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(48,797 posts) Thu Sep 26, 2024, 10:07 PM Sep 26

Is this Helene worse than the "biggies" Katrina, Andrew, Ike and others?

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Is this Helene worse than the "biggies" Katrina, Andrew, Ike and others? (Original Post) question everything Sep 26 OP

no. its hitting least populated area of the state. that area does not have a lot of beaches and it has msongs Sep 26 #1

Thanks. The news about "catastrophe" and alerts make it a one in a century question everything Sep 26 #2

IMO, no kozar Sep 28 #3

It's up there, but not necessarily the worst The Madcap Sep 30 #4

msongs

(70,170 posts)

1. no. its hitting least populated area of the state. that area does not have a lot of beaches and it has

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Thu Sep 26, 2024, 10:29 PM

Sep 26

mangroves types of swamps along alot of the coast

question everything

(48,797 posts)

2. Thanks. The news about "catastrophe" and alerts make it a one in a century

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 26, 2024, 10:35 PM

Sep 26

kozar

(2,850 posts)

3. IMO, no

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Sep 28, 2024, 08:00 AM

Sep 28

I was managing a blood bank, when Hugo hit Columbia,S.C. 100 miles inland, as I drove home, the stop lights, were at a constant 90 degree angle. No gusts, just constant.
He was " a biggie"

Koz

The Madcap

(374 posts)

4. It's up there, but not necessarily the worst

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2024, 06:31 PM

Sep 30

I'll say this...I was really worried that this one would be ugly from a storm surge POV based on where it made landfall. It wasn't the wind, but how much water was wrung out once the storm hit the Blue Ridge and high foothills. Just crazy flooding. The really bad part is that very few of the flood victims likely had any sort of flood insurance. Just horrible.

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