Say a prayer for those dealing with the aftermath of Helene. It’s ugly all the way up into Virginia.
The remnants of Helene continued its onslaught across the Southeast Friday, with nearly 4 dozen dead across multiple states and hundreds rescued from floodwaters.
The Category 4 hurricane made landfall along Florida’s Big Bend region late Thursday with estimated sustained winds of 140 mph.
Post-landfall, the hurricane quickly weakened, but its torrential rains and gusty winds continued hundreds of miles inland, with feet of rain being reported over the Appalachians.
Full article, HERE from Fox News.
Thankfully, as far as I know, all my family and friends down that way are okay, but there are a lot of folks that aren’t…
Yep .lots of rain . Read this a.m. I40 between Knoxville and Asheville is closed , and some damn is fixing to give way in N.C. Millions without power across several states.
That is a really pretty part of the country . Hope people evacuate , like they are warning , but truthfully it would be hard leave all your valuables , a person acquires a lot of stuff , you work hard to get it , I know it is just stuff , I guess you just pick and choose and head for higher ground . When the water is roof high or higher most stuff would get ruined anyway. Imagine having to start over at my age 60ish , Bummer .
Watched your live YT show the other day , I didn’t get bored , what days and times is it aired ?
My wife and I drove over that section of I-40 on the homeward trek from out WV/VA trip. We stayed overnight at Appomattox, VA, Knoxville and Franklin, TN. We watched the approach of Helene and cut our trip a few days short.
Boats- Agreed! We ‘air’ Tuesday at noon and Thursday at 1500 both CDT.
Mike- Yep, I’ve driven that stretch too. And I can think of a couple of places where the washout could have occured.
My little brother lives in Mont Eagle TN. Has been here for 3+ decades and says this was the most rain he’s ever seen. My Dad is 89 and lives there also. He has seen a number of Appalachian floods and said this was one of the worst.
That section of I40 goes down when the wind blows hard so it’s always a crapshoot even when there’s not a hurricane. Friends in Knoxville say they are fine, but Boone, NC, where I lived for a while got pounded. My old house was up on a hill so I wonder how it fared.
I live in North Charleston, SC and we lost power for 5 hours. My oldest son lives in Goose Creek, SC about 2 miles from me and he had no issues. The wind we had was solid 20+ mph and then high gusts.
My youngest son lives in Woodstock, GA which is the North Atlanta suburbs and he had some water from a creek come into his garage but he had planned water with sand bags so there wasn’t much. A neighbor’s tree fell onto the neighbor’s car from the wind and water.