My backyard is flooding!

[pelagia]

We are having a coastal storm tonight in Virginia.  I had to drive through almost foot deep water on the road to get home tonight.  Anyone else in the mid-Atlantic seeing the effects of the storm?

[willieandwinnie]

pelagia, our backyard is so flooded that our firepit actually floated. The dogs will not go out so they have pads down in the gargage and we left door from family room to garage open. Our road is covered in water and pine cones hitting the roof sound like missiles. We just had a new chimney installed so Len is paying extra attention to make sure it isn't leaking. I just got off the phone with my daughter and she said water is lapping at her back door from the Cheseapeake and the pool cover is gone. High tide isn't even until early tomorrow morning. They have said that Solomons Island and St. George's Island have been flooded all afternoon because of the wind direction. Their not letting anyone leave or enter St. George's Island unless it is an emergency vehicle. I have the feeling we have been here before. We had a wind gust of over 60 mph here. More damn yard work....... Hope you and Stephen stay safe.

Wonder how petey and Marvin are holding up. Looks like they were getting all kinds of wind. petey??

[monrein]

Oh no.  What a drag you guys.  So sorry to hear and hope it doesn't cause too much damage.

[G-Ma]

just wind so far in Charlotte area...wind and the pine cone missles on the roof, cloudy and windy plays havoc with my vision so I stay indoors during something like this.  Hope you guys all stay safe on the coastal areas.
Ann

[pelagia]

Stephen and a fellow guitarist took off for a job near Richmond tonight and won't be home until after midnight.  Hopefully the tide will be lower when they are trying to get in because they are in a sedan.  If not, I guess he'll be calling me to go down the road to pick them up...

The wind is blowing like crazy here too, but I think all the loose branches for this year already came down in Gustav.  I guess I'll see in the morning.

[Maggie and Jeff]

We live in middle TN and have not had much rain in the past few weeks.  So if ya'll don't mind could you send the rain here.

Ya'll stay safe.

[petey]

Very windy and lots of rain today here (southeastern NC); we've had about 2 inches today.  My yard is mushy, mushy and the ditches are full  -- and there's more rain still falling.  This morning going to school was awful!!  The wind was blowing my little car all over the road, and the rain was blowing sideways!  It had slacked up when I came home (around 4), but it's picked back up now.  

We did a treatment as soon as I got home because Marvin had a meeting to go to tonight.  He serves on the county's recreation board.  I tried to get him to skip it, but he wouldn't.  But, he wanted to take my car!!  I said, "Yours is heavier," and he said, "But mine is on 'E' and you filled yours up yesterday!"  That rat!!

Marvin slow-cooked a roast today, so supper's done.  I'm just hanging out waiting for him to get home.  My mom called and when I told her Marvin went to a meeting, she said, "You let him go by himself???"

Mom, he's 52.  I made him wear a jacket and carry an umbrella (which I'm sure he won't use).

We're expecting lots more rain overnight (maybe a thunderstorm) and more wind.  Pine cones already all over the yard.  Hop-Sing puts ONE paw out the door and turns around -- thank goodness for those puppy pads!

[willieandwinnie]

Stephen and a fellow guitarist took off for a job near Richmond tonight and won't be home until after midnight.  Hopefully the tide will be lower when they are trying to get in because they are in a sedan.  If not, I guess he'll be calling me to go down the road to pick them up...

The wind is blowing like crazy here too, but I think all the loose branches for this year already came down in Gustav.  I guess I'll see in the morning.

Linda, you should call him and let him know. Our backyard has a bunch of branches down again. I just burned all the stuff from the last storm Monday.

Maggie and Jeff, maybe some of this rain will make it to you. I hope so. We have had enough.

[willieandwinnie]

Very windy and lots of rain today here (southeastern NC); we've had about 2 inches today.  My yard is mushy, mushy and the ditches are full  -- and there's more rain still falling.  This morning going to school was awful!!  The wind was blowing my little car all over the road, and the rain was blowing sideways!  It had slacked up when I came home (around 4), but it's picked back up now.  

