[Magdalen] How's the weather in South Carolina

[Ginga Wilder]

Thanks, Lynn.  We have been dry for the most part today.  Sprinkling rain
has continued and gray skies.  I sent a request to parishioners this
morning to ask them to report on their conditions.  Some with water in
their yards, but no one reporting water in their houses yet.  Columbia, SC,
our capitol city, was badly flooded, much worse than the lowcountry from
video I've seen.  Columbia is situated in a valley of sorts, which makes
accumulation of water a problem.  SC will be a long time digging out...in
the lowcountry the infrastructure is damaged, from bridges to the earth
beneath roads to the black top.  Also warnings are out about trees being
vulnerable to uprooting in the soggy ground.

But, today we are okay.

Thanks for your prayers.
Ginga

On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 3:47 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just catching up on 3 day's of email but SC has been in my thoughts and
> prayers.
> Lynn
>
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> attributed to Erma Bombeck
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> From: "Ginga Wilder" <gingawilder at gmail.com>
> Sent: Sunday, October 04, 2015 5:28 PM
> To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> Subject: Re: [Magdalen] How's the weather in South Carolina
>
>
> Summerville area has had a reprieve from the rain today, but they are
>> back.  We will have moderate rainfall through the night.  6 PM weather
>> reports that people who love South of I-26 (Summerville and Charleston)
>> will get 3-6 more inches of rain before this goes away tomorrow.  People
>> who live above 1-26 (Moncks Corner and Georgetown) will get as much as 12
>> more inches through the night.  Summerville has already had over 13
>> inches,
>> wo we may reach near 20 inches for the storm.
>>
>> Thousands of people have been evacuated from their homes due to rising
>> water inside....reports of 4 - 6 - 7 feet in houses.  Evacuations has been
>> ordered in Dorchester County (my county) who live within a mile of the
>> Edisto to evacuate immediately.  It's not over yet.
>>
>> Please pray for those in harms way in South Carolina.
>> Ginga
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 2:04 PM, Eleanor Braun <eleanor.braun at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Lord have mercy.
>>>
>>> Eleanor
>>>
>>> On Sunday, October 4, 2015, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > Some areas (Francis Marion Forest and Georgetown) of the SC lowcountry
>>> have
>>> > had 18 - 24 inches of rain in the past 24 hours.    Right now
>>> precipitation
>>> > is just a sprinkle.  Summerville has had 10 inches, with 3-6 more
>>> expected
>>> > this afternoon and tonight.  The storm is expected to curl back around
>>> > to
>>> > hit Charleston and vicinity.
>>> >
>>> > Ginga
>>> >
>>> > On Sun, Oct 4, 2015 at 9:32 AM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>> > wrote:
>>> >
>>> > > Summerville is a mess this morning.  Low lying neighborhoods are
>>> flooded
>>> > > with 4 ft to chest deep water.  We cancelled church because roads are
>>> > > either closed or too dangerous to travel.
>>> > >
>>> > > John and I remain dry inside.
>>> > >
>>> > > Ginga
>>> > >
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>>