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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

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Jimmy Hypocracy said:
I’d go through Georgia and up from there into TN. Longer but safer option imo
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I’m coming to Greenville from Iowa and have done the drive many a time, and 40 is crucial! With it out , would you still go down into GA and maybe hit 75 to 85 to GSP???
It’s only about 3 weeks before I have to make the drive
 
I know along the coast, it is pretty routine to have mandatory evacuation orders in place for low-lying or flood prone areas. Were there any evacuation orders issued similarly for these mountain locations? The impacts of this event were pretty well forecasted, but based on the anticipated large death toll and survivor interviews, it does not seem like the general public really understood what was about to happen.
 
Tarheel1 said:
I’m coming to Greenville from Iowa and have done the drive many a time, and 40 is crucial! With it out , would you still go down into GA and maybe hit 75 to 85 to GSP???
It’s only about 3 weeks before I have to make the drive
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I believe that’s going to be about your only option Mack. It’s a mess. We are virtually cut off from Tennessee
 
thunderwolf said:
I know along the coast, it is pretty routine to have mandatory evacuation orders in place for low-lying or flood prone areas. Were there any evacuation orders issued similarly for these mountain locations? The impacts of this event were pretty well forecasted, but based on the anticipated large death toll and survivor interviews, it does not seem like the general public really understood what was about to happen.
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They are in mountains and never once thought about floods so even if warned they probably didn’t care. Sad truth. And the ones that do survive will have to fight greedy insurance companies over the lack of flood insurance.
 
I wonder if people even pay attention to the news and weather like we do. It makes you wonder. I feel like I'm pretty knowledgeable abt what's going on but I have to seek it out. Maybe a lot of people aren't That way if it's not on YouTube or Twitter.
 
Flo said:
They are in mountains and never once thought about floods so even if warned they probably didn’t care. Sad truth. And the ones that do survive will have to fight greedy insurance companies over the lack of flood insurance.
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That is correct most people think that flood is covered with homeowners and it's not
 
thunderwolf said:
I know along the coast, it is pretty routine to have mandatory evacuation orders in place for low-lying or flood prone areas. Were there any evacuation orders issued similarly for these mountain locations? The impacts of this event were pretty well forecasted, but based on the anticipated large death toll and survivor interviews, it does not seem like the general public really understood what was about to happen.
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I can share an extremely isolated report from a friend whose mother lives in Black Mountain NC. Her mother lives far from a river because she only lost power (minimal flooding) there were few evacuations ordered and many ignored those orders.
 
We’re driving to St Louis area next wed the 9th. As it stands now its the WV route (77N to 64W).

Need a mouth piece due to the roads.
Teeth jarring. I went this route in May.

Or 77N to 81 to Knoxville then 75N to 64W. (My preferred route due to never gone that route and the beauty).

Second option is only 15 minutes longer.
 
Bham 99 said:
That is correct most people think that flood is covered with homeowners and it's not
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As An insurance agent this is the sad reality and going to make these losses even more disastrous. Most people don’t purchase flood insurance in this region (southeast in general) unless it’s required for their loan.
 
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Still no power to open Day 6, but I THINK it should be soon, thank goodness.

The substation I think we're on was just brought online yesterday, so it should be today or tomorrow.

This is either breaking the 2014 record (which I was not with my parents for and my parents eventually left and found refuge with my now deceased grandparents) or coming close, and sheesh, it's hard. We're living, but limping along and a big shopping trip will be needed ASAP when the power is on.
 
GeorgiaGirl said:
Still no power to open Day 6, but I THINK it should be soon, thank goodness.

The substation I think we're on was just brought online yesterday, so it should be today or tomorrow.

This is either breaking the 2014 record (which I was not with my parents for and my parents eventually left and found refuge with my now deceased grandparents) or coming close, and sheesh, it's hard. We're living, but limping along and a big shopping trip will be needed ASAP when the power is on.
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Hoping so. I have family in Valdosta wo are limping along also. Georgia Power had this to say yesterday. Basically they are rebuilding the electric grid in Georgia.

"Efforts remain fully underway to restore power to less than 300,000 customers who remain without power due to the storm as of Tuesday morning - many in the hardest hit areas such as Valdosta, Augusta and Savannah.

Hurricane Helene caused historic damage to our infrastructure across the state. Initial estimates illustrating the extensive damage include:

8,000+ power poles that must be repaired or replaced
21,000+ spans of wire equivalent to approximately 1,000 miles
1,500+ transformers that will need to be replaced
3,200+ trees on power lines that must be removed or addressed to restore power
Despite the widespread damages, we have restored power to approximately one million customers that were impacted by the storm."
 
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