Thoughts While Shaving archive
Couldn’t resist the opportunity to check on the progress of Hurricane Helene…
Headlines near midnight…
Storm strengthens to Category 4 as it nears landfall in Florida…
Power outages continue to rise in Florida…
2 killed in Georgia tornado as storms from Hurricane Helene move forward…
Tropical storm Isaac in the mid-Atlantic will likely become a hurricane soon…
The Hurricane Center reports water levels are roughly 6 feet higher than the mean at Clearwater Beach … officials say a storm surge as high as 15-20 feet could swamp Florida’s Gulf Coast…
The storm is expected to veer west as it continues over the next hours and days … eventually as far west as the mountains of North Carolina…
Bladen County forecast for Friday … Rain with isolated thunderstorms, then partly sunny with a chance of showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon. Some thunderstorms may produce tornadoes in the morning. Highs in the mid 80s. Southwest winds 15 to 20 mph … Gusts as high as 40 mph, decreasing to 30 mph in the afternoon … Chance of rain … 100 percent.
Friday night: Partly cloudy in the evening, then becoming mostly clear. Lows around 70. South winds 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 20 mph, diminishing to around 5 mph after midnight.
Saturday and Sunday … Mostly sunny with highs in the mid 80s.
robert g hester
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