Is this Helene worse than the "biggies" Katrina, Andrew, Ike and others?

[question everything]

[msongs]

1. no. its hitting least populated area of the state. that area does not have a lot of beaches and it has

mangroves types of swamps along alot of the coast

[question everything]

2. Thanks. The news about "catastrophe" and alerts make it a one in a century

[kozar]

3. IMO, no

I was managing a blood bank, when Hugo hit Columbia,S.C. 100 miles inland, as I drove home, the stop lights, were at a constant 90 degree angle. No gusts, just constant.
He was " a biggie"

Koz

[The Madcap]

4. It's up there, but not necessarily the worst

I'll say this...I was really worried that this one would be ugly from a storm surge POV based on where it made landfall. It wasn't the wind, but how much water was wrung out once the storm hit the Blue Ridge and high foothills. Just crazy flooding. The really bad part is that very few of the flood victims likely had any sort of flood insurance. Just horrible.