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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

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Chazwin said:
Well I’m back on here after a long day. My power is still out but cell service has finally been restored to my area. Ended up with only 4.13” of rain… I say only after finally seeing some of the heartbreaking pictures to the west.
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Sorry to hear that, power flickered a few time here and never lost cell service just a few miles east of you!
 
What a terrible weather event - simply put. Having lived in the mountains (Black Mountain, NC) and working in the mountains for 20+ years - I feel a lot of sorrow and a sense of helplessness. I have called as many folks as I could on Wed/Thu - to not only let them know there could be potential flooding but to extend well wishes and to be safe. Some of the pictures and videos are difficult to look at - these are my people - and the towns that I hung out in are severely damaged. This wont be fixed in a day or a week, maybe a month or 2 - and in some cases this is permanent damage. I know the state has all hands on deck and staging people to go in and help (Feds too) - and that makes me feel a little better - but it does not take away the complete sadness that I have for my mountain peoples.
 
Seeing pictures of areas
Brick Tamland said:
I just can't fathom what has happened in the mountains of NC. I went to App and I used to have family in Hendersonville that I visited every year when I was a kid, so it hits a little close for me.
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Hearing horrible heartbreaking stories from folks with loved ones up in Mitchell and Yancey Counties. Those areas are currently cut off from society with no cell service. Scrolling through Facebook posts some are saying the area is now unrecognizable. This is an area of the mountains I’ve vacationed to at least once a year, sometimes multiple times a year, since my childhood. I don’t personally have friends up there, but many acquaintances and they are some of the friendliest people you could ever meet.

Below is a picture of downtown Spruce Pine taken yesterday and posted on Facebook. Water all the way up to awnings. Unfortunately these areas will likely be lower priority than Asheville and some of the other larger towns.
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Drizzle Snizzle said:
Maybe the fact it was stronger pulled it east and the NHC was not expecting it to be so strong ?
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Doubtful.....frankly, they ignored an entire subset of data from Euro, GFS, ICON, and even CMC, as well as Hwrf and Hmon. I watched it, as well as most of us, for days telling them the opposite. They ignored it and left people vulnerable.
 
Henry2326 said:
Doubtful.....frankly, they ignored an entire subset of data from Euro, GFS, ICON, and even CMC, as well as Hwrf and Hmon. I watched it, as well as most of us, for days telling them the opposite. They ignored it and left people vulnerable.
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Definitely not sticking up for them, but didn’t they local NWS warn people about the flooding potential?
 
Not trying to light up NWS Peachtree city. I know they were handcuffed from the consistently west forecast. But this is such a brutal wind map compared to what happened. Parts of Southeast GA shaded in yellow got 80-90mph winds gusts

This was the final call map they essential put out on Friday afternoon for wind gusts

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jrips27 said:
Not trying to light up NWS Peachtree city. I know they were handcuffed from the consistently west forecast. But this is such a brutal wind map compared to what happened. Parts of Southeast GA shaded in yellow got 80-90mph winds gusts

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I seriously doubt Southwest Georgia from Albany to the FL border got over 110 mph winds as this map suggests.
 
Drizzle Snizzle said:
I seriously doubt Southwest Georgia from Albany to the FL border got over 110 mph winds as this map suggests.
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Sorry I should’ve clarified. This was the forecast wind gust potential they put out Friday afternoon . I will edit my post now to avoid confusion. This was their final call essentially
 
jrips27 said:
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I'm not bashing the NHC even though they dropped the ball. It was probably because if their models were somehow correct and a city the size of Atlanta took the brunt when they called for it to be east, there would have been hell to pay. It still sucks for us east. Posters saying that the ones east knew what was coming anyway is simply not true. Yes, we knew the east side is the worst and effects travel outside the cone and there would be wind and severe weather. But where the center goes is still very important. If their forecast was correct we would have gotten what the east side of Columbia up through the east side of Charlotte got. Which was a little wind and some power outages but for the most part life would have been back to normal today. That is far from the case now. That power outages map tell it all and that would have been 75-100 miles west had the NHC been correct.
 
jrips27 said:
Sorry I should’ve clarified. This was the forecast wind gust potential they put out Friday afternoon . I will edit my post now to avoid confusion. This was their final call essentially
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but Friday afternoon was well after it made landfall right ? I think landfall was Thursday night
 
Hey guys.. we are dealing with a mass casualty event here in Erwin. 39 people missing. None accounted for. I'm sure there are many many more.

Police estimate the water topped 30ft beating the 1977 record by 6+ feet. I've had people calling me asking if I've heard from people.

I've never experienced anything like this.

The damage isn't even close to being fully realized yet. There are caskets flowing down the river. Reports of some rescuers finding bodies being found in trees 15feet up..
 
Wow just got a chance to read and catch up I am here whining about no power for two days now and these folks have lost everything if you guys have any local charities that I can donate to please post !
Praying for the best for the people there and also the front line workers who are doing everything possible to help
 
I fear there will be many many more deaths. This is the Carolina's/Tennessee's version of Hurricane Camille. Nelson County Virginia received up to 30 inches of rain in just 5 hours. There is simply not much you can do to keep safe during these catastrophic events.
 
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