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For almost a year now, my wife and I are planning to move to the mainland usa. After a lot of research we found Greenville, SC. We visit the city two times early this year and we fall in love with Greenville. For us is the perfect city to move.
But after learning about the record breaking flood we are having second thougths.
We love the city but we dont want to risk our childrens our ourselves or lost everyting like some greenville resident we saw on the news.
Some one from Greenville could give us some advise regarding this matter?
Is there any area high enoung that is not affected by this flash floods?
There were no floods in Greenville over this recent rain. Those were all in the middle and southern parts of the state. Columbia and Charleston. Greenville had rain and wind. We have that often. It's normal. As a matter of fact, many people, companies and groups here in Greenville have been organizing events to get supplies, such as water, to take down to the flooded communites. We are HELPING them...we are not affected so we can help.
That being said, weather events happen everywhere. I wouldn't let an unusual, rare event affect your choice if you've researched all other factors in your move. After all, this was said to be a ONE THOUSAND YEAR event in terms of the amount of rainfall that the state had. So if that's the case, one can assume you will be safe from massive flooding for the next 1,000 years.
When you go to pick a house or apartment, pay attention to the surrounding topography, no matter where in the world you settle. Water runs downhill. Although it's nice to live on a creek or other body of water, there is the potential for flooding. And don't take anyone's word that the area 'doesn't flood'. You have to do your own due diligence. You can research any property on gcgis.org, the Greenville County GIS site. After years of flooding scares in coastal FL, we built on top of a ridge.
There is occasional, localized flooding in certain places/areas, but that happens every where, and if its a deciding factor on where you will eventually live one day, the Sahara is just across the ocean.
That being said, weather events happen everywhere.
This.
We have ice storms in the winter, and at least once every summer the heat and humidity levels cross into the danger zone.. What are you gonna do though? Like samiis said, everywhere has something.
I don't think that flooding would make the top 100 list for reasons not to move here, unless you buy a house in a flood zone (very, very few of those, and easily known before you buy).
This storm was a freak disaster, not a common occurance. We probably wont see a storm like that again in South Carolina in our lifetimes. Youll be fine in Greenville. Youd even be fine if you were moving to Columbia or Charleston. While Columbia still needs some time, Charleston is for the most part back to normal already.
But I must say, you have remember 2 things: 1. no matter where you choose to locate, there will always be a natural diaster threat of some kind. No area is immune. The storm that happened to SC couldve easily been Georgia or North Carolina instead, give or take a few hundred miles.
And 2. floods can happen anywhere. Seems every couple of months some state is flooding. All it takes is rain, big bodies of water (rivers, lakes, dams, coasts), and engineering (dam breaks). Flooding is something all Americans should think about. So no reason to skip out on a city because of it.
Dont skip us over one storm, because you may give up "flood/hurricane risks", but may end up picking up tornado or wildfire risks instead. Stick to Greenville, youll love it.
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