From our friends at the City of Charlottesville:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN STERLING VIRGINIA HAS EXPANDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…VIRGINIA AND NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS…IN NORTH CENTRAL MARYLAND…WASHINGTON. IN VIRGINIA…ALBEMARLE…AUGUSTA…CLARKE…FREDERICK VA… GREENE…MADISON…NELSON…PAGE…RAPPAHANNOCK…ROCKINGHAM… SHENANDOAH AND WARREN. IN NORTHEAST WEST VIRGINIA…BERKELEY AND JEFFERSON.
* FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY AFTERNOON
* HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH TROPICAL STORM HANNA WILL MOVE NORTHWEST ACROSS THE REGION EARLY FRIDAY EVENING INTO SATURDAY. IT APPEARS AT THIS TIME THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS WOULD FALL LATE FRIDAY NIGHT INTO LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THIS IS LARGELY DEPENDENT ON THE EXACT TRACK OF HANNA. HOWEVER…ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM TOTALS OF 4 TO 7 INCHES WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED. LATEST FLASH FLOOD GUIDANCE INDICATES THAT AMOUNTS OF 3 TO 4 INCHES IN 3 HOURS OR LESS WILL CAUSE SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS TO FLOW OUT OF THEIR BANKS.
* IF HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS…EXPECT SMALL STREAMS TO OVERFLOW AND LOW LYING ROADS TO FLOOD. DO NOT EVER DRIVE INTO FLOOD WATERS.
A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
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is this our weekend preview? is there nothing else going on?
it should be up in a bit
Another update….its going to be one heck of a weekend.
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…TROPICAL STORM HANNA HEADED TOWARD THE MID ATLANTIC STATES…
.AT 11 AM EDT…THE TROPICAL STORM WARNING IS EXTENDED NORTHWARD
TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE CHESAPEAKE BAY….THE TIDAL
POTOMAC…BALTIMORE AND WASHINGTON D.C. A TROPICAL STORM WARNING
MEANS THAT TROPICAL STORM CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED WITHIN THE
WARNING AREA WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS.
AT 1100 AM EDT…THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WAS LOCATED
NEAR LATITUDE 28.9 NORTH…LONGITUDE 79.2 WEST OR ABOUT 605
MILES SOUTH OF WASHINGTON DC.
HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHWEST NEAR 20 MPH. A TURN TOWARD
THE NORTH IS EXPECTED LATER TODAY…WITH A TURN TOWARD THE
NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARD SPEED EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.
ON THE FORECAST TRACK…THE CENTER OF HANNA WILL BE PASSING ABOUT
60 MILES TO THE EAST OF WASHINGTON DC SATURDAY EVENING.
MAXIMUM SUSTAINED WINDS ARE NEAR 65 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS. ONLY
SLIGHT STRENGTHENING IS FORECAST PRIOR TO LANDFALL… ALTHOUGH IT
IS STILL POSSIBLE FOR HANNA TO BECOME A HURRICANE. WEAKENING IS
EXPECTED AFTER LANDFALL.
TROPICAL STORM FORCE WINDS EXTEND OUTWARD UP TO 315 MILES FROM
THE CENTER.
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE IS 980 MB…28.94 INCHES.
And now we’re the Weather Channel.
I hate all caps, it gives me a headache
i don’t understand why there can be a hurricane watch along the coast when it’s only a tropical storm. going across land isn’t going to make it faster.
In Word: Select text, [drop-down menu] ‘Format’ > Change Case (lowercase)
I was planning a trip to the James but now, the James might make the trip to me.
Damn… there goes the weekend.
@8 Where’s a good Yakov Smirnoff joke when you need one?
/oh wait, there it is.
i’m chained to a desk, windowless;
isn’t it 90 degrees and sunshiney out there?
Oh did I leave the handcuffs on? Sorry!
not that i was complaining…
@10: The corner of the sky I can see through my window has turned cloudy.
This has become the FFA. Nice.
shenanigans: Turning every thread to an FFA since 2007.
In Crozet, it is sunny.
@15: Hey Kettle, this is Pot and you’re, um, Black.
WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS UP TO 10 INCHES ARE EXPECTED
[insert joke]
when i stop chuckling, weatherwise this seems wildly implausible, almost biblical.
Paging W8LUCMDK to the storm thread, dick joke waiting to be made
@14 future farmers of america?
