@Bunnylady, so glad to hear you all are o.k. I've been following this thread on and off over the last few days and am thinking of you all.
Heads on a swivel you folks on Eastern Seaboard. Flo's coming.
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Wehner Homestead
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Wow! That’s a lot of water!
Baymule
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After the news cameras leave and the latest story takes it's place on the TV news, all this is forgotten in the public eye. People go back home to the mess and the real work begins. The clean up and repairs can be for months, years or so devastated that it's just time to move and start over. It is a tough situation for many to deal with. Some never recover from the loss.
I am delighted for that couple that their goats are safe. What a relief that must be. They sure had a lot of people here that they don't even know, praying for them.
I am delighted for that couple that their goats are safe. What a relief that must be. They sure had a lot of people here that they don't even know, praying for them.
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greybeard
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Looks like NC lost as many as 5 million birds...poultry. I haven't seen an official estimate on swine yet but some of the talking heads on TV are saying around 6000 hogs.
Flood/home Insurance and vehicle insurance losses have been downgraded significantly after Florence dropped to a Cat 1 instead of the cat 4 as earlier predicted to come ashore, but still estimated to reach 2.5-3 billion dollars.
Economic losses will be much higher, as businesses shut down either temporarily or permanently, tourism will be off, & the state's GDP goes way down except for the construction sector. Ag losses are going to be a pretty big chunk of the total loss. Sweet potatoes, tobacco, cotton harvests and other crops were not complete before the storm.
Estimates I see this morning are trending toward a total of around $27 billion total losses, which includes job lost income.
Human loss is bad, with the death and agony from the flood damages not able to be seen or quantified in $$.
Flood/home Insurance and vehicle insurance losses have been downgraded significantly after Florence dropped to a Cat 1 instead of the cat 4 as earlier predicted to come ashore, but still estimated to reach 2.5-3 billion dollars.
Economic losses will be much higher, as businesses shut down either temporarily or permanently, tourism will be off, & the state's GDP goes way down except for the construction sector. Ag losses are going to be a pretty big chunk of the total loss. Sweet potatoes, tobacco, cotton harvests and other crops were not complete before the storm.
Estimates I see this morning are trending toward a total of around $27 billion total losses, which includes job lost income.
Human loss is bad, with the death and agony from the flood damages not able to be seen or quantified in $$.
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greybeard
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Rain is probable to the US East coast. Invest 98L, 230nautical miles south of Cape Hatteras. Current movement to the WNW is indicated but not a sure thing.
A broad 1014 mb low is centered about 230 nm south of Cape
Hatteras near 31n75w. A surface trough extends SW from the low to
28n76w. Scattered moderate isolated strong convection is NE of the
center from 30n-34n between 70w-76w. Satellite data indicate that
the circulation of the low is elongated and not well organized.
However, this system could still become a tropical depression
later today while it moves northwestward. By tonight and
Wednesday, additional development appears unlikely, due to strong
upper-level winds, while the system moves northward and north-
northeastward near the southeastern United States coast. There is
a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours.
A broad 1014 mb low is centered about 230 nm south of Cape
Hatteras near 31n75w. A surface trough extends SW from the low to
28n76w. Scattered moderate isolated strong convection is NE of the
center from 30n-34n between 70w-76w. Satellite data indicate that
the circulation of the low is elongated and not well organized.
However, this system could still become a tropical depression
later today while it moves northwestward. By tonight and
Wednesday, additional development appears unlikely, due to strong
upper-level winds, while the system moves northward and north-
northeastward near the southeastern United States coast. There is
a medium chance of tropical cyclone formation within 48 hours.
Bunnylady
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Interestingly, the energy that is the core of invest 98 came from the remnants of Florence. Came back to survey her handiwork, no doubt.
Baymule
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Y'all sure don't need MORE rain! 
Mini Horses
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Not only are homeowners & farmers in a huge loss, just think of the thousands of "everyday" renters who will have no where to go, possibly no jobs, no vehicles, just devastation.
Crop & animal loss will certainly affect more than just those locally. Prices will rise at the grocery stores.
Crop & animal loss will certainly affect more than just those locally. Prices will rise at the grocery stores.
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greybeard
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When adversity threatens, I always remember this quote from the :59 minutes point.Y'all sure don't need MORE rain!
Bunnylady
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The local news had a story just today about 60-odd apartments in one complex near UNCW that had been damaged to the point they were unlivable. There's a development near us where a bunch of houses are being gutted because the water rose high enough to enter the houses. My husband's opinion is that the builder ought to be on the hook for some of that - when you have to dig ditches like young canyons to get the land dry enough to build on, ya think maybe that might be an indication that it isn't suitable for building?
