I'm hoping it doesn't take the right turn on landfall, like the spaghetti models are suggesting.
Meteorologists: Florence could be 'disaster' for Pennsylvania
York Dispatch Published 4:58 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2018 | Updated 10:46 a.m. ET Sept. 10, 2018
https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2018/09/09/meteorologists-florence-could-disaster-pennsylvania/1249926002/ (https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2018/09/09/meteorologists-florence-could-disaster-pennsylvania/1249926002/)
I'm supposed to be flying into Baltimore late Friday. HA!
Which models are you looking at?
I'm hoping it doesn't take the right turn on landfall, like the spaghetti models are suggesting.
Meteorologists: Florence could be 'disaster' for Pennsylvania
York Dispatch Published 4:58 p.m. ET Sept. 9, 2018 | Updated 10:46 a.m. ET Sept. 10, 2018
https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2018/09/09/meteorologists-florence-could-disaster-pennsylvania/1249926002/ (https://www.yorkdispatch.com/story/news/2018/09/09/meteorologists-florence-could-disaster-pennsylvania/1249926002/)
I'm supposed to be flying into Baltimore late Friday. HA!
My dad lives on the Albemarle Sound and he won’t evacuate. *****rollingeyes*****
I thought he would’ve learned his lesson from Isabella in 2003.
Make sure he is aware of the storm surge predictions:
https://cera.coastalrisk.live/#
Yes – it really ripped up the marina the last time they had a hurricane in the area. Fortunately, he is on ground higher than most in the development. His place won’t flood.
Isabella touched off tornadoes in the area back in 2003. Most of the home damage in his area was from fallen trees. The neighbor across the street had their garage cleaved in two by a massive pine.
What's concerning for the general Washington, D.C. region...the ground is already saturated.
This makes it much more dangerous for uprooting trees and of course, flash flooding.
I hate driving along narrow country roads cutting through forests, even in nice weather...let alone in this crap.
I hope he's okay. Flooding is a huge problem with this one, I think, so it's good that's not a concern for him, at least!
I'm too far inland (western PA) to get the brunt of Florence, but our local weather soothsayers are already saying heavy rain from Florence could reach here. This will be on top of the heavy rain that fell here almost nonstop from Saturday till this afternoon from Gordon. Some places around me had 8 to 9 inches. I think my neighborhood might have had around five. Luckily, I'm not in a flood plain, but I did get a few trickles of water in the garage. Next home project will be to get a waterproofer for the basement and garage.
Prayers up for everyone in the path of Florence. Stay safe.
The old Master Chief is a stubborn one, but I talked to him today and he’s got a ton of provisions, fuel, and a generator. The development rules require them to keep a certain amount of forestation the property, so the big risk is wind, in his case.
Our son is inside the beltway in Maryland. We'll be in touch with him.
Stay safe, @DCPatriot !
I'm too far inland (western PA) to get the brunt of Florence, but our local weather soothsayers are already saying heavy rain from Florence could reach here. This will be on top of the heavy rain that fell here almost nonstop from Saturday till this afternoon from Gordon. Some places around me had 8 to 9 inches. I think my neighborhood might have had around five. Luckily, I'm not in a flood plain, but I did get a few trickles of water in the garage. Next home project will be to get a waterproofer for the basement and garage.
Prayers up for everyone in the path of Florence. Stay safe.
Beer? What about the beer?
I'm so old...can't recall the name of the storm....Agnes?
The Susquahana River in Pennsylvanvia...the muddy water height marks on the buildings which I saw on the drive to Buffalo, NY was unbelievable (when you see the width of that river near Harrisbug)
I'm so old...can't recall the name of the storm....Agnes?
The Susquahana River in Pennsylvanvia...the muddy water height marks on the buildings which I saw on the drive to Buffalo, NY was unbelievable (when you see the width of that river near Harrisbug)
During Agnes, all of the flood gates were open on the Conowingo Dam in MD, but water was still pouring over the road across the dam, US RT 1.
The Army Corps of Engineers was assessing the dam. There was so much pressure on it, they were considering charges on a portion to relieve the pressure.
