South Carolina flooding: 18 dams breached, more trouble ahead

[Omaha Steve]

Source: CNN

By Holly Yan,

(CNN)The rain may have stopped, but South Carolina is grappling with a host of new concerns: Dam breaks. Billions of dollars in damage. And rivers that still haven't crested yet.

Here's the latest on the mammoth flooding tormenting the region:

Dam breaks
At least 18 dams have breached or failed in South Carolina since Saturday, the state's emergency management agency said early Tuesday.

One failure, of the Overcreek dam in Forest Acres, sent a torrent of floodwater raging downstream and forced mandatory evacuations near Columbia.

FULL story, photos, & video at link.



Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/06/us/south-carolina-flooding/

[MynameisBlarney]

1. Oh hell...

That is not good.

[Blanks]

2. Dams aren't designed for a 1000 year storm. eom

[Cassidy]

3. Climate change denial state?

I am really sorry for these unnatural disasters to be happening anywhere, but since it is going to happen, I would rather it be in a place where the majority of the politicians are the ones who are not even acknowledging the problem and standing in the way of all attempts at solutions.

Didn't South Carolinians vote out of office the one conservative US representative who accepted the theory of climate change (Rep. Bob Inglis)?

Climate change is affecting us all, but isn't it somehow less unfair when people, who insist that our profligate way of life and fossil fuel madness cannot and must not be changed, are the ones who are affected more directly?

[Cal Carpenter]

8. You really think it is somehow more fair for these people to suffer

because their politicians suck? A whole state full of people? A whole region?

What a nasty way of seeing things.

Storms don't know your voting history, nor do they recognize state borders.

[NickB79]

9. The GOP politicians have made clear their stance on man-made global warming for many years

And yet they keep being re-elected by the same people now suffering.

Actions must have consequences, and one of the consequences of re-electing global warming denier GOP'ers who block climate change action is to see your house wash away in massive flooding.

The future we face because of climate change isn't fair. We're locked in for 2-3C of warming by 2100, which WILL have devastating effects around the world. That is now unavoidable. The hundreds of millions that will either die or become climate refugees, like those we now see fleeing Syria, over the next century won't have a fair chance at life because we couldn't get our stubborn heads out of our asses soon enough to act.

[juajen]

10. I'm familiar with some of those people, and

they are the ones who keep electing the wrong people. I do not wish disaster on anyone, however. But dont blame it on the elected officials. The people vote them in, and most are highly uninformed.

[restorefreedom]

4. i hope the people are all rescued

I also worry about the animals. Animal shelters could've been in low-lying areas, and I really hope they got them out before the floodwaters came. Animal hospitals too.

[paparush]

5. South Carolina Republicans Opposed Hurricane Sandy Relief

Karma's a bitch, ya'll.
http://usuncut.com/politics/south-carolina-republicans-opposed-relief-for-sandy-victims-now-theyre-depending-on-it/

[vkkv]

7. It is thoroughly disgusting!

Drown all of those Stars And Bars at the same time, please.

[tblue37]

6. Apparently it's 20 dams now. nt