Hurricane Helene

aimo said:
Tampa Bay about to get nailed again.
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I saw that. We had a place rented at Crystal river.
Flooding took it out.so we rerouted to merritt island across from the space center two days ago. Looks like that may be a no go aswell.
I hope this ends up a lot weaker for the people of Florida. Crazy weather.
 
wavedukefan70s said:
I saw that. We had a place rented at Crystal river.
Flooding took it out.so we rerouted to merritt island across from the space center two days ago. Looks like that may be a no go aswell.
I hope this ends up a lot weaker for the people of Florida. Crazy weather.
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Crazy weather indeed, but it is the world we have made.
 
South Florida report…..
My building is about 115 years old, and had never flooded like we were last week.
After 6 days of work, we finally have our retail shop completely empty of all inventory and fixtures. We saved what we could after about 3 foot of flood in the building.
Met with insurance adjuster today and looks like we will be covered for all building repairs…going to need the floor and subfloor replaced, drywall, all trim, interior doors and replace most of the electrical outlets. They won’t play to raise the electrical plugs two feet like I asked while the electrician is there, go figure, so they will just be replaced.
Now we are staring down the barrel of another potential cat 3 hurricane. The good news, if we can call it that, is if we see more flooding, there’s hopefully not much more damage that can be done. We are still in the demo phase.
I have two pods full of inventory outside up on cinder blocks, and would raise them higher if I could get pods to come back, but they are overwhelmed, it’s unlikely they can get to me before the storm arrives Wednesday.
May have to find four car jacks and try to raise them myself. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, they say.
Talking to my adjuster this morning about the western NC flood, he told me that he believed only about 3% of people and businesses up there had any flood insurance. As everyone knows, it’s catastrophic times for them and they need lots of help.
Soldiering on……
 
Wheat/// said:
South Florida report…..
My building is about 115 years old, and had never flooded like we were last week.
After 6 days of work, we finally have our retail shop completely empty of all inventory and fixtures. We saved what we could after about 3 foot of flood in the building.
Met with insurance adjuster today and looks like we will be covered for all building repairs…going to need the floor and subfloor replaced, drywall, all trim, interior doors and replace most of the electrical outlets. They won’t play to raise the electrical plugs two feet like I asked while the electrician is there, go figure, so they will just be replaced.
Now we are staring down the barrel of another potential cat 3 hurricane. The good news, if we can call it that, is if we see more flooding, there’s hopefully not much more damage that can be done. We are still in the demo phase.
I have two pods full of inventory outside up on cinder blocks, and would raise them higher if I could get pods to come back, but they are overwhelmed, it’s unlikely they can get to me before the storm arrives Wednesday.
May have to find four car jacks and try to raise them myself. Where there’s a will, there’s a way, they say.
Talking to my adjuster this morning about the western NC flood, he told me that he believed only about 3% of people and businesses up there had any flood insurance. As everyone knows, it’s catastrophic times for them and they need lots of help.
Soldiering on……
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For insurance purposes I'm guessing you should have that first claim buttoned up and covering everything possible. A second claim for a second named storm means you will have to meet the deductible again before it starts to pay which can be up to 2% of the policy. Good luck.
 
My daughter sent this pic to me by her girlfriends parents house .near Jamestown s.c. .this is the water working its way down to the coast.the sheer volume of water N.C. endured is hard to wrap your mind around.
We should crest by tomorrow.
 

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J. D. (front page) should be ashamed of his unfounded political attacks regarding the response to the hurricane and relief efforts. His unwillingness to engage in the simplest of fact checks undermines his criticisms. He is simply repeating a slightly altered right wing version of misinformation that is being used for the most cynical of purposes. I am disgusted by this. Shame on you, Sir.
 
peteandpete said:
J. D. (front page) should be ashamed of his unfounded political attacks regarding the response to the hurricane and relief efforts. His unwillingness to engage in the simplest of fact checks undermines his criticisms. He is simply repeating a slightly altered right wing version of misinformation that is being used for the most cynical of purposes. I am disgusted by this. Shame on you, Sir.
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It definitely reeks of an agenda to sway opinion in a battleground state. The 640 million allocated for housing for immigrants was not diverted from Hurricane relief. https://www.fema.gov/disaster/current/hurricane-helene/rumor-response
 
HoKogan said:
It definitely reeks of an agenda to sway opinion in a battleground state. The 640 million allocated for housing for immigrants was not diverted from Hurricane relief. https://www.fema.gov/disaster/current/hurricane-helene/rumor-response
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Wow, yeah. As someone who lived through it (and still is) I have heard a very small amount of political grousing in my limited travels.

