Ok. Stay safe Dwight Giles Jr. 1982 300CD 1990 300D Wickford RI
On Oct 7, 2016 9:35 PM, "Rich Thomas via Mercedes" <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Electric co shut off pwr around 5, took the substation across the road > offline to minimize damage should it get tidal surge. They shut off Kiawah > and Seabrook a bit earlier. Those 2 are barrier islands and might get some > significant over wash. I'm not sure of elevation on the substation but it > is near tidal creek s could get flooded. So most of johns island without > power too, they think it could be 3-4 days. I guess it depends on saltwater > getting in their equipment. > > I'm at 9.5ft. High tide at 1AM approx 5.5ft. There isn't actually much > sustained wind right now so maybe that will minimize surge although a bit > further south on edisto island it was topping the dunes late this > afternoon, waves and surge. We are lucky it is not next weekend with the > full moon tides. > > So far here mostly fairly heavy rain, occasional gusts but not a high > sustained wind. I guess that will come later. > > --R (sent from my miniPad) > > On Oct 7, 2016, at 9:19 PM, Meade Dillon via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > I'm at 13 feet above sea level, and a few miles inland, so nothing for me > to worry about that I've seen. > > Rich and Floyd and the rest, they are a little lower, might be more of an > event there. > > ------------- > Max > Charleston SC > > On Fri, Oct 7, 2016 at 8:29 PM, Dwight Giles via Mercedes < > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Surge forecast for Charleston looks bad. > > > > Dwight Giles Jr. > > 1982 300CD > > 1990 300D > > Wickford RI > > > > On Oct 3, 2016 8:39 PM, "Floyd Thursby via Mercedes" < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > wrote: > > > >> shows this thing coming closer to the coast as a CAT2-3, 105mph+ winds > > and > >> LOTS of rain. Might be a mandatory evacuation from the islands which I > >> will choose to follow or not. Gonna get the boards out tomorrow, check > > the > >> track on Wed then start prepping. Might have to bail to upstate at some > >> point. If I stay I have plenty of beer, food, and shotgun shells and > > will > >> get some gas for the genny tomorrow. > >> > >> Will check with the binyahs to see what they think before deciding what > > to > >> do. I think I know the answer. > >> > >> -- > >> --FT > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________ > >> http://www.okiebenz.com > >> > >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > >> > >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
