For all our South Carolina Treepers, our prayers are with you. We hope all in the path of Ian are able to weather the storm well and safely. As you are able, check in and let us all know you guys are okay.
According to ABC news, Ian made landfall just after 2 p.m. today as a Cat 1 hurricane with winds at 85 mph.
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Looks like Ian is slowly aiming more to the East. A couple of nights ago the trajectory seemed to go right over Asheville, then Charlotte … now?
That can’t be correct! That was a prediction only a few days out! Did they ask Al Gore? His Algorerhythym can predict 50 yrs out to minute detail. Call Al Gore! /s/
Asheville? You are kidding right? Hurricanes don’t make it this far inland; at the most we could get some wind and rain from Gulf hurricanes. Right now we have neither although the usual hysterics predicted something would happen.
Hazel in the 1950’s went in in NC before people had warning. It killed people all across NC – Murphy to Manteo is 560 miles. It was still hurricane force in Greensboro because it followed Cape Fear River- warm waters. There’s a Hazel Memorial. Now, that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a series of tropical tornadoes instead.
Typhoon winds is what they call it…we get those frequently here anyway because of the way the wind funnels through the mountains. It could be blowing down trees on one end of town and sunny and peaceful on the other. They have not had a hurricane in Asheville, but it does get heavy rains and I am told around the 2000 and something it flooding Biltmore Village.
During the 18 years we lived in north central Minnesota we often had straight line winds with summer storms that ran from 75-100 mph, removing roofs and anything else that was fastened tight enough. Also cleaned out all the branches that couldn’t hang on: we called it God’s Pruning Service.
Could go on for hours, night after night at times. Was never called hurricane conditions. It was just real windy.
We moved from Brainerd 5 years ago but lived there for 35 years. We got slammed with two storms..one straight line winds took out 90 trees in our yard and tree lines..next one was a tornado and took out 40 more. Damage to buildings and vehicles…months of clean up…I cannot fathom the widespread destruction in Florida. Back in MN after those storms it was one one bite at a time…our elephant wasn’t nearly as big as in florida. May God help Floridians as they clean up.
We now are in a western state in mountains. We get winds before a weather front that moves heavy porch furniture and howls like the devil himself. No place is perfect. Very few mosquitoes here though and I thank the Lord for that!
Hi Sharon,
My husband and I moved to Minneapolis in 1981 due to his job. Bought our first little 6 room ranch there.
It was a heady time as our first child was conceived and born there.
Then I spent countless days in the basement ducking the tornadoes with an infant, while my husband worked endless hours.
Worst 2 years of my life! Scared and alone with a baby!
Many folk feel MN is beautiful, and perhaps in places it is. For me couldn’t wait to leave!
No disrespect intended, just not a happy time for me.
Plus even then I did not fit, being a conservative, no room made even then for a dissenting voice.
I live in the mountains in NC and the winds we got from Ian were not unlike the wind we experience frequently here at the top of the mountain. It was just a really long wind and rainstorm here.
No one remembers Hugo hit, about a week ago ,Charlotte 33 years ago with 100 mph winds.
At the time, my future bride had moved into the house on August 26th. We got married in the house about 10 weeks later…and look forward to our anniversary 6 weeks from now (The Good LORD willin’).
It was a very cold winter thet year. I wonder if that weather will repeat this year.
I remember Hugo very well. Tornadoes were spawned off around Columbia and surrounding areas. Interstate signs fallen into the medians.
Bathtubs and commodes washed out then washed back ashore along the sand. Murrells Inlet trashed. Mattresses and linens from hotels and motels were lined up along the main drag at Myrtle Beach.
The “old” hotels had less damage than the new construction. Newer hotels along the ocean were demolished. Also, the biting blowflies swarmed in and were worse than the mosquitoes after the hurricane!
Happy anniversary! And many, many more.
It snowed in Charleston that winter after Hugo. I remember it well.
wow, must be climate change.
All of us who lived through Hugo remember. Trees down at my mother’s home to all points of the compass, 360 degrees. Three weeks til electric power was restored; coffee perked in a camping percolator on the campstove or outdoor grill. Lots of fun recovering here just north of CLT but we had downed trees to supply fuel for the woodstove for 2+ years. It was so much worse for the areas north of Charleston, not a tree left standing and most dwellings totally lost.
