I had a college roommate from Old Fort. There are barely discernible remains of a very early Spanish fort nearby. The town has a fountain with a funky sort of naive style stone sculpture in the middle of a fountain in the square, it’s an artesian well. Pretty area, I’m sorry for their difficulties. Flooding in heavy rains has always been a problem in the southern Appalachians. Not as bad now as it was prior to all the watersheds and flood control dams though, one of which was Lake Tahoma.
I’m seeing facade damage on the upper far bank. Was the dirt from the bank holding that cement work up? Not sure how mud and rock sliding down a hill in itself caused that. Probably a simple answer for this non Engineer.
I’m confused. This is fake news, so it didn’t happen? If it didn’t happen, why did you post it, leading people to believe it did?
Spent a lot of my summers in Old Fort, Marion, and Glenwood. My Father was born in Old Fort. My uncle was postmaster and mayor of Old Fort. Once, my twin brother and were goofing off so much that our Uncle called his friend, Officer Bill, to come over to his house by the high school. He put us in the back of the squad car and took us to jail for a couple of hours. It was an eye-opening experience. Dad was in on the arrest, too.
I had the local radar dialed in last night and was watching the system as it moved over this area. It was about 5-10 miles wide and 40+- miles long moving north and dropping massive rain for a long period of time.
You gonna need some pontoons?