The rain is pouring down!

**El Duce** · 06-23-2016, 07:56 PM

Barely made it home from work after picking up my daughter from a friends house. The county is under state of emergency. I live on the high ground. But looks like I won't be going to work in the morning. Roads closed. Going to be a mess for sure!

I just hope that we don't lose power. I do have a generator. I sure would hate to have to hook it up in the rain. But then again. I would rather do that than have a flooded basement! Sump pump has been running about every 20 minutes. Cross your fingers for me!

**Schuetzenman** · 06-23-2016, 08:04 PM

WOW! We have a drought here and 90+ heat. Ironic, you're getting flooded and we are in drought mode here in GA.

**imanaknut** · 06-23-2016, 08:15 PM

Wish I could send you some of our rain Scheutz. In the past week my area has gotten about a foot of rain. First rain dumped 4 inches, second left 3 and last night about another three. There were some smaller rainfalls between the dumps. About ready to take out stock on sump pumps. I have two that are running almost constantly.

**Schuetzenman** · 06-23-2016, 08:17 PM

Wow again!

**imanaknut** · 06-23-2016, 08:21 PM

TV reported we have virtually the whole summer's worth of rain in the last 10 days with more storms forecast in the next couple of days.

When the sun comes out, it is a real sauna. Temps in the high 80s low 90s. The type of weather you can just stand still and start sweating.

But it sure beats our winters!!!

**alismith** · 06-23-2016, 09:16 PM

Globull warmins at its best....

**jet3534** · 06-23-2016, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by El Duce

Barely made it home from work after picking up my daughter from a friends house. The county is under state of emergency. I live on the high ground. But looks like I won't be going to work in the morning. Roads closed. Going to be a mess for sure!

I just hope that we don't lose power. I do have a generator. I sure would hate to have to hook it up in the rain. But then again. I would rather do that than have a flooded basement! Sump pump has been running about every 20 minutes. Cross your fingers for me!

If my memory is correct you live near Greenbrier. I have a daughter-in-law who is from Richwood. She has been staying at her parents for an extended visit due to my son being deployed to Iraq. She had to flee Richwood today with her two children and mother due to the flood and evacuation order. Her father refused to evacuate. The house was destroyed. Status of the father is unknown as of this evening. In addition to the town being flooded they were hit by a major tornado today.

**JTHunter** · 06-23-2016, 11:29 PM

Try sending some of that rain to St. Louis!! We're over 4" low on rain already and we have had real temps in the upper 90s for 9 of the last 10 days (Heat indices 105-110).
Some of the ground cracks are 3/4" wide already!

**Schuetzenman** · 06-24-2016, 06:23 AM

Originally Posted by jet3534

If my memory is correct you live near Greenbrier. I have a daughter-in-law who is from Richwood. She has been staying at her parents for an extended visit due to my son being deployed to Iraq. She had to flee Richwood today with her two children and mother due to the flood and evacuation order. Her father refused to evacuate. The house was destroyed. Status of the father is unknown as of this evening. In addition to the town being flooded they were hit by a major tornado today.

That doesn't sound good!

**skorpion** · 06-24-2016, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by jet3534

If my memory is correct you live near Greenbrier. I have a daughter-in-law who is from Richwood. She has been staying at her parents for an extended visit due to my son being deployed to Iraq. She had to flee Richwood today with her two children and mother due to the flood and evacuation order. Her father refused to evacuate. The house was destroyed. Status of the father is unknown as of this evening. In addition to the town being flooded they were hit by a major tornado today.

Hopefully he's okay. There is a search underway for a 4-year-old who was swept away in the flood waters.

**skorpion** · 06-24-2016, 07:56 AM

Originally Posted by El Duce

Barely made it home from work after picking up my daughter from a friends house. The county is under state of emergency. I live on the high ground. But looks like I won't be going to work in the morning. Roads closed. Going to be a mess for sure!

I just hope that we don't lose power. I do have a generator. I sure would hate to have to hook it up in the rain. But then again. I would rather do that than have a flooded basement! Sump pump has been running about every 20 minutes. Cross your fingers for me!

