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oldoakman said:
We lucked out too in west GA/East AL. Storm center was 100+ miles east of us. Lot after rain and little wind. Maybe 35 max gusts. Trees down from saturated soil, not wind.

Treezy, how are you in SC?
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We only had a couple of trees go down in our yard because all the weak trees either snapped or blew over in the last storm. The highway was a real mess! There was a cutting crew that had a large white oak fall right on the tailgate of one truck trapping them in between a real mess. The crews were very inexperienced and did not have large enough saws. After I cut them free, they offered me a job as a crew chief, $23 per hour lol!

I was told that the Cedar Creek dam should have started letting out more water two days before they did. This is a real problem because all the other dams upstream couldn’t let out enough water! As a result the bridge just below the Great Falls dam was covered with water, causing road closures.

A friend of mine was vacationing in Burnsville, NC. I was planning a rescue mission, but a mutual friend of ours beat me to it. He managed to drive a Honda Pilot past road closures, over downed power lines, skirting sink holes and two lane roads where one lane had sloughed off the mountain! I’m glad that they were staying in a house higher than the road and river, because all the houses along the South Toe River are gone!
 
Treezybreez said:
We only had a couple of trees go down in our yard because all the weak trees either snapped or blew over in the last storm. The highway was a real mess! There was a cutting crew that had a large white oak fall right on the tailgate of one truck trapping them in between a real mess. The crews were very inexperienced and did not have large enough saws. After I cut them free, they offered me a job as a crew chief, $23 per hour lol!

I was told that the Cedar Creek dam should have started letting out more water two days before they did. This is a real problem because all the other dams upstream couldn’t let out enough water! As a result the bridge just below the Great Falls dam was covered with water, causing road closures.

A friend of mine was vacationing in Burnsville, NC. I was planning a rescue mission, but a mutual friend of ours beat me to it. He managed to drive a Honda Pilot past road closures, over downed power lines, skirting sink holes and two lane roads where one lane had sloughed off the mountain! I’m glad that they were staying in a house higher than the road and river, because all the houses along the South Toe River are gone!
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Glad you are OK. Definitely the worst we have seen in the country for a while. Everyone keep safe.
 
Treezybreez said:
A friend of mine was vacationing in Burnsville, NC.
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I went deep into Burnsville today with a friend for search and rescue for her kin, who was safe and sound at a neighbors, but they are only accessible by foot. The devastation is unreal. I figured I’d be climbing from day 1 but getting trees off houses is not as much of a priority as trying to save lives rn. We have some of the only water in the area and are organizing our community to take trips to Asheville and bring water which is in dire need and won’t have it for a month or so. I may not be doing much chainsawing after all for now.

In my SAR mission i encountered two NY state park ranger trucks which is encouraging. The terrain is so complex that it will take so long to just get people out. L
 
Stumpsprouts said:
Stick crane.
Lots of fat oaks etc on houses. Easy access as lots of shit has fallen. Failures are massive and innumerable, I haven’t gotten close to the worst part of town. Chipping away where I can for now. Supply chains are very strained and folks are trapped with no gas and water but lots of grassroots community support groups are helping out.

Our rural neighborhood is one of the few with full amenities.

Right now what we really need is a crane.
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Knuckeboom is a crane before its a grapplesaw crane. It does have a load chart and is the standard in cranes on every continent but North America. You certainly know your needs better than I do but my crane is a crane and has a load chart jut like any other.
 
Truly sorry for everyones situation. Asheville is my second favorite city in the US. I love it there. I can't imagine the devastation, I just drove down there for ARBFest this past spring so the memories are fresh. Hope you gets get some relief soon and I'm truly thankful for you its not winter!!
 
The storm passed over Valdosta which is thirty miles east of here. We had no damage, and the power came back on late Friday afternoon. I saw one big pine uprooted and several medium sized limbs down in the subdivision. There's one broken limb hanging in a tree I climbed in recently, so I'll get it down in a couple days. Max wind here was probably around 65mph. We were really lucky.

My brother in Abbeville, SC had three big oaks down, They were without power for several days, but his solar system served as a backup for the well pump and refrigerator.
 
Winchman said:
The storm passed over Valdosta which is thirty miles east of here. We had no damage, and the power came back on late Friday afternoon. I saw one big pine uprooted and several medium sized limbs down in the subdivision. There's one broken limb hanging in a tree I climbed in recently, so I'll get it down in a couple days. Max wind here was probably around 65mph. We were really lucky.

My brother in Abbeville, SC had three big oaks down, They were without power for several days, but his solar system served as a backup for the well pump and refrigerator.
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Glad to hear that, was concerned for your safety. We had the same here in Columbus. Most of the tree failures came from saturated soil before the wind got here. I never lost power at home.
 
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