Oh shit - hurricane warnings up now

[malaise]

for most of the Atlantic seaboard!! This is rare!!
6-12 inches coming folks!!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44285405/ns/weather/#.TlgZeKiltyw

[gateley]

1. And a "warning" means "it's coming", right? I always get

confused between Watches and Warnings and something else they always throw out there.

As they've been saying, this is historic!

[Aerows]

3. Watch means you may get hurricane conditions

Warnings mean you WILL get hurricane conditions.

[gateley]

4. I was hoping that the "storm moving a little slower than expected"

and "it's breaking up a bit" and "no longer any purple" might be cause for hope. But as I've said, I've been inland in NC when a hurricane just went up the coast - not coming into land - and even we experienced stormy conditions. It could weaken a lot and still create havoc. :(

[XemaSab]

9. It's never slower than expected

[HipChick]

2. It's not looking good..

[malaise]

7. Actually the good news is it's Cat 2 and not Cat 3

Water will be the problem and trees falling because the ground is saturated

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

5. "This is rare!"

Except when it happened last year......

[malaise]

6. Please list the New York hurricanes

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/26/hurricane-irene-new-york-_0_n_937718.html

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

10. Hurricane Gloria for one....

......took a much similar path to this one and not mentioned because it doesn't have enough death and destruction for the media. Just an expensive nuisance.

[southernyankeebelle]

8. I talked with my sisters living in Maryland. One sister has a summer place

in Ocean City. She was going to go yesterday. Today she was told they are evacuating Ocean City. I am glad she is staying home. My sisters living next door to one another and they are staying together. What a week they been having. I pray for all of them.