With a forced evacuation order in place, Hurricane Florence threatens to unleash catastrophic inland flooding in Carolinas.
>With the potential for Florence’s forward speed to slow and possibly stall, a current forecast of feet of rain would lead to catastrophic flash flooding and major river flooding in parts of the Carolinas, southern Virginia and possibly other neighboring states.
>As AccuWeather meteorologists have warned about since the middle of the soggy and in some cases record wet summer, any tropical storm or hurricane that moves over saturated ground in the eastern United States during the height of the hurricane season may lead to disastrous flooding.
>Brace for flooding on par with Floyd, Joaquin and other hurricanes
>Even in lieu of the worst-case scenario, Florence has the potential to join the ranks of the costliest natural disasters in the history of the United States joining Irma, Maria and Harvey in 2017; Sandy in 2012; Katrina in 2005 and Andrew in 1992.
At this time, the most likely scenario is for 1-2 feet of rain with a AccuWeather Local StormMax™ of 40 inches centered on portions of the Carolinas from Florence,” according to AccuWeather Hurricane Expert Dan Kottlowski.
3 Million To Lose Power, Hog Farmers Panic
ZeroHedge compiled a list of reports in his take “Life Changing Event”: 3 Million To Lose Power, Hog Farmers Panic as Hurricane Set To Smash Into Coast.
>The worst case scenario for North Carolina, with its 2,100 hog farms and 9 million pigs and hogs, would be to cripple the local hog farming industry. The potential devastation for hog farmers would be a deja vu to what happened after Hurricane Floyd struck in 1999. The result was the destruction of many farms, including flooding, dead livestock and waste leaking into waterways.
>Preparations for the worst have been aided by a dry summer which has, in turn, kept waste lagoon levels low. Power is also of the essence, because farmers are at risk of losing livestock if their barns can’t be ventilated.
>Smithfield Foods said that it is going out of its way to protect workers and animals at it’s 250 farms that it owns, as well as at the 1500 contract farms it has. Like the others, they are also monitoring and lowering waste levels.
>The waste lagoons in North Carolina have often been a point of contention for environmentalists, as there are more than 4,000 of them in the state and they each often hold “millions of gallons” of manure. In 1999, six lagoons saw breaches, which resulted in waste moving into the water supply. The state ended up buying 43 farms, including 100 lagoons that were located in flood planes.
Plan of Action
- Move valuable items out of the basement and first floor onto the second floor.
- Gather important papers and photographs.
- Work-at-home plans may not be an option in some communities where the power goes out or flooding commences.
Finally, be mentally prepared for smelly stench if not outright contaminated water if you live near a pig farm.
Best wishes to those in the path.
Mike “Mish” Shedlock
Cat 5 Cat 4 Cat 3 Cat 2 ……… ( not again?)
How many times can the media cry “Wolf” for ratings ?
Apparently there’s no limit …….
Yeah. I bet Harvey wasn’t even a hurricane when it parked near Houston. Did things turn out ok because wind speed died down?
Why dont the farms have a diesel generator back up, if ventilation to hog barns are SO critical ??
So whats wrong with Natural ventilation ??
Does a farmer need a wall street consultant or a special engineer to propose
making a hole or 2 in the roof for FREE ventilation.
Thats my free advice, problems are easy to solve, the hard part is to fleece people with complicated ” integrated ” solution$.
Look at the size of those buildings. Use the vehicles for reference. “A few holes in the roof” aren’t going to do much of anything especially if there’s no breeze. Once you cross over the human scale line everything get complicated. But you have to do it, because if you don’t someone else will -and they’ll get the regulators to make your life hell if you don’t.
Stayed a winter in Swansboro 10 years ago. We were at about 4 or so feet above sea level. That place will be history by the weekend.
It looks like the storm is going to turn south after it hits NC before moving inland from coastal SC.
That’s kind of disappointing as I was counting on the storm heading into Chesapeake Bay, west up the Potomac River estuary, to Washington DC where the storm would just sit and rain for 40 days and 40 nights.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will form a task force that will consider implementing the so-called “universal basic income” program in the city, as the embattled mayor seeks to cement his progressive legacy after promising not to run for another term.
The idea for the program, which would make monthly payments to a number of Chicago families without any conditions, has been floated around in the city for months now.
Florence will be the excuse for surprise rate cut,if that other one pounds the crap outta the gulf (again)wait for it……QE4!
Mish – you missed a chance to bash Trump. Didn’t you know any hurricane is all the fault of DJT? If Hillary got elected none of this would be happening…
Doofus. Mish didn’t have to call out Trump, the WaPo already did it! Trump is a fool and a loser.
Another hurricane is about to batter our coast. Trump is complicit.
“Another hurricane is about to batter our coast. Trump is complicit.”
If Trump is complicit, so is Obama. Obama flew all over the place in Air Force One as he pleased, dumping tons of carbon into the atmosphere. Add in the carbon dumping from his motorcades.
We never had a single hurricane during Obama’s two terms. Because he cared about the globe.