One of my friends in SC said he has been without power for about 4 days now, and trees have been falling all around, even branches on the house.
Heart goes out to those of you impacted. Death toll will keep rising, many are still missing, and there are areas cutoff/ isolated with no communications.
I don't know what they are going to do about I-40. It's completely washed away in at least one area. They would have to make it a bridge now?
The swath of destruction is nightmarish. So many states affected.
Heart goes out to those of you impacted. Death toll will keep rising, many are still missing, and there are areas cutoff/ isolated with no communications.
I don't know what they are going to do about I-40. It's completely washed away in at least one area. They would have to make it a bridge now?
The swath of destruction is nightmarish. So many states affected.
Something similar happened out in Wyoming a few weeks ago on a vital connector road between Idaho and Jackson, WY (a landslide wiped away a chunk of road): they fixed it pretty quickly. I imagine they can similarly muster resources to get something temporary and include a longer term fix later.Heart goes out to those of you impacted. Death toll will keep rising, many are still missing, and there are areas cutoff/ isolated with no communications.
I don't know what they are going to do about I-40. It's completely washed away in at least one area. They would have to make it a bridge now?
The swath of destruction is nightmarish. So many states affected.
I hope you are right. It's ugly though -Something similar happened out in Wyoming a few weeks ago on a vital connector road between Idaho and Jackson, WY (a landslide wiped away a chunk of road): they fixed it pretty quickly. I imagine they can similarly muster resources to get something temporary and include a longer term fix later.
Just like how the highways around Vancouver were cutoff a couple years back. Recovering from weather events is going to bankrupt nations. Maybe even ours. Our infrastructure certainly needs to be better designed to deal with it.I hope you are right. It's ugly though -
I'll reach out to Mike.I had a couple of friends who lived in the hills of Tennessee 20+ years ago. They got hit by the remnants of a hurricane…wiped their farm out. They lost all their livestock to the flooding.
Yea, I live in Asheville. We were 100% cut off at first, two interstates will take years to reopen, one is limited to East bound only, and interstate into SC now fully open.Asheville, NC is virtually isolated because of road closures.
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The route for I40 into TN was 100% political. Geologist said it was the worst route, but a powerful politician got it run through HIS county.I hope you are right. It's ugly though -
Grandson, firefighter paramedic swift water technician has spent several days in the hardest hit area, and he says it's going to probably hit triple digits, just in the eastern part of the county.Sadly, several news sources are putting the death toll over100120 and hundreds more are missing
Yea, I live in Asheville. We were 100% cut off at first, two interstates will take years to reopen, one is limited to East bound only, and interstate into SC now fully open.
79% of cell towers were down as fiber optic cables were ripped out of the ground by uprooted trees and washouts. Service is still hat and miss, I have long stretches on no service
We still have very little because it can't get because of roads. It's a complete cluster here, FEMA just getting here and ramped 4 days after the fact.
Most help comes from within the state, but roads are hampering that. Water system is totally FUBAR, and we are many weeks away from getting that back.
Of course no gas, with mile long lines at the few stations open, along with. 500 Law enforcement officers from across the state are here. Hundreds of firefighters and rescue personnel here, more coming.
Heard the Mayor of Canton saying the were using 90s technology to deal with this due almost total failure of communications.I’ve seen a few stories that they’re even using mules to move supplies into cut-off areas…
Supplies arrive by plane and by mule in North Carolina as Helene's death toll tops 130
Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came to light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history. A crisis was unfolding in western North Carolina, where...www.yahoo.com
I don't mean to equate these things at all, but I'm even struggling a little bit looking at the damage. I've spent many an hour viewing real estate in the Asheville and surrounding(ish) areas like Lake Lure, Lake James. Absolutely heartbreaking seeing the amount of death this storm caused.Heard the Mayor of Canton saying the were using 90s technology to deal with this due almost total failure of communications.
I hate posting from my phone, but that's all I got. I don't expect to get Internet back for months.
The only plus is I haven't heard a damned thing about tRump. Think this bad, think if FEMA was staffed only with those that were willing to kiss the ring.🥴
I'm also getting to the point I don't mind warm beer 🍻
Ohio went from severe drought to flooding.
Fertilized and seeded the lawn a week before these big rains. It's looking nice now.
Ohio is a very UN-natural disaster.Ohio is generally void of natural disasters. Except for a tornado or two.
It was yours an @brianmanahan lack of empathy for others that kind of bothered me. Could you post a pic of the McLaren on the green lawn. That might make it better.Ohio is generally void of natural disasters. Except for a tornado or two.