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For our BE members in the path of the storm - hope you are all ok.

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Yes, hopefully everyone is ok.
Isn't Pulaski in one of the Carolina's?

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Yes, North Carolina.

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Hope he and his family are safe.


Is Rich still in Florida?

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Hmmm...not seen him around for awhile.

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I am still Here! Not a lot of problem from Helene except a big branch fell in front yard and snagged the street light cable. Sorry I have been away so much. Trouble dealing with multiple minor issues!😀
and fwiw the aircon conked out before the storm and the fence needs replacing. $20k worth of fun!

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Lost power for 3 days here in North East GA. Worst casualty was everything in our freezer.

Lesson learned. Investing in installing a transfer switch and a generator in the next couple of weeks.

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Glad you guys are ok.

Still nothing from Pulaski though.

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Good to hear you are both OK, apart from a little disruption.

I have been thinking about Mr P. I hope him and his family are OK. 🤞🏻

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Praying for their health and safety. Thanking the heavens for watching over Rich and CS.

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Good to hear that you're safe and well CS and RICH.
A friend of mine lived in Lake Lure, NC but moved during COVID. Thank goodness she did, Lake Lure has been wiped out.
Hope Pulaski is okay.

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Mr P was last active 09/30, well after Helene, so I am sure he is just fine. Will be glad to hear from you though R!

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The last post I have from Pulaski is 25 August...... have sent him a couple of private messages, but no response. Hope he is OK....

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Im looking at the last activity line on his profile, which I believe is the last time he was actually activly logged in.

Last Activity: Sep 30th 2024 11:52 am

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Hi everyone! :wave:

Well spotted, CS, I did indeed drop in last Sunday to let everyone know that we're all OK, but there was no storm/ hurricane thread, so I figured nobody cared. :cry_smile:

We had some water (moving) flood our back yard on Friday morning, but it was pretty mild, and gone in a few hours. We've had worse most years since we moved here in 2002, often two or three times.

We lost the small top off a large tree (12"-15" trunk). Later I found it lying on the ground. :rofl: .... It took about 20 minutes to cut up with a hand saw. :)

Power went out on Saturday night, which was long after the storm had passed. We weren't at home, and power was back by morning.

So, thank you everyone for asking, but thankfully we're all fine, with no harm to body, spirit, or property; well, apart from one tree.

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:wave:

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Good to hear you're OK. There's another potential storm Kelvin? Heading florida way next week:frown:

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Yeah ...... glad to hear you are all OK ......

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Glad you're ok. In future, start a thread and/or report in and don't make me come down there :frown:.














:lol:

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Kirk is turning north then east in the middle of the Atlantic - it is projected to pass beyond (east of) Bermuda by further than Bermuda is from the US coast.

Leslie is the next one and that is currently closer to Africa than South America, but is already projected to have a northwesterly path such that, like Kirk, Leslie is unlikely to even threaten Bermuda, much less anywhere in the US.

It's always possible that there are other low level storm systems in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, or off the east coast of FL, GA, or SC, but there is nothing on the National Hurricane web site at the moment flagged with even a low probability of becoming a Hurricane. .... Though there was a "low probability" storm (wasn't shown on the National Hurricane Center web site until a few hours before it came ashore, near Charleston, SC I think) a couple of weeks ago (mid September) that did eventually organize itself enough to be assigned a number, but narrowly missed generating wind speed enough to be categorized as a hurricane. I saw it was reportedly gusting at 78mph as it came ashore, but it needs to have sustained winds of 74mph to become a hurricane. And as soon as it came ashore it weakened .... I think we got 2"-3" of rain from it when it crossed NC.

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Thanks for letting us know that you're safe. Hope you're feeling the love :D

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Over 200 dead and the count is expected to rise.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...box=1728022911

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Glad you're ok Mr P!

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Delighted to hear that the Family P are safe and well. Welcome Back!

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Yes I misspoke. there's an un named depression in the Gulf heading east, threatening to soak Florida although its 50/50 if it wil turn into a named storm next week!

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Our 34 years in Texas became more and more stressful every hurricane season. I lost count of how many hits we did get and how many near hits every single year. As the years went by they became more powerful and more frequent and more damage each year. We lost at least 12 trees over the years plus fences and roofing. The blue roof tarps were a prominent feature in every town around us every year and roofing companies gained enough work to last through the mild winter months.

Flood water was always our biggest concern even though we lived away from most of the bayous but our part of Texas was so flat! And sometimes it wasn't even hurricanes that caused the damage . The unnamed Tropical Storms were just as bad for flood damage. The 2017 flood from Harvey was the final straw. It took 15 months to get our house back to normal and was our final storm to makes us decide that we would not spend our retirement years worrying about our house.
Pennsylvania is not perfect but living on the top of a hill away from the stormy, hot and humid Texas is a lot less stressful!

