Normally I associate hurricanes with coastal area damage. Helene made landfall with 150 mph winds and certainly devastated that area, but has been very destructive much further inland. Ashville, NC is 400 miles from the landfall and the storm has dumped 30 inches of rain there as well as some distance north of there, washing out roads and making travel impossible. I know the storms don't end at the coastal areas but 400+ miles inland and people are stranded, no communications, etc. boggles my mind. Maybe I've never paid attention in the past but I can't recall anything like this, at least not in the USA.
I'm pretty well insulated from events where I live, hurricanes aren't a thing in the Northwest. Wildfires are an issue, but an 80,000 acre fire doesn't cover the whole area. Windstorms with sustained 40, gusting to 75 happen here but they don't leave us devastated. I'm aways from subduction zones so earthquakes might happen but not very likely. Every decade or so we get major snowfall but roads are usually cleared in a day or so. I only keep 2 buckets of freeze dried chow on hand but I think a 40 day supply is more than adequate.
Actual ham radio emergency nets in north Carolina flooding area. Cellphone service is kaput there. https://www.broadcastify.com/webPlayer/43107
The guys are providing a valuable service on the w4htp repeater.
Scripps News was reporting on the campaign and they had a guy on saying Trump did nothing for the border, Harris is the only one who can fix it.
He went on to say Harris has helped the economy while Trump only drug it down. This guy deserves an academy award, he did this with a straight face!
