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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

Valdosta Ga had sustained winds of 102 with Gusts of 133. Considering the damage in Augusta and in between, It's not unreasonable to assume 100 mph Gusts that far inland.
I have a cousin that lives in Valdosta and her and her husband and daughter and grandson rode out the storm a couple miles from their at a friends house. She said the friend has a home weather station and it showed the winds topping out at 98mph sustained and gusted to 134mph. So it seems that was a legitimate wind report there.
 
One positive note of interest that came from Helene: all of the procrastinators out there who like to wait until the last minute to file their tax returns will have until May 1st 2025 to get that done without an extension for 2024 and with an extension for 2023 returns in states affected by the storm.
 
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Here is Mitchell County Manager 10 min intervie via WLOS 4 hours ago. 4 weeks minimum to several months for some,not all of his citizens to get water,electric Every municipality has completely lost all water
[treatment plants,sewage,pumps,lines] its all gone. They need Oxygen portabl and Genrators,more starlink Yesterday. They can get Genarators out to folks with wells and pump fresh water . The entire county is 99% no power , 100% no cell,100% no water 6 known dead multiple places still trying to reach

 
It's water under the bridge now since our power is back (now just waiting on internet), but we truly were lucky on the road I live on.

In spite of getting hammered for at least a good two hours, none of the big trees around me came down and the electricity structure looked largely intact. The problem was the nearby substation and some power pole damage on the highway in which my dad spotted them fixing yesterday in the afternoon, not on my road.
 
That number is going to increase by a lot Im afraid
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — There are at least 180 deaths from Hurricane Helene so far, and that number is expected to continue climbing, especially in Western North Carolina.

We took 300 body bags into one place, and they called back 10 minutes later and said they need more,” North Carolina Aerospace Volunteer and Muscle Shoals local Brett Harlow said.

 
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