Everyone be safe

tracking Hurricane Irene

http://www.stormpulse.com/atlantic

Survival: 3 days of water, 3 days of food, get your medicines, cash,

If they tell you to evacuate, please do.

I am scared to death for all of you.

I am with you Craftbear! I am inland far enough but i am worried about all those on the coast. I have family in Philly that are getting "ready" What a week-end this will be!!!!

see Irene from the space station..she's a big girl!
http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/20...e%20map&st=cse

After living in North Carolina for 4.5 years and only have one 'hurricane' hit us - Hannah which downgraded to a tropical storm as it made land fall - now we are in for a rough ride with Ilene here in Maryland. We are currently under a Hurricane WARNING. They are telling us to expect 8-15 inches of rain in 18 hrs and SUSTAINED winds of 70mph for 2-3 hours.

Okay, after the earthquake on Tuesday and now this, I REALLY want to move back to plain, old, boring Indiana. I can handle the occasional tornadoes and such. But this week and going weekend really sucks.

Sorry - duplicate post.

wow, that is cool, thanks for sharing with us

Let's all pray that Hurricane Irene will 'fizzle out' before reaching land or turn back out to sea.

I can't look. She'll be here soon enough.

We worry for our family on the south shore of MA. Up here in NH we will still get hit on the southwest of the state unless it veers away. We are ready. Just one more trip to the market for cabin fever food tomorrow.LOL
Be safe everyone, be prepared.

Thanks CraftyBear !!!

I pray everyone is kept safe from this storm!!

Stay safe

Just found out we are under mandatory evacuation by 5pm tomorrow. :shock: Bye!

LOL Yeah, but in all the years I've lived in MD we've had just a few serious weather events. But I think where I grew up in IN got hit by tornadoes every year.

We just aren't used to this crazy earthquake and hurricane stuff! Stay safe!

Oh no, take care!!

Thanks Craftybear and everyone! I've been off the board for quite a while. But I am very much in the direct path. When you are watching TV and see the reporting from Atlantic Beach, NC... well, I'm an hour from there. That's "our beach" so to speak. This isn't my first hurricane but this one is large an a lot of rain. Me, my daughter and dog went to my parents, my husband is the safety office at the hospital so he is earning his keep this weekend. We went to my parents because our house sometimes gets cut office because of flooding on the roadways. And my parents rarely lose power so I like all the comforts of home. I appreciate all the prayers for everyone affected.

take care and be safe

Stay safe out there!

Prayers and stay well wishes.

Thank you Crafty Bear! I have never looked at stormpulse before. If it is correct, I am in much better shape here than I thought as the cone in the picture just misses us by going west of us.

Thank you for thinking of us in the east. we are very concerned, worried about flooding (esp. in my sewing room!)

Thank you to all who have thought of us here on the east coast. The man upstairs is still in charge. Prayers to all my neighbors here on the east coast.

Thanks to all of you who prayed for us. We live "in the woods" in Newport News, VA (between Williamsburg and Norfolk) and have many, many trees all around our home. The Lord was so gracious in that none came down on our home--just a lot of debris. Basically, God did some pruning to our trees. There were quite a few huge trees that fell but only one went on a neighbors home and the damage was minimal--no one injured. Some that went down would have crushed the homes.

We lost power on Saturday at 12:30 PM and it was restored at 6 PM on Monday. We have a generator and although it was a little warm, we had many conveniences because of the generator (lights, cooking, TV, washer). During Isabel, we were without power for 11 days.

There was a wonderful Ohio-based power company that came to our area and restored our power where we live. There are only about 30 homes back in a wooded area and we are always the last to get power--not so in this storm. Thank you again to all of you "quilters" who prayed. It is just so wonderful having a "quilting family."

Thank you, too, Crafty Bear, for all the great sites you continue to share.