Yeah, I realized that I was looking at older ones (last night's all had a right hook). But I'm supposed to connect through Charlotte, so I'm in trouble either way. :shrug:
Yeah, I realized that I was looking at older ones (last night's all had a right hook). But I'm supposed to connect through Charlotte, so I'm in trouble either way. :shrug:
@Suppressed
Later on in this thread, @240B has a post that includes a link
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-florence-latest-live-updates-track-path-olivia-weather-radar-today-category-a8531476.html (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-florence-latest-live-updates-track-path-olivia-weather-radar-today-category-a8531476.html)
that might interest you...
American Airlines has announced the change flight fee waiver for 23 southeastern US cities, including Charleston, South Carolina; Charlotte, North Carolina; Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Norfolk, Virginia; Raleigh/Dhurham, North Carolina; Richmond; Virginia and Savannah, Georgia. More details on that waiver can be found here.
I have two daughters in a low-lying part of Chapel Hill NC. Trying to get them to higher ground further west.
Hurricane Florence - live updates: State of emergency in Maryland and mandatory evacuation in South Carolina as trackers predict storm will reach category 5
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/hurricane-florence-latest-live-updates-track-path-olivia-weather-radar-today-category-a8531476.html
So bottom line: We are all going to die and civilization is lost.You're correct on both counts, and Florence isn't to blame!
-- bookmark --
Hubby and I are supposed to be going to Asheville on Thursday. Too far inland to worry about storm surge and such, but I'm not convinced of the wisdom of heading into the dregs of the storm.
(https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0618WPCERO+gif/152311WPCERO_sm.gif)Every single model I have seen shows my area getting a minimum of 14 inches and as much as 22 of rain, and I am about as far from the coast as you can be and still be in Virginia.
(https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT06/refresh/AL0618WPCQPF+gif/152311WPCQPF_sm.gif)
@Polly Ticks
This AccuWeather graphic shows Asheville within the "Extreme" risk to lives and property area. https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/florence-may-cause-catastrophic-inland-flooding-in-carolinas-virginia/70006016. (https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/florence-may-cause-catastrophic-inland-flooding-in-carolinas-virginia/70006016.)
This is what has hubby contemplating canceling his trip.
...Hog farmers along the East Coast were scrambling to drain their waste pools ahead of the storm. Hog farms each have open-air 'lagoons' filled with manure - which turn bright pink due to the bacteria festering in the lagoons.
If the rivers break their banks, or lagoons overflow, affecting local waterways, which could damage to local environment and put drinking water sources and public health at risk.
Flooding could also lead to the deaths of thousands of animals if they cannot be evacuated in time.
Marlowe Vaughan of Ivy Spring Creek Farm in Goldsboro, has spent most of day pumping liquid waste from her lagoons to make more room for incoming rainfall....
(http://izquotes.com/quotes-pictures/quote-you-never-let-a-serious-crisis-go-to-waste-and-what-i-mean-by-that-it-s-an-opportunity-to-do-rahm-emanuel-57656.jpg)
It is weird when you consider that the Democrats are hoping for as much death and destruction as possible only because they will be able to blame Trump. Who ever said that Democrats are ghoulish cretins?
The media call every storm 'the storm of the century'. They want people glued to their televisions. Not that the media industry cares, but this has caused people to get killed. Because they have heard that so often, and the storm turned out to be manageable, they stopped believing it and refused to leave. Several people have died this way.
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! THIS IS THE BIGGEST STORM IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND!!!
The media call every storm 'the storm of the century'. They want people glued to their televisions. Not that the media industry cares, but this has caused people to get killed. Because they have heard that so often, and the storm turned out to be manageable, they stopped believing it and refused to leave. Several people have died this way.
YOU'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!! THIS IS THE BIGGEST STORM IN THE HISTORY OF MANKIND!!!
Think back to the days before weather satellites.
People going about their everyday business and all of a sudden the wind picks up.....
Today, we get weeks advance notice. People could empty the entire contents of their house in a truck and haul ass.
At the very least, the opportunity to prepare.
Unlike Hurricane's the Progressives are very predictable and there's already an Op-Ed in the WaPo saying the Hurricane is trumps fault.
Get ready for the hurricane being so massive because we pulled out of the Paris Accords...and then what will be really disgusting...get ready for the Libs to start saying that Trump treated the hurricane victims on the East Coast differently than he did the victims in Puerto Rico because he's "racist"!
