Hurricane Helene (2024)

[JoeCamel]

So it seems like a category 4 hurricane it wasn’t too bad and weakened fairly quickly after making landfall?

Tennessee/WNC/Flooding.....
We are not done and entire main streets of towns are gone
The residual moisture was drawn to west Tennessee/Kentucky and will be coming back tomorrow night.
This is a historic flood event over a wide area

Just one town of many EDIT!!! THE DAM DID NOT BREAK!!!!!



One more to drive the point home, this is not a joke, is not a hoax this is life for these people



EDIT!!!!!! HER MOM WAS FOUND SAFE

 

[EricsBiscuit]

So it seems like a category 4 hurricane it wasn’t too bad and weakened fairly quickly after making landfall?

There has been massive storm surge in Tampa Bay which has flooded many homes. Lightning strikes exploded many transformers, sending sparks and downing power lines which has caused fires. Dozens of deaths across multiple states. Likely tens of billions of dollars in damages. If this isn’t too bad then I don’t know what bad is.

 

[The Mom]

So it seems like a category 4 hurricane it wasn’t too bad and weakened fairly quickly after making landfall?

 

[The Mom]

This has been a devastating storm affecting multiple states, and not limited to coastal areas. Not only has there been loss of life and homes, but also income as the entire Fall mountain tourist season may be lost, and the FL areas may not recover in time for their high season.

 

[Touchdown]

And, early forecasts suggest history is about to repeat itself late next week.

 

[John park hopper]

National Hurricane center is not showing anything --where are you getting info from

 

[Touchdown]

NHC: see the orange box off the coast of Central America. There is a 40% chance of a storm developing there in the next 7 days.



My brother is a mediologist and has sent me links to weather sites, one of them is tropical tidbits and they post the model runs. GFC and Canadian models have a named storm forming in the gulf late next week. It’s far too early to predict where it goes from there but it’s not time to relax yet.

 

[The Mom]

National Hurricane center is not showing anything --where are you getting info from

This has been mentioned by many FL meteorologists for the past couple of days. Just something to keep an eye on.

 

[Lilofan]

This has been a devastating storm affecting multiple states, and not limited to coastal areas. Not only has there been loss of life and homes, but also income as the entire Fall mountain tourist season may be lost, and the FL areas may not recover in time for their high season.

A number of folks I know who live in FL like vacationing in colder weather and like to ski in Boone NC. From the videos I saw parts of Boone as a raging flood of water in the small resort town in the NC mountains.

 

[Lilofan]

There has been massive storm surge in Tampa Bay which has flooded many homes. Lightning strikes exploded many transformers, sending sparks and downing power lines which has caused fires. Dozens of deaths across multiple states. Likely tens of billions of dollars in damages. If this isn’t too bad then I don’t know what bad is.

True this. A family we know lives in Tampa, home flooded with sea water car flooded total loss and Tampa wasn't even bearing the full strength of Helene.

 

[erstwo]

This is I-16 going towards Savannah yesterday. We were in the left lane. And this is after passing 70-ish miles of interstate that had already been cleared. GDOT was killing it (and I’m not a Georgia resident - so no skin in the game.). They just hadn’t made it this far along the interstate yet.
Miles and miles of exits of towns with no power. People lined up - out of gas- at every exit station waiting for power to be restored.
It was not a small event. Nor was it something to be minimized. My waiter at dinner tonight had been without power for two days. Throwing out everything in your fridge and freezer is a huge hardship for most people.

So it seems like a category 4 hurricane it wasn’t too bad and weakened fairly quickly after making landfall?

 

[happymom25]

I live near Charlotte and this has been catastrophic for Western NC. 30 inches of rain in some areas. We don’t have information about the full extent of the damage because there is still no communication from the worst hit areas. They won’t know the death toll for some time. Entire mountain towns are wiped out from flooding and landslides, and roads and bridges are washed out all over the area so people can’t get supplies. They are sending rescue crews in to air drop food and water for trapped victims. Some of our friends have family members near Asheville. They still have cell phone towers so they can communicate but they are trapped by landslides, water, and destroyed roads. They were out of water yesterday so they were draining their hot water heater to drink.

 

[happymom25]

Our local chief meteorologist used to live in New Orleans and helped with Katrina. He has likened the devastation to Katrina.

 

[Captain Barbossa]

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.

 

[Fox&Hound]

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.

Glad to hear you are well. So sorry to hear what people are going through!

 

[JoeCamel]

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.

Good to hear you made it through and can start rebuilding, terrible devastation over a wide area

 

[The Mom]

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.

Happy you're safe; sorry that you and your neighbors have to deal with the devastation.

 

[JoeCamel]

My only effects from the storm here in East Tennessee have been the inability to go south to NC (I-26 washed out and closed) and slow cell service and no cell based internet so only broadcast TV.
50 miles east is a different story with entire main streets destroyed, people stranded in the mountains as the roads washed out and community water systems non-existent. It will be years rebuilding but will never be the same.
I-40 between Knoxville and Asheville washed out and is closed and countless surface roads and streets are rubble and impassable so rescue cannot get in to help. Helicopters are air dropping supplies where they can with volunteers pouring into the affected towns trying to help. Getting the help to where it is needed will be the challenge and while these are resourceful people there is only so much you can do without massive amounts of heavy equipment and that takes time.
Help if you can or at least keep the region in mind and thoughts as Appalachia rebuilds it's home again.

 

[Lilofan]

My only effects from the storm here in East Tennessee have been the inability to go south to NC (I-26 washed out and closed) and slow cell service and no cell based internet so only broadcast TV.
50 miles east is a different story with entire main streets destroyed, people stranded in the mountains as the roads washed out and community water systems non-existent. It will be years rebuilding but will never be the same.
I-40 between Knoxville and Asheville washed out and is closed and countless surface roads and streets are rubble and impassable so rescue cannot get in to help. Helicopters are air dropping supplies where they can with volunteers pouring into the affected towns trying to help. Getting the help to where it is needed will be the challenge and while these are resourceful people there is only so much you can do without massive amounts of heavy equipment and that takes time.
Help if you can or at least keep the region in mind and thoughts as Appalachia rebuilds it's home again.

Very sad to see on TV and social media how so many towns in NC, GA, TN, SC have been severely impacted by Helene. Spent times in those beautiful mountain areas when I was younger. We have a friend who bought a newly constructed home in Watertown TN , their dream retirement home after working in the Northeast. She said it is a climb just to travel to her home. Their dream was to retire in the South and have crews build a huge custom built home from the ground up and they accomplished their goals. We will try to touch base to see how they are. From what I've read popular destination Gatlinburg was spared and a number of travelers still plan to drive there to enjoy their vacation which is a great place for a getaway experience ( treehouse accommodations ).

 

[LSLS]

I know the focus is completely on NC and TN right now, but Florida took a big hit off this as well. St. Pete and the beach areas have been absolutely destroyed from everything I've seen (even without a direct hit, they set records for storm surge). They don't have the loss of life, but there are a lot of homes destroyed, tons of businesses wiped out, and it's going to have a huge effect on the economy as well (beaches are destroyed, dunes are gone, hotels are ruined, so no tourism). I genuinely wonder how everything is going to get rebuilt between all the destruction in FL up through GA, SC, NC, and TN.