Hurricane Helene Growing Into Major Storm

It looks like most of Tennessee and North Carolina are having major flooding from the storm aftermath of the hurricane. Whole highways are washed out, towns are flooded, one dam has broken in Tennessee, and another one is possible to give out at any minute. The reports from both states are awful !

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This hurricane was really intense. As it went across the Gulf it went from a Category 1 to a 4 as hit land. It is 3 degrees warmer in the Gulf than normal. The amount of fury and rain with this storm was huge. It stretched out to be bigger than 90% of hurricanes that make landfall. Then it stays so powerful it floods Tennessee. It totally changed our sunny day into a weird stormy like feel with gray clouds blowin around. As it keeps getting warmer the stranger our weather is going to become, IMO.
 
I haven't heard from any official source but ....... This storm might just be the worst one ever ? The wide spread damage appears to be worse even than Katrina . The only other storm to be felt directly [here] was Ike, back in 2008 causing high winds. 80 mph was recorded @ one point. It took down several trees on a friend's property.
 

I saw that it would be going through Atlanta as a Tropical Storm, which is pretty much unheard of. Even places like Asheville up in the mountains have ordered evacuations. The Blue Ridge Parkway flooded!

I haven't seen the latest on the various Florida cities but it looks bad. I lived most of my life in South and Central Florida and even a Tropical Storm could cause flooding. This thing looked brutal.

@palides2021, how did your mother and sister fare? Hoping they are okay.
 
Happyflowerlady said:
It looks like most of Tennessee and North Carolina are having major flooding from the storm aftermath of the hurricane. Whole highways are washed out, towns are flooded, one dam has broken in Tennessee, and another one is possible to give out at any minute. The reports from both states are awful !

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On a side note.....see the trucks side by side? They're supposed to stay in the right lane. I posted on here about the treacherous drive I had on that very stretch. I can't imagine it in bad weather!
 
"Hey Joe!"

"Yeah Moe?"

"Somebody's flying a kite in this weather!"

"No! That ain't no kite Moe. That's beez Grandmaw haw Martha!
Ah been telling her to put some moe meat on dem bo wones , but she just don't listen."
 
This one seemed to hit hard and fast with a lot of water. When it changed to cat 4 relatively quickly I was hoping when it hit land it would fade more than it did because it didn't sit in the gulf as long as others and build up. They always say the surge/water is the killer, sadly it took numerous lives along with flooding farther north.

RIP, Speedy recovery to those injured and affected
 
We were lucky this time. Just debris in the yard.
We have an excellent electric company, we did not even lose power or internet. (I do not know how long that will last as they are picking up all the new subdivisions and new additions to The Villages that will certainly add a huge strain on the company.)
As I listened to the weather, they reported new storms developing near the Yucatan Peninsula as well as in the Atlantic. So, I guess we can expect more storms coming to our shores in the near future.
Helene took so many lives and caused so much damage. It is heartbreaking.
I hope that all my friends from SF that are in its path made it through without harm or damage. Thinking about you all.
 
Upstate South Carolina —Just got our power back on at noon today, Along with internet. Cell phone coverage has been hit and miss for several days. Many people are still out of power and water if they are on a well system.
We have trees down but overall in good shape.

Long lines at stores and gas pumps with some gas pumps already empty. We still have a lot of roads closed and bridges damaged.

But we are in better shape than western NC and parts of Tennessee. It’s just heartbreaking what some communities are going through.

The utility workers, rescue personnel, law enforcement etc ,and the average citizen with a chain saw, are the true heroes of America.
 
More than 700 Canadian lineworkers, including about 300 from Atlantic Canada, have been deployed to assist in restoring power in North and South Carolina in the wake of a major tropical storm.

Jim Salmon, vice-president of Holland Power Services, a power-restoration company with Canadian offices in Maugerville, N.B., said crews from Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island are taking part in the efforts after Helene, a powerful hurricane that quickly transitioned to a tropical storm, left a trail of destruction in the area.

Salmon said the crews were in place ahead of the storm.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/atlantic-crews-hurricane-helene-1.7337723
 
My former next door neighbor moved from metro Atlanta to just east of Asheville, NC. When she called on Friday there were 2 trees hanging precariously near her house and no power. The creek here flooded the back yard but went down quickly. Just a lot of messy limbs. Our power failures were very short. We were lucky.
 
MountainRa said:
Upstate South Carolina —Just got our power back on at noon today, Along with internet. Cell phone coverage has been hit and miss for several days. Many people are still out of power and water if they are on a well system.
We have trees down but overall in good shape.

Long lines at stores and gas pumps with some gas pumps already empty. We still have a lot of roads closed and bridges damaged.

But we are in better shape than western NC and parts of Tennessee. It’s just heartbreaking what some communities are going through.

The utility workers, rescue personnel, law enforcement etc ,and the average citizen with a chain saw, are the true heroes of America.
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My closest cousin lives just outside of Anderson, SC. I checked on her today. She and her family haven't had power since Friday. She waited in line for 3 hours for gas and 2 hours for ice. She was at church where there is power and they can charge their electronics. :(
 
MountainRa said:
Just realized I did not check for myself if the post about Google Maps was true. My bad if I’ve posted incorrect info.
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Here is a screenshot I just took from google maps. As you can see, I-40 still shows, but it, like most of the other roads are all in red, meaning that the road is closed. Almost all of the roads in western North Carolina are at least partially shut down.

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