The flood probably crested sometime yesterday, at levels greatly reduced from predictions. Of course, we are grateful. There is no flooding in our neighborhood at all and even downtown, where predictions ranged from five to fifteen feet of water, it's merely a wash over the road. (That's not to say there aren't people dealing with several feet of water because in some areas close to the rivers they are.)
Thursday night we meandered through downtown. All the businesses along the harbor had been emptied of merchandise, boarded up, wrapped in plastic, sandbagged.
Only Captain Sandbag was left to watch over the Maritime Museum, greet gawkers, and offer rides out of town.
Next door, on the Harborwalk that runs along the waterfront, a lone saxophonist played jazz in the darkness. It was so eerie and sad.
The floating bridge has been dismantled and we saw the convoy of Guard trucks from the bridge-building unit heading south last night, home we assume. This afternoon the shelters in schools will be closed and soon the aqua-dams along the bridges will be removed and closed driving lanes opened. When that happens we will be heading to the beach to give thanks for the backside view of all things Florence!
Better to be safe than sorry as far as floods are concerned. Cap'n Sandbag has done a good job.
ReplyDeleteGlad things are normalizing a bit now and you can move around again.. Hope your beach bridge is still there!
ReplyDeleteGood to hear it wasn't as bad as predicted.
ReplyDeleteGreat to hear that the most dire predictions didn't happen.
ReplyDeleteThis happens a lot to us too and we're very grateful when it doesn't turn out as bad as predicted. However, you never know if the next one will be the bad one.
ReplyDeleteGlad all is ok, I'd rather they over predict than under predict. We're in Japan sitting out a typhoon.
ReplyDeleteThrilled it wasn't as bad as anticipated. I am sure it will be good to get back to some normality.
ReplyDeleteSo glad it hasn't impacted you. Flooding can be so damaging. I live in central MD and we have small historic town called Ellicott City that has been in the National news due to flash flooding. It was so so scary to watch. And it killed one person and devastated all the little stores. So sad.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to hear that you didn't suffer too much damage. I hope the town and all others can get back to normal soon.
ReplyDeleteI'm back to commenting without problems. My friends inCalabash NC survived Flo, too. Glad to hear most everything well for you.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad it wasn't worse, now maybe normal weather for you.
ReplyDeleteWould seem that you got off pretty lightly compared to Sulawesi, an Indonesian island east of Borneo,
ReplyDeletethat is a catastrophy of unimaginable proportions.
Nature sure has a time and a half keeping us all on our toes!
Colin
Greetings from Indonesia, where as Colin says things are dire where the Tsunami hit and to think all the early warning detectors were turned off years ago... I'm waving back at Captain Sandbag and pleased that things were not as bad as predicted with you.
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Dear Cynthia, I read this post and the one before it and I'm wondering if that floating road you saw being unfolded was used. What a relief for you and all those in your town that the predications were not totally correct. But oh the stress of all this. It will mean illness for many because I so believe that stress hurts our immune system and makes us venerable to health problems. I hope this won't happen to you. Peace.
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