Hurricane Matthew Live Thread II

NOAA/NHC ^ | October 6 2016 | NOAA/NHC

[Just mythoughts]

Yes, I know... I have been watching the loons on the Weather Channel.. It has been interesting to watch their ‘stars’ trying to get themselves located where the bad stuff was going to happen. Problem is they neglected to consider just how much rain was going fall in the ‘safe zones’. And those inland people up and down the coast got whacked.

[dirtboy]

It's good to see that this storm was not as bad as made out to be.

The storm absolutely hammered Freeport in the Bahamas.

It then wobbled to the right and underwent an eyewall replacement that both kept the eye off the coast and weakened it. Both events are impossible to forecast in any manner. In other words, Florida got lucky. The storm was comparable in strength to Donna while in the Northern Bahamas. Donna tracked inland and caused major damage.

You don't wait to evacuate until you are absolutely sure how bad it will be. Because if worst case does happen, it's too late.

BTW, Matthew tracked to the left (landward) side of the forecast track in the Carolinas which made flooding in North Carolina and Virgina worse than if the model tracks three days out had held. So you just never know until the storm is already hitting.

[Just mythoughts]

Because those on the coasts think that they are the only lives that matter. The same can be said of the west coast as well. They live in a parallel universe.

[dirtboy]

Too many downcasters focus on wind, when water is the primary killer and damage agent with most hurricanes, with Andrew being a notable exception. Water comes from both surge and rainfall, so the hazards from such can be widespread. The flooding in Louisiana this summer that caused ten billion in damage was from a tropical system that never even reached depression status.

[Just mythoughts]

IF you do a bit of homework, the storm was horrific for millions of people. What was exposed was these ‘weather gods’ were totally out to lunch as to the trac this storm would take, AND the rain that came with it to the ‘inland’ peoples. They demonstrated their idiocy, because their whole coverage changed today. North Carolina governor was near panic this morning because of the lack of ‘warning’ of heavy rains and flooding inland. It will take several days for the rivers and creeks to return to normalcy, and there are millions that have lost everything. AND it will be days before the death count is actually known.

[caww]

Sorry to hear so much flooding there.....do you know why it is the people were drowned, the city made it quite clear it takes very little water to sweep away a car into flood waters that can take life.....

Lots of water in the Carolina's....North Carolina here....

Last update I was aware of is 699 people have been rescued in Cumberland County, North Carolina. Number is expected to rise.

Lots of flooding in Whiteville and Bladenboro

the flooding in Lumberton, NC

[caww]

Yep....

[dirtboy]

Reportedly both car and underwear were totaled:

[RegulatorCountry]

See that home in your first photo? That’s the way to do it on the coastal plain of NC. Not only did they build on a raised foundation, looks like a good four feet, but they built up the area of the foundation. If you could see the garage or parking area, I don’t doubt that it’s built up and raised, too. The only damage they may have to contend with would be if they’re on well and septic tank. The well would need to be decontaminated and the septic pumped out.

[Mears]

“Because those on the coasts think that they are the only lives that matter. “

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That,of course,is not true.We are all working our way through life as everyone else is.

The inane “Safe Space” nonsense started at U of Missouri and I didn’t see people knocking all of “flyover country” because of it.

Region bashing is ridiculous.

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[Just mythoughts]

Yes... the weather gods whole focus was the path of the hurricane and where, when, or if the eye would make land fall. What happened is that the hurricane followed the coast and the inland got the deluge. The weather gods came up naked and they know it... Their whole coverage changed this am.

[EDINVA]

Do you have a good link to Hilton Head coverage? My nephew is one of the “rich” with a beautiful home there that I fear took a major hit. I had an exchange with him on Friday as he evacuated, but of course haven’t heard since.

[RegulatorCountry]

I’m well inland and north, near the VA border. We got just over 3” and a little more wind than expected. I saw a few trees down and a few accidents from hydroplaning on standing water in the roadway. No wind damage to structures. Little to no flooding here, but it’s hilly. Areas east and southeast got it worse. Models were showing high rain totals for the affected areas beforehand, it wasn’t a case of being blindsided.

[Just mythoughts]

Hey, you will NOT find me taking up for the University of Missouri.. They in majority are as liberal and stupid as it gets.. but what does it say for the rest of the country following their ‘safe space’ claims? Wonder where the ‘professors’ at MU got their education? There are only so many openings for professors at any given university... and Harvard, Yale or any other Ivy League school degree seems to have more influence than it should.

[dirtboy]

Some of the models were forecasting a lot of rain in the Carolinas:

The storm did take longer to veer to the east which enhanced the rainfall, along with a frontal system.

Agreed on the Weather Channel preening idiots - but shots of personalities getting buffeted by wind gusts are much more gripping than flood waters slowly rising.

[Just mythoughts]

Do you have a good link to Hilton Head coverage? My nephew is one of the “rich” with a beautiful home there that I fear took a major hit. I had an exchange with him on Friday as he evacuated, but of course haven’t heard since.

According to the 'weather channel', they have contact with a person that stayed behind. There is no way to get to the island, and this person said trees were down everywhere. No power and person said it looked like a war zone. My interest comes that I have a relative with plans to 'golf' there in a couple of weeks... NOT sure that is going to happen.

[nutmeg]

How awful! Very sad photos of the flooding in NC. I've lived through smaller floods than that... I know how devastating they can be. :-(

Does anyone know how Savannah, GA and Charleston and Hilton Head Island, SC fared?

I sincerely hope and pray all FReepers who were in the path of the worst of Hurricane Matthew made it through with their lives and property intact.

We are getting much-needed rain now here in northern Connecticut, apparently remnants of Matthew. About 17 mph winds... not bad.

[RegulatorCountry]

With the resorts looking at potential tremendous loss of revenue, they’ll be bringing in their own crews and will be back up and running quicker than you’d think, probably quicker than residential side streets get cleared out and cleaned up.

[caww]

It's a lot ore than branches in the yards basement flooding.....but then sitting there in CT in a breeze you're perspective would be typical of New Englanders....well known by those of us who have lived among.

You might want to talk to the 15 families whose family embers are dead...and homes destroyed with flood waters not to mention businesses.

Storm surge flooding from Hatteras Village, North Carolina, Sunday morning.

[SamAdams76]

You are being silly. Of course the hurricane caused a lot of damage - as hurricanes that make landfall usually do. However, it was not quite the storm that it was predicted to be. And for that, we can take solace.