2024 Hurricane Season thread of DOOM

[InkaUtexas 24933]

2 hours ago, Deej said:

Tell me more about this French broad.

Lives a few miles down river from Edwina. But careful, her brother is quite the jealous type.

[Deej 76219]

Henri?

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19001]

6 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

There are a couple of comments under some of the tweets about this that he is a veteran with PTSD and does likely live on his boat with his dog. So I will go back and clean up my post. 

If you live on a boat, having a pet seems pretty dumb.  Unless you have a pet parrot and are going for the whole pirate theme, then that would be pretty fucking cool.

[Deej 76219]

1 minute ago, Fudge Nuggets said:

If you live on a boat, having a pet seems pretty dumb.  Unless you have a pet parrot and are going for the whole pirate theme, then that would be pretty fucking cool.

Newfoundlands say "Hi!"

They'd drag your ass to shore. 

 

[Fudge Nuggets 19001]

yeah, I want to be stuck on a cramped ass little boat with a medium sized bear. Do these boat dogs magically develop the superpower to never have to shit?

[Deej 76219]

Do you?

[Hate 20061]

10 minutes ago, Deej said:

Do you?

his username would suggest "no".

[jimmyjazz 45212]

 

[atomheartbevo 89059]

SIAP, really liked that area

 

[Gatorubet 29791]

5 hours ago, Newdoc said:

Not sure anyone who made that dam almost a hundred years ago was thinking it would last this long. Holy smokes, we are going to need some major infrastructure revamp. 

Does anyone know if some millionaires have a fishing lodge near it?

[Scheiss Meister 8321]

Didn't @Walden Ponderer move up that way several years ago?  I hope that he and his family are ok.

[SydneyCarton 47486]

I googled around and didn’t see any easy summation of Helene’s damage in Florida? Seems like not as bad as expected but  the flooding in northern states way worse than expected? Or at least that I expected? And no dams broke but were run over?

[baboso 6037]

35 minutes ago, Scheiss Meister said:

Didn't @Walden Ponderer move up that way several years ago?  I hope that he and his family are ok.

IIRC, they ended up outside of Raleigh/Durham.

[jimmyjazz 45212]

50 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I googled around and didn’t see any easy summation of Helene’s damage in Florida? 

Coverage has been terrible.  Finding a simple map showing the actual path up to a given point in time was almost impossible.  My buddy lives in Athens, his parents live in Clemson, and he has two sisters in the area -- hysterical videos abound, but basic information?  Good luck.

[gofuckyourself 8066]

1 minute ago, jimmyjazz said:

hysterical videos abound, but basic information?  Good luck.

[BamaATL 16289]

Last I saw the death toll was up to 45, though they did get all the folks off the top of the hospital.  Information on all this has been oddly scant, particularly in Florida.  

[Rip76 4883]

So weird with some of the news and information.  Hell Dan Rather alone gave more information on what was going on during Carla in 1961. 

[tx 3 putt 75571]

welp, hopefully this one never strengthens  ….

 

[BamaATL 16289]

11 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

So weird with some of the news and information.  Hell Dan Rather alone gave more information on what was going on during Carla in 1961. 

Dan is busy doing the retrospective on Oingo Boingo.  

[LTtxfan 48727]

Decent info in this article...

 

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/09/28/hurricane-helene-tropical-storm-updates-saturday/75417411007/#:~:text=The record-breaking storm hit Florida as a hurricane,some 3.8 million are without power Saturday morning.

[Francisco 2.0 32226]

 

 

 

[Upgrayedd 5780]

In-laws in Greenville SC still without power with large trees strewn around neighborhood blocking access 

[Pato del Muerto 52118]

14 minutes ago, BamaATL said:

Dan is busy doing the retrospective on Oingo Boingo.  

Rather voiceover:  you’ve probably heard Danny Elfman’s music. Maybe this  (Batman suite plays) or this )Simpsons theme plays). But did you know that before all of that…(weird science begins to play)

[Rip76 4883]

45 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

welp, hopefully this one never strengthens  ….

