Hurricane Florence To Hit The East Coast VA, NC and SC Most At Risk

Woman is trapped in her home just north of my daughters house. She is surrounded by surging ocean and first floor is flooded. No electricity. Dark at night as sound of waves crash against house. Windows are blown out. Says she will never ride out a storm again.

Coverage on that coast is still a rare find as no one is allowed in until "damage is assessed". I assume they are "assessing" floods, roads, bridges, and water system damages. This was from 2 days ago. I haven't gotten any updates since. I still haven't seen my daughters house in North Topsail...if it's even there.

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Camper6 said:
I have one of those as well, but of course if there is no power you can't charge them up.

I was looking at a solar powered unit or a small generator when the power is out.

Or something that can be charged if you can get your car started.
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You charge it when you have power Camper, the one that
I bought is an IRULU starter Battery Model A11, they state
that you can start a car up 20 times on that one charge.

So a phone will take weeks to discharge it I would think.

Mike.
 
I just saw that all the pumping stations are flooded out and that's going to cause more problems.
I think I'll stay put and deal with the snow.
 

While the worst of the storm has passed, the heavy rains and extreme flooding is likely to continue for several more days. Anyone near a river will probably not be able to return home for some time. Then, thousands are without power, and it may take weeks to fully restore electricity. With this saturated ground, any substantial winds that may occur will probably topple even more trees....leading to added delays to restore power. Bottom line, many will be lucky to get back to anything "normal" by the end of Sept....and then, Hurricane season is far from over. What a Mess!
 
My friend in Wilmington decided to stay although he lives near a river. He was MIA all day yesterday, but has been communicating today so he has a enough power for his cell phone. He says it's quite bad and if the river rises much more, he may get flooded. At least he's okay.
 
Sometimes, a little humor helps ease the anxiety.
Historic records of flooding in NC :( But "Bojangles" must be open :rolleyes:

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Lara said:
Sometimes, a little humor helps ease the anxiety.
Historic records of flooding in NC :( But "Bojangles" must be open :rolleyes:

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That's funny, but no way in hell you'd get me to purposely expose my skin to that water unless it was a dire situation.
 
The devastation is heartbreaking. A friend whom I met on Facebook, then found out she was raised and went to high school in my town, just bought a home in N.C. a little more than a month ago. She posted that her home would be alright, I hope she was right. I'm hoping that everyone on Senior Forum and your families who are areas hit by the hurricane and floods will be safe and be able to go back to (your/their) homes!
 
OneEyedDiva said:
HearLady, if you're 90 minutes east, doesn't that put you closer to the shore area that go hit so hard? Wherever you are I hope you'll be safe.
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Thanks OneEyedDiva. We are in the coastal plain of North Carolina. We've had about 12" of rain. We are not in a flood zone luckily. We lost two trees in our backyard that didn't damage anything when they came down. We lost power for about 11 hours which I'm grateful for. Many still don't have power.
All in all we faired well.
It's funny that I was off work on the 7th and decided to drive to the coast for the day. I hadn't spent the day in New Bern in years. I drove all around there and then to Morehead City where I ate at the Sanitary Fish Market. I went by myself and had a lovely time. The hurricane was way off at that time. I'm so glad I went. Both those areas were hit hard.
 
Best wishes to those still in or near the zone. Can always go back to check on or replace/repair property. One's body and health not so easy.

Also those tubers need to be aware that flash flooding can also dump untreated sewer water from municipal drains used for raw sewage. I lived in a flood area decades ago and saw manhole covers pop let alone experience the smell of MUDDY flood waters which is a smell one never forgets. Flood waters shouldn't be treated like a pool.
 
I was just wondering how those with friends, family, themselves are doing now? Able to get back to your homes to check damage? Healthly and uninjured? I was thinking about everyone involved today.
 

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