Hurricane headed my way
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Chas, not really. You have to go north to get to rolling hills. I haven't looked at a map (that would be interesting) but Gainesville is at a higher elevation, iiirc.
Much depends on whether you're next to the Gulf or another body of water. I'm not so I don't have to worry about storm surge.
It's raining moderate to almost heavy and the wind is now about 30 mph. I think this will be the worst of it here.
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@AdagioM, Thanks!
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One county where Helene going
is telling people that will not evacuate to write their names and birthdates on their leg or arm with a Magic Marker.
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Saw that guy. Blunt but smart.
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@Daniel how are you doing?
We have a high wind warning through 11pm tonight and the forecast says to expect widespread power outages. There is also a lot of rain predicted, but I believe wind is the bigger concern. We’ll see how it goes.
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We have blessed, welcome rain all day here. Welcome, Helene.
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CNN was showing flooding in Pinellas County. Daniel?
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Watched Weather Channel - not surprisingly, lots of power outages, including Pinellas.
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Hope @Daniel is ok!
I saw the briefest report from Atlanta, it looks like they have really, really bad flooding.
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Just checked with my friend who lives in Atlanta. She’s doing fine. Seven inches of rain in 24 hours; the worst was to the east of them.
When the world wearies and society ceases to satisfy, there is always the garden - Minnie Aumônier
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Glad your friend is ok!
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@wtg My youngest son and his family live in an Atlanta suburb. He reports a lot of rain and wind with some flickering of the power, but no sustained outage.
On the other hand, my daughter in North Carolina is without power and has retreated to their camper to ride the storm out.
Big Al
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I'm fine. No damage.
In Pinellas and Pasco, people with no power, storm surge flooding, homes damaged or destroyed.
It's very random.
The only thing I can tell for sure is don't buy on the water because that is almost an invitation to a flood.
Thanks for asking.
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Glad you’re ok @Daniel !!
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Blessedly we have gotten 3" of badly needed rain from Hellene. Wonderful.
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Link to videoErwin, Tennessee. I've been on that Interstate a number of times and have stayed in that hotel on the south end of town that appears near the end of the video. I'm glad I wasn't there yesterday.
Last I heard, my daughter and her husband are still without power and a number of roads in western North Carolina are closed. I've seen some alarming photos of storm scenes from that region.
Big Al
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Yep what I’m seeing from western NC is very distressing.
In the town where I used to live (not in NC but close) many of my friends are without power, they said trees are down everywhere and one friend had a tree come down on her son’s room — while he was sleeping. He wasn’t hurt thankfully! but their whole house is compromised now because of that plus the water damage that came after
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Wow.
I can't read it because I don't have/ don't want a subscription but The Tampa Bay Times (it should be called The Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco Times) had a headline saying this was the worst hurricane impact for Tampa Bay in a century, followed by, "It's been 103 years since the famous 1921 direct hit." Of course, they mean the storm that hit Tampa in 1921.
Tampa Bay is a body of water-- so stupid.
Anyway, I guess it was worse than I thought.
I got lucky.
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We had a full day of rain and got an inch or two. That was a plus, not a minus. The further west you went, the worse the rain/wind/flooding.