I think if you are carrying a case of water and 5 gallons of gas, people don't care if you're a FEMA rep, a Republican, a Democrat, a wiccan, or a federalist.

Additionally, having had ZERO comms for nearly a week, it doesn't matter a single rip to me what Roy Cooper or Mark Robinson or Josh Stein are saying.

In the last 36 hours i have heard some of the tone-deaf comments coming from politicians, but I sincerely doubt there are swaths of WNC'ers refusing help from FEMA because they don't trust the government or don't want to be told what to do.

The only communities I have seen reluctant to take assistance are some very poor Latino communities my wife has visited. They are extremely anxious and skeptical, and I don't think you need a poli-sci degree to piece together why.

Truly, the things i have seen first hand have been heartwarming and fantastic.

I love this site, but I agree we are better than this. We are more than welcome to voice our frustration at the inability to get resources where they are needed, but in my understanding that's a product of the topography, the missing roads, and the lack of preparedness for something of this magnitude.

We will learn from this disaster like we learned from Katrina. It is upsetting that we are learning at the cost of human life, but we don't need to lean into the politics right now.

Signed,
Significantly Affected DBR Citizen
 
Mtn.Devil.91.92.01.10.15 said:
Wow, yeah. As someone who lived through it (and still is) I have heard a very small amount of political grousing in my limited travels.

I think if you are carrying a case of water and 5 gallons of gas, people don't care if you're a FEMA rep, a Republican, a Democrat, a wiccan, or a federalist.

Additionally, having had ZERO comms for nearly a week, it doesn't matter a single rip to me what Roy Cooper or Mark Robinson or Josh Stein are saying.

In the last 36 hours i have heard some of the tone-deaf comments coming from politicians, but I sincerely doubt there are swaths of WNC'ers refusing help from FEMA because they don't trust the government or don't want to be told what to do.

The only communities I have seen reluctant to take assistance are some very poor Latino communities my wife has visited. They are extremely anxious and skeptical, and I don't think you need a poli-sci degree to piece together why.

Truly, the things i have seen first hand have been heartwarming and fantastic.

I love this site, but I agree we are better than this. We are more than welcome to voice our frustration at the inability to get resources where they are needed, but in my understanding that's a product of the topography, the missing roads, and the lack of preparedness for something of this magnitude.

We will learn from this disaster like we learned from Katrina. It is upsetting that we are learning at the cost of human life, but we don't need to lean into the politics right now.

Signed,
Significantly Affected DBR Citizen
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If you want to see how to "talk politics" in this particular situation, take a cue from NC Republican Senator Kevin Korbin.
 
peteandpete said:
J. D. (front page) should be ashamed of his unfounded political attacks regarding the response to the hurricane and relief efforts. His unwillingness to engage in the simplest of fact checks undermines his criticisms. He is simply repeating a slightly altered right wing version of misinformation that is being used for the most cynical of purposes. I am disgusted by this. Shame on you, Sir.
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Just a completely ignorant and biased front page post, which only adds to the problems people are facing.
Disgraceful.
 
It should also be noted that the $750 amount listed is basically an emergency stipend for buying food and supplies. It is not anywhere close to the only funding FEMA is providing for residents of the disaster, or for rebuilding homes, businesses.

This misinformation has a specific intent and when you echo it, you are amplifying lies created solely for political gain (arguably knowingly at this point).
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/october-6-2024
 
Phredd3 said:
I-40 from about 30 miles west of Asheville through the mountains to Tennessee shows "Closed until 2028". Yikes. That's a major trucking throughway. That closure alone is going to cost hundreds of millions in economic impact.
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That's going to put a lot more traffic onto I-81 and I-77. I took Interstate 77 to Interstate 81 west to I-40 west from Winston Salem when we went to Pigeon Forge, TN. I guess some of the truckers will use that route until the road is repaired.
 
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