Helene flooding
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Sorry if I missed this discussion already. But I have a friend who has a friend who was trying to describe how bad the situation is, such as western North Carolina. Mud slides, washed out highways, lots of deaths.
I haven’t watched the news (sorry, was with family all day) and don’t have details but it sounds pretty tough.
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My sister just moved to the Greenville SC area. Lots of down trees and power lines there. When I talked to her yesterday evening power still out there. We have Spectrum internet here in Smithfield and they had a main fiber in Spartanburg cut which had our connectivity down from Friday morning until Saturday afternoon. Some of the pics and videos of the areas around Asheville NC and the TN area there are crazy. Before a mountain highway ,after a rushing river. My son and future daughter-in-law had their wedding planned in that area next week in the mountains between Asheville and Greenville, they received news from the Chapel yesterday that the roof is severely damaged and remainder of events this year have to be canceled and/or postponed to 2025. They are very disappointed obviously but dates can be changed, the people there are dealing with much worse.
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For those of you in the know, I’ve lost contact with a person riding cross country (on the back of a Harley) who was attending and camping for NASCAR in Bristol, TN. I think the event was supposed to be on the weekend. Do any of you think she encountered bad flooding? Her route was supposed to take her through MN on the way back.
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@George-K said in Helene flooding:
This weekend.
Are you sure? A reverse image search shows that photo in a NYT article dated 9/2/2024.
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@wtg said in Helene flooding:
Are you sure? A reverse image search shows that photo in a NYT article dated 9/2/2024.
Fair enough about the picture.
He was, however at his beach house. Maybe the weather prevented basking.
Biden, who spent much of the weekend at his beach house in Delaware, has received frequent updates on the storm from FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell, homeland security adviser Liz Sherwood-Randall and other officials.
Hopefully his earpiece was plugged into his phone.
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@blondie said in Helene flooding:
For those of you in the know, I’ve lost contact with a person riding cross country (on the back of a Harley) who was attending and camping for NASCAR in Bristol, TN. I think the event was supposed to be on the weekend. Do any of you think she encountered bad flooding? Her route was supposed to take her through MN on the way back.
Not sure. That area did get a ton of rain as well, so there could be power and communication issues abound.
We were scheduled to stay in a beachfront house in Clearwater (Redington Beach), Florida in a month. Haven't heard but I think they got about a 6' storm surge so I'd imagine the house is a no-go. Most restaurants in the area are closed as they clean and rebuild.
Gotta love youtube. Even though lots of folks can't get back to the barrier island, someone posted a video driving through the area so you can see buildings/homes for yourself if you need info:
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I’m in Charlotte this week and there’s absolutely no sign of it here in the downtown area, although the coverage from the local TV stations is really horrendous
Proud supporter of Plan 2525. Everything you think, do and say will be in the pill you took today.
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@Doctor-Phibes said in Helene flooding:
I’m in Charlotte this week and there’s absolutely no sign of it here in the downtown area, although the coverage from the local TV stations is really horrendous
Asheville seemed to have gotten it the worst. Quite frankly, I think most of it is due to the mountains. They channel water into more narrow and violent runoffs.
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I was wondering about Larry’s family in all of this. They would have been in the hardest hit area.
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The death toll rises...
https://abcnews.go.com/US/live-updates/hurricane-helene/?id=113931821