 

Should be another La. to Fla. issue.

 

I think

[InkaUtexas 24933]

1 hour ago, jimmyjazz said:

Coverage has been terrible.  Finding a simple map showing the actual path up to a given point in time was almost impossible.  My buddy lives in Athens, his parents live in Clemson, and he has two sisters in the area -- hysterical videos abound, but basic information?  Good luck.

Agree, but I think this one hit and spread out quicker than anticipated. Client had the track go over her and very little rain. Feeder bands 30 miles east were causing flooding. Solution- Print a map, get a sharpie and the storm track can be whatever you want it to be.

38 minutes ago, Rip76 said:

Should be another La. to Fla. issue.

 

I think

Maybe, but you just don't want floods to move your trophies.

I call S Texas as a TS. Yeah, I am an optimist.

[Pato del Muerto 52118]

So my wife’s cousin has a 2nd home in Kashmir? NC.  They aren’t there, but can’t get a flight there yet to evaluate and no phone connections to anyone there that may be able to update them on the state of their house.  They’ve had a previous 2nd home burn down in the bastrop wildfire, along with the lake house I mentioned upthread at Toledo bend that took some damage from Rita. 

[Mother mopar 3275]

1 hour ago, tx 3 putt said:

welp, hopefully this one never strengthens  ….

 

GFS 12z shows Cat3 upper central gulf. 

[South Austin 51681]

15 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

SIAP, really liked that area

 

Damn. I’m supposed to be in Asheville Oct. 6-8.

[Nicole44 21969]

Just heart sick seeing all the devastation. Asheville 😢 Elizabethton is likely a graveyard (literally) many prayers for the searchers and rescue operations underway. 100 years ago Asheville was rebuilt by artists. I hope it can be again. 

[atomheartbevo 89059]

35 minutes ago, South Austin said:

Damn. I’m supposed to be in Asheville Oct. 6-8.

Not gonna happen.

 

[South Austin 51681]

9 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

Not gonna happen.

 

Downtown doesn’t look terrible, but the River Arts District is mostly underwater.

[YChang 3394]

Atlantic hurricane system was like y'all thought I was going to go out this season with a whimper... 

[SydneyCarton 47486]

1 hour ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So my wife’s cousin has a 2nd home in Kashmir? NC.  They aren’t there, but can’t get a flight there yet to evaluate and no phone connections to anyone there that may be able to update them on the state of their house.  They’ve had a previous 2nd home burn down in the bastrop wildfire, along with the lake house I mentioned upthread at Toledo bend that took some damage from Rita. 

They sound rich. Do they believe in climate change? 

1 hour ago, InkaUtexas said:

Agree, but I think this one hit and spread out quicker than anticipated. Client had the track go over her and very little rain. Feeder bands 30 miles east were causing flooding. Solution- Print a map, get a sharpie and the storm track can be whatever you want it to be.

 

Sir, this thread shouldn’t be political. 

[Hornius Emeritus 12332]

 

 

 

 

 

 

[locodos 5257]

3 hours ago, BamaATL said:

Dan is busy doing the retrospective on Oingo Boingo.  

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[locodos 5257]

reportedly the same place...Chimney Rock

Edited September 28 by locodos

[Pato del Muerto 52118]

39 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

They sound rich. Do they believe in climate change? 

Own some sort of oil brokerage.  Don’t know the reality they live in as it pertains to climate change. 

[Deej 76219]

2 hours ago, Nicole44 said:

Just heart sick seeing all the devastation. Asheville 😢 Elizabethton is likely a graveyard (literally) many prayers for the searchers and rescue operations underway. 100 years ago Asheville was rebuilt by artists. I hope it can be again. 

It will be rebuilt by greedy corporations and developers who will pounce on it. 

Edited September 28 by Deej

[Mother mopar 3275]

Flying in to CLT.

