With Charleston, SC getting a foot plus of rain , hope we hear from our buddy Lane soon.... ~ Prayers all is well ~
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Asked him a few hours ago on fb speedster site if they were ok and no response.
We're fine. Our area seems to have excellent drainage even though I'm only 10-12 feet above normal high tide. The rain has been relentless although we're in an extended lull now (Sunday at 5:30) Other areas are less fortunate as there are many roads closed and I've heard reports of water rescues in some of the inland suburbs. The worst of the flooding - at least the more violent - seems to be further inland around Columbia (~120 miles from here) where there have been hundreds of rescues, many in swiftly moving water. I'm not sure if I can get to work tomorrow due to localized flooding and road closures. They've already announced that all schools are closed and I imagine that the city will be pretty quiet until things drain a bit.
UPDTAE: It just started raining again. Crap. 
As for the delayed response, I ventured out in the neighborhood to a friend's house where we've been working the past two days to get his E46 M3 race car ready for an upcoming track day. Got the suspension all set at a good baseline (ride height, rake, camber, caster, and toe-in). Unfortunately I'll have to miss the track day as Pam's dad is in bad shape, but that's life.
Glad you are okay, Lane! That is a heck of a lot of water being dumped in your area.
Sure is. There is a working plantation (Boone Hall) just a couple of miles from here that registered 24.23 inches of rain as of Sunday morning. Since then we've had several more inches. Yow!
With that depth of ground soaking now the danger of high winds toppling trees becomes a concern...literally being pulled out of the ground by the roots!
It's always the larger, older, majestic trees in full leaf that are most vulnerable.
At least there's no fear of brush fires.
BTW, is California still burning?
Originally Posted by Carl Berry CT.:
With that depth of ground soaking now the danger of high winds toppling trees becomes a concern...literally being pulled out of the ground by the roots!
It's always the larger, older, majestic trees in full leaf that are most vulnerable.
At least there's no fear of brush fires.
BTW, is California still burning?
Not nearly as much. I believe there are about 13 or so fires currently burning. Here is a complete list of the fires from the 2015 fire season:
http://cdfdata.fire.ca.gov/inc...ts/incidents_current
Current fire map:
Originally Posted by Supporting:
Braggart.
Remember that all of the Low Country, where Lane is, is sand. No gravel, no loam, no rocks, maybe a lot of oyster shells, depending on where you are, but that's it. It drains quite quickly and the newer neighborhoods have been built with good drains and such.
The "historic district" of Charleston, that you see in the news, is all built on fill which was the ballast of ships coming from Europe in the 1700's-1800's to pick up rice and cotton to take back to Europe. A LOT of that district is below sea level to start with, and has a big sea wall along the harbor.
If you want to read a great novel about Charleston surviving Hurricane Hugo in 1989 (along with a bunch of neat side-stories), pick up a copy of Pat Conroy's novel; "South of Broad". Great read, but have a dictionary handy to decipher some of his big or seldom-used words.....