{"id":37645,"date":"2018-09-11T18:40:30","date_gmt":"2018-09-11T23:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37645"},"modified":"2018-09-11T18:40:30","modified_gmt":"2018-09-11T23:40:30","slug":"worst-storm-in-us-history-florence-set-to-break-all-time-records-forecasters-fear-harvey-flood-redux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=37645","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Worst Storm In US History&#8221; Florence Set To Break All-Time Records; Forecasters Fear Harvey Flood\u00a0Redux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"block-zerohedge-page-title\" class=\"block block-core block-page-title-block\">\n<h3 class=\"page-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/news\/2018-09-11\/florence-may-break-all-time-records-trump-predicts-among-worst-us-history\"><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">&#8220;Worst Storm In US History&#8221; Florence Set To Break All-Time Records; Forecasters Fear Harvey Flood\u00a0Redux<\/span><\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-zerohedge-content\" class=\"block block-system block-system-main-block\">\n<article class=\"node node--type-article node--sticky node--view-mode-full\" role=\"article\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1440\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"1440\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<footer class=\"node__meta\">\n<div class=\"submission-wrapper\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 a2a_default_style\" data-a2a-icon-color=\"#222\">\n<div>The latest computer forecasts from Tuesday afternoon have predicted that Hurricane Florence, still a Category 4 yet growing larger and more powerful, may shift and hit somewhere near the border between North and South Carolina as coastal residents flee\u00a0what may be the most powerful hurricane to hit the state in 64 years, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2018-09-10\/florence-to-become-major-hurricane-as-it-menaces-u-s-east-coast?srnd=premium\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a>.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/footer>\n<div class=\"node__content\">\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/noaa%20hurr.jpg?itok=9dJZnNlm\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/noaa%20hurr.jpg?itok=9dJZnNlm\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/noaa%20hurr.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/noaa%20hurr.jpg?itok=9dJZnNlm 1x\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"8b0db1b3-6d56-42e3-a2df-98dc79a5a5a8\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Florence is expected to stall and wander near or over the coast for as many as four days, <strong>dumping prodigious amounts of rain<\/strong>,&#8221;\u00a0said meteorologist Jeff Masters of Weather Underground, who added &#8220;If a significant portion of the storm\u2019s circulation remains over water, as occurred last year with Hurricane Harvey\u2019s stall over Southeast Texas \u2014 or even if Florence were to move into the higher terrain of western North Carolina and then stall \u2014 <strong>the rain may break all-time state records for rainfall from a hurricane or tropical storm.<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           cards-multimedia\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\">\n<div 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class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afreedma\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"Andrew Freedman (screen name: afreedma)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/904831594443280386\/PPPtg5nt_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/904831594443280386\/PPPtg5nt_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/904831594443280386\/PPPtg5nt_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" 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Updates on the hurricane here: <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/hurricane-florence-north-south-carolina-catastrophic-848f2414-50e1-49b8-9f2d-24ce59b0b78d.html\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UvqFcdEzph\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/hurricane-florence-north-south-carolina-catastrophic-848f2414-50e1-49b8-9f2d-24ce59b0b78d.html\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/www.<\/span>axios.com\/hurricane-flor<span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">ence-north-south-carolina-catastrophic-848f2414-50e1-49b8-9f2d-24ce59b0b78d.html\u00a0<\/span>\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/afreedma\/status\/1039624868327829506\" data-datetime=\"2018-09-11T21:20:58+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: September 11, 2018 21:20:58 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-09-11T21:20:58+0000\">5:20 PM &#8211; Sep 11, 2018<\/time><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<article class=\"MediaCard\n           MediaCard--mediaForward\n\n           customisable-border\" dir=\"ltr\" data-scribe=\"component:card\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-media\" data-scribe=\"element:photo\">\n<hr \/>\n<p><a class=\"MediaCard-borderOverlay\" tabindex=\"-1\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1039606904241184769\/photo\/1\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">View image on Twitter<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"MediaCard-widthConstraint js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"max-width: 992px\">\n<div class=\"MediaCard-mediaContainer js-cspForcedStyle\" data-style=\"padding-bottom: 75.0000%\"><a class=\"MediaCard-mediaAsset NaturalImage\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1039606904241184769\/photo\/1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"NaturalImage-image\" title=\"View image on Twitter\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Dm1s-BnWwAAXIWF?format=jpg&amp;name=small\" alt=\"View image on Twitter\" width=\"992\" height=\"744\" data-image=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/Dm1s-BnWwAAXIWF\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweetContainer\">\n<div class=\"EmbeddedTweet-tweet\">\n<blockquote class=\"Tweet h-entry js-tweetIdInfo subject expanded\" cite=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1039606904241184769\" data-tweet-id=\"1039606904241184769\" data-scribe=\"section:subject\">\n<div class=\"Tweet-header\"><a class=\"TweetAuthor-avatar  Identity-avatar u-linkBlend\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\" data-scribe=\"element:user_link\" aria-label=\"ABC News (screen name: ABC)\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"Avatar Avatar--edge\" src=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/877547979363758080\/ny06RNTT_normal.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-scribe=\"element:avatar\" data-src-2x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/877547979363758080\/ny06RNTT_bigger.jpg\" data-src-1x=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/profile_images\/877547979363758080\/ny06RNTT_normal.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor js-inViewportScribingTarget\" data-scribe=\"component:author\">\n<div class=\"TweetAuthor-nameScreenNameContainer\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-decoratedName\"><span class=\"TweetAuthor-verifiedBadge\" data-scribe=\"element:verified_badge\"><b class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">\u2714<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-brand\">\n<div class=\"Icon Icon--twitter \" title=\"View on Twitter\" role=\"presentation\" aria-label=\"View on Twitter\">&#8220;We don\u2019t want to gamble with a single South Carolina life.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Tweet-body e-entry-content\" data-scribe=\"component:tweet\">\n<p class=\"Tweet-text e-entry-title\" dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Southeast braces\u00a0for Hurricane <a class=\"PrettyLink hashtag customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Florence?src=hash\" rel=\"tag\" data-query-source=\"hashtag_click\" data-scribe=\"element:hashtag\"><span class=\"PrettyLink-prefix\">#<\/span><span class=\"PrettyLink-value\">Florence<\/span><\/a>: <a class=\"link customisable\" dir=\"ltr\" title=\"https:\/\/abcn.ws\/2N39hJ4\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YzXAvUeNfR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" data-expanded-url=\"https:\/\/abcn.ws\/2N39hJ4\" data-scribe=\"element:url\"><span class=\"u-hiddenVisually\">https:\/\/<\/span>abcn.ws\/2N39hJ4<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"Tweet-metadata dateline\"><time class=\"dt-updated\" title=\"Time posted: September 11, 2018 20:09:35 (UTC)\" datetime=\"2018-09-11T20:09:35+0000\"><a class=\"u-linkBlend u-url customisable-highlight long-permalink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC\/status\/1039606904241184769\" data-datetime=\"2018-09-11T20:09:35+0000\" data-scribe=\"element:full_timestamp\">4:09 PM &#8211; 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