A Thousand Year Flood In South Carolina

They say it hasn't happened in a thousand years. Hmm, I didn't know the natives kept weather records back then.

And what kind of moron would send a cargo ship through a hurricane? And what kind of moron captain would try it?

Any Hip posters from down there with any info?

Hope you're okay.

 

I live in the upstate of SC. They were calling for record rain here too but we dodged a bullet and it is mostly the lower half of the state that got hit really hard. My heart is breaking for my Columbia and Charleston friends. The pictures and video I've seen are truly horrific, with water levels almost up to the roof of some houses

 

I'm guessing that there are signs of extreme weather events in the local geology.

 

^indeed

 

yeah, that and the fact that i think when they say "thousand year flood" they just mean that it is statistically likely to happen about once in that time. so that's probably how often all the conditions would become right for such a flood, based on what has happened since record keeping began.

there must either be good money in cargo ships, or idiots running the shipping companies. someone took a cargo ship out on the frozen lake by where i live last winter and got frozen in the middle of the lake for a week.

 

40,000 without drinking water

26,000 without electricity

9 dead

 

Oct 05, 2015

Norfolk Southern operations is being curtailed or re-routed due to flash flooding and record rainfall affecting the Mid-Atlantic East Coast areas. In particular, the South Carolina area on the Piedmont operating division has experienced excessive flooding interrupting service on several of their main corridors.

• Columbia to Augusta line is now back in service
• Columbia to Charleston line is projected to be back in service by the end of the week
• Columbia to Charlotte line is projected to be back in service within 5 days
• Columbia to Spartanburg line is projected to take 2-3 weeks before full service is restored. Portions of this line will be approved for service as incremental gains are made from the east (Columbia) and from the west (Spartanburg)

Norfolk Southern is advising that customers in these areas should expect delays. Every attempt is being made to prioritize routing of traffic as rail infrastructure is restored.

 

water water everywhere but not a drop to drink

 

My friend's husband was called out with the National Guard to go rescue horses and other animals.
http://www.live5news.com/clip/11897330/emergency-crews-rescue-horses-in-summerville?clienttype=generic

 

Somehow I always feel bad about being so fascinated with pictures of natural disasters such as these. I've only witnessed about 3 natural disasters in my life: 100mph wind storm, a forest fire that engulfed the mountains of my hometown, and a flood not nearly as bad as this one....

 

Know what you're going through back in May of 2006 we had 15 inches of rain and had massive flooding
throughout eastern and central new england







Hotwater

 

^I remember that hot water.

they released the floodgates on lake Murray for the first time since 1969. My brother used to live 5 minutes from Lake Murray, feeling pretty happy about him moving now

 

Hope the SC members are all okay.

 

At least some people are making the best of a bad situation

 

Can you believe that part of I-95 in eastern SC was flooded and closed down until yesterday?!? That's the main highway from New York to Florida! The traffic jams on detour routes must have been unbelievable.

 

Bet there were some busy truck stops! But really, it's a 1,000 year flood feeding a 100 year drainage system. It's fortunate there were not a lot more deaths.