Hurricane Party

[CC Cowboy]

The East Coast could possibly get hit this week with a Hurricane. I'm headed to RI before I take off to Cali. so I'm really keeping a eye on this one.

I just checked and started the generator. No problem keeping the refridgerator running and beer cold (should we lose power).

[Snake]

Be sure and evacuate if it looks like it is going to be a bad one. If you wait until the last minute you will have to deal with the traffic jams. Also be sure to have a full tank of gas.

[Scott1620]

Yeah, I planned on going to the Delaware beaches this weekend too. This could be a big problem if it hits and people still goto the beaches this weekend. Hopefully it will veer off to the east...

http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/grap...?3-daynl?large

[ally99]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

The East Coast could possibly get hit this week with a Hurricane. I'm headed to RI before I take off to Cali. so I'm really keeping a eye on this one.

I just checked and started the generator. No problem keeping the refridgerator running and beer cold (should we lose power).

Whew! Glad to hear the beer will be safe and sound! :-) In a hurricane, I think I'd need an extra bottle or five.

On a more serious note, please do be careful. Hope it misses your area.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Rode by the dealer today - unloading their box van of bikes? No not bikes but generators.

[kkim]

CC-

wish you the best during this.

from my experience dealing w/ hurricane aftermaths, water (both potable and non potable) and refrigeration were the 2 most important items to have... everything else becomes secondary.

hope Earl decides to meander off instead of taking a turn westward.

[Sailariel]

I am so glad that Ariel is out of the water. The current track looks like it could get really dicey here Friday or Saturday. N.B. looks like it will suffer a similar fate. The ocean has been really warm this summer. I actually went swimming. The gen-set checks out fine.

[Snake]

My best wishes to all those on the north east coast of the U.S. and Canada. Stay tuned to the news and start making preparations just in case.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Hope everyone is safe and trouble free. To lighten the situation and tie in motorcycling here is a pic of my favorite hurricane - Bob "Hurricane" Hannah.

[kkim]

shouldn't he be moving over to "let Broc bye"?

[bdavison]

Most of the hurricanes I went through....the biggest thing was some freakin Air Conditioning.

Food/Water was pretty easy. They were passing out MRE's, Ice and bottled water for weeks afterwards.

[Snake]

The worst thing for me going through a hurricane is loosing power foe as much as a week at a time. Makes you really appreciate what ya got.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Originally Posted by kkim

shouldn't he be moving over to "let Broc bye"?

Yeah good story. I saw on tv a couple years ago "the motocross files" episode about Hannah. After that race he went to Yamaha USA office and demanded to be paid a check for winning that race as he would have won if he didn't let the golden boy pass him. Hannah claims Yam paid him for the win. Never one to mince words.

In 86 when AMA outlawed works bikes I was at the Florida Winter AMA. He started his RM250 and wheelied through the pits (pit speed limit was 5mph IIRC). That "production" 250 sounded crisp like no other 250. But Jeff Stanton took Florida "by storm" that year.

[BlueRaven]

I hope dispatch doesn't call me to do a run to Maine for Friday. I might be stuck there for a few days or get a rough ride home.

[Snake]

Hopefully it will make a sharp right turn and head back out to sea.

[Flow]

Originally Posted by bdavison

Food/Water was pretty easy. They were passing out MRE's, Ice and bottled water for weeks afterwards.

Same here. The MREs were usually pretty good. I used to rather enjoy hurricanes when I was younger. No distractions for reading, the wind was fun with a tarp and if there was flooding I brought out my skimboard. I don't recall ever being scared during a hurricane, even though we never evacuated for any of them.

[kkim]

Originally Posted by bdavison

Food/Water was pretty easy. They were passing out MRE's, Ice and bottled water for weeks afterwards.

hell... once they get there w/ relief, life's a cakewalk. it's the days/weeks before they get there that I'm referring to.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Tied everything down that could move last night then took a ride to the beach at 9pm. It was crowded, but not big waves, just more waves.

[CC Cowboy]

I decided not to go to RI and now it seems they won't be getting anything but rain. That's OK I hate the rain. 8 to 10 foot waves here are pretty impressive.

[Snake]

Thankfully it looks like they dodged the bullet.

[Flow]

Originally Posted by Snake

Thankfully it looks like they dodged the bullet.

North Carolina seems like they're having fun.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

I decided not to go to RI and now it seems they won't be getting anything but rain. That's OK I hate the rain. 8 to 10 foot waves here are pretty impressive.

And I tied stuff down for nothing. Now I have to go untie it all tomorrow.

[GeneJunkie]

Originally Posted by backinthesaddleagain

And I tied stuff down for nothing. Now I have to go untie it all tomorrow.

Where in RI are you? My parent's have been debating boarding up the cottage in Charlestown. I think my dad might just for safe measure.

[Snake]

Originally Posted by Flow

North Carolina seems like they're having fun.

Looks like he is making the best of a bad situation. Just think how much worse it would have been if the storm was stronger and they took a direct hit.

[CC Cowboy]

Originally Posted by GeneJunkie

Where in RI are you? My parent's have been debating boarding up the cottage in Charlestown. I think my dad might just for safe measure.

Looks like just rain. I don't think Charlestown will be bad. The Cape is getting the brunt of it.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Originally Posted by CC Cowboy

Looks like just rain. I don't think Charlestown will be bad. The Cape is getting the brunt of it.

Hope Valley. 15 mins to Charletown. Maybe if close to water then board up, if not i woudn't bother.

