Just to follow up. Checked the rain gauge after the Clemson/ Notre Dame
game (Tigers about gave me a heart attack) and the tally for Saturday was
13.5". Checked it again at 8 am showing 5" overnight. I should be finished
building the Ark by lunch. Now where have those two opossums gone?
Charlie
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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