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]

 

[Carolina Fever]

A Hillsborough woman has also died because of the flooding.

 

[SmilingJack]

Eastgate

 

[SmilingJack]

My son's friend had just moved to Camelot Village the end of June. Somehow putting nothing but roofs in the Blue Zone (flood plain/swamp) was according to the planning department the best way to get density near the major traffic corridor. Oops.

 

[King Hippo]

My son's friend had just moved to Camelot Village the end of June. Somehow putting nothing but roofs in the Blue Zone (flood plain/swamp) was according to the planning department the best way to get density near the major traffic corridor. Oops.

That really sucks. Hope he had renter's insurance.

 

[1moretimeagain]

 

[King Hippo]

NWS Raleigh confirmed 4 tornadoes:

1: Raleigh Executive Jetport, Sanford, Lee County, NC
2: 4085 to 4014 Moncure Pittsboro Rd., Chatham County, NC
3: 680 Heartpine Dr., Mebane, NC - Orange County, NC
4: Mount Hermon Rock Creek Rd., Snow Camp, NC - Alamance County, NC

 

[Mulberry Heel]

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

That state and local officials did nothing about Camp Mystic after the 1987 flood was bad enough, but if this summer camp is rebuilt and reopened it will be even more criminal and negligent if local, state, and federal officials do nothing to ensure that the camp is built on higher ground, away from and well above the floodplain. Sadly, I'm guessing that officials will continue to do nothing to prevent this camp or anyone else from building in the floodplain or dangerous areas.

 

[SmilingJack]

Heard the guy from the national weather service say basically a line from Southern Pines to Roxboro saw the majority of the rain.

 

[King Hippo]

That state and local officials did nothing about Camp Mystic after the 1987 flood was bad enough, but if this summer camp is rebuilt and reopened it will be even more criminal and negligent if local, state, and federal officials do nothing to ensure that the camp is built on higher ground, away from and well above the floodplain. Sadly, I'm guessing that officials will continue to do nothing to prevent this camp or anyone else from building in the floodplain or dangerous areas.

I'm surprised they could get insurance coverage for rebuilding in the same place.