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Tropical Major Hurricane Helene

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Snow_chaser said:
Definitely not sticking up for them, but didn’t they local NWS warn people about the flooding potential?
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In the 24 hours prior, but they also saw the same sub set of data but wouldn't go against the NHC until it was too late for people to really do anything even if the message got to them. The message that got out was "its going west".
 
Any news out of Mars Hill? Neighbor’s son is in college up there and no one has had contact with anyone on campus since early yesterday morning
 
I just filled up one of our vehicles. Our main gas station in town got power on about 45 minutes ago and the line is starting to get long. Spoke to a guy that drove all the way from Spartanburg County to fill up his diesel cans to run his generator. All anyone is talking about is the hurricanes that may be coming behind this one. Morale is at an all time low
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
I just filled up one of our vehicles. Our main gas station in town got power on about 45 minutes ago and the line is starting to get long. Spoke to a guy that drove all the way from Spartanburg County to fill up his diesel cans to run his generator. All anyone is talking about is the hurricanes that may be coming behind this one. Morale is at an all time low
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Well tell them there's a guy in S. Fl that might get cooler drier air from the next one, this should make them feel better.

On topic, stay safe and keep us updated as often as you can.
 
I was at the grocery store getting some things , what little they had, earlier with a million other people and power went out. Thy made everyone leave bc systems were down. Al frozen stuff and meat cold produce were locks down and marked “spoiled”. My power has since gone out at my house again. It feels like we have been bombed back to the Stone Age. I fear we are close to a serious humanitarian crisis in a large region
 
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Downeastnc said:
Them side roads can wait a while to get fixed, at least thats how the power companies see it.... that said there are conveys of line repairmen from literally the entire nation heading for the SE right now.
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The bad thing is, this is a pretty big road that leads to a lot of annexed subdivisions outside of town that house thousands of residents. Btw my power just came back on
 
What a storm guys. This thing made a mess and those poor mountain people; prayers are with them.

Just a little positive note, I've seen more of my neighbors over the past couple of days than I have in a long time. The circumstances aren't good but there's a pretty cool reassurance in being able to raise chainsaws together with your neighbors to help out. We even pitched in for pizza and shared what was in our fridges. There's a lot that drives people apart these days but it's nice to see that people can still support each other when needed and we're seeing that all over the SE. Here's to you guys.🥂
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
I was at the grocery store getting some things , what little they had, earlier with a million other people and power went out. Thy made everyone rave racist systems were down. Al frozen stuff and meat cold produce were locks down and marked “spoiled”. My power has since gone out at my house again. It feels like we have been bombed back to the Stone Age. I fear we are close to a serious humanitarian crisis in a large region
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Hang in there Jimmy! I can't imagine the turmoil that could arise from a city that size without power for days. If you can secure and bug out that would be optimal. At least that way you'll have better comms and rest and nerves when dealings with Insurance claims and repair contractors. To me that's the worst part of a storm.
 
And by the way I think Clemson playing their home game tonight is a bad look for the university. We are stretched thin here in the upstate and have extremely limited resources. Communications are down in many areas. Also many of our regional neighbors to the north are still missing and many towns are totally cut off. This was a poor choice. It’s a little insulting.
 
Jimmy Hypocracy said:
And by the way I think Clemson playing their home game tonight is a bad look for the university. We are stretched thin here in the upstate and have extremely limited resources. Communications are down in many areas. Also many of our regional neighbors to the north are still missing and many towns are totally cut off. This was a poor choice. It’s a little insulting.
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I don’t care if it is homecoming for them, it’s a bad look.
 
This is the 2002 December ice storm times 10 for western NC and upstate SC. Even now I know multiple folks who couldn’t even get cell phone service north of the Columbia area. An area of 3-4 million basically cut off from the outside world.

And the Panthers are playing at home against the Bengals this particular weekend just like they did in 2002. What a coincidence.
 
Still no power here (longest outage since Matthew of 2016) but can easily handle as it pales into comparison to what the folks in the FL Big Bend, in/near Alma (GA), Valdosta, Augusta, and especially the W Carolinas have gone/are going through. Prayers to all who have been badly affected.

Hoping this is it for anything significant in the SE US this season. Enough is enough!
 
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