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[mattknepley]

Took a ride shortly after church to visit some of my collecting spots (and some that I hope will be) to see what Joaquin's rain has done to them. We didn't get as much rain as originally expected, but it's been plenty!

Brightman's Creek

My first solo collecting spot:

This stream is usually 12" deep here at most...


My normal entry here is a scramble ~8' down the bridge embankment. The water is just below the bridge!


About two miles downstream. It's actually pretty much dead here, but I have tried my luck here. The pond behind the girls is actually hayfield.


As far as you can see...




From the Greenwood County side of the Saluda River below Lake Greenwood. Normal flow is 777 cubic feet/second; the previous record for any Oct. 4th had been 3,310 ft3/sec., at 2:00 this afternoon it was 17,800 ft3/sec and gaining!



Whirlpools from the rising water!


This road was flooded almost as far as you could see at this tiny, barely ditch-sized trickle that I still suspect holds fish anyway. The asphalt was percolating in several places.



This is a stretch of Ninety Six Creek I want to sample but have yet to do so. Somebody had actually tried to drive across this; car flooded and stalled and he had to be winched out. Fortunately for him, he was only in overflow and not actual current when his car konched out. They ain't kiddin' folks, don't drown- TURN AROUND!

[Matt DeLaVega]

Wow, this is a pretty big deal. Looks like our our original Oklahoma convention site before we changed venues.

[MtFallsTodd]

Wow, that looks pretty intense. We got lucky up here, not much flooding. Be safe down there.

[mattknepley]

What we have is nothing compared to what's going on downstream, and we have 25 roads underwater in Greenwood County. I don't know if he'll be able to do so, but I'm sure Dustin could take pictures to render mine not worth commenting on...

[sbtgrfan]

I was in Columbia yesterday. Absolute mess. Dams are breaking, bridges/roads are collapsing, I've never seen anything like it before. I drove over the broad River on I-20 about 15 minutes before they shut the interstate down because the river got so close to the road. Charleston has some flooded roads, road closures, but nothing compared to Columbia area. I think the drought is over.

[Chasmodes]

Wow!!!!!

[Dustin]

I have stayed home so I don't have any first hand photos. A friends house has been flooded as has my daughters school. There are thousands of homes and vehicles that have been destroyed. I am on a hill so we are good but the back if my neighborhood has a river flowing through it and it is still steadily raining.

[mattknepley]

I'm glad you checked in Dustin, I was starting to wonder when we hadn't heard from you. A gal I work with has a friend in Lexington, don't know how far from you, but she says the roar from the dam is fantastically, unbelievably loud and nonstop. What's the scenario on that road you took us over that goes between the two dams? You and the Dustinites stay safe! You stay out of trouble, too, Mr. Beaman. This mess will get there eventually.

We were overcast and rainy all day too, Dustin, but by the time you get to Anderson it's bright blue skies. Hopefully we see ours tomorrow...

[don212]

you all be careful out there i here the rivers still haven't crested yet.