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This isn't looking too spodie-odie for the Carolinas. Spent all day trying to find a place for the Pipe Dream or a trailer to borrow. Nothing so far . . .

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Looks like we’ll be pretty safe here in the Chesapeake. Probably get some wind and waves but y’all definitely need to hunker down in the Carolinas. Hopefully you’ll get the PD to safety. You definitely don’t need all that trouble again.
 
the more recent forecast have it North of here, but its going to nail my fathers place in Sneads Ferry, looks like I'm driving up tomorrow
 
Yep, Florence looks pretty nasty. We're keeping a close eye on it. I got 4 generators and bought 130.00 worth of 93 non-ethanol for them. We rode out Isabel at 96 mph winds, that was scary! Our house is 101 years old, seen some bad ones come by. If its stronger than Isabel I'm going inland! Hope you all fair ok!
 
Prayers going up for all East Coast guys. NJ isn't 100% out of the woods either. Pipe, doesn't U-Haul have a trailer to rent? :head:
 
Destroyer said:
Prayers going up for all East Coast guys. NJ isn't 100% out of the woods either. Pipe, doesn't U-Haul have a trailer to rent? :head:
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Nothing but utility trailers and car dollies at our U-Hauls. Looking like I might not need it this week.

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It'd be nice if the track would keep shifting north and northeast and out to sea instead of making landfall at all.
 
Pipe, I think you'll be ok from what the track looks like, but if you need a trailer, Ive got a spare that your v will fit on
 
We are/were scheduled to start a week long family vacation, complete w/V20, this coming Saturday at Sunset Beach NC...the spaghetti tracks indicate that could be a problem...looks like it's gonna landfall about 60 miles up the coast the night before...that ain't far enough...:head:
 
Pipe, I have a spare single axle aluminum if you need it, you could even keep her down here if you want to, let me know.
 
I'm happy to hear you guys offering trailers. I don't have a spare anymore, but was going to offer to put one of my boats on blocks and bring it's trailer down. You guys saved me a lot of driving. :clap::beer::clap:
 
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I'm happy to hear you guys offering trailers. I don't have a spare anymore, but was going to offer to put one of my boats on blocks and bring it's trailer down. You guys saved me a lot of driving. :clap::beer::clap:
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I was gonna say the same thing. I could block my v21 and meet someone half way if need be. Sounds like y’all have it figured out but if anyone needs a haul just let me know.
 
Go to Tropical Tidbits for all u want to know about hurricanes. I ve been watching his blogs for a couple of years now.

Good luck and hunker down
 
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You guys are great! I'm buying a trailer (from one of our own here!) but just wasn't sure about the timing, and when I wrote the original post I was freaking out a bit. The storm track for Florence isn't looking bad for us now so I'm feeling a lot better about the old PD, but I'm worried about y'all to the north of here . . .

Yeah, Tropical Tidbits and Mike's Weather Page are my go-to for storm info. In fact Mike's links to some of Tropical Tidbits.

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Looking back now I see that the link that I am using for these storm projection maps is updating each one of them. The one in my original post is this morning's, not what it was when I posted, so I don't need to keep posting these maps.
 
intensification, and increased forward speed spells trouble especially north of eye wall landfall where that storm surge will be worst.

Good thing is with so much weather info., at least the tracking and up to date data is constantly available.

Then.....as it slows after landfall the heavy rain becomes the 2nd danger.

Good luck to all.
 
Major shoutout and kudos to Bradford! Thanks to him the PD is now 15 miles inland and sitting on his trailer. He's the man! :clap:

Thank you to everyone else who offered. I had mixed feelings about leaving it in the water, especially when the state called for a "mandatory" evacuation beginning tomorrow. I'm pretty sure that me taking her out of the water caused the forecast track to move northward away from here as soon as I made the call.

Best wishes for everyone in the path of this storm. May we all come out of it safe and sound.
 
I went up to Sneads Ferry yesterday, battened every thing down, cut the power off. Left a 6 pack of miller light in the fridge and mowed the grass in defiance
 
Cfelton, Randleman, Garage NC, and all others in the path be safe and keep your wits about you.

We're praying for y'all.
 
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