Anyone else get trucked by Helene?

[Former11B]

My area is pretty rough but at least no major flooding like western NC

We probably won’t have power til middle of the week at the earliest; generator is going strong though and we have water so we are better off than most. I got a generator going at my moms last night and am taking water jugs over since we couldn’t set the well up on the Gen in the dark. I can’t tote enough water to feed her livestock though and it’s tough getting around because of all the downed lines

Cell service is spotty at best due to relays down, gas lines after traveling 30-45 minutes to stations that are energized. Got a little service in town earlier to upload these




Real life preparation exercise in effect

[Jerry R]

Stay safe. Hope the repairs come quickly. We're a little south of Tampa and got some pretty good gusts, and rain. Thankfully, no damage.

[MonkeyBomb]

I'm glad your good to go.

That was a rough storm and it's probably going to be a bit before everything comes back up and running.

Stay safe.

[alamo5000]

I'm glad you are safe. Here I am always trying to tell the people moving in about being prepared.

That said in the last storm so many people didn't even bother to do anything. There were cars lined up almost a mile to go through the McDonald's drive through. There were some that were getting road rage while waiting.

That particular McDonald's literally ran out of food after a few hours. For several hours the only thing available was their chicken mcnuggets. It was just dumb.

[Former11B]

I cracked open my tankless water heater and sacrificed a Christmas extension cord for the cause. Rewired the pigtail and plugged it in to the generator and now we have hot showers

It is definitely looking like Thursday at the earliest. Driving about an hour for gas since the stations that have gas are out of power and the ones that get re-energized or that receive a fuel delivery go dry ASAP.

All you can hear during the day is chainsaws and at night generators. And sirens

[Joelski]

Keep your head down and be safe. Our linemen from all over have always been right alongside us on every relief effort I've been involved in. Hopefully water levels are returning to pre-insanity state; I saw a bridge in Greenville County, and the two lane deck was swept on the pilings and blown downriver like a sheet of paper.

[Former11B]

Power ETA is now October 7th

Ugh

[gatordev]

I started back to work the morning of landfall (my actual first day of work they said to stay home since we weren't going anywhere). I spent the last 6 days in and out of the area where eye went through in FL and GA. I think due to population density, FL doesn't look as bad, but GA was (and still is) a mess.

[Former11B]

Kicked back to the 9th

The large oaks and number of snapped poles is just too much even with out of state help. 2 weeks without power; hard to grasp enough week when we already hit one week and are so exhausted from it all already

[FortTom]

May God bless you all....