It is not so much the wind but STORM SURGE especially at high tide!!
Looks like Helene may be a name to remember
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Sounds like it is "Katrinaish".
Does this remind anyone of Katrina, with the storm surge predicted? Our Mississippi gulf coast was clobbered by the storm surge.
Does this remind anyone of Katrina, with the storm surge predicted? Our Mississippi gulf coast was clobbered by the storm surge.
When did the landfall area become known as the Big Bend. I always thought Big Bend was in Texas. The Richmond Va station is crowing about the Big Bend area
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Yeesh. The central pressure dropped from 970 mb to 942 in under 24 hours. Small wonder the winds have kicked up to 130 mph. Batten down, people. It is a BIG storm. From the NHC advisory :
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Middle Ga here, slightly south of Macon. Light winds, soft but steady rain all day, call it 6" so far. The real stuff is supposed to hear about 4am.
My sister used to live in Tallahassee. She said residents referred to that part of Florida as "The Armpit".
Wind is still howling here but I believe the worst has passed. 3/4 million without power on the West coast and Helene hasn't even hit the beach yet. This is one sneaky trailer trash *****, except more than one gonna lose the house. Best wishes going out to Big Bend folks. Joe
PS, Alabama, Mississippi, West Georgia and Tennessee call it the Redneck Riviera. That fits. Joe
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The eye is brushing Fish Creek/Dekle Beach area. Perry, Lamont and Greenville look to be in the crosshairs. I think the eye will miss Tallahassee. That east jog at the last second. NHC shows winds of 140 mph.
Down here in Port Charlotte, the wind has died down, but Charlotte Harbor is still rising. We've got about 2 feet of water in the middle of our street. It's got to come up another 3 feet or so before it's lapping at the front door. High tide is 3 AM…hoping it doesn't come up much more before receding. Having an argument with my B-I-L over whether the water will start receding after the tide peaks.
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Valdosta under the eye at 0100 EDT.
On my side of the coast, I had a light rain for a few minutes, but it's been most windy. Had gusts up to 72 MPH.
I feel bad for the west coasters!
I feel bad for the west coasters!
The pics and videos are hard to watch, take care all in its path.
Up and out 'em in the dark. Did a cursory check with a flashlight when taking the dogs out. Didn't see any major damage. Not venturing out until sun up. Saw the FD outlast night, guessing there were downed power lines. Would rather not encounter that.
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The armpit (Big Bend) is largely unpopulated. So there aren't many weather stations to get readings from. I monitored as many as I could last night, and none showed surface winds beyond Category 1.
We're in what is left of the eye right now. Very little rain at the moment. Watching the trees especially the big pin oak in my front yard.
I recall time spent in and around the Little Tennessee, Nantahala Rivers, the waterfalls on the Cullasaja. I've seen the spillway opened at Fontana and the overflow off Cheoah Dam. What will the places and in particular the people experience?
With the potential for disaster over the entire region I still find myself wondering what will happen to the Troll Tavern under the bridge on the Chattahoochee in Helen, GA.
With the potential for disaster over the entire region I still find myself wondering what will happen to the Troll Tavern under the bridge on the Chattahoochee in Helen, GA.
Florida officials announced this morning that when the hurricane passes, they want everyone to hunker up...
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