There was a devastating hurricane that swept through on Thursday and Friday. It didn’t make landfall until late Thursday night but there was rain and wind starting here in North Carolina on Thursday. The rain and the wind continued on until midday Friday.
The university canceled in-person classes but the online class that I am in, my last one, went on.
There were hiccups and classmates that dropped left and right but we persevered.
We never lost power near Charlotte although there were widespread power outages reported all over. We also didn’t lose the internet.
We were lucky here in our little house. There are a lot of leaves down, and I had to chase after the 32-gallon containers that we use for yard waste and bring them back to the garage.
There was a lot of water in the backyard and our neighbor made a trough through his side yard and our side yard to drain the water from the driveways. When they moved in 2020, we gave him permission to drain their yard through our backyard. This is the easiest path to the holding pond behind our property.
We came through pretty well with only 4 inches of water in the mop bucket I left out on purpose to collect rainwater. Our internet has been a bit laggy so no Diablo for me.
Western North Carolina, however, is devastated.
Videos and pictures of raging water dominated the news Friday. Highway 40 on the way to Tennessee flooded, had a landslide, and lost a portion of the road to the water. Entire cities and towns are inundated with water and mud.
The rain has stopped.
The clean-up begins.
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