Hurricane Francine

[Complete Turf Care]

Well...I'm right in the middle of projected path of Francine. Got new hurricane shutters installed on my house Saturday. We should start seeing rain and wind sometime Tuesday night or Wednesday morning.

I'm about 50 miles from the coast, so tidal surge won't affect me. I'll work tomorrow morning, the take the rest of Tuesday to prepare. I don't have much to do, because I try to stay ready.

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Looks like it's moving slightly east of me, like 50 miles maybe. Landfall is scheduled for around 1:00 Wednesday.

All schools are closed today and tomorrow. Doesn't look like it will be a really bad storm, but there will still be plenty of damage. Probably a Cat 1, and maybe a Cat 2.

 

[Tinhack]

That's another one that looks like we won't get a drop of rain from. And we need it in this area.

 

[oldnslo]

Curious to see if we get any rain from this storm in northern Illinois.

Stay safe down there on the coast.

 

[ruffdog]

Curious to see if we get any rain from this storm in northern Illinois.

Stay safe down there on the coast.

We sure could use some up here too. Maybe on-off rain for a week!

 

[HawkinsHollow]

They are forecasting this storm to give us 3 or 4 days of much needed rain. Just got new gutters on our house. Bring on the rain!

 

[Complete Turf Care]

I hope you guys that need rain get what you need. I dont really need any rain as we are about 7" above average for the year, and we've had plenty rain in the past 2 weeks.

I'm starting to get a little bit of wind from Francine with gusts up to about 20 mph now. The forecast is still just east of me about 50-75 miles, which is directly over Baton Rouge. Looks like I will be on the west side, which is usually the drier side of a storm. We may not get much, if any rain.

 

[oldnslo]

Per the local weather we are around 3” behind normal in August and so far very little in September. If like most years will start raining about harvest time.

 

[sandman2234]

We are up in Arkansas, for a class reunion and have to cross that path to get back to Florida!
"Wonder if anybody would think I'd flipped, if I went to Fla via Omaha"
David from jax

 

[Complete Turf Care]

Light rain and a little breeze here now. We may not get much rain at all, which is fine with me. It should make landfall around 5pm today about 80 miles east of me. Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Houma will get the worst of it. But it doesn't look like it will be nearly as bad as some other storms have been.
The local news people seem to be a little disappointed that it won't be bad here.