It's kind of unusual for a Pacific hurricane to turn northwest like that. However, this one is really late into the season for the Pacific.

On a very serious note I hope everyone is preparing/evacuating. I have relatives that have lived through several of our worst ones (remember Hugo?) and it is hard to understand for those of us confined to the Midwest.

 

Oddly enough, Cincinnati has been damaged by more hurricanes than any city in Florida in the last 9 years. Remember Ike? I know northern Hamilton and southern Butler Counties were without power for days.

Oddly enough, Cincinnati has been damaged by more hurricanes than any city in Florida in the last 9 years. Remember Ike? I know northern Hamilton and southern Butler Counties were without power for days.

 

You are correct. We lost a large tree in our front yard and ended up with a new roof out of that storm. I remember trying to walk across the Suspension Bridge into Covington after the Bengals game that afternoon. We were all afraid of being blown into the Ohio River!

On a very serious note I hope everyone is preparing/evacuating. I have relatives that have lived through several of our worst ones (remember Hugo?) and it is hard to understand for those of us confined to the Midwest.

 

I'm from Charleston, SC...more often than not we rode out every hurricane and tropical storm. It's hard for people to fathom but I only remember evacuating one time. These storms are fierce and it can be so eery when the eye comes over.

Oddly enough, Cincinnati has been damaged by more hurricanes than any city in Florida in the last 9 years. Remember Ike? I know northern Hamilton and southern Butler Counties were without power for days.

Ike was a beast. Did a ton of damage in western Kentucky.

I'm from Charleston, SC...more often than not we rode out every hurricane and tropical storm. It's hard for people to fathom but I only remember evacuating one time. These storms are fierce and it can be so eery when the eye comes over.

 

I lived through Isidore when it ravaged the Yucatan Peninsula in 2002. I was in Merida, and everyone from the coast was evacuated to the city. I remember seeing the buses coming in. Hurricanes are extremely eerie. First they shut off the city's power grids. You can see the ceiling fan start to slow until it comes to a stop. That is a horrible feeling b/c you know that something bad is on its way. I will never forget the ferocity, the yellow skies of the eye, and how long the storm stayed over the city. I couldn't imagine a 200 mile an hour storm.

I lived through Isidore when it ravaged the Yucatan Peninsula in 2002. I was in Merida, and everyone from the coast was evacuated to the city. I remember seeing the buses coming in. Hurricanes are extremely eerie. First they shut off the cities power grids. You can see the ceiling fan start to slow until it comes to a stop. That is a horrible feeling b/c you know that something bad is on its way. I will never forget the ferocity, the yellow skies of the eye, and how long the storm stayed over the city. I couldn't imagine a 200 mile an hour storm.

 

Neither could I. Without a doubt we'd have evacuated for something that strong. You're right, such an incredibly eerie feeling when the city shuts the grid down and the eye comes over. You think it's over but...nope.