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    Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
    ...or else they will need ro be rescued, too.what a shitshow.
    Literally. They have a lot of "lagoons" full of hog waste in harm's way.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JaneV2.0 View Post
    Literally. They have a lot of "lagoons" full of hog waste in harm's way.
    I developed a serious fungal infection from responding to a previous flooded area a few years back, and I was in full PPE. Ick ick ick. Took months to fully recover.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teacher Terry View Post
    Cathy, that’s interesting. Hope they are trained volunteers.
    Yes, I think they are rescue groups (like water rescue) from other states....and people around there with boats that are going house to house, but I think the majority of them are specialists.
    What bad judgement that was for so many to stay put.

    And you know, everyone will rebuild there again.

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    The very definition of insanity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by bae View Post
    I developed a serious fungal infection from responding to a previous flooded area a few years back, and I was in full PPE. Ick ick ick. Took months to fully recover.
    That bodes no good for a widely flooded population in a warm climate--who aren't protected head to toe.

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    For anyone who wants to help non-humans in the area:
    https://wingsofrescue.org/
    Gifts are being matched right now.

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    Last night at our neighborhood social when we talked about this,
    I stated my concern for the buildings of
    Charleston. The people are replaceable, with more people. But those old houses, once they are gone no one is gonna replace them. No one shamed me for that sentiment, we are a bunch of house huggers.

    Charleston is the No #1 tourist destination in the U.S. I know, a surprise, right? Look it up! I was surprised.

    Some day DH and I will do a Savannah and charleston vacation to see the old houses there. These hurricanes had better stay away from them.!!!
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    I love love old houses but saying people are replaceable. Ugh!

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    Good news.....from what I just heard from my friend who fled Charleston, things are not that bad in Charleston - yet. Apparently SC is said to be in for a world of flooding hurt but at the moment it's not that bad - yet. Maybe this will give die hards a chance to flee before things get really bad if they indeed do? Rob

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    Quote Originally Posted by Teacher Terry View Post
    I love love old houses but saying people are replaceable. Ugh!
    I noticed that, too. Gotta say that sentiment is something I hold against both US and Western Culture in general. I just can't internalize that sentiment nor behave it/be guided by it.

    But beyond that, I do hope the old houses in Charleston make it through unscathed or relatively so. There is a great deal of Civil War history in that part of the country and I'm not surprised that Charleston is so heavily visited. It's probably an attempt to feel some history - some connection with the past - in a society that is constantly destroying/reinventing aspects of itself. Kind of the same reason to some degree that people hold onto old photographs - to feel some kind of connection to the past. Rob

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