*****rollingeyes*****
I have friends living on the outskirts of Wilmington, NC. Praying that, somehow, it isn't as bad as predicted. :0001:
I have friends living on the outskirts of Wilmington, NC. Praying that, somehow, it isn't as bad as predicted. :0001:
Man the TV weather whores are really pushing the "People are gonna Die" line.Yeah, perhaps we all should take a breath. There have been hurricanes since the beginning of time, after all. I still hope it isn't devastating, but you're right - the worst Chicken Littles anywhere are TV weather forecasters.
Yeah, perhaps we all should take a breath. There have been hurricanes since the beginning of time, after all. I still hope it isn't devastating, but you're right - the worst Chicken Littles anywhere are TV weather forecasters.
If a weather forecaster predicts gloom and doom, and it turns out to be really bad, that forecaster made a name for himself. If it's not, then it's a wash for him/her. Best for the weather person's career to err on the side of doom.
I have friends living on the outskirts of Wilmington, NC. Praying that, somehow, it isn't as bad as predicted. :0001:
If a weather forecaster predicts gloom and doom, and it turns out to be really bad, that forecaster made a name for himself. If it's not, then it's a wash for him/her. Best for the weather person's career to err on the side of doom.
Think back to the days before weather satellites.
People going about their everyday business and all of a sudden the wind picks up.....
Today, we get weeks advance notice. People could empty the entire contents of their house in a truck and haul ass.
At the very least, the opportunity to prepare.
This is an amazing time to be alive my friend. The satellite images are incredible. Prayers to the east coast.
Meanwhile the "newsman" run on slickers and rubber boots continues to rage.
Think back to the days before weather satellites.
People going about their everyday business and all of a sudden the wind picks up.....
Today, we get weeks advance notice. People could empty the entire contents of their house in a truck and haul ass.
At the very least, the opportunity to prepare.
Are you on high ground, Bro?
This ocean cam is affixed to the Frying Pan Tower, 34 miles off the coast of Cape Fear, North Carolina. The tower was built in the 1960s to warn ships of the shallow waters nearby.
Though GPS navigation technology means this tower is no longer used for its original purpose, it's an important ecosystem for marine wildlife (check out the underwater shark cam to see what we mean) and provides a beautiful view of the sun rising and setting over the Atlantic Ocean.
I don't know if the cam platform is lit at night, (I just discovered the camera) but the sound of the wind is deafening!
(Nice daytime view)
Wonder if it will ride out the storm?
Can you give us your link for the cam?
Can you give us your link for the cam?
That will be a way-cool camera if the eye passes over that!
Me too! But if it isn't as bad as they are saying after all the relentless hyperbolic hype, no one will ever believe the weather forecasts again. I'm not at all saying that they are wrong this time. I'm only pointing out that they have done this before, for nothing more than ratings. I'll bet the Weather Channel is killing CNN this week.
Always the optimist!
By the time the eye gets there the platform could be gone.
Could be. I think it's already withstood a few Hurricanes already. :shrug:
Prolly if it has been there since 60.
Yeah, but that makes it almost as old as me. Might be as feeble as me too....
That is just the muscle pain talking. I told you to hire a couple of movers...... wink777
:pondering: Good point. I'll be danged if I let them touch my art, my bar, good china or my guns. I do have some good muscle pain right now, having climbed the stairs at the Castle a bunch of times last weekend. I am sure my surgeon would approve.
You can have an elevator installed. It won't be cheap but it will increase the value of the home. From what I saw of what you posted, your first concern should be a massive security system with movement activated lighting and cameras everywhere. Anytime anyone steps within a hundred yards of your house, all hell should break loose. And you really should consider a few dogs to back up your cat army. Intruders HATE dogs, especially big ones.
I’m really worried about @CatherineofAragon
Any word from her?
The house is a Castle. I posted a pic in The Lounge a few pages back. I have just about all that in mind, except for the dogs. No grass to run on. The elevator idea has promise.
....As if people don't have enough to worry about, now concerns are being raised about nuclear reactors potentially in Florence's path:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/12/hurricane-florence-north-carolina-nuclear-plants-prepare (https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/12/hurricane-florence-north-carolina-nuclear-plants-prepare)
@Cyber LibertyThe link is not showing anything.
https://explore.org/livecams/frying-pan/frying-pan-cam
The link is not showing anything.
