Hurricane Helene thread - Not a football thread but y’all be safe *keep politics, conspiracy theories, and and tinderbox squabbles out of this*

[CamWhoaaCam]

Never thought in a million years this would happen to Western NC of all places.

 

Still kind of shocked at the flooding considering it was a quick moving storm it didn't stall for 3 days.

 

Prayers to everyone.

[LinvilleGorge]

1 minute ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Never thought in a million years this would happen to Western NC of all places.

 

Still kind of shocked at the flooding considering it was a quick moving storm it didn't stall for 3 days.

 

Prayers to everyone.

Honestly, mountain floods are the worst. Water runs down hill and all those mountains funnel the water into the valley's and due to the slope the water runs off fast and hard instead of soaking in. You're not just dealing with flood water you're dealing with flood water running hard and fast. I lived in the mountains of CO when they got hammered like a decade ago and that was bad but nothing like this.

[Floppin]

21 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

The people I know in WNC are largely outside of Boone and Asheville and .gov is nowhere to be seen, per usual.

So are mine and I've seen them in places. There's national guard in the backside of snake MTN on the zionville area near my buddies horse ranch and it's in the middle of fuging no where

Edited October 2 by Floppin

[CamWhoaaCam]

5 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Honestly, mountain floods are the worst. Water runs down hill and all those mountains funnel the water into the valley's and due to the slope the water runs off fast and hard instead of soaking in. You're not just dealing with flood water you're dealing with flood water running hard and fast. I lived in the mountains of CO when they got hammered like a decade ago and that was bad but nothing like this.

Oh I forgot about the mountain aspect. Makes sense now how this could cause this kind of flooding. 

[Floppin]

1 hour ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Never thought in a million years this would happen to Western NC of all places.

 

Still kind of shocked at the flooding considering it was a quick moving storm it didn't stall for 3 days.

 

Prayers to everyone.

To add to what Linville said; the storm did stall of a sort. The precursor frontal boundary stalled and was fed moisture from the storm it rained hard starting Wednesday night and didn't stop and then the storm swept through on Friday

[csx]

1 hour ago, CamWhoaaCam said:

Never thought in a million years this would happen to Western NC of all places.

 

Still kind of shocked at the flooding considering it was a quick moving storm it didn't stall for 3 days.

 

Prayers to everyone.

It's rather common. In Geology at ASU we did a field trip to various major landslides that are attributed to historic tropical systems.

Mountain floods are common and have huge potential due to the topography and orographic lifting. (Mountains enhancing precipitation)

[jayboogieman]

1 hour ago, LinvilleGorge said:

Water runs down hill and all those mountains funnel the water into the valley's and due to the slope the water runs off fast and hard instead of soaking in.

And this is why you don't build in every single little valley and flood plain.

[strato]

3 hours ago, LinvilleGorge said:

One thing that needs to be said here is that virtually all of this aid I'm seeing pour in isn't coming from the government. It's just coming from people. Roads are getting cleared by people like me with a chainsaw and a pickup. All this heavy equipment coming in is private industry stepping up. The vast majority of the helicopters constantly flying overhead delivering aid are private. I don't ever want to see another politician gripping and grinning anywhere around here.

A guy I work with sometimes left the Myrtle Beach area at 6am pulling a 40ft racing trailer full of water headed for NC mountains. On his own dime.

People up there are saying no FEMA really... 

[jayboogieman]

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President Joe Biden said Wednesday he's approved the deployment of up to 1,000 active-duty Army personnel to reinforce the North Carolina National Guard in response and recovery efforts following devastating flooding from Hurricane Helene.

 

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"These soldiers will speed up the delivery of life-saving supplies of food, water, and medicine to isolated communities in North Carolina – they have the manpower and logistical capabilities to get this vital job done, and fast," Biden said in a statement.

Source

[jayboogieman]

More from that article I just linked:

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The Defense Department has activated 22 helicopters to aid search and rescue operations and provided dozens of high-water vehicles. More than 6,000 National Guard personnel across 12 states are assisting, while 4,800 workers from different parts of the federal government are involved in recovery efforts. That includes 1,200 Federal Emergency Management Agency workers and other federal employees in North Carolina.

 

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FEMA officials said the agency has distributed 8.5 million meals, more than 7 million liters of water, 150 generators and more than 220,000 tarps as part of the hurricane response.

 

[jayboogieman]

3 hours ago, Panthers Fan 69 said:

Indeed. We just got back and will be heading back again this Friday for more help.  We talked with a lot of the private parties sans a few helicopter pilots at the hickory regional airport and it’s all being paid for by themselves. Really nice to see. Also, love him or hate him, the only the first real political figurehead out there was Mark Robinson. Like within a day he was out in the western part of the state.  Love him or hate him, that man does care for NC.  Coop took forever and please don’t get me started on the people above.  Not tying to stir anything up but yeah, most of this relief has been the people of NC and that is something we can be proud of.  

He also didn't vote on the state's Helene emergency declaration.

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Within an hour of making the request on Sept. 24 — before Helene ravaged the western part of the state — most of the council had responded with supporting votes. But come 9 a.m. the next morning, one member had yet to cast a vote: Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, the Republican nominee for governor.

 

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Despite not weighing in on the emergency declaration, Robinson has spent recent days needling the Democratic governor to do more.

Anyway, if you want to argue politics, that's what the TB is for.

[Panthers Fan 69]

9 minutes ago, jayboogieman said:

He also didn't vote on the state's Helene emergency declaration.

 

Anyway, if you want to argue politics, that's what the TB is for.

Not arguing politics. I don’t talk politics. I was giving props to the NC people for helping.  I was also only stating facts. I don’t know what he signed or didn’t sign because most of what you read online is either a media driving lie or heavily gaslit so I don’t pay much attention.  Both sides. However he was the first one out becasue we saw him and so did my family. 

Edited October 2 by Panthers Fan 69

[Panthers Fan 69]

https://www.unleashedmutt.com
 

Local pet supply company in Raleigh is sending tons of pet supplies. 

[amcoolio]

I’m still without power. haven’t really been keeping up with the Panthers or news. absolutely crazy scenes, it’s like something you’d see on the walking dead. 

im safe and don’t need anything, im just sad for the poor people that live outside of town limits in all these towns that have to start over. many didn’t see it coming. don’t care to watch the news and didn’t believe it.