Florence

[foxden]

AirBNB is asking their hosts in the evacuation zone to provide free or discounted temporary housing through October 1. They are waiving booking fees. I saw this mentioned yesterday, but could not find a link that looked like it was official..

This is the official AirBnb link
Hurricane Florence - Airbnb Open Homes

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

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From Federal News Radio:

"Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina released all nonessential personnel at noon Tuesday. The base opened up two shelters, one of which is pet friendly."
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[denice]

I think Cherry Point Marine Air Station is in the area where Mamanyt1953 lives. She isn't there now, she was able to get much further inland.

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

I think Cherry Point Marine Air Station is in the area where Mamanyt1953 lives. She isn't there now, she was able to get much further inland.

denice - Yep; MCAS/CP shares a common border with Havelock, in fact - but there might be other TCS members in the same general area who couldn't get out, and who might avail themselves of the Marines' hospitality. There isn't much on earth as hospitable nor as luxurious as a Marine Corps barracks.


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[Mia6]

Update on Boris; he started to experience high winds and rain earlier today but
is out of the danger zone; he hopes he won't lose power.

 

[PushPurrCatPaws]

Sending wishes of safety and hope to all those experiencing the hurricane.

Wish I could send tons of Feliway and comfy, plush, round sleepy beds to de-stress and comfort all the kitties, too! I've never experienced a hurricane, I can't imagine the noise and fear it can cause kitties.

 

[Jcatbird]

Mamanyt1953 wanted me to pass on that she is getting poor WiFi signal strength. She and Hekitty are okay and in good company but there is rain in her location. She will be back as soon as she has a good signal.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Hekitty and I are safe and sound in Reedy Creek, NC. We're tucked in with wonderful people. Ya'll pray for my host. He is having open heart surgery on Monday, came up VERY suddenly. But his housekeeper and I get along SO well. STILL don't know, and probably won't until Monday, if I still have a home, but all is well with us, at least. Prayers for all of those left behind, and MANY for my ferals. I cry every time the alarm on my computer goes off to feed them.

The wi fi is VERY slow and spotty I'm betting overloaded systems.

 

[Tobermory]

Hekitty and I are safe and sound in Reedy Creek, NC. We're tucked in with wonderful people. Ya'll pray for my host. He is having open heart surgery on Monday, came up VERY suddenly. But his housekeeper and I get along SO well. STILL don't know, and probably won't until Monday, if I still have a home, but all is well with us, at least. Prayers for all of those left behind, and MANY for my ferals. I cry every time the alarm on my computer goes off to feed them.

The wi fi is VERY slow and spotty I'm betting overloaded systems.

Thinking of you and Hekitty, your ferals, and everyone and all of their creatures great and small.

 

[bbdoll22]

Hekitty and I are safe and sound in Reedy Creek, NC. We're tucked in with wonderful people. Ya'll pray for my host. He is having open heart surgery on Monday, came up VERY suddenly. But his housekeeper and I get along SO well. STILL don't know, and probably won't until Monday, if I still have a home, but all is well with us, at least. Prayers for all of those left behind, and MANY for my ferals. I cry every time the alarm on my computer goes off to feed them.

The wi fi is VERY slow and spotty I'm betting overloaded systems.

Prayers for your host, your feral’s and your home. God bless.

 

[Jcatbird]

Mamanyt1953 i have seen an abundance of pictures on the news of citizens helping animals. I saw that cats outside made it through okay. Even the news crews were feeding a kitty and giving it water. Bet they took it with them! I am sure the cats are taking advantage of mice and other small things that have been run out. Cats are survivors. If anyone in that area is reading our posts, you know they will be looking out for them. Prayers are being said and all positive thoughts sent for them.

 

[denice]

I just read online that they think that the wild horse herd in the Outer Bank's survived with no losses. They said that they had started grouping together and moving well before the storm hit.

 

[dustydiamond1]

Hekitty and I are safe and sound in Reedy Creek, NC. We're tucked in with wonderful people. Ya'll pray for my host. He is having open heart surgery on Monday, came up VERY suddenly. But his housekeeper and I get along SO well. STILL don't know, and probably won't until Monday, if I still have a home, but all is well with us, at least. Prayers for all of those left behind, and MANY for my ferals. I cry every time the alarm on my computer goes off to feed them.

The wi fi is VERY slow and spotty I'm betting overloaded systems.

