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Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: alfsauve on September 23, 2009, 06:14:19 AM
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Just in case you're wondering,
We here in metro Atlanta are digging out from the torrential rains over the last week. (Digging out all the mud and clay that washed into houses and cars). No not me. My house is okay. I had 15" of rain in a 6 day period, but only got a little seepage in the the basement. The worst hit areas were the Douglas County and the southern part of Cobb County. One of our elementary schools was floodedup to the roof line.
I live in the eastern part of the county and we bought up all home likely to be flooded almost 20 years ago. So we're all save in this section.
The good news is the drought is over. I may now water my lawn any day I like.
(http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/06/27/27/slideshow_1272766_floods.0923_h.JPG)
At the height of the flood this firetruck had water up to it's roof and of course was of no help in stopping the house from burning.
(http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/03/28/27/slideshow_1272838_floods.0923_x.JPG)
You're looking at the parking lot of 6 Flags.
(http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/09/25/27/slideshow_1272590_floods.0923_a.jpg)
This is the elementary school which is a total loss.
(http://alt.coxnewsweb.com/cnishared/tools/shared/mediahub/07/28/27/slideshow_1272871_f2.jpg)
And this is a BP station in south Cobb County
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Wow, sorry to see the damage but glad you made it through with only some seepage.
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Glad to here your doing well Alf. I was thinking of you guys down there yesterday when I was watching the news.
Stay dry, do what you can to help your neighbors!
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How about your church/office? Did that escape as well? I'm sure that where ever you are working out of you are really busy down there right now. Take care!
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Glad to hear your OK. I'm glad to hear the death toll was single digits as well.
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Good to see you made it though it ok alf.
It seems natural disasters are becoming more of a norm than the exception these days.
One only has to look back here a few months ago when we lost 173 people in bush fires.
Take care of you and yours!
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Been wondering about you the last couple of days. Glad to hear your OK.
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Dang, Alf.....those pics bring flashbacks to south Georgia in '94 and '98.
Glad you are OK and your house is good.
Take care......and drink bottled water........or boil your tap water.....flooding is nasty business.
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I was wondering if you'd be ok through that mess. HOpe all works out around you too.
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As a denizen of the flood-prone Red River area this spring, my heart goes out to your neighbors. Prayers are up for you and everyone down there.
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Thanks everybody. Primarily this hit those in Douglas, Paulding and the south and west part of Cobb County. I live in east Cobb and except for some street flooding, some limbs down and roof and basement leakage we're okay. Most roads back open. For those hard hit it was pretty bad. The rest of us are collecting donations to help them out.
My work/church is fine though we discovered a dozen new leaks in the various roofs. There was one close by lightning hit whose EMP took out 5 lights in one hall. IT was a little confusing at first. I was sitting at the light board and all the lights went out, but when power came back on it wasn't as bright as before. All the lights in the row above the sound and lighting board were burned out. Lighting/EMP does weird things.
Here's the picture I really wanted to share. For those unfamiliar we've been under sever drought restrictions for about 2 years.
(http://sitelife.11alive.com/ver1.0/Content/images/store/12/6/7c2764a1-ff40-4e5f-8639-6f4eac86c85d.Large.jpg)
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Oh and here's the best collection of pictures if you interested. User submitted pictures by one of the local TV stations. Has over 3,200 pic's as of this posting.
http://www.11alive.com/life/community/gallerypublic.aspx?plckGalleryID=b9524ff4-1421-48a7-aef9-d766e2b83079&plckPageNum=1 (http://www.11alive.com/life/community/gallerypublic.aspx?plckGalleryID=b9524ff4-1421-48a7-aef9-d766e2b83079&plckPageNum=1)
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Geez alf, I remember reading Pathfinders posts from the Dakota flooding. Knew it was bad when I saw the news.
I guess Lake Lanier is full again??
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Geez alf, I remember reading Pathfinders posts from the Dakota flooding. Knew it was bad when I saw the news.
I guess Lake Lanier is full again??
10 dead. Not nearly as devastating as the past floods in other parts of the US.
Lanier is still 3.20' below full - insignificant. Gaining a net 8,599 cu feet per second (inflow minus outflow) today.