We did a treatment as soon as I got home because Marvin had a meeting to go to tonight.  He serves on the county's recreation board.  I tried to get him to skip it, but he wouldn't.  But, he wanted to take my car!!  I said, "Yours is heavier," and he said, "But mine is on 'E' and you filled yours up yesterday!"  That rat!!

Marvin slow-cooked a roast today, so supper's done.  I'm just hanging out waiting for him to get home.  My mom called and when I told her Marvin went to a meeting, she said, "You let him go by himself???"

Mom, he's 52.  I made him wear a jacket and carry an umbrella (which I'm sure he won't use).

We're expecting lots more rain overnight (maybe a thunderstorm) and more wind.  Pine cones already all over the yard.  Hop-Sing puts ONE paw out the door and turns around -- thank goodness for those puppy pads!

petey, I'm glad you are safe. Don't you just love those slow cookers.  I hope Marvin gets home safely. The news just said there was a tornado down your way somewhere. Please be careful. They have now issued severe thunderstorm warnings for Linda's area. You guys be safe. 

[pelagia]

I can hear the thunder now...

[paris]

Raleigh has had steady rain and winds all day (around 35-45 mph).    They tell us it will continue through the night and most of tomorrow.  Every time I think there can be no more branches blow down, I see a dozen more.  Lots of yard stuff to pick up over the weekend!   Everyone stay safe! 

[okarol]

 

[petey]

Marvin's home -- safe and sound. 

Okarol, that map of the storm looks wicked!!!

[twirl]

I though you are not supposed to drive thru water that you can not be sure how deep it is
there is some saying that rhymes with drown
be careful
sorry about the bad weather
wasn't IKE enough to last for awhile
is you house going to flood
our backyard can flood and it doesn't reach the house
but gets very close
praying for you

[pelagia]

It is pouring buckets right now.

Don't worry Twirl Girl.  I know the dips and high points on the road to my house and wouldn't drive through more than my CRV can handle.  It was much more challenging getting in here when I still had a VW Beetle which was only about 6 inches off the ground. 

[dkerr]

It sounds like Ike dried up and moved east.

[G-Ma]

It is now raining here....hope it moves on to TN.

[okarol]

 

[skyedogrocks]

Up here in Massachusetts, we are getting 2 storms.  Right now, it's round 1 of the storms, the next one rolls in tomorrow.  That one is Tropical Storm Kyle.  We are due to have severe flooding on the coastal side.  Thankfully, I am inland, but we have to worry about the Merrimack River. 

[Maggie and Jeff]

Did every one survive?

We Did Not get any of the rain at all.

Try harder next time to send it this way ya'll don't need any More It's time to share.

[flip]

Send it my way. We are still in a drought and daytime temps are still in the 90's. Ike left me tons of tree limbs and now I can't burn them until we get some rain.

[pelagia]

We had another very high tide last night.  The rain has stopped and now the mosquitos are starting to swarm!

[willieandwinnie]

pelagia, they have us under a flood watch until 10 pm tonight and then said with Kyle passing to the east we will again see higher tides. It has poured here this morning, cloudy and windy right now but calling for thunderstorms. My daughter called a little while ago in tears, there was a snake in her bathtub. They managed to kill it and the neighbor told her it was a corn snake (yeah, a snake is a snake), so she has already said she probably won't sleep tonight. We don't have much standing water but the mosquitos are horrible. I won't let Len go outside because of them.

flip, Maggie and Jeff, have you guys managed any rain out of this?

petey, how did you guys make out? You know, weather wise. 

[Maggie and Jeff]

Not even one single drop of rain.    although we got a couple of clouds this afternoon.  No wind and No rain in the weather forcast for southern middle TN. 

I hope ya'll get a chance to dry out.

[Mariposa]

Well People crazy flower addcit that I am I drove an hour in the pouring rain ( I am in CT in the middle of those storms headed for Mass.) to go to my annual plant swap and you know all of us who showed up are a bunch of plant addicts cause we swapped plants in the pouring rain. We had a blast though