[Sailariel]

Looks like we are just going to get a bad Nor'Easter. It should be nice Saturday afternoon. On Sunday, I plan to go to the classic motorcycle meet in Owl's Head (Rockland, ME) and drool over some Vincents, Ariel Square Fours, and vintage Ducatis and BMWs.

[Snake]

Sounds like fun Alex. Be sure and take lots of pics.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Any members from NC on tonight? Wondering how things went with Earl. hope all is ok.

[GeneJunkie]

Originally Posted by backinthesaddleagain

Hope Valley. 15 mins to Charletown. Maybe if close to water then board up, if not i woudn't bother.

Yea... it's the last cottage on the road to Charlestown Beach. My dad went yesterday and boarded up everything. He said he went overboard lol.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Originally Posted by GeneJunkie

Yea... it's the last cottage on the road to Charlestown Beach. My dad went yesterday and boarded up everything. He said he went overboard lol.

Hey after Katrina, and up here the spring floods overboard is understandable. While we might never see tragedy like Katrina up here (no levies to break, and towns above sea level) better safe than sorry.

[BlueRaven]

Darn i'm gonna miss that. My weekend run was cancelled for Owl Head's and Rockland. I should be there on Wednesday.

[GeneJunkie]

Originally Posted by backinthesaddleagain

Hey after Katrina, and up here the spring floods overboard is understandable. While we might never see tragedy like Katrina up here (no levies to break, and towns above sea level) better safe than sorry.

Pretty much they pray that every hurricane is a dud like this one. They have had many storms that dump inches of beach sand onto our property, heck I remember when I was little they had about a foot of sand dumped onto the property after a large storm and that is normal off shore storm activity. He said if a hurricane strong enough comes through the area it could destroy the cottage and there is a possibility that the erosion could be bad enough to prevent rebuilding.

Actually I do remember a story they told me recently that they had a guy come to the area with a deed in hand that he was left in a will. He was asking for a property that was a number after my family's cottage. My grandparents said that their cottage was last on the road. The guy was confused and had a land surveyor come out and it turns out that the property he had a deed for was in the middle of the ocean, that at one point the ocean used to be further away and a large storm came and shortened the beach.

[backinthesaddleagain]

Originally Posted by GeneJunkie

Pretty much they pray that every hurricane is a dud like this one. They have had many storms that dump inches of beach sand onto our property, heck I remember when I was little they had about a foot of sand dumped onto the property after a large storm and that is normal off shore storm activity. He said if a hurricane strong enough comes through the area it could destroy the cottage and there is a possibility that the erosion could be bad enough to prevent rebuilding.

Actually I do remember a story they told me recently that they had a guy come to the area with a deed in hand that he was left in a will. He was asking for a property that was a number after my family's cottage. My grandparents said that their cottage was last on the road. The guy was confused and had a land surveyor come out and it turns out that the property he had a deed for was in the middle of the ocean, that at one point the ocean used to be further away and a large storm came and shortened the beach.

wow,he now owns underwater property. so how did you end up all the way on the west coast?

[eddiekay]

cc....12:17 friday night and hicksville is dry

[backinthesaddleagain]

wet and almost breezy in RI

[eddiekay]

we had sprinkles on LI today and lost maybe 20' of the dunes..the waves were scary ( wish I knew how to surf). Only time i've ever seen the beach totally empty , as far as i could see east-west
I'm riding in to PA tomorrow...no hurricances along the delaware

[backinthesaddleagain]

this jerk risked others lives:
Overmatched surfers keep R.I. lifeguards busy
11:01 PM Fri, Sep 03, 2010 | Permalink
Peter Lord Email

NARRAGANSETT -- Trying to protect people from towering waves, lifeguards blew their whistles at everyone who so much as set foot on the town beach. So one middle-aged man, cradling a surfboard, avoided them by climbing down some rocks near The Towers and flung himself into the ocean.

He was in trouble within minutes. The waves knocked him off the board. And it appeared he wasn't strong enough to swim ashore through a rip current at the south end of the beach.

Six lifeguards ran down the beach. Two jumped into the surf. The others paid out a yellow line and then pulled the surfer and the two lifeguards ashore. Onlookers applauded.

One lifeguard crossed his arms, indicating an injury. Soon the group was joined by a fire truck, an ambulance and several policemen.

The surfer declined medical treatment. He told the police that if he were 17, he would have been fine. But he was much older, and he was worn out.

[GeneJunkie]

Originally Posted by backinthesaddleagain

wow,he now owns underwater property. so how did you end up all the way on the west coast?

I ended up here because of graduate school. The instant I finish I'm moving back to the east coast. I hate the culture and weather out here. The pacific is freezing cold to boot. I miss New England so much.

The beach better be intact next week. Going to visit my family and celebrate my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary in CT. I had already planned on going to RI and was concerned about Earl.

[CC Cowboy]

Originally Posted by backinthesaddleagain

wet and almost breezy in RI

but how's the weather?

Originally Posted by GeneJunkie

I ended up here because of graduate school. The instant I finish I'm moving back to the east coast. I hate the culture and weather out here. The pacific is freezing cold to boot. I miss New England so much.

The beach better be intact next week. Going to visit my family and celebrate my grandparent's 60th wedding anniversary in CT. I had already planned on going to RI and was concerned about Earl.

That New England weather (and water temperature) is so much warmer.

The only thing is miss about New England is the food, the roads (in summer and fall), and the numerous losers I call friends.