Hurricane Helene (2024)

LSLS

LSLS

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JoeCamel said:
The dam did not fail, several reports that mass evacuations were started for several dams they said were failing only to be walked back minutes or hours later. I'm not sure if it was malicious fake reports that spread or what people were thinking but this dam did not fail.
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If the dam was overtopping, that often leads to failures (in fact there are more than a few who consider the overtopping of a dam as a failure in and of itself). From what I read, this dam did have water spilling over the top, and has emergency repairs going on right now to ensure it doesn't completely fail. I'm not sure why you would think there was any sort of malicious intent in that.
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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LSLS said:
If the dam was overtopping, that often leads to failures (in fact there are more than a few who consider the overtopping of a dam as a failure in and of itself). From what I read, this dam did have water spilling over the top, and has emergency repairs going on right now to ensure it doesn't completely fail. I'm not sure why you would think there was any sort of malicious intent in that.
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It was because of the several times this happened, the Nolichucky ran 2 times peak Niagra flow over the top and is ok. They knew how to build them but social blasted out warnings then didn't clear them even after the authorities stated there was no danger
 
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hopemax

hopemax

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Lilofan said:
Times like where residents of Las Cruces NM, El Paso, Tucson , Vegas etc don't have to deal with hurricanes, tornados, earthquakes and live in desert like heat which is fine by me.
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Heat related mortality is an underappreciated concern by people. People wave it away with "air conditioning." But with power interruptions becoming more common, an aging Boomer population, and climate change like many other "I didn't imagine this could happen," we'll be hearing more about it. There was a reason some places weren't population centers before irrigation and A/C, and when infrastructure fails, the timeline between the fail and exposure to those reasons is short.
 
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V_L_Raptor

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Eric Graham said:
I had asked at the grocery store if they were taking donations yet for the Red Cross. Think I may end up giving to them directly.
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Some years ago, I worked for the American Red Cross. I was there during Katrina. I got to see the internal blog, which described how the organization was using its resources.

I would strongly recommend giving to a locally active organization, like WCK, Mutual Aid Disaster Relief, Samaritan’s Purse, or similar.
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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Captain Barbossa said:
Well, after exactly 73 hours, the power in my neighborhood has been restored. A huge thank you to the linemen who worked tirelessly day and night! And a special thank you to the crews who came from Kentucky, Alabama, Ohio and Iowa!
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Those guys are the heroes in so many disasters, any kid should look into it if they want a life of service.
 
Figments Friend

Figments Friend

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Captain Barbossa said:
Temporarily have a sliver of wifi and juice to charge my devices for the first time in 48+ hours, so I have a brief moment to hop on here.

Wow. Meteorologists absolutely dropped the ball with this one once it made landfall. When I saw that it still hadn’t started moving towards the west/northwest when it was between Valdosta and Macon, I had a sick feeling that it was going to continue north and head straight for my area of SC, which it did.

Lost power at 5am Friday morning. Still out, majority of the city is. Looking like Tuesday or Wednesday at the earliest, could even be next weekend. Luckily, I didn’t lose too much in terms of stuff in the fridge/freezer. Plenty of nonperishable food and our water heater is gas.

The entirety of city limits looks like Fat Man and Little Boy paid us a visit. Surprisingly, but thankfully, my house was one of the handfuls that was spared. Only some minor roof damage and a few large oak limbs down. But I do have a large maple that got partially split that will have to be removed. But many others in our town weren’t as lucky. Countless homes destroyed and 11 dead.

I’ve been through a many of tornadoes, microbursts and hurricanes/tropical storms, but this by far takes the cake as the worst. Even our sheriff of 40+ years said this is the worst that he’s ever seen and that it easily tops Hugo. Rarely do we have a tropical system that affects SC where the coast is relatively unharmed and the northwest midlands and the upstate receive the devastating impacts, but that’s what happened.

Anyway, that’s the report here. Very thankful to be alive and that our property fared well for the most part. Time to get back to the chainsaw and see who else needs help.
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Hey friend, I am very glad to hear you are okay and made it through.

Hope to hear from you again soon when you are able.

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Brian

Brian

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JohnD said:
Next system to watch. Models aren't in alignment yet but are consistent of the system turning eastward and going over Central Florida. @wdwmagic feel free to move to a new thread.

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Just some context for those who might not know: it's not guaranteed to become an actual storm. This is just the projected path of the low, whether it's a storm or not.
 
JohnD

JohnD

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Lilofan said:
I hope the forecasters are completely wrong in this prediction.
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They were completely wrong in the last one and we know how that turned out for western NC and that area as no one expected it to go that far east. I would rather they be right in their forecast so that people can properly prepare.
 
Vegas Disney Fan

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It’s interesting how life works sometimes, guy makes a goofy persona and creates a YouTube channel, makes enough to learn to fly, buy an old helicopter and restore it, right as the Helicopter is finished the hurricane happens and he flies his brand new (refurbished) helicopter up to help… right place, right time… an interesting view of what’s really happening in NC right now though.

 
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Touchdown

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HauntedPirate said:
The red 'X' (AL91) is the one I'm watching more closely. Most models have a projected path right now moving it into or close to the southern Caribbean, whereas Kirk is going to curl off to the north.
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To be selfish, the orange blob may affect the end of my vacation I’ll be safely back north by the time the red x gets near to FL.
 
Alice a

Alice a

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Checking in from our little hardware store in downtown Charleston, SC.

People from NC, TN, and upstate SC have been driving hours and hours to our coastal store, as we are the only place anywhere with tarps, gas cans, generators, and other storm supplies because our buyer buys storm stuff every time there’s a deal on it and has jammed it all into our upstairs overstock space for the past 5 years.

The stories they’ve been sharing are heartbreaking. We’ve been donating what we can, and are praying there are no more storms this year because everyone and their suppliers are wiped out of stuff.
 
JoeCamel

JoeCamel

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Alice a said:
Checking in from our little hardware store in downtown Charleston, SC.

People from NC, TN, and upstate SC have been driving hours and hours to our coastal store, as we are the only place anywhere with tarps, gas cans, generators, and other storm supplies because our buyer buys storm stuff every time there’s a deal on it and has jammed it all into our upstairs overstock space for the past 5 years.

The stories they’ve been sharing are heartbreaking. We’ve been donating what we can, and are praying there are no more storms this year because everyone and their suppliers are wiped out of stuff.
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Thank you
 

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