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All good, eye passed well to the east of them. She never lost electricity or cell service. Her driveway is under water from a flash flood.
Hospital where my brother is at lost power as the storm passed and went on generators, but main power was restored quickly and my brother slept through it all.
For now, I am holding here and do not plan to go further. But I am going to stay here until I hear more about her driveway.
Good to hear the news.
You are a good man for jumping into action.
Geez! Sorry to hear your fam's going through all that! You're a good dude, Harry. They're lucky to have you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Harry
Harry, pics of your gotos or it didn't happen. 8)
Hoping everyone, everywhere is safe.
So much flooding and downed trees around here.
Unfortunately 6 people in the state have died so far from this storm.
People attempting to drive their Nissan Altimas through door-handle-high moving flood waters never cease to dumbfound me.
Report this morning was water 12' up the stilts of my mothers house on Cedar Key. Suspect the two neighbors houses (not elevated) are gone or will be condemned.
Crushing for the small town. Until 2022 there had been 1 major hurricane to hit it in recorded meteorological history -- in 1896. There have now been 2 in two years. Idalia had a storm surge of 7'. This one was probably in the 18' range. A week ago two restaurants burnt down on Dock street. Now every other spot to eat, or get food has been totally drowned. Two months before the start of their tourist season. Just brutal.
^^ glad to hear your Mom is ok.
My brother is doing well, good spirits. They are going to release him from the hospital later today.
Sister is at the house, but driveway is still under rushing water, so she can’t go pick him up at the hospital.
He can’t get to the house either. Hopefully the water level drops.
With everyone’s agreement that I am not needed, I checked out of my motel and am turning around and headed home.
I’m tired, did not sleep very well last night. What a wild ride.
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Those are some lucky owners if they had insurance.Quote:
Originally Posted by doebedoe
This thing wrecked Pinellas county (st pete and the barrier islands). Really no wind damage, almost all water. Usually, you say there is a lot of rebuilding going to happen, but I don't really know if that's the case anymore.
Funny thing that the insurance companies all seem put their money behind climate change being real.
Big time flooding up into the North Carolina, Tennessee and Georgia from the rain. Crazy storm.
Weren't they hit really hard a few years back as well?Quote:
Originally Posted by NBABUCKS1
Taking the Dog on a long walk to survey the damage. We are very lucky as our neighborhood is on top of a hill but there's still 100 year old hardwoods down all over taking power lines with them.
Neighbor sent me this article that the national papers picked up that shows pics of the Peachtree Battle neighborhood on the other side of Peachtree St (the Broadway of ATL that runs along the spine of a ridge S to N all along the Piedmont) from us; they weren't so lucky.
I know a lot of people in these homes, awful stuff. I hope they have flood insurance.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...s/75408905007/
Been clearing roads all day. Somehow never lost power. Trees down everywhere. French Broad is at record height. Catawba not far off. Water crested the dam on lake lure and narrowly missed a total failure. I-40 washed out.
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Lots of suspicion on the island that it wasn't an accident.Quote:
Originally Posted by neufox47
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Originally Posted by doebedoe
so long as they didn't take notes on their criminal conspiracy they should be good to go!
If funding for rebuilding is coming g from FEMA, they will likely have to rebuild following the brand new floodplain regulations. Generally, everything will need to be elevated several feet higher than the current mapped 100-yr floodplain. Off the top of my head, I can’t recall how the new rule applies to coastal flooding.
shit is in a bad way. cell service out for most of wnc. a few towns are completely gone and most are only accessible by air. water out in lots of places. gonna be tough getting to a lot of folks.
waffle houses closed everywhere.
That’s how you know it’s bad.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
Another one brewing in the western Caribbean
Reports from Asheville and Brevard are really bad. Catastrophic damage. No water, power, cell service. My dad headed into the mountains from Charleston on Tuesday ahead of the storm and now he’s unreachable. Crazy shit, busy signals everywhere. They’re no more prepared for this kind of thing than they are in VT. Called the sheriff’s office and at the time they were basically trapped due to downed trees. Deputies were too busy clearing trees to do any welfare checks, but said not to come down because so many roads are closed and it’s unsafe. I’m sure he’s fine, but would be nice to hear from him.
Vibes to folks down there dealing with the aftermath.
Yikes. I've got a lot of friends in Ashville.