They waited in bated breath for it to reach Cat 5...now it's 24 hours away and is downgraded to Cat 2.My prayers were answered! :0001:
:whistle:
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (AP) — Time is running short to flee Hurricane Florence, a monster of a storm zeroing in on the Southeastern coast with more than 10 million people in its potentially devastating sights.AP via MSN (https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/time-nearly-up-fierce-hurricane-florence-aims-at-southeast/ar-BBNcMZh?li=BBnb7Kz)
Florence’s top sustained wind speeds dropped from a high of 140 mph (225 kph) to 110 mph (175 kph) as its outer rain bands approached the North Carolina coast early Thursday, reducing the storm from Category 4 to Category 2, but forecasters warned that the enormous wind field has been growing larger, raising the risk of the ocean surging on to land. ...
They waited in bated breath for it to reach Cat 5...now it's 24 hours away and is downgraded to Cat 2.
:whistle:
They waited in bated breath for it to reach Cat 5...now it's 24 hours away and is downgraded to Cat 2.
:whistle:
BTW, the news said 35% of people in the evacuation area chose to stay. So, at least a third of the people involved are not buying it.
Or they don't want to have their houses looted while the government keeps them away with roadblocks.
Or they don't want to have their houses looted while the government keeps them away with roadblocks.
This storm is already weaker than Bertha.
In fairness, I read that Hurricane Hugo... a gigantic hurricane, blew itself out as it reached the mainland, but stuck around for days, doing tremendous damage because of the rain/wind.
...The highest one-day total was reported near Alvin, Texas where 42 inches (1,100 mm) of rain fell. This remains the twenty-four-hour rainfall record for any location in the United States....
Needs updating post Harvey.
*Storm of a lifetime*..... *****rollingeyes*****
Needs updating post Harvey.
I think Baytown may have exceeded that total during Harvey.
Needs updating post Harvey.
Harvey didn't break the One Day Record.
The highest storm total rainfall report from Harvey was 60.58 inches near Nederland, Texas (Fig.
7), with another report of 60.54 inches from near Groves, Texas. Both of these values (and from
five other stations) exceed the previously accepted United States tropical cyclone storm total
rainfall record of 52.00 inches at Kanalohuluhulu Ranger Station, Hawaii, in August of 1950 from
Hurricane Hiki.
https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092017_Harvey.pdf (https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/data/tcr/AL092017_Harvey.pdf)
(https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DIe6dALVYAQxLlv.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/OZDfjdX.jpg)
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Look at post #134, my post immediately following yours.
Weather Channel alert just came across my phone saying thousands are now without power in the Outer Banks.I just looked at radar. It looks like it's headed for Wilmington or just a bit south, but rain/wind have begun to hit the area between that city and the Outer Banks.
Weather Channel alert just came across my phone saying thousands are now without power in the Outer Banks.
@thackney
"One Day" -24 hour totals are recorded separately. The current record is 43 inches, set on July 25-26, 1979, in Alvin, Texas, until the April total in Kauai is confirmed.
The link is not showing anything.
A moment of silly; look at the forecast location for Saturday morning:
Surely a reporter there is going to find at least a couple for interviews.
How would you like to be named Florence, living in Florence, SC, preparing to be hit by hurricane Florence?(http://i.imgur.com/RwprlKw.jpg)
No problem here.
Try a different browser?
That flag is going to be completely shredded, if the pole isn't torn down first.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deG4NxkouGM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deG4NxkouGM)
Geez. You're right. You should hop in your dingy and row out there to secure it.
Geez. You're right. You should hop in your dingy and row out there to secure it.
The B&B on the platform has more than a few of the past shredded flags.
(http://www.fptower.com/uploads/8/1/5/1/8151138/1258632.jpg)
Don't miss your chance to own a fractional piece of this amazing "property". Better than any Time Share!
http://www.fptower.com/sale.html (http://www.fptower.com/sale.html)
I think Baytown may have exceeded that total during Harvey.BIL and SIL live in VA beach. Asked them if they wanted to come over by us, they said they would ride it out. Mind you a bunch of people for Norfolk 20 miles north were evacuated. You can always tell a liberal, you just can't tell them much.
For all the TBR folks in the path, please be safe!!!!!
The B&B on the platform has more than a few of the past shredded flags.! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deG4NxkouGM#)
(http://www.fptower.com/uploads/8/1/5/1/8151138/1258632.jpg)
Don't miss your chance to own a fractional piece of this amazing "property". Better than any Time Share!
http://www.fptower.com/sale.html (http://www.fptower.com/sale.html)
one more
(https://i.imgur.com/CwEOjMa.jpg)
Poor flag is ready to go.
