Another one bites the dust

[eibbil_libbie]

We're down to occasional wind gusts and drizzle, and the bitch has now made landfall, so it's time to update the list.



For the most part, this was wind and flooding. The rain was nearly never-ending (3 days of straight rain sucks) but it wasn't the unrelenting tropical downpours Irene brought. The house made it through with the usual wind driven rain through the north facing door and one water spot on the bedroom ceiling/wall from rain being whipped up under the eaves. We get those all the time from these storms.

Doesn't look like much in the way of damage in my neighborhood, either, but we're not in a flood zone. I'll see more driving in tomorrow, especially along the Elizabeth River.

All told - it could have been a shitload worse around here, but it wasn't. Rough to go through but we dodged a major bullet. If Sandy had tracked maybe 100 miles closer to shore, this would be a much different post.

So. That said, time to update the list and I won't be nattering about it anymore.

Gordon 1994
Allison/Felix 1995
Bertha/Fran 1996
Danny 1997
Bonnie 1998
Gustav/Kyle 2002
Isabel 2003
Alex/Bonnie/Charley/Ivan 2004
Barry 2007
Alberto 2006
Hanna 2008
Irene 2011
Sandy 2012


And now, some hurricane comic relief:

Comments

[eibbil_libbie]

Thanks, hon <3

[b_radwick]

You're most welcome.

Also, that's an unnecessarily large number of hurricanes to have been through.

[eibbil_libbie]

Not all of them have made landfall where I live - some came ashore south of us, some passed over and then reintensified right on top of us (Bonnie and Danny), some hit the OBX and then came to party at our house. But yeah, those are all the storms I've gone through.

That's the fun of living on the coast. June 1 to November 30...you get used to checking weather underground a few times a week to see what's up in the tropics and how many D batteries you have (and no, not kidding, there is not a single D battery left in all of Hampton Roads.)

[b_radwick]

You know I adore you but, that's crazy. I much prefer the 3 1/2 months of ridiculous heat to massive storms that destroy everything in their path.

[eibbil_libbie]

The adoring goes right back to you, sweetie.

Frankly, I'd rather the ridiculous heat since I loathe rain and love desert, but this is where we were when my husband retired from the Navy and where he found a job after that. So...we make do with what we have.

And, really, it takes a high Cat 4 or Cat 5 to destroy everything. Cat 1 and 2 just mess shit up. The really hard part is the waiting. These things take forever to make landfall sometimes.

Imagine being put under a tornado warning...but the tornado will take 4 days to get there. And there's nothing you can do. You can't just pick up your house and move it, you just have to sit there and watch it creep towards you at 6 miles an hour. There's the funtimes.

[b_radwick]

D'awww *blushes*

Yeah, that sounds completely miserable to have to deal with that kind of thing once a year. It's like horrible Christmas.

[eibbil_libbie]

Some years are better than others. Sometimes we get one, sometimes we get none. Then sometimes it's 2004 and we get lots. <3