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Hurricane Helene Upgraded to Category 2: Floridians Warned of ‘Unsurvivable’ Storm Surge, Vast Inland Damage
Breitbart ^ | 09/26/2024 | Simon Kent

Posted on 09/26/2024 8:04:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

An “unsurvivable” storm surge is trailing in the wake of fast-moving Hurricane Helene as it barrels towards Florida. Damaging winds, rains, and flash floods hundreds of miles inland across much of the southeastern U.S. may also be in the mix, forecasters said Thursday.

AP reports Helene is now a major hurricane — meaning an upgrade to Category 2 — as it makes towards landfall on Florida’s northwestern Big Bend coast late Thursday evening and into Friday morning.

The storm is so large that areas roughly 90 miles north of the Georgia-Florida line could expect hurricane conditions. States as far inland as Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana could see rainfall.

As of early Thursday, hurricane warnings and flash flood warnings extended far beyond the coast up into south-central Georgia. The governors of Florida, Georgia, and the Carolinas have all declared emergencies in their states.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Society; Weather
KEYWORDS: category2; florida; frontpage; georgia; helene; hurricane; hurricanehelene; northcarolina; southcarolina; storm; surge; unsurivable
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Is this storm going to bring the climate change crowds wet dreams to life?
1 posted on 09/26/2024 8:04:50 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Cat 2 isnt a big deal. Sheesh.


2 posted on 09/26/2024 8:12:01 AM PDT by montag813
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To: ChicagoConservative27

A pee also declared joe and the ho winner winner and
Presodent electi, my my chickin dinner. Same old
Fizzle drizzle with no look back


3 posted on 09/26/2024 8:13:40 AM PDT by Recompennation (Don’t blame me my vote didn’t count)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Looks like St. George’s Island will get hit hard. I pray all the permanent residents evacuated. It may take out that 4 mile bridge to it. Praying for all in harms way.


4 posted on 09/26/2024 8:14:25 AM PDT by BamaBelle
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To: montag813

The area it’s going to hit in Florida is not a favorite of the Yankees moving here, they mostly head south, the people living in the impacted areas are long time Floridians, they know what to do, they barely get worked up unless it’s a Cat 3 or above.


5 posted on 09/26/2024 8:15:02 AM PDT by srmanuel
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States as far inland as Tennessee, Kentucky and Indiana could see rainfall.

Have these states never seen rainfall before?

6 posted on 09/26/2024 8:15:27 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (My decisions about people are based almost entirely on skin color. I learned this from Democrats.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Hope springs eternal.


7 posted on 09/26/2024 8:16:14 AM PDT by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I am in the south Tampa Bay area and we are having minimal winds and rain.

The NHC in their 4am wind advisory reduced the wind speed before landing from 120 mph to 115 mph.

I know the media wants to make Helene the storm that changed the 2024 election, but it just seems to me that it will not be as powerful as the media likes to predict.

Hurricane Helene Discussion Number 12

NWS National Hurricane Center Miami FL AL092024

400 AM CDT Thu Sep 26 2024

FORECAST POSITIONS AND MAX WINDS

INIT 26/0900Z 24.2N 86.2W 80 KT 90 MPH

12H 26/1800Z 26.8N 85.2W 100 KT 115 MPH

24H 27/0600Z 31.6N 84.0W 75 KT 85 MPH...INLAND


8 posted on 09/26/2024 8:17:43 AM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
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Have these states never seen rainfall before?

Extreme weather events are normal, but because they don't occur every day the media loves to pretend they do, you know, climate change.

9 posted on 09/26/2024 8:19:32 AM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: ClearCase_guy

Yeah, we’ve seen rain before in Indiana but we sure could use some right now.


10 posted on 09/26/2024 8:20:59 AM PDT by GMMC0987
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To: aquila48

Homer Simpson reading playboy unabashed dictionary

“….defines IUD as ‘Love Springs Internal’…….i don’t get it?”


11 posted on 09/26/2024 8:26:28 AM PDT by Vaquero (In Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you. )
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"...but it just seems to me that it will not be as powerful as the media likes to predict."

It rarely is. But c'mon, man! They have had the explosive headlines burning holes in their laptop screens since early summer. Might as well use them now.

12 posted on 09/26/2024 8:29:57 AM PDT by Hatteras
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“unsurvivable” storm surge

So it'll go all the way up the coast and put DC under 10' of water?

Neat!

13 posted on 09/26/2024 8:35:14 AM PDT by fruser1
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Fear sells the news and scientific studies.

Sex sells products.


14 posted on 09/26/2024 8:35:33 AM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again," )
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To: ClearCase_guy

I think in the context of the article, it means they will see rainfall from this particular storm.


15 posted on 09/26/2024 8:38:24 AM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Its at 105mph sustained now and will be over 110mph when it hits Florida. Right now it seems pointed toward landfall maybe around Alligator Point? Hard to say.

Hopefully people in the direct path along the coast of FL are evacuating. I’ve been through a few hurricanes and anything over 110 sustained with higher gusts is intense. Plus storm surge.


16 posted on 09/26/2024 8:38:34 AM PDT by plain talk
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They’re all gonna die! I read that this year has been a dud for hurricanes so far and the season is winding down.


17 posted on 09/26/2024 8:42:31 AM PDT by SaxxonWoods (.You will suffer from one: The pain of discipline or the pain of regret. )
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I know the media wants to make Helene the storm that changed the 2024 election...

Not only the media. There are two other Helene threads here on FR which have attracted what appear to be the "sky-is-falling" contingent on FR. They are absolutely intolerant of any criticism of the media's reporting of the storm.

I've been here since 2006 and I am aghast at the in-fighting, personal hatred, and vitriol people now feel completely free and entitled to engage in and direct toward anyone with a reasoned and alternate viewpoint. These are typical Democrat left-wing tactics so why are they showing up on FR?

18 posted on 09/26/2024 8:44:12 AM PDT by 4Runner
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Are these the same people who predicted that, after Katrina, MASSIVE hurricanes would be become the yearly norm?

Rush used to comment on the way they shaped the ‘cone’ map of where hurricane ‘might’ travel.

It would be better if they employed the Cone of Silence.


19 posted on 09/26/2024 8:44:26 AM PDT by Ronaldus Magnus III (Do, or do not, there is no try)
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To: ClearCase_guy

https://zoom.earth/maps/radar/

Scroll back in time and look at the huge area that has been getting near continuous rainfall for the last 12+ hours the storm is not even on land yet. All that area soil is fully saturated there will be wide spread flash flooding.


20 posted on 09/26/2024 8:46:58 AM PDT by GenXPolymath
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