Hurricane Floyd: 10 Years Later

[brunota2003]

Here is a bunch of info that the NWS Office in Newport/Morehead City, NC has put together for this year's 10th Anniversary of Hurricane Floyd:

http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/Floyd/

I know we also have quite a few members who went through this storm, so feel free to share your stories (if you wish).

[Derek Ortt]

I suspect that Floyd would not have been nearly as bad had Dennis not went through the same area just 2 weeks earlier (and Lingered for a week... making a double strike on coastal NC)

Kind of like Connie/Diane from 1955

[jinftl]

Wow...can't believe it will be 10 years...excuse the quality of the pics....but these are some of my most memorable weather-related photos i have taken...this was on Fort Lauderdale Beach (area between Las Olas Blvd. and Sunrise Blvd. along AIA) on when Floyd passed to our east and then north. Taken close to high tide, the waves were crashing onto A1A, totally covering up all of the sand.

It was a surreal scene....especially with the beautiful sunny skies....i have always wondered, 'if this is what floyd did when 200 miles offshore, what would a landfall in south florida looked like?'





I know that images like this scared the heck out of floridians as the threatened first loomed over us before turning to the areas directly impacted to our north

[george_r_1961]

Up here in SE VA some areas, especially Franklin, recieved catastrophic flooding. Even in my area firefighters and National Guardsmen were pressed into service evacuating stranded residents.

Ever tried tracking a hurricane with WebTV?? That was NOT fun.

[HurricaneBill]

Floyd was the deadliest U.S. hurricane (56 direct deaths) since Hurricane Agnes (127 deaths) in 1972. Of course, Katrina has since surpassed that.

[MGC]

Floyd's rainfall was interesting in that the west side of the hurricane was the wet side......MGC

[Scorpion]

Can't believe its been 10 years already. I remember preparing for it like the apocalypse was coming. Everyone was afraid out of their mind here.

[Derek Ortt]

Floyd's rainfall was interesting in that the west side of the hurricane was the wet side......MGC

typical of a storm undergoing ETT

[Sihara]

Can't believe its been 10 years already. I remember preparing for it like the apocalypse was coming. Everyone was afraid out of their mind here.

Even way over here, people were scared. That thing could've cut straight thru the central part of the state. Hope we never have another close call like that one.

[somethingfunny]

Can't believe its been 10 years already. I remember preparing for it like the apocalypse was coming. Everyone was afraid out of their mind here.

Even way over here, people were scared. That thing could've cut straight thru the central part of the state. Hope we never have another close call like that one.

I'd rather you see a close call than the real deal. Floyd was a monster. I remember getting 3 inches of water in our basement and we lived on the ridge of a hill. Downtown (Berkeley Heights, NJ) was under several feet of water. More rain than I ever care to see again in my lifetime. But, at least we didn't get the wind. Alot of large tree limbs fell, but I know it could have been so much worse if Floyd had missed Hatteras and taken a 1938-like track.

[Category 5]

God it seems like just yesterday, I remember it all so vividly.

[grentz7721]

I rememeber hurricane floyd. I had to evacuate for Hurricane Floyd back in 1999, I just moved to Myrtle Beach from Ohio a month before Floyd
hit.

[SCshorty]

It was my daughter's 4th birthday the day before Floyd came by Charleston. I went to Bilo, and everyone was buying hurricane supplies. I was in there buying a birthday cake from the bakery. Everyone looked at me like I was insane

[dolebot_Broward_NW]

It was a surreal scene....especially with the beautiful sunny skies....i have always wondered, 'if this is what floyd did when 200 miles offshore, what would a landfall in south florida looked like?'

I worked at a call center in Margate/N. Lauderdale with about 3000 people. It was absolute bedlam. A good percentage of the computer techy folks (it was a computer help call center) - were either relatively new to Florida and the whole hurricane thing, or young folks with no real family around. Not many people had any idea what to do, and those that did were helping those that didn't all around. Floyd went from "eh, keep an eye on it" to "ZOMG CAT5 coming our way!" and of course the NHC forecast started trending north, but man - the wind picked up - the news was on 24 hour hurricane mode, nobody really trusted that that monster out there was gonna make a 90 degree turn in time, but he sure did turn.

[DanKellFla]

I was living in Boynton Beach, Fl at that time in a rental. My oldest son had just started walking at that time and the idea of spending an entire day indoors was not too exciting. I was unprepared to say the least. We had enough water, food and diapers. But, that was about it. I was clueless. My wife and I got sent home early from work. So, on the way home I stopped at the video rental place to get some movies for the kid and us. I figured that we would have some time between the cable going out and the electricity failing. That little trip provided me with some humor. As I was picking out movies, some guy came out of the adult section with 10 tapes!!!!! That was funny for obvious reasons. Then, upon leaving the store, I saw some kid walking all by himself. By this time, it had started raining and the roads were empty. I called the kid over, he was about 12, and asked him where he was going. It was about a 4 mile walk, so I told him to get in the car and gave him a ride home. I was so relieved when that storm skipped florida. It was heading straight for my place and was a monster. If it only had curved a little more.....

[brunota2003]

New High Water Markers to be deployed over the course of the season, including one tomorrow by NWS Newport/Morehead City, NC:
http://www.erh.noaa.gov/mhx/PressReleas ... WMSign.pdf

[Extremeweatherguy]

I lived in Raleigh, NC when Floyd hit. The storm uprooted a large oak in my backyard and pushed it onto a fence.

[NCHurricane]

Floyd came a couple of years after I moved away from my hometown. When it hit, I couldn't get to work for three days, and when I did, I had to take the Aurora Ferry to cross the Pamilco River. The Tar River and Little Swift Creek had NC102, NC33, US264, and every shortcut in-between flooded. I was essentially on an island.

I wasn't able to get to my hometown of Windsor for a week because of the Cashie River. The river grew from about a hundred yards wide to over a mile wide in places. I had a couple of relatives receive water damage and my great aunt and uncle's home was completely inundated. Some places flooded 18 feet above ground level. One person lost his life in Windsor trying to cross the swollen river before it crested.

As far as where I was living then, the impact was little. As far as my hometown, the impact was great. You can still see places that never reopened and empty lots where homes once stood.

I can still remember the rescue helicopters making pickups of stranded people in Washington, NC and having to go pick my mother-in-law up from her work shift at the hospital from the back of a National Guard truck. It seemed surreal that this was happening in eastern NC.

I can't believe that it's been ten years.

Chuck Copeland
http://www.nchurricane.com

[meteorologyman]

I remember Floyd very well. My family and I evacuated to my grandma's house in Beaufort South Carolina. I was 11 years old at that time any way my parents and grandma were in the porch while I ran straight to the Television to watch the The Weather Channel. That when I found out it was heading our way (South Carolina). I quickly ran back to my parents and man I have never seen them jump out of their chairs so quickly in my life. Its funny when I think of it. We were glued in on the TV just in time to see John Hope on the screen and my dad says ok repack the van were heading out. That was when we headed to Atlanta, Georgia. Since I was a child I was very excited because I always loved long road trips..... and I still do love long road trips.

[Cyclone1]

Floyd is the second hurricane I can remember next to Georges. Got the day off from school and it barely even rained here. Just goes to show what kind of a thread Floyd was posing to Florida before it turned north.


EDIT: ... I missed this, talking about hurricanes, that is. Glad to be back, atleast partially. ;D