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*** Official 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Thread *** Post Helene and Milton (2 Viewers)

Finally! Power back, and only an hour shy of 6 full days.

My patience and sanity were tested for a minute there
Good to hear. It was 7 days after Ivan for us. A tiny generator running the fridge and 2 fans. I was tired of grilling for us and everyone in the neighborhood it seemed like for 6 days straight.

Makes you wonder how AC has only been around for 100+ years....how did those people live?
 
Finally! Power back, and only an hour shy of 6 full days.

My patience and sanity were tested for a minute there
Good to hear. It was 7 days after Ivan for us. A tiny generator running the fridge and 2 fans. I was tired of grilling for us and everyone in the neighborhood it seemed like for 6 days straight.

Makes you wonder how AC has only been around for 100+ years....how did those people live?

They didn't live in Florida. And it wasn't so hot.
 
Finally! Power back, and only an hour shy of 6 full days.

My patience and sanity were tested for a minute there
Good to hear. It was 7 days after Ivan for us. A tiny generator running the fridge and 2 fans. I was tired of grilling for us and everyone in the neighborhood it seemed like for 6 days straight.

Makes you wonder how AC has only been around for 100+ years....how did those people live?

They didn't live in Florida. And it wasn't so hot.
Got it and got it. Your point is?

No need to be a douche. Power's out. It's hot in other places than florida...
 
Finally! Power back, and only an hour shy of 6 full days.

My patience and sanity were tested for a minute there
Good to hear. It was 7 days after Ivan for us. A tiny generator running the fridge and 2 fans. I was tired of grilling for us and everyone in the neighborhood it seemed like for 6 days straight.

Makes you wonder how AC has only been around for 100+ years....how did those people live?

They didn't live in Florida. And it wasn't so hot.
Got it and got it. Your point is?

No need to be a douche. Power's out. It's hot in other places than florida...
Not being a douche. Florida wasnt a bunch of retirees having orgies and playing pickleball 100 years ago.

AC created population explosions in the southern US. Nobody dealt with the heat until it existed. Unless they absolutely had to.
 
What's gross is all the folks that continually fall for it even though it's fairly easy to see when something that's negative starts trending hard, fair to assume that someone is fanning the flames. Was FEMA Johnny on the spot in NC? Probably could have done better but no one has ever had to respond to what happened in the mountains. After the first week, they have been crushing it and doing what FEMA does. I think a lot of folks have this concept of FEMA riding in on a white horse and spreading money, food, water and happiness like munchkins in Oz. That isn't what they do.
 
What's gross is all the folks that continually fall for it even though it's fairly easy to see when something that's negative starts trending hard, fair to assume that someone is fanning the flames. Was FEMA Johnny on the spot in NC? Probably could have done better but no one has ever had to respond to what happened in the mountains. After the first week, they have been crushing it and doing what FEMA does. I think a lot of folks have this concept of FEMA riding in on a white horse and spreading money, food, water and happiness like munchkins in Oz. That isn't what they do.
I get that most of those people have never had to deal with this sort of thing. I get that they might not know FEMA's role. But FEMA had 250 people there, on the ground a day and a half before the storm hit and govt agencies were flying helicopter missions from the Asheville airport on Friday as soon as the wind had subsided enough. Compare that to Milton in FL and it's a night/day difference. We don't see the mis/disinformation around Milton though because people in Florida understand what FEMA does and haven't fanned the flames. We saw the mis/disinformation creeping into this very thread, but fortunately it stopped.
 
Not a lot of concern at this point for the still reeling west coast of FL... 🤞
My pops has a bunch of areas around him (central Florida) STILL under water from Milton. The aid workers can't set up in the same places they normally do, so now they are out in Lowes parking lots etc. I think electricity is back on for almost everyone, but there are still roads completely destroyed and water standing in areas that have closed other roads and keeping people out of their houses to start the rebuild process. They will likely be out of their houses for some time.
 