Good luck all you guys still in the paths of potential storms. Hopefully no more powerful ones this year:fingerscrossed:

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Tropical Storm Milton, probably soon to be Hurricane Milton, looks like it’ll be pretty bad in Florida. Heavy rain as early as Sunday or Monday, then landfall Tuesday to Wednesday.

https://www.northcountrypublicradio....me-a-hurricane

It looks like this one will basically be drenching most of Florida then it’ll head of to the Atlantic, so not (fortunately) following the path of Helene. But, like Helene, it seems its power and rain capacity comes from the unusually warm Gulf of Mexico this year.

Hopefully, potential British immigrants will take note of this, and set their sights on Minnesota, North Dakota and places like that, instead of Florida..

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Thankfully when we lived in NJ we only experience one hurricane…Sandy. We were without power for a week, some roof tile damage and a 100+ ft fir tree thankfully missed the house and hit the fencing.

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I looked at the National Hurricane Center web site, and yes, hurricane Milton has an unusual projected route - more or less due east across Florida and then heading for Bermuda. There is also some hope from NHC's projected rainfall, which for much of Florida is only in the 4"- 6" range, with some coastal regions in the 6"-8" range, and only a few small areas in the 8"-12" range. Also Florida has the topography advantage, that the fact it is about as flat as a pancake means that rain doesn't run off into valleys and cause devastating flooding of the type seen in NC, TN, and GA a few days ago.. The flip side is that the water drains away slowly, so if there is any flooding it can take weeks to subside.

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A daft comment probably based on your views of the current government there...

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Watch out for Leslie - she could be a killer....

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It is not the rain fall that kills in a flat lying state but the storm surge along the coast and the idiots who think they can survive it...

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Really. You are quite the expert.

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Eh what now? My comment was based on general lack of hurricanes in ND and Minnesota. Not sure why you think everything is to do with politics? (Hint; it isn’t.)

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So a brit would rather have 10 feet of snow and sub zero temperatures for 5-6 months or more a year than a little rain now and again?
I do not think so...

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I personally love Florida. I’ve never lived there, but I have friends & relatives there and visit fairly often (and have since the 1970s.) But I do live in northern New York, with snow and sub zero temperatures for five or six months. I’m sure there are plenty of British people in every part of the United States. Very odd, that you seem to want to make an argument out of everything..? Not enough going on for you, in real life?

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Upstate SC checking in.
Didn't have power for a week, worse still we had zero internet or phone service for a while and still no cable which means I'm hotspotting off my phone.
Been off work all week as most of my work involves travelling to bits of North Carolina where there are roads and bridges missing. Our little town got flattened, locals reckon 6 tornadoes came through at the height of the storm and we were just off the eyewall just before it was downgraded to a tropical storm. The local college right behind us lost 52 mature oaks, it was a mess!
We had an 80' laurel oak split down the middle, half of it remained standing (but will need taking down) and the other half parked much of it's bulk on my garage roof. I've spent all week in the yard clearing up and getting the blasted thing off the roof. The house will need attention to the guttering and I'll be reacquainting myself with roofing work replacing the sheathing and shingles on the garage. Also lost a smallish black walnut and a couple of other non-descript trees.
Hot tub cover took a javelin sized piece and at some stage I'm going to have to go through the palaver of cleaning it out again and replacing the cover. Lost the contents of the fridge and freezers, which is probably the biggest single expense, throwing out 40lbs of grass fed beef was not on my bingo card. :thumbdown:

EDIT: Suppose I should clarify that by 'flattened' I meant multiple mature oaks and power lines down, houses weren't quite so badly hit I think about 6 properties in our little community of about 50 had trees parked on roofs with varying degrees of damage. My Floridian native wife says it's the worst she's seen, although we'll have to see what Milton does to my step kids who are both near the coast and the projected landfall area...

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Glad you are ok but sorry to hear about the damage and mess you have to deal with.
Power loss and still having the heat and humidity is not a good combination along with all the food loss.

I hope your stepkids will be ok with this next storm.
Would you have been hit more if you had stayed in Florida than where you are now in SC?

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In this instance probably not, although there were big oaks in that yard too and they weren't averse to shedding large limbs so it's hard to tell. Step daughter lives about a mile from our old place and only had a blip with the electric. We are used to tornado warnings here but because there is so much forest around here it's not often you hear about property damage although it is easy to spot where they crossed a road. Hurricanes cover a much greater area and with the coastal development in Florida there is almost zero chance of one making landfall and not trashing a beach town but because they tend to die out before they get too far inland it's not something we are particularly bothered about up here.
The lack of electric was a pain but not unbearable, it was cooler for the following week, daytime temps in the low 80's aren't too grim when the humidity is low and the evenings were in the mid 60's which would have been comfy if the attic hadn't been cooking the house all day.

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Milton is headed toward Tampa - orlando.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/florida-p...041251396.html