaw until almost May.

[Lex]

35. It looks like a very beautiful state

and I hope to visit it someday. :)

[KittyWampus]

27. hey Gately, it's 1am and a light rain started on eastern Long Island

[gateley]

37. Really? As a result of this? Are the bands reaching that far north?

Is that unusual? Could I possibly ask any more questions?? :7

[Breeze54]

42. ISOLATED TORNADOES AND WATERSPOUTS WILL BE POSSIBLE GREATEST THREAT EASTERN LONG ISLAND.

TROPICAL STORM HANNA LOCAL STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE UPTON NY

http://hurricane.accuweather.com/hurricane/nhc.asp?partner=accuweather&traveler=0&basin=atlantic&story=Hurricane_Local_Statement_for_New_York_City_NY

...TORNADOES...

ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF THE TRACK OF HANNA.
THIS WILL KEEP THE GREATEST THREAT OF TORNADOES MAINLY OVER LONG
ISLAND AND EASTERN CONNECTICUT SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT.

...NEXT UPDATE...

THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AROUND 3 AM THIS MORNING.

HOME OWNERS ARE URGED TO SECURE ALL LOOSE OUTDOOR ITEMS. GARBAGE
CANS AND LAWN FURNITURE CAN EASILY BECOME PROJECTILES WITH THE
ONSET OF TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS. ALL RESIDENTS AND VISITORS
ARE URGED TO STOCK UP ON BATTERIES...FLASHLIGHTS...DRINKING WATER
AND NON-PERISHABLE FOODS. PEOPLE ARE ALSO URGED TO REMAIN INDOORS
DURING THE STORM AS THE COMBINATION OF HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL RESULT IN LOOSE SOIL AND THE THREAT OF DOWNED TREES...LARGE
TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES.

THIS STATEMENT RECOMMENDS ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN BY PERSONS IN THE
FOLLOWING COUNTIES OR MARINE AREAS...

SOUTHERN FAIRFIELD...SOUTHERN NEW HAVEN...SOUTHERN MIDDLESEX...
SOUTHERN NEW LONDON...ESSEX...HUDSON...UNION...SOUTHERN
WESTCHESTER...NEW YORK (MANHATTAN)...BRONX...RICHMOND (STATEN
ISLAND)...KINGS (BROOKLYN)...QUEENS...NASSAU...NORTHWESTERN
SUFFOLK...NORTHEASTERN SUFFOLK...SOUTHWESTERN SUFFOLK...
SOUTHEASTERN SUFFOLK.

[malaise]

44. Stay dry

I hope you don't lose power. :grouphug:

[tpsbmam]

46. Asheville area......

windy day as we get the far western edge of Hanna, it was cloudy earlier.....and not one damn drop of rain. Arrrrrggggghhhhhhhhh!!!! The drought in western NC is worse than the rest of the state and we get nothing. Meanwhile, other areas (foreign and domestic) are flooding with all of the storms. Feast or famine. Hope all Hanna has hit don't get flooding and do get needed rain......would you all stand outside and blow west?