Not a lot of concern at this point for the still reeling west coast of FL... 🤞
My pops has a bunch of areas around him (central Florida) STILL under water from Milton. The aid workers can't set up in the same places they normally do, so now they are out in Lowes parking lots etc. I think electricity is back on for almost everyone, but there are still roads completely destroyed and water standing in areas that have closed other roads and keeping people out of their houses to start the rebuild process. They will likely be out of their houses for some time.
Lots of places hit by Milton got another foot of rain this past week.
 
Not a lot of concern at this point for the still reeling west coast of FL... 🤞
My pops has a bunch of areas around him (central Florida) STILL under water from Milton. The aid workers can't set up in the same places they normally do, so now they are out in Lowes parking lots etc. I think electricity is back on for almost everyone, but there are still roads completely destroyed and water standing in areas that have closed other roads and keeping people out of their houses to start the rebuild process. They will likely be out of their houses for some time.
Lots of places hit by Milton got another foot of rain this past week.
Doesnt take much right now
 
Not a lot of concern at this point for the still reeling west coast of FL... 🤞
My pops has a bunch of areas around him (central Florida) STILL under water from Milton. The aid workers can't set up in the same places they normally do, so now they are out in Lowes parking lots etc. I think electricity is back on for almost everyone, but there are still roads completely destroyed and water standing in areas that have closed other roads and keeping people out of their houses to start the rebuild process. They will likely be out of their houses for some time.
Lots of places hit by Milton got another foot of rain this past week.
Doesnt take much right now
Meanwhile, we're in a drought.
 
Finally! Power back, and only an hour shy of 6 full days.

My patience and sanity were tested for a minute there
Good to hear. It was 7 days after Ivan for us. A tiny generator running the fridge and 2 fans. I was tired of grilling for us and everyone in the neighborhood it seemed like for 6 days straight.

Makes you wonder how AC has only been around for 100+ years....how did those people live?

They didn't live in Florida. And it wasn't so hot.
Got it and got it. Your point is?

No need to be a douche. Power's out. It's hot in other places than florida...
Not being a douche. Florida wasnt a bunch of retirees having orgies and playing pickleball 100 years ago.

AC created population explosions in the southern US. Nobody dealt with the heat until it existed. Unless they absolutely had to.
So born in Florida in 1956. I didn't live in a place with AC until 1980. Didn't really bother me then. But I can absolutely say I couldn't live without AC now.

I lost power for 14 days during Ivan I just about lost my ever loving mind.
 
Looks like Sara is going to form…south FL / Bahamas bound next week possibly?
Probably makes it to named storm but not a hurricane. Nevertheless, Honduras possibly going to get a deluge of rain. Models show it parking there for a while.
 
Looks like Sara is going to form…south FL / Bahamas bound next week possibly?
Probably makes it to named storm but not a hurricane. Nevertheless, Honduras possibly going to get a deluge of rain. Models show it parking there for a while.
If it ends up going through Central Florida, the rain is going to be enough to set them back significantly. My dad just reported this past week that the entrance to his neighborhood was finally passable from Milton. Water isn't gone, but shallow enough for most vehicles to pass through now.
 
Looks like Sara is going to form…south FL / Bahamas bound next week possibly?
Probably makes it to named storm but not a hurricane. Nevertheless, Honduras possibly going to get a deluge of rain. Models show it parking there for a while.
If it ends up going through Central Florida, the rain is going to be enough to set them back significantly. My dad just reported this past week that the entrance to his neighborhood was finally passable from Milton. Water isn't gone, but shallow enough for most vehicles to pass through now.
Doesn't seem likely.
 
Looks like Sara is going to form…south FL / Bahamas bound next week possibly?
Probably makes it to named storm but not a hurricane. Nevertheless, Honduras possibly going to get a deluge of rain. Models show it parking there for a while.
If it ends up going through Central Florida, the rain is going to be enough to set them back significantly. My dad just reported this past week that the entrance to his neighborhood was finally passable from Milton. Water isn't gone, but shallow enough for most vehicles to pass through now.
Doesn't seem likely.
Hope not. At least the people in WNC can start rebuilding. Many in FL are still waiting for water to recede before they can even begin to think about rebuilding. Pretty tough situation.
 
