We are talking past each other. You're talking two different storm comparisons. Maybe that is what you are focusing on. I am talking about general preparedness. FL is known for their efficient manners in moving crews and caravans. Its not spectacular, but its much better than Texas. There are reasons for this. One being FL is always under the threat from June to November. The hurricane business in FL is robust. The second being FL works well with the southeast region and other providers in the surrounding states. Texas is at a disadvantage at this point; They are their own grid. As the southeast share a grid, the providers work closer together. They need each other. Now outside of the miraculous last minute bump in the storm, mind you, heading straight for Tallahassee (so much for that one week notice, eh?) and if Tallahassee didn't get that last minute bump and was hit directly, the efficiency of the local providers would provide a much better response than they did with beryl. And flooding is a bullshit excuse. In FL, living is a flood zone is not an excuse to be stupid. Flordians don't have a lot of sympathy for people who willing choose to live in a flood zone. We have strict zoning laws to cover that, and what is missed is caught by insurance. Houses can become uninsurable over night.
I hope those houses are built well. You can get as high as you want but it doesn't do any good if the house comes off the foundation. We saw a lot of that during that last huge Llano River flood. Scary stuff. eta: You'd like to hope to think that in terrain like that they would be.
You're talking about in general, I'm talking about this specific storm. They knew it was headed for the big bend region for a week now.... the difference between that region and Tallahassee is like 50 miles.... so not a significant difference in landfall from what was expected. The area hit was always in the cone. Compare that to Beryl that was supposed to hit Mexico, then Brownsville, then Corpus.... then two days before the storm they determined it was coming to Houston. If the forecast changes every day by hundreds of miles, that creates difficulty when it comes to preparation, wouldn't you agree? Certainly more difficulty than preparing for a storm that hits within the original cone expected a week in advance. Also, it's weird you even bring up the Texas power grid.... it had literally nothing to do with why people lost power after the storm....I know those are old talking points from the winter storm several years ago that purple trot back out at any opportunity, but no grid can keep power on when giant trees knock down the power lines in tens of thousands of places at the same time.
Waterville Dam in TN has failed. The Lake Lure Dam in NC and a few others are barely holding on with downstream evacs taking place.
The stairs to the attic have been dropped. So going up into the attic and then come up with a way to get to the roof. *************************** There are fears about the Dam on Lake Lure (Southeast of Asheville) failing. I don't know much about the River Basins in North Carolina, but they are going to have problems downstream for a while if the water in Western North Carolina eventually has to drain into the Atlantic Ocean.
