Stormy Weathers

My Dad attends church in nearby Bamberg. He left early (unusual for him!)to attend Sunday School that morning, but didn’t quite make it. Halfway down Hwy. 78 he ran into a large tree blocking the road, blown down by the high winds. Using an alternative route, I call the Cope Road; he again met a fallen tree blocking the way. Taking a third path, he made it to Hwy. 301, North of Bamberg that was flooded up to his truck door. And so it went as he attempted to navigate the debris-strewn town before finally making it to worship services. Here’s the T & D paper’s take on the storm:

The heaviest damage was reported in Bamberg County, where it
appears heavy rains flooded a gas station, causing a diesel fuel leak.“We’ve had
flooding. And due to a gas station converting, we had a diesel oil spill,”
Bamberg County Emergency Services Director Sharon Hammond said. “We haven’t had
it totally investigated, but water got into the hole where the diesel was
possibly stored and it overflowed.”Contractors and the S.C. Department of Health
and Environmental Control will clean the spill at the Three Way Food Mart on
Main Street, she said.Hammond said several streets in Bamberg flooded Sunday
morning, with depths reaching several feet in some places. Firefighters directed
traffic and no accidents were reported as a result of the flooding, she
said.“The water came so fast and there was so much of it,” she said.In addition,
a falling tree ripped the roof off a home in the Hunters Chapel area, she said.
The falling trees also knocked out power to some residents.