@19 Fatuous Fans of Anal?
I’m totally going to throw a Hurricane Hanna White Party. And call all my hos.
tonight/this morning on the downtown mall at 1:30, on my way to the box, an older black man offered me weed.
at 2:00 as i was getting into my car, an old white man reversed up 2nd to ask me if i had a nice night, and would i like to keep partying?
/in a weird german accent.
//he then turned left again and looked as if he was going to keep circling Lee park. i thought the old men went trolling lee park for little boys.?
@22. Do you look like a pothead or something? That seriously made me laugh. Hard.
I’ll bet my roommate WISHES that someone would just up and offer him illicit substances out of thin air.
for any players here, if no one figured it out, volleyball is cancelled. kickball tomorrow is on the fence — depends how quickly this rain goes through and how much work i can do on the fields to get them in shape.
@23: not so much do i look like a pothead.
/nor a little boy.
@2 I guess “it should up in a bit” is code for not in your lifetime. Dude, it’s not over promise and under deliver, it’s under promise and over deliver…
All joking aside, a lot of people look forward to the weekend preview, you guys really need to make a conscience effort to make this a little more consistent.
bobj, sorry, we had some confusion yesterday about who was gonna do it. we do make a conscience effort.. we aren’t prerfect, sorry!
@26 too many Thor’s spoil the weekend preview.
Way to call them out bobj, - this happens way more than it should.
All Hail the NEW Media!
sigh
@post
this hurricane is LAME. bought a swanky BRMS impermeable and everything, all we get is April showers. Anyone send a stern letter to The Times yet?
@22
when i lived off the Mall, had to stagger past Lee Park (usually singing Danny Boy, etc. at the top of my lungs) and was frequently accosted by the creepy old men circling in cars. A weightlifter buddy of mine got chased a few blocks on foot… apparently prime beef for those satyrs. I think the coppeers cleaned it up, though, after a big scandal where about sevn prominent local business dudes, some married, were arrested in Ivy Creek Park one night in-flagrante.
Odd, bc in the 90s Cville was named THE most gay-friendly town, and highest per capita population, on the planet… beyond even Fire Island and San Fran. Asheville NC highest per cap lesbian population. I assume those numbers have changed in Cville now that this place has blown-up as prime residence of choice for D-I-N-Cs.
Any way we could start a lesbian thread, akin to the secret-vice cocaine thread, to get to the, ummmm, bottom of this delightful gal-hobbyism? Almost evey attractive gal i know has gotten kissed by some girl or another at Eastern/Escafe… and not objected but giggled and told the story ENDLESSLY.
i love lesbians.
@31
my gawd, so do i !!!!
wish we had more, and more public ones. tons at mudhouse and greenberry’s and higher grounds, not sure other than Escafe what bars. Live Arts has a good, regular crew of them too. Maybe if we do a long thread about them we can encourage them to wear more low-rider jeans and make-out more in public?? Or maybe encourage more gals to experiment, win some more converts to the cause????
@27: And it’s the Thor who can’t spell for shit. Stanley would have never let this happen.
@32: Funny, I just woke up from a gay dream about Paris Hilton.
that’s hot!
/to coin a phrase
Lesbians practically raised me, so I love ‘em too. Hoo-ray lesbians!
However, one was large, and mannish. And a deeper voice than mine. I do not recommend encouraging her to wear low-rider jeans and making out with her partner in public.
“lipstick” lesbians are more than welcome to have a go of it, though. Totally cool. For otterdung’s sake.
I’m in if Shen and flooze are.
Paris Hilton wears size 11 shoes. I think instead of a badly stuffed taco, she may have meat and 2 veg stashed under her Diane von Furstenberg.
/hellooooooooo Caroline :-}
wow, how did we get from ‘tubing’ to non-tube-steak in less than 40 comments…
@39
biblical-scope flooding, Revelations, abominations against nature, lambs-lay-down-with lambs…?
massive rain is cool, being wet is cool, wet chick is cooler than wet dude, two wet chicks even better…?
rugby game rained-out, playing inside is dull, could watch movies, hmmm what’s this on my DVD shelf…?
@40: Dude where’s my car?
@41
multiple copies. there was a minor lesbian subplot, but most folks missed it because they aren’t familiar with art-films and subtle symbolisms of such a major ouevre d’estime.