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Ping: Jill - Hurricane Arthur
Are you and Persia alright? I have been thinking of you and hope you did
not have any damage from the hurricane. MaryL |
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On 7/4/2014 6:42 AM, MaryL wrote:
Are you and Persia alright? I have been thinking of you and hope you did not have any damage from the hurricane. MaryL Thanks, Mary! We're just fine. Someone else got concerned because they heard the town of Beaufort mentioned on the news. They were talking about Beaufort, North Carolina. I live near Beaufort, South Carolina. It didn't even sprinkle where I live. Jill |
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Jill - Hurricane Arthur
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 7/4/2014 6:42 AM, MaryL wrote: Are you and Persia alright? I have been thinking of you and hope you did not have any damage from the hurricane. MaryL Thanks, Mary! We're just fine. Someone else got concerned because they heard the town of Beaufort mentioned on the news. They were talking about Beaufort, North Carolina. I live near Beaufort, South Carolina. It didn't even sprinkle where I live. Jill ~~~~~~~~~ Ah, that explains it. I also heard Beaufort mentioned, and I did not notice that it was the "wrong" Carolina. I'm really happy to hear that you were not affected...and sad to see the damage suffered by others. MaryL |
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Jill - Hurricane Arthur
On 7/4/2014 9:39 AM, MaryL wrote:
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 7/4/2014 6:42 AM, MaryL wrote: Are you and Persia alright? I have been thinking of you and hope you did not have any damage from the hurricane. MaryL Thanks, Mary! We're just fine. Someone else got concerned because they heard the town of Beaufort mentioned on the news. They were talking about Beaufort, North Carolina. I live near Beaufort, South Carolina. It didn't even sprinkle where I live. Jill ~~~~~~~~~ Ah, that explains it. I also heard Beaufort mentioned, and I did not notice that it was the "wrong" Carolina. I'm really happy to hear that you were not affected...and sad to see the damage suffered by others. MaryL It's confusing because both of the Beaufort's are on the coast, albeit in different Carolinas. I read where some people on vacation on the NC said they were not going to heed the evacuation order. They were on the beach enjoying the sun. Sure, it's sunny now fool. I don't know why some people take hurricanes so lightly. Arthur wasn't a *major* storm as hurricanes go, but bad enough. Jill |
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Jill - Hurricane Arthur
Jill wrote:
Someone else got concerned because they heard the town of Beaufort mentioned on the news. They were talking about Beaufort, North Carolina. I live near Beaufort, South Carolina. It didn't even sprinkle where I live. It's confusing because both of the Beaufort's are on the coast, albeit in different Carolinas. [...] I don't know why some people take hurricanes so lightly. Arthur wasn't a *major* storm as hurricanes go, but bad enough. Where was it on the Beaufort scale? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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Jill - Hurricane Arthur
On 7/4/2014 10:24 AM, Jack Campin wrote:
Jill wrote: Someone else got concerned because they heard the town of Beaufort mentioned on the news. They were talking about Beaufort, North Carolina. I live near Beaufort, South Carolina. It didn't even sprinkle where I live. It's confusing because both of the Beaufort's are on the coast, albeit in different Carolinas. [...] I don't know why some people take hurricanes so lightly. Arthur wasn't a *major* storm as hurricanes go, but bad enough. Where was it on the Beaufort scale? You mean the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale? Arthur was a Category 2 hurricane. Sustained winds of at least 100 MPH. It's been downgraded to a Category 1 (60 MPH) and heading out into the ocean. I've never actually been through a hurricane. They usually just skirt right around these southern South Carolina islands and head further up the coast. There are ruins on the island where I live. (preserved) There are walls of an old mansion with some obvious first floor rooms still intact. There are outbuildings. One is presumed to have been used for storing dairy items. Another, a stone root cellar. There is the huge chimney and hearth for the kitchen. People didn't cook inside the main house back then. But the manor house does have one standing chimney. The ruins are not old by UK standards; they date back to the early 1700's. The family graveyard is still there, too (preserved); it tells quite a tale. They built most things out of something called Tabby. It's a cement made from lime, sand and crushed oyster shells. The fact that large parts of these structures are still standing in 2014 tells me they had some idea of what they were getting into. They knew how to shore up against hurricanes. Jill |
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Jill - Hurricane Arthur
"jmcquown" wrote in message ... On 7/4/2014 10:24 AM, Jack Campin wrote: Jill wrote: Someone else got concerned because they heard the town of Beaufort mentioned on the news. They were talking about Beaufort, North Carolina. I live near Beaufort, South Carolina. It didn't even sprinkle where I live. It's confusing because both of the Beaufort's are on the coast, albeit in different Carolinas. [...] I don't know why some people take hurricanes so lightly. Arthur wasn't a *major* storm as hurricanes go, but bad enough. Where was it on the Beaufort scale? You mean the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale? Arthur was a Category 2 hurricane. Sustained winds of at least 100 MPH. It's been downgraded to a Category 1 (60 MPH) and heading out into the ocean. I've never actually been through a hurricane. They usually just skirt right around these southern South Carolina islands and head further up the coast. There are ruins on the island where I live. (preserved) There are walls of an old mansion with some obvious first floor rooms still intact. There are outbuildings. One is presumed to have been used for storing dairy items. Another, a stone root cellar. There is the huge chimney and hearth for the kitchen. People didn't cook inside the main house back then. But the manor house does have one standing chimney. The ruins are not old by UK standards; they date back to the early 1700's. The family graveyard is still there, too (preserved); it tells quite a tale. They built most things out of something called Tabby. It's a cement made from lime, sand and crushed oyster shells. The fact that large parts of these structures are still standing in 2014 tells me they had some idea of what they were getting into. They knew how to shore up against hurricanes. Jill ~~~~~~~~ This is really interesting. I have always enjoyed visiting historic areas, starting with family vacations when I was a child. We went through the house that was the basis of Hawthorne's House of Seven Gables, visited Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Jamestown, Williamsburg, Valley Forge, Gettysburg, etc. My father and I used to enjoy walking through old cemeteries, and my sister and I still do. I guess "it's in my blood." Your description sounds like a lovely place to visit. MaryL |
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Jill - Hurricane Arthur
I don't know why some people take hurricanes so lightly. Arthur
wasn't a *major* storm as hurricanes go, but bad enough. Where was it on the Beaufort scale? You mean the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale? I first learned about the Beaufort scale when I was a kid, reading about sailing ships. It appealed to me because it was based on phenomena you didn't need instruments to measu "whole trees in motion", that sort of thing. You just needed to look at what was being blown around outside and how much it was being blown around by, and that gave you your position on the scale. This is the most definitive description of it I can find: http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/media/pd...fort_Scale.pdf "Cats go airborne" is probably in somebody's version of it. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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