Flooding and landslides strike southern Appalachians after hurricane pummeled region and wreaked havoc
More than 50 people are confirmed dead and almost 3.5 million are without power on Saturday, after strong winds and torrential rain from Hurricane Helene wreaked unprecedented havoc across large swathes of the south-eastern United States.
Historic flooding continued over parts of the southern Appalachians on Saturday, as first responders worked to reach stranded communities in trying conditions while local authorities began to assess the scale of the damage and displacement.
“It looks like a bomb went off,” said Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp, after surveying the damage from the air on Saturday.
This is not natural. This wasn’t some freak, once in a lifetime storm. This is the result of over a century of human climate change. This will get worse
Well well well, if it isn’t the consequences of our inactions
This is the new normal. It’s not natural because it’s our fault, but it’s the new normal.
Good thing everyone in america kept buying bigger SUVs, that way the cars still peek out over the waterline. If we expect our storms to get worse, we should just keep buying bigger SUVs and we’ll be fine!
central SC here, on my second day without power, and since i got a well, also without water, i see lineman working and passing by, but damage has been widespread, so may be a while before i get power back, i just flushed my toilets with pond water in a bucket 😂
Yeah, I have family who say that they’re gonna be out for an estimated three days. But, hey, that’s doable. They’re gonna lose climate control for a few days, lose stuff in a refrigerator or freezer. But it’s not too bad.
I’m assuming from the fact that you can post that you still have some form of Internet access going. IIRC cell towers have diesel generator backups that come on automatically. And a lot of folks out there have some kind of emergency inverter generator, cars can provide a small amount of accessory power (maybe 100W or more) and lithium batteries, and small solar panels are more widespread than they were just a few years back. Not enough to do a lot of things, but getting light and communications is a lot easier, even in power outages, than it once was.
Might not hurt to boil a gallon of water. Big hurricanes often suck a big high pressure system after them, and you get muggy hot days for a while.
I dunno how Americans do it, but from life in the tropics dealing with monsoons and cyclones, we fill up the bath tub the day before we’re expected to get hit. Then we have plenty of water for drinking, washing, and cooking.
Most times it’s not needed because civil infrastructure is built for the environment, but some times water is shut off or compromised for a few days. I’ve also had pipes rupture while flooded in for a few days, so water was suddenly dirty, and my bath water become a supply for a few neighbours until floods receded enough for services to come in with water. Sounds a bit wild, but it’s kind of normal in places like that. It’s all part of the “day before routine”.
I’m going to go scrub my tub with scouring powder now. Thank you for the motivation.
Insurance Companies, get those checkbooks ready!
I’m sure they’ll sooner abandon the state and leave the residents uninsured
CA here, that’s the game plan after they’ve pocketed premiums for 50+y
I’m from Texas. We’re enemies now.
I saw a report that said nore than 40% of Floridians didn’t have, couldn’t afford or weren’t eligible for insurance on their homes.
