If you were coming to or through South Carolina, don't.

[Are_grits_groceries]

Roads and parts of interstates are closed. People are bein rescued all over the state. It's very bad in Columbia, anywhere near the coast, and NE SC.
Check the roads if you have to travel.
This whole damn state is washing away for real. That's not even a joke.

[HooptieWagon]

1. I put a warning out on fb earlier...

For peep to avoid SC.

[Kingofalldems]

3. So you use a disaster to attack a Democrat?

[ChisolmTrailDem]

31. What did that poster say? Apparently he/she didn't have the guts to leave it. nt

[Are_grits_groceries]

4. SHUT.UP!

JUST.STOP!

[zappaman]

5. .....

[MH1]

6. Welcome to DU.

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. How to make friends and influence people

Knock out job, buddy.

[Downwinder]

9. Thought they passed a law against the water rising.

[Are_grits_groceries]

10. Don"t start.

I am in no mood for their crap or your snark. People are in major trouble.

[mnhtnbb]

24. No, that was North Carolina Republicans. Leave grits alone.

Really. Very scary stuff.

[petronius]

11. Stay safe, everybody down there

(And please post up some links to local relief organizations, if you have any that you're particularly fond of...)

[mcar]

12. Best wishes for your safety grits

[Rex]

13. Stay safe!

Did I not just read about how horrible and underfunded those areas are? It was something about all the dams in America and what bad condition they are all in and how the GOP won't spend a single penny to fix them.

Anyway, stay safe grits! Good vibes to everyone in that area.

[Are_grits_groceries]

14. These are earthen bank damns holding water in.

In this case, I really don't think anything would have helped. Too much water for anything.

[Rex]

15. Okay thanks.

Stay safe and dry! I had to deal with torrential flooding this summer and it scared me silly. 3 times in one month.

[bklyncowgirl]

16. Please stay safe, it sounds terrible down there.

[JonathanRackham]

17. Relatives

We're loading up supplies for my neighbor. He's Red Cross and they're mobilizing. Extra supplies in his truck for delivery to my cousin's place for redistribution.

[sufrommich]

18. 7 dead so far in South Carolina. Stay safe down there. nt

[cwydro]

19. My sister is in Columbia, and she said people are doing ok where she's at.

I hope you'll be ok where you are.

I lived through one flood like this one way back in the day, and two storm surges from Georges and Wilma in the Keys. I lost my car in one and my home in the other. I was just happy my critters lived along with me and my friends.

I sure feel your worry. Been there. It ain't easy, but hang tough.

[Generic Brad]

20. I hope you and those you care about are OK

The damage happening to people's lives is horrific. I am so sorry this is happening to the people of your state.

[csziggy]

21. The last day I was at my seminar in Myrtle Beach was Wednesday

We left and drove to Columbia and spent time at the Congaree National Park, then on to Thomson, Georgia just west of Augusta. Then we drove home to Tallahassee on Thursday. While we were gone North Florida had flooding. My sister drove up from Tampa to visit on Thursday and had to detour miles out of her way to get the last ten miles to my house.

The Myrtle Beach area had gotten a lot of rain just before we arrived and it rained off and on while we were there. My husband visited the Huntington Beach Park last Sunday and the entrance road was flooded.

I left the seminar early - some people had classes through today. I hope they can get home safely. Most of the participants flew in and not many were driving. I'm not sure where they have to go from Myrtle Beach to catch flights back to locations all over the country.

The Congaree National Park is only reachable by taking side roads off Bluff Road (SR 48) - the intersection of Bluff Road and Interstate 77 was featured repeatedly on the Weather Channel today, showing the drastic flooding. It's surreal to think when we drove through there just a couple of days ago the creek was barely noticeable. Now it's flooded a huge area with feet of water!

As a bottomland forest, the Congaree Park is now holding a lot of water that could have been flooding homes and businesses. So many of the bottomlands like it are gone, clear cut, terraformed and turned into subdivisions and shopping areas. THIS is why we need those areas in their natural forms - they are a buffer that helps protect other areas in times like this. In drier times they filter the water that flow through so our streams and rivers can run cleaner.

Be safe, Are_grits_groceries. It's rough out there now.

[jimlup]

22. My dad is driving from Raleigh NC to Eastern NC tomorrow

should I be worried?

[Are_grits_groceries]

23. He should find out about the roads.

That area was hard hit too.

[malaise]

27. Just saw coverage on CNN

Unfreakingbelievable!!

[cwydro]

29. No, it's ok.

My mom drove up from Ocean Isle Beach yesterday to home here in Charlotte.

No road problems at all.

[Liberal_in_LA]

25. Stay safe Grits

[gwheezie]

26. Stay alert

I was always afraid to go to sleep during weather emergencies.

[Art_from_Ark]

28. It's hard for me to imagine such a flood

The floods we had here in Japan last month were bad enough, but they pale in comparison to what you're experiencing.

Stay safe!

[stevenleser]

30. Stay safe!