Asheville flooding

[Knoxbanedoodle (Devin Walsh)]

Couple of you asked about charitable donations. Beloved of Asheville is doing really good work here as is the Red Cross. Thank you very much!

[DVauthrin (David Vauthrin)]

@Knoxbanedoodle

Hey all! We made it through just fine and have evacuated ourselves to Matthews. Mrs banedoodle has a sister here.

Insane devastation. My businesses are both mostly undamaged and our house made it through no problem. We’re lucky. A lot of people aren’t. Water won’t be restored in Asheville for four to six weeks. Currently there’s nothing coming out of the pipes even if you have the capacity to boil it.

They hope to have power back to everyone by Friday. No traffic lights. Trips to the grocery store take 6 hours. Curfew in effect. Constant sirens. Trees and power lines everywhere. The only places that are open only take cash.

I am very nearly dumfounded by gratitude for our friends and neighbors. What a weird, electrifying, cherished and awful experience. Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your concerns.

Go 'Stros!

I’m happy to hear you and your family made it through Hurricane Helene, Devin.

[NavinRJohnson]

[Lefty]

The new model of the storm in the Gulf does not look promising for Tampa, etc

I just saw this. Thing made a u-turn and instead of south Texas is heading straight for Florida

[JBM]

Damn, in one day! They were talking about something but I didn’t even see it on the NOAA map yesterday.

[Ty_in_Tampa (Michael Tyson)]

I love being in the center of the cone.

[Col.SphinxDrummond]

You’re a hurricane magnet.

[NeilT (Neil Thomas)]

And the center of the universe.

[Ty_in_Tampa (Michael Tyson)]

@Col.SphinxDrummond

You’re a hurricane magnet.

Hard to disagree with this.

[Col.SphinxDrummond]

Homeowners Hit by Helene Are In for an Insurance Claim Shock

Archived free link: https://archive.ph/DUKd4

May be behind paywall link:
https://www.wsj.com/finance/homeowners-hit-by-helene-are-in-for-an-insurance-claim-shock-60ae5519

[Lefty]

Talked to my friends in Sarasota yesterday, they’re prepped (they never got unprepped) and as ready as they can be for a week without power. “Shit, man, we both grew up on the Outer Banks, we’ve done this drill before”

[AstrosFanInBigD]

Interesting fact: We are all the center of the observable universe.

[Limey (Ray Ward)]

Schröedinger’s Fact

[das (david shive)]

Milton means business and has just started a rapid intensification cycle. I suspect most of the current forecast are underdone. If I was on the Central Gulf Coast of Florida up to the Big Bend, I would be watching this very

The storm has massive amount of very deep, warm water in the central Gulf to work with very low shear. A prime environment for storm intensification. Shear will likely increase as the storm approaches the coast, but that is likely to actually increase the integrated kinetic energy of a storm by making it grow in size while only reducing intensity a little bit. What is mean for those of you in Florida: as you evacuate, your evacuation plan should Contain larger distances than you would normally plan for.

[Lefty]

Keep us posted, please

[NeilT (Neil Thomas)]

Ty, I’m so sorry this is happening. I gather that projections are for it to be there late Wednesday? I’m not sure that I’d stick around for it to develop.

[Ty_in_Tampa (Michael Tyson)]

Thanks, Neil. No, we’re not sticking around.

[das (david shive)]

Milton is up to Category 5, 160mph in this update.

[Limey (Ray Ward)]

[chuck (Triple Super Secret Pope)]