Bubbler86

84 for the high, still 82 right now.

3 canes in 13 months for Taylor county Florida. That would be 4. Up to 82 here! Feels super warm.

This would be unwelcome

Nooners. Partly Sunny and 79 but about 500 feet up the mountain it is drizzle and 64.

Since I used to live in Bradenton I just checked damage there.... devastating at the beaches and people along the rivers. All 3 beaches, Bradenton, Holmes and Anna Maria were basically destroyed. Buildings standing but had water in them to the tune of 6-8 feet and I do not think you can recover from that....has to be destroyed. All the roads around the beaches destroyed. We thought insurance was bad before....

She did not, it would have cost her $800 a month for it. That 100 grand every 10 years.

Here is the view form that hospital I mentioned...taken from the tropical thread. Alan on X: "View from the roof of Unicoi County Hospital in Erwin, TN where 54 individuals are currently stranded. #HurricaneHelene #tnwx #flooding https://t.co/sdOKva99S6" / X

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