O'Henry's downtown has a mark on the wall not far from the roof where the
water came during Hugo. I was there about 4 days after Hugo hit. My
daughter was at the College of Charleston at the time and classes started
right back up again even though they didn't have electricity. I have lots
of photos of the downtown area that was devastated. We even had damage in
Rock Hill and had to replace our roof. Our neighborhood has lots of huge
old trees and streets were blocked for days until all of the neighbors with
chainsaws cleared the downed trees. I think storms are only going to get
worse. Tim lives on John's Island where the tornado hit within 1/4 of a
mile of his house last week.
Stay dry!
Tina
On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 1:44 PM, Charles Geilfuss <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx
> wrote:
> Well, yes and no. As is their wont, the national news coverage tends to
> exaggerate. This *will* likely be the worst area flooding since Hurricane
> Hugo, but Hugo got nowhere near the roofs in Charleston (McLellanville is
> another story; they were just north of the eye and the little coastal
> village suffered an 18' storm surge that went to the roofs and beyond). The
> worst flooding in downtown Charleston was about 5'. The peninsula downtown
> area of Charleston has been notorious for flooding for decades. When I
> turned on the news this morning CBS was broadcasting from a low spot on
> Ashley Avenue where I used to play when I was 10 years old. If you overlay
> a modern map of Charleston on a map from 150 years ago you can immediately
> see the problem: the areas that routinely flood were formerly tidal creeks
> and ponds that over time were filled with garbage and building debris from
> the 1886 earthquake. These were covered over and built upon. They were
> always lower than the surrounding dry land and underwent settling. The
> downtown has another problem: much of the storm drainage system was laid
> about 100-125 years ago. What was once a 24" drain pipe is now half filled
> with leaves, horse manure, sticks and trash. Someone else can do the math,
> but I believe a pipe that is half filled with material only carries about
> one quarter of its original capacity. Lastly, the whole area is sinking.
> Since 1920 sea levels have risen about 6" but in the same time period the
> sea level in Charleston harbor has risen about 18". The discrepancy is
> likely due to the North American plate sinking at this end since the
> retreat of glaciers 30,000 years ago from the northern side of the plate.
> As I write this we have just had high tide. The water is creeping up
> into my backyard a bit but should come no further. By my count we have had
> 19" of rain here on Daniel Island since Thursday, but it has been evenly
> falling for the last 50 hours giving it time to drain away (I live in
> newly developed area on original land with nice clean drain pipes).
>
> Charlie signing off from soggy SC
>
> On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > My son says they have closed the peninsula in Charleston - no traffic in
> or
> > out. High tide will be at 1 and they are expecting the worst flooding
> > since Hugo. It got to the roofs in the market area then.
> >
> > My daughter in Columbia says they are still predicting 15" of rain there
> > today. Our drought is over for the year!
> >
> > Tina
> >
> > On Sat, Oct 3, 2015 at 7:33 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
> > chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > I just measured another 8.1" to go along with the 6+" I measured 24
> hours
> > > ago. The rain is supposed to subside for most of today and then start
> up
> > > again Sunday through Monday. The pond out back has risen about 3 feet
> or
> > > more and is not far below it banks.
> > >
> > > Despite how much rain I've gotten Charlie in Charleston has probably
> > > gotten a lot more. The main flow of moisture has entered the state at
> > > Charleston heading north and inland. Where I am has been mostly on the
> > > eastern edge of that flow and was a bit spotty at times. We have some
> > > flooded streets locally but the news says Charleston has a lot.
> > >
> > > ps: This is a separate weather system and has nothing to do with the
> > > hurricane which is still a long way away.
> > >
> > > Chuck Norcutt
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