GDT: Florence vs Carolina
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Hope that’s not the case for you!
spockBokk
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So now local news is focusing on idiots in Union County playing in flood water in big trucks. Gotta love stereotypes proving themselves true...
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Stereotypes exist for a reason.
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We got hammered last night in West Durham with rain and woke up to two tornado warnings this morning. Had the kids in the coat closet downstairs for about 15 minutes instead of waiting for the bus outside. My street was flooded with about 3 inches of running water and my neighbors garage was flooded with more. The intersection of I85 and Cole Mill Rd. near our neighborhood was flooded with more than 2 feet of water and several cars and SUVs were stuck. I saw the Durham swift water rescue team taking a boat to get them out.
Got real last night.
Got real last night.
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My friends in Union County got hammered bad. Streets washed out, train derailed in Anson.
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How could that be? I thought it was just the news media making this out to be some massive devastating storm, when in reality it was just some power outages and a few downed trees.
Seriously though, I'm glad you are safe. A friend of mine in Chapel Hill posted a video this morning of water flowing under and around their house where there wasn't supposed to be any water. Looked like a raging stream. Thankfully, their house is up high enough where there wasn't too much damage.
Navin R Slavin
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East Durham -- water finally starting to creep up our moat.
We live at the bottom of a hill, right at the edge of a 500 year flood plain. The back 1/2 acre is woods and occasionally swamp. Because the developers actually built our lot up *from* that flood plain in order to build our house, we ended up building a retaining wall right along the new flood plain line to prevent the erosion -- and that wall now gives us a perfect visual.
It finally poured in earnest last night, and there's about a foot more standing water today than I've ever seen before. Fortunately, it's another 4 feet before it hits the top of the wall, and then another 2-3 feet to the house before that. But it's a good reminder of how lucky we got here in the Triangle.
We live at the bottom of a hill, right at the edge of a 500 year flood plain. The back 1/2 acre is woods and occasionally swamp. Because the developers actually built our lot up *from* that flood plain in order to build our house, we ended up building a retaining wall right along the new flood plain line to prevent the erosion -- and that wall now gives us a perfect visual.
It finally poured in earnest last night, and there's about a foot more standing water today than I've ever seen before. Fortunately, it's another 4 feet before it hits the top of the wall, and then another 2-3 feet to the house before that. But it's a good reminder of how lucky we got here in the Triangle.
The Faulker 27
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I've got a little water in my crawl space. My property is relatively water resistant, but apparently not water proof when you get 10"+ of rain in a short amount of time. I'll have to address that.
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French drain would probably be the best bet
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Um... do you mean showing, or gone?
I mean out of the closet. It’s no coincidence that you get a rainbow when sunlight goes through a prism.
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I would post a classic pic of Greek god Apollo, but can't because he's got winky out in all of them.
Not that there's anything wrong with it.
Navin R Slavin
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We've got four French drains on our property.
Yeah, they only work if you have a lower elevation that is not already saturated to send the water to.
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Just saw a video of dogs left to drown in a locked kennel near Wilmington. Thankfully someone got to them before the rising water overtook the kennel.
