10/28/2015 10:17:53 AM EST – This is a CodeRED weather update on Wednesday, October 28th. Please be advised Seabrook Island road has heavy flooding once again from Bohicket Marina to the roundabout. Approximately 2 plus feet of water on the roadway, if possible please avoid this area until the tide subsides over the next several hours.
Submitted by the Town of Seabrook Island
High tides through Friday are expected to result in temporary flooding of local roadways, including Seabrook Island Rd. in the area between the SIPOA security gate and the traffic circle. Avoid driving in that area during flood tide. If you must drive, do not enter water of unknown depth.
Seabrook Island High Tide Forecast:
27 Oct. 8:53 pm
28 Oct. 9:17 am
9:45 pm
29 Oct. 10:09 am
10:37 pm
30 Oct. 11:01 am
11:30 pm
Submitted by John Gregg
The Town of Seabrook has issued the following CodeRED warning. Most Seabrook property owners get these automatically through your phones and email.
10/27/2015 10:55:27 AM EST – This is a CodeRED weather update, please be advised that Seabrook Island road has heavy flooding from Bohicket Marina to the roundabout. Approximately 2 feet of water on the roadway, if possible please avoid this area until the tide subsides over the next several hours. This is a CodeRED message from the Town of Seabrook Island.
The tide should be starting to recede presently, around 10:00 am. In the meantime, be advised:
Marsh Gate Drive is closed
The Oyster Catcher/Seabrook Island Road intersection is flooded
Most roads have some degree of standing water
There is approximately 1 ft of standing water at the Gate House
The causeway on/off the island (in front of Bohicket) is flooded
We expect similar events with the morning high tide for the next several days. If you are off the island, ask your neighbor to keep an eye on your home for encroaching water. If you are on the island, please stay home if at all possible until the tide recedes, and use extreme caution around this time of day for the next several days. If you must go out, do not drive through standing water and observe all barricades.
At 9:00 a.m. this morning, Seabrook Island Rd from the Gate House through the entrance to the Marina and Lulu’s was flooded with 3-6″ of water. This should recede with the falling tide.
Submitted by Tidelines Staff
The Charleston Post and Courier newspaper’s lead story today was about the King tides that will be hitting the Charleston area for the next few days. These unusually high tides are caused by the proximity of the moon and wind patterns. Localized flooding in and around Seabrook can be expected as evidenced by the following comment and pictures submitted by Roger Steel.
See the attached pictures of the moat around our property on Marsh Hen Drive and at Cap’n Sams Creek at the back of our property. This is as much water as the “1,000 year flood”.
Submitted by Tidelines Editors and Roger Steel
Mike Gorski reported that he passed through Main Road at Route 17 coming back from the airport.
Traffic was backed up coming to the bridge and off the bridge. They are alternating traffic with one lane being open. That was at 8:45 AM this morning, Saturday, October 17.
Submitted by Tidelines Staff
Lanes on Main Road near Route 17 will be temporarily closed over the weekend according to Live 5 News.
Crews from the Department of Transportation will be working on drainage improvements between Morse Avenue and Marshfield Road which will cause temporary lane closures.
Charleston County spokesperson Natalie Hauff advised motorists that Saturday and Sunday between 5 a.m. and 5 p.m are the scheduled times for the work.
The report does not state whether both lanes will be closed at the same time or if they will alternate the lane closures.
If any Seabrooker travels that road and has an update, please let Tidelines know and we can pass that information on.
For more information click on the link http://www.live5news.com/category/297943/traffic-news
Submitted by Tidelines Staff
Considering the extent of damage in other parts of the region and the State, to our knowledge Seabrook’s damages were fortunately limited and recovery was relatively rapid. All streets were either dry or passable by Tuesday as the remaining standing water dissipated. Street cleaning equipment was put into action to brush off any debris that remained and blow out clogged storm drains. Dry, sunny days facilitated these actions, and the Fleming Tennis Tournament was held this weekend as scheduled.
In a limited number of yards and golf course fringes, shallow standing water still remains due to supersaturated ground. The Seabrook Island Club resumed normal operations on Wednesday.
The most noticeable transportation irritant remaining is off-Island; namely, the closure of Bohicket Road between Edenvale and River Road, which at this writing, is expected to reopen this week on the 16th. Main Road at Savannah Highway has re-opened, but we urge readers to monitor this situation for changes that can occur in a brief period of time. There is still a persistent problem with standing water on the opposite side of the River Road where Plowground intersects it. The dirt road going to residences was flooded out and workers were bringing in fill to raise its grade all last week. It is passable but traffic slows down to get through it.
Our experience has been that traffic flow is relatively normal, all things considered, except for congestion at pinch-point intersections like Maybank Highway and River Road, and Main and Route 17 Savannah Highway–both during rush periods (which occurs during good weather as well). A Tidelines staffer made it over to Mt. Pleasant and back on Thursday, leaving mid-morning and returning mid-afternoon, with no problems encountered and free flow on all roads.
We’ll have more on the recovery and cleanup this week.
—Tidelines Staff
Tidelines has now amassed over 1,000 followers after a sharp spike in readership during and following our coverage of the millennial rain event last week. On October 4th, Tidelines recorded 12,657 views–an all-time record in its 20-month existence.
We wish to give special thanks to every one of our readers and followers who contributed their own comments and submittals during the storm event. We are wholly committed to maintaining our standards as we continually expand our content and readership.
—Tidelines Staff
Here are a couple pictures from the CC Sheriff’s Dept of the sink hole that has closed Bohicket Rd.
The attached photos were taken at or near Creek Watch by various folk over the weekend.
Submitted by Ryan Cook
