Carolina Fever
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They got the person hangng on to the stop sign.
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That was also the forecast early this morning. Scheduled all of my errands around the forecast to avoid it. Ended up sitting outside in the nice weather this afternoon that was supposed to be all rainThat’s insane. Yesterday’s forecast for Charlotte was that it would rain all day today and we would get some heavy rain. We didn’t get a drop today, and it was actually pretty nice out. And the temperature didn’t get above 80, which never happens here in July.
That part of Chapel Hill has flooded in heavy rains for decades.Evacuations are underway at Camelot Village in Chapel Hill.
Eastgate has flooded since it was built in 1958.Doesn’t bode well for my old haunts at Squid’s. Hope it doesn’t get hit too bad.
Yes. Eastgate floods all the time. But this one looks like it has swamped the Elliot road area too, so that doesn’t bode well.Eastgate has flooded since it was built in 1958.
Nothing should have been built there.
It’s a fucking flood zone “uphill” from a swamp close to the confluence of New Hope, Booker, Bolin, and Morgan Creeks.
Booker Creek ostensibly runs under Eastgate headed towards the Rainbow Soccer fields, University Mall, Glen Lennox…..you know……places that flood in heavy rains.
Squids has generally been just high enough to not swamp.
The Eastern Portion of Elliot Road is basically Eastgate and the SWAMP to the east of Chapel Hill…….with more roofs and pavement than 5 years ago…..especially on the Colony Woods/Ridgefield/Ephesus Church side of “The By-Pass.”Yes. Eastgate floods all the time. But this one looks like it has swamped the Elliot road area too, so that doesn’t bode well.
With Helene, there had been warnings for a few days that a tropical storm would make its way through that part of the state. Because of the warnings and because it was a tropical storm (vs. forecasts of just rainfall), most of those who remained in the area sheltered in secured structures, and you didn’t have people out camping by the rivers or just being out and about.Every time I catch up on the news from Texas, I’m more shocked. Yes, this is a notoriously flood prone area. Yes, it was a holiday weekend with a lot of campers. Yes, the children’s camps massively increased the risk. But how did this storm (likely) kill more people than died in all of WNC during Helene? To be fair, I was surprised (and very thankful) more people did not die in Helene, but the scale of this Texas tragedy is just astounding.