Growing up in Florida we were always taught that it was water not wind that was the killer. Florida is mostly sand or limestone and the highest point in the state is 345' so the water just disappears. But Agnes in 1972 showed what a hurricane dumping 30" of rain onto the mountains can do.
Brother lives just SW of Asheville. He's on a mountain and is isolated but can text, no cell phone, internet. Uncle, former air-wing commander on the Enterprise, is on a mountain in Asheville; He is 95 and is ok...there is a way down the mountain. Bridges, culverts, dams, roads, gone. It rivals Katrina (and I have a brother in New Orleans, Vietnam Vet, who still suffers PTSD from that new lake added to the N.American map).
And I'll add the outpouring of support from across the country, states, churches, towns in this type of situation is what makes America special.
Last edited by Argo44; 09/29/24 11:48 PM.
