vigil617
US Veteran
I'm sure Hurricane Matthew has probably disappeared from your news now, but just to say one more word about him before he's forgotten: He smacked us hard here in eastern North Carolina.
I live 120 miles inland from the closest beach, and we got 15 inches of rain and tropical-force winds out of that sonuvagun before he was done. There's widespread flooding that in some places is even worse than in the landmark Hurricane Floyd back in 1999. Eleven people are dead so far, mostly in cars that were swept away in flash flooding.
Power went out around here late Saturday afternoon and just came back on this morning, and it sure was frustrating not to be able to go online and see what was going on. Wife and I were lucky and didn't have any flooding into the house, though it was shin-deep and rising out in the street for awhile. Coast Guard and other agencies have been plucking folks off roofs all over, and 31 counties are federal disaster areas as of today.
We're dealing with a flooded office at work, three feet of creek water in the basement, servers submerged, and torn up parking lot to boot. It'll be awhile before we back up and running, but some folks got it even worse.
But the sun's been shining brightly for two days, temps are nice and cool, and better days are ahead. It's good to be back.
I live 120 miles inland from the closest beach, and we got 15 inches of rain and tropical-force winds out of that sonuvagun before he was done. There's widespread flooding that in some places is even worse than in the landmark Hurricane Floyd back in 1999. Eleven people are dead so far, mostly in cars that were swept away in flash flooding.
Power went out around here late Saturday afternoon and just came back on this morning, and it sure was frustrating not to be able to go online and see what was going on. Wife and I were lucky and didn't have any flooding into the house, though it was shin-deep and rising out in the street for awhile. Coast Guard and other agencies have been plucking folks off roofs all over, and 31 counties are federal disaster areas as of today.
We're dealing with a flooded office at work, three feet of creek water in the basement, servers submerged, and torn up parking lot to boot. It'll be awhile before we back up and running, but some folks got it even worse.
But the sun's been shining brightly for two days, temps are nice and cool, and better days are ahead. It's good to be back.
