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#SCFlood: Updates

News and notes …

The death toll from “Floodmaggedon” – this week’s record-setting deluge and subsequent flooding – currently stands at seventeen (eleven victims drowned while six died in weather-related traffic accidents). Obviously that number could still climb, but whatever the final body count is – it would have obviously been much higher were it not for the brave work of emergency responders throughout the state.

The S.C. Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), for example, conducted more than 800 rescues from October 5-7.

Hat’s off to them … and all those who put their lives at risk to save others.

As of this writing, an estimated 270 roads and 138 bridges across the Palmetto State remained closed – including a thirteen-mile stretch of Interstate 95 in Clarendon County.  In the immediate aftermath of the storm, 370 roads and 163 bridges were closed.

Fourteen dams have now been breached as a result of the storm, according to the latest list provided by the S.C. Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC).  For more on that story, click here and here.

Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of residents in the Midlands region of the state remain under a boil water advisory due to the threat of contaminated drinking water from Columbia, S.C.’s system – while National Guardsmen work for a third straight day to plug a breach in the Columbia Canal, which is located next to the city’s central wastewater treatment facility.

“Water pressure and volume remain stable,” the S.C. Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) said of the situation. “Officials monitoring the canal say repair efforts will continue at daylight.”

(For more on the state’s infrastructure situation, click here).

In other storm-related news, the S.C. Department of Agriculture (SCDA) estimated the state’s crop loss at more than $300 million.  The agency is looking to Washington, D.C. to provide an agricultural disaster declaration.

Speaking of federal declarations, five additional South Carolina counties – Calhoun, Darlington, Florence, Kershaw and Lee – have been designated as disaster areas, enabling residents of the area to apply for individual disaster assistance.

Cleanup and cost calculations continue to dominate the discussion in the aftermath of the storm – which dumped a staggering amount of rain on the Palmetto State.  An estimated 5.8 trillion gallons of rainfall descended upon South Carolina from October 1-5 – shattering precipitation records across the state.  Many areas received a third or more of their average annual rainfall during the storm.

“By the time the last raindrop is counted, the October 2015 storm will go down as one of the most prolific rainfall events in the modern history of the United States,” Nick Wiltgen of The Weather Channel noted.

Stay tuned for more updates …

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12 comments

Roger October 8, 2015 at 9:15 am

Welcome to Capital Shitwater and the Roads of Death. :)

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Rocky Verdad October 8, 2015 at 10:00 am

Down here in the Low Counrty we want to thank Columbia for sending down all their crap.

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shifty henry October 8, 2015 at 10:04 am

Just got off the phone with T-Bone who says he’s staying home — you guys are on your own because he doesn’t even know what to do now.
Reminds me of the cartoon of a middle-aged couple whose car flipped upside down in a ditch. The husband is sitting and looking disgusted. His wife is looking at the wheels spinning and she says, “Dear, don’t you think this would be a good time to rotate the tires?”

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Nölff October 8, 2015 at 10:21 am

I live on top of a hill in the upstate. You guys are getting the drainage.

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Rocky Verdad October 8, 2015 at 10:23 am

Can you avoid Mexican food for a while.

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TroubleBaby October 8, 2015 at 10:55 am

Would you mind laying off the beer & pizza for a while and drink some strawberry flavored water and eat some banana’s?

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The Colonel October 8, 2015 at 10:23 am

You’re welcome…

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Rocky Verdad October 8, 2015 at 10:24 am

Can you pee on your lawn for a few days to give us a break?

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The Colonel October 8, 2015 at 10:35 am

I do that all the time…

EnoughAlreday October 8, 2015 at 11:54 am

Does anybody know the Mayor well enough to maybe politely suggerst that he STFU and stay off TV. His babbling is offensive, and is now dangerous. On WIS he listed “potable” as a characteristic of the “strong” water his fuced up water plant is distributing. “Potable” means “drinkable.” Get some sleep. Stay off TV.

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Beartrkkr October 8, 2015 at 2:23 pm

I’m distraught without an update from Fits……will someone please someone contact T-Rav and see how all of this has affected his lifestyle and baby momma?

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