Kudos to VA DOT: crews have been clearing weeds, sand and TS Gordon debris from storm drains all morning. Wish MD DOT was remotely on the ball.
They're not total idiots!
I have a daughter and son-in-law that live in Myrtle Beach, he is a lifelong resident of the area. They are staying! Jeff says he has always stayed through these events with very little problem and no real danger. We are just hoping and praying this will be the same for them. They are adults with no kids so it is their choice but we are not thrilled about it. Thank God they sold their place down on Murrells Inlet (elevation about 5') this summer and moved towards the north end of Myrtle; that Inlet is forecast for about a 9' storm surge. The long duration this storm and sustained heavy rains are what have me worried for them.
Good thoughts and prayers for everybody in that part of the country.
I got a text from mom half an hour ago. They have no power, but they're fine. "No coffee" seems to be the worst. Clearly they need a french press and to be more creative with the grill!
Glad to hear!
My brother owns a house on Emerald Isle, NC and has been staying there through Aug and Sep, 2018. He and his wife evacuated to my house near Wash DC on Wednesday, Sep 12. His beach house is second row from the ocean and on a dune about 25' above sea level. He's not worried about floods or waves, just the wind and flying debris, and difficulty getting back on the island afterwards due to inland floods. I had long planned to vacation with him there this coming Thurs, Sep 20. I'm hoping the island will be open for business again by then, but I may be doing clean-up with him at his house, rather than vacationing :-o
My brother says the worst damage from all these major Carolina storms is always the areas/homes near waterways as far as 50 miles inland that get flooded by storm surge and heavy rain. He has a 20' camper/trailer that is parked at a nearby inland lot about 10' above sea level that he is a little worried about.
You can follow Emerald Isle news here: https://www.emeraldisle-nc.org/latest-news
Having spent plenty of time on the pier over the last twenty years (omg), those pictures strike me a little differently than other photos of storms in other places have.
I wonder what the erosion will be.
I can't remember which hurricane it was in the last couple of years that hit Fort Myers Beach but my family owns a hotel and restaurants there so I've been a number of times. It was a bit surreal to watch place I know on cameras. After the storm someone, police or a news station maybe, did a drive around the island to show damage and it was the first peek we got at how things looked for the properties.
I wonder what the erosion will be.
Not trying to diminish what they're facing, but we had a downburst here, 130mm in 2 hours..that's about 5"..we had about an inch of water in the basement..neighbour's had 3-4' (feet) of water in their basements. Building code thing..new house have to have weeping tiles drained into basement and you rely on sump pump to drain the basement. Power was out for 8 hours so sump pumps failed. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, 13" ain't that bad considering. I'm glad they're relatively unscathed. I hope their next week or two is on the up.The water came up high enough to flood the basement - 13". By far the most flooding they've ever had in the 20 years they've lived there..
Not trying to diminish what they're facing, but we had a downburst here, 130mm in 2 hours..that's about 5"..we had about an inch of water in the basement..neighbour's had 3-4' (feet) of water in their basements. Building code thing..new house have to have weeping tiles drained into basement and you rely on sump pump to drain the basement. Power was out for 8 hours so sump pumps failed. Anyway, what I'm trying to say is, 13" ain't that bad considering. I'm glad they're relatively unscathed. I hope their next week or two is on the up.