 

[foxden]

Hekitty and I are safe and sound in Reedy Creek, NC. We're tucked in with wonderful people. Ya'll pray for my host. He is having open heart surgery on Monday, came up VERY suddenly. But his housekeeper and I get along SO well. STILL don't know, and probably won't until Monday, if I still have a home, but all is well with us, at least. Prayers for all of those left behind, and MANY for my ferals.

"It never rains but it pours"...
I hope your host gets through surgery well.
The weather forecast does indicate most of the rain will be out of North Carolina by sometime Monday

 

[Mamanyt1953]

My phone is more out than in now, too. I'm sure it is because of towers down throughout the state, and the remaining ones overloaded, so slow computer will be best way to stay in touch. Thankfully, I have spurts of good connection!

 

[Margret]

Got some questions for anybody with more understanding of hurricanes than I have.

Florence is now a tropical storm, not a hurricane, but it's still very wet and windy. As I understand it, it's the approach to and arrival at land that leeched power from it, resulting in progressive downgrades. Is this correct?

I've been watching either TWC or MSNBC all day, seeing the maps with the projected path of Florence, and I note that after turning North it's expected to swing back east and head out to sea again. But those maps don't show what happens then. Does anybody know whether it will likely be on course for, say, Puerto Rico? And is it likely to pick up steam and go back to hurricane levels in the process?

Margret

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

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@margret - To the latter - No. Hurricanes - and any rotating storm cells - are basically convection engines; they form and grow stronger over warm water, and once over a land mass, they lose strength, eventually fizzling out like those sparklers you had as a kid that got wet and then dried out.

As a storm crosses a large swath of warm water, the warm, moisture-laden air is drawn upwards, and the cold air which it displaces is expelled, eventually creating a vortex - albeit on a very large, slow-moving scale. If you're ever watched a waterspout form in Summer when the water is warm, you already understand how rotating storms are born and - as they move over a cooler, drier surface - how they perish as well.
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[foxden]

1CatOverTheLine has a better answer about the science of hurricanes and circulating storm systems above...

Florence is now a tropical storm, not a hurricane, but it's still very wet and windy. As I understand it, it's the approach to and arrival at land that leeched power from it, resulting in progressive downgrades. Is this correct?
Margret

Margret
I'm not a weather expert, but my understanding of how hurricanes gain and lose strength over open water is related to water temperature and wind shear. Warmer water temperatures increase hurricane strength. That's why Florence increased from a category 3 to a 5 as it approached the US.
Wind shear tends to weaken hurricanes. Wind shear is tied to the jet stream and other weather highs and lows nearby.

When the eye of a hurricane approaches land, the parts of the storm not over the warm water lose energy (partially through rain) and the storm weakens. When the eye moves onshore, the storm loses strength rapidly.
If the eye of Florence had drifted southward and remained offshore, the storm would have remained stronger for a longer time.

...the maps with the projected path of Florence, and I note that after turning North it's expected to swing back east and head out to sea again. But those maps don't show what happens then...
Margret

The storm will continue to diminish in energy as it passes over land. As the storm weakens, the path of the storm will be guided by the jet stream and other weather patterns across the eastern US.
The ocean waters off the northeastern US are not warm enough to provide the energy required to regenerate a hurricane.
In general, once a storm is eastbound from the USA, it heads across the North Altantic towards Europe following the jet stream.

There have been hurricanes that loop offshore and restrengthen, but these hurricanes move offshore into very warm ocean waters to be able to regain strength.

 

[Margret]

1CatOverTheLine , foxden , thank you so much for your explanations.

1CatOverTheLine , while I got a notification that you'd responded to the thread, I did not receive a notification that you'd mentioned me, because I'm not margaret; I'm Margret. (You can blame it on my mother, who decided to get creative. And yes, I actually did receive a birthday card from my mother with my name spelled wrong one year! 1987 - bad year for birthdays.) In point of fact, we have no one on TCS with the user name @margaret.

Margret

 

[1CatOverTheLine]

1CatOverTheLine , foxden , thank you so much for your explanations.

1CatOverTheLine , while I got a notification that you'd responded to the thread, I did not receive a notification that you'd mentioned me, because I'm not margaret; I'm Margret. (You can blame it on my mother, who decided to get creative. And yes, I actually did receive a birthday card from my mother with my name spelled wrong one year! 1987 - bad year for birthdays.) In point of fact, we have no one on TCS with the user name @margaret.

Margret

Margret - My sincere apologies for having called you by another name. I understand that under certain circumstances, that can make women extremely unhappy.
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