It's really raining, on and off every hour. The wind is terrific,
sometimes even rustling the leaves in the very top of my oak tree! I
can see it from the DEAD CALM GROUND!

The Folly Beach Surf Cam shows waves nearly knee deep on the edge of the
Atlantic in the rain. There's a huge party going on at the bar at the
Windjammer Lounge on the very beachfront of the Isle of Palms just north
of the harbor. You can watch the rain and the party on
www.jammercam.com from your browser. The rain has spotted the lens of
the "Deck Cam" on the roof, but you can still see the NEARLY FLAT OCEAN
on it.

I did feel a gust coming back from dinner that hit the car in between
massive road flooding because the *******s that are SUPPOSED to be
keeping up our roads no longer scrape off the grass overgrowth that
traps the water in large pools on the road surface every few hundred
yards. Some pools drain off into the many potholes going unfilled.

The TV "news" and "weather" people have done their advertisers a
wonderful job of scaring the hell out of the population who've been just
cleaning the shelves off at WalMart and the hardware stores all day. I
hope everyone piles it BACK in the SUV and RETURNS IT TOMORROW, first
thing in the morning. The storm is sponsored by WalMart.

The storm is right off the coast of Charleston as I type this, as close
as it's gonna get. The leaves out of my window aren't even moving at
the moment. Maybe later there'll be a ripple on the river out front not
caused by raindrops....like now.

The boats are all being rinsed off at the marinas in nice fresh water.

Larry wrote in news:Xns9B10C312BE15Fnoonehomecom@
208.49.80.253:

It's really raining, on and off every hour.

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41004

This bouy is out in the 60 knot tropical storm...almost a hurricane on any
TV station, Weather Channel, NWS website.....

Notice how the surface winds near the 60 knot winds, directly in front of
the storm that's now just off Charleston are reading:

Wind Direction (WDIR): E ( 80 deg true )
5-day plot - Wind Speed Wind Speed (WSPD): 25.3 kts
5-day plot - Wind Gust Wind Gust (GST): 29.1 kts
5-day plot - Wave Height Wave Height (WVHT): 14.1 ft
5-day plot - Dominant Wave Period Dominant Wave Period (DPD): 11
sec
5-day plot - Average Period Average Period (APD): 7.5 sec

Is television telling lies to scare people into panic buying at WalMart and
the other advertisers' stores? It certainly looks this way from here.....

Hell, they were standing in a long line this morning to buy propane!

Larry wrote in news:Xns9B10C5A5DA4BCnoonehomecom@
208.49.80.253:

http://www.ndbc.noaa.gov/station_page.php?station=41004


Seas 22 ft at 2330 EDT out on bouy 41004....impressive.

But it's not making it to Folly Beach by the harbor entrance. Wind there
is only 12 knots now down from 20 knots. There's a big hurricane party
right on the beach at the Windjammer bar (www.jammercam.com) you can watch
near realtime....(c;

"It is always better to be standing on the dock, wishing you were at
sea...than to be at sea, wishing you were standing on the dock."