RVAman Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 Man I must be the youngest person here. (I'm 29). I hope I see the day I can retire. I do actually really enjoy this rain. If it's not snowing I LOVE rainy days. The sun is very sensitive on my eyes so this is welcomed with arms wide open. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vastateofmind Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 21 hours ago, JB Fins said: Good luck on the retirement landing search @vastateofmind keep us posted as I am just a few years out from doing the same. Emerald Isle would be first choice but looking along the coast, depending on where kids permanently land. Will do! Interesting that you mention Emerald Isle -- we've had several recommendations from Myrtle Beach locals while visiting there in recent years, to definitely check that out for retirement. In fact, one of our favorite Airbnb "landlords" of several properties we rent in MB, lives in Emerald Isle and has encouraged us several times to look there, too. And ahhh, yes, where the kids land...we gave up that up as consideration factor a couple years ago, as our two, mid-late 20s sons have ranged from GA to TX to AZ to the PacNW over the past decade. We'll settle for US living within an hour of an efficient airport. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Emerald Isle is nice. Beautiful spot. Closest airport is Wilmington and that's almost 2 hours. Not terrible. Kind of tucked away in that location. Very rural. Can't do much worse for retirement. I'm not of retirement age and needed to be closer to a metropolitan area so I chose Currituck which still keeps me in the greater Hampton Roads area for work. Need about five more years before full retirement for me. Not sure I want to go any further south but if I did it would be in that area down through Wilmington and as far south as Ocean Isle. The yard maintenance is what is the driving factor. I have a half an acre which is plenty for a middle aged, beat up guy. I have robot mowers that work great but still it's a lot of maintenance otherwise. Might want to move to a place where I don't have to do anything outside. But then you're dealing with people on top of you and I'm not sure I can do that either. Lots of think about. Never crosses your mind when you're in your 20s or 30s. At least not for me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Got blitzed by that Coastal front this morning which added almost 2 inches of rain in my location. It's a bog. More stratiform rain moving in after this slug clears. Lots of standing water now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldub23 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 And here comes the cold rainy spring. Snowstorm if it were January. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldub23 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stormpc Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 That's the big one. It's coming. We're going to get ours!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAman Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 I prefer it just stay warm at this point. I've gotten accustomed to the warmth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldub23 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 7 hours ago, RVAman said: I prefer it just stay warm at this point. I've gotten accustomed to the warmth. No chance. No winter=cold spring Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAman Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 31 minutes ago, ldub23 said: No chance. No winter=cold spring No chance in hell that happens haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldub23 Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 3 hours ago, RVAman said: No chance in hell that happens haha. Lots of 42 and rain though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RVAman Posted March 13 Share Posted March 13 14 hours ago, ldub23 said: Lots of 42 and rain though I do enjoy chilly rainy days as well. I've always liked them since I was a kid. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldub23 Posted March 14 Share Posted March 14 Nothing like rain mixed with snow after summer in March Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldub23 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 rain mixed with snow in April 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnow215 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 2 hours ago, ldub23 said: rain mixed with snow in April And looks like another 3-4” of rain this Wed night into Thursday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldub23 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 2 hours ago, wasnow215 said: And looks like another 3-4” of rain this Wed night into Thursday. Yea, another flood coming. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 I’m not in Richmond, but did anyone happen to hear or feel something shake around 10:45 - 10:47? Apparently it showed up on seismograms in fredericksburg… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 8 hours ago, Rhino16 said: I’m not in Richmond, but did anyone happen to hear or feel something shake around 10:45 - 10:47? Apparently it showed up on seismograms in fredericksburg… https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mawq/executive?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ENS&utm_campaign=realtime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino16 Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 2 hours ago, yoda said: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000mawq/executive?utm_medium=email&utm_source=ENS&utm_campaign=realtime Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wasnow215 Posted August 3 Share Posted August 3 Was trying to post the photo of the 12Z European model shows upwards of a foot of rain for RVA from future tropical system Debby, between next Thursday morning and Sunday night. Says photo too large even tho same way I’ve always done it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JB Fins Posted August 30 Share Posted August 30 20th Anniversary of Tropical Storm Gaston dumping on RVA. I work downtown and I remember we had just completed some Cisco Training, it had begun raining hard in the afternoon. When we saw traffic was not getting out of downtown, we took refuge in The Tobacco Company. We drank as we complained about not being able to get home but I had not idea just down the street, 3 blocks away, people were dying being swept away by the water. I had no idea the magnitude until I got home around 11PM that night and watched the news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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