#canebrake

I think we in the United States of America are looking at another great flood this year, and into next year. Like the kind of flood that inundates over 10% of an entire state in 7m of water.

Not because it's a hundred year flood. But because of old old spirit knowledge.

The 1927 great Mississippi flood actually started in 1926. By Christmas 1926, the Cumberland river in Tennessee exceeded 17m high.

14% of Arkansas was covered for a period lasting 3+ years. Waters were easily 7m deep in a lot of the state.

I'm researching as fast as I can, but certain "spirits" have appeared in Tennessee, Arkansas, and a lot, a LOT of activity in North Carolina - 3x as much as in previous disaster years.

I predict that North Carolina will see a category 5 hurricane this year. Maybe cat 4 if we're lucky.

I predict the rains will cause disasterous floods on the mississipi and its tributaries over the next 2-3 years.

If you live in North Carolina, check your PTO and maybe aim to take some time off in August and September. Save up for those two months.

Flowering in Catahoula Parish, March 23 2019, corresponding FEMA flood incident May 10 2019 (less than 2 months from flowering report.,)

Additional noted hurricanes of 2019 that affected the state include Hurricane Barry and Tropical Storm Imelda.

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Another flowering sighting reported March 15 2022 in Fort Polk / Pitkin Louisiana may be the first report I looked at that doesn't yet have a corresponding weather anomaly within 6 months. Hurricane Ida was the previous year, and Hurricane Ian did not make landfall until September 28, over 6 months from the flowering report. Ian was a category 5 Hurricane, and the last cat5 Hurricane in the atlantic before Ian was in 2019, but affected Europe. El Niño was reported this year. I've found no FEMA info for the area of this flowering near the time of the flowering. I may have missed something or this could legit be a flowering with no corresponding weather anomaly this time.

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Likewise this seeding/flowering spotted on the coast of North Carolina on March 18 2022 falls just outside of the 6 month window that I'm focused on, for a category 5 Hurricane and the FEMA declaration on September 28 2022 for Hurricane Ian.

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But to top it off, here's another example probably in the path of Hurricane Ian that 1) was within the 6 months and 2) did not have seeds. I feel I'll have to pay attention to the correlation between the non-flowering plants and the flood data when I analyze it.

First hit?

Switchcane, South of Hoffman, North Carolina in late April of 2013.

Within two months, floods hit NC, resulting in President Obama declaring it a FEMA major disaster.

Sighting April 23 2013 FEMA disaster July 3-27 2013

I'm having trouble finding data for the exact pinned location. But it is a fact that the president declared a flood emergency in the entire state in 2013 due to floods in the state that happened a couple months after the seeding/flowering. Nearby data:

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I disregarded two results that showed no flowers or fruits and disregarded one flowering result in Maryland in 2015 due to the location being obscured. The flowering could correlate with Hurricane Joaquin.

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April 15 2018 in Apex North Carolina.

It is difficult to find individual flood data for july-august for the area because most search results pull towards Hurricane Florence, which devastated NC with floods in September of that year.

Likewise other flowering in 2018 is difficult to find flood data for. One flowering in particular in Newton County Texas on May 11 2018 coincides with August adoption of a new Flood Damage Prevention order in Newton County TX but I cannot find what floods might have triggered the bill adoption, which was adopted in August prior to Hurricane Florence.

FEMA acknowledged a severe flooding incident for Texas for September 10, four months after the flowering.

Possibly the first recorded observed instance of a flowering behavior in switch cane

Correlated flooding/hurricane weather article from 2 weeks after the observation

According to the reporter of the flowering, it was flowering in March of 2025, just ahead of an "Abnormally wet hurricane season"

Flash flooding in the area reported in August, after the March flowering, possibly before or after the die off, but before the "flowering again" on September 15

https://www.wsav.com/crime-safety/flash-flood-warning-issued-in-chatham-county/

ANOTHER

FEMA declared Saline County a flood disaster area 2 months after the flowering reported

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Another 3

Floods warning issued in little rock 2 months after a seeding flowering report

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Another with no actual correlation yet

This one was reported less than 1 month ago, is A..Tecta(switchcane) which was hit with herbicide.

There is no flood data for 2 months after the sighting in the area yet but nearby is under a flood warning

Massachusetts is a little far north for it. And sadly sources are hard to come by.

Combining that with the knowledge that plants can have loads of symbiotic fungal endophytes living in their bodies (in tropical forests, it is found that DOZENS of species of fungi can be living symbiotically inside a SINGLE LEAF. and different leaves on the same tree can have totally different fungi) rivercane could have a whole fungal universe inside it that is totally unknown.

EXAMPLE ONE:

Example one: Tallapoosa heavy seeding in Cleburne County Alabama (Assumed) in early May of 2025 (Video uploaded May 09 2025) with a corresponding tornado event on May 21 2025 which left a two mile damage path through Cleburne County

EDITING THIS TO ADD A FLOOD LESS THAN 3 MONTHS FROM COLLECTION WITHIN THE COUNTY. "Flash flooding washed away a vehicle in the 3000 block of County Road 41 around 6:20 a.m. Sunday, according to the Turkey Heaven Volunteer Fire Department."