[Bevo 13440]

4 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

So my wife’s cousin has a 2nd home in Kashmir? NC.  They aren’t there, but can’t get a flight there yet to evaluate and no phone connections to anyone there that may be able to update them on the state of their house.  They’ve had a previous 2nd home burn down in the bastrop wildfire, along with the lake house I mentioned upthread at Toledo bend that took some damage from Rita. 

Sounds like some people that I wouldn't want as neighbors.

[Rip76 4883]

Horrible.

 

[atomheartbevo 89059]

2 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Own some sort of oil brokerage.  Don’t know the reality they live in as it pertains to climate change. 

29 minutes ago, Bevo said:

Sounds like some people that I wouldn't want as neighbors.

Just let us know where all they have properties so we can avoid those areas.

[Prepuce of Doom 20909]

3 hours ago, Pato del Muerto said:

Own some sort of oil brokerage but also dabbles in insurance fraud.  Don’t know the reality they live in as it pertains to climate change. 

FIFY 

[chainsaw 9668]

1 hour ago, Mother mopar said:

Flying in to CLT

[Gatorubet 29791]

9 hours ago, Rip76 said:

Should be another La. to Fla. issue.

I think

[Brew 2917]

15 hours ago, SydneyCarton said:

I googled around and didn’t see any easy summation of Helene’s damage in Florida? Seems like not as bad as expected but  the flooding in northern states way worse than expected? Or at least that I expected? And no dams broke but were run over?

Massive flood damage from around the Siesta Key area through the Big Bend. This one is going to be expensive. Siesta Key to Anna Maria washed over like Sanibel did 2 years ago, St Pete/Clearwater have significant water damage, Steinhachee has been wiped out completely again, but much worse than the last time. Reports are that water damage into Steinhatchee was into second floors. Wind wasn’t the issue, storm surge was significant along the entire west coast.

We were looking at properties on AMI and St George in a couple of weeks along with the Dunedin area. After selling on Sanibel right before Ian and having the house we had under contract go under water during Ian and now this, think I may give up on buying again.

[Mole 4311]

Checking in from Georgia: this is the first cell service I’ve had since late Thursday night.  I’m glad the horns won, but from the threads on the football board, we’re either ok or terrible?
 

We braved the down trees and power lines and 1-lane roads Friday evening to find a better place to stay. We’ve been through many hurricanes and this is the first one that was genuinely scary as it passed over us. It moved inland so fast that it didn’t lose much power.

My town is in bad shape and we’re pretty far inland. No power and water with varying timelines as to when it’ll come back. I’ve heard reports that there might be undrinkable water as of late last night. Some towns are looking at 30+ days possibly.

[SurlyGator 834]

17 minutes ago, Mole said:

Checking in from Georgia: this is the first cell service I’ve had since late Thursday night.  I’m glad the horns won, but from the threads on the football board, we’re either ok or terrible?
 

We braved the down trees and power lines and 1-lane roads Friday evening to find a better place to stay. We’ve been through many hurricanes and this is the first one that was genuinely scary as it passed over us. It moved inland so fast that it didn’t lose much power.

My town is in bad shape and we’re pretty far inland. No power and water with varying timelines as to when it’ll come back. I’ve heard reports that there might be undrinkable water as of late last night. Some towns are looking at 30+ days possibly.

What part of GA, Mole?  County, at least?

[Herbie Hancock 7275]

Checking in from Georgia: this is the first cell service I’ve had since late Thursday night.  I’m glad the horns won, but from the threads on the football board, we’re either ok or terrible?
 
We braved the down trees and power lines and 1-lane roads Friday evening to find a better place to stay. We’ve been through many hurricanes and this is the first one that was genuinely scary as it passed over us. It moved inland so fast that it didn’t lose much power.

My town is in bad shape and we’re pretty far inland. No power and water with varying timelines as to when it’ll come back. I’ve heard reports that there might be undrinkable water as of late last night. Some towns are looking at 30+ days possibly.

Hopefully you’re not in Rockdale County

[Francisco 2.0 32226]