This thing just won?t quit

JamesRK

I am one of the lucky folks who live outside the area directly affected by tropical storm Florence, formerly hurricane Florence. We got a brisk breeze and a few rain showers. About the time I thought it was over the gully washers started. By the time I went to bed we were still getting tornado watches and warnings. When I got up this morning we were under a tornado watch. The latest one is supposed to end at 10:00 AM.

I was a little concerned for a while but it turned out to be nothing more than an inconvenient pain in the butt for me. I feel for the folks who caught the brunt of it. Last I heard there were eleven dead and I don?t think that includes the lady who lost her infant yesterday. Wilmington, NC is isolated. No roads in or out. Flash flooding and flooding almost everywhere in southern Virginia and northern NC.

Thank God for my double blessing.

Edited to update death toll: FOX News said today there are more than thirty-six dead. They didn?t say if that?s just North Carolina or the total.

Old-Colts

These slow moving storms cause lots of havoc as they travel their predictably unpredictable paths! Glad you're outside the direct path, but stay safe!

kimi

What Old-Colts said, James.

Harvey took everything some of my old classmates owned, literally.

JamesRK

My weather radio is getting a workout. I just learned Kerr Lake is 2.15 feet above full pool and Kerr Lake campground is flooded. Everything to the east and west of me is flooded and under flash flood warnings. To the south a dam on private property near Roxboro, NC is eroding. I guess this ain?t over yet. I?m thinking about putting my pants on. If it gets much worse I might put shoes on. Now he?s saying everything west of me is flooded and under flash flood warnings. Predicting thunder storms and rain all day. I shouldn?t have procrastinated on building that ark. I hope those three rivers don?t decide to flood at the same time.

discusdad

do people even know what devastating storms are? 11 dead?? its bad if you are among the 11, but come on, there are many storms that killed 4000+ plus.

https://thesouthern.com/news/national/storm-season-deadliest-atlantic-hurricanes/collection_36ebc54d-3991-574f-b874-5588ac125c8d.html

JamesRK

I gauge the severity of a storm by whether or not I?m in it.

Toolman286

The lake we're on was lowered it 3 ft in anticipation & it's back up 2 ft. (not to mention what they let out for the hydro electric plant.)

Arby

As far as damage and loss of life, the Galveston 1900 hurricane completely destroyed Galveston and killed between 6000 - 12000 people ? the total population was only 38000.

I was raised on Galveston Bay in La Porte; went through 4 or 5 hurricanes ? they were pretty bad storms but I went through 2 Typhoons in Japan and they were the worst...our wind speed indicator busted at 220 mph. our base was right on the coast and the storms came ashore unabated.

bobski

we just got grazed here in va. whew.

bobski

is I-95 open again?
im heading down I-81/40 west thru tenn next week. is there anything washed out up there?

allen griggs

New York Post

Florence?s flooding will get worse before it gets better
By Amanda Woods September 20, 2018 | 1:26pm | Updated
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Relief is still a long way off for the storm-battered Carolinas, which will face even more flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Florence, forecasters said Thursday.

Nineteen gauges were flooded along southeast North Carolina and northeast South Carolina waterways Thursday morning, a National Weather Service map shows ? and things are only expected to get worse.

The waterways are forecast to rise over the weekend before they crest.

?People in flood-prone areas or near waterways need to remain alert as rivers crest and stay above their banks in coming days,? North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said in a written statement. ?Stay alert, and stay safe.?

Modal TriggerHomes are flooded after a storm surge from Hurricane Florence flooded the Neuse River in New Bern, North Carolina.
Homes are flooded after a storm surge from Hurricane Florence flooded the Neuse River in New Bern, North Carolina.Getty Images
Jonathan Smoke, chief economist at Kelley Blue Book, estimates that 20,000 to 40,000 vehicles will be destroyed as a result of Florence, according to FOX News. But Anil Goyal was a bit more optimistic ? predicting that 20,000 total vehicles would be damaged or destroyed, maybe less.

Rising murky floodwaters have also raised environmental and health concerns.

The flooding has already caused 21 of North Carolina?s hog ?lagoons,? which store manure from pig farms, to overflow. There?s also a chance the standing water will be contaminated with bacteria like salmonella, according to the state Department of Environmental Quality.

Untreated or partly treated sewage and stormwater has also escaped into the region?s waterways over the past week through several sewer systems, according to local media reports.

During his visit to South Carolina on Wednesday, President Donald Trump warned residents that ?water is coming your way.?

?Now it looks nice but it?s really the calm before the storm,? he said.

Florence, which barreled into the Carolinas last week as a Category 1 storm and has since been downgraded to a tropical depression as it turned toward the Northeast, has claimed at least 37 lives.