SC Flood 2015

[NightWolve]

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_EAST_COAST_RAINSTORM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-10-04-10-50-54

The monsoon of South Carolina ? Once in 1,000 years ??

Curfews have been ordered, dozens of people are in need of rescue, several interstates are closed and four people are dead in some of the worst flooding South Carolina has ever seen, officials said Sunday.

Emergency managers sent out a statewide alert telling people to remain indoors.

"Stay home. Stay off the roadways," Thom Berry, South Carolina Emergency Management spokesperson, told The Weather Channel on Sunday. "Don't get on the roadways because you very likely can become part of the problem."

Officials are worried life-threatening impacts will only worsen as the 1-in-1,000-year rain event continues. Authorities said hundreds of people were in need of rescue Sunday as the floodwaters kept rising all over the Palmetto State. Columbia, the state capital, was the hardest hit.

At least 5 people have been killed by the flash floods in South Carolina, and officials worry that number will rise. Swift-water rescue teams have been dispatched all over the state to help pluck stranded residents out of flooding. Authorities have asked citizens to only call 911 if there's a life-threatening emergency.

"Move to higher ground now. This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation," wrote the National Weather Service's Charleston office in a Sunday morning flash flood statement.

So full on "2012" (the shitty movie) level natural disaster going ? :/

[toymachine78]

It doesn't help that some parts of Columbia used to be swampland. I actually used to live off that road in the last picture, maybe 500 yards away? Anyway, I live on top of a hill, so I'm all good. We still have power and beer, but no water. No classes tomorrow either at the University of SC. All in all, it's really bad in some places, but most are pretty good.

You're a fellow midlander! Welcome!

[NightWolve]

Check it out, you got Al Roker down there reporting live! Selfie-time, look, natural disaster behind us, oh, say cheese!

[ParanoiaDragon]

Holy hell this is ridiculous!  I didn't notice it mentioned here, but apparently caskets are starting to be uprooted(for lack of a better word) & floating around.  The flooding is horrendous, & now there's ancient dead people surfing the waters!  All I can do is pray for you & hope for the best.  They're saying that here in Southern Cali we'll be having flooding this winter.  We need the rain thanks to the drought, but I don't look forward to flooding. In my mobile home park, we apparently had a bunch of flooding in the 90's & they're saying it'll be much worse.  I really don't know how a mobile home does in floods.  On one hand, we're several feet above the ground, but if it gets as crazy as it is in SC, I'm gonna be living in a boat.

[esteban]

Check it out, you got Al Roker down there reporting live. Selfie-time, look, natural disaster behind us, oh, say cheese!

I agree completely—maybe it's not the time for a selfie if you can't do it in a way that respects the fact that entire communities have been ripped apart.

Unless of course the cute little yellow truck they were driving washed away and slid into the pit that used to be a road. That would be funny and worthy of a picture.

"Clueless news personalities lose vehicle whilst taking a selfie"

[VenomMacbeth]

Jeez I had no idea there were so many south caroleeners on here.  Makes me feel warm & fuzzy on the inside. Bless y'all's hearts...

[toymachine78]

Holy hell this is ridiculous!  I didn't notice it mentioned here, but apparently caskets are starting to be uprooted(for lack of a better word) & floating around.  The flooding is horrendous, & now there's ancient dead people surfing the waters!  All I can do is pray for you & hope for the best.  They're saying that here in Southern Cali we'll be having flooding this winter.  We need the rain thanks to the drought, but I don't look forward to flooding. In my mobile home park, we apparently had a bunch of flooding in the 90's & they're saying it'll be much worse.  I really don't know how a mobile home does in floods.  On one hand, we're several feet above the ground, but if it gets as crazy as it is in SC, I'm gonna be living in a boat. [emoji14]

Do you have a link to that report? I haven't heard that. I hope its not Elmwood Cemetery. It overlooks the Broad River, and a lot of Confederate dead are buried there. They may not be too happy that the Confederate flag was removed from the Confederate monument. Just what we need for Halloween.... Ancient ghosts of pissed off rednecks roaming the midlands.

[Necromancer]

Such crazy amounts of rain!  I hope all the OBEYers are staying safe and keeping their hueys dry. 

I keep seeing headlines proclaiming "worst flood in 1000 years"... am I dense for wondering how in the hell anyone could know that? Did the native americans keep accurate records in the year 1015?  Are we looking at rings in the core of 1000+ year old trees? Did Al Gore spill the beans on this factoid in An Inconvenient Truth?

They likely meant it's a '1000 year flood', which is based on indirect statistical analysis and rates the odds of such rainfall falling in a given year and not on a single, specific rain event.

[turboswimbz]

Are we looking at rings in the core of 1000+ year old trees?

You can in fact do this if such fossils exist.
Other ways include (although they may be anecdotal)other fossil records, sediment layers, and Ocean and Ice cores.

A "1000 year flood" which necro already explained is In the most layman of terms: The probability of SC having a flood of this magnitude is every 1000 years. 

[crazydean]

https://www.facebook.com/talyse/media_set?set=a.10153773448553690.1073741861.519163689&type=3

[Bloufo]

Wow, that looks rough! Hope you guys stay safe.

We're fortunate over here in this part of Johannesburg we don't get anywhere near that type of weather.

[GreatBlueSwirlof99]

Jeez that's pretty bad dude D: I wish you (and the people of SC get better)!

[xelement5x]

https://www.facebook.com/talyse/media_set?set=a.10153773448553690.1073741861.519163689&type=3

Saw that coffin float pic, thought of Poltergeist, and was like nopenopenope and closed the rest of the album.

[ParanoiaDragon]

Found this article: http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/10/05/south-carolina-coffins-flooding/

[esteban]

Found this article: http://atlanta.cbslocal.com/2015/10/05/south-carolina-coffins-flooding/

Ok, that's crazy. Coffins floating around. Damn.

That reminds me of a similar situation that happened a few miles from me:

http://weirdnj.com/stories/hillside-cemetery-spill-madison/

..in 1902.

I live *nearly* next door to several cemeteries. Ancient old ones and modern contemporary ones. I can imagine what it would look like if the flooding was really bad here.