jeremy_wheeler's Blog

Well as we saw Hanna's effects varied.  I saw a couple of comments on here that the winds weren't too bad.  The strong winds were spotty.  But it was pretty much as we forecast.  We expected winds between 20-30 with gusts between 45-55mph.  There were numerous reports/photos of trees down, powerlines down, and lots of leaves and branches.  It knocked power out to several thousand people at one point.  It wasn't bad everywhere.  A lot of the gusts came from the rainbands pushing through.  Not from the center of the storm as is usually the case.  There wasn't too much rain on the Southeast side of the storm, and that was predicted quite well.  I ran a previous blog talking about how some folks may not get much rain.  I actually wish we got a little more on the southside.  There was localized flooding in the region.  We got a picture from Perquimans County where a viewer's car had water up to it's bumper.  Overall we fared just fine.  Just as we thought we would.  I think part of the reason that people thought there would be more is one of perception.  When I say in the forecast that we'll see winds gusting to 45-55mph, people really panic.  When I say that we had winds that gusted between 45-55mph then people say ehh and shrug it off.  Remember too...  A severe thunderstorm has winds over 57mph.  We only saw one possible gust over 60 in the viewing area yesterday.