Reporter for KING 5 based in Seattle Hiking nut, coffee fiend and political junkie. Former reporter @WRAL, @WDBJ7, @eNCA, @MedillontheHill, @NNN_News
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Just a bizarre scene on I-40 east tonight near Newton Grove. Dozens of trees are down across half a mile, likely due to straight line winds
Worth noting: Person County has roads all over the place that were washed out by Chantal, and with the rain tonight, you can literally watch these holes getting worse
Some insane views from Hyco Lake this afternoon, as another line of severe storms rolls in.
Boat owners and tow companies have been racing to clean up from Chantal, now they’re worried about another mess
Flooding hammered Moore County Sunday, blowing out a dam at Longleaf Golf and Family club, sending a blast of water into homes downstream. No one died, but one person had to be rescued after trying to drive through the floodwaters. One family had to swim to safety in their home
Somewhere under here, there’s a house. Four generations of the same family lived there. The same family that was nearly wiped out when a thunderstorm hit Roanoke Rapids Friday 🧵
… ‘Get out. I need you to get out, and get away from the house.’ And he did.” Both mother and son ended up jumping from the front porch to safety. Both escaped with just minor cuts. “By the grace of God, it didn’t kill my young one,” Grizzard said
Almost exactly six months after Helene, the Saluda area is facing a new threat: wildfires. Thousands of acres are burning in and around the Green River Gorge, an area shredded by floodwaters and still recovering 🧵
PC to Saluda Fire and Rescue / VisitSaludaNC
Saluda commissioner Paul Marion tells me it’s a similar story to Helene: the town has come together to keep the firefighters fed and in the fight - a fight that may drag out, despite some rain in the forecast for Monday
One protester was arrested as the Republican controlled state legislature votes to strip power from the incoming Democratic Governor and Attorney General. Chants of “Shame!” and “People’s House!” boomed through the gallery
Eric Miller retweeted
Still going through a draft version of new #ncpol Helene relief bill that got leaked to us (it's 5 p.m. and lawmakers still haven't made it public yet, even though they plan to vote on it today) and am finding some more tidbits about the non-Helene-related changes
Eric Miller retweeted
NEW: State lawmakers are back in Raleigh for a Helene aid bill.
Could also be the GOP's last chance to pass bills with a veto-proof supermajority, so they plan to use the Helene bill to strip power from incoming Gov. Josh Stein and AG Jeff Jackson #ncpol wral.com/story/nc-republican…
Eric Miller retweeted
Stein speaking now, declaring victory #ncpol
"We chose hope over hate. Competence over chaos. Decency over division. That's who we are as North Carolinians, and I'm so honored you've elected me to be your next governor."
Fox News and NBC News both calling the governor's race for Josh Stein. We're expecting to hear from both him and Mark Robinson very soon tonight--stay tuned for those updates #ncpol
Meanwhile here's our story on Stein's historic campaign: wral.com/story/stein-roberts…
