If any of you guys Stay in Florida, South Carolina or North Carolina be safe and hopefully the water doesn’t rise to bad .
The flood areas
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Had some neighbors get water in their garages and crawlspace. But nothing catastrophic here. Just north of us will have some significant river flooding Sunday and Monday. I am in Wilmington.
I’m in Robeson County a lot of flooded parts but not that bad unlike last time.
That sucks, man. I know about it. Thankfully here, most flood levels were just below what they consider "severe". But many people still flooded and there are streets that can't be accessed. I don't live in a river flood zone, but a low lying flood zone. Our house will be surrounded by water, but is high enough that it doesn't typically get to the house. Except for after Florence. 23" of rain in a year that even taking away the rain totals from Florence, Wilmington broke its yearly rainfall total. We got it from above first, then the water from below. Let me tell you, it is a very depressing sight to see roads after roads full of people's personal stuff stacked on the side in debris piles for months. It was Christmas before our street was clean of debris. Thankfully we were able to stay with some friends for two months, but then we stayed in a FEMA camper in our driveway for 3 months after that. There is a house at the end of our street that the people were removed from for 18 months. And they flooded again last week.
Hope you faired better than you anticipate, and hope whatever damage you have ,you recover from quickly.
Thank you, Ghost. What has been really amazing to me is that there really are neighbors helping neighbors. Southerners may have red necks and white socks and Blue Ribbon beer, but they also have incredible hearts. We are all coming together, and it eases the pain.
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PS: Gotta get back on my John Deere to pull a distant neighbor's truck out of the swamp. Gonna be another long night, but at least the river is slowly going down.
The river is right at flood level here still. Hopefully no rain for the next two weeks. The bad part about Robeson county is just about 75 percent of land has some type of body of water around it . We’ve had a couple roads flood out and some sink holes pop up and wash outs but nothing like Matthew and Florence.
Glad to hear everyone is ok .
Glad to hear everyone is ok .
People come together in times of tragedies. I think this is true everywhere.
I was cooking for emergency workers and volunteers after Florence, in the evenings. I met so many people who had traveled from all around. California, Texas Louisiana, Wisconsin and other areas. I spoke with a few people from outside of Houston who had just lost everything from Harvey, the year before. They said they felt like they needed to be here for people because they knew what they were going through. It was an amazing experience seeing how many people were willing to put their lives on hold and give their time to other people. Complete strangers.
We were in the parking lot of an old K-mart. No electricity, piles of downed trees and it sounded like a war zone with all of the helicopters flying overhead. And everyone was exhausted. I will never forget that time. It was no fun. But those people gave everyone hope.
Unfortunately, in some places (eg. cities), tragedies bring out the worst in some people. Think looting.
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