Official Gramps' Memorial Eternal OT Thread

[NorthDallas40]

I don't see how we haven't lost a few, that's devastation.

Probably right

 

[Orangeburst]

So apparently the storm has stallled and is expecting to stay over the OV, resulting in more rain. I see the bands coming from the west on radar.

 

[NorthDallas40]

Duke power is claiming the dam did not fail. Rather the spillways are open due to reservoir being full and all the water is just bypassing the dam. From what I understand anyway.

 

[McDad]

So apparently the storm has stallled and is expecting to stay over the OV, resulting in more rain. I see the bands coming from the west on radar.

That similar to Harvey and Houston several years ago. About the worst thing that can happen once there is no more wind damage.

 

[Orangeburst]

I have always wondered how the TVA system would be replaced..going on 100 years for some of them and the costs and timeline would be asronomical. Like a $1B just for a lock at Chickamauga.

 

[Orangeburst]

That similar to Harvey and Houston several years ago. About the worst thing that can happen once there is no more wind damage.

I was there at time. 30“+ at my door..lived on 4th floor of apt.

 

[McDad]

I was there at time. 30“+ at my door..lived on 4th floor of apt.

I didn't know you were there when that hit.

Are you saying the water was 30" at your 4th story door???

 

[Orangeburst]

I didn't know you were there when that hit.

Are you saying the water was 30" at your 4th story door???

sorry..30” in my area of NW Houston. South side got like 60”..it was Biblical.

 

[McDad]

sorry..30” in my area of NW Houston. South side got like 60”..it was Biblical.

There was an interstate, no idea which one, where the water was almost up to the overhead signs.
Didn't look real.

 

[Vol423]

sorry..30” in my area of NW Houston. South side got like 60”..it was Biblical.

That hurricane stalled out right along the coast though, so it was parked for days while still drawing energy from the Gulf. That's not the case here.

 

[McDad]

That hurricane stalled out right along the coast though, so it was parked gor days while still drawing energy from the Gulf. That's not the case here.

That's a good point. Not the same

 

[Orangeburst]

That hurricane stalled out right along the coast though, so it was parked gor days while still drawing energy from the Gulf. That's not the case here.

never said it was.

 

[Orangeburst]

FLA says HMB

 

[AM64]

I read last night predictions of 15 in of rain in western NC and potential for record flooding in the region. Saw today that the death toll is over 40, but no mention of where - no geographical distribution. I also saw something before the storm that TVA was adjusting water levels to compensate and minimize flood risk. Also read that TDOT was closing a number of roads ahead of the storm - most seemed to be in E TN - particularly in the mountains.

 

[StarRaider]

6" in the middle of middle TN. Pup took me for a walk and the Stones River is finally back to normal level... but it has been a dry late summer and early fall.

 

[Ritzwatch]

Just got this off FB. A community called Swanannoa? In N.C. People stranded on the roofs

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Just east of Asheville, near Black Mountain.

Boone is a wreck. Chimney Rock is obliterated.

I-40 East washed into the river just inside the NC state line. (Good luck with that travel for the next 2 years.)

All those Carolina mountain town historical societies have a wall dedicated to the Great Flood of 19xx”. Some will have markers on Main Street showing the high water mark of those floods.

This one is gonna be the one they talk about in 100 years. It is catastrophic in those cereal bowl depressions in the mountains. The water egress choke points just weren’t nearly large enough.

 

[StarRaider]

I read last night predictions of 15 in of rain in western NC and potential for record flooding in the region. Saw today that the death toll is over 40, but no mention of where - no geographical distribution. I also saw something before the storm that TVA was adjusting water levels to compensate and minimize flood risk. Also read that TDOT was closing a number of roads ahead of the storm - most seemed to be in E TN - particularly in the mountains.

 

[StarRaider]

 

[StarRaider]

 

[VOLS INC.]

Looking for wisdom.

Where do yall keep your firearms in your vehicle when you just CANT keep them on your person?

I understand the risk of leaving a firearm in a vehicle. I know it’s not the best idea. But inevitably there are situations when you just have to leave it in your vehicle.

I’ve seen Safes. Magnets. Etc. But wanted to know what others are doing. I’ve typically just “hid it” somewhere. But I need a better solution.

 

[hog88]

Looking for wisdom.

Where do yall keep your firearms in your vehicle when you just CANT keep them on your person?

I understand the risk of leaving a firearm in a vehicle. I know it’s not the best idea. But inevitably there are situations when you just have to leave it in your vehicle.

I’ve seen Safes. Magnets. Etc. But wanted to know what others are doing. I’ve typically just “hid it” somewhere. But I need a better solution.

If I owned a firearm, something like a Ruger LC9 I would put it in the center console.

 

[marcusluvsvols]

Good grief man. Asheville, Hendersonville etc and most of western NC is a disaster. They are calling it a 1000 year flood because the water in the rivers is the most in their 230 years of records. I hope the elderly, handicapped etc are OK. Imagine living thru Covid as an elderly or sick person only to get killed by the storm a couple years later...or lose your home on fixed income from SS. God help these people.

https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/27/us/video/asheville-north-carolina-flooding-helene-rosales-cnc-digvid

 

[marcusluvsvols]

I read last night predictions of 15 in of rain in western NC and potential for record flooding in the region. Saw today that the death toll is over 40, but no mention of where - no geographical distribution. I also saw something before the storm that TVA was adjusting water levels to compensate and minimize flood risk. Also read that TDOT was closing a number of roads ahead of the storm - most seemed to be in E TN - particularly in the mountains.

Glad you the Mrs. Are OK bud. Seems like the PF folks are all OK thankfully.

 

[StarRaider]

Looking for wisdom.

Where do yall keep your firearms in your vehicle when you just CANT keep them on your person?

I understand the risk of leaving a firearm in a vehicle. I know it’s not the best idea. But inevitably there are situations when you just have to leave it in your vehicle.

I’ve seen Safes. Magnets. Etc. But wanted to know what others are doing. I’ve typically just “hid it” somewhere. But I need a better solution.

do you work for the gub'ment?

 

[UT_Dutchman]

My boat won't float.