Tropical storm Hanna came ashore early this morning and has now reached the Raleigh area. It looks like the eye (such as it is) is just to the east of us. There’s a 15 MPH wind and some occasional gusts of around 25 to 30 MPH but not much more. I’m warily eyeing the handful of tall pine trees in the yard of the neighbor across the street, each of which is swaying 30 degrees in opposite directions. They look the most vulnerable of the trees I can see from the house.
We’ve got a flash flood warning here, and a couple of inches of rain have fallen. Our “river” in the back yard has a bit of a small lake at the end, but nothing too serious. I’m also pleased the gutter guards are doing their job. Its also good news that Hurricane Ike is heading farther west and into the Gulf, though I wouldn’t want to meet that storm in a dark alley.
I’ve got to set up my home weather station again sometime soon.
Sounds like Raleigh got off easy. Fay had 50 mph winds and sat around for 3 days dropping between 20 and 30 inches. I trust Lake Turner is full? Is your drought over with or do we need to send you another one?
Ike appears to be heading for New Orleans. At least a Cat 3 and maybe higher. I suspect they don’t consider that very good news in New Orleans (but we in FL are glad it’s not coming here!)
Uh, I think we’ve had enough droughts, thank you very much!
Yes, Lake Turner was full well before Hanna got here. I turned off the “tap” to it days ago. My tank now lives under a tarp to keep it algae-free.
New Orleans … man, don’t they suffer!