I stand corrected; I moved here in 2005 and apparently there was a hurricane in 2004 but all people talk about is the flooding but supposedly there were also hurricane force winds. No one ever talks about the winds…so maybe it sounds worse than it was (common occurrence because of weather sensationalism). It flooded Biltmore Village area and people rowed around in boats. I have no idea really why no one mentions wind, all they remember is the flooding.
Correct. I lived through Hazel and Ian passed over my house tonight in the Piedmont of NC. We had torrential rain and heavy wind all afternoon and evening. I’m really happy to see the back side of it.
What I meant was the remnants of Ian as a tropical storm – tropical depression etc. I took it for granted most folks know hurricanes seldom make it more than an hour or two as hurricanes once coming ashore. The Great New England Hurricane of 1938 crossed into Vermont as a full blown hurricane which would be a little over 140 miles from where it first came ashore on Bellport, LI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1938_New_England_hurricane#Vermont
If you’re in Asheville, your likely one of the few conservatives. It’s a NY / left coast bastion of lefties if not mistaken?
I lived in Asheville from ’90 – ’95. I was surprised at many people from California had settled there. It is a very liberal city. Too bad! It’s one of the most beautiful places on Earth. I believe Asheville has the most Art Deco buildings after only Miami? If I ever moved back to the area I would settle in Burnsville or Spruce Pine.
Those are good choices…far enough away to be left alone.
I moved to just outside of Asheville 11 years ago; I lived in asheville for 6 years before that. But the leftists have moved there, also. Good news, is that this year the tourism is down and they never tell the truth here…the reasons spouting forth are that tourists are going to bigger cities or out of country…I don’t think so …crime is skyrocketing because the people in Asheville hate police so half the force quit and no one wants to work there. It is also run by Branch Covidean and there are still small businesses requiring masks and vaccine…who would want to come here?
I did meet some people who moved to Asheville and they were from California and are conservatives…that’s why they left California…bad choice.
I had an entire outline of relocating to Asheville right before the pandemic. I had picked my neighborhoods, lined up some business plans, friends…then it all fell apart. I knew things were going to sort of give in there, to the liberals and their destructiveness, but I didn’t foresee the extent of it, especially with such a pandemic impact.
I have health issues that aren’t just about wanting a nice climate, though. Asheville’s is still unique and ideal for me, but I can’t see 1. paying the price for a city that is now so unsafe and 2. putting up with constant anti-white liberal insanity. I just don’t feel like being surrounded by it. I loved how Asheville was arty and creative and not militant identity politics. But the radical leftists have ruined that culture.
All they have left is the climate, some of the natural beauty surrounding it.
I guess where I’m going is, do you feel like there are enclaves of decent, non-liberal types still there? I am very white, if it’s okay to say that on here. I look like the founding stock of this country – the exact ethnic/racial group the liberals hate and target the most. I am a single woman who loves alone time, maybe a small house near the woods.
Are there places where people like me can still live down there and have friends? Lol. I literally wonder if it’s been totally taken over by the fascist left, if many of the native southerners have left, etc.
Just wondering, thanks for reading, hope you still enjoy the trails down there, I know I fell in love with the setting.
If you like NC, try the mountains around Elkin and Sparta, Pilot Mountain, Mt. Airy. I have a home in Roaring Gap and we’re pretty conservative around here. We do have some leftie loons, but they seem to be in the minority.
I don’t think there is any place within the city limits of Asheville that has not been taken over by the left. The conservatives I met from California lived in the North Asheville area and I met another couple recently who moved here from Louisiana and they moved to North Asheville. I would avoid West Asheville and down town like the plague. East Asheville is mixed.
I live just north but that town has been taken over by the left. There are areas nearby that are better, ie, Marshall has somehow survived so far. Also areas in the county are still conservative and yet close to Asheville. Reems Creek Road at least 3 miles outside of Weaverville…a lot of Trump supporters down that way. Oh, Leicester, just outside Asheville slightly west still seems to be “redneck” but I am sure that is changing.
