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Flooding
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 8:43 pm
by Waitress
Anyone affected?
Re: Flooding
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 9:16 pm
by MrMac
Asheville and NC mountains. Dr. Bliss?
Re: Flooding
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 10:17 pm
by i77cat
My daughter, son-in-law, and infant granddaughter got out of Asheville this evening. 26 to Spartanburg, 85, 77. Asheville is a mess. My other daughter stayed. No power, no water, only occasional cell service. Friends of Davidson Outdoors in Jonathan Creek, Del Rio, Hot Springs, etc are suffering.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 10:32 pm
by catnhat
My daughter in Greenville SC is without power and blocked in- by downed trees in one direction and downed power lines the other. No estimate yet for getting power back. The Duke Power outage map shows over 250k without power in her area.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Sat Sep 28, 2024 10:35 pm
by catnhat
Add Spartanburg and Clemson and there are over 500k without power.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 7:06 am
by MrMac
I am powerless, but looking at video of the Asheville area makes me feel extremely fortunate. The Florida Big Bend, too, looks to have suffered severe damage.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 11:43 am
by straycat
Prayers for Dr. Bliss, I 77cat family, and all. Anyone heard from Dr. Bliss? Spotty or no cell service is a huge problem... May the recovery efforts be vast, quick and powerful. Samaritan's Purse has 5 sites or more set up to help plus assisting hospitals in need.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 4:33 pm
by Waitress
Dr. Bliss is OK. Plenty of food and water, but trying to conserve cell phone battery as he has no power. Cell signal comes and goes. He's cleared trees from his driveway but power lines have him blocked in.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2024 5:51 pm
by MrMac
Thanks for that report, sir. Glad to know Bliss is safe.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Tue Oct 01, 2024 11:39 am
by Waitress
Re: Flooding
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:28 am
by stevelee
Dr. Bliss on Facebook this morning:
Hi all. I’ve had very limited access to Facebook so this is just to let everyone know I’m ok. The house is undamaged. The driveway is still a mess, but once I got the downed trees moved I have been able to get up and down. Still no power, but the technicians are working pretty close to me so I believe it’ll happen before too long. I’ve been spending time clearing my own land and trying to help out in the community. Have chain saw, will travel. I consider myself pretty lucky really. This is going to be a long process. I’m sure y’all have seen more photos and video than I have. What I have seen is mind-blowing and very sad. Can’t help but feel that Mother Earth is angry at us.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 12:28 pm
by Waitress
stevelee wrote: ↑Fri Oct 04, 2024 10:28 am
Dr. Bliss on Facebook this morning:
Hi all. I’ve had very limited access to Facebook so this is just to let everyone know I’m ok. The house is undamaged. The driveway is still a mess, but once I got the downed trees moved I have been able to get up and down. Still no power, but the technicians are working pretty close to me so I believe it’ll happen before too long. I’ve been spending time clearing my own land and trying to help out in the community. Have chain saw, will travel. I consider myself pretty lucky really. This is going to be a long process. I’m sure y’all have seen more photos and video than I have. What I have seen is mind-blowing and very sad. Can’t help but feel that Mother Earth is angry at us.
Thank you. I'm sure he's regretting never getting that beer line installed from Pisgah Brewery to his house.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 5:38 pm
by i77cat
Rose came home to re-charge for a few days. She's headed back up on Sunday to go run 911 calls. The few folks I've talked to who are doing that report scenes even more nightmarish than what makes the news.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 6:30 pm
by MrMac
Bless your daughter for serving her community in this way. Continued prayers for those in WNC. We have power in our SC home; most of our family, too.
Re: Flooding
Posted: Fri Oct 04, 2024 7:05 pm
by Waitress
Bliss has power!