South Carolina

[Are_grits_groceries]

As far as I’m concerned, South Carolina has been under a state of emergency forever because of various things.
I have been witness to a lot of it unfortunately.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. You know us folks north of you are hoping for the best

for your area. Still not nailed down where it will make landfall but it seems the models want to then stall it out over the NC/SC coastal area and just inland and that would be terrible!

[NightWatcher]

2. Poor bastards. My Dawgs stomped their Gamecocks Saturday too.

They just can't catch a break.

[CottonBear]

4. There are no happy Gamecocks in SC today.

Our Georgia Bulldogs crushed them. Go Dawgs!

I hope everyone in SC stays safe. Your state is so beautiful!

My family and I were there several times this past summer. We visited the Congaree National Swamp near Columbia, went camping at Hunting Island SP, enjoyed the beach at Isle of Palms, and, along with our Cub Scout Pack, spent two nights onboard the USS Yorktown in Mt. Pleasant. We had a great time!

[aikoaiko]

5. And Georgia Southern beat South Carolina State last week.

No joy in Mudville.

[Are_grits_groceries]

9. Good!

I’m a Clemson alum!

[dawg]

11. Woof!

Hope they all stay safe, though.

[malaise]

3. My experts say there are two possibilities

A direct hit somewhere in NC or the Cat4 skirts the coast and creates a mess for several states with no direct hit.

[lordsummerisle]

7. When Jim Cantore shows up in town

it's time to start worrying...

[malaise]

8. Where is he now?

[Sancho]

6. I grew up in SC...and left over 30 years ago..

hate to say it, but when we visit relatives in the Carolinas the reasons we moved are still there.

[Wounded Bear]

10. I'm assuming weather wasn't high on that list...

[Sancho]

12. Haha..the hurricanes were bad in Charleston, and they are in Florida too...

but in the 50s and 60s there was not as much warning. I once spent the night on the 2nd floor of an elementary school in Charleston when the roads flooded and the storm turned towards us unexpectedly. About 20 kids with two teachers. No cell phones, no power, etc., so the next afternoon our parents found us. I had ridden my bike to school (1960-61?).

Until you get out of SC and see the world, you don't realize how "crazy conservative" pervades the local community. In Fl, about a third of my students are born outside of the US. Most of my neighbors who vote republican are doing so because of old affiliations or misguided economic theory. I still have siblings and other relatives in SC, and attending a family function is painful - racist, sexist comments, anti-immigrant rhetoric (while hiring the undocumented everyday), and CTs every discussion.

We can hardly stand it.