hurricane coming...

(yeah i was being sarcastic -- i've been through a couple NC hurricanes, although fortunately not terribly near the hog farms)

secure yrou residence and fleee!

Expecting rivers of sewage and [drowned hogs](https://www.factoryfarmmap.org/#animal:hogs;location:US;year:2012).

In general though, so long as one is at least 20 ft in elevation above the coast and drainage, sheltering in place isn't a terrible idea. If you're on the coast, get out, storm surge is the killer.

I've been through maybe a dozen hurricanes, always a few dozen miles inland, and it was helpful to be on hand to empty out freezers/refrigerators during prolonged power outages and have a chainsaw to clear roads. Just make sure you've got plenty potable water, batteries/chargers for all the phones/radios/flashlights, and lots of insect repellent, as you may have to sleep rough. MREs aren't bad, but jugs of vodka and cartons of cigarettes are better trade goods.

bitcoins wil be useless as well

Some background articles when Hurricanes Floyd and Matthew overran Carolina hog farms
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/17/us/hurricane-reveals-flaws-in-farm-law-as-animal-waste-threatens-n-carolina-water.html
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/green-life/more-dozen-breached-hog-waste-lagoons-found-north-carolina-after-hurricane-matthew
https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2016/11/04/500701098/manure-happens-especially-when-hog-farms-flood

S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster announced a mandatory evacuation of the South Carolina coast on Monday. Eight counties along the coast would begin evacuating as of noon on Tuesday, McMaster said at a press briefing on Monday....

As of noon Tuesday, lanes will reverse on Interstate 26 from Charleston to Columbia and Highway 501 from Myrtle Beach. Highways 278 and 21 in Beaufort County will be ready for reversal as of noon, but officials will wait to make an order at that time.

https://www.thestate.com/news/state/south-carolina/article218123955.html

Floyd was my favorite hurricane growing up. Our power was out for over a week.

what a delight!

The best hurricane scenario is when you endure the agony of preparation only to have the storm weaken or wobble a couple hundred miles from the expected impact point. Your power stays on and you get days off, sometimes more than two.

The worst hurricane scenario is when an Andrew hits, you dive into an interior closet with your family, and when you emerge the closet is the only thing left. This happened to my best friend's dad.

stay safe folks

my parents bought a place in SC earlier this year. about 20 minutes south of Myrtle Beach. they asked me what i thought beforehand and i told them that i would never invest in a place on the mid-atlantic coast because of climate change, gave the russian roulette analogy with additional bullets being added to the chamber every few years, all that (my dad is a concealed carry kind of guy so i thought maybe that would resonate with him). they still think that climate change is a hoax and that it can't be real because god promised never to punish humans with a big flood again.

anyway, hopefully god will cause the storm the die down somewhere off in the ocean

'I promise that never again will all living beings be destroyed by a flood; never again will a flood destroy the earth' leaves a fair bit of leeway for climate change and rising seas imo

it's true, but i feel like granting their premise is a step too far

i hope all come through safely and well.

my 88 y/o mom is a little to the south of expected landfall. she'll be evacuated and i am v confident that she'll be ok, but i am actually ao glad my dad died 2 weeks ago. he was in memory care nearby, and it would have been a)stressful b)difficult c) possibly traumatic for them both to endure the compounded evacuation and possible separation, one aware in a hellspace, the other knowing who knows what.

I live in a brick house on a hill and all the power lines in DC are underground but this is probably going to suck

I don't intend this as discouragement or cause for worry, but with the levels of rainfall predicted underground lines may be just as vulnerable.

Hurricane a-comin
it's rollin round the bend

iirc pepco does not have a great history of responding to storms

Every time I see this thread I'm reminded of this timeless drama (spotify link).

Rain's Comin' In

somethign I love abotu sign language

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyA_mG_s0vw

I’m dont sign but id follow her wherever she advised, that is awesome.

Shout out to my parents who are driving to VA today to empty all their possessions out of a severely damaged boat (latest tragedy, negligence of marina) and then taking shelter in DC to wait it out before going back to the boat to re-secure it. They’re pretty intrepid but fingers crossed all the same.

driving to VA from MI???

her sign for evacuate is so adorable - so sincere - we have a new modern Merican hero

Yep from MI. Basically driving right into the storm and waiting it out. Less than ideal but I guess if anywhere gets services back up quickly it’ll be DC.

hahahahaha

DC takes days to recover from 1/2" of snowfall

More on the disaster that awaits: https://qz.com/1386629/hurricane-florence-threatens-north-carolinas-pig-manure-lagoons/

Always love the shoutouts to my home county in these articles.

Thankfully out of the apocalypse zone but it looks like MD is still going to be royally fucked six ways from sunday: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/weather-blog/bs-md-hurricane-florence-wednesday-20180911-story.html

In NC for work. Tryin to go home now. Fuckin flight delays

Just heard from my dad outside Charleston (literally on the coast), and they decided to stay. :/ They seem convinced that it'll go north of them?

flappy bird at 7:13 11 Sep 18

Thankfully out of the apocalypse zone but it looks like MD is still going to be royally fucked six ways from sunday: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/weather/weather-blog/bs-md-hurricane-florence-wednesday-20180911-story.html

the, not tiger.

I’m on an airplane and have hardly slept and tiger FEMA sounds v good

its neat its neat

looks like it has change track slightly

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT06/refresh/AL062018_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/092830_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png

https://www.nhc.noaa.gov/storm_graphics/AT06/refresh/AL062018_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind+png/092830_5day_cone_no_line_and_wind.png

The track has shifted southward.

Jordan's parents take note...

Thanks

My moms’s evac was cancelled yesterday, but i have to think beaufort county to south should get out with that shift.

storm refugees should decamp to the POTUS's nearest property

would love to see that happen, Occupy style

esp in the wake of the diversion of FEMA millions to ICE

there is a trump golf course in charlotte

My favourite Trump lie from the last week of August was his claim, at an official event, that the lake beside his Charlotte golf course is the "largest man-made lake in the world, by far."

The largest man-made lake in the United States is 25 times larger. pic.twitter.com/cbcBQQW0yp

— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) September 12, 2018

Maybe he meant to say "by fart," because he pulled it out of his ass.

...

The ⁦@WaffleHouse⁩ Storm Center is activated and monitoring #Florence. Plan ahead and be safe. pic.twitter.com/UOBi5oZRRi

— Waffle House News (@WaffleHouseNews) September 11, 2018

ironic considering it's probably safer to ride out the hurricane than it is to go to Waffle House

The stress from Irma last year was intense for me. Hopefully you all stay safe.

thread

Good morning waking up after a long day of hurricane reporting I was looking at twitter and seeing the NC Sea Level Rise story coming back up in the context of #HurricaneFlorence - Since I broke the story, I feel like I ought to say something . . .

— Kirk Ross (@ludkmr) September 12, 2018