HURRICANE WATCH ISSUED FOR PART OF THE NORTH CAROLINA COAST

[CaptPatrick]

http://bertram31.com/newbb/viewforum.php?f=11

[Tommy]

Thanks Capt. Pat, already making plans to button everything up down on the coast!

[Capt.Frank]

Tommy,
I sure hope she stays off shore and goes by fast. I hope everyone down south stays safe.

[IRGuy]

Frank...

Looks as if Arthur will skirt us and hit you.. I imagine you are as busy as a one armed paperhanger right now. Jim Cantore is in Hatteras on TV right now dramatizing everything.

As a first responder you can't run and hide like the rest of us.. so stay safe!

[Capt.Frank]

Frank,
We are hunkered down waiting. I hope this storm goes south Hatteras. I did not move the B31 like normal too many fools boats still in canal. Well the good news is by 8 am it should be over. This is the first storm in a long time. I have been off an at home with family. I hope it hold corse, Have a pig to cook tomorrow.

[John F.]

Be safe Frank. Good luck. Let us know how it turns out for you and yours.

[buzzk]

It's not looking good here in Morehead City the eye walls 25 miles away and I'm getting gusts to 50 MPH at my house now.

[IRGuy]

At about 18:00 hrs we had the most severe winds, probably 45 knots with gusts to 60, and alternating medium and heavy rainfall.. now (about 22:00 hrs) it is about 25 knots and light rain. I doubt that there was any severe damage except for tree limbs coming down. It looks like Buzz in Morehead City and then the Outer Banks area will see more than we had.

Hope all you guys to our NE are OK. I'll be watching the weather closely.

[IRGuy]

No serious damage here at all (in Wilmington, NC).. just a couple of tree branches down.. boats in our community are all OK except for one CC that apparently didn't have a working bilge pump. It was riding very low in the water this AM but didn't sink. All in all we were very lucky. The eye stayed far enough off shore as it passed by us, so all we had was moderate rain/wind, but it hit the Morehead City/Beaufort area dead on. I hope they are OK up there.

[Terry Frank]

Carteret County, of which Morehead City is a part, had little damage and no injuries or fatalities. We got lucky that the storm was fast moving.The biggest problem was (is) power outages. We lost power last night around 10. For us, it was restored at 9:30 this morning.Plenty of folks are still without it though. I put my boat on the hill yesterday. It did just fine. Will pick it up tomorrow.

Terry

[IRGuy]

Terry..

Glad all you guys up in God's country were spared any damage. It looked as if Arthur was making a bee line to Morehead City.

While I am adressing something to you let me say Charlie and I enjoyed spending some time with you at the rendevous. Tommy and all the rest of the guys certainly put on a great weekend. You certainly made us feel at home!

Frank

[Dug]

Glad you guys made it through with no damage to speak of. Here in CT its just breezy and windy. My buddy Mike wants to go offshore fishing tomorrow. We shall see. :)

[Capt.Frank]

Well we lucked out again, Considering the eye of a Cat II eye going right over us at 4 am damage is min. Had our 4th of July pig picken an sunny skys. No damage and very little rain maybe 1". Hatteras Island had some flooding I think about 2-3' at the worst spots. I am glad Aurther was not a hugh storm and moved fast.

[Rawleigh]

We had the coolest, nicest 4th of July on the Chesapeake that I can remember. Breezy, but nice.