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Why does Charleston, SC flood so often?

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Because half of it - up to Market Street(s) was originally under water. They filled in the land with a lot of rubble, oyster shells, etc to further build it out. And that was at a time when you did not have engineers learned in taking levels into consideration. read more

So the floods are usually salt or brackish water, they do go out with the tide so are usually short lived events (as opposed to Huston recently). Build to modern FEMA Flood elevations and you will have no issues, buy an historic home downtown without local knowledge and you could be in trouble. read more

and the most flood-prone time is 2 hours before and 2 hours after high tide (4 hours total) there is a 1-in-3 chance that any rain storm will be adversely affected by high tide. read more

The purpose of the presentation is to educate the public on why the City of Charleston and the surrounding areas experience persistent and significant flooding problems. As I developed the presentation, I adhered to Albert Einstein’s advice above. read more

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