Hurricane Ivan

[shipperx]

Well, apparently it's damn near impossible to buy batteries or flashlights anywhere in Birmingham. Tried earlier tonight. I found enough for my needs... but people go nuts with weather. Mom and Dad said that they'd be coming up tomorrow, and on the news they said as of 8am in the morning Interstate 65 south of Montgomery becomes one way only -- North.

Still not all that sure what to expect here (it's probably being overblown up here. We are several hundred miles from the coast. But I do hope the beach house isn't blown away.)

Severe Weather Alert from the National Weather Service...

HURRICANE LOCAL STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 630 PM CDT TUE SEP 14 2004
... THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE IVAN MAY EQUAL OR EXCEED THAT OF HURRICANE FREDERIC

See the thing is... I REMEMBER Hurricane Frederick. It must have been pretty scary for me to remember that storm considering I was just a kid when it blew through. I remember Mom taking me downstairs because the storm was so scary and I remember sleeping in her bed and the storm being really scary (our home was 100 miles from the coast). And I remember my Aunt lived down at the coast and her evacuating. After the storm we went back down to her house to see if it was still there -- it was -- but there wasn't a tree anywhere left standing. It was sheer luck her house wasn't destroyed (the trees inexplicably didn't fall on it). Anyway, that storm must have been scary for me to still have clear memories of what it was like the night it blew through. I do hope (though it's a not nice hope) that it steers further west and misses the Alabama/Florida coast -- though that isn't particularly nice to Mississippi and Lousiana, is it?

Comments

[rahirah]

They were showing pictures on the news tonight of the Alabama beaches before and after Frederick. It's all so much more built up now, it's gonna be a mess. :(

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what Gulf Shores looked like THEN and what Gulf Shores looked like after the storm was nothing alike. And it's entirely different now than it was then. Frederick cleared out all the old stuff and they just started over.

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I'd noticed that you seemed to be right in one of the main projected paths. These hurricanes seem to be targeting my friends... although that could just be because I seem to have friends pretty much everywhere, nowadays. :-)

Keep safe and try to make it fun... I know from experience that you can pop Jiffy Pop popcorn over a hibachi, if that's any help.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

LOL! I live in an area with underground power so we rarely lose power for long. Cable is another issue, however.

[mistraltoes.livejournal.com]

Sending you good thoughts. Stay safe.

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

So far so good.

[shapinglight]

Be safe, Lisa. When is the storm expected?

[shipperx.livejournal.com]

Hard to say. Hurricanes being as unpredictable as they are -- it may miss us almost entirely. Who knows. As it is, we haven't seen ANYTHING thus far and aren't expected to see anything until the wee hours of the morning through about noon tomorrow. But... who knows. Thus far my sister's mother-in-law is in Destin which is right at the eye of the storm and she's saying it's not that bad.