Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
I've been awake a couple hours listening to Tropical Storm Ophelia on the NC coast. They were predicting would turn into hurricane overnight. I think it's still a tropical storm. I love storms yet have a huge respect for the damage they can cause. Putting this out here because I could have been a storm chaser if I hadn't wanted a family. Listening to the wind whip and howl is thrilling and a little frightening. I've never been able to sleep when snow or tropical storms roll through. Not from fear probably more from scared of missing something. Right now winds are about 45 mph and I can't imagine how a cat 3-5 sounds. Praying for everyone impacted.
Where on the coast are you? Ophelia blew through the Eastern Piedmont last night and today. It’s almost 7 PM and it’s mostly over, breezy and drizzling.
I’m from the North and I love storms and snow. There is nothing like a summer thunderstorm in the mountains.
I'm at a friends house in Carteret County, Down East. I haven't heard of anyone being hurt thankfully. I think it was worse towards New Bern, Washington (NC). Ophelia's center came ashore at around 6:15 a.m. local time near Emerald Isle. It was projected to come across Cape Lookout. They try but you can't exactly pin point a hurricane path.
I’m glad y’all are safe. A friend in Minnesota texted me to see if we were OK!
Sounds like a good friend. I haven't watched the news. I've been keeping up with local posts here and where I live. I follow several NOAA pages and saw storm went your way. I live an hour east of Raleigh. I know the power was out at home because the cameras weren't not online. Thankfully not too long, I have a large freezer full of local beef. In hindsight we should have stayed home just in case. If power was out too long we could keep freezer and fridge running with the generator. Thank you we are on the water but not on the main sound and that helps a little. But you never know with a hurricane. I feel a little guilty because I love storms so much. I have lost count of the hurricanes over the last 35 years. My dream is to go out west rent a place and watch the storms from a hundred miles away. I don't remember where over thirty years ago I read an article in Southern Living about these cabins and the view of the storms. Take care and glad you are safe.