Atlanta washing away

pingflood · 09-21-2009, 05:37 PM

Well, things got wet here. Came back to town yesterday and it's been raining like crazy. Going to work this morning a few roads were flooded. Coming back from work all roads but one leading here were flooded. Got back to my buddy's house and the Yellow River had gone from 40' wide or so here to around 300' and has so far consumed about half his backyard. One road we were trying to take home was a LAKE -- we could see the top of the roof of the daycare, and the tops of a few road signs.

Crazy times. And the rain keeps coming.

geauxpez · 09-21-2009, 06:58 PM

Friggin' brutal. How long has it been raining now? There is such thing as too much of a good thing. I had to trench away from my house after work this evening because I had 6 inches of water in the crawl space in one corner.

Ratmagiclady · 09-21-2009, 07:08 PM

I just caught the news as it came on, Geaux. My once-to-be-darkroom flooded *again,* but I didn't realize this kind of rain was *that* big a deal down here.

Everyone OK over there, apart from you're obviously online?

**monochrome** · 09-21-2009, 07:35 PM

What a bummer. Wearing the T-Shirt as I type - from a St. Louis suburb, where I have sandbagged my downtown - and thunder is rattling my windows.

Ratmagiclady · 09-21-2009, 07:48 PM

Well, to be honest, it's F'n atlanta. Floods in the middle of record droughts. Too much pavement. Seen the water run away from a fourteen-foot-low Lake Lanier, myself.

I will mention, by the way, that they got like eighteen inches (as of?) today in certain pockets, I've just found. That's a lot by any standards.

Jasvox · 09-22-2009, 12:04 AM

Lake Lanier is an odd thing these days. I was at home in December when it had hit it's record low...was home 4 months later when it was only 5 feet down. Now its approaching full pool thanks to the heavy rains. Who knows what next year holds?

RoxnDox · 09-22-2009, 07:08 AM

For those who don't know, here's some data:

WaterWatch -- Maps and graphs of current water resources conditions

Brought to you by your friendly federal employees at the US Geological Survey, by the way. Along with the folks over at NOAA, NWS, and others.

Jim

séamuis · 09-22-2009, 08:42 AM

I have been hearing about the flooding in Atlanta, bright and sunny here....

pingflood · 09-22-2009, 09:02 AM

Yeah, I went from weeks of lovely 80 degree days with blue skies to this.... going back tomorrow though.

Ratmagiclady · 09-22-2009, 09:54 AM

Originally posted by Jasvox

Lake Lanier is an odd thing these days. I was at home in December when it had hit it's record low...was home 4 months later when it was only 5 feet down. Now its approaching full pool thanks to the heavy rains. Who knows what next year holds?

Yeah, ... though I have the impression that system won't actually overflow any time soon, it's pretty remarkable

I guess it took a while even with some rains to start actually coming back up very well, between letting water out for the lakes downstream and probably the groundwater, but it looks like even if drought were to return, there's another couple of years of buffer-before-crisis for Atlanta, right there, if the water use doesn't start going back up, anyway.

Ratmagiclady · 09-23-2009, 07:16 AM

Hey, how's everyone doing over there, anyway? I've been a bit worried, and it's been hard to get much detail out of the local news as the water kept flowing in.

pingflood · 09-23-2009, 08:07 AM

The Yellow River is down a good 5 feet or so, which is what mainly affected where I'm staying. Most roads seem to have cleared up, other than the ones that had actual damage rather than just flooding.

Ratmagiclady · 09-23-2009, 08:24 AM

Originally posted by pingflood

The Yellow River is down a good 5 feet or so, which is what mainly affected where I'm staying. Most roads seem to have cleared up, other than the ones that had actual damage rather than just flooding.

Well, that's good. I'm still worried about Geauxpez: I heard the water was still rising in places as all that watershed below the lakes kept running off, as of last we heard from him. What I did see on the news made me wish I had one of those little Boston Whalers to cart over there.

pingflood · 09-23-2009, 08:36 AM

He was posting late last night and the rain stopped during the day yesterday so I'm sure he's ok. :-)

Ratmagiclady · 09-23-2009, 09:44 AM

Originally posted by pingflood

He was posting late last night and the rain stopped during the day yesterday so I'm sure he's ok. :-)

Ah, that's good. Now that I think of it, I could possibly have snooped more deliberately.

Still analog at heart, I guess.