I didn't have on my bingo card that the last hurricane force winds of the year would be hitting the West Coast
 
Here we are, 6 months later. I find myself reflecting on the whole experience.

The Joy of Being Powerless



Hurricane Helene swept thru our area, and left with our power.

Hurricane Helene struck, and struck hard. We were fortunate, as it didn’t hit us too bad. Compared to how it absolutely devastated western North Carolina, I feel we were lucky. 1 full week of no power or internet, 5 trees down, siding ripped off the side of the house, part of our fence toppled, broke our septic system, and ended up needing a new roof.

The 1 week without power was difficult at times. All food in the fridge and freezer were lost. By the second day, the stores looked like they were looted by crazed raccoons. Charcoal quickly became scarce. Thankfully I had a bag of charcoal sitting in the garage so we could cook meals. Powering devices was challenging. By the third day, I started not caring about getting news of the outside world. That leads to:

There were some good things I didn’t anticipate though.

Due to no one having power for several hundred square miles, the night sky was glorious! I could actually see the milky way with the naked eye! My son and I spent almost 30 minutes outside just staring at the night sky.

Without the draw of the glowing boob tube pulling my eyeballs, I had time to read. I read the book Atomic Habits. I highly recommend it! Also being detached from social media was a welcomed event. My stress levels went down. I no longer had that toxic light burning into my soul. I felt better….spiritually….mentally.

The greatest silver lining I found was a sense of community! Kids were out riding bikes in the street. This coming Saturday, go out and look around. Where are all the kids playing outside? They are not. They are inside the house staring at a screen. Kids no longer have boredom to contend with. Experts say there is a problem regarding kids not being bored. Boredom leads to creativity and playfulness and socialization. It doesn’t happen like that anymore. Neighbors were doing evening walks with the whole family. I have lived on this street for almost 10 years. I met neighbors I’d never seen before. Everyone was unplugged and socializing in the street.

Several months later, and things have returned to current day normal. The ease of picking up my phone, my tablet, or watching tv troubles me. I feel like some of us had a chance to learn a very important lesson about stress, community, and unplugging from the constant toxicity of the internet. I write all this while typing on my computer and posting it on social media. Cruel irony. That week of no power affected me more than I have said before. I learned some things from this. What did I learn, though, and how will I work those lessons into my life? We’ll see…
 
Helene damage update:

North Carolina Gov. John Stein criticized FEMA’s denial Thursday of the state’s request to extend 100% federal reimbursement of Hurricane Helene debris removal costs. North Carolina taxpayers will be on the hook for “potentially hundreds of millions of dollars” to clean up Western N.C., Stein said in a statement Friday. “So far, we have removed more than 12 million cubic yards of debris from roads and water ways, but given the immense scale of the wreckage, we have only scratched the surface,” Stein said. Helene caused $59.6 billion in damage and needs in the state, former Gov. Roy Cooper said in a revised estimate report in December. In Thursday’s letter to Stein, FEMA official David Richardson gave no reason for the denial. Richardson said only that FEMA concluded the extension “is not warranted.” The decision, he said, followed “a careful and thorough review of all the information available, including that contained in your initial request for a cost share adjustment and appeal.”
 
with all due respect, don't they always predict an above-normal season?
The last three years have been 1st,3rd,5th most in recorded history. At the rate it is going in a couple more years you'll need to hit top 10 all time to be considered above average which I suppose might be an improvement in some way?
 
Due to no one having power for several hundred square miles, the night sky was glorious! I could actually see the milky way with the naked eye! My son and I spent almost 30 minutes outside just staring at the night sky.

Nice update.

I am no fan of light pollution, and this bonus is an awesome one.
 

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