Tropical Storm Gabrielle makes landfall

maseman

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Sun Sep-09-07 02:39 PM
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Tropical Storm Gabrielle makes landfall

Source: MSNCB/AP

HATTERAS, N.C. - Tropical Storm Gabrielle made landfall Sunday on North Carolina's Outer Banks, packing 50 mph winds and plenty of rain, but not enough of a threat to scare vacationers from the shore and surfers from the beach.

"It's a lot rougher out there, but this what we look forward to every year," said Derek Creekmore, 32, of Chesapeake, Va., as he carried his surfboard into tall, breaking waves near Cape Hatteras. "We plan to stay out here until we get tired."

Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20651147/

Not a big storm but a nice blessing for the drought-stricken NC.

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skids

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Sun Sep-09-07 03:13 PM
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1. 3 investigational areas are currently open...

The one inside the gulf has been open for a while now and the verbiage doesn't seem to be ominous. I don't like the track of he third one. Hopefully they will all just go away.

http://skeetobiteweather.com/

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knowledgeispwr

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Sun Sep-09-07 04:04 PM
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3. I don't want them to go away...

I hope they come far inland as rain-producing tropical storms to help the drought-stricken Southeast.

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knowledgeispwr

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Sun Sep-09-07 04:03 PM
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2. Not really a blessing...

as most of the rain remains off-shore and only far-far-eastern NC will get a bit of rain of from this storm.

Here in Chapel Hill it is 94*F and not a cloud in the sky.

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barb162

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Sun Sep-09-07 04:26 PM
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4. It looks like it won't be very bad. Good news.

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alfredo

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Sun Sep-09-07 06:25 PM
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5. Looks like we have one forming in the gulf and two in the

Atlantic. The one in the gulf could bring much needed rain to the south east. One looks to hit Florida, another could follow Dean and Felix.

http://www.wunderground.com/tropical/

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