7:43am - Hurricane Irene Makes Landfall East of Morehead City, N.C.

[Are_grits_groceries]

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Damn, that's a huge storm.

[Tunkamerica]

1. I'm in the big red left arm of the storm and it's barely raining and kind of breezy

[Ken Burch]

2. Is NYC off the hook, then?

Not that this is a good thing for North Carolina, but still...

[cwydro]

3. It's weakening.

I think it will just be a big blow for NY, but the surge is still something to deal with.

[DinahMoeHum]

9. If it's moving NNE, it could still go out to sea and strengthen.

Don't count anything out until it's completely broken apart - and even then, there will be heavy rain and high wind from the remnants.

Let's just get through today and tomorrow, then take stock.

[malaise]

4. How are you doing?

You were 100% correct when you said it would be North Carolina.

Stay safe :grouphug:

[Are_grits_groceries]

5. You're not off the hook.

But the fish heading for you may be somewhat smaller. The proble will still be a boatload of rain and still some high winds. The range of damage will probably still be quite wide over a big area. Watch the forward speed. The slower it goes, the worse off you will be. Gawd help you if it stalls for some reason.

[Waiting For Everyman]

6. It's big, and it's slow-moving too. 13mph.

(Sorry didn't see your post above this one, AGG.)

[ixion]

7. huge, yes, but disorganized

and hitting land will increase the disorganization.

[DCBob]

8. Getting cloudy here in DC area as the first arms of the storm reach us.

Looks like we will have a mostly rain event here with below TS level winds.

[TBF]

10. Man I wish that rain were headed here -

but I'm super glad this thing has weakened. Hopefully this will mean a calmer day in DC/New York/Boston.

[Waiting For Everyman]

11. 220,000 without power in NC and southeast VA,

source Hurricane Tracker.

Rain accumulation up to 8 to 10 inches in eastern NC. (Wunderground)

[TheCowsCameHome]

12. That should knock some of the punch out of it.

Hopefully it will weaken even more.

[Baclava]

13. Prepare for an all-day rain