Hurricane Matthew

[hobo finds]

Hopefully all you Realcenters in harms way stay safe looks to be a big one!

[68Camaro]

Initial feeder bands are running through Orange/Seminole right now. People are still on the road, though the beaches are closed down and barrier islands evacuated. The coast is going to take a pummeling, all the way up to SC. The main portion isn't expected to hit here until 4am with peak around 9 or 10am tomorrow. We're as set as we can be.

[highroller4321]

Initial feeder bands are running through Orange/Seminole right now. People are still on the road, though the beaches are closed down and barrier islands evacuated. The coast is going to take a pummeling, all the way up to SC. The main portion isn't expected to hit here until 4am with peak around 9 or 10am tomorrow. We're as set as we can be.

Stay safe and keep that camaro dry!

[68Camaro]

It's probably safer than we are...

[slickeast]

I saw a sign on I-77 South near Carowinds that I-26 from Columbia SC to Charleston SC is all one direction out of Charleston. Columbia SC is going to be a mess for several days. All those evacuated people along with truck drivers unable to complete their delivery. I am sure Charlotte will get some people to looking for a hotel. I will see tomorrow as i head into Charlotte.

[Verbane]

Aftermath in Central/Peidmont NC. Venezuela anyone?
While I am prepared for a number of situations, living the event in realtime really put a new perspective on the subject for me. The scary part for me was actually seeing the "masses" in action post event.


Produce, Meats, Dairy.... Shelves were bare.
I stopped by the grocery store three days after the storm, following a Cub Scout meeting with my oldest. We watched two guys walk up to the milk cooler, and just stand there speechless. These were two well groomed, caucasian representatives of our species. One called his wife and asked, "What should I do? There is only skim milk?". The other just stood there. He watched me take a picture, then walked off muttering something about "where am I going to find milk?...".

[johnbrickner]

<snip> . . . The scary part for me was actually seeing the "masses" in action post event.

Produce, Meats, Dairy.... Shelves were bare.
<snip> . . . two guys walk up to the milk cooler, and just stand there speechless. <snip> . . . "What should I do? There is only skim milk?". The other <snip> . . . muttering something about "where am I going to find milk?...". <snip>. . .

What I find interesting is the mind set between us . . . and them.

I'll give you another example I experienced today. I worked an end of the season, League wide (boys and girls, high school and middle school so a fair representative cross section of the youth in our area attempting athletic endeavors) cross country race and all the local teams in the League ran all their runners. These runners should be in the best condition of the season as they have been training since at least the middle of August.

My daughter stopped by with my wife to watch our son run and she also likes to watch me work and be the social butterfly amongst all the schools who have friends of hers running.

Most of the runners finished with no problems. Several crossed the finish line, walked down the funnel and collapsed at the edge of the woods just past. Unfortunately, poison ivy was growing thick along the edges and I had to assist several up and out.

But a hand full collapsed in the funnel and were claiming "I can't breath" or I can't feel my legs". My daughter being a snarky 14 yr old would stand by as I was assisting and say to them "you are talking, you are breathing" or "if a train was coming you would get up". Teens can be brutal to each other, but I was thinking exactly the same as she.

We both agreed when the races were over . . . when TSHTF these with be the first to go. As will the dumbfounded looking at empty shelves in the grocery stores. Survival, it's both a frame-of-mind and an attitude. Some got it, some don't.