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I have lived in Charleston most of my life so flooding is a normalcy. I grew up in a neighborhood on Shem Creek so the water would fill my yard at high tide during a hurricane. The photo is from hurricane Matthew a few years ago. The water filled past the marsh and most of my yard.

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My truck standing in a small neighborhood flood after an hour of rain on a normal summer day.

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I grew up in Tampa, FL. Flooding and hurricanes have never really been scary for me. My house is located at the bottom of my neighborhood where the sewage drainage is not very strong. Every time it rains for at least an hour, we get some light flooding in front of my house. During hurricane season, the flooding can be much heavier, but since I know the area very well, I am able to still navigate my truck through some neighborhoods. I never drive my car through a flooded street that I have never driven through before. I am always aware of what the street typically looks like dry and can make an assessment of how deep the water might be.

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My flood story. I grew up in Annapolis, Maryland which is a smaller version of Charleston. Downtown Annapolis is on the water and floods so easily. Since I went to school downtown it was always hard to attend school when it would flood. Coming to Charleston I was already used to the floods. So when hurricane Ian came I was ready and prepared. Flooding is a huge issue that needs to be focused on and fixed. This can't keep happening.

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I'm from Delaware and never experienced flooding until moving here to Charleston. Luckily, the street I live on does not flood as much compared to the others around it. Hurricane Ian caused some intense flooding on these surrounding streets. Because of this, there are transportation restrictions, even after the water has drained. The high water levels sweep up any debris found and leave the streets covered.

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Boats and boating--Equipment and supplies

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This picture was taken in my hometown during Hurricane Sandy. Being from New Jersey, this was the first hurricane that I experienced that I can remember. I did not have a phone or social media when this hurricane took place so I took a picture from the internet that showed the flooding at our town hall, library, and field, which were all located towards the center of town.

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https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C5MACD_enUS1018US1018&q=pawleys+island+pier+damage&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir3Y3yo9v6AhUiRjABHRt2CgMQ0pQJegQIDhAB&biw=1266&bih=788&dpr=2#imgrc=O3BGcrWDSliD2M
I actually just had a personal connection to flooding. During the hurricane, my hometown of Pawleys Island got affected. The water was up to the street signs and hoods of cars on the island. The pier was also extremely damaged. As you can see in the photos, the end of the pier became de-attached and destroyed. Thankfully everyone was ok, but this was sad to see since it is such a big part of our town!

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pawleys island pier damage - Google Search

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Being from DC, we don't really deal with flooding very much. But when there's a near monsoon, like there was on this day a couple years ago, you can see the effect. My car skidded and hydroplaned on Constitution avenue and I really had no where to go to get away from the flooding, so it was extremely scary

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I have experienced a lot of flooding while living and working in Charleston. Early this school year, there was a lot of rain and the lot that I park in flooded. I ultimately had to Uber off of the peninsula twice because my car couldn't drive through all of the water by the lot.

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I'm originally from Northern Virginia so flooding is something very new to me. I've never really experienced it at home because whenever it rains hard, all of the rain drains pretty quickly. When I first moved to Charleston, I noticed how even a little bit of rain could cause flooding. When Hurricane Ian hit, that was the most flooding I had ever seen. The streets were full of water and I lost power in my apartment. I don't think I ever would've known how big of an issue flooding is if I had never experienced it.

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In this photo you can't see the car really well, but this is the only picture and experience I have had with flooding in Charleston. I was on my way home from working in Kiawah and I could see this big dark, black cloud over downtown Charleston, knowing I was going to be driving into a storm, a bad one. Once I got to downtown I was on the 17 in downtown. Everyone was going at least 5 mph through the flooding, my car, a SUV, almost floating. I took this picture to show my boyfriend what I was driving through and his only response was "good luck."

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Living in downtown Charleston for the past few years, I have seen plenty of flooding. I work on South Market st, so whenever it is high tide and raining, I am used to putting out sandbags to keep as much water out of the building as possible. This year I moved into a house, so this is the first time I have had to deal with this amount of flooding. My house is by Ashley Hall, and the roads tend to flood while also having a lot of traffic, causing there to be waves. Thankfully, my house unit is on the second floor, so I'm relatively confident of staying dry in the rain, but because of how old and rundown my house is, I'm never too confident.

