"Jim Fisher" wrote It's raining like hell
up here in Florence. The Tennessee River has risen 4
feet in a couple of hours and the dams can't hold any more so their
evacuating low-lying areas.

Winds gusting to 40 mph or so and vinyl siding is falling off my office
downtown.

I've got plenty of beer in the 'fridge so I'll survive.

Take care!

--
Jim Fisher

Next stop for Ivan, and I mean it is going to stop, is going to be at the
Southern Appalachians, and after the rains of last week, the dams have been
letting water go as fast as they can, but it won't be enough. I saw an
interview, and the official in charge of controling the water levels said,
"we simply will not have enough time to let enough water go..."

At the dam nearest to my house, they had to open 5 out of 9 flood gates, to
keep from washing out 2 state road bridges that you can usually drive a
houseboat under. No one can remember ever having more than 1 gate open.

It was the same all the way down the Catawba river chain of dams.

Upstream from me, a friend has two planes at small private airport. (Spruce
Creek) His hangar had several feet of water in it, and an air tank got
under the tail of a Fairchild and floated it, causing the engine to be
completely submerged. The verdict is still out as to if it will ever fly
again.

Needless to say, it could be worse than last time, if it does rain near as
much as predicted, with the dams so much more full than last time. The
ground is still so wet, it only stopped squishing when you walk on it about
two days ago. It is supposed to rain for 5 days straight.

Here we go again...
--
Jim in NC


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