I beg you, do not go out,
I'll never do that again, I swear,
Old Andy seemed like he didn't care,
Once the eye (of the storm) got to us, that's when everything started to intensify,
Helene travelled over exceptionally warm ocean waters in the Gulf of Mexico,
In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Helene, hundreds of search and rescue missions were conducted by state personnel,
We have got to start wondering: is this the new normal? Is it going to happen every year
We have a lot of talk about once-in-a-lifetime storm, but we had one similar last year,
Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. The combination of strong wind gusts with wet and loose soil will cause more trees to fall than is typical with these winds,
It's hard not to, because 911 have so many calls,
We've seen the Gulf Coast, generally, as the target for many of the storms over the last four or five years,
We can't talk about Hurricane Helene without talking about climate change, which is causing stronger and more destructive storms,
Stronger winds pile up more water, creating bigger storm surges,
Helene is a poster-child for the ways that human-caused climate change is amplifying the coastal threat from intensified hurricanes combined with rising sea levels,
We’re starting to get the first glimpse of what we actually have laying on the ground and what we’re going to be dealing with,
If you or someone you know choose not to evacuate, please write your name, birthday and important information on your arm or leg in a permanent marker so that you can be identified and family notified,
Me and my fiance discussed the potential impact of the hurricane and decided to stay because our house is sturdy,
My original plan was to stay home on with a cat 1 or 2 and go to my sister’s office at the chamber of commerce if it was a cat 3. If it was worse, I’d leave town. But I talked myself out of it when it seemed like was going to hit 50-70 miles west. The forecasts for the storm were all over the place and we didn’t know for sure we were in the bullseye until a few hours before landfall. Fortunately, the chamber office is a sturdy building, but the sounds were intense,
I didn’t want to stay. My husband did, and I chose to stay with him. I’m not afraid. I just didn’t want to witness the effects of the storm.”
I was scared as hell because the roaring outside sounded like a train passing through. We huddled in the hallway and closet for protection and prayed for God to be with us.”