We had a '500 year flood' in my area a few years ago. I didn't have water in my house, or even within a few miles, but it was still an ordeal because of all the transportation disruptions and the continuing battle against the water (the flood lasted over 100 days) and then the clean up and rebuild, some of which still isn't done.

I feel for the people (not politicians) in the effected areas, the infrastructure damage is something they will have to put up with for years and the expense too.

The SC flood had little warning so they couldn't do much in the way of sandbagging and moving stuff out of low areas. We had warning, but it wasn't very accurate as to were the water was going to be so a tremendous amount of effort went into moving people who didn't need to, sand bagging buildings and roads that didn't flood, and moving equipment and raising railroad tracks and such.

Since we had some warning, farmers banded together and raised existing levees and built new ones. In some areas they really made a tremendous difference, and unfortunately, there were many places that were just doomed no matter what.

I think Tide Detergent brought in a semi trailer that was filled with washing machines and dryers. As soon as people got back to their homes, and salvaged clothing, that truck was really a good thing. I bet it turns up in SC.

Something we are really seeing now is all the trees the water killed are deteriorated enough now they are falling down and making a huge dangerous mess. There are IIRC, hundreds of thousands of dead trees within 100 miles of my location. It has really been a persistent and unwelcome reminder of the flood.

I'd suspect the SC flooding wasn't long enough to kill so many trees like happened here, I hope they don't have that to deal with that too.

(October 5, 2015 at 7:59 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:

(October 5, 2015 at 7:47 pm)Minimalist Wrote: How many people can afford flood insurance?

If they can afford a house in a flood prone area then they can afford flood insurance.

"In 2014, the average flood insurance policy premium was about $700 per year."
https://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pa...erview.jsp

Probably depends on the neighborhood.

(October 5, 2015 at 8:34 pm)Minimalist Wrote:

(October 5, 2015 at 7:59 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote: If they can afford a house in a flood prone area then they can afford flood insurance.

"In 2014, the average flood insurance policy premium was about $700 per year."
https://www.floodsmart.gov/floodsmart/pa...erview.jsp

Probably depends on the neighborhood.

Satellite tv?  They can afford flood insurance.

Maybe it was either/or?

You know, in the south they LOVE the Grand Ole Opry.

(October 5, 2015 at 10:21 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Maybe it was either/or?

You know, in the south they LOVE the Grand Ole Opry.

In all seriousness this is a tough situation.  The Repubs want to cut taxes and the size of the government.  The people need a lot of help.  Their housing in pretty much junk now and countless businesses have been damaged if not destroyed.  The infrastructure is in shambles.  So if they follow the Repub playbook no one, including the States, will get any federal aid.  And if the Feds do shell out $Billions then the bastards will whine about the increase in spending and how Obama is spending like a drunken sailor and running up the national debt.  On top of that if people get aid for their flooded property they won't participate in the flood insurance program.  

It's a good time to nail the Repubs to the wall and make them go on record.

(October 5, 2015 at 6:53 pm)Wyrd of Gawd Wrote:

(October 5, 2015 at 3:15 pm)Gawdzilla Wrote: This clearly God's wrath. He's angry with Zimbabwe for not having their Christmas decorations up yet.

It's payback for them flying the rebel flag.

Oh not the rebel flag. It's the gays! God HAD to cause the flood because of the gays. Apparently they didn't stand up strong enough against gay marriage (I wish I could make this stuff up)

http://liberaldarkness.com/2015/10/04/go...-to-blame/

Fortunately, judging by their other articles, it seems to be a satire site.

http://liberaldarkness.com/2015/10/05/vl...-24-hours/

Quote:Vladimir Putin Flies 25 Sorties, Hits 9 ISIS Facilities In Syria In Last 24 Hours

But it is hard to tell from that first one because that is exactly how the asswipes sound.

Hard to tell the real from satire sites because religion is so fucktarded.

It's Poe's law at work but for websites.