09-21-2009, 05:37 PM	#1
pingflood Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Borås, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,169	Atlanta washing away Well, things got wet here. Came back to town yesterday and it's been raining like crazy. Going to work this morning a few roads were flooded. Coming back from work all roads but one leading here were flooded. Got back to my buddy's house and the Yellow River had gone from 40' wide or so here to around 300' and has so far consumed about half his backyard. One road we were trying to take home was a LAKE -- we could see the top of the roof of the daycare, and the tops of a few road signs. Crazy times. And the rain keeps coming.

09-21-2009, 07:48 PM	#5
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Well, to be honest, it's F'n atlanta. Floods in the middle of record droughts. Too much pavement. Seen the water run away from a fourteen-foot-low Lake Lanier, myself. I will mention, by the way, that they got like eighteen inches (as of?) today in certain pockets, I've just found. That's a lot by any standards. Last edited by Ratmagiclady; 09-21-2009 at 08:32 PM.

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09-21-2009, 06:58 PM	#2
geauxpez Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Atlanta Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,196	Friggin' brutal. How long has it been raining now? There is such thing as too much of a good thing. I had to trench away from my house after work this evening because I had 6 inches of water in the crawl space in one corner.

09-21-2009, 07:08 PM	#3
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	I just caught the news as it came on, Geaux. My once-to-be-darkroom flooded again, but I didn't realize this kind of rain was that big a deal down here. Everyone OK over there, apart from you're obviously online?

09-21-2009, 07:35 PM	#4
monochrome Loyal Site Supporter Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Working From Home Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 26,276	What a bummer. Wearing the T-Shirt as I type - from a St. Louis suburb, where I have sandbagged my downtown - and thunder is rattling my windows.

09-22-2009, 12:04 AM	#6
Jasvox Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 3,107	Lake Lanier is an odd thing these days. I was at home in December when it had hit it's record low...was home 4 months later when it was only 5 feet down. Now its approaching full pool thanks to the heavy rains. Who knows what next year holds?

09-22-2009, 07:08 AM	#7
RoxnDox Pentaxian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Gig Harbor, Washington, USA, Terra Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 4,494	For those who don't know, here's some data: WaterWatch -- Maps and graphs of current water resources conditions Brought to you by your friendly federal employees at the US Geological Survey, by the way. Along with the folks over at NOAA, NWS, and others. Jim

09-22-2009, 08:42 AM	#8
séamuis Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Savannah, U.S./Baguio City, P.H. Posts: 5,979	I have been hearing about the flooding in Atlanta, bright and sunny here....

09-22-2009, 09:02 AM	#9
pingflood Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Borås, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,169 Original Poster	Yeah, I went from weeks of lovely 80 degree days with blue skies to this.... going back tomorrow though.

09-22-2009, 09:54 AM	#10
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Originally posted by Jasvox Lake Lanier is an odd thing these days. I was at home in December when it had hit it's record low...was home 4 months later when it was only 5 feet down. Now its approaching full pool thanks to the heavy rains. Who knows what next year holds? Yeah, ... though I have the impression that system won't actually overflow any time soon, it's pretty remarkable I guess it took a while even with some rains to start actually coming back up very well, between letting water out for the lakes downstream and probably the groundwater, but it looks like even if drought were to return, there's another couple of years of buffer-before-crisis for Atlanta, right there, if the water use doesn't start going back up, anyway.

09-23-2009, 07:16 AM	#11
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Hey, how's everyone doing over there, anyway? I've been a bit worried, and it's been hard to get much detail out of the local news as the water kept flowing in.

09-23-2009, 08:07 AM	#12
pingflood Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Borås, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,169 Original Poster	The Yellow River is down a good 5 feet or so, which is what mainly affected where I'm staying. Most roads seem to have cleared up, other than the ones that had actual damage rather than just flooding.

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09-23-2009, 08:24 AM	#13
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Originally posted by pingflood The Yellow River is down a good 5 feet or so, which is what mainly affected where I'm staying. Most roads seem to have cleared up, other than the ones that had actual damage rather than just flooding. Well, that's good. I'm still worried about Geauxpez: I heard the water was still rising in places as all that watershed below the lakes kept running off, as of last we heard from him. What I did see on the news made me wish I had one of those little Boston Whalers to cart over there.

09-23-2009, 08:36 AM	#14
pingflood Veteran Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Borås, Sweden Photos: Gallery Posts: 3,169 Original Poster	He was posting late last night and the rain stopped during the day yesterday so I'm sure he's ok. :-)

09-23-2009, 09:44 AM	#15
Ratmagiclady Veteran Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: GA Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 13,563	Originally posted by pingflood He was posting late last night and the rain stopped during the day yesterday so I'm sure he's ok. :-) Ah, that's good. Now that I think of it, I could possibly have snooped more deliberately. Still analog at heart, I guess.