Hurricane Helene

[Rastus]

Looks like it's jogging eastward now.  Are you guys in/near the path ready?

[alfsauve]

I thought the forecast track keeps moving westward, which isn’t good for ATL because it will mean the worst part of the storm will be over us.  We have another front, unrelated, that’s stalled over us and have alredady gotten almost 2” since yesterday.

Not really worried. All power lines from the substation here are under ground.  Got plenty of potent portables in stock, and lots of primers, powder and bullets.  I’ll be busy catching up on reloading.  I wasn’t scheduled for any matches this weekend anyway.

[Pathfinder]

Just rain for now in Savannah, that and a tornado watch all day.

And yeah, it's heading straight at ya, Alf. Maybe, just maybe, it'll clean out the crap in Fulton County!

[alfsauve]

Just rain for now in Savannah, that and a tornado watch all day.

And yeah, it's heading straight at ya, Alf. Maybe, just maybe, it'll clean out the crap in Fulton County!

It'll take more than a little wind and rain to do that.  Gonna need some top rate detergent.
 
Been moderately raining all day.  Not the hurricane but another weather front that has stalled over us.  3.25" so far.  Looks like it is being pushed back over us by the hurricane bands which should arrive tonight.  So really tomorrow will be like today only with some wind.  That will make it interesting as many hardwoods with shallow root systems will be falling.  For all their bad rap, I really do like pines and Magnolias.  That's what I grew up with.  They don't succumb to "a little rain".

[Rastus]

Alf?  Oh Alf?  R U OK?

[Sponsor]

[alfsauve]

8:45am it’s all gone.  6” from the preceding cold front on Wed-Thur then the hurricane came last night and dropped 3 more inches.  No overly high winds or gusts.  My station only measured sustained winds of 15mph. I’m 25’ above 100 year flood plain, so on issues here.  Others around ATL not so lucky.  No trees down around me and no power problems. 

How’s every body else? 

[Big Frank]

I have a weather app on my desktop computer that says 100% chance of rain today, and a weather app on my phone that says 2%, while another one just says 0.00" precipitation today. The pavement was wet this morning from last night's sprinkles. A lot of times that there are hurricanes in the south we get a little rain here, but not much. That's the main reason I'll never live anywhere near the east coast or around the gulf. I hope everyone else fairs well.

[alfsauve]

While Florida and S. GA got wind and rain and storm surge, the Ashville, NC area got a combined 30"+ of rain from the front and the tropical storm.  All major roads in western NC have been closed since Thursday night.  No power or cell service.  Still waiting to hear from some friends up there.

Meanwhile the flood plain around me did it's job and buffered the deluge many around ATL got flooded.  My oldest granddaughter's house (actually her mother's) got  a foot of water in it. 

It amazes me how many people are unaware of the waterways around their homes and how their homes are situated in elevation.  Back before on-line maps I'd always buy a Geodetic survey map for any property I was buying to understand what impact local creeks and rivers might have.

[Big Frank]

We get 32 inches per YEAR around Flint and about 21 - 29 inches per year in other parts of the state. 30+ inches all at once is just incredible. No wonder hurricanes flood so many places.

[Pathfinder]

Savannah got lots of wind and rain. I woke up at 2:30AM on Friday due to the branches hitting the roof (I live maybe 30 feet from the woods). Nothing huge, although there are downed trees even today (Sunday) everywhere. Lots of stop lights out or down on the ground. Fatalities in GA were more centrally and westernly located, twelve in al for GA. SC had even more than GA (18 IIRC). 65+ in total across all of the states. The speed, power and water were the surprises.

We did not flood, but did lose power for 8 hours or so. The genny set did its job and kept the fridge and freezer - and wifi - running.

This was a very fast moving storm and my limited meteorological training says it never had a chance to significantly dump its moisture until it hit the mountains up north and the storm disintegrated as a cohesive storm. Normally the hurricanes move slower than this one did. Thus, NC bore the brunt.