(I live on a hill so no damage to our area)

You are mostly correct. The local news will be covering it non-stop. They will be begging people to stay off the roads - hint they won't.
Not only that, many gawkers will move the cones to get through closed roads...then not put them back. People died from that. I repeat...stay off the roads, even if they look safe.


Earthen dams are the worst and first to go. If any dams are downstream it will be a domino effect. Because of this new flood maps will be drawn. Many people will be screwed because building codes will change in those areas. IOW they will not be able to repair their homes, even if they only sustained minimal damage,it will be too costly. Who can afford to raise their home 2 ft. to meet the new codes? Many of the homes in those areas do not have basements because of sandy soil.

The text alert system was excellent for reporting dam breaches, flooded and closed roads. Actually too good, people stopped paying attention to them and ended up flooded in need of rescue.

Flood waters are gonna be horribly disease ridden.

Not to mention coal ash dumps.

can't get to those ponds to record their collapse and drainage.

It won't be covered much in the news.

You don’t get any reporting from places where everybody died.

They can't get there, and by the time they can, the news has moved on to the next horror.

We often know or learn very little of what happens.

Oops, looks like some optimism slipped out there.

The news media arrives and then moves on to the next story.

Even the national cable news and weather stations are doing a better job. Yes, many of the reporters are on the periphery in places like Wilmington, but the eye came ashore on Wrightsville Beach just across the bridge from Wilmington proper. Because of new technologies, reporters can deliver live reports from most anywhere.

And they did. Day after day. From Swansboro, Hempstead, Jacksonville, Beaufort, Oak Island, and other places all around. Smartphones with cellular connections allow almost anyone to report.

Maybe because we in N.C. have serious storms on a regular basis, but the local media coverage have refined their skills and a their responses.

Now there is the shift to include coverage of the severe inland flooding. Nearly half of North Carolina is now flooded!

NC state and local government unfortunately has too much experience with these kinds of disasters. From that experience, everyone has learned and increased resources and procedures: water rescues, stronger building codes, etc.

BTW I suggest you try streaming one of the local TV stations like WRAL.com