I have few friends. I have one friend that I met in 2008 when I was still voting Dem and supported Hillary (I know I was still insane) and she is the one who talked me into supporting Trump. She is a small business owner but her customers are all Ashevillians so it is hard for her psychologically. I have several neighbors who are local and are huge Trump supporters…there are still people like that around.
I feel the people here are not friendly. I am originally from the Midwest and people there are the friendliest…open and chatty. Not so much here….they can be friendly but only to a point. Asheville people, I cannot stand being around. I only go down to the Harris Teeters and turn around and drive back. Dreadful people, very closed minded, tons of homeless, the rest are Branch Covideans…not a nice place.
So, I don’t know what to say…find a small town or area in county outside of Asheville…I am really hoping the economy takes down Asheville. Tourism is down this year.
ps I am also single white female…I have had no problems with my race but have with my political beliefs. Joining a church seems to be a way to meet people if you are so inclined. There is a huge church called Brookstone in Weaverville…check that out. I am not a group oriented person so it does make it harder to meet people. I live alone, work from home, and hike alone. I enjoy it but a close friend or two would be nice…I have always had friends everywhere else I have lived…oh well…it is what it is.
Berkeley…with altitude.
My son lives there but his current name for the city is TRASHVILLE because of the leftist city council, mayor etc. There was an effort last year to get Antifa out but I’m not sure of the success. He stays out of downtown now and keeps his opinions mostly to himself. When I travel to visit we meet in Hendersonville and spend our money there, not downtown anymore.
Hurricanes don’t make it this far inland;
Really?
We experienced hurricane Ike, September 14, 2008 in Ohio.
Power for us was out 10 days. I was out on I-71 and tractor trailer rigs were overturned by the dozens.
More than 2-million Ohio residents lost power, and the disaster led to $1.255 billion in insured losses.
https://www.whio.com/news/local/remember-when-hurricane-hit-ohio-years-ago-today/uGNGb4XaSvTB0MvFi1sREI/
Yep, we had no electric for 11 days even though our neighbors all around us did. Our house was on a corner and the power line had pulled off the house. A guy from ~Duke~ come one day & said “well, you only need to have that line reattached…8 days later at #:30AM that’s what they did.
What direction did it come from?
I lived on an island off the coast of Maine and rarely do hurricanes make it there but one year we got one that made it; winds were 70 mph so we all went to the back shore and stood in it. We got winds like that up there without a hurricane.
Houston.
Ike hit the weekend that Lehman Brothers went down.
I live in western Ohio, almost to Indiana. We got a new roof out of that hurricane! Still can’t believe it myself!
remember/note: hurricanes bring enormous precipitation as well as the other wind and missile hazards.
ask the people up in Alexandria, LA what Hurricane Laura experience was like.
you will be (sadly) surprised.
God Bless America
I said we can get tons of rain which apparently they last got in 2004…
25″ of rain in under 36 hours. It was a mess up there.
Ask Camille about how far they go inland.
I was in Mobile Alabama when that one hit!
Visiting our Grannies.
And then driving West afterwards and seeing the destruction.
Will never forget it!
I don’t know where you live, littleflower, but did you ever hear of Hurricane Hugo in 1989? Hugo made its 4th landfall as a Cat 5 storm in Charleston, SC. Shockingly it roared NNW across South Carolina, ripping through Charlotte, NC then on up to VA and WVA and points north, even into Canada, causing devastation all along the way. I lived in Charlotte at the time and will never forget going to bed thinking a hurricane would never affect us that far inland (other than wind and rain) and waking up at 4 AM to the unforgettable freight train noise that hurricanes and tornadoes make. We could hear trees falling in the woods beside our house and heard trees falling on neighboring houses.
When the storm finally passed we ventured out of our homes. It looked like a bomb had gone off. Whole stands of pine trees had been sheared off halfway up as if a giant machete had torn through them. Giant oak trees ripped out by the roots. Debris everywhere. We assessed the damage at our homes, then went to the homes of neighbors who weren’t already out to make sure they were OK. Of course, there was no power, no phone lines, etc.
