Anyone heard from ChrisinNC?

[j2pac]

If we could just get rid of all the people...what a wonderful world.

Who would we talk to?

 

[The Old Jaybird]

we got over a foot of rain in 24 hours in Winder, GA, 40 miles ENE of Atlanta, less than half mile from Apalachee High.

 

[jax_joe]

having a store of food, water, and back up heat or electric for cold areas, isnt a great cost.

and for many in high risk areas a place to retreat to and live at, or in, till you get back on your feet.

even an old travel trailer which are cheap can be a comfortable home for a time. left in another place which is safe from what may destroy your home.

WTF are you smoking?

 

[maha]

im smoking? you think having supplies for an emergency is stupid. or an rv.
maybe check your mirror.

 

[sudocrushms]

Who would we talk to?

Or shoot pool with?

 

[jay helfert]

Wind is bad, but water is worse. And one of the worst things about water losses is that so many prudent and financially cautious people do not learn what flood insurance is all about until they experience their first water loss and discover they don't have a vital insurance. Also, for many who know about flood insurance, the cost has has skyrocketed beyond easy affordability so folks just go naked and chance it.

Sadly, without government assistance, a whole lot of people are now facing financial ruin. We've seen it down here too many times. Camile taught many of us about flood insurance, but when Katrina hit, most folks who lived outside of the flood zones did not carry flood insurance. The insurance agents told them they didn't need it if they were not in a flood zone. Problem was no one told Katrina where the lines were.

Moral: everyone needs flood insurance even if they, or their insurance agents, think they don't. So, get you some!

Global Warming is raising oceans and causing bigger storms. The game is changing every day,

Due to the changes brought on by human induced climate change, we need to build bigger and stronger to withstand the wind and rain that is headed our way more and more as time goes on. It's not going to get any better in the years ahead, only worse!

 

[Quesports]

I watched a tv conversation on the news this morning with several officials from Buncombe County and the chancellor of UNCA.

They were wonderful and gave practical non political answers, which was like a breath of fresh air these days.

The upshot is the situation is dire, the need is great and the obstacles are enormous. The National Guard and the Army Corps of engineers should be mobilized ASAP in my opinion.

Water lines, sewer lines, roads you name it has been damaged. The local economy is at a standstill and it will be a long time for normality to return.

There is a truly awful picture of a grandfather and grandmother with their granddaughter on the roof of a house surrounded by a river. Their daughter took the pic just before the roof they were on collapsed. She lost her parents and daughter but miraculously survived herself.

Such an awful site it’s just awful, I can’t imagine how she will ever recover..

 

[Black-Balled]

I watched a tv conversation on the news this morning with several officials from Buncombe County and the chancellor of UNCA.

They were wonderful and gave practical non political answers, which was like a breath of fresh air these days.

The upshot is the situation is dire, the need is great and the obstacles are enormous. The National Guard and the Army Corps of engineers should be mobilized ASAP in my opinion.

Water lines, sewer lines, roads you name it has been damaged. The local economy is at a standstill and it will be a long time for normality to return.

There is a truly awful picture of a grandfather and grandmother with their granddaughter on the roof of a house surrounded by a river. Their daughter took the pic just before the roof they were on collapsed. She lost her parents and daughter but miraculously survived herself.

Such an awful site it’s just awful, I can’t imagine how she will ever recover..

I think you are in NC? Presuming so maybe you're familiar with the Lake Summit area southeast of Asheville? I saw some pics of current status and WOW.

I also wish I had not read your roof story! Goodness, the things that our fellow humans experience.

 

[Quesports]

I think you are in NC? Presuming so maybe you're familiar with the Lake Summit area southeast of Asheville? I saw some pics of current status and WOW.

I also wish I had not read your roof story! Goodness, the things that our fellow humans experience.

I am in Chapel Hill, my daughter lived in Asheville for twelve years and my wife and I visited often. Not familiar with Lake Summit but have been to Lake Lure several times on vacations.

I just got home from Costco, it was packed with folks buying paper products and bottled water. Western N.C. has moved east in a big way. Combine the disaster with the longshoreman strike and you got panic buying at the big box stores

Sadness and Insanity is happening here as we speak!

 

[Black-Balled]

I am in Chapel Hill, my daughter lived in Asheville for twelve years and my wife and I visited often. Not familiar with Lake Summit but have been to Lake Lure several times on vacations.

I just got home from Costco, it was packed with folks buying paper products and bottled water. Western N.C. has moved east in a big way. Combine the disaster with the longshoreman strike and you got panic buying at the big box stores

Sadness and Insanity is happening here as we speak!

Not sure I can thumbs-up that!

 

[Dan_B]

Just getting internet / cellphone and power back so I’m just now seeing this thread. Our house and Family Billiards just outside of Boone narrowly survived the flooding Friday morning when the Watauga River located right behind us crested at it’s highest on Friday morning. By far the highest it’s been in the 50 years we’ve lived here.

Many up here have lost everything and it will take years for them to get the roads and bridges repaired, so we are feeling very blessed.

Good to see, in a long run to be had there you'll have a roll to play...

 

[j2pac]

Just getting internet / cellphone and power back so I’m just now seeing this thread. Our house and Family Billiards just outside of Boone narrowly survived the flooding Friday morning when the Watauga River located right behind us crested at it’s highest on Friday morning. By far the highest it’s been in the 50 years we’ve lived here.

Many up here have lost everything and it will take years for them to get the roads and bridges repaired, so we are feeling very blessed.

Just reading this, and thankfully you are as well as can be. Terrible news for many in the area, but hearing from you is a very small silver lining...