Who else is bracing for Isabel?

[mylilnikita]

Hi. I know this is a unrelated Disney topic, but I am just curious how many out there are bracing for Isabel? I have the generator ready, and am ready for it, as much as possible. today people have been crazy on the road, I guess trying to get supplies together. I just hope we don't get a direct hit. We had remnants of Floyd and roads and exits to interstate were flooded. Anyway, just wondering who else out there is getting ready for it? I live in Newport News, Virginia by the way.

 

[WDWAurora]

Raleigh here, and I'm not very prepared as of yet, but I'm going to have to get that way. I do have candles, but I should probably look for more food that will be ok without electricity.

 

[Pin Wizard]

I'm saying thank you's it will miss hitting FL directly, and I'm praying for those who will be affected!

 

[Breezy_Carol]

We are in Maryland at the head of the Chesapeake Bay. We have some flooding here because of all the rain last night and today. We are getting prepared with water in jugs, batteries, charge the cell phone, etc.

 

[Regina]

DD has been living on the Outer Banks during her internship. They're being evacuated. She's packing up her belongings and heading to Baltimore to stay with a friend.

My stomach is in knots and will stay that way until I know that she's out of harms way.

 

[MLAinVA]

Even here in the Washington DC suburbs we're being warned to get ready. I've been hearing all day that the building I work in MAY be closed Thursday and Friday. Should we fly to WDW to escape?

 

[daughter_of_amid_chaos]

I am in Indiana at school but watching Isabel closely one because i love weather and two because my family back home on cape cod lol.
They put up a special weather statement saying that Isabel is excpted to hit the coast at the mid atlantic region which would cause swells on the cape.
I hope my family is watching!

 

[Mskanga]

I'm in the Pocono Mountains in PA, I'm not in a coastal place but I'm on direct path of the storm. Yes I have purchased some things today, but those are things I usually already get for bad snow storms. Let's stay as safe as possible.

 

[LIDisneyFan]

Long Island, keeping a watchful eye just in case...so far, we look OK, but I remember 7 days without power after Gloria in 1985.

 

[zurgswife]

Talked to my stepmom today....1.5 hrs from Outer banks area in NC....not a D-cell battery to be found...they bought a generator, water and food..they won't be evacuated but are very worried about all the trees that surround there house. They have even decided where they will go if the storms gets close to them...they have a bricked area in there garage that they think will be safe...

 

[Tiger Fan]

I just heard on our local news that Ocracoke Island (Outerbanks) had been evacuated. My sister lives near the coast and they head up here anytime a storm heads this way. We'll get tons of rain and often flooding. Prayers for those that will take a direct hit.
Lisa

 

[skiwee1]

I'm in Maryland, near Annapolis, and about 1 mile off the bay. We closed our pool today, took in all the stuff in our yard, and that is it for now. DH is taking our boats out of the water tomorrow. Our weather forcasters are saying its most likely track is right up the bay. Kind of good to hear as anything our forecasters say tend to go the opposite!

 

[WDWAurora]

Anyone have some very specific things I should buy for this? Cause I'm kinda clueless as a college student from the mountains, we don't have this kinda thing there, the mountains break them, tornadoes, etc up before they can get there....

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

Richmond, VA, here. Hopefully by the time it hits us Isabel will have died down quite a bit, but you never can tell. I have fresh batteries for the flashlights and portable radio. I still need some more batteries for the portable TV. We're on the same circuit as a nearby hospital, so if we lose power I doubt it'll be for long.

I was in one of the VA Beach Home Depots yesterday (I'm a sales rep for one of their vendors) and that place was a madhouse. People were buying tons of plywood to board up their windows, batteries were being snatched up like crazy, and they said they sold through 3 trailers of generators. I saw two pallets of generators carried up front while I was there and they were gone in about 10 minutes.

What we're more concerned about here in Richmond is flooding in the aftermath. If the storm dumps a lot of water into the western part of the state, it'll drain off toward the ocean via the James River, which comes right through Richmond. Camille in 1969 and Agnes in 1972 caused major flooding -- on the radio yesterday they said in 1972 it was 27 feet above flood stage.

 

[Rexfan]

The latest models are now showing that it will probably make landfall right over us. I bought all the water I could find yesterday(which wasn't much), pulled our sailboat out and tied it down, and am about to make another run to the stores for canned food. We are all on pins and needles over this one.

 

[C.Ann]

I'll be praying for all of you...

Stay safe!!!

 

[Figment22]

The 11:00 a.m. advisory has just posted Hurricane Watches for
Little River Inlet, SC north to Chincoteague (Sp?), VA. Tropical
storm watches extend south to Santee River, SC. The good news is that the winds have diminished to 105 MPH. Still a big hurricane
but a little less scary.

Thoughts and prayers to everyone affected.

 

[rykdad]

We're just outside Raleigh and we're probably better prepared than we were for Fran in 1996. It's a good thing I have a son who was a Cub Scout and now Boy Scout. We have lots of camping gear that doubles as Emergency supplies. We also love SPAM (except my wife)!

 

[km2all]

We are running around getting everything inside before Thurs. Tried to get some extra water yesterday but it seems that people having been buying it up for the last three days and there is none left in Hampton Roads. One good thing, I had to clean my gargare just to get all the outside stuff inside..

 

[Claudia1]

I don't live in hurricane area but I grew up in an area that routinely loses power during snow & ice storms. Here is somthing that I have done in the past.

When a storm is coming, I would freeze as much tap water as possible in any containers that I could find. It will not only provide a way to protect some of your perishables but also give you some fresh drinking water for a few days. Since I do it for cold weather storms, obviously they wouldstay cold longer than right now in the hurricane path but it could still stretch your water supply, even just for personal hygiene.

Being without water for 3 or more days can be very difficult.