Hanna threatens East Coast

Update at 3pm: Hurricane Watch extended northward to Ocracoke Inlet. Now its personal as Hanna threatens my favorite place on the planet Orcacoke Island (See My Blog List below). The projected path of Hanna. Courtesy NHC

Tropical Storm Hanna is taking aim at the entire eastern seaboard. A hurricane watch is in effect from Surf City, North Carolina to Edisto Beach, South Carolina. There is growing concern that Hanna could produce 4 to 8 inches of rain or up to 200mm from the Carolina's into southern and eastern Quebec, with the heaviest rain in the mountains of the east including water logged Vermont. We could see this rain in our area by Saturday. The storm will bear close watching. This morning Hanna is drifting north across the Bahamas with 50-60mph winds. She is expected to reach hurricane force by late Friday before sweeping into the Carolina coast. After that she will race northeast across New England and into the Maratimes.

Once we are done with Hanna we will have to quickly turn our attention to Hurricane Ike. Ike is a monster category 4 this morning with winds of 145mph as he heads west in the open waters of the Atlantic. All interests along the east coast from Florida to Nova Scotia need to watch where Ike is going.

Next update by 4pm today....