2024 Tropical Weather Thread (3 Viewers)

[Turfie]

This first post was about 10 hours before landfall and the second was about 6 hours before. NHC never adjusted the track - which I don’t think helped the NC folks as much as it could have.
Actual track vs NHC:

Yep. I live right between Greenville/Spartanburg, The center of circulation was never supposed to skirt this close.

And all that energy slammed up against those mountains. Parts of I-40 connecting NC to TN are completely gone.

 

[livefromDC]

When I was at UNCG this area is where I did most of my camping
Boone is a frikkin idyll
These pics/vids are hard to fathom

Such an apt use of the word. Can't think of an a more appropriate use of a word as it fits here.

 

[Turfie]

This was likely a first for many here.

 

[Turfie]

I’m in the fortunate 3.5% of people that now has power restored

 

[superchuck500]

 

[superchuck500]

As I mentioned, my brother has a cabin on Black Mountain about 20 minutes from Chimney Rock/Lake Lure. My entire family went there a few years ago and we visited Lake Lure and Chimney Rock. Chimney Rock reminded me of how Cherokee was when I went there with my family as a kid in the early 80s. Really horrible seeing all those places destroyed and then realizing that my brother has a lot of friends down the mountain that are likely flooded out.

I think (but not sure) that this in the Black Mountain area

 

[efil4stnias]

First video, first shot...luckiest man alive that day. He literally took a step back at the right moment.

 

[brandon8283]

Absolutely catastrophic.

@efil4stnias, I assume insurance is a thing of the past now, right?

 

[Bill]

Absolutely catastrophic.

@efil4stnias, I assume insurance is a thing of the past now, right?

I know from experience that it already is here.

 

[Andrus]

 

[efil4stnias]

Absolutely catastrophic.

@efil4stnias, I assume insurance is a thing of the past now, right?

Well actually this entire issue in the Carolinas etc is flood. And the "insurer" is none other than the Federal Government ....National Flood Insurance Program. ( which actually has to be "authorized " every year so when you hear about Congress holding up CRs or Budget, part of that is funding for NFIP)

So I wouldn't have a clue who had Flood coverage in/around Asheville, Boone and all the other cities and towns that were inundated, but I truly hope many did.

As for "coastal" areas, yes we are continually moving toward a point where the cost of coverage will make everyone think about purchasing (with wind) or not. We are somewhat there now, but still relatively available.

An associate quoted a Builders Risk in New Orleans ...$750,000 building and the only taker was LA Citizens...$28,000.

3 years ago that cost was closer to $7500.

And we now have had 2 canes make landfall once in GoM. Possibly a 3rd next week. This will not bode well for companies contemplating reduced rates, new entries to market or existing companies increasing appetite ( we call it capacity ) in areas in dire need of lower pricing.

 

[Andrus]

 

[Andrus]

I think (but not sure) that this in the Black Mountain area

This is...

 

[Andrus]

 

[superchuck500]

My 11 year old daughter went to sleep Thursday night crying about all the animals in the path of the hurricane.