Hurricane Helene: Hurricane Milton: Fl. Modelers Check in when You Can.

[RAGIII]

So amazingly Hurricane Helene Impacted the Western NC. Mountains In a Terrible way. Devastating Destruction in Many areas. I was fortunate in that although I have had No Electricity, My House and property had No Damage. I was offline until I decided to go to a Hotel today. The damage in My area is really bad but Asheville and Hendersonville are worse. I believe Kensar , a forum Member lives there. So I Hope He and Family are well!
RAGIII

[Rookie]

Hi Rick,

First of all, I'm glad you are o.k. and I hope Ken(sar) is too.

Hurricane Helene is all over the news in The Netherlands. What amazes us here is that it has taken so many casualties (91 and counting).

This is a devastating hurricane. Over here we get the occasional rain storm, with streets flooded, but it is nothing compared to what you guys must endure!

My thoughts are with you.

Willem

[NigelR]

Glad you are OK Rick. I never realised how extreme the weather can be in the US until I lived there for a couple of years. I hope your stash is kept in safe and secure storm-proof storage......

[Vickers]

Glad you're okay, Rick. I suppose that a lot of people see the spectacular images of hurricanes from satellites and the hurricane hunters and don't consider what's gonna happen inland. Hopefully, we'll hear from Kensar soon.

[macsporran]

Sorry to hear about this, I was totally unaware of the hurricane, but glad you're OK.

Usually in Scotland we have foul (fouler) weather at this time of year but actually, although cold, we've had a couple of weeks of blazing sunshine highlighting all the glorious autumn colours. Poor old England has been having horrendous floods and continuing downpours but up here it's been beautiful. (I only write this because it makes a change, for once!)

Sandy

[RAGIII]

Thanks Guys, what made it worse in the NC Mountains was that Helene was preceded by almost three days of steady pouring rain. Thus the ground was saturated, the creeks, streams, and urban drainage systems were already full, then 14 to 16 inches of more rain. The winds knocked down thousands of trees and the floods were devastating.
RAGIII

[Juan]

Glad to hear you are good Rick, in Tallahassee, FL we dodged the brunt of it, but our neighbors to the east bore the worst of the hurricane.  It was weird, we did not lose power the night of landfall, but lost power from 9 AM to sometime after midnight.  Hope everyone in the path of Helene are OK.  Regards, Juan

[Brad Cancian]

Glad to hear you are ok Rick - extreme weather events seem to be an increasing thing, including here in Australia. Stay safe, everyone!

Cheers,

BC

[Pep111]

I live in North Lake, Anderson County in up state S.C. We just now got our electricity on today. I got A updated text yesterday from Duke Energy saying that they have replaced or repaired six thousand power poles in our area since the storm hit. Luckily we had no damage. Hope every one else is doing well.
PEP111

[RAGIII]

I live in North Lake, Anderson County in up state S.C. We just now got our electricity on today. I got A updated text yesterday from Duke Energy saying that they have replaced or repaired six thousand power poles in our area since the storm hit. Luckily we had no damage. Hope every one else is doing well.
PEP111

Glad you are OK. My Electric came back on today at about 5PM. Feeling very Fortunate considering what Many in My area are going through. Many have lost Homes and some their lives! Six days without power doesn't seem so bad when that is considered!
Thanks for all of the concern.
rAGIII

[RAGIII]

I heard from Ken ( Kensar), today on FB. He just got his power and Internet back. He and his wife and Home are fine!
RAGIII

[Rookie]

Ah, that it great news Rick!

Thanks for relaying it.

Willem

[dr 1 ace]

Happy that all seems to be well (as could be expected) for you now !!!

Ed

[kensar]

I thought my ears were burning!  I live in Hendersonville, which is in the middle of the hard hit area.  I was fortunate in that there was no damage to my house, but I did go for 9 days without power, internet, or cell phone service.  9 days without power will make you appreciate a hot shower!  There is a lot of damage and the area will not fully recover for many months.  Asheville's water system was totally wrecked - they have it worse than us.  Little by little, things are returning to a functional level.
Thanks for thinking about me and everyone here in western NC.  I am working on a model ( a tank of all things!) in between the cleanup and normalization activities.  I have been dropping in and lurking from time to time and at some point I will return with a WW1 model.

Ken Mouton

[RAGIII]

Like I said on FB, Glad you came through alright. Terrible Loss of life and damage. Some places will Never be the same.
Rick Geisler