Poor flag is ready to go. 8888crybaby
Poor flag is ready to go. 8888crybaby
Sustained wind speed has dropped again from 110 to 100. If it drops another 5 it will go to a Category 1 storm. Also the speed is down from 17mph to 5mph.
(http://disasterpreparednesscourse.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/saffir-simpson-hurricane-scale.jpg)
That the wind speed is dropping is great news.
That it has slowed down to 5 mph in movement is terrible news.
That slow traveling speed will cause far more total damage than the 10 mph drop in wind saved.
Oh, say can you see by the dawn’s early light
What so proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming?
Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight,
O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there.
Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O’er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
I checked it out for all of us.
I did proudly hail at the twilight's last gleaming and it was gallantly streaming.
I'll check it out again at dawn's early light to see if that star-spangled banner yet wave.
It was there at dusk. I'll check it out again at sunrise.
Still can't believe the utter stupidity of people who think they have to stand out in the wind and rain in order to tell you that the wind is blowing and the rain is falling. **nononono*
TV stations and networks won't stop this idiocy until one of their reporters perishes.
Watching the evening news. The torn flag was just shown.
I'm reminded of the Star Spangled Banner. "Our flag was still there." Might be battered, but it perseveres.
TV stations and networks won't stop this idiocy until one of their reporters perishes.
Isn't there a YouTube video out there of a meteorologist doing the 'Hip-boot routine' when suddenly a huge panel from a curb sign comes out of nowhere and the guy disappears?
Isn't there a YouTube video out there of a meteorologist doing the 'Hip-boot routine' when suddenly a huge panel from a curb sign comes out of nowhere and the guy disappears?
From what I hear that is a photoshop fake video.
BTW, it is a Cat 1 now with wind at 90mph. Once it gets to 75 it becomes a tropical storm. It looks like the brunt is more or less over. Now it is just a matter of how fast it will move overland. Worst case scenario is that it stalls and just beats the crap out of somewhere for a week.
Now we'll have to endure end-to-end cries of possible "biblical flooding".
Come on DC, this is the biggest storm in the history of mankind.
Indeed.That would be funnier than anything SNL could come up with.
Alec Baldwin should get ready to come out on SNL in character... say that he was responsible for knocking it down from a Cat 4.
Then drop the mike.
I'm on another web site looking at the hurricane and it has the ability to measure wind-speeds wherever you click. I clicked all over the hurricane and couldn't get a wind-speed over 80mph. Most the speeds were in the mid seventies.
I'm no meteorologist by far, and I don't know the reliability of this other website. But it is weird that there are conflicting reports about the wind-speed of the storm.
Check it out if you want to. Click anywhere on the storm. Click the km/h until it shows mph.
https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-67.37,32.31,3000 (https://earth.nullschool.net/#current/wind/surface/level/orthographic=-67.37,32.31,3000)
Interested in what our fellow members feel about "Mandatory Evacuations".
Do you agree with the concept?
Or, do you think each family/household should be able to decide for themselves if they want to stay and "ride this one out"?
Where does the government's responsibility end? Their duty is to protect the citizenry.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump
John Kerry had illegal meetings with the very hostile Iranian Regime, which can only serve to undercut our great work to the detriment of the American people. He told them to wait out the Trump Administration! Was he registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act? BAD!
6:10 PM - 13 Sep 2018
Because our society doesn't have the stomach to just wash our hands and say we're not our brother's keeper. Inevitably, people who don't leave will later call for help and risk others if things get too bad.
It's like how we are idiots for not letting people die in the streets if they don't buy health insurance.
Florence isn't even a Category 2 hurricane hitting the mainland.
Thank God. Water recedes. Wind causes the loss of life.
And thank you for another opportunity to point out the frantic media.
@240B@Applewood
Look at the site now. There is a note saying the live cam went offline and they are working to troubleshoot the problem.
I would say the problem is the hurricane itself.
Don't know about that but there sure is one of Gerry Rivers getting his azz busted in Galveston some years ago.I don't care who you are that is just funny
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FziScjyf4Ic (http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FziScjyf4Ic)
Water (flooding) kills. Drowning caused 80% of Harvey deaths.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180419100130.htm (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180419100130.htm)
Water (flooding) kills. Drowning caused 80% of Harvey deaths.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180419100130.htm (https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/04/180419100130.htm)
Thanks, @thackney !
