Teasing the Korean Posted September 26 Report Share Posted September 26 (edited) Bracing ourselves for this storm. Even though it is way out in the Gulf of Mexico and we are not in the direct path, the storm surge and winds are supposed to be pretty bad here, especially 2 pm today to 1 am. Sending positive vibes to @Dan Gould @Stonewall15 and everyone else in Florida - and further north, based on the predicted path. Edited October 6 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted September 26 Report Share Posted September 26 Take care .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 26 Report Share Posted September 26 I was going to start a thread ... getting a nice break from rain right now but sure to deteriorate by evening. The wind field is gigantic on this sucker. Even the area of hurricane force winds is very impressive. I have friends in Tallahassee who are under the gun and a key member of work team in north Georgia who will probably be knocked offline tonight. Hope all ride this out without any significant damage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonewall15 Posted September 26 Report Share Posted September 26 No impact here in Central Florida (Orlando-Windermere) so far. Got 3/10 inch rain early AM with no wind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 Best live coverage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 Power up, when I can see outside we'll do the walkaround to make sure no damage. I won't be terribly surprised if there is some shingle damage to the house though, from prior experience. Worst part of it all was at the end of the workday, I had urgent tasks nobody else could handle and kept getting power flickers knocking my system down and also preventing saving of work already done ... must have extended my work day by 40 minutes at least. Now to find out how my colleagues on the coast and the one in north Georgia made out/are making out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 27 Author Report Share Posted September 27 (edited) We lost ower at around 4 pm yesterday and it is still out. No idea when it will be back. UPDATE: Power is back! Edited September 27 by Teasing the Korean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 No exterior damage and rain was less than in the August hurricane that came closer but wasn't as powerful. I could tell because the round pen for one of the horses just had a little mud in one area but the same area had standing water last time. Remarkably, what I thought was a final electric flicker that knocked the clock radio off was actually a 20 minute outage after I went to bed. I can't wrap my mind around the fact that the power could go down in the middle of a storm and come back when they should not have been out working anywhere. But I am thankful, my buddy in Tampa lost power about the same time as TTK and he is still off, with no estimate of restoration yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted September 27 Author Report Share Posted September 27 Lost power again 4 hours later. Maybe they are repatching as they make repairs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 27 Report Share Posted September 27 I had a colleague who was online this morning at 9 am and conversing and then disappeared. Said he hadn't lost power during the storm but I think they pulled it on him. It's been like 4 full hours now. My other colleague in St Pete has no time frame and neither does my buddy in Tampa - still. It's a mess and I feel like we really dodged a bullet here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 29 Report Share Posted September 29 Tropical storm watch for ... Iceland? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 29 Report Share Posted September 29 My uncle lives west of Asheville, and was out of touch until an hour or so ago. He and his house are fine, but it is a complete mess around there. Unbelievable devastation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 29 Report Share Posted September 29 37 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said: My uncle lives west of Asheville, and was out of touch until an hour or so ago. He and his house are fine, but it is a complete mess around there. Unbelievable devastation. My wife said she saw on the news that the only way out of Asheville was by air. I have a hard time believing that but ... I also read that every road in western NC should be considered closed. That's a lot of roads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted September 29 Report Share Posted September 29 yeah, read that as well. Nuts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted September 29 Report Share Posted September 29 We got rain from Helene’s outer edge but it was no big deal. Asheville didn’t fare as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rostasi Posted September 30 Report Share Posted September 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soulpope Posted September 30 Report Share Posted September 30 Catastrophe .... best of luck .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabshakeh Posted September 30 Report Share Posted September 30 I went to see Cannibal Corpse yesterday. They were a man down as Eric Rutan had needed to return to Florida because his house had been destroyed in the Hurricane. Terrible stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Dryden Posted September 30 Report Share Posted September 30 (edited) I talked to my cousin in Tampa. One foot of water from the storm surge into their home on a manmade island in Tampa Bay. Her husband prevented further damage by parking his Tesla on the firth floor of a parking garage before the storm, but two other island residents didn’t prepare and their Teslas caught fire. My sister lives west of Asheville on a hilltop and they lost power and cellphone service, though they installed a permanent generator several years ago and have power. She said the damage was minor but I haven’t gotten details. The videos of washed out roads and bridges, along with floating houses are heartbreaking. Edited October 7 by Ken Dryden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted September 30 Report Share Posted September 30 Unpaywalled NYT article: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/09/29/us/helene-path-map.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Ok4.xpyT.2Yo7AqPHEpGA&smid=url-share Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted October 7 Author Report Share Posted October 7 Well, we have another bearing down on the west coast of Florida. I learned yesterday that the west coast of Florida is most likely to experience direct hits in October, when cold fronts from the north can push the Gulf hurricanes eastward. Sending positive vibes to @Dan Gould and @Stonewall15. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gould Posted October 7 Report Share Posted October 7 I started a Milton-specific thread and frankly, given the expected impacts I think it deserves its own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasing the Korean Posted October 7 Author Report Share Posted October 7 12 minutes ago, Dan Gould said: I started a Milton-specific thread and frankly, given the expected impacts I think it deserves its own. I couldn't find in the recent threads listing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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