Fear The Spear
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Hey guys, I literally just got back home this afternoon for the very first time, since the storm began nearly 2 weeks ago.
So this is what happened, and why I didn't and couldn't type updates.
I was initially prepared to ride out the storm. Then at the last minute my brother absolutely insisted that I evacuate, when he heard the forecast was 40 inches of rain, on top of a possible 20 foot storm surge at the coast, which I'm less than 10 miles from. They were predicting "catastrophic" level flooding. So I think my brother was expecting something like Katrina.
So I left town as the outer storm bands were touching down. I think I was the last person to evacuate. The roads were pretty bare. So I met up with my mother who was staying with friends in a hotel in southern VA. Then her friends left her.
So I took her to another house in VA, which was a vacant house offered to us, by a friend of the family, but it was fully furnished. However the house did not have any wifi or internet service at all. And neither me nor my mother had smart phones ourselves. So it was a rough position to try to update people online. Then once the storm passed, there was a long waiting period, because the town was completely surrounded by flooded water. The town was literally like an island, with all roads leading back in, flooded for days.
I-40 was unrecognizable, as it literally looked like a river, not a highway. You all may have seen the pic. Just when you thought it was safe to return, the rivers would rise and flood roads again. One bridge totally washed away, eliminating that way home.
So after about 2 weeks of waiting as waters receded and rose and receded and rose, we were finally given the green light to drive home. Good news is, while staying in the vacant VA house, while they didn't have wifi, they did have a TV with an antennae and local channels, and the Skins are considered the local team there, so I got to enjoy every play in the beautiful win against GB. A rare treat, since the Skins are almost never televised this part of NC.
Anyhow, the whole family is safe, and no residential damage whatsoever for us. Although, many many people were far from being so fortunate.So, sorry this was so long, but this storm was the experience of a lifetime, which I'll never forget.
And thanks very much for all the concern.
So this is what happened, and why I didn't and couldn't type updates.
I was initially prepared to ride out the storm. Then at the last minute my brother absolutely insisted that I evacuate, when he heard the forecast was 40 inches of rain, on top of a possible 20 foot storm surge at the coast, which I'm less than 10 miles from. They were predicting "catastrophic" level flooding. So I think my brother was expecting something like Katrina.
So I left town as the outer storm bands were touching down. I think I was the last person to evacuate. The roads were pretty bare. So I met up with my mother who was staying with friends in a hotel in southern VA. Then her friends left her.
So I took her to another house in VA, which was a vacant house offered to us, by a friend of the family, but it was fully furnished. However the house did not have any wifi or internet service at all. And neither me nor my mother had smart phones ourselves. So it was a rough position to try to update people online. Then once the storm passed, there was a long waiting period, because the town was completely surrounded by flooded water. The town was literally like an island, with all roads leading back in, flooded for days.
I-40 was unrecognizable, as it literally looked like a river, not a highway. You all may have seen the pic. Just when you thought it was safe to return, the rivers would rise and flood roads again. One bridge totally washed away, eliminating that way home.
So after about 2 weeks of waiting as waters receded and rose and receded and rose, we were finally given the green light to drive home. Good news is, while staying in the vacant VA house, while they didn't have wifi, they did have a TV with an antennae and local channels, and the Skins are considered the local team there, so I got to enjoy every play in the beautiful win against GB. A rare treat, since the Skins are almost never televised this part of NC.
Anyhow, the whole family is safe, and no residential damage whatsoever for us. Although, many many people were far from being so fortunate.So, sorry this was so long, but this storm was the experience of a lifetime, which I'll never forget.
And thanks very much for all the concern.