I went to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA’s own , Historical Hurricane Tracks website
This is a very useful, interactive interface. Type in a hurricane name, a location, etc. and see historical tracks of over 13,000 storms. They show complete track, dates, strength of storm at each phase, etc.
Interesting things I found.
Although Helene was a tropical storm at that point, sitting over Asheville, it is very rare for a Hurricane to make it that far, let alone dump that much water.
I found NO storms that went from Mexico, tracked East across the Gulf, to Florida.
I found NO storms that park in one spot, like we’ve seen in Houston and the Bahamas.
Even the Tropical Storm that parked over Interstate 95 in South Carolina was VERY ODD.
Prior to the last 10 years or so, most, if not all storms behaved very predictably, including Katrina.
Weather manipulation is more difficult to deny.
I know one dam in East Tennessee burst. Got a family member that wasn’t 15 miles from it. Places flooded, no doubt, but the rivers handled much of it.
I thought I read somewhere that they were going to open up the dams before the storm hit. So, I thought is what happened.
And that could be the case. I personally haven’t heard from anyone else that a dam has broke or was damaged in that area. Just passing on what I’ve heard. But honestly it may have just been opened, as you said.
Thanks for your insights!