Hurricane Isabel will hit here in less than an hour!

[Automaggin2]

O dear god! O NO! Were all going to die! AHHHHHHHHHH!


no no haha.


Well it has already started to get windy here, and according to weather.com, at around 2 pm I should beg getting 35 mph winds and hardcore rainfall. Wahoo.

[Dayspring]

Sissy.

[MantisMag]

haha. it's a little windy but that's about it. we'll see what happens by tonight. i'm curious to hear how anybody in north carolina is doing.

[BobTheCow]

Well I'm in northern VA, and we've got some DEADLY darkness and some MONSTROUS rain sprinkling. lol so in other words not much yet.

[Big'n slo]

I got beer....

[Automaggin2]

hmmmmmmmmmmm......weather.com seems to be wrong....

So much for 35+ mph winds! the wind has picked up slightly, but nothing spectacular yet

[PaInTbAlLeR476]

In hunterdon county NJ its a tad windy (2:45)

[AFRaven]

Central Maryland: Rainy, slight wind... nothing spectacular yet.

[.bolink]

Central VA...powers been on and off. Wind is picking up exponentially, and it is stinging rain.

[SpongeBobSquarePants]

Western NC-Little wind darkness. Update from raligh-My sis go's to chapel hill. Duke, NC State, and UNC Chapel hill have all been shut down.

[BobTheCow]

Northern VA again, 3:40: diddly squat, other than darkness and a wee little bit of rain.

[Warewolf50]

Here is what u should do for all of you who get strong winds. Tie a giant sheet to your hands and legs and then tie your self to the ground or have a friend hold u with a rope. Who knows u might just turn into a gigantic kite.

[personman]

Dude I was in guitar class and I was playing something for the teacher and he was looking at his laptop and he showed me the screen and there was this dumbarse weather reporter standing outside and it said: Wind speed: 85 mph and the guys like struggling to stay standing and im like omg why the hell is he doing that its so stupid.
it was on msn.com

[Automaggin2]

Ok well, i look to my right out my window and there is very little wind, 10 seconds later, i look again, and i see a branch flying by. I was like "wtf?" In 10 seconds, the wind went from nothing to wahoo!

[1stdeadeye]

Originally posted by Automaggin2
Ok well, i look to my right out my window and there is very little wind, 10 seconds later, i look again, and i see a branch flying by. I was like "wtf?" In 10 seconds, the wind went from nothing to wahoo!

Colin,
They are called "Gusts"!