2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season Running Thread

[Driftwood]

Well, today ends the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
The most devastated areas were, obviously, the Appalachian Mountains. Yeah, that's freakin right, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. By a hurricane. In the mountains. Four hundred miles from the coast.
I own two homes - one in the mountains of East Tennessee and one on a barrier island in North Carolina. Thankfully and by the grace of god, neither was impacted this hurricane season. If you had asked me in June which I feared for most, it certainly wouldn't have been the one that was 6 miles from the worst of it. Holy cow.
Fingers crossed for a bunch of weak fish storms in 2025.

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[maumann]

Well, today ends the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season.
The most devastated areas were, obviously, the Appalachian Mountains. Yeah, that's freakin right, East Tennessee and Western North Carolina. By a hurricane. In the mountains. Four hundred miles from the coast.
I own two homes - one in the mountains of East Tennessee and one on a barrier island in North Carolina. Thankfully and by the grace of god, neither was impacted this hurricane season. If you had asked me in June which I feared for most, it certainly wouldn't have been the one that was 6 miles from the worst of it. Holy cow.
Fingers crossed for a bunch of weak fish storms in 2025.

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We caught a huge break in 2024. Helene missed putting a direct hit on us by less than 75 miles. Milton wrecked the RV park but only one trailer was a writeoff.

 

[dixiehack]

 

[Driftwood]

Going that way between Newport and Maggie Valley was a nightmare even before the storms took out 40.

 

[Twirling Time]

From beginning to end, is I-40 the worst long interstate? It has its scenic parts but the traffic… darn.

 

[Cosmo]

I've had the pleasure of driving almost the entirety of I-40, save for the stretch from OKC to Little Rock. Once you get west of Albuquerque, there isn't much there. Flagstaff is the last major city, and that stretch in California is about as dull as it gets. I don't have a lot of memories of the Tennessee stretch, but the part in the RDU area can get a little hairy, traffic wise.

 

[playthrough]

Going that way between Newport and Maggie Valley was a nightmare even before the storms took out 40.

Driving from Indiana to Charleston, S.C., I've been enjoying a new route including the WVa Turnpike and western VA. Had to sacrifice the Buc-ee's stop in Sevierville though.

 

[swingline]

From beginning to end, is I-40 the worst long interstate? It has its scenic parts but the traffic… darn.

I'd nominate I-70, from Kansas City — maybe Denver — to the east coast. It's packed 90 percent of the time.

 

[dixiehack]

I've had the pleasure of driving almost the entirety of I-40, save for the stretch from OKC to Little Rock. Once you get west of Albuquerque, there isn't much there. Flagstaff is the last major city, and that stretch in California is about as dull as it gets. I don't have a lot of memories of the Tennessee stretch, but the part in the RDU area can get a little hairy, traffic wise.

Little Rock to the Oklahoma line is much more scenic than I expected. Little Rock to Memphis feels like grim death, although slightly less so than I-55 in Arkansas.

Now that I think about it, I-55 may be the answer here. Big old swamp bridge in Louisiana and not much else. Nearly all of the Mississippi leg is full countryside except for Jackson, where you don't want to stop anyway. Memphis has heavy construction as they try to redo the asinine cloverleaf ramp you have to take just to stay on the interstate. Missouri's section isn't much better than Arkansas until you get to St. Louis, which is a stressful drive. Then you have to drive through a ship-ton of downstate Illinois before reaching the ash end of Chicago.

 

[MileHigh]

I've had the pleasure of driving almost the entirety of I-40, save for the stretch from OKC to Little Rock. Once you get west of Albuquerque, there isn't much there. Flagstaff is the last major city, and that stretch in California is about as dull as it gets. I don't have a lot of memories of the Tennessee stretch, but the part in the RDU area can get a little hairy, traffic wise.

I've done Barstow to Memphis (not at once) and yeah, it's pretty rough. Done Barstow to Flagstaff numerous times. Barstow to Kingman is pretty drab. Kingman to east of Flag is a nice stretch, but then just dreadful to ABQ.

 

[MileHigh]

I'd nominate I-70, from Kansas City — maybe Denver — to the east coast. It's packed 90 percent of the time.

I've only done Denver to the Kansas border on I-70 and it's a terrible slog.

 

[Driftwood]

I avoid Greensboro to Raleigh like the plague. If you must travel that way and don't need to stop, go 421 that cuts the corner between Greensboro and Newton Grove. Although, they are building/have built a Buc-ee's in Mebane.