Posted on 08/30/2004 7:23:47 PM PDT by Cheetah1
SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATE 10 TO 14 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE OCCURRED FROM THE CITY OF RICHMOND INTO PORTIONS OF KING WILLIAM COUNTY...WITH WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS IN THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE FROM CHESTERFIELD AND CHARLES CITY COUNTIES...NORTHWARD INTO CAROLINE AND KING AND QUEEN COUNTIES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES! ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.
Thank you!
A massive search is underway on Gillie's Creek this afternoon. Lieutenant Keith Vida tells us up to 10 people were swept into the creek between 9 and 10:00pm last night. Crews recovered two bodies overnight. We're told the individuals may have been forming a human chain to rescue someone when the water washed all of them away.
Chesterfield officials confirm a 29-year-old woman also died. They tell us her body was pulled from a car that had been submerged under water along Cogbill Road.
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For some reason my area of Denbigh escapes the really bad storm damage. They pass over or go around. I refer to it as the “Denbigh Shower Curtain”.
I posted on another thread.
But after 3 hours of tense driving, I finally got home.
I heard 95 and 64 were shut down so I thought I'd go via Leigh St. One major flood there behind DMV. Freaked me out. Eventually wound up on Broad - went through flooded road #2. Freaked me out even more. After that, it was pretty smooth sailing. Saw several abandoned cars floating east on Broad. Pretty incredible.
My house is okay but I am getting worried about losing trees if more storms hit. (Frances, go away!)
Prayers on the way.
I hope your husband is home and getting some rest tonight. What a horrible storm that was! I didn't realize just how bad until I heard and saw the news reports today.
I'm out here in Powhatan, too, and thank the Lord that we live on a little hill.
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