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Hurricane Isabel Closes in on East Coast
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that map, makes it look like its comin straight for us ! AHHHHHH
Hurricane Isabel closed in on the North Carolina coast on Wednesday, threatening to lash a large expanse of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard with heavy rains and winds of up to 110 mph.
Tens of thousands of people on the state's low-lying coast were urged to leave or risk getting caught in flooding caused by storm surges expected to reach up to 11 feet.
Isabel, still several hundred miles away in the Atlantic Ocean, was on a course that would put its center over North Carolina on Thursday but bring stormy weather by Wednesday night, forecasters said. The hurricane was then expected to head north through Virginia on a path that would take it west of Washington.
A steady stream of cars, trucks and vans headed west on Tuesday, away from the Outer Banks islands that jut into the Atlantic from North Carolina's northeastern coast and are a popular vacation spot.
Many vehicles pulled trailered boats, while others carried kayaks or surfboards or were piled high with belongings on rooftop carriers. Others on the islands, home to 55,000 people, decided to sit out the storm.
"Surf's up!" proclaimed one of the many spray-painted Isabel messages scrawled on plywood shutters.
An occasional open restaurant or bar hosted remaining residents and tourists. Televisions were tuned to weather forecasts.
"Waiting and watching," said Bob Heath, who planned to decide on Wednesday whether to move or not.
Isabel, a rare Category 5 storm at one point during its trek over the Atlantic, has become a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson 1 to 5 scale that measures hurricanes' destructive power, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Its top winds strengthened slightly during the evening on Tuesday.
HURRICANE WARNING EXTENDED
The center early on Wednesday extended a hurricane warning, alerting residents to hurricane conditions within 24 hours, for the coast from Cape Fear in North Carolina north to Chincoteague in Virginia, including Chesapeake Bay south of Smith Point. A hurricane watch, meaning possible hurricane conditions in 36 hours, was in effect north of Smith Point and the tidal Potomac.
A Category 2 storms can badly damage mobile homes, fell trees and damage roofs, doors and windows. Forecasters said Isabel could dump up to 10 inches of rain in places along its path.
Isabel carried hurricane-force winds extending up to 145 miles from its center and tropical-force winds extending out 260 miles. The U.S. Census Bureau said Isabel could affect nearly 50 million people in 13 states.
Officials in low-lying Dare County, which includes the central islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks, issued a mandatory evacuation order.
A county spokeswoman, Dorothy Toolan, estimated the population before the evacuation at 30,000 residents and 75,000 visitors, adding it was not clear yet how many were leaving.
Tiny Ocracoke Island and the state's northern coastal area of Currituck County also were ordered evacuated.
The U.S. Navy sent 40 ships and submarines based in Hampton Roads, Virginia, out to sea to ride out the storm. Defense officials said warplanes from several bases would be moved to safety and the Navy asked 130,000 active duty personnel around Norfolk, Virginia, to leave the area.
At 5 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Isabel's center was 450 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at latitude 29.4 north and longitude 72.2 west. It was heading northwest at 9 mph.
John Simpson, Manager at Great Atlantic Pool & Spa, fastens the last sheet of protective plywood over the large windows of his store in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
BeefJokey: this is gonna be fun
makaveliblaze: 8-)
BeefJokey: i figure ill just get some chicken
BeefJokey: liquer
BeefJokey: and weed
BeefJokey: and chill till its over
that map, makes it look like its comin straight for us ! AHHHHHH
Hurricane Isabel closed in on the North Carolina coast on Wednesday, threatening to lash a large expanse of the U.S. Eastern Seaboard with heavy rains and winds of up to 110 mph.
Tens of thousands of people on the state's low-lying coast were urged to leave or risk getting caught in flooding caused by storm surges expected to reach up to 11 feet.
Isabel, still several hundred miles away in the Atlantic Ocean, was on a course that would put its center over North Carolina on Thursday but bring stormy weather by Wednesday night, forecasters said. The hurricane was then expected to head north through Virginia on a path that would take it west of Washington.
A steady stream of cars, trucks and vans headed west on Tuesday, away from the Outer Banks islands that jut into the Atlantic from North Carolina's northeastern coast and are a popular vacation spot.
Many vehicles pulled trailered boats, while others carried kayaks or surfboards or were piled high with belongings on rooftop carriers. Others on the islands, home to 55,000 people, decided to sit out the storm.
"Surf's up!" proclaimed one of the many spray-painted Isabel messages scrawled on plywood shutters.
An occasional open restaurant or bar hosted remaining residents and tourists. Televisions were tuned to weather forecasts.
"Waiting and watching," said Bob Heath, who planned to decide on Wednesday whether to move or not.
Isabel, a rare Category 5 storm at one point during its trek over the Atlantic, has become a Category 2 storm on the Saffir-Simpson 1 to 5 scale that measures hurricanes' destructive power, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. Its top winds strengthened slightly during the evening on Tuesday.
HURRICANE WARNING EXTENDED
The center early on Wednesday extended a hurricane warning, alerting residents to hurricane conditions within 24 hours, for the coast from Cape Fear in North Carolina north to Chincoteague in Virginia, including Chesapeake Bay south of Smith Point. A hurricane watch, meaning possible hurricane conditions in 36 hours, was in effect north of Smith Point and the tidal Potomac.
A Category 2 storms can badly damage mobile homes, fell trees and damage roofs, doors and windows. Forecasters said Isabel could dump up to 10 inches of rain in places along its path.
Isabel carried hurricane-force winds extending up to 145 miles from its center and tropical-force winds extending out 260 miles. The U.S. Census Bureau said Isabel could affect nearly 50 million people in 13 states.
Officials in low-lying Dare County, which includes the central islands of North Carolina's Outer Banks, issued a mandatory evacuation order.
A county spokeswoman, Dorothy Toolan, estimated the population before the evacuation at 30,000 residents and 75,000 visitors, adding it was not clear yet how many were leaving.
Tiny Ocracoke Island and the state's northern coastal area of Currituck County also were ordered evacuated.
The U.S. Navy sent 40 ships and submarines based in Hampton Roads, Virginia, out to sea to ride out the storm. Defense officials said warplanes from several bases would be moved to safety and the Navy asked 130,000 active duty personnel around Norfolk, Virginia, to leave the area.
At 5 a.m. EDT Wednesday, Isabel's center was 450 miles south-southeast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, at latitude 29.4 north and longitude 72.2 west. It was heading northwest at 9 mph.
John Simpson, Manager at Great Atlantic Pool & Spa, fastens the last sheet of protective plywood over the large windows of his store in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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