Waxhaw, NC 2024
After landfall in Florida, Hurricane Helene caused quite a bit of damage and flooding around the Charlotte area. Fortunately for us, it wasn't as bad as some parts of North Carolina and Tennessee where there was severe flooding. The picture above shows a local retention pond, before Helene, taken on September 8. Below you can see the same pond after Helene came through.
I guess the retention pond worked as it should. Notice the rock wall divider is under water and the small structure where the water exits the pond is nearly submerged. All the water here is drained into a local creek on the other side of the tree line. While the creek has flooded in the past, this time we were spared severe flooding. We did lose our power for a number of hours, and internet for about a day. We were pretty luck this time.
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