CMP - Hurricane (Page 2 of 3)

Yeah.  HQ may not cancel the race as the storm is projected to go north of the track and be over to allow racing on Sunday.  But man that makes it worse as that's where we have to tow and be on roads at the height of the storm (Thursday night/Friday).

It's not just the getting there that's the problem.  It's also the getting home.  The storm will likely still be around on Sunday night, just further east and north. 

Our logistics have basically all gone to shit.  One of our drivers is in northern VA, and the other in Raleigh...the plan was for me to make stops to pick them both up, spend the night in Raleigh, and head to the track Friday.  Now the forecast for Friday morning in Raleigh is 50 mph winds and 5 inches of rain.  Raleigh driver has already said he is going to stay home to be with his wife and kid during the storm. 

Friday's forecast for the track is rain and 20-30 mph winds.  So the carport wouldn't be able to go up, so everything would get wet.  The parade/party will likely get cancelled.  Saturday and Sunday are forecast to get 3 inches of rain.  That does not sound like fun. 

A friend of mine who works in ATC in the southeast told me he will be very bored this weekend.  That is, a LOT of flights are going to be grounded- including a lot of people flying into Charlotte to get to the track.

Here is what was shared via email (9/10 @ 18:23 EST):

No offense, but this sounds like a bad idea.  I live Raleigh adjacent and we are pretty much writing this race off right now with current storm predictions.  Tropical storm level winds could be in our area as soon as 8AM Thursday morning: https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/refresh/graphi … 4#contents

There is no way we're going to tow our race car in those kind of winds.

Yeah, in addition to not wanting to leave our families behind in this storm, this is a serious concern for us.  A still present storm along with flooded roads and downed trees, it could be one hell of a trip home.

At least for Kershaw I've only seen (from weather.com) something like 2-3 inches of rain from Friday to Sunday.

Ah ok that's much better. I'm 2500 miles away, so my facts may be a bit out-of-touch.

Last year we had this little storm called Harvey roll through my area.  When it began Saturday evening, we were at a friends house.  Within 15 minutes we could not get out of their subdivision.  We were stuck at there place until Tuesday when the rain finally stopped.

Don't go, stay home, watch it from the safety of your house.

Alright, "Sasha says", our Sentra + 3 drivers are unlikely to go down due to a fat tow rig under threat of likely winds/flooding in VA/NC going both up and down, and I told Hillary not to push her luck until Saturday unless a miracle happens (and maybe stay home altogether).

That leaves me and NSF. I'm boarding a plane out of Dulles on Wednesday night. If Bob deems it to be too dangerous to take two of his progeny into the heart of a hurricane for a very wet race, I'll be sitting in Cocoa drinking whiskey until I can catch a flight back.

To be honest, now that the parade is a no-go and the paddock will have a foot of standing water in it, I'm not too thrilled. I was gonna do either CMP or NHMP this fall, picked CMP for the parade and party/BBQ.

Anyone have tips for anchoring pavilions/canopies in windy conditions?  I purchased some 18" steaks and some that screw into the ground.  I also have walls for my pavilion so I'm thinking that it will help keep the whole thing from trying to take off.  Thoughts?

Oh yeah, forgot about the tires and boxes upon boxes of parts and tools.  We've had issues with the larger pavilion (10' x 15' http://a.co/d/j5sZtTg) dancing around even with tires and boxes.  So I'll def use the tires and boxes first, but might have to add additional rigging with the steaks. 

I have to assume that any canopy without walls is going to be useless at this event.  I'm assuming that the wind is going to be changing direction a lot too.  Gonna be an interesting event!

Use the wheels and tires, and cook the steaks and eat em!