Sitting in the flats of Stanwood waiting for the worlds longest slowest coal train that I will probably hit again when I get to my next destination in Mt Vernon and just admiring the clouds and lovely clean air. Nice morning!

that and elevated land, higher winds especially exposed ridges above 3000'. storm had similar inland impacts to Hugo in 89 further inland than expected. (approached from the Atlantic, In that case Charlotte, NC saw bad impacts)

I doubt she had changed at all. She is a cocky and sinister person who has jailed an innocent person in the past. I don't have a link for that right now. She basically grew up in Canada during her formative years when a person's worldview is shaped. Both her parents were radical Marxists. I doubt she even passed the bar exam, but Willie Brown helped her out when she became his girlfriend.

Not really though. Helene still lost nearly all of its punch as far as wind as soon as it made landfall. The issue in Appalachia was the unfortunate combo of lots of rain ahead of the storm combined with a worst case scenario track to enhance orographic lift in that area.

FINALLY a hurricane that looks like it might actually be interesting. Come on Cat 5 right up the mouth of Tampa Bay