Southeast Members Helene

[LSnTX]

Hope y’all are doing well after the storm and those that have it coming

 

[NullNomad]

When I lived in FL it was a reason to stock up on beer, bait, and open the barn doors for wash out cleaning lol

 

[Byrds8]

All is well here. I think we were the only part of Florida with no warnings and watches lol.

 

[AXE]

When I lived in FL it was a reason to stock up on beer, bait, and open the barn doors for wash out cleaning lol

Shit rolls down hill!

 

[geddyflea]

I live in East Tennessee and we got a lot of rain, wind and a bit of flooding. About 50 miles east of here in and around the Tennessee / North Carolina Smokey Mountains got hammered. There was a dam failure in Western North Carolina, I-40 east over the mountains into North Carolina has been shut down because part of the roadway was washed out, and a lot of flooding. A hospital on the Tennessee side of the mountains was flooded to within about 10' of the roof. 50 some-odd staff and patients had to be evacuated by helicopters from the Knox County Sheriff's department and the Tennessee Air National Guard out of McGee Tyson air base. There is an area lake called Douglas lake that's supposed to rise 16' and the Pigeon River in Sevier County (think Gatlinburg/ Pigeon Forge) is 28' above flood stage.

 

[geddyflea]

^ when TVA releases all of this water from upstream dams, poor ol Chattanooga will be flooded until next summer

 

[8ball_99]

I'm in north AL. We just got some rain and a little wind. I did have a camping trip planned in East TN, Pioneer area. We were supposed to drive up yesterday. I canceled it ofcourse, lol. The campground acted a little surprised and they didn't seem to think they would get much of the storm.

My wife is from Anna Maria Island, FL. That area got hammered worse then they ever have before. Her brother and step dad still lives in Bradenton. One of her moms friends sent her a bunch of pictures walking around the Island. The whole Island is covered in sand most everything flooded and is heavily damaged. Wild to see a foot or two of sand in the restaurants and shops. All the roads just look like a beach.

I've got a buddy in north Carolina. He has been with out power all day. They got hammered hard too. He said trees were down everywhere.

Have friends four wheeling in Grundy Virginia. The whole trail system got shut down. Pretty wild storm to effect such a large area.

 

[Stretch1560z]

But who has actually checked in on Securityguy...Cmon AXE...Hes ur Bud U always argue with......Did he put the pontoons on the side and the outboard on his tailgate of the HC...time to check up...We need to know...Hope He's good....

 

[Stretch1560z]

And Im almost gettin flushed out to the mighty Ohio River right now...thank god Im up on the high ground....if not I'd be throwin my pontoons on too...

 

[AXE]

But who has actually checked in on Securityguy...Cmon AXE...Hes ur Bud U always argue with......Did he put the pontoons on the side and the outboard on his tailgate of the HC...time to check up...We need to know...Hope He's good....

I don't know, but I'm seeing some horrific flooding in North Carolina around Asheville! I hope everyone's safe but these storms are vicious!

 

[ZR2BIZON]

@securityguy is probably rewiring his cameras just because and doesn't know what's going on outside

 

[securityguy]

Checking in as SAFE from the storm guys!

 

[scubatech]

My friends in Palm Bay said that they did.t receive any damage either! He told me most of these big storms hit the Gulf and the Western side of Florida. He also said the NWS makes things sound worse than they are at times.

 

[Stacy T.]

South Ga here, it’s bad. Trees down everywhere, no power, cell service was just restored with a portable tower. The eye came right over top of me. I’ve got 3 giant pine trees down in my yard. One barely missed my house, one destroyed my shelter. The crazy thing about it, is I cut down all my pines 20 years ago. My neighbor has a yard full…….well he did. Hope everyone is safe out there.

 

[AXE]

South Ga here, it’s bad. Trees down everywhere, no power, cell service was just restored with a portable tower. The eye came right over top of me. I’ve got 3 giant pine trees down in my yard. One barely missed my house, one destroyed my shelter. The crazy thing about it, is I cut down all my pines 20 years ago. My neighbor has a yard full…….well he did. Hope everyone is safe out there.

Good luck with clean up and restoration.

 

[geddyflea]

We've had dam breach in East Tennessee. This one was the Nolichucky.

Watch: Tennessee dam narrowly avoids failure after heavy rain from Helene

A critical flood emergency was narrowly averted along the Nolichucky River in East Tennessee as the remnants of Hurricane Helene unleashed torrential rainfall, pushing the river several feet above record flood stage.

www.foxweather.com

 

[LSnTX]

Yup, saw that. They still don’t know if the integrity of the dam will remain after water recedes

 

[DNZR2]

Drove up to Knoxvillle from Central
Florida on Saturday for vacation. We had to come up 75 because of the I 40 bridge. North Fla and South Ga took some severe damage. Drove the wife’s new 1500 LTZ with the Baby Max. It was
Nice not worrying about trying to find fuel. Averaged 31.5 MPG and made it all the way on 1 tank.

 

[AXE]

Drove up to Knoxvillle from Central
Florida on Saturday for vacation. We had to come up 75 because of the I 40 bridge. North Fla and South Ga took some severe damage. Drove the wife’s new 1500 LTZ with the Baby Max. It was
Nice not worrying about trying to find fuel. Averaged 31.5 MPG and made it all the way on 1 tank.

Hard to beat that kind of mileage!

 

[Byrds8]

I dont think I have ever owned a vehicle that got 31mpg lol.