Glad you live in the hills and that you will be alright. It's weather like this that stops me from ever wanting a home in a valley or next to a river.

**El Duce** · 06-24-2016, 06:24 PM

Holy Crap. Rained and rained. Lost power last night around 11 pm. Got up, checked the basement. There was a little water. Got up again at 4 called work. They were still open. Told me that the roads were ok. Yeah right. Called back at 5 30 am and told them that I would be late. Did my darndest to get the generator started. No use/luck. Went to lowes. Thankfully they were open.

Bought a new 5200 watt gen. Old one is from 2000 and probably can be fixed. But not today.

Got to work at 11. Looked like a war zone in Caldwell. Had to turn around and get on the highway from 219. Got to work. No power. Crap. Stayed there for about an hour. Tired to get to Virginia to get some more gas. Can't get on the high way in White Sulphur. Finally get home. See what folks have been posting on facebook. Holy Crap.

The devastation in Caldwell and White Sulphur. Unbelievable. No work tomorrow. Looks like JJ has decided to shut down the place for a week or so. After seeing some of the damage there. I really doubt that the course is going to be ready for the PGA.

Thank GOD I got my Daughter yesterday. White sulfur flooded. Houses gone, roads and bridges really messed up.

Power just came back on here about a half hour ago. 24 hours before schedule. Thank God all is ok here. Lots of friends lost a lot. 17 reported dead so far. Expected to climb. Well all that in a nuchshell.

**ltorlo64** · 06-24-2016, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by jet3534

If my memory is correct you live near Greenbrier. I have a daughter-in-law who is from Richwood. She has been staying at her parents for an extended visit due to my son being deployed to Iraq. She had to flee Richwood today with her two children and mother due to the flood and evacuation order. Her father refused to evacuate. The house was destroyed. Status of the father is unknown as of this evening. In addition to the town being flooded they were hit by a major tornado today.

Any updates? Did they find the father?

**ltorlo64** · 06-24-2016, 07:08 PM

Originally Posted by El Duce

Holy Crap. Rained and rained. Lost power last night around 11 pm. Got up, checked the basement. There was a little water. Got up again at 4 called work. They were still open. Told me that the roads were ok. Yeah right. Called back at 5 30 am and told them that I would be late. Did my darndest to get the generator started. No use/luck. Went to lowes. Thankfully they were open.

Bought a new 5200 watt gen. Old one is from 2000 and probably can be fixed. But not today.

Got to work at 11. Looked like a war zone in Caldwell. Had to turn around and get on the highway from 219. Got to work. No power. Crap. Stayed there for about an hour. Tired to get to Virginia to get some more gas. Can't get on the high way in White Sulphur. Finally get home. See what folks have been posting on facebook. Holy Crap.

The devastation in Caldwell and White Sulphur. Unbelievable. No work tomorrow. Looks like JJ has decided to shut down the place for a week or so. After seeing some of the damage there. I really doubt that the course is going to be ready for the PGA.

Thank GOD I got my Daughter yesterday. White sulfur flooded. Houses gone, roads and bridges really messed up.

Power just came back on here about a half hour ago. 24 hours before schedule. Thank God all is ok here. Lots of friends lost a lot. 17 reported dead so far. Expected to climb. Well all that in a nuchshell.

For so much devastation there is very little in the news about it. I have heard a little but not as much as I would think with 17 dead. Stay safe.

**jet3534** · 06-24-2016, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by ltorlo64

Any updates? Did they find the father?

Thanks for asking. I don't know his exact health status but he is alive. This is a man who is partially disabled from being wounded in Vietnam and agent orange exposure so that added to the concern. My wife tried to talk to the daughter-in-law via phone but she was in such a distraught emotional state that it was difficult to get a lot of specific information.

**El Duce** · 06-25-2016, 06:08 AM

Here is a slide show with some pictures from the flooding. It is unreal.

http://www.wvva.com/story/32280965/2...ewell-counties

**El Duce** · 06-26-2016, 06:15 PM

Spent the day working in White Sulphur with a team called Mercy Chef's. They brought in a mobile kitchen and walk in fridgerator. We made about 800 meals today. Partnered with a local church we helped distribute food, clothes and water to anyone who needed it.