Todays weather

[Rick W]

Not today, but over the next few days, looks like @Rick W , @Robertmangrum.rm , @Mattman347 are about to get a bit of rain and wind.

Hey, sometimes we’re all boneheads and we only look at our own situation. Kudos to @ericbphoto for highlighting what should be a very serious concern.

For myself, I knew what I was doing when I was buying my house, no flood concerns, and when I built my garage, I built it higher than ground level, etc. I’ve done OK in my career and I’m prepared if something goes “poorly.”

An awful lot of folks don’t have the same abilities or resources. The big thing that will hit here is just a whole lot of water in a short period of time, flooding at home and flooding on the roads. Windy conditions will mess with the power lines.

Georgia Power is owned by the Southern Companies that own most of the power distribution in the southeast. North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia, and Florida always pool resources to put the power grid back together. Trucks from other areas are already stationed in the storm path and these amazing lineman start repairing damage when the storm is still in force.

Similarly, the cops, fireman, water and drainage folks, etc., etc. are on high alert and respond quickly to needs.

I experienced this personally in 98 when a tornado came through. There was a Savannah Park policeman in swat gear outside of my home for several days. The lineman put back not only the neighborhood powerlines, but the overhead powerlines that feed the area (in front of my house) in a couple days. It was like watching ballet the way they orchestrated everything and moved through without missing a beat.

I’m sure there’s a 1000 entities and people I’m forgetting, but I bring this up for one purpose: everybody needs to pray for them, everybody needs to pray to Him. I pray no one is harmed nor loses their property, but I pray to Him and I praise Him. Disaster and adversity tends to bring out the best in men and women, it gets them to rise to levels they didn’t know they had in them, but He knows, He inspires, He provides.

If you’re getting your devotion and humility from me, you’re in deep deep trouble. But take a minute, maybe bend a knee, it only takes a moment, and His blessings will flow. There will be many in need.

 

[bilbo]

If I remember right, @Ranger850 is in or near Tallahassee. It looks like they're going to get smacked.

 

[Rick W]

Weather update North Atlanta. 6:47 PM Thursday.

We’ve already had an inch of rain here. A big rainy weekend will usually generate a half-inch at most.

News just said that the storm is still 130 miles offshore in the gulf, but just raised up to a category 4. That’s some serious blow.

I’m still not predicting any serious damage by the time it gets here, but they are predicting an additional 2 or 3 inches of rain. I’m pretty much on the top of a ridge, more like a big hump, but there is a stream that starts in the back right corner of my property, where the deer hang out and where that hawk was sitting on my lawnmower.

The soil around my house is already saturated, I can tell when puddles form on the surface, and there is already standing water, maybe 4 inches, by that back right corner.

I’m expecting the driveway out front to get 5 or 6 inches deep, the low spot in front of the garage out back will get 8 or 9 inches deep, but everything above that flows out across the yard and out the right hand corner in the back. It’s done that before, and never touched the house.

Wind is always a problem because it knocks down the tall pine trees and takes out the powerlines. This spring I had the last of my scary trees removed, so I’m not worried.

It’s supposed be here about 8 AM. I’m pretty well set on hotdogs and bread but no milk. And I’m thinking of getting a bottle of Canadian Mist, might be a long weekend.

 

[Curious Hound]

This is a big storm. Rain started here yesterday. The center of the storm is supposed to stay well West of here. I'm just expecting lots of rain. However, work is a different story. Many of our suppliers and shipping will be affected. Tonight's night shift has already been called off. I imagine tomorrow will be called off, too. Production employees are being told not to show up. I'll find out in the morning if that will extend to maintenance also. But they usually let us work. There's more than enough stuff to fix.

 

[Rick W]

Right after my last post, I decided it probably did make sense to prepare for the worst. So I went out with Lincoln in the Missing Linc and made a couple stops. I probably did a 2 mile loop, and there were already three or four pretty flooded spots.

With the bread and hotdogs I already had, I think it covers all the major food groups.

BUTTTT…..

