Water, water, water! The month of September brought new meaning to the phrase "It's raining, it's pouring." Our town in Charleston alone received 26 inches of rain in a span of a few days. Neighborhoods are flooded and schools were closed. Never in my life have I seen so much rain.
We spent most of the great flood in Norfolk, where we ALSO were suffering a great flood. You want to know stress? Stress is driving around a city you don't know in a 1000 year flood trying to buy a house and interview for jobs. It was....stressful. But, praises, we had a good trip and felt a bit better about calling this part of the world home.
Back in Charleston the flooding has mostly dried up and we are counting ourselves lucky as some of the few who did not have any flood damage.
After two days of travel, we finally made it!
This is the river is one of the neighborhoods we were seriously looking. Nothing tests your flood insurance like buying a home in a major flood. And yes, if you look closely, those are street lights indicating that is a ROAD! (what?!)
That little speck is a duck who was floating in this house's front yard.
The pier is under there somewhere...did I mention this (may) be our new neighborhood?
We stayed in a base hotel and made the most of this historical flood. Here is the summation of our trip: pizza on an ironing board while watching countless hours of CNN and local tv.
We spent most of the great flood in Norfolk, where we ALSO were suffering a great flood. You want to know stress? Stress is driving around a city you don't know in a 1000 year flood trying to buy a house and interview for jobs. It was....stressful. But, praises, we had a good trip and felt a bit better about calling this part of the world home.
Back in Charleston the flooding has mostly dried up and we are counting ourselves lucky as some of the few who did not have any flood damage.
After two days of travel, we finally made it!
This is the river is one of the neighborhoods we were seriously looking. Nothing tests your flood insurance like buying a home in a major flood. And yes, if you look closely, those are street lights indicating that is a ROAD! (what?!)
That little speck is a duck who was floating in this house's front yard.
The pier is under there somewhere...did I mention this (may) be our new neighborhood?
We stayed in a base hotel and made the most of this historical flood. Here is the summation of our trip: pizza on an ironing board while watching countless hours of CNN and local tv.
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