[Magdalen] How's the weather in South Carolina

[Ginga Wilder]

Grace, the last I heard is that the emergency management folks thought they
would have to evacuate at least two hospitals.  That would mean some
medivacing to other towns or possibly states.  Lots of stuff gets said in
these situations so I don't know if this is altogether true.

Ginga

On Mon, Oct 5, 2015 at 4:34 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> I just talked to my daughter, who is with HealthSouth in Charlottesville.
> They have a hospital in Columbia, SC. She said they've been told they won't
> have water for a week. Staff is having difficulty getting back and forth
> from home to work.
>
> > On Oct 5, 2015, at 4:18 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >>
> >> website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >>
> >> When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not
> >> a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me."
> >> attributed to Erma Bombeck
> >> "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a
> talk
> >> by Richard Rohr
> >>
> >> --------------------------------------------------
> >> 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
> >>>>
> >>>>
>