dbower
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For some reason, Athens was largely spared. Rain and wind but little flooding. Unfortunately, Asheville NC got socked. Hot Springs (the park and the town) are underwater. The Vintage will be different next year.
Hurricane Helene
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i heard about Asheville tonight when i finally got to see national news ... @dave v. in nc ... you are in that general area, you doing good?
Asheville is totally cut off from the world. Very little news coming from there. My brother in law is there and has a booster on his cell. So he can get some texts out. Otherwise no cell service. No power. All roads in and out of town closed. He has tons of camping gear so he is fine.
He’s a contractor and has chainsaws, generators, etc.
Heard of the famous chimney rock hillclimb? The town is gone. So very sad. A friend has a home on the river there. Probably gone.
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He’s a contractor and has chainsaws, generators, etc.
Heard of the famous chimney rock hillclimb? The town is gone. So very sad. A friend has a home on the river there. Probably gone.
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The scenes out of Chimney Rock and Lake Lure are entirely devastating. Can't even recognize most places; the images and videos that are emerging from our...
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@dave v. in nc is ok. Morganton "is in tough shape" and no power. Dave, his family, and house are ok.
Best wishes for all affected.
Hope people are safe.
Then, when all people are ok, perhaps may we think of cars again.
Warm Regards, Erik
Hope people are safe.
Then, when all people are ok, perhaps may we think of cars again.
Warm Regards, Erik
Aiken is shredded. Trees down and debris strewn everywhere. Big trees, loblollies, oaks, magnolias, river birch, etc. Power was out pretty much county-wide, which brings the second order effect - primarily food spoilage at restaurants, grocery stores and, of course, at homes. And without electricity, gas pumps don't operate. Its slowly coming back online, but of course, the linemen need the debris cleaned up before they can undertake repairs.
As you noted Steve in reply to Scott, wind was the major problem. Cathy and I were in Charleston when the storm hit, and returned about 48 hours after the storm hit. Coming into town, we saw large stands of trees down, snapped telephone poles, power lines and transformers in the road, etc. Trees on the main roads have been cut/cleared but many side roads are impassable. Our area of Aiken was without power for two days, but power came on just before we got home. Some areas of town still don't have power, and some parts of the county (primarily where they rely on well water for both humans and the animals) are worse. I bought a generator in Charleston - gave it to Tom (@bmwski) who was still without power.
But our place is fine. We lost a small ornamental tree, and some limbs, and we have a huge oak in the back leaning away from the house that looks like it needs to be removed. Some neighbors have had huge trees fall onto their houses, and there are trees down everywhere you look.
Driving into town:
Neighbor with a tree on his house:
Neighbor with four trees on his house:
oh no, so sorry to hear this Chris. But glad at least you got spared for the most part
Glad your place was mostly spared Chris. The amount of devastation is shocking.
i expected GA to be bad, but nobody expected the Carolinas to be so bad. in fact, Eastern GA was worse than Atlanta
Historically, our town is spared much of this due to topography. We are a high point between the Savannah and Edisto rivers, and storms often follow the river beds. Apparently, a storm coming in from Alabama north and west of here pushed Helene into our area. Still, we haven't had the flooding problems they are experiencing in Western NC, and the weather is mild this time of year. With power coming back on, we have a mess to clean up, but it will clean up easier than the aftermath of a flood.
Hard to capture what's happened, but this is a picture of the road just outside the main entrance to my neighborhood. There had been a very pretty fence in front of those pines.
Loblolly pine that had been across the road. You can see the root ball to the right:
Most of the trees in the road were uprooted, but this one snapped:
Hard to capture what's happened, but this is a picture of the road just outside the main entrance to my neighborhood. There had been a very pretty fence in front of those pines.
Loblolly pine that had been across the road. You can see the root ball to the right:
Most of the trees in the road were uprooted, but this one snapped:
those are some relatively large trees. i think the eastern side of the storm was just huge (its always the most damaging side of a hurricane). the rain and wind just did a number on things ... along with the 2 or 3 days of solid rain before the hurricane got to northern GA and the Carolinas. everything was already soaked with no place for the water to go.
Rode it out Friday, and we just did get out in the afternoon; after DOT got I-40 opened, clear of and just before the flooding Catawba River circled back to lock us in for what turned out to be three days…some thought, but some just dumb luck. Drove through/around many downed oak trees (like Hurricane Hugo, were full of leaves, and acorns, so very top heavy) for a sloooow trudge around town , then on to our daughter’s an hour and a half hour east to the guilty land of electricity, flush toilets, and hot food. Our house performed as designed, and all of our big oaks and hemlocks stood tall. Again dumb luck. Sorry, but my only pictures so far, are of the interiors of our refrigerators that we didn’t bring along…we were in a serious fight or flight mode, and thrilled that the house was untouched. Like Asheville, we have a river district, and it is similarly trashed. So…..We will return when the power does…estimated by Duke Energy to be Friday at nine midnight at best. We are exceptionally fortunate. With an amazing daughter.
I urge anyone that has ever been to the area, or been to the Vintage, to help in any way that they can. It is gut wrenching, what nature does to itself, sometimes.
craterface ….we used to go to the Chimney Rock hillclimb for many years..the images from there/Lake Lure are incredibly sad.
Smile on your brother, folks
I urge anyone that has ever been to the area, or been to the Vintage, to help in any way that they can. It is gut wrenching, what nature does to itself, sometimes.
craterface ….we used to go to the Chimney Rock hillclimb for many years..the images from there/Lake Lure are incredibly sad.
Smile on your brother, folks
And thanks, Dan Wood, for checking on us…
Dave, we are so glad to hear that you and your family are doing well and if the worst thing is that you lose what is in the fridge / freezer, that is quite lucky. for the uninitiated and for those who would like to help - if you are aware of any ways to send funds that will directly help ... please send us a few links. i am sure that many people will do what they can.
stay well my friend.
scott
My Dad lived for many years in the Vilas, Boone and Valle Crucis areas. Looks really bad there. I know the Lady that took care of him while he was there lost her house and was rescued by boat....but is OK. Very Sad.
Thanks, Scott, we’re not back home yet, but it’s a war zone all around from reports there…I don’t have links, but we like the American Red Cross, World Central Kitchen, and Team Rubicon…all are on the ground from Florida to North Carolina…all good folks doing the right things for the right reasons…thanks everyone.
“The Vintage” friends…I can’t access my Facebook but word is that Marshall, on the way to the venue, like Chimney Rock, might not be rebuildabe…so, very difficult north of Asheville; also took a beating…Dan Wood’s pictures of the venue/village showed the flooding there.
i'm a huge fan of World Central Kitchen ... and i have worked directly with Jose Andres on a couple of projects - FULL respect. glad to hear he is there, will send some funds to his group
to anybody who wants to donate to WCK - here is the link
donate.wck.org
to anybody who wants to donate to WCK - here is the link
World Central Kitchen
donate.wck.org