Hurricane Florence

[KMaC]

“Now you can argue I didn’t need to be standing in waist-deep water. I could have stood on the road with the camera crew,” Cooper said. “But again, I didn’t want to be roaming around on the highway interfering with rescue vehicles in any way."

So your camera crew standing in the highway interfering with rescue vehicles is different?

 

[actaeon277]

“Now you can argue I didn’t need to be standing in waist-deep water. I could have stood on the road with the camera crew,” Cooper said. “But again, I didn’t want to be roaming around on the highway interfering with rescue vehicles in any way."

So your camera crew standing in the highway interfering with rescue vehicles is different?

Well, it's hard for him to come up with a lie that stands the test of logic, right off the top of his head.

 

[olhorseman]

This photo of our place was taken yesterday by the local fire department. The water is 3 feet higher today and almost crested.

 

[hoosierdoc]

Uhm... that’ll buff out

 

[olhorseman]

Uhm... that’ll buff out

I can't wait to try out my new squeegee.

 

[churchmouse]

This photo of our place was taken yesterday by the local fire department. The water is 3 feet higher today and almost crested.
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Man that sucks.

 

[Denny347]

So instead of lying now, he was lying 10 years ago.

How was he lying?

 

[hoosierdoc]

How was he lying?

Misrepresenting the truth

doube he said “i’m Standing here in a 3’ deep ditch next to a road that is 6” underwater”

 

[jkaetz]

This photo of our place was taken yesterday by the local fire department. The water is 3 feet higher today and almost crested.

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Man that sucks.

This was exactly my though.

How was he lying?

Lying is probably the wrong word. He's catching flack because of the inference that the water was waist deep everywhere instead of being transparent and pointing out that on the road water is a little deep but if you take a few steps this way it gets a lot deeper. It's as if the imagery of him being waist deep makes it more of a tragedy than just reporting from the road and showing buildings and cars underwater wasn't enough pizzazz to get viewers emotionally involved.

Then there's his silly statement about not wanting to stand on the highway and interfere with emergency and rescue vehicles.

 

[Hawkeye]

Then there's his silly statement about not wanting to stand on the highway and interfere with emergency and rescue vehicles.

Had he been transparent about it he could have illustrated how dangerous walking or driving in flood water can be. Had someone about the same height stood on the road in shallower water and him in the deeper we could have seen that .


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[olhorseman]

Current river level near our property is at 25.5 feet which is 15.5 over flood level and 9.5 feet over major flood level. If I was standing in my garage (I'm 6'2") the water would now be about a foot over my head.
Our neighbor, who is a local fireman, told us that it hasn't been released to the media yet, but an entire family was found drowned after being trapped in their house somewhere near us.

 

[LockStocksAndBarrel]

OH MAN! Sorry dude. That's awful.

 

[hoosierdoc]

That sucks. I heard reports of that in Katrina. People stuck against the ceiling and rotting. The attic is not a safe place, it can be a trap

 

[mom45]

That is horrible. I pray they don't find more.

 

[actaeon277]

That sucks. I heard reports of that in Katrina. People stuck against the ceiling and rotting. The attic is not a safe place, it can be a trap

Anyplace without an exit is a death trap. Not just true for hurricanes.

 

[olhorseman]

Anyplace without an exit is a death trap. Not just true for hurricanes.

We haven't had an update but they may have been trapped in by fallen trees. Without power they may have not known how fast the waters were rising. The river level rose at a rate of 1/2 to 1 foot an hour. They could have gone to bed with no water around and woke up to 4 to 8 feet of water.
This flooding was unprecedented and totally unexpected. Our property went from dry land with little rain on Saturday morning to 6 feet underwater by Tuesday noon.

 

[actaeon277]

We haven't had an update but they may have been trapped in by fallen trees. Without power they may have not known how fast the waters were rising. The river level rose at a rate of 1/2 to 1 foot an hour. They could have gone to bed with no water around and woke up to 4 to 8 feet of water.
This flooding was unprecedented and totally unexpected. Our property went from dry land with little rain on Saturday morning to 6 feet underwater by Tuesday noon.

I apologize if it sounded like I was placing blame.

 

[olhorseman]

I apologize if it sounded like I was placing blame.

Absolutely no apology needed. I always try to plan for every contingency but I, nor anyone, can do so realistically. There are perfect storms that can't be forecast or planned for.

 

[hoosierdoc]

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/21/duk...-ash-may-be-flowing-into-cape-fear-river.html

well this seems like BAD news

 

[Tyler-The-Piker]

Hope all is well olhorseman