Hurricane Helene

[rsporsche]

hey e9 + e3 friends ... here's hoping that Helene doesn't find you or your car with wind or water. stay safe friends it looks like its going to get stronger during the day

 

[Stevehose]

It also looks headed to Atlanta...

 

[rsporsche]

yes, but storm surge won't go uphill 1000 ft above sea level ... hopefully we will only have tropical storm force winds and tons of rain. the ground here is already soaked, been raining for 2 days. my coupe is in the middle of a paint / body shop on stands and the shop is on high ground. we've got the other cars put away and have stuff on standby if we lose power. it is what it is.

 

[Stevehose]

yes, but storm surge won't go uphill 1000 ft above sea level ... hopefully we will only have tropical storm force winds and tons of rain. the ground here is already soaked, been raining for 2 days. my coupe is in the middle of a paint / body shop on stands and the shop is on high ground. we've got the other cars put away and have stuff on standby if we lose power. it is what it is.

Trees are your concern

 

[rsporsche]

yep, when trees / limbs come down, power tends to go OFF ... and we have a ton of big trees. hoping mine and my neighbors stay together. the only good news is that its not the middle of the summer.

 

[Bmachine]

Best wishes to you, Scott and all who are in the path of danger!

 

[Stevehose]

very windy here now but fortunately not in the path of the storm

 

[rsporsche]

one of the people i worry about the most is @Bejoe16 as he is down in Albany, GA and that is in the 'hurricane' zone. our friend @Dan Wood is close to that zone. its going to be an interesting evening / early morning hours.

 

[Dan Wood]

@dbower might be getting it right now at 4 AM

 

[Stevehose]

@Ohmess please let us know how things are in Aiken.

 

[boonies]

Hope all in the path stay safe and dry...

 

[Dan Wood]

@dave v. in nc OK?

 

[bdigel]

got lucky with the winds but Ive been bailing water out of the basement for 3 hours now , my back is very angry

 

[rsporsche]

sorry to hear that Brendan ... hope everything else is OK. we just had a lot of rain + wind but no damage. hoping that @Bejoe16 @dbower, @Ohmess and @m5bb are all doing good

 

[bdigel]

Got a handle on the water I think , HVAC is dried out and still works Hot water heater as well , Im too old for that but looks like we will be okay

 

[rsporsche]

glad we don't live anywhere near the Chattahoochee river ... and most importantly Peachtree Creek - flooding along the creeks has been horrible - entire roads / bridges underwater. saw some pics of the Bobby Jones golf course - underwater. can only imagine what happened down south in the panhandle of Florida and along the northwest coast. we have had non-stop local coverage of what happened here, so we haven't been able to see the national news. perhaps tonight.

 

[craterface]

We got two feet on our first floor. Which was pretty stripped out since Ian. Lost fridge, ac, pool heater, muddy pool, stinky. Was pretty bad. There had not been storm surge here since 1960, until Ian in 2022 and now Helene.
Ian brought us 7 feet on this level.
Surge this time was 5.5 feet above mean high tide.
All cars marked safe.
Fun weekend ahead.

 

[rsporsche]

good luck with the cleanup Scott. never fun. i went through many hurricanes in Louisiana as a kid including helping my grandparents cleanup in Gulfport, MS after Camille

 

[bdigel]

spoke toooooo soon AC poped this evening and the hot water heater faked us out also ughhhh

 

[Bejoe16]

The storm went just to the east of me. So it was very mild where I was. Barely had any sticks in the yard. Hoping everything else made it out okay. I really appreciate the concern @rsporsche