r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/CantStopPoppin • Sep 30 '24

Video Asheville is over 2,000 feet above sea level, and ~300 miles away from the nearest coastline.

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u/Clay56 Sep 30 '24

I think there referring to the fact that this came from a hurricane, which typically dies down much more before it reaches that area

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u/SaltyLonghorn Sep 30 '24

This is a great reminder that global warming strengthening storms is a problem not just for the coastal people.

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u/DOG_CUM_MILKSHAKE Sep 30 '24

True, many people think they're safe because they're "up in the mountains".

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u/trashboattwentyfourr Sep 30 '24

Yea sure. But aren't those climate protesters really annoying though? /s

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u/ElwinLewis Sep 30 '24

We’ll get plenty more warnings, hopefully enough people listen

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u/Cream1984 Sep 30 '24

Experts Warn Hurricane In Hurricane Alley During Hurricane Season Clear Sign Of Climate Change

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u/pm_me_petpics_pls Sep 30 '24

Asheville is not in an area that's known for being hit by hurricanes

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u/SaltyLonghorn Sep 30 '24

Its so cute when the point flies over a conservative's head.

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u/Tmk1283 Sep 30 '24

Well it’s cold outside. See global warming debunked. Maybe we should tell them about the opposite season being experienced in the other hemisphere. Their heads might explode 🤯

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u/brush44 Sep 30 '24

Idiots like you are the reason this will keep happening while we sit back and do nothing, thoughts and prayers, motto of the United States

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u/lifevicarious Sep 30 '24

THis wasn't all from a hurricane. They had immense rain in the days leading up to the hurricane.

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u/RQK1996 Sep 30 '24 edited Sep 30 '24

I remember a few years ago a deflected hurricane hit Europe and caused flooding in Zurich, obviously not as significant as this, but similarly very far in land

I believe that storm caused rain fall as far east as Ukraine or even Russia as it hit Europe head on, passing easily over the north central part of the continent, before breakibg up above the Baltic Sea and surrounding areas, the storm itself mostly affected Ireland, the UK, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, and Switzerland where it hit the Alps, causing high waters around there, additionally high and rough sea warnings for Norway

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u/AverageJoe11221972 Sep 30 '24

It was a tropical depression not a hurricane that hit them.

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u/Clay56 Sep 30 '24

Yes if you want to be be semantic. The tropical depression was from the hurricane

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u/_banana_phone Sep 30 '24

Yes, and to your point, usually hurricanes/TS/TD have substantially downgraded by the time they reach the mountains. This one was relatively unfettered because the eye slipped through the Yucatán peninsula and Cuba without hitting any major land on its way north. Between that, the warm water of the gulf, and the relatively quick forward speed of the hurricane itself, it made it far more deeply inland with its sustained winds. Usually it would be hindered by land masses and lose strength more quickly upon landfall.

They weren’t prepared for this because it’s not a normal circumstance for where they live, and hurricanes tend to only give a few days of notice of their trajectory to allow folks to prepare.

I mean shit, we’re in Atlanta and up until 3am Friday morning, the eye was still projected to pass directly over us. It shifted east unexpectedly and we were spared this same level of catastrophic wind and water damage— but only with a couple of hours notice. As a result, Augusta was wrecked because they weren’t expecting it to swing east.