Within about an hour people wheeled their gas grills out to their driveways and women were making camp coffee, fixing eggs, sausage, steaks – whatever they had in the fridge to feed everyone. The men were firing up their chainsaws and clearing the trees that were blocking the streets. Other people took pictures of the damage so we could show them to our insurance companies. Then, streets cleared, the men set about cutting down the trees that had fallen on houses or blocked driveways.
I’ll never forget thinking at the time, “This is what Americans do.”
I was in the eye of Hugo at landfall here in Charleston. Note that it was “only” a Cat 4 then. Your post storm description is spot on except that since we had so much flooding there were rugs and lots of furniture and clothes put in front of everyone’s house to dry out.
https://www.goes.noaa.gov/goes-e-SE.html
You can watch the storm here
Just a few hours ago the report was it was heading west. Yesterday they were saying where I live it would be major rain, everyone panicking canceling their first day of Oct. fall festivals, and now it is to be showers. Hurricanes tend to have a mind of their own.
Exactly. 2/3 days earlier all of the “spaghetti” models” showed Ian hugging the coast all the way up after leaving FL. DID NOT HAPPEN. I’m sure MSM et al were very disappointed. Storm tracked much further east minimizing damaging wind to coastal areas. Moderate storm surge seems to be the primary SC issue.
We got less than an inch of rain and no wind . That was last night. Mass hysteria is over.
Thanks, we are ok in North Myrtle. Much more fortunate than our FL brothers and sisters.
Wind is blowing pretty strong now at Holden beach just north of Myrtle beach. No rain but we have picked up 3” today. No damage as yet.
We are just over the border from coastal SC in Brunswick County, NC. We had about 5 inches of rain today and some great wind, but nothing scary. Once a hurricane comes onto land (unless, like Ian, it goes back out over the water) it loses steam, but often times inland tornadoes are spurred from all of the disturbances in the atmosphere. I remember years ago, driving down from the middle of NC down to the Brunswick County beaches to check on my sister’s place. On the way, as we drove through the Raleigh area, we saw a huge tree. It looked like a giant had broken it off and stabbed into the roof of a house. It was surreal to see to top of a giant pine sticking out like that — that was the result of an inland tornado. Yes, even inland, hurricanes can create all sorts of havoc.
Luckily, for us, our state didn’t have that kind of landfall. God bless our brothers and sisters in Florida as they suffer through Katrina-like damage, but much less sympathetic coverage in the news (instead blaming DeSantis or global warming or whatever they are trying to blame us for today!) Insanity never lets up it seems. It’s always a giant hurricane…
We love going to Hilton Head to golf every few years. The SC folks have always been very kind, welcoming and hospitable. Blessing to all SC folks with the exception of Ms. Lindsey.
yup.
And Mr. Scott.
And Jim Clyburn.
Pawleys Island, 30 miles south of Myrtle. About 8” rain, rumor the pier washed away. Quieter now, hoping it moves on so no backside of storm. Winds started around 7 am lasted till 1 pm.
Pawleys Island & Apachie Pier both were Damaged..
Cherry Grove pier is heavily damaged.
Eastern midlands here – high gusty winds and couple inches of rain but better off than it looked like last night when it was forecasted to come up through Charleston. Since it landed further north, haven’t seen as high winds as originally forecasted. No lasting power outages. Should be out of here in next several hours.
God bless South Carolina, Georgia, and anyone in Ian’s path.
prayers.
the First Coast?
just now checked – initial reaction was that now the Libs were calling the East Coast the First Coast but went and looked and learned something new 🙂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Coast
Silly you, thinking leftards know anything accurate about American history!
Isn’t that special-Historical places all need advertising agencies to determine what they should be called.
off topic?
Well, we have to know the name of what it is before we talk about it … so … no.
I thought that was Seminole country?
Oldest daughter is in Myrtle Beach hunckered down and safe. ✝️🙏✝️
Prayers up for your daughter and all the folks in Ian’s path.
So relieved, my dear friend.🙏. I know it’s worrying when you are so far away.
👍🏼❣️
Praying for all the folks in SC, and all who are suffering from the impact of Hurrican Ian. May God bless and protect you all.
