Community Chat

[gidgetgh]

Anyone in the path of this storm?  I think it's expected to be named and upgraded today.

I am in Atlanta so obviously not on the gulf coast, but they're, as of right now, showing this system to come up through Georgia and the map I saw this morning showed a possible 6 inches of rain here in my area. We have been bone dry here.  Beyond bone dry, but 6 inches in 24 hours is quite a lot for the ground to absorb. They're also calling for sustained winds of 25-35 mph.  Possible trees down and power outages.

I went grocery shopping this morning.  I have tons of flameless candles and batteries. Today I'm going to charge all my external chargers. 

Oh, and I filled up my car with gas yesterday.

For those in Florida and South Georgia, take care.

[Laura14]

Great minds, think alike! I had no idea this was coming! Stay safe! 

[smoochy]

we just got a tropical storm watch this morning. We are in the eastern edge of the cone. If the storm shifts even a little bit east, we will get a lot more impact. Lakeland Florida

[gidgetgh]

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@Laura14 wrote:

Great minds, think alike! I had no idea this was coming! Stay safe! 

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@Laura14 - you too!

[Marp]

On the storm's current predicted track western NC will also take quite a hit.  Rain is very much needed but not the possible 5-7 inches at once.

[LindaSal]

Seems like this storm is sneaking up on everyone and taking a similar path to the last one.  Be careful all of you in the path of it.  I'm in the northeast but I have a nephew in the panhandle of Florida. 

ETA:  My mom's name was Helene, settle down mama! 

[gidgetgh]

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@smoochy wrote:

we just got a tropical storm watch this morning. We are in the eastern edge of the cone. If the storm shifts even a little bit east, we will get a lot more impact. Lakeland Florida

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@smoochy - a close friend of mine lives in Lakeland. I talked to her last night and she was real "low energy" about it. I'm going to talk to her again tonight.  

[fthunt]

Gas price down there?

[smoochy]

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@gidgetgh wrote:

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@smoochy wrote:

we just got a tropical storm watch this morning. We are in the eastern edge of the cone. If the storm shifts even a little bit east, we will get a lot more impact. Lakeland Florida

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@smoochy - a close friend of mine lives in Lakeland. I talked to her last night and she was real "low energy" about it. I'm going to talk to her again tonight.  

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small world! Yeah being inland we don't have to worry about storm surge. I'm not in a flood zone thank goodness. We will likely get the high winds and torrential rains with thunderstorms  

when we moved here in 2018, Hurricane Irma had come through and did a lot of damage in Lakeland. Our home that we bought had a new roof and new privacy fence as a result. Ppl here still talk about that storm 

[Laura14]

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@fthunt wrote:

Gas price down there?

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@fthunt We are around $2.80 north of Atlanta.