OT: Hurricanes Lounge XLV: Y2K Twenty-Four Years Later

[Unsustainable]

Wife and daughter staying at her mom's, I'm staying at the house with the dogs. I don't expect it to be too bad here far as damage. Though my 2.5 acres is 2 acres of trees in a flood plane

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Days like today I get really frustrated when I see ranch-style homes being down for 10-15 mini-manshions on the same lot. Concrete does not absorb water.

While true, there's no absorbing this type of rain when the ground is already saturated like is and 10-20" of rain arrive in 24 hours. Even in my yard in Durham, with all the rain we've had before this, it's like walking on a sponge as there's so much water already in the ground. The little bit of good news for Asheville, is the water flows out quickly due to the terrain.

 

[Unsustainable]

Lost power here, looks like the worst of the storm is here now

 

[Unsustainable]

Tree on my neighbors house, he's not home, but looks like the fireplace took the brunt of it

 

[HisIceness]

No power at my house



This is a walking trail near my house. It's prone to flooding but I've never seen the creek reach the bridge before. Normal days the creek and bridge are separated by about 10-15 feet

 

[Unsustainable]

This is what our roads are like

 

[HisIceness]

The images coming from the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area are not good

 

[Unsustainable]

The images coming from the Lake Lure/Chimney Rock area are not good

Their dam failed, so has Mountain Island in Mount Holly off of the Catwaba.

Gastonia is hit or miss on power, I don't think I'll have mine back till Monday or so

 

[Unsustainable]

Chimney Rock is gone

 

[Unsustainable]

 

[cptjeff]

Holy f***.

 

[HisIceness]

My God.

Was not expecting anything like this.

 

[Unsustainable]

Gastonia just got the edge of this storm, it was crazy here, Asheville and areas took it full force

 

[Bub]

And 50s?

The "ANOTHER thing hurts now?" era.

 

[Bruinaura]

Just dropping in to say I hope everyone here and their families stayed safe. I live in Nashville and was here during the 2010 flood which was one of the worst weather events I've experienced, and I've lived through several hurricanes. I think Asheville and the surrounding areas are even worse off than that from what I've seen so far. Some places pretty much wiped off the map. Just devastating.

 

[AD Skinner]

I lived in Asheville for about 6 years about 20 years ago, and still know a bunch of people who live there. It’s been surreal seeing places I recognize underwater, and even though I know there’s no cell service I’ve reached out to several of those folks. Hope all of y’all are doing ok as well