Heavy rain and wind, big surf. Power is on….Isle of Palms, SC. (We’re a barrier island off Charleston). Hugo blew through here in 1989, took years to recover and many old timers just couldn’t rebuild. So much hard work and stress. Our hearts go out to those folks in Florida.
Prayers again for those in the Carolina’s.
It will be destructive and dangerous until it runs out of water and wind energy, which it looks like will happen in the coming hours.
I remain dumbfounded at the photos out of Western Florida. The Hurricane that destroyed Homestead FL in the 90’s did similar damage, but the foot print was far smaller, if memory serves. The scale of complete destruction is logarithmically larger from this evil one.
You mean exponentially… right?
Very much more bigger
Your choice of
Your choice is correct, my bad. Exponential describes the intensity and scope. Well played and sharp.
Andrew’s eye was larger and it was faster moving. It hung offshore for a long period then absolutely slammed into Miami. We were in Palm Beach Co. and the winds were about 75mph up there. A coconut went through the neighbors block wall like a 155mm shell. And, it took out a lot of shingles.
When Andrew crossed into Homestead it went relatively fast in to a relatively sparsely populated (poor) area with no water to speak of. It then crossed the glades going West. In it’s path there was absolutely no vegetation whatsoever. It looked like a huge crop circle pointing in one direction.
We took a boat down to the keys about 2 weeks later and there were still mattresses and sofas and junk like that on the interstate. The multistory office buildings along the interstate looked like something from Ukraine. It was mainly an industrial and commercial area along the interstate.
With this one there was relatively slow movement (about 8 mph), historical water surge because of the wind direction, and lots of wind. The areas hit were also very close to the water and flood plane. We took the eye wall for about 2 hours at 85mph 40 miles away. The eye measured 20 miles across.
Sanibel Island is big big big money and lots of elitist democrats. Pine Island is sorta big money. Cape Coral is not so much big money but lots of older houses and retired folks. Again, all those areas cannot take a storm surge. Surrounding those areas on the Ft. Myers side there are lots of mobile home type dwellings…residential and commercial…even up to the Gulf shore. It’s not until you cross over east of I-75 that you get into newer type construction.
Lots and lots of differences.
Mobile homes are almost impossible or impractical to insure in Florida.
FWIW-most wind or large storms that are expected to knock down power poles & lines in communities have the gas & electric turned off by the G&E companies.
That way they are not battling massive electrical/gas fires along with the storm damage or danger from live downed power lines.
The repair process is to fix down lines and poles before they restore energy.
The media cannot capitalize on the doom & gloom scare tacit of “millions without power blamed on massive storm bcz of climate change” bs…
Their goal is to scare you as much as possible into compliance and submission-
The Weather Channel started that reporting of how many people will be without power and knew it would get big reactions from everyone.
Feeds climate change, BBB, green new deal, carbon trading wealth stealing narrative.
Surfside Beach, SC here… Apache and Cherry Grove piers in North Myrtle Beach as well as private pier on Pawleys Island heavily damaged
I’m in Newberry County, NW of Columbia, Lots of rain 30 mph winds were the max. tapering off now at 4pm.
Murrells Inlet checking in safe and sound. Never lost power. Three piers in the area were damaged between Pawleys Island and Cherry Grove. The eye was quiet, and thankfully the back side was almost non existent. Flooding near the ocean and Inlet.
Thank you for the prayers! Now it’s time for us motley pirates to get to cleaning and repairs.
My power flickered on and off multiple times here in Socastee, but held.
45mins north of Charleston – lots of very gusty wind and sideways rain since very early hours. Ground was overflowing with water, but now drained away. Currently seeing some blue sky peeking through the clouds. Just waiting for the whiparound with one more deluge and then we should be done.
Lake Marion has gone up a fair bit but not enough for my liking. Boat was sitting on mud at front but is now floating freely.
Did a LOT of prep – but glad that it wasn’t needed.
Hope everyone is doing okay!
Well done with the prepping. However, you are definitely going to need it in the near future. Plan on it.
How to help – – here are sites and charities helping Florida and South Carolina recover from Hurricane Ian — UPDATED!!!
