BlueRidgeFolklore

I've been here a long time and we've regularly dealt with tropical storm systems. Helene is and hopefully will always be the outlier. I can think back to Bill, Frances, Ivan, Arlene, Dennis, Fred, etc, and never do I remember waking up to such flooding and devastation before the system makes landfall in the Gulf. That's the one image that will always stand out to me with Helene, is the sheer amount of flooding we were already dealing with. Just an unfathomable set of circumstances.

Let's Go!!!!

It's September 4th, who's kicking off the new thread?

Wait until tomorrow!

Looks like we might be in for a brief taste of fall. https://www.facebook.com/share/1FD9w4ijqg/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Definitely. Woke up to a hellacious storm in Henderson this morning.

Pretty weird seeing the Southern Escarpment so dry.

Pretty surreal map!

Lucky you, we got an entire truck load of Starlink delivered to us holler folk back during Helene. We get to be a thorn in your arse well into night.

The NAM just came in juicier than previous runs, for WNC.

Not at all!

Fellas, we might have something here!

Great place! Spent many a night at Peg Leg Petes and McGuire's

Don, I have a special place in my heart for the Gulf Coast. I was stationed at NAS Pensacola, and spent some time at the NCBC Gulfport and New Orleans. Great people, great region! I could not be happier for you folks.