OFF THE GRID: North Carolina Power Outage Tracker

[DrQ]

OFF THE GRID: North Carolina Power Outage Tracker​

OFF THE GRID: United States and North Carolina Power Outage Tracker

As severe weather or blizzards threaten, this database aggregates power outage information from more than 1,000 companies nationwide. It will automatically update every 15 minutes.

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[Brett]

Still millions without power

 

[joestein]

My brother is in Asheville - he has not had power or running water since Helene. At least he is high up in the mountains, so flooding didn't affect his home.

He is a prepper and has 55 gallons of water in reserve as well plenty of dry food, but he is the oldest and in his early 70s - harder to deal with this stuff when you age - I think he is depressed about it.

At least his Husband is with him - he still works as a Dentist in St Petersburg (They lived in Florida for 40+ years) 2 weeks out of every month, but he came up to Asheville to get away from Helene (Ironic?).

 

[pedro47]

Dominion Resources are sending trucks and equipment to restore electrical power in the Carolinas.

 

[Brett]

My brother is in Asheville - he has not had power or running water since Helene. At least he is high up in the mountains, so flooding didn't affect his home.

He is a prepper and has 55 gallons of water in reserve as well plenty of dry food, but he is the oldest and in his early 70s - harder to deal with this stuff when you age - I think he is depressed about it.

At least his Husband is with him - he still works as a Dentist in St Petersburg (They lived in Florida for 40+ years) 2 weeks out of every month, but he came up to Asheville to get away from Helene (Ironic?).

wow, drove to Asheville NC to escape Hurricane Helene

 

[DrQ]

wow, drove to Asheville NC to escape Hurricane Helene

Been to Asheville after a previous hurricane system passed through. I think you are smart to have a 3 day supply of provisions on hand, but I grew up in the Midwest where we had blizzards and could be snowed in for a few days.

We are in a place where power is relatively stable, but this May, we did have a windstorm come through that knocked out our power for 12 hours. Fortunately, we were down in Galveston and the refrigerator was fairly cleaned out.

 

[joestein]

wow, drove to Asheville NC to escape Hurricane Helene

Just to put this perspective.... I was texting my Brother earlier. My BIL's apartment in St Petes - which is on the beach - was completely destroyed. It is a 100% loss. Thankfully for them - it was a rental - but their rental insurance doesn't cover flood - so they are out whatever they had there. Hopefully none of their art was there.

They had a home on the bay in St. Petes - which they sold earlier this year as my Brother no longer wants to live in FL - they are very thankful that they did.

Some additional Information - his apartment was on 'Treasure Island' - the apartment is still standing, but the entire until was filled with water and sewage and mold is already growing on things.

 

[pedro47]

Death count now is at least 183 dead and hundreds of peoples are still missing.