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The Madcap

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4. It's up there, but not necessarily the worst

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Mon Sep 30, 2024, 07:31 PM

Sep 2024

I'll say this...I was really worried that this one would be ugly from a storm surge POV based on where it made landfall. It wasn't the wind, but how much water was wrung out once the storm hit the Blue Ridge and high foothills. Just crazy flooding. The really bad part is that very few of the flood victims likely had any sort of flood insurance. Just horrible.

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Is this Helene worse than the "biggies" Katrina, Andrew, Ike and others? [View all] question everything Sep 2024 OP

no. its hitting least populated area of the state. that area does not have a lot of beaches and it has msongs Sep 2024 #1

Thanks. The news about "catastrophe" and alerts make it a one in a century question everything Sep 2024 #2

IMO, no kozar Sep 2024 #3

It's up there, but not necessarily the worst The Madcap Sep 2024 #4