Donna and I decided to ride out Hanna in our apartment in Surf City on Topsail Island. We are not expecting to much, tropical storm force winds and rain, a little storm surge or at most a cat one hurricane. My only worry, and this is a small one, our apartment is on the ground floor, so if there is any overwash of the dunes, we will probably be moping water. Both bridges will be closed once the winds get up to tropical speed, so a late exit will be impossible. We are here till morning. I will post when I get another chance, as long as we have power.
We walked over to the ocean about 6 pm. Water was high, but not up to the dunes. Waves are really big, coming in sets of 4 or 5 big waves, then 4 or 5 smaller ones. Note: we have seen much larger waves, with no storm looming.
The latest info we have on TS Hanna: 8pm update:
Tropical Storm Hanna continues to approach Surf City. The Hurricane Center expects Hanna to remain a Tropical Storm with winds reaching 70 mph.
Landfall is expected in the vicinity of the mouth of the Cape Fear River.
Surf City is expecting gale winds, up to 39 mph to begin today around 6:30 p.m. Land fall and Tropical winds, 40 mph up to 70 mph are expected around 3:00 a.m. Saturday morning. Current projections show Hanna past Surf City early afternoon on Saturday.
Rain fall accumulations are expected to be between 3 to 7 inches.
I wonder ....... Will puppy drum bite during a tropical blow?
Till next time....
Tight lines!
Still dry for now,
Johnny and Donna
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