Storm Florence

[MROO]

... I hope everybody stays safe, on the roads and at home. It's during the aftermath and cleanup that most of the injuries happen, so we all need to be extra cautious, and not get too tired or in too much of a hurry. We can do this.

It sounds like you've got the right attitude! You are absolutely right. You CAN do this!

 

[arrowti]

Hopefully all of you are still safe, and your chickens and other animals are alright.

Just saw this story: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/19/us/north-carolina-florence-floods-dead-chickens-trnd/index.html

So horrible! Those poor animals.

 

[BlueBaby]

Hopefully all of you are still safe, and your chickens and other animals are alright.

Just saw this story: https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/19/us/north-carolina-florence-floods-dead-chickens-trnd/index.html

So horrible! Those poor animals.

I read about that happening to, and was wondering if any of our member over there lost any of their flock to the flood?

 

[Johnny98]

Just inland from Wilmington here in a backwater creek.

My flock and coop survived as did my family and house throughout the 3 days of terror. Several huge old growth pines lost tops and or major branches all missing my coop and fences by a foot or two.

The two neighboring ranches on my road lost a whole lot of every kind of animal that nobody really wants to hear about plus houses, barns, feed, everything to the creek backing up 15' higher than Floyd and Mathew..

Better than 36 hours of Coast Guard helicopters buzzing our treetops rescuing people, one was a husband and pregnant wife that had been clinging in tree tops for 24hrs, her water broke as they took her out of the basket in the heli..

Thank God that b**** didn't come ashore as a Cat 4 like we originally thought.

 

[lovingmyhens]

Alive and well; a lot better now that the power has come back on.
(thankyouthankyouthankyou, angels in linemen's clothing!) I hear the power company has the goal of getting 100% of their customers back on by Sunday

Major mess here. I'm hearing that the storm technically made landfall a few miles to the south of us, which means that we were in the grinder for an incredibly long time. I've had the eye of a storm pass over me at least twice that I can remember, but this was the longest stretch of really nasty stuff I've ever experienced. It was an immense relief when the wind shifted a few degrees and the rain stopped coming in under the back door. We lost a bunch of big trees, some by being uprooted, some broken. The hardwoods that are still standing have lost nearly all of their leaves. The worst wind was from about midday Thursday through much of Friday, but the rain on Saturday was almost beyond belief. I don't know how much we got; I often put out a bucket to try to get a rough guess (our rain gauge got broken a few years ago, and never replaced), but this time, I didn't even want to know. I do know that our high water mark from Floyd got exceeded by at least a foot; we never imagined that our pump house might be at risk of flooding, but this time, there was a point when we were genuinely concerned.

But every day, the water level goes down a few inches; pretty soon, terra firma will be firma once more and not like walking on a sponge. We've got a mess that will take us a very long time to deal with, but my thoughts and prayers are going out to those who have lost a lot more than just trees.

Prayers to you from Houston, Texas. I flooded last yr and am still dealing with repairs and financial issues due to Harvey. When you say it’s going to be something you’ll deal with a long time, no one really knows how long...for some (I hope not you) it’s years before the light of day is seen again. Hugs

 

[BlueBaby]

Just inland from Wilmington here in a backwater creek.

My flock and coop survived as did my family and house throughout the 3 days of terror. Several huge old growth pines lost tops and or major branches all missing my coop and fences by a foot or two.

The two neighboring ranches on my road lost a whole lot of every kind of animal that nobody really wants to hear about plus houses, barns, feed, everything to the creek backing up 15' higher than Floyd and Mathew..

Better than 36 hours of Coast Guard helicopters buzzing our treetops rescuing people, one was a husband and pregnant wife that had been clinging in tree tops for 24hrs, her water broke as they took her out of the basket in the heli..

Thank God that b**** didn't come ashore as a Cat 4 like we originally thought.

Thank you for your update! I'm glad that you and your family, and flock have survived! I hope that everything keeps going well for you over there!

 

[MROO]

Just inland from Wilmington here in a backwater creek.

My flock and coop survived as did my family and house throughout the 3 days of terror. Several huge old growth pines lost tops and or major branches all missing my coop and fences by a foot or two.

The two neighboring ranches on my road lost a whole lot of every kind of animal that nobody really wants to hear about plus houses, barns, feed, everything to the creek backing up 15' higher than Floyd and Mathew..

Better than 36 hours of Coast Guard helicopters buzzing our treetops rescuing people, one was a husband and pregnant wife that had been clinging in tree tops for 24hrs, her water broke as they took her out of the basket in the heli..

Thank God that b**** didn't come ashore as a Cat 4 like we originally thought.

Wow. Just. Wow.