was Re: [AT] WHERE IS EVERYONE now Hurricane Ophelia

[charlie hill]

I didn't like those old bridges.  The first time I drove over the oldest one 
I was 16 and hadn't been driving for long.  It nearly scared me to death. 
It wasn't so bad after they built  the other one so that traffic was one way 
only on each bridge.  The new one is a piece of cake.  Not as high, wide 
lanes (4 in each direction) and divided only by a Jersey barrier type 
concrete divider.  It looks like a runway!  The suspension cables are on the 
sides.   It was wierd when I got down there.  I was going into town 
southbound on 17.  It was getting dark and I didn't know a new bridge had 
been built.  About 5 miles from the bridge I saw these two huge pyramid 
shaped towers that were lighted and gleaming white against the  dusk dark 
sky.  I kept thinking to myself.  It's been a long time since I've been over 
that bridge and it's high but I don't remember it being THAT high.  LOL. 
Turned out I was looking at the suspension cables.

Charlie
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From: "David Bruce" <davidbruce at yadtel.net>
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Sent: Sunday, September 11, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: Re: was Re: [AT] WHERE IS EVERYONE now Hurricane Ophelia


> Here we are having a stiff breeze from the southeast.  So far, dry and 
> sunshine (we could use some rain - first time I've said that all summer). 
> Current forecasts for Ophelia put it's effects east of us.
> I was in Charleston about 2 months ago and the Ravenel bridge was almost 
> complete - that sure is a big sucker.  Next time I visit I'll make sure to 
> drive over it - I'm sure the experience will be nothing like driving over 
> the old spans :)
>
> David
>
> charlie hill wrote:
>
>> The computer models I'm looking at on weather underground put it at cape 
>> lookout on Wed. morning.  Who knows.   Doesn't look like it will be a bad 
>> one but the wind has been blowing about 25 to 30 out of the NE all day 
>> today.  That backs the water up into the sounds and rivers such that we 
>> already have about 3 feet or so of extra tide before the storm surge even 
>> gets here.
>>
>> I was in Charleston a couple of weeks ago and was surprised to see that 
>> they have replaced the old high Hwy 17 bridges with a new lower 8 lane 
>> job.
>>
>> Charlie
>
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