Hurricane headed my way
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This must be quite a storm!
Forecast is for 50 MPH winds and 10’ waves on Lake Erie!
wrote on 26 Sept 2024, 20:04 last edited by@Steve-Miller said in Hurricane headed my way:
This must be quite a storm!
Forecast is for 50 MPH winds and 10’ waves on Lake Erie!
40-45 mph gusts here tomorrow, courtesy of Helene
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wrote on 26 Sept 2024, 22:17 last edited by Daniel
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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@Daniel As long as that lack of wind doesn’t mean you’re in the eye of the storm! Good luck.
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wrote on 26 Sept 2024, 23:42 last edited by CHAS
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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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 00:37 last edited by
Saw that guy. Blunt but smart.
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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 10:13 last edited by
@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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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 12:16 last edited by
We have blessed, welcome rain all day here. Welcome, Helene.
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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 12:53 last edited by
CNN was showing flooding in Pinellas County. Daniel?
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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 13:31 last edited by wtg
Watched Weather Channel - not surprisingly, lots of power outages, including Pinellas.
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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 16:04 last edited by
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.
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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 16:50 last edited by
Glad your friend is ok!
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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.
wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 18:11 last edited by@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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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 21:13 last edited by
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wrote on 27 Sept 2024, 21:14 last edited by
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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wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 17:50 last edited by
Blessedly we have gotten 3" of badly needed rain from Hellene. Wonderful.
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wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 18:50 last edited byLink to video
Erwin, 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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wrote on 28 Sept 2024, 19:10 last edited by ShiroKuro
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
