Florence brought devastation to the Carolinas, and it will take a very long time for the land and the people to recover. In the mountains of Southwest Virginia, we were lucky in terms of flooding and power outages. This image was taken in Nelson County on the day that Hurricane Florence came through.
Florence though, was nothing like Camille, at least in Nelson County, Virginia.
On August 19, 1969, in the middle of the night while everyone slept, Camille stalled over Nelson County, Virginia, located in the Blue Ridge Mountains, dropping an astonishing 27 to 31 inches of rain in just a five-hour period. The sudden inundation of water caused an entire side of a mountain at Davis Creek to cave in, destroying 23 of 25 homes.
Camille took 153 lives in Nelson County. Property damage in Virginia topped a half-billion dollars, and it was a decade before the commonwealth got back to normal.
The fullness of life is keeping me from posting as I typically do, but after 6 yrs of blogging with WP, I am committed to this space in my world. With a goal of returning to the norm later this year, I will for now, at least share my weekly image from Monochromia.
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It is salutary to remember earlier extremes of weather
Glad you fared fairly well and there is not widespread damage. The idea of landslides is pretty alarming. I’m glad that didn’t happen either!
Glad to hear from people in the Carolinas area to know they weathered Florence. Although not as bad as expected, the aftermath continues to be devastating to so many people. Glad to hear you are not one of them.
You’ve successfully conveyed an ominous feel in this photo. It makes the viewer think about the power of nature.