09-27-2024, 04:01 PM | #2601 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
|
I’m at Costco. I have to get on I-40E briefly to get here. It’s a loop entry where you can get on E or W. Above the West entrance, the big board simply said in all caps “DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL TO WESTERN NC.”
EDIT: To be clear, IIRC it’s roughly a 2.5-hour drive to Asheville from there.
__________________
The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'! Last edited by Ben E Lou : 09-27-2024 at 04:05 PM. |
09-27-2024, 04:03 PM | #2602 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
Quote:
Holy shit that's out of a movie. |
|
09-27-2024, 04:24 PM | #2603 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
The videos coming out of North Carolina are insane too.
|
09-27-2024, 05:05 PM | #2604 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
|
I've been trying to get a hold of my brother and my parents for a couple of hours and haven't gotten through. I'm hoping it's just the phone lines are jammed or something.
Those pictures are unbelievable. And as a reminder of why I don't spend time on Twitter any more, that woman's feed is half natural devastation and half pro-Trump devastation. I felt dirty just scrolling through to find the storm-related content.
__________________
M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." |
09-27-2024, 06:08 PM | #2605 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
|
And large swaths of the area have had no cell coverage for hours.
__________________
The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'! |
09-27-2024, 06:14 PM | #2606 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
|
That's what I hope is going on with my family because I can't get through to anyone.
__________________
M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." |
09-27-2024, 06:27 PM | #2607 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
|
To give you more hope in that arena, I have two friends, one in Sylva and the other in Black Mountain, both of whom are in what they’ve described today as being very safe locations, who had been posting tons of updates to social media. Both stopped posting in the early afternoon today and have been silent since, and I’ve seen multiple posts from parents and grandparents of WCU students saying that their child/grandchild has no service and can’t be contacted.
__________________
The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'! |
09-27-2024, 06:34 PM | #2608 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
|
Thanks. At first I thought I wasn't hearing anything because they were dealing with assessing the damage to my brother's house and cleaning up, but it's been hours so it must be the cell service.
__________________
M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." |
09-27-2024, 07:41 PM | #2609 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
Yeah, there's going to be some massive damage to cell towers and other infrastructure. Plus so many people trying to connect at the same time to what's left. You might not hear from them for a day or two depending on how extensive the damage is.
|
09-28-2024, 10:06 AM | #2610 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
|
Panovich referenced Chimney Rock. Apparently this is Chimney Rock.
__________________
The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'! Last edited by Ben E Lou : 09-28-2024 at 10:43 AM. |
09-28-2024, 10:14 AM | #2611 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
|
That is just devastating. We are not going to know for quite awhile how many people were in homes that just slid off the mountains. Scary stuff.
|
09-28-2024, 02:04 PM | #2612 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
|
Finally heard from my brother just a little while ago. They are OK, were able to clear a path to drive out and find cell service. The issue for most of the cell service in the area is that it's not the cell towers that are out - many of them have been restored - but a data line that's reportedly been severed. So, cell service works but has no data to connect to.
They were able to drive over to the retirement community my parents live at and everything is as good as it could be there. No power except in the main dining room, but they were eating lunch like normal when they arrived. But he said the devastation is Katrina/Andrew-like. He said he's now got a mountain view he didn't have before. Thousands and thousands trees gone. He and some neighbors think there may have been a tornado because there is one line of damage that looks like more than just loose soil and wind. But who knows. I'm supposed to go there in 3 weeks. Doubt that happens.
__________________
M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." |
09-28-2024, 02:22 PM | #2613 |
Morgado's Favorite Forum Fascist
Join Date: Oct 2000
Location: Greensboro, NC
|
Glad to hear the official word that they’re ok!
__________________
The media don't understand the kinds of problems and pressures 54 million come wit'! |
09-28-2024, 02:56 PM | #2614 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
That's very good to hear Ksyrup. Hoping all the terrible images I'm seeing online are just damage to property and everyone made it out safe. Don't think I remember seeing flooding this bad since Katrina.
|
09-28-2024, 02:57 PM | #2615 |
College Prospect
Join Date: Oct 2020
|
In addition to chopping up parts of the tree in our yard, we've spent the day watching as our neighbors are frantically trying to keep a 100 ft tall tree from falling on their home. It started leaning during the storm and keeps going.
Earlier, they used a tow truck to hoist someone up by a rope around their waist while they got maybe halfway up and trimmed some limbs. Then they attempted to use the tow truck to try and pull the tree down in a specific direction. We could hear cracking but it wasn't quite enough. They currently have a second tow truck that they're also going to try to use to help bring it down. The problem is, the direction theyre trying to drop has power lines that are still up about 50 feet away. A lot of this looks very illegal but I'm riveted like Tom Hanks in The Burbs. |
09-28-2024, 04:38 PM | #2616 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
|
They are saying that parts of I-40 and I-26 are going to be closed for days.
This is the water overflow at Mountain Island Lake Dam.
|
09-28-2024, 04:42 PM | #2617 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
|
Video of nightmares:
|
Yesterday, 04:58 PM | #2618 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
|
Yesterday, 06:11 PM | #2619 |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Chicago, IL
|
Was the damage to Western NC unexpected? I don't remember seeing much talked about before the storm hit and surprised at how much devastation it's caused. It feels like so many areas are just wiped off the map.
The saddest are people online begging for updates from relatives. Lack of cell coverage and internet likely plays a role in this but it does seem like we might be hearing some sad stories. |
Yesterday, 06:23 PM | #2620 |
World Champion Mis-speller
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Covington, Ga.
|
The level definitely was beyond expectations. They were warning of flooding and possible tornados, but no one had it being as bad as it is.
Sent from my SM-S916U using Tapatalk Last edited by GrantDawg : Yesterday at 06:30 PM. |
Yesterday, 07:00 PM | #2621 | |
Hall Of Famer
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: Behind Enemy Lines in Athens, GA
|
Quote:
As I understand it, the track shifting eastward a bit more than anticipated at/after landfall created the additional issues for NC. That may have combined with the unrelated weather front that went through some places ahead of the hurricane stuff to make matters worse. I've got a couple people dealing with the no-contact (or at least least SUPER-limited contact) relatives thing right now, my general sense is that the communication issues may truly turn out to be an exceptionally high percentage of it. Fingers crossed that is the case.
__________________
"I lit another cigarette. Unless I specifically inform you to the contrary, I am always lighting another cigarette." - from a novel by Martin Amis |
|
Yesterday, 07:37 PM | #2622 |
This guy has posted so much, his fingers are about to fall off.
Join Date: Nov 2000
Location: In Absentia
|
This reminds me of Eastern KY in 2021 (i think it was) in terms of devastation of landslides/flooding except there are no big population centers there so it didn't really rise to this level of scope.
My brother knew it would be bad just based on the amount of rain they got in the 2 days before the storm arrived. They got 10+ inches at his house.
__________________
M's pitcher Miguel Batista: "Now, I feel like I've had everything. I've talked pitching with Sandy Koufax, had Kenny G play for me. Maybe if I could have an interview with God, then I'd be served. I'd be complete." Last edited by Ksyrup : Yesterday at 07:37 PM. |
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 6 (1 members and 5 guests) | |
Thread Tools | |
|
|