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Jersey Devil

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13. I'm about 50 miles east of Raleigh

Mon Sep 10, 2018, 12:57 AM

Sep 2018

in Goldsboro, NC, home of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base. My daughter and her AF hubby live here also. Whenever there is the threat of a hurricane or tropical storm the Air Force flies all of its F-15 fighters out of the area and the families are left behind in what they call "Operation Abandon Your Family." Just an interesting anecdote about the lives of military families.

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Storm the size of North Carolina when it arrives [View all] bigtree Sep 2018 OP

went through Fran here in Raleigh 22 years ago - lost over 100 trees....watching this very NRaleighLiberal Sep 2018 #1

It seems to be heading right for you... Scurrilous Sep 2018 #2

Good bye OBX underpants Sep 2018 #26

Yeah PJMcK Sep 2018 #35

Good luck underpants Sep 2018 #36

Oy - take cover and be careful! Got your supplies just in case? calimary Sep 2018 #4

you had that smaller one hit right before that bigtree Sep 2018 #7

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but... KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #14

Water is always what kills you in a Hurricane. You can survive the wind, but not the water. Lochloosa Sep 2018 #39

OMG, I can remember some of the evacuations out of Florida and KY_EnviroGuy Sep 2018 #42

Take care malaise Sep 2018 #23

Ouch. Between weakened trees from climate change Hortensis Sep 2018 #34

survive, then sell the lumber Hermit-The-Prog Sep 2018 #38

That looks a lot bigger than NC. pangaia Sep 2018 #3

That's one model out of many. B2G Sep 2018 #5

My husband's family and a lot of friends are in NC. nolabear Sep 2018 #6

South Carolina bigtree Sep 2018 #8

I wish her and hers the best. I went through some corkers. nolabear Sep 2018 #12

I remember Betsy well. Croney Sep 2018 #32

Camille? You have my respect... Lochloosa Sep 2018 #40

Yeah. I was fourteen. It wasn't something to go through. nolabear Sep 2018 #43

Interactive weather map OxQQme Sep 2018 #9

comes right ashore (NC) on that model bigtree Sep 2018 #16

The stall scenario is the worst case. joshcryer Sep 2018 #18

Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Sep 2018 #21

I'm in Richmond. My wife flies home from Nashville on Friday. rusty quoin Sep 2018 #10

Fuck. That's massive. JHan Sep 2018 #11

I'm about 50 miles east of Raleigh Jersey Devil Sep 2018 #13

Hurricane Andrew destroyed Homestead AFB in '92. Scurrilous Sep 2018 #17

same here dsc Sep 2018 #22

This will be far worse than Matthew malaise Sep 2018 #24

Trump had aids buy paper towels, so the government is ready. sfwriter Sep 2018 #15

Florence could be combo of Fran and Floyd unc70 Sep 2018 #19

Fran was widely predicted to hit land and then skirt up the coast, Petosky Stone Sep 2018 #20

Hi, Neighbor... OneGrassRoot Sep 2018 #37

Bet they get power restored faster than Puerto Rico dembotoz Sep 2018 #25

Faster than PR, but not fast unc70 Sep 2018 #31

More than a year and still counting dembotoz Sep 2018 #33

Three weeks is very fast compared to eleven months. LanternWaste Sep 2018 #41

No way I would ride this monster out. If the winds don't get you the massive flooding will. PearliePoo2 Sep 2018 #27

I hope Charleston, SC is still there in December DFW Sep 2018 #28

Hope so too liberal N proud Sep 2018 #30

Be safe and aware of what's going on duforsure Sep 2018 #29

it just gets worse ... dweller Sep 2018 #44

I saw the lines there bigtree Sep 2018 #45

scored water this morning dweller Sep 2018 #46

Interactive Barometric Pressure map OxQQme Sep 2018 #47

Very cool. Thanks for posting! Tipperary Sep 2018 #48