From the map above, you can see that the Atlantic is relatively
calm this week. Florence did her dirty work on the Carolinas coast, slowly
headed inland, and didn’t cause much damage for us here further west. We never
lost power, and right here in this part of the community we got about 4” of
rain. Other neighborhoods got more – it is always that way. Many of us here in
Sun City Carolina Lakes heeded the request of community management and
governance, and stayed home, holed up from Thursday to Monday, though some did
venture out for church. I got a lot of reading done, and my “to read” pile is
no more.
Those folks on the coast really got slammed by Florence, and
many will be flooded until the rain that fell in the mountains and the Piedmont
makes its slow way to the sea. I just can’t imagine what I’d be doing were I in
their shoes. I do suppose it’s the luck of the draw, and you just deal with what
you’re dealt. A family friend and his family were burned out to the ground in the
Santa Rosa fire last year. They’re still dealing with the devastation. Nowhere
is safe.
