Thank You for the pics, Jim. We just don't realize the level of destruction from just what we see on the news. I feel so bad for those who lost loved ones and/or everything they owned.
A number of rivers in N.C. flow into S.C. It takes a long time for the flood waters to reach the bay near Georgetown S.C. It has been over two weeks and the slow motion train wreck continues to unfold. A couple of towns may never come back. What were once called 100 or 500 years flood events have occurred twice in two years.
Has anyone heard from Fritzenheimer lately? How much longer before gravity takes over and puts the water back where it came from? ws
This flooding is occurring is SE N.C. and NE S.C. It may take another week or two to get all the rivers in their banks.
Fritz is in a relatively safe area; he's MUCH more inland/ upland from this He's closer to the MOUNTAINS than the storm area. I'm about near the Lumber River (30 miles) and Little Pee Dee (5 miles)and Great Pee Dee River (15 miles). It is mostly washed out roads and bridges now, with the remaining flooded areas. I personally had very little property damage, just a few large limbs from 70 year old pecan trees and a few pieces of roofing off an old barn. And a WAY overflowed (ex-3 1/2 acre) pond (now 25 plus acres...). It has caused my neighbor about half mile away to have a three acre 'pond' instead of pasture for horses. As for the resolution of drainage, it will be months before this will be back to 'normal'. Some of the towns closer to the coastal areas are the ones to be worried about; They are much more flat level areas that drain even slower. The repeated minor thunderstorms aren't helping matters either.