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-to-help-here-are-sites-and.html
Wow
Must be senators Lindsey’s fault
He certainly blows. So I heard.
Prayers for all!
in southern Bladen County, N.C., we have received 4.25 inches of rain with lots of wind. There are some power outages in the area. This one is a lot better than the last one, Florence, which dropped 22.5 inches here at my house and over 30 inches about 25 miles from here.
Hampton Roads area in VA being hit for hours now. Parts of highway 64 is closed. Flash flood warnings, tornado watches, wind and heavy rain in our area. It tampers down tomorrow but we get hit with wind and rain again on Sun. – Tues.
Of course, not what Florida got. Stay safe in SC and NC.
WAVY Norfolk
Some area roads closed due to flooding, downed trees
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/some-area-roads-closed-due-to-flooding-downed-trees/ar-AA12sjdt
Virginia Beach feels the effects of Hurricane Ian
https://www.wtkr.com/news/virginia-beach-feels-the-effects-of-hurricane-ian
Charleston area here… It was scary a little (the sound!) but not nearly as bad as in Florida. Lots of broken branches in the yard, lost electricity for a while and that’s about it. Husband has not checked the roof yet but, hopefully, it’s not damaged. Our area was marked as only a “moderate danger to life and property” on the local map so weren’t too much concerned.
Glad to hear.
Any chance of nice wiggle. Take out the Bygone administration and Martha’s Junkyard!
Have been without power for 4 hours in Summerville. We are apparently part of an outrage of 5,171, the largest they show on the outage map. Their outage numbers keep going down so hopefully they get to us today. If not, they don’t. The freezer is absolutely full with lots of frozen soda burgled and I don’t plan to open it so it should be okay for 24 hours. Lots of ice in the frig as well. This is nothing compared to Florida.
If the outage lasts into tomorrow, I’m trying to figure out if I can use this as some kind of excuse for skipping a lunch with several of my sisters tomorrow. 🤣🤣 I really should not since the one is visiting from out of town and has medical issues but…
Soda bottles. I didn’t burgle anything but it won’t let me edit the comment.
Lol!! 😀
Glad you said something because I don’t know what a burgle is, and why you would put it in the freezer. LOL.
Power is back on after 5 hours, just in time to listen to college football on TuneIn radio even though I don’t care about any of the teams playing. I still love college ball.
Bluffton SC about 25 miles from Hilton Head Island
Only a little wind and rain, and the sun came out this afternoon
I was watching the eagle cam on Hilton Head (https://www.hhilandtrust.org/eagle-cam) earlier and thinking they definitely don’t have the weather we do 50-60 miles north.
Poignant thread and comments….people talking about the experience of a hurricane.
Praying for all of my fellow Treepers. Stay safe.
Coastal NC: it has been raining here for many hours. It was starting to rain last night about 1 am, was raining at 6:00 am when I woke up, and is finally beginning to slow down now about 7:00 pm. I am hoping that low lying areas evacuated.
Surf City, NC & region(s),, Minor coastal flooding, enough too cause a “nuisance” , Some trees toppled, or weakened by disease/what have you. Surf, waves 15~20 feet.. Coastal erosion winds to 40~45 mph..
Beach’s,, namely Sunset Beach & the Island of Ocean Isle, closed the ingress & egress due to safety concerns, (winds) .
Heavy rain..
two fishing piers lost-out due to Storm conditions, Pawly Island Pier & Apachie Piers both suffered quite a bit of Damage..
Power outages for some locations..
Lotsa Stores (around Me) closed because of the inability of internet being down, to do transactions..
We here in Surf City/Hampstead came through relatively un-scathed.
Tomorrow, I think I’ll go fishing.. 😉 Unless, I’m stuck with yard debris & leaves clean-up..
Hope everyone else came through this as well as we did..
God Bless everyone..
Good to hear.
Spend some time at Ocean Isle every year. Hope to do a weekend there in October.
Update from Hampton Roads, Virginia
We are getting hit harder now with Ian into tomorrow. We have been under a tornado, wind, and flash flood warnings for hours. We lost power and Internet a few times. Parts of highways are closed due to flash flooding and trees down. Then, the storm tapers off tomorrow and we then get the back end of it with rain and wind on Sun. and Mon.
