Hanna Hammers East Coast


by Ernie Fitzpatrick - Date: 2008-09-06 - Word Count: 423 Share This!

Tropical Storm Hanna is the little train that couldn't. It tried and it tried but it couldn't blow the house down. It could never run with the big boys and be a major hurricane. So instead, Hanna hs decided to take what energy it has and dump rain, make a mess of things, and otherwise dampen the wekend of the entire East Coast. Look at Hanna as a prelude to the potential big boy- IKE! 

Hurricane Ike has been messing with and fooling forecasters for a week now; however, Hanna is the prdictable one.

Tropical Storm Hanna blew hard and dumped rain in eastern North Carolina and Virginia Saturday, but caused little damage beyond isolated flooding and power outages as it quickly headed north toward New England. Hanna sailed easily over the beaches of Carolinas' coast, and emergency officials were already looking past it to powerful Hurricane Ike, several hundred miles out in the Atlantic. With Category 3 winds of near 115 mph, Ike could approach Cuba and southern Florida by Monday, as Hanna spins away from Canada over the North Atlantic.

Once more, Ike gets the attention. Poor Hanna!

"Hanna is heading north in a hurry, leaving behind sunshine for the weekend," said Myrtle Beach city spokesman Mark Kruea. He said city services would be open and that "despite a week of preliminary hype" the storm didn't have much of an impact on the city aside from a few downed trees and some power outages that were repaired in less than a half-hour. It was the same story in eastern North Carolina, where Hanna headed with top winds of around 50 mph after coming ashore around 3:20 a.m.

Julia Jarema, a spokeswoman at the N.C. Emergency Operations Center, said there are reports of some localized flooding, temporary road closures and scattered power outages, but that officials haven't heard about too many problems. "As the day goes on, I'm sure we're going to hear more reports of flooding as people get out and get on the roads," she said.

Hanna started drenching the Carolina coast Friday, with some street flooding by late afternoon. People on the beach had to shout to be heard. By the time it reached the coast, the storm's top sustained winds had dropped to about 60 mph from near 70 mph while the storm was over water. But, a lot of trees get lost with 60-70 mpH winds. The sun will return to the East Coast after the weekend as the clouds retrun to the Gulf when the big boys takes over the news stories.  :-(


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As a spiritual-futurist, I interpret current events in light of possible macro-universal forces at play leading up to 2012, but not limited to it.

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