As the storm approaches, y’all please be prepared with extra water, non perishables, and any medication needs just in case.

Please post any Helene related news and thoughts here, so we don’t have 100 different posts on the same topic.

for it to be getting this cold in the south unless it's going to snow. There I said it.

Signed a snow lover! I realized I'm risking down votes...lol

Where are you? What's happening? Words of encouragement!

Athens here. Heavy rain, small wind so far.

Current forecasts show 6-10 inches of rain prior to the wind impact. Due to the strength and speed of the storm movement anything to the east of the storm center in n central georgia is likely to see multiple hours of 70+ mph gusts. As the storm accelerates around the axis of a secondary low pressure situated in Alabama the forward speed of the storm will be added to maximum winds experienced on the east side of the storm. The NAM model is currently showing gusts approaching 100 mph at 10 meters in the ATL metroplex at 5am friday.

Both the rain and wind maximum could change prior to the event but if the modeled situation occurs it would likely result in one of the most prolonged power and water outages to impact a metro area in recent history. With tree density, preceding soil saturation and power and internet lines being almost fully above ground it could be several weeks until power, water and internet are fully restored.

Hoping the models are wrong or will shift the worst impacts elsewhere, but as of now this is what you should prepare for.

--UPDATE--

My post was referencing the NAM model as of yesterday evening and was the only publicly available model I could find that had estimated gusts versus estimated sustained winds which I feel is more relevant to treefall.

Storm strength at landfall, the orientation of the secondary low pressure to the west and direct storm path in relation to the east/strong side of the system will all be extremely important to the ultimate wind impact.

It seems as if all 3 factors have been reduced in magnitude since yesterday's model suites, which is good news. However, it is possible that things shift again to a worse scenario so please continue to monitor the situation.

They are running radar both north and south on 400 between exit 13 (SR 141/Peachtree Parkway and exit 12 (McFarland).

Drive wisely. Use your cruise control.

I've lived in metro Atlanta my whole life. Is it me or are these summer days hotter than previous summers? Even 5-6 years ago?

Also, I swear temps after or around 7 pm would at least be in the mid to low 80s, now they are hovering around low 90s fo high 80s.

Am I trippin?

Cars decide to make a completely illegal 180° turn up the wrong way on the ramp connecting to Candler Road to I-20 East Bound

So has anyone noticed over the past several years it’s been continuing to stay warm increasing later in the year?

I’m only 20 but even in child hood I remeber getting some snow piling at least every couple years. But I haven’t seen anything like that since middle school.

ETA: My city is Nashville GA

Update 2: I got in touch with fema, they can't do anything until the president declares a state of emergency. as for a comment about finding myself a chainsaw, despite clarifying that i have no means to go anywhere at the moment, thanks to me and my brother's brute force way we spent the afternoon picking at the carport and we've freed our car. can't drive it because of the windshield but we can at least charge our phones.

i should also iterate that i do not expect anyone to send me money, we're all up the creek, i just put it there because several people asked.

again be safe, and take care

**UPDATE: I finally got in touch with my home insurance but they can't do anything for me until monday. everything the red cross offered me is not in my area and i have no way to get anywhere with my car pinned and the windshield crushed. still nothing from my local emergency services.

i don't know how to navigate fema because I guess I'm just too stupid to figure it out since you can't talk to a real human being. my mother and brother aren't being very helpful since they're the one with insurance policy numbers, not me.

for those asking about cashapp, my tag is $aftercloudia any kind of help is appreciated.

I'm really truly thankful for everyone's help, it means a lot more than I can say. my phone is about die so this will be my last reply for now. take care <3**

all of our phones are about to die so this will probably be my last reply. i guess im just stranded?

just an update for those who have asked. the front of my house is done, my car is trapped under the carport with the front windshield crushed. pines twisted and snapped on power lines and all through my yard. it seems all of my pets avoided the falling in, my mom, brother, and myself are physically fine.

but I don't know what i'm going to do? i don't have a dime to my name, no friends or family to rely on, it's just the three of us. we have nowhere to go and the amount of cats i have i don't know what's going to happen to them (im more or less an unofficial shelter)

i'm not really look for advice (i don't know what good it would do me as we're pretty much trapped) but i guess if you have any feel free to leave it.

It's running two refrigerators, water heater, and lights/ outlets off my natural gas line. No idea when power will be restored in North Decatur.

So, the time has come, as the walrus said, to talk of many things. First thing is: When are we as a State/ Nation willing to discuss underground power lines?

All the money spent on repairs every time the wind blows, could have been spent burying these lines, and although we'd still have trees in the road, by and large we'd at least have power.

Don’t know if this is allowed. Too nervous to care. We live in canton Georgia in a modular home and I’m just terrified. Been crying all night. Someone tell me what’s going to happen. I want to prepare. We have water and gas for the generator, but will we be okay?

EDIT: to anyone this annoyed: sorry! I’m not trying to be over dramatic though I totally see how it came off VERY dramatic. I live rural, tons of big trees close to the house, last year tornado in July toook out three of them and narrowly missed our home, so just concerned about that. Can deal with power outage even though it SUUUCKS, just concerned with 70+ mph winds vs lots of big trees. Otherwise will be okay :)

Edit 2: booked a quality inn and am taking the dogs. 300$ gone but I just can’t stomach staying here overnight. Hopefully everything is fine, I think it will be. But I’d rather be safe and come home to assess than stay here.

Final edit: thanks for all advice and suggestions- im okay. Our house is okay and everyone’s fine. We still even have power! I think we’re in the clear now :)

Like two years ago I would be freezing my butt off by now but now it's just starting to go into the 50° in the morning now.

Ive been seeing more traffic posts lately in this sub so I just wanted to bring this point up as well. Feel like its only necessary for the rude lady driving the black lexus suv, who kept actively trying to block me from merging onto 316 while flipping me off the whole time last week..But I imagine others also need to see this too.

People, no matter how you feel, the zipper merge for lane closure situations is the correct way to merge. Lady in the black lexus I just want you to know that you were in fact the asshole in that situation. So fuck you. Graph for example.

Who has the right of way turning in a situation like this in Georgia, where the left turn has no signal but the right-hand turn has a yield sign with no island?

Two things that are never lacking in this city: Audacity and Pettiness. If they can,they will,for no other reason than just because.

Visiting Atlanta from out of state, and got onto the express lane per Google Map's direction. Didn't realize I was being led to the express lane until it was too late, and didn't notice any signs about "peach pass only" until I was already well into the route, and couldn't get off.

I didn't think too much about it at first because my Google maps settings specify to avoid toll roads, but while on the lane I saw a sign that said "fines of up to $150" and I'm now panicking. I have no job, I have a lot of debt. I literally can't afford $150, I could barely put gas in the car. Looking online I don't even see pricing for the northbound route I was on.

I feel like such an idiot. Am I just screwed now? Do I have any options? Any advice is greatly appreciated.

Been in the area for work for awhile. I'm usually driving 5-10 over the limit, and I'm still getting tailgated and passed all the time. A few times on double yellow. What's the hurry?