And the Contest Results Are In

And the winner is...





Dad!


There's a reason he's smiling...he got the landfall point right!

Here I am, hanging my head, playing a sad song, because I lost.
Oh well. Off to bed for the night...it's been a long one. I'm going to Charleston to play music tomorrow! That will be fun. And I'll get to meet Joey's new baby girl.

Tropical Storm Hanna Makes Landfall

3:35 AM Saturday, September 6, 2008 now. Hanna has made landfall right on the SC/NC border. Here are radar grabs from landfall:

Time To Concede

It is 3:20 AM now, and though Hanna is not yet officially onshore, she is close enough for me to have to concede, and admit loss in the contest with dad on where she will make landfall. She is minutes away from landfalling, and is right at the SC/NC border.

Here are the graphics:

Wilmington:
Newport/Morehead City:
Wilmington Long Range:

A Snip From The 2:00 AM Advisory

AT 200 AM EDT...0600Z...THE CENTER OF TROPICAL STORM HANNA WASLOCATED JUST OFFSHORE NEAR LATITUDE 33.3 NORTH...LONGITUDE 78.8 WESTOR ABOUT 30 MILES...45 KM...SOUTH OF MYRTLE BEACH SOUTH CAROLINAAND ABOUT 60 MILES...95 KM...SOUTHWEST OF WILMINGTON NORTHCAROLINA.HANNA IS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH-NORTHEAST NEAR 21 MPH...34 KM/HR. THIS MOTION IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURSWITH A GRADUAL TURN TO THE NORTHEAST AND AN INCREASE IN FORWARDSPEED TODAY AND TOMORROW. ON THE FORECAST TRACK...THE CENTER OFHANNA WILL MAKE LANDFALL NEAR THE BORDER BETWEEN SOUTH CAROLINA ANDNORTH CAROLINA WITHIN THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS...THEN MOVE ACROSSEASTERN NORTH CAROLINA LATER THIS MORNING...ALONG THE MID-ATLANTICCOAST LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT....AND ALONG THE COAST OF THENORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES AND SOUTHEASTERN CANADA ON SUNDAY.



It appears as though Dad has won the contest. It will not be official until the center officially makes landfall, though.

1:30 AM Contest Update

Hello again. Tropical Storm Hanna continues to move. Thus, we will post another update to the Dad and Kenny Landfall contest. Since Hanna is continuing to move northward, another radar site has been added from the Morehead City area. It appears as though a very slight shift in movement has occured. Thus, it also appears that I may be in a bit of trouble contest-wise.


Charleston:

Wilmington:
Newport/Morehead:
Wilmington Long Range:

Another Hanna Update

It's time for another update. I've been watching the reports on WPDE news. About 10,000 people in Myrtle Beach are currently without power. There is a large tree down on 29th Avenue North. Also, several spots along the Grand Strand the surge (we just passed high tide, so it was even higher) has come up past the dunes and is flooding some of the lower areas of the back properties of hotels.

Another Update

Just received a phone call from my sister (she calls herself "Fondueprincess" for her blogging name) in Myrtle Beach. They just lost power down there.

The power has been flickering here for about the past 15 minutes, but so far we are still up and running.