Hurricane Helene thread - Not a football thread but y’all be safe *keep politics, conspiracy theories, and and tinderbox squabbles out of this*

[Panthers Fan 69]

2 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

I survived Hugo.  This ain’t even close.

Hugo was a whooole different beast. That thing was still a hurricane over hickory NC.  I have never seen so much widespread damage from a storm that took years to clean up. 

[LinvilleGorge]

8 minutes ago, L-TownCat said:

I survived Hugo.  This ain’t even close.

It was never going to be anything like Hugo. That storm made landfall way nearer so the wind inland was far more intense. This is a mountain flooding event from the rainfall from the remnants of large hurricanes. Hugo hit Charlotte still a legit hurricane.

It's definitely the highest Wilson Creek has been in the past year but far from a historic event here locally.

At an even more local level, we bought our house about three and a half years ago. I'm honestly not certain this would qualify as a top 5 flooding event during that timeframe in my 12 acre microcosm based on the flow of our small creek. You know it's a good one when the creek is flowing into the pond so hard it gets the whole 1/2 acre pond swirling like a whirlpool. That's happened twice. We're not even close to that right now. The visual flow of the creek is only reaching about halfway across the pond currently.

[Mol3m4n]

Flying into Asheville today. I hope things are better by the time of landing. I've heard that the highways are full of debris. 

[mrcompletely11]

1 minute ago, Mol3m4n said:

Flying into Asheville today. I hope things are better by the time of landing. I've heard that the highways are full of debris. 

Flights not canceled? 

[jayboogieman]

1 minute ago, Mol3m4n said:

Flying into Asheville today. I hope things are better by the time of landing. I've heard that the highways are full of debris. 

Seems Asheville is getting hit pretty hard.

[Mol3m4n]

1 minute ago, mrcompletely11 said:

Flights not canceled? 

Not as of yet, I'm expecting a notification any time. 

[Mol3m4n]

1 minute ago, jayboogieman said:

Seems Asheville is getting hit pretty hard.

The smaller mountain communities are having the hardest time. They don't have the man power for a quick clean up.

[csx]

I dont recall Hugo being a major flooding event inland or in the mountains. It was all wind damage.

The storm advanced over the area rather quickly.

Edited September 27, 2024 by csx

[Panthers Fan 69]

Just now, Mol3m4n said:

Not as of yet, I'm expecting a notification any time. 

What time are you flying in?  This storm will pass pretty quick after 12. However, buckle up, that’s going to be a tasty landing into Asheville. 

[LinvilleGorge]

Well, I don't know what the fug that was but it sounded like distant rumbling thunder for a solid minute and felt like a small earthquake. We may have just had a tornado nearby.

Power has been out for about three hours now.

[Mol3m4n]

Just now, Panthers Fan 69 said:

What time are you flying in?  This storm will pass pretty quick after 12. However, buckle up, that’s going to be a tasty landing into Asheville. 

Flight is 3pm, landing around 5pm.

[Mol3m4n]

2 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Well, I don't know what the fug that was but it sounded like distant rumbling thunder for a solid minute and felt like a small earthquake. We may have just had a tornado nearby.

Power has been out for about three hours now.

Did you get a piece of the meteor a few weeks ago? 

[jayboogieman]

3 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Well, I don't know what the fug that was but it sounded like distant rumbling thunder for a solid minute and felt like a small earthquake. We may have just had a tornado nearby.

Power has been out for about three hours now.

Rockslide?

[csx]

King St in Boone is under water. Never seen or heard of that happening. 

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