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My flood story presentation

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I am from the upstate and we don't typically have to deal with flooding. We get a lot of rain but it never floods. I took this video from my job on Market St one day we had a lot of heavy rain. I knew that driving was not the best idea and especially not walking. There were a lot of people letting their kids play in the lovely Charleston water most likely alongside some swimming rats. It was also high tide so the water continued to rise and we had to put sandbags in front of our door to keep the water out.

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I live on Coming Street and the flooding that takes place is honestly like nothing I have ever seen before. I have to check the weather everyday to ensure that it is not going to rain, because after only 20 minutes of rain the road will flood. To ensure that my car does not become flooded. On many occasions I have had to wade through the water to leave my apartment. Which is never ideal.

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I am from the New England area, I have seen mostly major snow storms and floods from tides. These flood tides at home are very predictable and the town prepares very well and make sure all residents are ready. The image above is from this year after coming back from a required work shift by the college. I have found that the college and Charleston in general don't not have predictable weather outcomes making this kind of flooding so dangerous. since they are unsure what is the best course of action since the storms are so unpredictable in how to will hit the city.

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I am from Aiken, SC so I haven't really experienced any flooding, but then I moved to Charleston for college and have never seen flooding this bad. I live on Coming St. and it floods even at the smallest amount of rain. It's a new normal in my life to see Coming St. flooded. On more than one occasion I have found myself having to walk through water up to my knees just to get inside my apartment.

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I was out driving to get pizza and it was raining really bad, in fact there was a flash flood warning but I did not know really how bad that could be because I'm not from here and the upstate rarely floods and our definition of flooding is very different.
On my way home I  saw some water on the road but it didn't look deep. So I kept going because it was the only way I thought I could get home.
As I kept going the water got deeper and deeper and it was no turning back. So I kept going in hops I can make it home with my pizza.
My car begin to smoke and turned off. I got so nervous I did not know what to do, but I did know I needed to get out. So I turned the car back on and that was a mistake because my car then begin to fill up with nasty Charleston rain water. I called 911 and was instructed to climb out of the window and sit on top of roof of the car and wait for the fire department to show up. They came within like 8 minutes and the fireman scooped me up in his big strong arms and took me home....

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So this is a short video and it’s actually from my Snapchat memories that I was able to find when Hurricane Dorian was coming. I live on the Eastside and as you can see there’s not many cars on the street because mostly everybody left and just a few stayed including me. You can see it is not much but the wind was strong, there were some tree limbs and leaves blown around and it’s crazy because the hurricane hadn’t made landfall yet. I was just walking around my street recording before things got crazy. Where I live it doesn’t flood much even when it rains a lot but that day my street flooded. I know other parts on the Eastside were flooded pretty bad, it was a couple of days before people could drive or walk around. I stayed because yolo but I do not recommend others to do the same specially if where you live floods really bad

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Recounting some experiences involving flooding near where I work, and the flooding the area had, about 15 miles north of the landfall location of Hurricane Ian.

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I went to First Baptist School on Meeting Street. It is only 0.3 miles away from the Battery! I was always so excited when school was canceled. The Charleston peninsula is the worst area to flood in the city because it is surrounded by water all around.
-Raney Hagan

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This picture was taken in the city a couple weeks back when we got some really bad rain. My girlfriend and I were going to dinner and saw this on our way to upper king street. I am from the northeast, so flooding is pretty rare. My girlfriend is from Maine, so we both had not seen anything like this. Luckily, we both knew not to drive or walk in the water and ended up doing dinner at home.

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Being from Massachusetts, I never experienced much flooding. I'm more used to worrying about snow and ice. When I lived in Charleston over the summer, I had to educate myself about what areas flooded because I had a car down here. Fortunately, I live in an area that doesn't get flooded because of the high elevation. Unfortunately, I worked in an area that would get badly flooded with little rain. I typically would walk to work on days it would rain just because I was very concerned about my car. With my luck, my car would probably be the one to get flooded with water. One day it was so bad that the water was up to my knees. This video was taken on Smith St when my coworkers and I were leaving work.

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I used to drive to work this summer in downtown Charleston, specifically around Rutledge avenue, upper King street, Line street and Meeting street. When it rains, particularly during king tides, the road is so flooded that I often must take different routes to work. I am afraid that one day I will find myself in a situation where I cannot turn around or my car gets stuck. I have found that Charleston flooding has been a significant problem on my commute to work on several occasions just during this summer. This video shows the intersection between King street and Line street this summer after a brief rainstorm. I believe it was only raining for under 30 minutes and there was extreme flooding. Sitting in my car, I took this video.