Family all over ATL metro. Seems everyone got through ok, no major damage. Tree hit my brother's neighbor's house. Uncle was without power for a day or two. Reminds me when sometime in the 90's there was one of these kinda storms that took out almost every large tree in our back yard. Big mess.
Things are getting busy...Quote:
Originally Posted by bodywhomper
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Wednesday just north of Gatlinberg
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This morning:
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That dock got Pio'd.
Seriously! The dock came loose. One of the anchor lines snapped. I bet that the repair in the rain was not fun.
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Better than the dock floating down the lake, though
Every river gage that I've seen in the area hit the highest ever recorded level. I think it's officially the worst flooding in the recorded history of the region.
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I get (and kinda expect) eastern NC to get hit hard during major storms, but western NC? Just ... wow!
Hopefully there are a bunch of CB/Ham radios spread out in that area.
The destruction in Western NC is just heartbreaking.
Hope everyone’s loved ones and friends in the area are alive and safe.
My uncle lives in Asheville. Apparently his house is fine, but neighborhood is fucked and no power, or cell. He escaped to ATL. Good to hear because it is a really old house that he has just remodeled.
The destruction in Western NC is just heartbreaking.
Hope everyone’s loved ones and friends in the area are alive and safe.
Oof. High school friend living near clear water lost everything except her life and dog. House gone. Car floated away
Jesus, that is mind blowing! So devastating.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
Obviously the immediate focus needs to be on rescue operations, and then attending to the health and welfare of all the people in the affected areas. But down the line, when things settle a bit, and the cleanup and rebuilding begins, there may be other challenges.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5re7zBzrJk
More Post-Storm Fuckery
Bummer dude. Stay safe amongst the chainsaws.Quote:
Originally Posted by stealurface831
Damn. That’s rough.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcski
What a weekend. Mom in cedar key luckily just lost her dock . Father in Asheville was incommunicado for 54hrs; but luckily his house is ok and he was able to get out of town yesterday.
And that cough my infant had on Thursday resulted in my first ever Covid positive and I feel like shit.
Glad your folks are relatively ok^^^! And hope your family feels better soon.
Here’s a midday update today from mcdowell county
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https://x.com/soapps1979/status/1840...Mbjk5ElmdWLRnQ
Ugh
Just checking in. What did I miss?
No internet, power came back quickly, THANK GOD.
House got 1/2" of water throughout. 3800 sq ft ranch.
Got the water out quickly, but it apparently was 1/2" too much.
Began ripping everything out and cutting walls today.
Neighbors have everything on their lawn for trash to pick up. Complete loss.
We got really lucky. No furniture lost, 3 out of 4 vehicles appear to be fine.
Just being able to tune in to all the news makes me want to shut it off. Just sickening what happened in NC.
That is one of my favorite areas. I hope they can rebound quickly.
Back to drying stuff out and sweating.
The amount of conspiracy theorists saying the devastating flooding in parts of the southeastern mountains was actually a government controlled climate event is astounding. Instead of admitting that anthropologic climate change is real, they come up with these theories to make themselves feel better?
It is so sad that these areas got devastated the way they did. So many areas that you would think are far enough out of the 100 year flood plain to never get even a few inches on their property, were completely submerged. It is almost unbelievable until you stop and think about what scientists have been saying for 30 years "could" happen as the atmosphere warms and becomes more energetic. Combine this latest historic runoff with infrastructure in floodplains that was never designed to handle that much water and once overwhelmed exacerbate the flooding (e.g. dam breaks) and you have a complete disaster. It isn't a conspiracy, it is where our planet is heading.
Between what happened as a in Upstate NY/Vermont/NH the last two summers as unusually intense storms flooded large areas and this disaster in the SE, it is going to really start to take a toll on many of these rural and semi-rural areas. It may take years to return to "normal" if they ever actually get there.
From what my wife is telling me, "bouncing back" is not going to happen for a lot of people in Avery county, nor is getting 'back to normal'. This is where her family lives and where we got married. It's a poor area, poor people don't have insurance for floods and the infinite amount of trailers that are up and down every holler are probably damaged or destroyed, by falling trees, lanslides, mudslides, or floods. I'm sure a lot of trailers are fine too but I'd be worried about anyone in that region right now. FIL and MIL escaped a day ago.