Thanks for the compliment. Technically, Murrells Inlet is not "low
country". The region is "Grand Strand" which extends down to
Georgetown. As the crow flies, we're about 3-1/2 miles from the ocean.
Elevation here is about 25 feet... high enough that flood insurance is
not required. The latest (not yet officially released maps) for
hurricane storm surge say we're dry until category 4 when we'll have
about 3 feet of water in the house. I'm not sure the house will survive
even category 3 but have flood insurance anyway. My hurricane plan is
self-evacuation to my daughter's house in North Carolina well before any
storm arrives here. The local roads are such that any official
evacuation will cause the two major highways here to become parking
lots. I'm not waiting for that. :-)
What you see as standing water isn't just standing. It's a small pond
created by a small stream that flows through it on the way to Collins
Creek that in turn flows to the Waccamaw River that runs down the west
side of the development. I have the same situation behind my house.
The development was built on woods which are naturally swampy in this
area. There used to be 3 rice plantations where Brookgreen Gardens is
located about 6 miles south of here. Small streams flow through the
development on the way to Collins Creek. The streams are surrounded by
wooded areas and there are numerous irrigation ponds created by the
developer that are fed by the streams and also return water to the
streams if they overflow. The little streams may dry up temporarily if
it hasn't rained in a while which may also leave standing pools. I'm
sure there will be lots of mosquitoes but I have been surprised. I
haven't yet heard any residents complain about them.
As to the couple of dead pines you pointed out I suspect they were
probably killed by the construction work that created the retaining wall
beside that house. That wall and house are about 6-7 years old. The
natural pond may also have been deepened by the construction and
overtaken the roots of the pines. There are many trees with their feet
in the water around here but most are cypress or tupelo which do like to
keep their feet wet. The trees are just now starting to bud here so it
may look like there are more dead trees than there actually are.
No need to check "the area" again in a few weeks since "the area" is my
own development. If they've got mosquitoes over there I'll have them
just as bad here.
Thanks for the warnings but I think I'm fine and am highly unlikely to
leave this place until they have to carry me out. I love it here. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 3/31/2015 11:08 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
Well done, Chuck. The photos are excellent. A few things concern me about
the house. Slab foundation houses in the lowcountry make me nervous. How
far from the ocean is the house? The photos off the back deck show some
standing water with dead pine trees. Pine Trees don't like to have wet feet
and standing water will kill them. The dead trunks look to be 5-10 years
old, so why is there now standing water in this area? Another issue with
the standing water is mosquitoes. We haven't had enough warm weather yet
for them to emerge, so I would check the area again in a few weeks to see
how bad they are. Nice house though.
Charlie
On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 8:33 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We had some friends from upstate New York (the frozen north) visiting us
for several days. After a few days of pleasant South Carolina weather they
began getting interested in actually buying a place here but not until it
was almost time to leave. They looked at 4 houses in the neighborhood that
were for sale and absolutely fell in love with this one. It's not actually
on the market yet but I heard from the owner that she plans to sell soon.
Yesterday I took some photos of the house so my friends could remember the
details of what they saw and also show their children and grandchildren
what they're thinking of buying.
The photos I took are in the link below. Everything was done with the
E-M1 and the 9-18. If there are any not taken at 9mm they are very few. I
don't yet know how to use the HDR feature on the E-M1 and HDR in PhotoShop
is still a mystery to me. It managed to "destroy" the 2 images I tried.
So I was amazed that, in many instances, I was able to capture the outdoors
through the windows in full sun and only slightly overexposed while having
enough shadow lifting capability to correct extreme underexposure of the
interior.
I also did it while working very quickly on a very light tripod so as not
to inconvenience the owner. I'm sure I could have done much better with
much more time and the big Manfrotto with geared head. One of these days
I'm just going to have to tackle the HDR thing as well as getting better at
correcting distortion.
<http://www.chucknorcutt.com/349%20Declyn%20Court,%20Seasons/index.htm>
ps: I fixed two images where I managed to catch myself in reflections but
see I missed one. That's another thing I tend to have trouble with when
shooting interiors of houses.
Chuck Norcutt
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