Our rain gauge registered 1.6 inches. We still have an extreme watering
necessity according to the Farmers' Forecast. I'll be watering all day
tomorrow. :-(
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> On Oct 11, 2016, at 4:46 PM, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> My rain guage maxed out too but from the forecasts (and seeing the flooding
> on the ground) I'd guess we had about 10". Unfortunately a lot more rain
> fell inland and those poor folks in Lumberton, NC on the Lumber River (not
> far from here) are dealing with severe flooding that was not at all expected.
> Many people have had to be rescued by boat.
>
> We pass through Lumberton on out trips north and also cross the Lumber River.
> To see it in its normal condition you would not expect it to be a flood
> maker.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
>
>
>> On 10/11/2016 1:10 PM, ChrisB wrote:
>> Yes, I’m glad that all is well with you, Chuck and Charlie.
>>
>> Chris
>>
>>> On 11 Oct 2016, at 17:51, Jim Nichols <jhnichols@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>> Glad to hear a good report, Charlie.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>>
>>>> On 10/11/2016 11:44 AM, Charles Geilfuss wrote:
>>>> We did well on Daniel Island. No damage to the house and only a bunch of
>>>> sticks, small limbs and leaves to pick up. We were lucky with the storm
>>>> surge. My neighbor stayed home for the storm and at the height of the it
>>>> crawled back to the edge of the salt marsh to check the water height. At
>>>> 1:30am it should have been dead low tide but the water level as at full
>>>> high tide mark, so about 5' storm surge and we are three miles in from
>>>> front beach. My rain gauge maxed out at 8" so not sure how much rain we
>>>> had. Downtown Charleston had plenty of flooding as it always does but was
>>>> indeed lucky the worst came at low tide. The area to the south of us
>>>> (Edisto, Beaufort, Hilton Head) got it far worse than us.
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Oct 10, 2016 at 9:06 AM, Chuck Norcutt <
>>>> chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I'm a bit over 4 miles from the beach. AFAIK the eyewall passed over us.
>>>>> Fortunately, it was only Cat 1 at that time and not the Cat 2 expected
>>>>> when
>>>>> it was predicted to be further away. This was the 2nd Cat 1 where I've
>>>>> been in the eye (first on Long Island). But I can tell you that being 35
>>>>> miles away from a Cat 4 is a hell of a lot worse (Andrew 1992). :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> I was protected by my hurricane panels but I'm not aware of any of my
>>>>> neighbors who didn't have them getting impact damage from debris. There
>>>>> are, however, a couple of houses which sustained roof and other damage
>>>>> from
>>>>> falling pine trees and a couple where the damage was limited to fences.
>>>>> We
>>>>> have a large, dead pine tree in a wetland area not too far from the house
>>>>> and I was concerned it might decide to topple. The tree is still standing
>>>>> but large sheets of its bark are now in my yard.
>>>>>
>>>>> But even during Andrew in Florida in 1992 I think we were only without
>>>>> power for about 3 hours. 32 hours is enough for me to think about getting
>>>>> a portable generator as some of my neighbors already have.
>>>>>
>>>>> ps: Thanks for your concern, Jim. I'm copying this to the list as my
>>>>> "I'm OK report"
>>>>>
>>>>> Chuck Norcutt
>>>>>
>>
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