nivek
As Above So Below
At least it's not a Cat 4.
Yeah really although this is a slow moving storm, I won't see its full effects until tomorrow afternoon and evening and Sunday but we have strong gusts of wind...
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At least it's not a Cat 4.
Florence has been downgraded to a tropical storm.
WATCH LIVE: At least four killed in Florence's wake
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Y4delKLhCk
Almost as soon as the eye hit land, how about that
Scary stuff to be sure, I saw videos once of a cat 4 hitting Hawaii, Dude, I can't even swim. I'm so not a fan of the water.That's because it was a cat 1 before it hit land, if it was a cat 4 like originally predicted at landfall we would not see it weaken so quickly...
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I try to upkeep a positive perspective, I don't post much in tragedy threads, What Can I say to great loss and sadness, I can only watch from the outside and Wish them the best.This is terrible news on the deaths and the looting...ugh
Mom and baby are among five killed in 'biblical' Florence as looters begin to raid abandoned homes and stores while 'thousand-year' rain batters North Carolina despite downgrade to tropical storm
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- Mother, baby and father were trapped in their house in Wilmington after a tree fell onto it at around 9.30am
- Firefighters tried to lift the heavy tree and managed to free father but the mother and baby died in the crush
- Elsewhere in North Carolina, three others died of a heart attack, electrocution, and wind trauma respectively
- Four suspected looters were arrested and charged with a series of offences in Wilmington on Friday
- Comes as North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper warned of more suffering during the 'thousand-year rains'
- Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, at 7.15am - winds are now down to 70mph
- Morehead City has seen 19.4 inches of rain since Thursday afternoon, and New Bern was hit by heavy floods
- Officials warned the storm will 'get worse' and 18 trillion gallons of rain is forecast over the next seven days
- Storm is now tracking south-west at 6mph, lifting huge amounts of ocean moisture and dumping it on land
OMG, I heard about the fatalities but I hadn't heard about looters!This is terrible news on the deaths and the looting...ugh
Mom and baby are among five killed in 'biblical' Florence as looters begin to raid abandoned homes and stores while 'thousand-year' rain batters North Carolina despite downgrade to tropical storm
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- Mother, baby and father were trapped in their house in Wilmington after a tree fell onto it at around 9.30am
- Firefighters tried to lift the heavy tree and managed to free father but the mother and baby died in the crush
- Elsewhere in North Carolina, three others died of a heart attack, electrocution, and wind trauma respectively
- Four suspected looters were arrested and charged with a series of offences in Wilmington on Friday
- Comes as North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper warned of more suffering during the 'thousand-year rains'
- Florence made landfall near Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, at 7.15am - winds are now down to 70mph
- Morehead City has seen 19.4 inches of rain since Thursday afternoon, and New Bern was hit by heavy floods
- Officials warned the storm will 'get worse' and 18 trillion gallons of rain is forecast over the next seven days
- Storm is now tracking south-west at 6mph, lifting huge amounts of ocean moisture and dumping it on land
At least you seem to have your bourbon supply squared away. Priorities!