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Hi my fellow Georgians! I got trapped in my Condo, courtesy of the Chattahoochee. And then the power went. Yikes! I managed to hoof it to dry, lit land yesterday AM, and by last night we had power again. It was definitely unbelievable. The houses on Columns Drive in Cobb county - i think there are videos our there - (the big mansions) got water from the hooch on the front and the country club's lakes and what not on the back side. You could see markings on the mailboxes of how high the water was - 70 people on that street alone had to be rescued. Lots and lots of people got stuck on the road - I saw a 4 Runner with water up to almost the top of the windows - I'm not really big on lake or river water anyway - it's one of my most feared ways to die. I would have lost it, had I been in that car!
Sadly, a guy tried to wade through the water to get to his Dad's house at the bottom of our street, and he is now missing. No body found, but one can imagine. I'm still hoping he will turn up, but hope is beginning to fade.
It's definitely going to cost a ton of $$ to clean up/rebuild everything that was damaged. No telling how long it might take. I think most people have power back on now - but there are some areas that they cannot safely get to yet, so it might be a few more days for some.
Glad to see you all are safe!
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