Vdogg wrote:linttrap wrote:Vdogg wrote:Usually the storms that come through our area (Va. Beach) are either starting to fall apart from dry air entrainment or making an extratropical transition. It's actually extremely rare for us to encounter a tropical system that continues to strengthen on approach.
I'm also from Va. Beach and this storm is much stronger than most we get. It's giving me the heebie jeebies, but the people out and about today that I have talked to are very nonchalant about it, because of the history of so many hurricanes that turned into no-big-deal.
It's because they stopped the hurricane warning at the border. I hate it when they do that, it's not like the winds magically die down right at the state line. The official weather forecast calls for us to have a very high and tropical storm with over hurricane-force gusts, but everyone thinks we're just in store for some run-of-the-mill tropical storm. They're going to be unprepared. I'm usually not one to criticize NHC but I think they really make a mistake when they do that because people don't take it seriously.
I sometimes think we have more than our fair share of oblivious morons in Hampton Roads. This morning, the receptionist at my doctor's office here in Chesapeake actually said the words, "I haven't been paying attention to the news about the storm. They always say it's going to be bad and it never is, so I don't really worry about it." Aaaand, in addition to people just being congenitally stupid, I apportion some of the blame to a few of the local weather guys who seem hellbent on downplaying rough weather. I won't name names, just in case they lurk on Storm2k.
I remember I think is was the day after Christmas 2010 and he called for a dusting and we got 15 inches! 
