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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 26, 2024 18:47:21 GMT -5
I hope everyone in the eye of the storm stays safe!
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Post by RickB on Sept 26, 2024 19:41:43 GMT -5
We're not in the eye of the storm like jamesp and liveoak probably are but left the campground we were at a couple days early and went home to Columbia this morning. We got over 5 inches of rain today and expecting strong (60+ gusts) and rain here tomorrow. Hope everyone fares well. Oh, The Wind And Rain |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 26, 2024 19:45:55 GMT -5
We're not in the eye of the storm like jamesp and liveoak probably are but left the campground we were at a couple days early and went home to Columbia this morning. We got over 5 inches of rain today and expecting strong (60+ gusts) and rain here tomorrow. Hope everyone fares well. Oh, The Wind And Rain I was thinking of you, too, Rick. Bad choice of words- I know these storms can get pretty bad whether you are in the eye or not. |
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Post by amygdule on Sept 26, 2024 19:54:45 GMT -5
To my Friends back East...
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Post by parfive on Sept 26, 2024 21:08:35 GMT -5
NHC just bumped it to 140.
Good thing that just affects a very narrow band.
Cedar Key, only 65 miles east, reported sustained 55 and a gust of 73.
No word yet on the surge height there.
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Post by jasoninsd on Sept 26, 2024 21:51:36 GMT -5
Okay...if we're putting thoughts to a soundtrack...
STAY SAFE EVERYONE!!!
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Post by Rockoonz on Sept 26, 2024 22:16:39 GMT -5
RickB careful with that... I was at this show.
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Post by liveoak on Sept 27, 2024 6:04:19 GMT -5
Well we got lucky, hope Jim jamesp up in Atlanta, and RickB in SC, fared as well. Officially 4 1/2" of rain and NO wind. The storm went just east of us, here in Chipley, that we skated by.
Thanks for all the kind thoughts,
Patty
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Post by RickB on Sept 27, 2024 7:14:48 GMT -5
Power went off about 4:00am and don't know when it will come back on. will pull out the generator a little later. Wind gust got to 66mph a little while ago. Tornado watch, torrential rains to come. Many trees down in Columbia but I don't see any down around us. Tropical storm warnings expire 5:00am this coming Monday.
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Post by liveoak on Sept 27, 2024 7:59:10 GMT -5
It just didn't seem right to "Like" your post, with you sitting with no power & all.
Glad you fared OK.
Stay safe,
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 27, 2024 8:15:35 GMT -5
Just got off the phone with my grandson vacationing in St Mary's near Brunswick, GA. They did OK. Power out. Lots of debris, but overall doing fine. Thank goodness. The hotel might comp their stay.  |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 27, 2024 8:16:25 GMT -5
Power went off about 4:00am and don't know when it will come back on. will pull out the generator a little later. Wind gust got to 66mph a little while ago. Tornado watch, torrential rains to come. Many trees down in Columbia but I don't see any down around us. Tropical storm warnings expire 5:00am this coming Monday. Thanks for the update, Rick. No power is no fun. But, glad you're doing well otherwise. |
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Post by rockjunquie on Sept 27, 2024 8:17:12 GMT -5
Well we got lucky, hope Jim jamesp up in Atlanta, and RickB in SC, fared as well. Officially 4 1/2" of rain and NO wind. The storm went just east of us, here in Chipley, that we skated by.
Thanks for all the kind thoughts,
Patty
Relieved you're ok. I was worried about you. You got lucky with lopsided Helene. |
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Post by liveoak on Sept 27, 2024 9:03:55 GMT -5
Thanks Tela. Good news is the storm also dragged out the hot & humidity. Hoping that it lasts ! Patty |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 28, 2024 8:29:09 GMT -5
Atlanta only had like 9 inches of outer band rain mostly steady for 3 days. Not much wind, the west eye wall was spinning south and the storm moved north so the wind was practically neutralized. RickB was on the east eye wall side with the summation of north winds and the fast northerly moving storm; he got the 60mph stuff. The eye was well east of Atlanta and liveoak, all the bad stuff was on the east side of the eye. Water is still collecting in dammed lakes in the mountains, there is a lot of problems up there. Even interstates cut thru. The Chattahoochee River way south in Atlanta is probably peaking today covering large amounts of land up to a half mile from the river basin. Lake Nolichucky dam: www.yahoo.com/news/watch-tennessee-dam-near-imminent-103507925.html?fr=yhssrp_catchall |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 28, 2024 8:56:39 GMT -5
They think the Great Smoky Mountain Park had a 500 year rain event(heaviest rain is 500 years). It is located at the border of North Carolina and Tennessee(the high ridge line is the state's border).
