The Weather Thread

[Carolina Fever]

City of Mebane is experiencing water problems due to heavy rainfall.

Here’s a message from City of Mebane:

“Efforts to operate the Mebane water system at a low pressure level will be unable to be maintained as the impacts of Tropical Storm Chantal have impacted Orange-Alamance Water Authority's ability to provide water to the City of Mebane. As a result, the City of Mebane is asking all customers to limit their water usage to zero level for the remainder of today, effective upon this call. An update will be provided at 5 p.m. or beforehand if Orange-Alamance Water Authority can provide additional water or the Graham-Mebane Water Treatment Plant operations can be restored.”

 

[donbosco]

 

[Carolina Fever]

Hillsborough residents have also been asked to boil and conserve water due to flooding at the water treatment plant.

 

[Carolina Fever]

83 year old woman was killed in Chatham County when flood waters swept her away in her car.

 

[nycfan]

 

[Carolina Fever]

 

[theel4life]

No fucking warning.

 

[Carolina Fever]

No fucking warning.

They did have warning. There was a flood warning out from the NWS four hours beforehand. They just didn't pay attention. The camp should have had NOAA weather radios to alert them. There was even a dangerous flood warning out for the river an hour before the flood waters came through the camp, but they didn’t know because they were asleep and didn't have any warning system like a NOAA weather.

 

[lawtig02]

The death toll is now at 95+, with at least 27 from Camp Mystic. Just unfathomable.

 

[lawtig02]

I completely understand that climate =/= weather. But any discussions of events like this (and I'm referring to both TX and the Triangle) that omits the intensification of storms that climatologists have been predicting for decades now as a result of climate change are missing the mark.

 

[donbosco]