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Tare, DSD, other people who I don't necessarily remember where you live but may have reason to contribute...any concerns about the incoming hurricane? Feeling the need to make any preparations or anything?

We're supposed to get a tiny bit of it, but all my preparations consist of is planning a museum day for Saturday since I doubt we'll want to be outside, haha.

Nexa

I've lived on Long Island(NY) since I was eight years old, and have been through many a hurricane. Other than make sure we have sufficient food and drink in the house to last a few days, as well as common sense items (batteries, lantern fuel, gas for the generator and chainsaw), we really don't do much. No plywood over the windows, no storm cellars... just hunker down and sit it out.

Every time we get hit by a hurricane there are people that think its a good idea to go down to the beach/boardwalk/harbor etc, to see the waves. Invariably some of them get dragged in... sometimes they die, sometimes they get rescued. But they're there every time.

I plan on getting some decent sleep thanks to rain, but I'm far enough inland where all I have to worry about is minor flooding.

I'd imagine it'll bring some thunderstorms to Michigan. They usually do. I'm hoping the rain and wind will help cool things down here. It's September, I should be comfortable outside... not drowning in this humidity.

Imma stock up on candles, water, & munchies but thats about it. I'm on the 2nd floor & no longer in downtown Boston, so I don't think flooding will be an issue for us should Earl hit Boston.

Living in upstate New York along the Hudson, I don't really have much to fear from hurricanes. Except, being in the woods, the occasional falling trees taking out power lines, the only preparations we make are, like Deathwysh said, are common lack-of-power items. And, since we live in the woods in upstate NY, we usually have those items stocked at any given time anyways.

I think storms are fun in any case.

Well, we've had some pretty strong W/NW winds for the past few days, and pretty heavy rain storms the last couple days.

Two nights ago my cousin hit a tree while driving to work (3rd shift). The tree was knocked down across the road and she didn't see it. Last night the power went out at about 1am. I woke up at 3am and it was pitch black, no light outside, no light inside. It really makes walking to the bathroom difficult. Luckily the power came back on at about 7:30, just 15 minutes after I woke up for the day.

I knew we were going to get heavy wind/rain because of this storm. We usually do. It's fairly calm right now. Cloudy, not much sun, but the wind and rain have stopped. Good thing is the NW winds have brought in some nice cool air and the humidity has dropped. It feels much nicer around here now.

We had a lovely day, bit windy but dry from lack of rain. Perfect Renn Festival weather.

I lost 2 trees. One wnet down in the front yard and somehow managed to not take out the cable/phone lines running in from the pole on the street. Haven't figured out how it missed them though.

Lost one in the back yard, that split and the back half of it kicked up and beat up our fence a tad. All in all, pretty good considering what could have happened with either of those trees as one could have fell on the house instead of the fence and the other could have left me without cable/phone for 1-3 weeks.

Hugo was my daughter's first hurricane, though by the time it got north to us it was just a windbag without any punch.

They have yet to experience anything like the damage Agnes was when I was a teenager. My sister house was just above the flood waters in Ellicott City, MD.

Ivan left me stranded in Pittsburgh, Pa for 2 days, as I waited for the flood water to recede below the rail tracks in Harrisburg. I was actually on the last train to make it into Pittsburgh, when it started to flood. My friend who was picking me up had to make several detours to get to his house and my hotel. After the rest of our friends were able to leave by plane or car, I ended up sleeping on his futon for 2 nights.

My sister who works for Amtrak check the passenger list of all trains going to Philly, so when I finally arrived in Baltimore, she had used her ID to come on board and help me off the train.

Wait, I'm in San Diego, there was bad weather in the last week?