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Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:18 pm to tiger91
My man and his family lived with me from Jan 1 to July 1(some wild shite happened restoring their house that kept them from moving back in until a few months ago).
Since the day Idalia hit, they lived in their house from July 1st to yesterday. Just a few months.
And here goes again. They’ve flooded 3 times in the last 2 years. Idalia, again in the middle of fixing the home, and last night.
My immediate neighbor and her husband moved in next door. Last year the husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness and passed a couple months later. All of it out of nowhere. I’ve never seen someone as defeated as this woman.
She moved out near the beach and her home is destroyed now.
Spirits are low around town.
Since the day Idalia hit, they lived in their house from July 1st to yesterday. Just a few months.
And here goes again. They’ve flooded 3 times in the last 2 years. Idalia, again in the middle of fixing the home, and last night.
My immediate neighbor and her husband moved in next door. Last year the husband was diagnosed with a terminal illness and passed a couple months later. All of it out of nowhere. I’ve never seen someone as defeated as this woman.
She moved out near the beach and her home is destroyed now.
Spirits are low around town.
This post was edited on 9/27/24 at 3:21 pm
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:28 pm to tiger91
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want to throw up for these people.
Calm down, Nancy. Catastrophic weather events have been happening forever and will continue to happen. It's life. People will rebuild (or not rebuild) and everything will go on. I grew up near all of the areas in St. Pete that were flooded. I'm surprised it didn't happen sooner and I'm not sure why people are shocked it happens
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:30 pm to tiger91
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One got hit with a road sign on the car
That was at the 21st St, westbound entrance ramp to I-4.in Tampa, almost a mile before Malfunction Junction.
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:32 pm to tgrbaitn08
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but mostly in New Orleans it was people that couldn't afford to evacuate,
They were giving bus rides and shelter for $5.
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:34 pm to Hangit
Buses were free...they weren't getting on the buses.
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:36 pm to Hangit
French Broad River at Asheville now above Flood of Record...
Current reading...23.35'
Record reading...23.1'
23.1 - Record Flood Stage. This is the highest stage observed for the French Broad River at Asheville since measurements began in October 1895. Devastating flooding of adjacent areas of the French Broad River Valley is likely.
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Current reading...23.35'
Record reading...23.1'
23.1 - Record Flood Stage. This is the highest stage observed for the French Broad River at Asheville since measurements began in October 1895. Devastating flooding of adjacent areas of the French Broad River Valley is likely.
Gauge Link
This post was edited on 9/27/24 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:37 pm to Prof
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With Waterville and Walter’s both breaking
Where is the Waterville Dam and what is it impounding?
I think the power plant having piped in water has confused me in which is which?
This post was edited on 9/27/24 at 3:39 pm
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:39 pm to TheOcean
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will continue to happen more often.
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:42 pm to The Boat
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That’s what I thought was going to happen. They’d luck out by their own stupidity on the offshore side of the circulation.
Yep. You pegged it.
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:42 pm to dallastigers
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Where is the Waterville Dam and what is it impounding?
I think the power plant having piped in water has confused me in which is which?
I was confused on this as well, when searching it seemed as if Waterville and Walter's was the same dam and not two different ones.
This post was edited on 9/27/24 at 3:43 pm
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:43 pm to Hangit
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They were giving bus rides and shelter for $5.
It's pretty tough to get on a bus when you arent able bodied and dont have anyone to help you
And what are these buses you speak of? RTA shut their buses down and dont bring up the fricking school buses.....the school buses were not an option
This post was edited on 9/27/24 at 3:44 pm
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:45 pm to tgrbaitn08
Sounding like it's going to be a while before power is restored in eastern Georgia. Georgia Power doesn't even have essential services up and running in Augusta yet.
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:46 pm to tgrbaitn08
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:48 pm to Boston911
What dam failed? The Walter Dam, the Waterville Dam, or the Lake Lure Dam?
This post was edited on 9/27/24 at 3:51 pm
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:48 pm to Mark Makers
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I was confused on this as well, when searching it seemed as if Waterville and Walter's was the same dam and not two different ones.
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Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:48 pm to Hangit
quote:yeah 100s of school buses sat there and flooded.
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but mostly in New Orleans it was people that couldn't afford to evacuate,
They were giving bus rides and shelter for $5.
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:50 pm to WeeWee
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What dam failed? The Walter Dam or the Lake Lure Dam failed?
The Lake Lure dam and the Waterville dams failed. The Walters dam has not failed.
ETA: But some people are saying that the Waterville dam and the Walters dam are the same. So....I'm not sure.
This post was edited on 9/27/24 at 3:53 pm
Posted on 9/27/24 at 3:51 pm to tiger91
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I’m legit sick to my stomach with this. Where the hell do you even start to begin dealing with this?
You gotta live somewhere.
You gotta work somewhere.
Kids have to go to school somewhere.
You gotta get food somewhere.
I want to throw up for these people.
that's why you save money, don't live beyond your means and have insurance.
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