Notices by AI6YR Ben (ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org), page 5

NC Emergency Management: ⚠️ DO NOT travel to western NC. Rescue crews are continuing to work in impacted areas. Utility crews are also at work to restore power, cell service and other vital infrastructure. Keep the roads clear for them. #NCwx #NCSTRONG #Helene

Personal disaster prep task for today: rotate out the earthquake water. #DisasterPreparedness

Rotated out part of the supply, 28 gallons in water brick stackable water storage. These are handy because you can move them. easily.

Lessons:

1. Should have rotated them sooner! Although the water was good, the lids had started to grow... stuff. Washed the lids with hot soap and water and soaked them in sanitizer, and also rinsed out all the bricks with sanitizer, as well.
2. These are only 3.5 gallons, I might want to get some more since they are easier to mange. The (rubber) lids do seem to be amenable to mold/fungus/bacteria though.

(these 8 gallons I got, remarkably, dumpster diving. They had been tossed -- new and unopened with tags -- behind a store here).
#DisasterPreparedness

Photo near Asheville taken by NC State Fire Marshal Brian Taylor near the airport (French Broad River floodplain) #Asheville #NCwx #helene

Emergency net in North Carolina is active on 7.232Mhz -- can't hear it in California, but the SDR in Georgia can hear it. Discussion right now of how they're going to handle net operator shifts, limited hams to cover time. #hamradio #NCwx #helene (net control is @AE4WX)

NCDOT: 🚨 REMINDER: 𝘼𝙇𝙇 𝙍𝙊𝘼𝘿𝙎 in Western North Carolina should be considered 𝘾𝙇𝙊𝙎𝙀𝘿.

I-40 and I-26 are impassable in multiple locations.

⚠️ Travel in this area for non-emergency purposes is hindering needed emergency response.

#ncwx #Helene

Current power outages in the US:

States and territories by customers out
South Carolina 1,020,441
Georgia 726,681
North Carolina 652,606
Florida 296,394
Virginia 164,929
Last Updated: 2024-09-28 01:13:51 PM PDT

(via poweroutage.us) #NCwx #helene #disasters #PowerOutages

Serious scouring on the coast of Florida in Keaton Beach #FLwx #hurricane #helene

"...the bike, in fact, apparently did not have a black chain and black cassette, he discovered..." #clean #BikeTooter

Via Facebook:
(information has not been independently confirmed and is secondhand, but passing this on to the degree of impact -- as usual, "heat of battle" warning on these kinds of reports, but it is consistent with other reports).
#NCwx #Helene #disaster #ExtremeRainfall

From K4SWL: "...The only reason I can post this update is because we have solar panels and battery backup. The system wasn’t designed for what may be two or more weeks without power, but by conserving energy, we’re able to live comfortably and help our neighbors....

Mobile phone systems in the region are completely down, and almost no one has service—including local TV reporters. A large portion of the population here is without internet, according to reports.

Even the 911 system is largely inaccessible. Residents are being urged to text 911 in emergencies, but in many areas, even that’s not possible...." #NCwx #hamradio #Helene #HurricaneHelene https://qrper.com/2024/09/aftermath/

READ this from K4SWL on the disaster in North Carolina. All telephone lines are down, no power, no internet (except satellite internet), 911 down and overwhelmed. #hamradio #NCwx #helene

https://qrper.com/2024/09/aftermath/

Jeff Berardelli: An incredible 3 to nearly 4 feet of rain estimated by Doppler radar over the last 3 days on the peaks of the mountains near #Asheville North Carolina from #Helene #Hurricane Helene
Results in the worst flooding there in memory. #NCwx #Helene

@Patrickoldhiker @aprilfollies @tchambers Check out my entire instance... for both people and bots posting information on Helene (and other weather/disasters)
https://m.ai6yr.org/public/local

Someone's about to lose their beach chairs. #Sarasota #Helene #FLwx https://www.iplivecams.com/live-cams/peppertree-bay-siesta-key-sarasota-florida-united-states/

WaPo: The ocean is eating away at this island in Texas. People are planning new condos.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/interactive/2024/galveston-sea-level-rise-condo-development/ #ClimateEmergency #SeaLevelrise #climate #Texas

Feel sorry for the giant in the giant tough pickup truck today, shelling out a lot of $$$ to use the gas station air pump for his tires ($$$$). It pays for itself to have some kind of tire pump in your car, if you live in LA... it's like $2.75 per tire to inflate a SINGLE tire at many gas stations (highway robbery!)

Mother Jones: Election Disinformation From Elon Musk Is Drawing Billions of Views on X
A new report reveals the vast reach of anti-immigrant and anti-Harris disinformation shared by the Trump-backing mogul.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/election-disinformation-elon-musk-x-trump-harris/

#disinformation #musk #twitter #racism

CBC: Escaped pig dodges police as schoolchildren cheer
h/t @ingalls https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/watch-pigs-escape-police-kelowna-1.7328904

*** insert joke about pigs here ;-)