Was in touch with my friend last night. All's well. House is intact, friends and neighbours came over to help clean up the grounds. As at 1 am still no power but now fuel for a small generator and is now able to communicate with the outside world.
Hurricane Helene roll call please
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We weren't in the path, just got some weather from outer edge feeder bands. Hurricanes are HUGE, hundreds of miles across, even the smaller ones, and cause varying degrees of weather far, far out from the center devestating area weather. We only had a few days of light to heavy rain and occasional wind gusts of 30-35 MPH winds with the heaviest rain.
Don't look at the cones on TV and think that's the size of the storm. It's not. That cone is the area of where the center of the storm could travel. The centers of the storm are usually at least 20 miles across, sometimes smaller, sometimes much bigger. The storm itself is much, much, much, much larger than that cone.
My fireplace kept me alive and relatively comfortable during the infamous Texas "Big Freeze" of 2021. I slept on a camping pad on the floor next to the fireplace.
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2021 Texas power crisis - Wikipedia
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I remember that. Up here, people understood how horrible it was for you guys.My fireplace kept me alive and relatively comfortable during the infamous Texas "Big Freeze" of 2021. I slept on a camping pad on the floor next to the fireplace.
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2021 Texas power crisis - Wikipedia
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I'm afraid I don't remember as I was in the traumatizing throes of selling and moving. Was just reading about it in wiki. (good article)
The "official" death toll was 246 people, but estimated deaths are over 700 -- (oops, no comment)
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