Hurricane Helene

I talked to him Thursday. But we lost Wi-Fi so quickly and never got it back there was no way to after that. I know about where he lives and drove through that area yesterday. It's bad but it actually got worse headed towards weaverville. I've never seen anything like the devastation in Weaverville and the devastation in the river Arts District in asheville. It's hard to describe what it's like to see a river that's normally probably 30 yards wide be half a mile wide or more. To see the water Midway up the second story of a two-story tall building. I have a lot of friends who lived through Katrina and that's the only thing I can think of.
 
ClemmonsDevil said:
I talked to him Thursday. But we lost Wi-Fi so quickly and never got it back there was no way to after that. I know about where he lives and drove through that area yesterday. It's bad but it actually got worse headed towards weaverville. I've never seen anything like the devastation in Weaverville and the devastation in the river Arts District in asheville. It's hard to describe what it's like to see a river that's normally probably 30 yards wide be half a mile wide or more. To see the water Midway up the second story of a two-story tall building. I have a lot of friends who lived through Katrina and that's the only thing I can think of.
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Somebody said this is western NC’s Katrina. Seems like an apt description.
 
So I showed the picture up thread of my skiff hanging on and here’s how it ended up. Had it tied down on my lift and as high as it could go, but not quite high enough, evidently. Without the tie downs, it would have been deep in the mangroves or sunk. Fortunately no damage and she’ll see work in a couple of weeks when my season starts up.
My retail store flooded 3ft. And I lost about 1/2 of my inventory, most of my computers and some fixtures. I’m at least a month before I’ll be able to reopen.
The surge was higher and came in way quicker than anyone expected. It just got worst as you go north on the gulf from me, so we count ourselves as lucky.
In the evening I get a chance to check YouTube, I only have cell phone hot spot internet, and I see the devastation in Western NC, and then I really feel fortunate. Hope everyone affected up there gets the help they need soon as possible.


All in all….at least I have Bitcoin!🙂
 

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PackMan97 said:
The other issue is what can you do about it in the mountains? 30 inches of water all being funneled into a valley is just not something that can be stopped. All the coastal solution amount to a hill of beans. On the coastal plains (beachfront aside) all you have to worry about it the height of the water, not the speed.
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There are no "coastal solutions" to a hurricane. And there is more than water associated with a hurricane.

Plus, as reported in this thread, there was already too much rain in the few days before the hurricane even arrived. That was a huge compounding factor.
 
Wheat/// said:
So I showed the picture up thread of my skiff hanging on and here’s how it ended up. Had it tied down on my lift and as high as it could go, but not quite high enough, evidently. Without the tie downs, it would have been deep in the mangroves or sunk. Fortunately no damage and she’ll see work in a couple of weeks when my season starts up.
My retail store flooded 3ft. And I lost about 1/2 of my inventory, most of my computers and some fixtures. I’m at least a month before I’ll be able to reopen.
The surge was higher and came in way quicker than anyone expected. It just got worst as you go north on the gulf from me, so we count ourselves as lucky.
In the evening I get a chance to check YouTube, I only have cell phone hot spot internet, and I see the devastation in Western NC, and then I really feel fortunate. Hope everyone affected up there gets the help they need soon as possible.


All in all….at least I have Bitcoin!🙂
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So sorry to hear that- hang in there!
 
My family in Mars Hill is well. They have power, water, and cell signal.

I've been in Indy, trying to fly back to AVL. Rerouted to GSP tomorrow; fingers crossed I make it back!

Crazy how there's so much devastation all around us, but we remain relatively unscathed. So grateful, and yet quite a bit of "survivor's guilt".
 
dudog84 said:
There are no "coastal solutions" to a hurricane. And there is more than water associated with a hurricane.

Plus, as reported in this thread, there was already too much rain in the few days before the hurricane even arrived. That was a huge compounding factor.
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Sorry, wasn't implying there were, but for the water sea walls, sand bags and pumps can all offer situational help.
dudog84 said:
There are no "coastal solutions" to a hurricane. And there is more than water associated with a hurricane.

Plus, as reported in this thread, there was already too much rain in the few days before the hurricane even arrived. That was a huge compounding factor.
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My bad, I meant coastal plains... Like Greenville, NC. Places where water just has nowhere to drain and is mostly stagnant. Sand bags, barriers, pumps can all work to a certain degree.

Yes, at the coast your are mother nature play thing.
 
PackMan97 said:
Sorry, wasn't implying there were, but for the water sea walls, sand bags and pumps can all offer situational help.

My bad, I meant coastal plains... Like Greenville, NC. Places where water just has nowhere to drain and is mostly stagnant. Sand bags, barriers, pumps can all work to a certain degree.

Yes, at the coast your are mother nature play thing.
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Oh. My point was there's not much you can do against a hurricane, she's gonna do what she's gonna do on a wide scale. Tornadoes may be stronger but they're fast, wind only, and relatively pinpoints. Sea walls are an abomination, they're destroying our beaches. I've hated them since before I saw my first one, I took Orrin Pilkey's class in 1983 and things have only gotten much worse with sea level rise. And there's not an army of pumps that can keep up with the ocean. There's really nothing to do but ride it out and re-build. And watch your insurance premiums go up whether you were affected by the storm or not. Plus I don't remember a hurricane impact nearly like this so far inland, but I could be mistaken. Welcome to the new world of climate change.
 
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