Helene

[oldoakman]

Looks like Winchman and me are going to see quite a bit of action over the next few days. This lady is coming right over top of me.

 

[data farm 26]

Good luck, hang on! Don't get blowed away

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Quite a bit of flooding expected here.

 

[Neill]

I Hope it goes past mildly.

 

[TreeCo]

I'm right in the cone of possibility, too, here in NE GA.

 

[RyanCafferky]

I'm right in the cone of possibility, too, here in NE GA.

Next time I’m going to drop a tree if someone is in the danger zone I’m going to say “you are in the cone of possibility”!

 

[flushcut]

Stay safe!

 

[Stumpsprouts]

Extensive flooding in Asheville already. Power outages. 5 inches of rain forecasted tomorrow. Could be really bad. Enjoying the buzz for now. Expecting a lot of chainsaw work in next few days.

 

[oldoakman]

Had a preplan meeting at work this afternoon. Seems that it is supposed to be cat 1 by the time it gets here. I hade the generator ready to go.

 

[ClimbingTN]

Middle TN may get wind gusts to 40 mph and 5 inches of rain but, that kinda depends where it makes landfall. It’s suppose to get here tomorrow night. Probably flooding.

 

[TreeCo]

Watch for live powerlines that are down fellows.

Electricity takes no prisoners.

 

[Tuebor]

Extensive flooding in Asheville already. Power outages. 5 inches of rain forecasted tomorrow. Could be really bad. Enjoying the buzz for now. Expecting a lot of chainsaw work in next few days.

Rain forecast through Sunday morning. There's a small spot near you that might get over 16".

 

[Stumpsprouts]

The problem is we had an unrelated severe rainstorm last night that flooded the creeks and rivers already, and that’s before Helene hits here tonight / tomorrow, so it will be unfortunately a historic flood here by the time it’s over.

Once the high winds hit these trees with the saturated roots we are in for a lot of failures.

 

[Matias]

My mom lives on Ocala, but got the fuck outta there yesterday, and went to a friends place in WPB. I wish I could offer more than thoughts and prayers. Hope it loses a lot of steam before it gets too far inland.

 

[data farm 26]

The problem is we had an unrelated severe rainstorm last night that flooded the creeks and rivers already, and that’s before Helene hits here tonight / tomorrow, so it will be unfortunately a historic flood here by the time it’s over.

Once the high winds hit these trees with the saturated roots we are in for a lot of failures.

Damn brother, good luck, stay safe as you can

 

[colb]

This lady is coming right over top of me.

Columbus, GA; come for the foresters, stay for the innuendo...

 

[colb]

Be safe.

 

[evo]

Shit, just saw that it bumped up to a cat 4, with 130-140 surface winds..

 

[evo]

The problem is we had an unrelated severe rainstorm last night that flooded the creeks and rivers already, and that’s before Helene hits here tonight / tomorrow, so it will be unfortunately a historic flood here by the time it’s over.

Once the high winds hit these trees with the saturated roots we are in for a lot of failures.

Daum thats a one/two punch

 

[Stumpsprouts]

100k folks w/o power in our area. The French Broad will reach 19.5’ shortly and flood extensively, particularly in Marshall which is closer to me.

The eye veered east of us and our holler was protected from the winds but we were very lucky.

Friends of mine just a little to the east of us had 3 large failures (like 28” DBH or so), a Shellbark hickory and two Red oaks. One of the oaks had a large cavity at the base, I didn’t observe any defects in the others in an assessment I gave them last year. One went right into the house but they are ok. I was gathering hickories from that tree with my 2 year old and 3 other toddlers just a week ago.

Expecting to be busy for a while.