Prayers to all for safety and shelter from Ian. May we all be spared from the coming storms ahead.
Living in New England any time there was a big storm in the aftermath the following day, the old timers would all say this is nothing compared to the 1938 hurricane. Back then there was no warning.
There was a story told by a woman when she was a child. Her family had a home on the Rhode Island coast. When the storm hit in 1938, they had to go up into their attic because of the flooding and the house collapsed and floated out into the bay but they all survived.
I read earlier that some of the people in Florida were having to swim in their living rooms. Scary stuff.
Moncks Corner SC. About 35 miles inland from Charleston. This house is a Hugo veteran who took a purple heart. She kept us safe then and through all subsequent blusters. We are safe and family is safe. Didn’t lose power or acquire structural damage. We are on Lake Moultrie and saw 65 mph sustained winds and 78 mph gusts. Rain gauge says we received 4 inches of rain with this storm. The yard and front pond will be happy as things were getting dry. Lots of tree debris and a few limbs everywhere but it will be in the burn pile by Monday. Neighbor is out of town and hubby saw a moderate sized hickory across his access road so cleaned it up. Nothing like coming home and not being able to get to your house.
I was raised form the age of 9 until 18 when I moved away in Summerville . Some family still in that area. lad to hear you did well.
We are OK in Myrtle Beach. High winds, heavy rainfall, lights blinked on and off, but no damage or flooding in my area of MB. Thank goodness. After going through the devastation of Hurricane Sandy in NJ a few years ago, we pray for the people of Fort Meyers area of Florida.
what was your town in Jersey?
Son in Charleston says he did good but he is away from the coast
No idea if this has already been posted, but thought it was nice for Sundance to be given a nod.
https://canadafreepress.com/article/hurricane-ian-recovery-in-fort-myers
Very nice recognition and repost….
Awww, thank you!
I am so happy to see Sundance receive recognition from our Northern neighbors!
It does my heart good for him, his admins, and all Treepers!
We had a quiet day here in Charleston. No cars on the road, rain on the roof and a stiff breeze. BTW my best friend in Naples is safe and sound.
North Charleston, SC. My family and our apartment complex were really lucky – the worst damage was a young elm that came down right in front of our apartment. I did see a few shingles on the ground when we went out and walked around, so hopefully someone will check the roofs.
Quarter til two, the gusts were strong enough that the crape myrtle outside my window was laying flat on the ground, and the palmetto by the pool was at a 90° angle. And this was in an area enclosed by buildings.
The rain was done and the wind starting to peter off wind 4. Around 5, a guy in a ratty tee shirt and swim trunks brought a small chain saw and cut the downed elm into pieces, and pulled it out of the walkway. Reminded me forcefully of Sundance’s neighborly first responders that he talks about.
(My mother in Summerville is without internet, she talked to someone at Spectrum and apparently the entire area hub was wiped out.)
Being w/out internet is for crazy-making. We have become so dependent on it. I feel terrible for those w/out it, it is so frustrating, I hope it comes back on soon. And Kudos for ratty t-shirt man. I love those types that jump in and get it done because they are simply kind good souls wanting to help.
Was thinking about You TreeClimber ,, remembered You are in one of the Carolinas 😊
Happy to know You and Family are Safe !
Fake News always focuses on what’s important.
Definitely off topic – but hope this gives someone a laugh. Have spent much of the day destressing after knowing my family is ok. I have no idea why this came to mind but isn’t California supposed to have a major earthquake someday and fall into the ocean? Will this event, if it ever occurs (God Forbid) be blamed on Gruesome? How is a shifting in the tectonic plates going to be blamed on climate change? I guess they will figure out how to do it and eulogize Gruesome ad nauseum.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11265751/South-Carolina-braces-deadly-Hurricane-Ian-make-landfall-HOURS-bringing-85mph-winds.html
thank you menagarie! I appreciate you stepping in here and doing your part to cover this very strong storm.
We are all very fortunate to have you and I pray daily for you and for the rest of team CTH.