There is a time delay as the water makes it down to the larger rivers.
A local storm(17 inches of rain in 14 hours) flooded the near by Dog River 15 years ago, a steep fast flowing river. A 500 year event. It was a moonscape afterward. No bark on the trees 40 feet up, bus sized rocks lifted out of the bottom of the river. No ground foliage up 40 feet, just bare rock. The water was travelling so fast it banked high into the forest at sharp river turns and removed them. Corn growing on fields on the inside turns had sand deposits up to the tassels of the corn, about 6 feet deep. Water is scary.
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 28, 2024 22:01:13 GMT -5
They think the Great Smoky Mountain Park had a 500 year rain event(heaviest rain is 500 years). It is located at the border of North Carolina and Tennessee(the high ridge line is the state's border). There is a time delay as the water makes it down to the larger rivers. A local storm(17 inches of rain in 14 hours) flooded the near by Dog River 15 years ago, a steep fast flowing river. A 500 year event. It was a moonscape afterward. No bark on the trees 40 feet up, bus sized rocks lifted out of the bottom of the river. No ground foliage up 40 feet, just bare rock. The water was travelling so fast it banked high into the forest at sharp river turns and removed them. Corn growing on fields on the inside turns had sand deposits up to the tassels of the corn, about 6 feet deep. Water is scary. Need one of those big events here to turn up some new material. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 29, 2024 13:13:05 GMT -5
They think the Great Smoky Mountain Park had a 500 year rain event(heaviest rain is 500 years). It is located at the border of North Carolina and Tennessee(the high ridge line is the state's border). There is a time delay as the water makes it down to the larger rivers. A local storm(17 inches of rain in 14 hours) flooded the near by Dog River 15 years ago, a steep fast flowing river. A 500 year event. It was a moonscape afterward. No bark on the trees 40 feet up, bus sized rocks lifted out of the bottom of the river. No ground foliage up 40 feet, just bare rock. The water was travelling so fast it banked high into the forest at sharp river turns and removed them. Corn growing on fields on the inside turns had sand deposits up to the tassels of the corn, about 6 feet deep. Water is scary. Need one of those big events here to turn up some new material. It would be renewed after many years of collecting. Lake Blackshear dam broke when 1994 tropical storm Alberto stalled over Georgia. They were finding chert artifacts by the 1000's.  |
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Post by realrockhound on Sept 29, 2024 13:59:39 GMT -5
Need one of those big events here to turn up some new material. It would be renewed after many years of collecting. Lake Blackshear dam broke when 1994 tropical storm Alberto stalled over Georgia. They were finding chert artifacts by the 1000's. I view it a lil differently than others. Is it bad? 100%, but opportunity comes out of it. We had a big wildfire here in the Maurys. Sucks all that timber burned up, but I know its going to turn up a lot of new material as well. |
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Post by jamesp on Sept 29, 2024 21:48:14 GMT -5
It would be renewed after many years of collecting. Lake Blackshear dam broke when 1994 tropical storm Alberto stalled over Georgia. They were finding chert artifacts by the 1000's. I view it a lil differently than others. Is it bad? 100%, but opportunity comes out of it. We had a big wildfire here in the Maurys. Sucks all that timber burned up, but I know its going to turn up a lot of new material as well. Plus new erosion from tree loss. Unfortunate damage but 100/500 year flood events exposes rocks never seen by collectors. Check out gravel exposure first 10 seconds of video |
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