Comments on: Atlanta / Decatur Flooding Updates

By: cubalibre

cubalibre — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:43:11 +0000

WORD. I was grumbling a little about our leaky roof & water-stained family room ceiling, but when I watched the news, then went to the WSB & WXIA site & saw all the video/photo montages of the flood damage to people’s homes (and in some cases, entire subdivisions), I immediately resolved to stop grumbling. I’m extremely grateful that we’ve escaped with very minor damage, thus far! Many of the people affected weren’t even in areas designated as floodplain, so most of them had no flood insurance– I’m calling the Red Cross to find out how I can help folks here in GA who’ve suffered such huge losses.

By: Eric

Eric — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 15:23:27 +0000

Couldn’t agree more, Snowflake. We have a dry basement and no leaks, while many people I know are dealing with major issues caused by the rain. We are indeed fortunate. Now if I can just get the poor squirrel who was hiding from the rain and ended up in my wall…

By: CSD Snowflake

CSD Snowflake — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:28:05 +0000

In recent years, I’ve come to appreciate the advice to “count your blessings” more and more. It’s easy to feel annoyed about having to make last-minute child care arrangements when school is cancelled but then look at the picture of an overturned bus in a flooded Gwinnett County school bus lot or trees on homes. “Counting blessings” shouldn’t be used as an excuse as in “our school system is so much better than most in Georgia so no one should complain….” but it is a reminder that we cannot control everything and a little gratitude is often in order (as in “While I am not at all happy with some CSD decisions, I’m glad our Board and Admin is basically honest and competent unlike some in Geogia….”

By: CSD Mom

CSD Mom — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 13:08:43 +0000

I am just shocked at all this flooding. Did anyone see the video from Six Flags? Under water. And the pictures from the Chattahoochee flooding I-285? I’m very grateful that all I’ve had to worry about is some water in the basement and a mildewed deck.

By: Nancy Barber

Nancy Barber — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 03:03:27 +0000

A couple more real-time graphs that might be of interest:
North Fork of Peachtree Creek @ Buford Highway:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=02336120

And South Fork @ Johnson Road:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?site_no=02336240

One more, Peachtree Creek @ Atlanta, which is on the Northside Drive bridge
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/uv?cb_00045=on&cb_00060=on&cb_00065=on&period=7&site_no=02336300

Now (11 PM 9/21) it looks like all of these have crested–which is not to say they can’t rise again if the rain comes back…

By: Nancy Barber

Nancy Barber — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:50:37 +0000

Or check out the real-time updates here (that’s the last 60 days, updated every 15 minutes):
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ga/nwis/uv?cb_00062=on&period=60&site_no=02334400
or the last couple of years with daily data:
http://waterdata.usgs.gov/ga/nwis/dv?referred_module=sw&cb_00062=on&cb_00045=on&cb_00035=on&cb_00020=on&cb_00025=on&cb_72036=on&format=gif_default&begin_date=2007-09-20&end_date=2009-09-20&site_no=02334400

By: TeeRuss

TeeRuss — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:45:57 +0000

There is serious flooding just south of the intersection at N. Decatur and Superior. The creek there has risen to the point where 2 or 3 of the nearby houses have been flooded.

I’m sure some of the houses that run along Willow there are also flooded.

By: tpreed

tpreed — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 23:46:26 +0000

Slightly OT however I found this webpage earlier this year. It updates every midnight with new Lake Lanier water level totals. It is interesting to see what has been happening to the water levels in the lake as it has filled up over the last year, but now it is especially interesting to see the levels over the past 5 days.

http://www.crawfordaerialphotography.com/current_lake_lanier_levels.htm