My parents were born in 1918, and were quite vigorous when they retired to the hill country of North Carolina in the late 1970s, greatly enjoying walking frequently in the hills (they call them mountains there, but...) But both are long dead, and so nearly all of their local acquaintances, so this was just a connection I made as to what a shock it must have been for many people to see such rain there.
My parents were born in 1918, and were quite vigorous when they retired to the hill country of North Carolina in the late 1970s, greatly enjoying walking frequently in the hills (they call them mountains there, but...) But both are long dead, and so nearly all of their local acquaintances, so this was just a connection I made as to what a shock it must have been for many people to see such rain there.
That makes sense. Part of the problem in the 'mountains' of NC is the landslides and lack of rain NC has had this year so far. We are nearly 12 inches behind so the ground is pretty dry so alot of the rain would have run off before the ground got wet enough to start absorbing any of the water. The pictures of the hiways show mud on them which them stayed on them and now they have to go scrape all that mud off to find any structural problems. Also they will need to 'wash' the hiways adding more water to areas that could do without anymore for a while.
Uhh. I've seen a video of a road in the mountains (or hills) where the whole road has turned into a riverbed. The sudden mudslides and/or floodwaters from mountain slopes have completely washed away the road construction: only small fragments of tilted asphalt slices remain in the middle of the new riverbed. You could still jump from asphalt slice to next slice along the 'river'. A car won't make it out of there for months to come.
This catastrophe is dimensions larger and way more serious than everything we witnessed here in Europe weeks ago.
We are going for a full shutdown tomorrow afternoon since we are in Florida (south). It shouldn't be terrible for us, but there will likely be power issues (off/on surges), so I just opt for everything off. If anyone is in the Tampa area, I wish you the best and I hope you evacuate safely! See you all on the other side of the storm.
My parents were born in 1918,
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My parents were born in 1918, and were quite vigorous when they retired to the hill country of North Carolina in the late 1970s, greatly enjoying walking frequently in the hills (they call them mountains there, but...) But both are long dead, and so nearly all of their local acquaintances, so this was just a connection I made as to what a shock it must have been for many people to see such rain there.
archae86 wrote: My parents
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That makes sense. Part of the problem in the 'mountains' of NC is the landslides and lack of rain NC has had this year so far. We are nearly 12 inches behind so the ground is pretty dry so alot of the rain would have run off before the ground got wet enough to start absorbing any of the water. The pictures of the hiways show mud on them which them stayed on them and now they have to go scrape all that mud off to find any structural problems. Also they will need to 'wash' the hiways adding more water to areas that could do without anymore for a while.
Uhh. I've seen a video of a
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Uhh. I've seen a video of a road in the mountains (or hills) where the whole road has turned into a riverbed. The sudden mudslides and/or floodwaters from mountain slopes have completely washed away the road construction: only small fragments of tilted asphalt slices remain in the middle of the new riverbed. You could still jump from asphalt slice to next slice along the 'river'. A car won't make it out of there for months to come.
This catastrophe is dimensions larger and way more serious than everything we witnessed here in Europe weeks ago.
I am VERY pleased to not
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I am VERY pleased to not (very often) worry about the leftovers of Tropical Storms/Hurricanes.
I only have to worry about Tornados (even out of season) and it getting too hot/cold <giggle>
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Hot heading for frying
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Hot heading for frying pan
Gary Charpentier wrote: Hot
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Where is a cold wave when you need one?
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Tom M wrote: Gary
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Oh! I thought Gary was mad and going to clobber someone.
Seti Classic Final Total: 11446 WU.
RandyC wrote: Tom M
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Ah HA! I knew the weather was funnier than I thought it was!
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We are going for a full
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We are going for a full shutdown tomorrow afternoon since we are in Florida (south). It shouldn't be terrible for us, but there will likely be power issues (off/on surges), so I just opt for everything off. If anyone is in the Tampa area, I wish you the best and I hope you evacuate safely! See you all on the other side of the storm.
NHC/NOAA: 400 AM CDT Tue Oct
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NHC/NOAA: 400 AM CDT Tue Oct 08:
I hope this meteorologist is wrong (overcautious).