Heard the same on my local weather this morning....that the surge kills more than the wind. :shrug:
...Lots of reports of people on their roof. Imagine that. Camping out on your roof with the kids and grandma in the dark with high winds and rain and the phones are out. Horrible situation. Already some of the people already rescued are saying that it was foolish of them to try to stick it out.
I’m about 200miles NW of Wilmington. I’m supposed to get 8-10†of rain. I can’t imagine what it’s going to be like for those poor folks down at the coast
I don't care who you are that is just funny
FWIW -- live coverage from CBS:
https://www.cbsnews.com/live/ (https://www.cbsnews.com/live/)
And they agree -- flooding is the worst threat.
At least, so far, CBS doesn't have some poor reporter outside reportimg on conditions.
Edited to add:
I wrote too soon. CBS has some poor slob in a ran slicker reporting now. Sigh!
One of the couples with us at Ocracoke left on Monday for New Bern. They planned to ride out the storm in their sailboat there. Last I heard, they got a motel room somewhere.
After all the weather whore's efforts to pump up this hurricane, it was more like Stormy Daniels. In any other presidency it would have been a Category 5 hurricane. It felt more like a drizzle.
Isn't there a YouTube video out there of a meteorologist doing the 'Hip-boot routine' when suddenly a huge panel from a curb sign comes out of nowhere and the guy disappears?
The first deaths attributed to Hurricane Florence were reported Friday in North Carolina as the storm continued to wreak havoc after making landfall earlier in the day.
A mother and her infant were killed in Wilmington, N.C., when a tree fell on their house, the Wilmington Police Department confirmed in a tweet. The father, who was trapped, was freed from the rubble by emergency workers and taken to a local hospital with injuries.
Reporter from the Weather Channel braces against the wind as two guys casually stroll behind him: https://twitter.com/gourdnibler/status/1040678572262916096
Reporter from the Weather Channel braces against the wind as two guys casually stroll behind him: https://twitter.com/gourdnibler/status/1040678572262916096 (https://twitter.com/gourdnibler/status/1040678572262916096)
That's the one I've been looking/waiting for, it is hilarious @Right_in_Virginia
The Weather Channel's given this fool from a few years ago a run for her money.
Rescue website, born of Harvey, now brings help for Florence
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Rescue-website-born-of-Harvey-now-brings-help-13231214.php (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Rescue-website-born-of-Harvey-now-brings-help-13231214.php)
The emergency management agency for New Bern, N.C., was skeptical when Matthew Marchetti initially called to explain how his crowdsource technology could help rescue people during Hurricane Florence.
Then Marchetti said he was from Houston.
“Oh, oh, so you know the drill,†was the response from North Carolina.
Marchetti’s website, https://crowdsourcerescue.com/ (https://crowdsourcerescue.com/), is now in use in North Carolina as Florence’s powerful storm surge and torrential rains create widespread flooding, matching rescuers to people seeking rescue. The site, refined since Harvey, still relies on two simple buttons: “I can help rescue†and “I need to be rescued.†But it has had a profound impact. During Hurricane Harvey, the site helped connect some 30,000 people needing rescue to 12,000 volunteers with boats, trucks and airboats.
“We went through hell with Harvey. But it was battle-testing,†Marchetti said. “It was battle-testing for moments like these, I think, with larger purpose.â€
That Coast Guard article reminded me of this pic of Hussein at an Intel brief.It's okay when he flashes "offensive" hand signals, dontcha know.
Subtle as train wreck indeed.
US Coast Guard member 'removed' after making 'offensive' OK sign on live TV
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/15/us-coast-guard-member-removed-after-making-offensive-ok-sign-on-live-tv.html (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/09/15/us-coast-guard-member-removed-after-making-offensive-ok-sign-on-live-tv.html)
The U.S. Coast Guard says it “removed†a member from its Hurricane Florence response team Friday after he made an “OK†hand gesture on live TV that the service branch deemed “offensive.â€
video and more at link
I've been extremely skeptical of this "OK = White Power" hand sign thing, but that is exactly what this fellow was signaling. Watch the video at the link, it'll open eyes. I was prepared to guffaw at the notion until I saw it. Thanks for the heads-up, @Once-Ler.The article by Fox does a decent job explaining the gesture. The guy clearly did it intentionally but we don't know why. I'm just reporting the news. The US Coast Guard made the decision to remove him from a position in which he might further embarrass the hurricane response team. If Florence winds up killing lots of poor people, stuff like this gives conspiracy kooks ammo to say "
Grassroots. I like it.
