Just talked to youngest who is in the area a little south of Asheville

Father G® · 2024-09-29T19:02:46.588Z

let's just say we are not hearing what is going on there. NC needs to send in Nat'l Guard or there will be some issues. If is getting bad and no signs of it getting any better. He is going to try to get out tomorrow, so T's and P's he and his wife and 1 year old get safely away from the devastation and desperation that is going on there. TIA.

pretty bad. That's because Lake Murray opened the flood gates. Son of and I saw them open as we crossed the ### Friday morning, they had one open, same as 2015. Lake Murray is having to open flood gates because Lake Greenwood is doing the same, and right up the watershed. So yeah, all of this water will flow downstream and cause flooding along rivers 100+ miles away and in lakes as well.

I was kind of surprised Dominion waited so long to open the Lake Murray flood gates. Usually they open them BEFORE a big rain event of flood to lower levels to have some capacity to accept water from Lake Greenwood and the Saluda river. This time I don't think they drew down the lake any until the storm hit.

They're expecting the Congaree to crest Monday at 31 feet. It crested at 32 feet in 2015. Then again the Congaree did NOT get the brunt of the river flooding as most rain was east of Columbia. The Wateree and Santee flooded a LOT more in 2015 than the Congaree.

https://www.thestate.com/news/local/article293229174.html

The Broad River will probably bring in the most water to the Congaree instead of the Saluda. Either way, the Congaree will have a major flood event.

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Well, it takes several days for the water to flow downstream

Sep 29, 2024, 8:34 PM

But if the Congaree is peaking Monday evening, then that means areas upstream have already peaked, and downstream haven't. So yes, it takes some time for the water to flow downstream. And yes, you can have a domino effect if you don't manage waterways well.

Like in 2015, a bunch of friends of mine lost their houses around Lake Katherine in Columbia. What happened was a ### broke like 2-3 lakes upstream. That caused the Forest Lake ### to be breached, which then sent flood waters into Lake Katherine, which also had a ### failure, which then flooded Gills Creek which led to the one iconic flood scene we all saw from 2015. Below is a video of Gills "Creek", normally no more than 10 feet wide, and a babbling little creek. It became a raging river.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMXOCcYqVso

I grew up a mile from there. So it was like dominoes with one ### failing causing 2-3 others to fail, and massive flooding. Wife's uncle worked for SCANA at the time and they rushed equipment to keep another cascading ### failure from starting. We have a creek behind our house. I've paid careful attention to that creek and have followed it on maps for 20 miles until it disappears. There are two ponds on it with dams. Luckily there are only two small ponds dammed up, so if both failed, it would still not flood our house. But Lake Katherine was the bottom lake in a string of like 4-5 lakes, all with dams. And one failed after another and Lake Katherine dumps into Gills Creek, and that dumps into the Congaree. So it was a massive mess. Lake Katherine was at the bottom of the Gills Creek watershed, and there were several lakes that fed Gills Creek, which dumped into the Congaree.

https://www.gillscreekwatershed.org/what-we-do/watershed-resources/history

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I saw photo of people lined up at Target there, and it's closed.***

It probably will be open soon

Ive honestly wondered that myself

I think a large part of it is that it's a rural area already and they've been

At church today they said they can't even land relief planes in Asheville rn.***

they should drive up I-26 instead

It's real bad***

Daughter of just now able to gtfo of Boone this evening.***

Brother was in Black Mountain/Asheville area to celebrate

Serious, but very dumb, question

The gulf of mexico

Eastern side of the smokies doesnt run to the Atlantic?***

no, they go through the smokies to Tenn***

Well the ashville french broad anyways

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Great Graphic

Weatherman from MB who I follow on FB

I think most of the damage was the other direction towards Tenn

Asheville area is horrible.

Where I live flows into Etowah, Across the big road from me goes to Hooch.

I grew up in Polk County

Also saw some reports or vids of Lake Norman

They closed the River Walk in Cayce, and the Congaree is flooding

Here's another link

So this could just be getting started?

Well, it takes several days for the water to flow downstream

Re: Just talked to youngest who is in the area a little south of Asheville

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