storms flood the East Coast- Katie Schell (flex)

original: updated Wednesday October 7, 2015

Over the past couple of days major storms have been hitting the east coast of the U.S. Parts of the storms have even moved towards the mid part of the U.S. As a result thousands of people have been affected by the flash floods and sweeping waters. In the article I reference for this blog it states many places where the water damage has been hazard-es but to me what place seemed to have the most drastic affect caused by water was in South Carolina. 24 out of the 37 images in the original article capture events in South Carolina after the rain hits. There are pictures of people being rescued, cars completely sunk under water, and houses after they were ripped apart by the floods.

Last night I took a drive around White Rock Lake. There were many parts of the road(s) that were submerged under excess water from the lake. It was scary to drive through those trenches of water, and this isn't even a fraction of what the people on the east coast are dealing with. Floods have occurred thousands of times throughout history but during this decade there has been a dramatic rise in the amounts of large tropical storms all over the world. Every one has different theories: global warming, polar ice caps melting, pure coincidence, but in my opinion the reason doesn't really matter in the point I'm trying to make. The purpose of me writing about this is to let people know that there are hundreds of families that don't have a home right now. Kids that can't find their parents. People that are dead. When a disaster like this happens it is so important that we, as a nation, come together and help those that have been affected. Just think if something like this happened in our region of the U.S. Wouldn't you want someone to help and care for your safety as well?

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