Probably deserves its own thread.
Earlier story: http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/recognition/dpol/awards/6126 (http://www.pointsoflight.org/programs/recognition/dpol/awards/6126)
https://twitter.com/WRALCandace/status/1040950751911206912
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Rescue website, born of Harvey, now brings help for Florence
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Rescue-website-born-of-Harvey-now-brings-help-13231214.php (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Rescue-website-born-of-Harvey-now-brings-help-13231214.php)
The emergency management agency for New Bern, N.C., was skeptical when Matthew Marchetti initially called to explain how his crowdsource technology could help rescue people during Hurricane Florence.
Then Marchetti said he was from Houston.
“Oh, oh, so you know the drill,†was the response from North Carolina.
Marchetti’s website, https://crowdsourcerescue.com/ (https://crowdsourcerescue.com/), is now in use in North Carolina as Florence’s powerful storm surge and torrential rains create widespread flooding, matching rescuers to people seeking rescue. The site, refined since Harvey, still relies on two simple buttons: “I can help rescue†and “I need to be rescued.†But it has had a profound impact. During Hurricane Harvey, the site helped connect some 30,000 people needing rescue to 12,000 volunteers with boats, trucks and airboats.
“We went through hell with Harvey. But it was battle-testing,†Marchetti said. “It was battle-testing for moments like these, I think, with larger purpose.â€
Rescue website, born of Harvey, now brings help for Florence
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Rescue-website-born-of-Harvey-now-brings-help-13231214.php (https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Rescue-website-born-of-Harvey-now-brings-help-13231214.php)
The emergency management agency for New Bern, N.C., was skeptical when Matthew Marchetti initially called to explain how his crowdsource technology could help rescue people during Hurricane Florence.
Then Marchetti said he was from Houston.
“Oh, oh, so you know the drill,†was the response from North Carolina.
Marchetti’s website, https://crowdsourcerescue.com/ (https://crowdsourcerescue.com/), is now in use in North Carolina as Florence’s powerful storm surge and torrential rains create widespread flooding, matching rescuers to people seeking rescue. The site, refined since Harvey, still relies on two simple buttons: “I can help rescue†and “I need to be rescued.†But it has had a profound impact. During Hurricane Harvey, the site helped connect some 30,000 people needing rescue to 12,000 volunteers with boats, trucks and airboats.
“We went through hell with Harvey. But it was battle-testing,†Marchetti said. “It was battle-testing for moments like these, I think, with larger purpose.â€
Reporter from the Weather Channel braces against the wind as two guys casually stroll behind him: https://twitter.com/gourdnibler/status/1040678572262916096
Wow, that's funny!
Still laughing here! :silly:
Death toll now up to 6. Florence is now a tropical storm. But make no mistake -- the flooding is severe. This is not just a drizzle.
Now they are measuring rainfall in FEET, not inches.
@WilmingtonPD
NEWS ALERT - We are aware of the looting occurring at the Family Dollar Store at 13th & Greenfield Sts, unfortunately management has asked not to intervene at this time.
3:27 PM · Sep 15, 2018
The MSM likes to "present" the news in a dramatic fashion.
Other reporters take the job seriously.
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The thing that ticks me off, is that Dollar General called the police off and asked them to let the looters have free reign. They probable knew they were insured and every item stolen was money in their pockets. Ticks me off because insurance rates go up when police and businesses let this happen. Screw Dollar General and the police that stood by and didn't do dittly squat.
The thing that ticks me off, is that Dollar General called the police off and asked them to let the looters have free reign. They probable knew they were insured and every item stolen was money in their pockets. Ticks me off because insurance rates go up when police and businesses let this happen. Screw Dollar General and the police that stood by and didn't do dittly squat.
Actually, I suspect they feared their store being burnt to the ground and/or black listed by angry locals if the police were seen defending it. It is the "community" they serve... It is the cost of doing business there.I had not thought of that but I bet that was a factor. God forbid if someone got shot while resisting arrest. Might have a riot and a hurricane. That's messed in my white privileged opinion.
Before and after Surf City, NC.
