The flood of 2015

So Charleston flooded a week ago and there are still areas where there's standing water. Thankfully our apartment didn't have any problems. 

The college closed on that Friday and the following Monday so I had a long weekend, but of course there was nothing to do cause roads were closed and the news was asking everyone to stay home and not travel for any reason unless you absolutely had to. Well of course Chris and I absolutely had to see what was going on around our area. lol. So on Saturday we went out around the neighborhood to see how people were doing. There weren't even puddles forming in our parking lot but that was because it was all running down hill across the street into the neighbors yards.

people who live across the street from the apartments. However within and hour after this photo the water had moved on and there was no water in their yard.

it was strange to see the flooding. I'm so use to flooding in Albany where water just sits. But here it runs. It's constantly moving. It was like little streams crossing roads and yards. It could flood someone's yard for a few hours and then be gone having moved on down the street to the next neighborhood.

road in a neighborhood behind us

This is Wapoo, the street we live off of. We drove down to where it crosses the Wapoo Creek and the water was even with the road. Driving back the water was lapping up over the road. (TIME TO GET HOME)

A lot of people lost power but ours only flickered a couple of times. We never lost it completely. Also a lot of people went with out water for a while but we never did. We were very lucky. Our apartment is in an ideal location truly.

One of my co-workers was trapped in their house for several days because their street had turned into a river. Her husband and daughters cars were both flooded sitting out in their front yard.
Another co-worker was trapped in their house for a day or two because all 4 streets surrounding their block were flooded.
The college survived with minimal damage. Some leakage here and there but nothing too bad. They're pretty good about sandbagging the buildings during a regular storm I can't imagine what they had blocking doors during the flood. lol.

So we made it through the flood with no damage and no suffering (other than being out of work for two days with out pay). It's a lot better than many other people can say. They are in my prayers.