With a hurricane, tropical storm or even a nor’easter, comes heavy rain. Sympathy for those who experienced loss or inconvenience is definitely in order, however it is a fact of life in coastal SC and NC. It’s happened before and it will happen again.
South Carolina just went through some nasty flooding. That is NOT my point. The governor of South Carolina demanded that people living a hundred miles from the coast evacuate. What she did NOT count on is the inland rain and some of those that did evacuate found themselves needing rescued this morning because of the inland rain. The 'inland rain' amounts were NEVER part of any warning. Some places in South Carolina and North Carolina, way inland receive double digit rainfall amounts. Safe places turned out to NOT be safe.