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The thing that ticks me off, is that Dollar General called the police off and asked them to let the looters have free reign. They probable knew they were insured and every item stolen was money in their pockets. Ticks me off because insurance rates go up when police and businesses let this happen. Screw Dollar General and the police that stood by and didn't do dittly squat.
Looting... a dollar store?
What's the point?
I don't know. Sell the merchandise for drug money?
Actually, I don't disparage dollar stores. The Family Dollar near me sells huge bags of cellulose sponges for a buck. They are all rejects -- cut crooked, weird shapes or some other defect -- but they work just as well as the perfect O'Cello sponges costing a lot more. I like to stop in that store from time to time. Never know what I might find that's actually worthwhile.
I had not thought of that but I bet that was a factor. God forbid if someone got shot while resisting arrest. Might have a riot and a hurricane. That's messed in my white privileged opinion.
@Applewood
Do the pets get reunited with their owners or are they abandoned?
I know a few people who adopted pets from Katrina
I saw a tip on Bookface before the storm: Take a permanent marker and write your name and cell phone number on your pet's belly, even if he/she has a chip.
Back in college we used to do that to our frat pledges. This was before the days of "chips" but we never lost one in my 7 years in college.
@Applewood
Do the pets get reunited with their owners or are they abandoned?
I know a few people who adopted pets from Katrina
Now the deluge has moved inland, where it will continue all night. The soil is clay, so the vast majority will have to drain through the already flooded Cape Fear, Lumber, Neuse, and Pee Dee rivers. It could take a while before things improve down east.
I heard this morning on one of my podcasts that the WaPo on Friday said Trump was complicit in the deaths from Florence.Yes, he failed to take "climate change" seriously enough to take steps to prevent it, thus hurricanes.
Yes, he failed to take "climate change" seriously enough to take steps to prevent it, thus hurricanes.
It should be noted that no previous president throughout U.S. history, including the sainted Obama, was able to prevent hurricanes, either. None of them even tried. The WashPost is most aggrieved at James K. Polk, as he was especially unconcerned about the whole matter. He said, "What the hell? Do I believe human beings can change the weather? I am not an idiot, sir!"
Rivers are rising here in Virginia. Radford University told their students to move their cars away from the lots next to the New River.
Pollution fears: Swollen rivers swamp ash dumps, hog farms
https://www.newstimes.com/news/us/article/Pollution-fears-Swollen-rivers-swamp-ash-dumps-13234323.php (https://www.newstimes.com/news/us/article/Pollution-fears-Swollen-rivers-swamp-ash-dumps-13234323.php)
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Flooded rivers from Florence's drenching rains have swamped coal ash dumps and low-lying hog farms, raising pollution concerns as the swollen waterways approach their crests Monday.
North Carolina environmental regulators say several open-air manure pits at hog farms have failed, spilling pollution. State officials also were monitoring the breach of a Duke Energy coal ash landfill near Wilmington.
Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan said Monday that the earthen dam at one hog lagoon in Duplin County had been breached. There were also seven reports of lagoon levels going over their tops or being inundated in Jones and Pender counties.
Regan said state investigators will visit the sites as conditions allow. The large pits at hog farms hold feces and urine from the animals to be sprayed on nearby fields.
The Associated Press published photos of a hog farm outside Trenton on Sunday with long metal buildings ringed by dark water. Satellite photos of the same farm taken before the storm show the location of a hog waste pit completely submerged under floodwaters in the AP photos.
The N.C. Pork Council, an industry trade group, emphasized Monday that the hog waste pits flooded by Florence represented a comparatively small number when compared with the total number statewide.
The death of the one year old is doubly tragic to me. His mother's car was swept off the road after she decided to drive around some barricades. That baby should still be alive.
Not that it matters in the scheme of things, but we here in the middle of Ohio are only getting one day of drizzle from Florence.
Before the storm, I was reading articles talking about how many of the hog farms pumped out their waste pits in preparation for the coming water. I'm sure it wasn't all of them, but preparations were made in advance.
Hog Farmers Scramble to Drain Waste Pools Ahead Of Hurricane Florence
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/11/646790793/hog-farmers-scramble-to-drain-waste-pools-ahead-of-hurricane-florence (https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2018/09/11/646790793/hog-farmers-scramble-to-drain-waste-pools-ahead-of-hurricane-florence)
September 11, 2018
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