Local PD just called and asked if I would be willing to roll out local or county with the F250 w/Code 3 lights on “flood patrol.” Basically make my F250 a target for drunks at two or three in the morning who are still driving towards any flooding or overflowing streams. So I’ll save the Canadian mist for the morning instead of coffee….

I live to serve…

 

[Curious Hound]

Dang it, boys! She didn’t go as far west as expected. She’s on top of me right now. I’m at work. Production stopped yesterday afternoon and everybody except maintenance was told to stay home. The plant lost power about 15 minutes after so got here this morning. Just making rounds and looking for leaks and damage. Wind gusts up around 70mph. Makes really weird noises in a place like this. We have big 3ft - 4Ft exhaust stacks that go up through the roof and they’re moving - a lot. Lots of flooding around the area and we haven’t really started getting runoff from the mountains yet. Moms little weather station has recorded 13+ inches of rain already.

 

[Robertmangrum.rm]

We are in tents. We have a pretty good wind break where we are setup. I'm still little worried our camp will get messed up while we are gone today. It's supposed to pass over us between 10am to 8pm. Hopefully we get back and everything is still standing. I'm gonna drop the canopy all the way down. Then load everything under it in the truck or tent. It's my main worry. I've got everything staked sown the best I can. Fingers crossed haha

 

[Curious Hound]

How do I buy lunch from the vending machines if there's no power? Can't go across the road to Waffle House because they're dark, too. And the gas stations and Burger king. Cant even make a cup of coffee.

 

[RobbieD]

How do I buy lunch from the vending machines if there's no power?

You've got a tool box, don't you?

Hunger can cause temporary insanity, I do believe . . .

 

[Rick W]

it was as a dark and stormy night.,,,

A lot of rain. I mean, A LOT of rain. wind didn’t seem to be too bad from what I saw.

I heroically stopped three whole people from driving into an overflowing creek about a mile down the road. I had the yellow caution tape tied from mailbox to mailbox, with me in the middle with all my lights on. Woo hoo.

I was relieved by a city worker in a garbage truck. I was hoping for a gleaming police vehicle or fire engine to keep up the standards, status and stature at my flood. No such luck.

When I got home a little while ago, I discovered the lights had gone out about 330. Still no lights. Actually very eerie, no sound. unusual for where I live.

Everything is wet, front drive and back drive are flooded as expected, but nothing reached to the house or the garage from what I observed for just a minute. no rain now, and overcast. Siri says the sun is actually supposed to come out in an hour or two.

I’m gonna hit the sack. I said a few little prayers, and I hope everybody else came out of it OK.

 

[sgtsandman]

We are getting some sprinkles from the storm edge. Supposedly, the high pressure system to the Northwest of us is keeping everything to the South of us and moving to the West as it does move North.

Hopefully, it won't be too bad for everyone in the path and will be back to normal relatively quick.

 

[Rick W]

We are getting some sprinkles from the storm edge. Supposedly, the high pressure system to the Northwest of us is keeping everything to the South of us and moving to the West as it does move North.

Hopefully, it won't be too bad for everyone in the path and will be back to normal relatively quick.

I don’t know about back to normal, but I expect to be back to usual later today

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

How do I buy lunch from the vending machines if there's no power? Can't go across the road to Waffle House because they're dark, too. And the gas stations and Burger king. Cant even make a cup of coffee.

 

[Rick W]

2:00. Sun is out. Still no power. Going to take Lincoln for a drive before he drives me crazy.

 

[JoshT]

When I went to bed it was tracked Ng almost straight up I-75 from Florida. I only live maybe 5-10 miles off the interstate. Passed further to the West of me than expected. Almost like it wanted to avoid downtown Macon. I can't blame it, I try to avoid there too.

I think power blinked sometime during the night because bedroom circuit breaker was tripped when I woke up this morning. At first I thought power was out, then realized that I heard the fan on the AC unit outside. Aside from that I got nothing but a bunch of rain and some smaller tree limbs knocked down.