Hopefully they have had enough time to get everybody out.My aunt lives below lake lure dam and they have all been ordered evacuate due to
“Impending failure” of the dam. That would be some apocalyptic shit
Hopefully they have had enough time to get everybody out.My aunt lives below lake lure dam and they have all been ordered evacuate due to
“Impending failure” of the dam. That would be some apocalyptic shit
Just heard this…whoaMy aunt lives below lake lure dam and they have all been ordered evacuate due to
“Impending failure” of the dam. That would be some apocalyptic shit
So you're saying Helene isn't going to be the name of any grand kids or grand niece/nephews.My aunt lives below lake lure dam and they have all been ordered evacuate due to
“Impending failure” of the dam. That would be some apocalyptic shit
Western NC is like New Orleans during Katrina. It's a mess all over this area too. Not as bad as Western NC, though... It's hard to believe how much damage was done there.Asheville got totally fukked. Swanannoa and Black Mtn are even worse. Chimney Rock has pretty much been wiped off the map. Haven’t had wifi or cell service since yesterday morning.
Finally bummed some wifi off the hospital and posted up in a camp chair to watch Carolina piss away the win. Watching them shit the bed from a FEMA disaster zone is definitely a new low.
Western NC is like New Orleans during Katrina. It's a mess all over this area too. Not as bad as Western NC, though... It's hard to believe how much damage was done there.
This is one of the reasons I left the coast. Every fall is the same thing. This is the first one that's had a major impact this far inland since Hugo, I think.A lot of people here still won’t realize how bad it is because cell and wifi is still mostly down. I’m lucky to have a spot where I can get wifi but most people are totally in the dark.
Helicopters and sirens are pretty much constantly in the background. It sounds like the beginning of an apocalypse movie.
This is one of the reasons I left the coast. Every fall is the same thing. This is the first one that's had a major impact this far inland since Hugo, I think.
I never knew Western NC was such a risk for flooding like that. I don't know if it's the placement of the escarpment or what. Stay safe.
clips started showing up on youtube and on my Windows newsfeed yesterday and I saw only a few seconds of them and I had to stop. 'Devastation' fails to describe what I saw in those few seconds.
City planning is based on what will logically happen because of money. It makes no sense from a planning perspective to prepare Texas for a snow storm or NYC for tornadoes. Same for preparing the mountains for a category four hurricane. That money needs to go to snow storm preparation. So, when crazy stuff happens, like a bad hurricane in the mountains, it has a huge impact.I never knew Western NC was such a risk for flooding like that. I don't know if it's the placement of the escarpment or what. Stay safe.
many years ago when there were newsgroups instead of message boards, I would tangle with this typical yankee transplant who moved here to get away from whatever northern shithole he had escaped from, and immediately and mindlessly started bitching that things were not the same as they were in the shithole he had left.City planning is based on what will logically happen because of money. It makes no sense from a planning perspective to prepare Texas for a snow storm or NYC for tornadoes. Same for preparing the mountains for a category four hurricane. That money needs to go to snow storm preparation. So, when crazy stuff happens, like a bad hurricane in the mountains, it has a huge impact.
It's crazy what happened in western NC. I've been bike-riding the last two days, all around Clemson/Oconee... it's a friggin mess in a lot of places. They say Duke Power may be 1-2 weeks, or more, in upstate SC. Who knows when up in the mountains.Live in Lenoir and just got power back about 2 hours ago and seeing what I’ve seen in the last 2 hours made my kids realize 55 hours without power and internet was a blessing!! A neighbor goes to App State and there was water damage to her dorm room on the 7th floor!!!!
Local meteorologist said that system wasn't going to develop into anything dangerous for the US