God Bless America
My thanks also Menagerie.
Thankful you are safe.🙏🏻🙏🏻
what regitiger sed fortunate indeed thank you menagarie
R.D.
I’m about 30 miles inland from Myrtle Beach as the crow flies. Lost power for a while but we are blessed its back on again. Some folks around me will wait awhile to get theirs back going. Florida has All my prayers tonight as they got hammered by Ian. I am hopeful I can go south and help them in the next few days. Have chainsaw, will travel.
How to help – – here are sites and charities helping Florida and South Carolina recover from Hurricane Ian — UPDATED!!!
https://commoncts.blogspot.com/2022/09/how-to-help-here-are-sites-and.html
Fairly mild here. Winds up to 60mph. Some coastal flooding from storm surge, but not too much, and already receding. No tornadoes. Lost parts of several piers, and people lost docks, but as far as I know right now no loss of life. About 6 inches of rain.
Tweet with 2 min. video of what a storm surge looks like:
Incredible.
basically, the ocean comes up on land for a while
thanks, Bessie, that was a real eye-opener
I sincerely hope that ALL of these various videos, now collected in various parts of the country, will now be assembled and forwarded to authorities such as NOAA. So that they can incorporate them as resources in future public service announcements:
“Get the F&ck out of the way(!!)” because “THIS is what we are talking about!!”
“Thanks to (sacrificial …?) Go-Pro’s,” we are now actually able to record these things. Therefore, it is vital that we spread this collected footage far and wide, as we prepare public announcements for the next, inevitable, hurricane.
These need to become public resources that are freely shared, in future public announcements about impending future events, whenever they may come. The public needs to see this. They need to know exactly what “a storm surge” is.
(And, perhaps, Ian has just given us particularly excellent footage to draw from …)
WTH are you referring to?
I’m referring both to the “tweet” footage in the original post, and to many similar clips that have been lately posted elsewhere. These are, in all cases, very graphic videos recorded by remote cameras at the moments that the “storm surges” actually hit. (In some cases also accompanied by “before pictures.”)
People who must, in the future, prepare for future storms, now need to s-e-e this for themselves. Those who are tasked with preparing public service announcements should now gather these videos, and officially share them as resources.
Perhaps referring to the need for people to have a visual in their mind as to what storm surges, hurricanes, tornadoes, etc. actually do and how quickly that do their damage so that people make truly informed choices to stay or evacuate? Some folks just need to see it in pictures because words no longer seem to work.
Because today we possess the resources to collect “
picturesvideos,” and then to distribute them throughout the entire planet, we should make an official effort to do so.“A [tornado | hurricane | storm surge] is coming … let me show you what exactly that means,
and exactly how you can die.“Because today we can do that, we should. Drawing upon footage which their owners have graciously contributed to the public domain.
Wow.
Hurricanes can be guided and intensified by geoengineering weather modification techniques.
Remnants of Ian approaching our area of Virginia. Eye should be here around 01/1000 hrs. Will only be a tropical depression by then with <40 mph winds. Rain forecast is way down, only 2 to 3" total expected.
Amazing storm to travel so far after expending so much energy hundreds of miles away.
We look forward to your report that only your umbrellas had an interesting evening … Godspeed.
😄 We’re just glad its winding down and no flooding. Hurricanes effects in the blue ridge and Appalachians from Georgia to Pennsylvania are grim. I think it was Jeanne that caused 31 deaths from NC into Oh due in the main to flooding in mountainous River valleys.
Good Morning Treepers,
My heart is brimming with prayers for all who’ve been affected by Ian…and it seems we all know of someone who’s felt it’s destruction, myself included. I am in Connecticut and it’s a rainy day. My niece is getting married today in a backyard wedding. I’ve already messaged her to look forward to enjoying the day and not letting the rain spoil anything. I can honestly admit that I’ve learned from Sundance, Menagerie, and all of you, to let the light shine…even in the darkness. Putting things in a different perspective than you normally would can change your outlook completely.
Hope is infectious, and when Sundance can still look beyond his own difficulties with Ian and offer hope to everyone else affected……Wow.
This is a human being that I would love to know.
Everyone…..live your best life!