Bubbler86

Helene is going to go down as one of the mostly costly non inflation adjusted Hurricane ever IMO. 150-200 billion. it is going to make the home insurance situation in Florida even worse. If you live within 15 miles of the coast in Florida you should probably prepare to self-insure. They are rescuing people off the top of a hospital in NC.

I just spoke with my Steinhatchee friend on the phone...was just text before. She is 1 mile from the ocean and had 7 feet of water. Her house was on 4 foot stilts but not high enough as the water inundated 3 feet of her house, and the home is not salvageable The house has been there since the 1800's and they have never had water in that area per historical records. 7 feet of water 1 mile from the Ocean...incredible. Was probably 12-15 at the coast itself. She is so kind hearted....I answer and she says 'How are you' despite her being in the middle of an incredible crisis. Not fair.

I think we found some missing items as reported by one of our posters Ethan Clark wx on X: "Life-Threatening Major flooding and debris flow in Boone. Video is from my friend Aidan Haas at App State @spann @JimCantore #ncwx #Helene https://t.co/ybWFEmZPYg" / X

Lake Lure Residents Urged To Evacuate To Higher Ground Immediately - WCCB Charlotte's CW Failure of the dam is imminent.

The interesting thing about the Canadian (until it changes here in about 15-30 min) was the storm had a path to ride at least part way up the Eastern Coast while coming from the north was another vort with the paweather 540 line and air cold enough for wet snow with it. Would not snow here but would not have ruled it out in New England mountains.

The most maligned model on AMWX, the Euro, has an area of interest as well. The disdain for the Euro reached a pinnacle in the tropical thread over the last few days.

I have one friend who lives(ed) in Steinhatchee. She lost her house. Half of it is gone and the other half still under water.

Almost 50%

They actually snuck a 68 in for 5 min so record is gone.

MDT's low this Am was 69 tying it for the all-time warmest if they do not get to 68 by midnight tonight. Our rain from Helene is approaching right now

Down to 943 so Cat 4 now.

We should use the 'Cane thread so weed out posters. That thread would weed out 3/4 of the red taggers there.

All the naysayers take a hit. Monster storm.

Some areas of the US are going to bag 30" of rain the next 12-24 hours. LOL.

He did worse than the Other Jet, Steve Jeltz.

Mt Davis: The highest point in PA @ 3213 Feet

From the Tropical thread

Warmest nooners in a week of Sunday's. 75

After a rainy first 2 days, today wasa total bust compared to zones (over here) .01 from drizzle.

Maxey moonlighting in DC?

Since childhood. My dad was in the military so I picked teams up all around the country.

Red Sox are wrapping up a successful season in my eyes. Broke the 80-win mark and competed for a playoff spot. I think I picked them to make mid-80's for wins so they could fall a bit short of that unless they win most of their final games.

LIke many times recently, there is plenty of chance for this to surprise stronger. Bradenton, FL Evacing low lying areas,

MDT, THV and HGR having similar stats but a few degrees higher. I have mostly been at 57-58.