Hurricane force winds on top of already soaked ground means you will lose a lot of trees -- this is not a good thing.

I was just watching the weather channel about the storm. Seems like only a day ago it was barely a tropical storm now it's a cat 4. Having spent most of my life on the Gulf Coast and surviving Andrew, Katrina and the 4 storm criss cross of Florida I feel for you east coasters. It's gonna get ugly if he doesn't turn out to sea for sure. They're already saying if this turns in it could be another Sandy. Not as intense but with way more rain fall and coastal flooding.

There's still a couple of tracks showing it coming in at SC and one coming in at NC and a couple on up from there.  The vast majority are shifting more out to sea.

Weather channel a while ago mentioned the first death from the hurricane in the US. Flash flooding from one of the rain bands in the carolinas.  A lady drowned in her car in an underpass.  That is about 1/4 mile from where I work. You could see the water line on the sides of the underpass when they opened it back up this afternoon.  It was about 12 feet deep. The road guys said there was about 4 or 5 feet of mud in the bottom that they dug out with a back hoe.

We've been getting rain bands in the carolinas for the last couple days.  Wish it would just go on somewhere.  I'm tired of all the rain.

Everyone near the coast, please take adequate precautions.

Steve H wrote on 10/01/15 at 17:31:27:


Not to make light of her death, but why does this always happen? She probably regularly drove that road at least twice a day (to and from) and couldn't tell how high the water was? Even 2-3 inches of water on the road will slow you down enough to get your attention. How do you drive through 12 feet of water and drown?

There were 2 other abandoned cars at the underpass. Given how high the water line was on the concrete, it would have looked like you were driving into a small pond with a railroad tressel about a foot over it. No idea how she got that far in and drowned.  Wonder if a cell phone was involved.

This underpass floods regularly and not long after it started raining, the fire department from 1/2 mile away had already put up barricades.

Kris, you are probably right in that she drove the road all the time.  It's not a main travel artery of the city, but is a well traveled road. Most who go through there do so regularly.

I don't understand why people drown in underpasses either.  If you can see it has water in it, do go in it. It's a hole...it will get more water.  Sounds simple.

It's beyond me why people try to drive through flood waters anywhere. Just go around.

There was also a bridge that washed out on a nearby road during the same flooding. Nobody hurt there but the road will be out for a couple months.

Also could have been stuck in traffic under the overpass, texting to her friends and not paying attention..
Some times the water rises really fast, thats why they call it a "flash flood"