Cheeseman
278 posts
Sep 02, 2010
4:27 AM
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Well, we are all getting ready for this one. The hurricane center said it will hit us hard if it keeps on the same track its going.
We are on Emergency mode at work, extra water, blankets, bateries, food etc.
So I was thinking late last night after I got off the phone with Mr. Moore, do you know where the safest place is during a hurricane? Well the best place is in the Lighthouse at Peggy's Cove, its been there for 50 years and still standing.
I wonder if the DFO will let me in with a case a beer to watch the show.
I will keep you posted with some good photos I'm sure.
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K Johnson
1961 posts
Sep 02, 2010
5:48 AM
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Fort Nelson is pretty safe. I don't think we've ever had one. Well wait...something similiar back in August 2003...
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DennisM
16 posts
Sep 02, 2010
7:25 AM
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Hey Cheeseman view from a safe distance, I'm sure you are aware of the surf there, we will go to Lighthouse Point in Louisborg...should be good there. Wherever Earl makes landfall we are all gonna feel teh effects.
Yeah ken I remember that thunderstorm back in 2003, I was just going on shift at the firehall and to say we were busy would be a definate understatement. With that said I'll add that it is 28 here and with a humidex of 34...gonna hit the pool in a few minutes
Last Edited on 2-Sep-2010 7:26 AM
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K Johnson
1963 posts
Sep 02, 2010
7:43 AM
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We are keeping an eye on ole Hurricane Earl. Lots of Nova Scotians in these parts!
Last Edited on 2-Sep-2010 7:43 AM
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SheBop
255 posts
Sep 02, 2010
8:23 AM
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You guys should head down to Lawrencetown Beach and watch the surfers flock there to enjoy the big waves! And then take pictures to show us all here!!
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K Johnson
1967 posts
Sep 03, 2010
8:04 AM
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An Update:
Tropical storm watches have been extended to Cape Breton and Iles-de-la-Madeleine as hurricane Earl churns toward Atlantic Canada.
The Category 2 storm — which is tracking east of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina — is expected to make landfall in the vicinity of western Nova Scotia or the Fundy coast of New Brunswick early Saturday.
The Canadian Hurricane Centre said Earl's maximum sustained winds are about 167 kilometres an hour and the storm is moving north-northeast at 30 km/h.
Hurricane watches remain in place across southwestern Nova Scotia — in Queens, Shelburne, Yarmouth and Digby counties. Other areas of mainland Nova Scotia are either under tropical storm watches or warnings. All of Prince Edward Island is under a tropical storm warning.
In southeastern New Brunswick, rainfall warnings and tropical storm watches are in effect.
Environment Canada said it is likely that portions of southwestern Nova Scotia will have wind gusts reaching or exceeding 100 km/h.
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Cheeseman
281 posts
Sep 06, 2010
5:58 AM
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Well, just a little breeze of about 120km/h nothing too serious. A few trees down no power outs in town. Halifax got hit hard, 200,000 without power.
I have seen worse on the Alaska Highway.
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