HURRICANE EARL UPDATE, THURSDAY, 9.2.10 at 7:00 A.M. CDT
From NBC local station earlier: President Obama has ORDERED evacuations in North Carolina from Hatteras.
Note: I called my mother's longtime friend on Long Island, NY last night; she is elderly but had not heard about the storm, just like yesterday's FEMA report reported: they cannot get people to take this storm seriously. She was amused at my concern, thinking she can handle anything. Kids need to step in and get their elderly relatives out to safety. They are no match for flooded homes, power cut off, etc.
From ABC's "Good Morning, America" with George Stephanopolous. In the below URL, it states that President Obama signed a disaster declaration last night. (NBC TV news, heard locally this morning, used the phrase, "President ordered evacuation.")
http://abcnews.go.com/US/hurricane-earl-
"It grows in size and intensity, overnight. Back to a Category 4 storm. It is bigger, stronger, faster and closer to land. 500 miles wide, strong Category 4 with 145 mph winds. Headed for Atlantic Beach and Nags Head, North Carolina."
Atlantic City, New Jersey and Montauk on Long Island in New York are now listed under Tropical Storm warnings.
Eye of hurricane video: seen at moment it turned back into Cat 4. "We traveled with NASA down through the storm." Pilot says, "It is like flying into a snow-making machine on a ski slope."
SAM CHAMPION on Atlantic Beach in North Carolina. "Waters chopping up, 350 miles away is Hurricane Earl. 10 mph away from a CATEGORY 5 definition. Projected track to hit Cape Hatteras on Friday at 2:00 AM, then 2:00 PM next to New York City on Long Island (just an hour away by train) and Saturday, it reaches Cape Cod. A storm that DEMANDS attention."
Governors of NC, VA and MD have declared State of Emergency.
Post Office is delivering Soc. Sec. checks early to all of these states plus DE.
Even sea turtle nests are being picked up early for safety.
Tourists told to get out NOW in NC. "They are not letting us stay; they're making us go sit in traffic."
If storm jogs one way or the other, it will make a huge difference in which area is affected.
Interview with NC residents: "What would you say to people..."
"It IS a big deal," "Mother Nature is always powerful when she wants to be and we cannot do anything about it."
EVACUATION TODAY: 5:30 PM is the mandatory deadline for evacuating in NC today. (Someone else is allowed to stay if they want...officials, maybe?)
STORM SURGE MAP PREDICTIONS:
Kill Devil Hills, NC...George Stephanopolous is showing a large area in blue on a map, land that will be covered by water from the STORM SURGE. It extends up to Nantucket, MA after flooding Eastern Long Island...its Harbor land area will be under water and Montauk.
All week long, officials have been fairly "calm" about it on Eastern Long Island: reporter says that 20,000 population swells to 100,000 people on a weekend. Now, everyone is asking about the storm.
Boat owner worried in Montauk, Long Island New York. One man says the beach will be gone...he knows what will happen.
NJ: already battling the sea, saving dozens of people.
Cape Cod: snapping up batteries, flashlights, chargers.
Nantucket: frantic battle to save some beautiful homes.
Urged to "shelter in place, hunker down at home and hope." ????? (I've driven the length of Cape Cod in earlier decades...that is one desolate place out there in the fury of a storm as you drive by the beach.)
John Berman reporting from Montauk NY on Long Island.
From Miami, Bill Read at NOAA: "If it drifts slightly left, impact across Outer Banks and Sounds of NC and to left of that, direct impact on Southern New England. Greatest concern is that people will not heed advice from local officials, instead going to the beach this weekend. A bit of wobble in hurricane at this point."
(I missed next two statements by Bill Read.)
More evacuations? Local authorities will decide.
SAM CHAMPION: people just waking up to news that Earl is stronger than ever. People paying attention and evacuating. Nag Head, Kill Devil Hill, everyone being told to evacuate. Look at both sides of the storm, not just at the center. It may stay a Category 4 for a while.
OFFICIAL REPORT from the NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, NOAA.gov:
8:00 A.M. EDT, Intermediate Advisory 32-A
ABOUT 355 MI...575 KM S OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 820 MI...1315 KM SSW OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...230 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...932 MB...27.52 INCHES
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HURRICANE EARL INTERMEDIATE ADVISORY NUMBER 32A
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL072010
800 AM EDT THU SEP 02 2010
...INTENSE HURRICANE EARL CONTINUES ON A NORTH-NORTHWESTWARD
TRACK...EXPECTED TO PASS NEAR THE OUTER BANKS TONIGHT...
SUMMARY OF 800 AM EDT...1200 UTC...INFORMATION
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LOCATION...30.1N 74.8W
ABOUT 355 MI...575 KM S OF CAPE HATTERAS NORTH CAROLINA
ABOUT 820 MI...1315 KM SSW OF NANTUCKET MASSACHUSETTS
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS...145 MPH...230 KM/HR
PRESENT MOVEMENT...NNW OR 330 DEGREES AT 18 MPH...30 KM/HR
MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE...932 MB...27.52 INCHES
WATCHES AND WARNINGS
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CHANGES WITH THIS ADVISORY...
NONE.
SUMMARY OF WATCHES AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT...
A HURRICANE WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* BOGUE INLET NORTH CAROLINA NORTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTH
CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER INCLUDING THE PAMLICO AND ALBEMARLE
SOUNDS.
A HURRICANE WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* NORTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER TO CAPE HENLOPEN
DELAWARE.
* WESTPORT TO PLYMOUTH MASSACHUSETTS...INCLUDING MARTHAS
VINEYARD AND NANTUCKET.
A TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR...
* CAPE FEAR TO WEST OF BOGUE INLET NORTH CAROLINA.
* NORTH OF THE NORTH CAROLINA/VIRGINIA BORDER TO SANDY HOOK NEW
JERSEY...INCLUDING DELAWARE BAY SOUTH OF SLAUGHTER BEACH AND THE
CHESAPEAKE BAY SOUTH OF NEW POINT COMFORT.
* THE COAST OF LONG ISLAND NEW YORK FROM FIRE ISLAND INLET NORTHWARD
AND EASTWARD TO PORT JEFFERSON HARBOR.
STORM SURGE...A DANGEROUS STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS
MUCH AS 3 TO 5 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL WITHIN THE HURRICANE WARNING
AREA AND THE LOWER CHESAPEAKE BAY.
ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING AREA...STORM SURGE WILL RAISE WATER LEVELS BY AS MUCH AS 1 TO 3 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. NEAR THE COAST...THE SURGE WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY LARGE AND DESTRUCTIVE WAVES.
(Read rest of report for "HAZARDS" affecting land.
http://www.noaawatch.gov/2010/tc_at07.ph
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